News from producers around Derbyshire

Today we’ve released a fantastic 43-song compilation album featuring artists playing at this year’s Indietracks festival.

New Mills Festival is very pleased to announce details for the Lantern Procession Finale Saturday 28^th September 2019!
The spectacle returns this year as a TICKETED EVENT with a suggested minimum donation of £1 per person. The introduction of tickets, and timed entry, will go some way to help fund the event and ensure the experience is a positive one for the large number of people taking part.

Derby has been chosen to be one of the cities across the country to host the National Monument Against Violence and Aggression - the 'Knife Angel'.

The spectacular 27ft sculpture, made from up to 100,000 bladed weapons collected in knife banks during police amnesties across the country, will be based next to Bondholder Derby Cathedral for 28 days in October.

Derby College Group (DCG) has been chosen as one of 54 colleges and training providers to recruit and train new FE teachers and improve links with industry in key technical areas.

DCG will be among the first colleges to offer T Levels from September 2020 in the areas of childcare and education, digital, engineering and construction.

Former airline boss Tony Davis has been appointed Board Chair of Sinfonia Viva – the Grammy-nominated East Midlands’ professional orchestra - to drive forward its ambitious growth plans.

Mr Davis first became involved with Sinfonia Viva almost 15 years ago when he was managing director of bmibaby. The Castle Donington-based airline supported Viva’s tour of Ireland in 2005 including a performance in Cork as part of the official European Capital of Culture programme.

An ambitious show garden created by Horticulture and Construction students at Derby College Group’s Broomfield Hall and Ilkeston colleges has won a silver merit medal at the prestigious BBC Gardeners World Live show at the NEC.

Bondholder the University of Derby has risen three places in The Guardian University Guide from 29th to 26th place – its highest ever ranking. This puts Derby one place behind Edinburgh and ahead of Manchester (40) and Liverpool (50)

In September 2020 Derby Museums will open the new Museum of Making in Derby featuring, at its heart, some astonishing objects that have shaped the world in which we live. One of the stand-out objects is the Eagle Engine, which helped to power the first transatlantic flight by Alcock and Brown 100 years ago on June 14^th and 15^th 1919.

An open day at Broomfield Hall in Morley on Sunday June 16 has been cancelled due to the weather.  Fields that were due to be used for visitor parking are waterlogged and a decision has been made to cancel now to provide enough notice to the public.

Hello from Artcore,

June is set to be a busy month for us here; we have plenty of engaging workshops and activities planned for you all. 

You’ve spring cleaned, now it’s time to summer spruce! Come on down to our new cycle of Monday and Wednesday workshops with Nicki Dennett and Victoria Brown. Explore painting and printing and make some patchwork cushions and lavender bags to decorate your home with.