What better way to spend a weekend than visiting Derbyshire and getting an insight into the working practices of artists and makers as they open their studios for visitors, locals and art lovers alike!
Food & Drink Producers. Home, craft & Gift Exhibitors. Live Music. Bar. Street Food. Children’s Activities & lots more.
11 May 2022
Half term fun with best-selling children’s authors at Derby Book Festival
5th June- Last Night at the Proms spectacular! Celebrating the Queens Platinum Jubilee.
Details: This FREE event will consist of a Last Night Of The Proms Concert by the Wirksworth Community Orchestra, plus performances from Tinderbox Performing Arts and Wirksworth Community Choir as well as many other activities including Carriage Rides from Red House Stables, Crazy Golf, Giant Board Games, Bouncy Castle, Dog Flyball, Croquet plus much more! You’ll also get to take a tour of a fire engine with Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Services!
Time: 12-6pm
13th - 15th May 2022
Tickets are available online and at the gate (card payments only).
Join us and enjoy world-class competition, from elegant dressage and exciting show jumping to gripping cross country. Explore the 2022 timetable.
Join us on 27th May to celebrate the opening of our newly refurbished Gallery, Cafe & Studios on Albert St Derby!
6pm - 8pm - 8 Albert Street, Osnabruck Square, DE1 2DS
Come along to a free exhibition showcasing local artists, makers and arts groups in Doe Lea.
It is an excellent opportunity to meet the artists, discuss their work, and buy original artwork.
Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th May - 10 am - 5 pm
Refreshments are available throughout the day.
Thursday 26th May - 10:30 am onward
Saturday 28th May, 11 am - 2 pm
Who Knows: Creative Facilitation Masterclass with Deanna Rodger
Adverse Camber and Junction Arts are excited to present this 2-day masterclass aimed at storytelling creatives across a range of disciplines who want to turn their creative practice into workshops and facilitation. The event has a particular focus on working with young people.
Deanna Rodger is a leading UK poet who has performed and facilitated workshops all across the world.
Discover the creative potential of rubbish with a new exhibition by Michelle Reader at The Harley Gallery
Michelle Reader: Recycled Sculpture will be on show at The Harley Gallery, Welbeck from 14th May until 24th July. This new free entry exhibition shows astonishing large scale wildlife sculptures – all made from an extraordinary array of domestic waste.
In the hands of sculptor Michelle Reader, a broken fan might become part of a mountain goat, or a paintbrush the beard of a bearded vulture.
Bakewell’s 18th International Day of Dance
We are back! After two quiet years on the streets of Bakewell, we are so excited that the 18th Day of Dance will be held on Saturday 25 June, filling our picturesque town again with the music and dance from around the world.
The Day heralds the start of Bakewell Carnival Week, there is a Farmers Market and with local well dressings on show, it is a day out not to miss, so join the several thousand people who travel from around the country to enjoy the dancing, colour and fun.