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Fri
1
Aug
2025
31
Aug
Family fun
Maize maze 52
Ednaston
Fri
1
Aug
2025
31
Dec
Theatre, cinema, talks etc
Elite Cinema programme
Elite Cinema
Tue
26
Aug
Theatre, cinema, talks etc
Twelfth Night
The Burrows Garden
Tue
26
Aug
Community
Safer neighbourhood drop-in
Waterside
Tue
26
Aug
Food & drink
Ossie's kitchen
St Oswalds Church Hall
Thu
28
Aug
Hobbies & activities
Classic car night
The Yeaveley Arms
Thu
28
Aug
Family fun
Charity Disney quiz
The Stepping Stones
Sat
30
Aug
Music & dance
BBQ & music
The Greenman
Sat
30
Aug
Sport & fitness
10k & half marathon
Carsington Water
Sat
30
Aug
Family fun
Toe wrestling championships
Bentley Brook Inn
Sat
30
Aug
Community
Race night
Mayfield Memorial Hall
Sat
30
Aug
Music & dance
Live music
Smiths Tavern
Sat
30
Aug
2025
31
Aug
Music & dance
Andre Rieu's summer concert
Elite Cinema
Sat
30
Aug
Music & dance
Live music tonight
Bear
Sat
30
Aug
Shopping
Makers market
Shawcroft car park
Sun
31
Aug
Shopping
Car boot sale
Alstonefield
Sun
31
Aug
Family fun
40th Ellastone Show
Ellastone Village hall
Sun
31
Aug
Hobbies & activities
Art @ the pub
House of Beer
Thu
4
Sep
Hobbies & activities
Beginners sewing machine
Bettys Sewing Box
Thu
4
Sep
Theatre, cinema, talks etc
Theatre Live - inter-alia
Elite Cinema
Sat
6
Sep
2025
7
Sep
Hobbies & activities
Motorcycle racing
Darley Moor Track
Sun
7
Sep
Music & dance
Pipes in the Peaks - 1940s day
Thorpe garage
Sun
7
Sep
Festival
Big fashion day out
St John Street
Tue
9
Sep
Food & drink
Ossie's kitchen
St Oswalds Church Hall
Fri
12
Sep
Family fun
Storytelling
The Pavilion
Sat
13
Sep
2025
14
Sep
Festival
Wirksworth Art Trail 2025
Wirksworth
Sat
13
Sep
Sport & fitness
Duathlon
Darley Moor Track
Sat
13
Sep
Music & dance
Live music tonight
Bear
Sat
13
Sep
Sport & fitness
Darley Moor 10k
Darley Moor Track
Sat
13
Sep
Family fun
Heritage day
Mayfield Memorial Hall
Sun
14
Sep
Hobbies & activities
Pottery at the pub
House of Beer
Sun
14
Sep
Community
Civic Service
St Oswalds Church
Thu
18
Sep
Theatre, cinema, talks etc
Cinema - Rear Window (1954)
The Pavilion
Thu
18
Sep
Community
Citizens Advice drop-in
The Pavilion
Sat
20
Sep
2025
21
Sep
Music & dance
Grass roots festival
Ellastone Village hall
Sat
20
Sep
Music & dance
Ceilidh
Mayfield Memorial Hall
Tue
23
Sep
Food & drink
Ossie's kitchen
St Oswalds Church Hall
Wed
24
Sep
Community
QEGS open evening
QEGS
Thu
25
Sep
Hobbies & activities
Classic car night
The Yeaveley Arms
Sat
27
Sep
Shopping
Makers market
Shawcroft car park
Sat
27
Sep
Music & dance
Live music tonight
Bear
Sun
28
Sep
Hobbies & activities
Linoprinting
Bettys Sewing Box
Sun
28
Sep
Shopping
Car boot sale
Alstonefield
Sun
28
Sep
Music & dance
Pipes in the Peaks
Thorpe garage
Mon
29
Sep
Food & drink
Harvest supper
Mayfield Memorial Hall
Tue
30
Sep
