Events Around Derbyshire

Acoustic Sessions are every 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of each month. All are welcome to bring instruments, sing, play or just enjoy the live music in a friendly atmosphere

High Peak Artists are holding their popular Winter Sale in the Art Cafe @ The Pavilion Gardens. There are lots of terrific bargains as the artists make space in their studios for their new work. You’ll find discounts of between 30-50% on many items.

Wishbone Ash. Artists performing: Wishbone Ash.: Tickets avaiable.

Swanwick St. Andrew’s Church are hosting a concert by the renowned a-cappella chorus DaleDiva on Friday 16th November, starting at 7.30 pm. The event is presented by Alfreton Cancer Research UK, tickets are £10.00 including refreshments and are available in advance by calling 01773 607832 or 605291 or at the door.

Ultimate Coldplay the U.K.s leading tribute to Coldplay: Tickets avaiable.

Guana Batz Support From Snakerattlerz & The Two-Step Goodbyes: Tickets avaiable.

Christmas event in St James’Church Crosshill Codnor Chirstmas Tree event,stalls, craft, Local Heritage organisations,community groups, refreshments available, Bacon butties are legendary, join us at this annual event and support your community groups.

Join us at our Fire and Glass Walk on Saturday 17 November from 3pm. The wonderful team at Blaze are facilitating the walks at Long Eaton Rugby Club. Face your fears while supporting Maggie’s Nottingham!

Christmas Market. We are selling turkey cobs and mulled wine . This year we have over thirty stalls from all over Derbyshire selling Christmas food, gifts and much more.

Get ready for a night of nail-biting adrenaline! The international Reel Rock Film Tour is bringing a collection of the planet’s most extreme climbing and adventure films to the Grand Pavilion, Matlock Bath, on Saturday 17 November!

Andy Fairweather Low. Artists performing: Andy Fairweather Low.: Tickets avaiable.

HEWHOCANNOTBENAMED from the DWARVES: Tickets avaiable.

What if…the star crossed lovers had not died, but are married and it’s not going so well? It turns out Romeo & Juliet didn’t die in a tragic misunderstanding, they grew up and lived happily ever after. Well they lived at least. Now they’re 40ish, and at least one of them is in the grips of a mid-life crisis.

A weekly FREE timed 5K run that starts and finishes at Shipley Country Park car park. It is a fun, free event organised by volunteers for the benefit of everyone. Registration with Parkrun is required before your first race.

Christmas open studio at Cromford Mills, with handmade jewellery for sale by Rachel Emmerson and Lucy Palmer. An opportunity to visit a working jeweller’s studio and to meet the makers. A chance to find that special gift for Christmas. Rachel Emmerson is a leading practitioner of fine enamel jewellery.

Join in with the festivities Don’t miss the Christmas Lights Switch-On sponsored by Smooth! Join a festive parade with your family and then enjoy a variety of entertainment on the Market Place stage, leading up to the big switch-on event around 6pm.

Are you ready to travel back in time to a world of Retro Gaming? Come and take a wild ride down memory lane or create new memories of you own for one weekend only, at Derby Museum and Art Gallery! Join us for a weekend of 1980s arcade classics like Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, Frogger and more.

Guildhall Fairs are thrilled to be the new hosts of this popular fair which will be crammed full of vintage clothing/homewares, antiques, collectables including stamps, coins, glass, silver, pottery, ceramics, shabby chic and upcycled, old barn finds and so very much more...it’s a buyers and sellers delight!

Would you like to lose weight and eat unlimited ‘free’ foods? If the answer is yes, then come and join us at Heage every Tuesday 9.15 and 11.15 I can remember walking into my first group over 15months ago, a bit unsure and really nervous of what I might have to give up.

Work together as a family to make a willow wreath and decorate with foliage from the park. We will be doing some basic techniques of willow weaving to make a rustic Christmas wreath from natural materials, using willow as a base before adding a small spray of foliage gathered from the park and surrounds.

Big Country “The Crossing” 35th Anniversary Tour. Artists performing: Big Country.: Tickets avaiable.

Come and have a go at the traditional games children used to play. Some you’ll know and some you won’t. Bring the family along and challenge them to a game of quoits, shove ha’penny and many more traditional games.  

Three household each course of which is served in a different house. The hors d’oeuvres are served by Daniel and Adam, young brothers whose abusive father was recently shot dead, the entrees by Lol and Esther, upwardly-mobile and vulgar, and deserts by Inga, a seemingly benign antiques dealer.