Archives: Events

  • Giving Day 2025

    What is Giving Day? The purpose of Giving Day is to engage our community to advance the mission of the College while raising critical funding for student needs. Giving Day is Blackburn’s largest fundraising event, when people around the world come together to celebrate and support what they love about the College. Giving Day is an opportunity to show […]

  • Admissions Open House Event

    Demuzio Center Blackburn College 700 College Ave., Carlinville, Illinois

    Reserve your spot > ### Discover Life As A Blackburn College Student at Upcoming Fall Open House Event Meet Professors and Students, Explore Campus, Receive Instant Admissions, and Learn about […]

  • Folk Festival with City of Carlinville (Bothwell Auditorium)

    Bothwell Auditorium at Blackburn College 700 College Avenue, Carlinville, IL, United States

    This semester’s staged production is occurring in collaboration with the City of Carlinville on Saturday, October 18th at 11:00 am. Due to inclement weather, the event will move from Tom Thumb Park to Bothwell Auditorium on the Blackburn College campus. This performance will feature students performing both traditional and modern folk music along with accompanying […]

  • Petronel Malan, Grammy Nominated Pianist (ISMTA Conference)

    Bothwell Auditorium at Blackburn College 700 College Avenue, Carlinville, IL, United States

    Blackburn College is hosting this year’s Illinois State Music Teacher’s Association (ISMTA) conference. The featured performance of concert guest artist, Grammy-nominee South African pianist Petronel Malan, is free and open […]

  • Veterans Day Convocation

    https://youtube.com/live/Udxk0BWkKJM BLACKBURN COLLEGE INVITES COMMUNITY TO JOIN ANNUAL VETERANS DAY CONVOCATION ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11 Blackburn College in Carlinville, Illinois, will hold its annual Veterans Day Convocation on Tuesday, November […]

  • Christmas at Blackburn

    Clegg Chapel (at Hudson Hall)

    Blackburn’s annual holiday tradition, Christmas at Blackburn, is a beautiful ‘lessons and carols’ service that includes many of the most beloved hymns of Christmas sung by the Blackburn College, and […]