Derby Festé at Derby Market Hall
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Date: 26 Sep 2026
Description
Love Derby Festé? It's back, and will return to Derby Market Hall. Expect the unexpected as the streets burst into life with a spectacular mix of dance, theatre, circus, parkour, and aerial performance.
Leap into the extraordinary with Derby Festé 2026 on Saturday 26th September! Transforming Derby City Centre into a vibrant playground of creativity, the city’s premier free outdoor arts festival invites you to experience a truly unique, family-friendly celebration right in the heart of the city.
Watch as the streets become a stage for a diverse, captivating, and spectacular lineup. From high-energy outdoor dance & performance to, stunning art, crazy characters and breath-taking circus.
It’s a full-on sensory adventure designed to spark your imagination and stir your soul.
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Events at Derby Market Hall
Hubbub Theatre Company: Dance Collective
12:30pm - 1pm & 2:30pm - 3pm
Hubbub’s Dance Collective presents a selection of co-created solos, duets and ensemble contemporary dance for everyone to enjoy including:
Journey & Orbit-Bethany Smith. Fight or Flight – Matthew Schoonerwoerde & Bex Star
Elements – Laura Gotheridge, Rachel Gimour-Jones, Jess Newton, Bethany Smith and Matthew Schoonerwoerde
Hubbub Dance Collective is a celebration of diverse talent, co-chereography and the joy of creative expression through dance.|
Suitable for all ages.
1:20pm - 1:50pm & 4:40pm - 5:10pm
Slinkies are on the move! BIG MOB Is a majestic slinkie walkabout featuring slinkies. Watch pop up street shows fusing highly choreographed performance art and bewitching and often hilarious audience interactions.
This captivating roving performance has become both a festival and corporate staple all over the world and combining bursts of comic energy with gentle fun audience participation.
Suitable for all.
The Fabularium: The Carnival of The Animals (walkabout)
3:40pm - 4:25pm
Come one, come all! Behold the wilderness of The Carnival of Animals. These wondrous woodland creatures have banded together to share with you their stories of courage and adventure, and to delight you with songs of celebration and friendship.
With live acoustic accompaniment and bespoke animal headpieces, The Fabularium presents joyful walkabout fun for all the family.
Suitable for all.
See the full Derby Festé line-up across the city.
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