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Wirksworth Festival sees this beautiful Derbyshire market town transform into a gallery and performance venue every September.
Running for over 25 years, Wirksworth Festival has become one of the most vibrant showcases for contemporary art that you’ll find in rural England. During our trailblazing Art & Architecture Trail Weekend, the entire town becomes a gallery with over 150 artists and designer makers exhibiting and selling their work in more than 70 venues – in homes ranging from charming stone cottages to impressive Georgian townhouses, historic and quirky buildings, gardens, courtyards, shop windows and churches. It is the perfect way to meet artists, buy affordable art and take a look inside some of Derbyshire’s most exquisite homes.
Discover street entertainment and live music, workshops and family activities. And the town is full of lovely old pubs and independent cafés, grocers, quirky shops and independent galleries. You’ll also find a great range of street food on offer.
For the remaining Festival there’s a heady mixture of performance events – live music, dance, drama, film and family shows from world-class performers to the very best homegrown talent.
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