Arts & Culture
Discover Derby’s vibrant arts and culture, from galleries and theatre to music and dance, showcasing local and renowned talent.
Museums & Galleries
Museum of Making at Derby Silk Mill (UNESCO World Heritage Site)
Derby Museum & Art Gallery
Pickford's House
Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site
Kedleston Hall
Royal Crown Derby at Bamfords Auctioneers
Artcore
Derby Computer Museum
Derby QUAD & Cinema
Banks Mill Studios
Midland Railway Study Centre
East Midlands Aeropark
Famous Trains Model Railway
Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust
History & Heritage
Museum of Making at Derby Silk Mill (UNESCO World Heritage Site)
Pickford's House
Great Northern Classics
Derby Museum & Art Gallery
Heights of Abraham
Crich Tramway Village
Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site
Georgian Guided Walking Tour
St Werburgh's Chapel
Derby Riverboat Trips
Rolls-Royce Heritage Tours
Midland Railway Study Centre
Kedleston Hall
Letterpress Workshops
The Bridge Chapel
Derby Computer Museum
Victorian Photography Studio Tours
Derby Cathedral
Derby Gaol
Derby Heritage Centre
Famous Trains Model Railway
Melbourne Hall & Gardens
Hardwick Hall
Chatsworth
Theatre & Performance
04
Dec
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Snow White
04
Jul
+ more
Pop Up Theatre - Under the Sea Stories
25
Feb
Ginger Johnson Show Pony
05
May
+ more
Sherlock Holmes: The Hunt for Moriarty
13
Mar
Clinton Baptiste: Spectral Intercourse 2026
28
Feb
The Big Derby World Book Day Party
21
Mar
Murder Trial Tonight IV - Death of a Landlord
17
Jul
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Ladyboys of Bangkok Derby 2026
04
Nov
Steve Steinman's Bat Out of Hell 50th Anniversary Tour
04
Sep
Jimmy Carr
Chapel Street Arts Centre
12
Apr
Lear’s Shadow
24
Mar
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TRANS IT
15
Mar
Mamma Mia
22
Apr
Pam Ayres – Doggedly Onward
08
Nov
ELO Again
28
Feb
When We See Ourselves
08
May
+ more
The Real Estate
06
Mar
+ more
The Three Little Pigs
03
May
Derby Unplugged
22
Mar
+ more
LAD
15
Jul
+ more
Julius Caesar
01
Mar
Top Secret – The Magic of Science
22
May
+ more
The Light Burns Blue
Nightlife
Exhibitions
26
Feb
+ more
Dracula Returns To Derby – 101 years and Counting
13
Jun
+ more
Wright of Derby: From the Shadows
14
Mar
+ more
Joseph Wright of Derby: Life on Paper
14
Mar
+ more
A Gentle Man (Part II) (1975-2029) – A Touring Exhibition by Becky Beasley
Royal Crown Derby at Bamfords Auctioneers
14
Mar
+ more
On Screen at Calke Abbey
26
Feb
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Exhibition: Teeth by Lucy Stevens
21
Mar
+ more
House of Stories: Tales from the Chatsworth Library
Festivals
27
Feb
+ more
UK Ghost Story Festival 2026
27
Feb
Dan Webber – Talk: ‘Out for the Count’ LGBTQ+ Reflections Of Dracula
28
Feb
Jennifer Brough – Talk: The Spectral Feminine and Modern Gothic
27
Feb
Tracy Fahey – Workshop: Talking To Your Ghost – Writing a Contemporary Ghost Story
27
Feb
Willow Winsham – Talk: Unfamiliar Familiars – The Unusual Companions of the Witch
28
Feb
Gothic Catwalk – The Art of Transformation
13
Jun
Derby Craft Brew Festival
28
Feb
Ally Wilkes – Workshop: Writing and selling short weird fiction
27
Feb
Malcolm Schofield Talk: An Invitation to Understanding
21
Mar
Darkness In The Fields Film Festival 2026
03
May
RNB MANIA | Derby's R&B Festival
01
Mar
Mark Norman – Talk: Screaming Skulls
27
Feb
Alex Davis – Workshop: Pacing Your Ghost Story
22
May
+ more
Derby Book Festival 2026
01
Mar
Emma Probbett – Talk: Dracula and Survival Cannibalism
28
Feb
TC Parker – Workshop: Semiotics For (Horror) Storytelling
22
Aug
+ more
Derby History Festival
27
Feb
Derby Uncovered – Walk: Hauntings and Hangings
27
Feb
Victoria Langford – Talk: Haunted Hills and Hellish Places: Derbyshire in Gothic Imagination
24
May
Road to Nashville Festival
28
Feb
David Alnwick: Performance – The Signalman
28
Feb
Author Panel – New Angles on Ghosts
28
Feb
Sophie Draper – Workshop: Editing Your Novel
28
Feb
Derby Uncovered – Walk: Weird Derby
Music
Derby Arena
Derbyshire County Cricket Club
Compamigos: Eat Drink share
06
Mar
He Will Rock You: Freddie Mercury Tribute Night
04
Dec
+ more
Snow White
01
May
Tasha Leaper as Madonna
24
May
Road to Nashville Festival
26
Jun
Queen by Candlelight
09
May
The Drifters Candlelight Concert
01
May
Radio GaGa
29
Aug
LOADED : All Back To Knebworth 30th Anniversary
02
May
Hoedown Showdown
26
Apr
Live Music with Toni Poulsom
23
May
The Invisible Friends (TIF DERBY) Charity Choir
The Hairy Dog
Blacksmiths Lounge
01
Mar
Live music with Heidi Fletcher Smith
18
Apr
The Reggae Brunch
30
May
+ more
Little Shop of Horrors
17
Apr
The Sixteen - Choral Pilgrimage Concert 2026
28
Mar
Live Northern Soul and Motown DJ set with Jack Stevenson
11
Apr
Bongo's Bingo - April
22
Mar
Live music with Ella Mai Holmes
02
May
The Greatest Musicals Daytime Disco
