Leisure & culture
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
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
New Mills Community Festival (opens in a new window) (September)
Peak Festival (opens in a new window) (Spring and Autumn)
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.