Events

Dive into the world of literature at the Heritage Centre's friendly book club, convening every 4th Thursday of the month.

30 beers and ciders from your favourite National breweries. The best Traditional and modern ales Live music and Entertainment Beer symposium Merch TOMBOLA

Dive into the world of literature at the Heritage Centre's friendly book club, convening every 4th Thursday of the month.

Wirksworth invites you to join us for a 10-day celebration of the arts with a mix of music, performance, and visual arts.

The town transforms into a huge gallery for the weekend of the 9th & 10th September. Homes, gardens & public spaces across the town are thrown open for over a hundred artists to exhibit their work.

Something magical happens in town every October as fans of Harry Potter, and other wizardly stories, gather for a day of family and grown-up wizarding activities. There are events across town, from crafts, stalls and food, to train rides, owls, snakes and storytelling. There is a special screening of a Harry Potter film and a Quidditch tournament. Everyone is […]

Wirksworth Town Hall Thursday/Friday/Saturday November 21/22/23 at 7.30pm Set in the late 1700s, in the yet-to-be-named Australia, this gritty comedy-drama follows the officers and convicts in the first penal colony as they come to grips with their new realities. When one of the officers makes a request to put on a play using the convicts […]

You are invited to Wirksworth Library for 2:30pm on Friday 25 April for another author ‘among the shelves.’ Janet Tennant will talk about her new book, The Refugee Countess - Five lives in one lifetime. Marion Stein was a Jewish refugee who in 1938 escaped with her family from Nazi Austria to London. Her story […]

New books, secondhand books, authors, vintage and vinyl indoors and out.

The Power of Reading with Vanessa Hall What is single most powerful way to improve your child’s well-being, academic achievement, communication skills, general knowledge and capacity for empathy? Well, obviously that’d be reading. This workshop is designed to help parents and teachers to better support and improve your child’s reading – to help build knowledge […]

Award-winning writer, poet, and educator Jamie Thrasivoulou will launch Feral, his third full-length collection of poetry at The Feather Star. Jamie Thrasivoulou is also the lyricist in the band Kez. In 2019 he won the Saboteur award for Best Spoken word performer in the UK, in 2018 he won the Culture Matters Bread & Roses […]

Test your literary learning, your English expertise, and your paperback proficiency with questions set by Scarthin Books, last year's quiz winners. Prizes for the winning team donated by Ken's Megastore plus prizes of Scarthin book tokens to be awarded as the judges decide on the night. All proceeds to be shared between Aquabox and the […]

The Film Premiere of The Wirksworth UFO Incident by local filmmaker Stuart Wheeldon 🛸 THE WIRKSWORTH UFO INCIDENT will screen at The Northern Light on Friday 25th July! Don’t miss it! 👽👾😱🛸 🎬 In 1985 Arthur Peterson was a witness to something that would shape his life. Now he returns to the town where it […]