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Co-working day
Co-working day
Come and join us for Co-working at 17 St John Street Free from 9-5pm every Wednesday through the summer.
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Film Screening : The Underground Journey
Film Screening : The Underground Journey
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 […]
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Poetry Night
Poetry Night
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.
Wirksworth Poetry Collective
Wirksworth Poetry Collective
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
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Film Screening : The Underground Journey
Film Screening : The Underground Journey
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 […]
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Star Disco
Star Disco
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 […]
Thomas Truax at Lockstock 23
Thomas Truax at Lockstock 23
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 […]
Nottingham Chamber Wind Ensemble
Nottingham Chamber Wind Ensemble
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
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Way to the West
Way to the West
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 […]
Fine Feathers – Story Telling by Tony Jones with music by Brian Boothby and Nick Moorland
Fine Feathers – Story Telling by Tony Jones with music by Brian Boothby and Nick Moorland
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!'
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The Premier of the Story of Stoney Wood by Gavin Repton & Mark Gwynne-Jones
The Premier of the Story of Stoney Wood by Gavin Repton & Mark Gwynne-Jones
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 […]
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Jazz Night Double Bill with Satin Beige and the Matt Ratcliffe Jazz Quintet with Helen Gayle
Jazz Night Double Bill with Satin Beige and the Matt Ratcliffe Jazz Quintet with Helen Gayle
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 […]
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Photography Exhibition: Phil Richards
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.
Bonfire Radicals
Bonfire Radicals
A raucous and danceable feast of dynamic, high octane, prog-folk music: original and (un)traditonal songs from the British Isles to the Balkans. The band features an all-female front line of recorders, fiddle, clarinet, and vocals set alongside a punchy rhythm section of electric guitar, bass, and drums. French melodies decorate African groves, delicate English folk […]
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Children’s Singalong with Mark Lilley
Children’s Singalong with Mark Lilley
DANCE, SING and SHAKE YOUR THING with acclaimed Songwriter, Composer and Artist MARK LILLEY (albums available globally on major music platforms.) An interactive Children's Singalong Concert, incorporating percussion instruments,developing social skills and co-ordination with the universal language of music and movement. Mark's repertoire of favourites mesmerizes little ones, not so little ones and adults alike, […]
Too Darn Soulful 3 – Northern Soul
Too Darn Soulful 3 – Northern Soul
Funky Rhythms from SOULDEEP with blasting horns from graduates of Trinity College London. With DJ to dance the night away
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Wirksworth Ukulele Festival with Amelia Coleman and Phil Dolema
Wirksworth Ukulele Festival with Amelia Coleman and Phil Dolema
Wirksworth's first Ukulele Festival!WUF is a full day experience combining inspiring performances and workshops for beginners to experienced ukulele players. AMELIA COBURN from the North East will charm with her fabulous voice and beguiling stage presence. Her highly evocative and narrative-driven songs explore unusual subjects while musically compositons draw on Tin Pan Alley Jazz and […]
Art Car Boot Sale
Art Car Boot Sale
Shop for unique art and gifts from our region’s brilliant artists and makers amidst a gorgeous backdrop of the Derbyshire Dales.
Let the Light Pour In with Lemn Sissay
Let the Light Pour In with Lemn Sissay
LET THE LIGHT POUR IN is a new collection from LEMN SISSAY, one of the best and most beloved British poets of our time. His verse has appeared widely across Radio 4, BBC TV and broadsheet media. For the past decade Lemn Sissay has composed a short poem as dawn breaks each morning. Life affirming, […]
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Phil tyler and sarah Hill perform traditional folk
Phil tyler and sarah Hill perform traditional folk
In the intimate setting of the old restaurant in the Red lion, we have a very special evening of traditional folk. "...exceptional in every sense of the word...certainly one of the best albums of 2022..The variety on offer across What We Thought Was A Lake Was A Field Of Flax is exceptional; the balance of […]
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Derby Chamber Orchestra Autumn Concert
Derby Chamber Orchestra Autumn Concert
Featuring Mozart - Marriage of Figaro Overture, Shostakovich - Cello Concerto No 1 and Beethoven - 7th Symphony Cellist - John Parsons Conductor - Jonathan Trout Leader - Matt Byrne Tickets available on the door £12 and £10 concessions. Under 18's free. 23 Sept' 2023 | 7.30pm St Mary's Church, Wirksworth DE4 ADO
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Straightbends @ The Quarryman
Straightbends @ The Quarryman
STRAIGHTB3NDS EleCtroAcOusTicArTPopTrIo With songs from artists as diverse as The Cure, REM, Sting, Santana, The Stranglers, Thin Lizzy, Tears for Fears and U2 you will find something here for everyone…. all delivered in their own unique style!
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Hertiage Talks: The Ice Age Environments & Mammals or Derbyshire
Hertiage Talks: The Ice Age Environments & Mammals or Derbyshire
A talk presented by Dr Angharad Jones The Ice Age was a period of fluctuating environmental conditions, with climatic changes, expanding and contracting ice sheets, and associated changes in flora and fauna. This talk will explore the evidence for past environmental change in Derbyshire, and the mammals that inhabited the area. Friday 29th September 2023, […]
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Wirksworth Model Railway Exhibition
The Ecclesbourne Valley Railway are proud to announce the 18th Wirksworth Model Railway Exhibition. Spread across three venues around Wirksworth town centre - The Town Hall, The Memorial Hall and The Parish Rooms. Don't forget to visit our Model Railway Coach at Wirksworth Station too! Includes: Specialist Trade Stalls DVDs and Books EVRA Tombola Secondhand […]
Generation Game
Generation Game
This is a fundraiser for Children's charity "AFK". SIX Teams of two compete against eachother to get the chance to put their working memory to the test with the "conveyor beelt of prizes"! Local people show their skills that have to be replicted by the team member. Just like the 80's famous games show, chaos […]