Come and join this friendly, informal session to chat about any aspect of death that you would like to explore, with free refreshments! There are few opportunities to talk openly about death, but many of us want to do just that. Doing so may help us to get things organised and give us conversation starters […]
Urban Sketching Derbyshire - hosted by Fine Artist Stephanie Siân Coley. Who's up for another Derbyshire urban sketching day? Well on Friday 18th August I'll be taking some of my art supplies over to the town I was born in; Wirksworth, for a morning of sketching. If anyone fancies joining me, do feel free to […]
The Capellas are a new raw soulful RnB combo and we are delighted to bring them to Wirksworth this Summer. Bringing members of some of our favourite bands The Missing Souls, The Baron Four and The Jack Cades together; these expert entertainers will have you shuffling and moving your feet around the beloved table tops […]
A Derbyshire town will again be turning into an antique-lover’s paradise when the popular “Antiques on the Street” event returns to Wirksworth this August. Sunday 20th August sees the return of the event which has been a past success, attracting up to 65 dealers to showcase their wares. An eclectic mix of antique, vintage and […]
Wirksworth’s weekly market offers up the best of our local producers
Come and join us for Co-working at 17 St John Street Free from 9-5pm every Wednesday through the summer.
Every fourth Thursday of the month. Join our friendly regulars and discuss the book of the month at Wirksworth Heritage Centre.
Come to Wirksworth Heritage Centre for an evening of cheese and wine! Alan Salt of the award-winning Hartington Creamery returns with a new talk about cheese making and will give a demonstration while you sample some of their cheeses with a glass of wine.
Wirksworth’s weekly market offers up the best of our local producers
Come and join us for Co-working at 17 St John Street Free from 9-5pm every Wednesday through the summer.
Wirksworth Heritage Centre is delighted to screen the historic film 'The Underground Journey'. The Underground Journey charts the story of a daring underground journey through the soughs and ancient lead mines beneath Cromford and the surrounding area. Filmed originally around 1964 on 16mm cine filmed and transferred to DVD format. The night also features an […]
Wirksworth’s weekly market offers up the best of our local producers
Every first Thursday of the month. Led by Denise Bristow, join the group and read some of your own poems or just listen and enjoy.
An evening of words, whimsy and wonder, all on the subject of our fascinating town. Thursday 7th September - BOOKING ADVISABLE Doors open at 7pm for a prompt start at 7:30pm, £3pp
Wirksworth Heritage Centre is delighted to screen the historic film 'The Underground Journey'. The Underground Journey charts the story of a daring underground journey through the soughs and ancient lead mines beneath Cromford and the surrounding area. Filmed originally around 1964 on 16mm cine filmed and transferred to DVD format. The night also features an […]
Back again for 2023, we're dancing under the stairs to live music and enjoying scrumptious food and delicious cocktails. Join us as we come together to dance under the stars to great live music! Enjoy delicious food from Cats Kitchen and wet the whistle from our Feathers Star bar or dabble in delicious cocktails by […]
Merging a fevered imagination, solid songwriting & a mad scientist's brain for gadgets, American singer Thomas Truax is a true one off. Thomas is known for an array of unique self-made instruments including a motorized drum machine made of bike wheels, spoons and other found items called 'Mother Superior' and a souped up Gramophone called […]
An intimate and exciting evening of classical and popular wind chamber music Event Details Starts at 7:30PM Location St Mary's Parish Church, Wirksworth, DE4 4DQ
Wirksworth’s weekly market offers up the best of our local producers
This multi-media presentation by local artist and writer couple combines a matched set of watercolour paintings and poems that focus on the very western tip of Cornwall and, hence, of England. The distinctiveness of the area - its geographical remoteness, beautiful and sometimes harsh natural features and independent cultural identity - are among the themes […]
Tales for the TellingBe led into a fantastical world in this unexpected retelling of two European folktales. Funny, odd, and darkly lyrical. 'A winning combination of the profound and the profoundly silly'. 'Top notch storytelling. Marvellously inventive!'
Talking of Tree Planting...The Premiere of The Story of Stoney Wood - a beautiful new film by the creative duo Gavin Repton and Mark Gwynne-Jones, capturing the journey from bare limestone chippings to the woodland we love today; with entertaining out-takes from Mark Gwynne-Jones. There will also be a showing the art film and animated […]
SATIN BEIGEjazz cellist - jazzy, blues, soulful and totally engaging, an astonishing talent. SATIN BEIGE is an R&B cellist and singer songwriter. In Spring/Summer 2023 she is playing across the UK, opening for Tommy Scott of 90s Brit pop band Space, and promoting her new single "Running". THE BEATLES SONGBOOK unique arrangements of timeless music […]
An exhibition in the studio at Wirksworth Heritage Centre by local photographer Phil Richards. Prints and digital images of some of Phil's favourite places in and around Wirksworth and collages of lots of familiar faces around the town.
