Festivals

• Ashbourne Festival (opens in a new window) (June/July)

• Bakewell Arts Festival (opens in a new window) (August)
  Janette Hockley-Webster, email: janette@bakewellfestival.com, tel: 07771 543 576, fax: 01629 815345

• Buxton Festival (opens in a new window) (July)

• Buxton Festival Fringe (opens in a new window) (July) 

• Chesterfield College Arts Festival (opens in a new window) (June)

• Darley Dale Arts Festival (July)  

• Emerge Festival, Shipley Country Park (July every other year, next festival will be 8 July 2007)
  Vicki Campbell, email: vicki.campbell@ambervalley.gov.uk, tel: 01773 841419
  Kathryn Wilson, email: kathryn.wilson@derbyshire.gov.uk, tel: 01773 719961  

• Matlock Live! (opens in a new window) (June)

• New Mills Community Festival (opens in a new window) (September)

• Peak Festival (opens in a new window) (Spring and Autumn)

• Stainsby Festival (opens in a new window) (July)

• Wirksworth Festival (opens in a new window) (September) 

Many Derbyshire towns and villages hold well dressings and village days in the summer months. Details are available at tourist information offices.