Music & dance
Concert coach - The Halle
Nottingham
Thu
2
Oct
Music & dance
Town Band concert
House of Beer
Sun
5
Oct
Sport & fitness
Dovedale Dash
Thorpe
Sun
5
Oct
Music & dance
Opera Live - Tosca
Elite Cinema
Tue
7
Oct
Music & dance
QEGS Oscars
QEGS
Fri
10
Oct
Sport & fitness
Darts Masters
Uttoxeter racecourse
Sat
11
Oct
Shopping
Made in Mayfield
Mayfield Memorial Hall
Sat
11
Oct
2025
12
Oct
Hobbies & activities
Motorcycle racing
Darley Moor Track
Sat
11
Oct
Music & dance
Live music tonight
Bear
Sun
12
Oct
Hobbies & activities
Sculpt a pottery dog
Wildhive Callow Hall
Mon
13
Oct
Music & dance
London Handel Players
Denstone College
Thu
16
Oct
Theatre, cinema, talks etc
Cinema - Ocean (David Attenborough)
The Pavilion
Thu
16
Oct
Community
Citizens Advice drop-in
The Pavilion
Fri
17
Oct
Hobbies & activities
Fashion show
The Venue
Sat
18
Oct
Hobbies & activities
Machine embroidery beginners
Bettys Sewing Box
Sat
18
Oct
Sport & fitness
10k & half marathon
Carsington Water
Fri
24
Oct
Music & dance
Concert coach - Royal Philharmonic
Nottingham
Sat
25
Oct
Sport & fitness
Halloween parkrun & parkwalk
Recreation Grounds
Sat
25
Oct
National days
Clocks go back
Everywhere
Fri
31
Oct
National days
Halloween
Everywhere
Wed
5
Nov
National days
Bonfire Night
Everywhere
Fri
7
Nov
Family fun
Funfair & Fireworks
The Pavilion
Sat
8
Nov
Hobbies & activities
Christmas card making
Bettys Sewing Box
Sun
9
Nov
Community
Remembrance parade
Ashbourne Town Centre
Sun
9
Nov
Community
Town centre roads closed
Town Centre
Sun
9
Nov
Hobbies & activities
Jewellery @ the pub
House of Beer
Tue
11
Nov
National days
Remembrance Day
Everywhere
Sat
15
Nov
Family fun
Christmas lights switch-on
The Market Place
Sat
15
Nov
2025
16
Nov
Community
The Ark open weekend
The Ark
Sat
15
Nov
Shopping
Craft fair
Ashbourne Town Hall
Thu
20
Nov
Theatre, cinema, talks etc
Cinema Paradiso (1988)
The Pavilion
Thu
20
Nov
Community
Citizens Advice drop-in
The Pavilion
Tue
25
Nov
Music & dance
Concert coach - Aurora Orchestra
Nottingham
Fri
28
Nov
National days
Black Friday
Everywhere
Fri
28
Nov
2025
30
Nov
Family fun
Illuminated woodland walk
Heritage Wood
Sun
30
Nov
Music & dance
Pipes in the Peaks
Thorpe garage
Mon
1
Dec
2025
31
Dec
Community
Free parking after 2pm
Ashbourne car parks
Fri
5
Dec
Family fun
Lantern Spectacular
Ashbourne Town Centre
Fri
5
Dec
Community
Town centre roads closed
Town Centre
Fri
5
Dec
2025
7
Dec
Family fun
Illuminated woodland walk
Heritage Wood
Fri
5
Dec
Shopping
Craft fair
Ashbourne Town Hall
Sat
6
Dec
2024
11
Dec
Family fun
Santa float (tbc)
In your road...
Sat
6
Dec
Music & dance
Pipes in the Peaks
Thorpe garage
Sun
7
Dec
Music & dance
Pipes in the Peaks
Thorpe garage
Fri
12
Dec
2025
14
Dec
Family fun
Illuminated woodland walk
Heritage Wood
Fri
12
Dec
Community
Citizens Advice drop-in
The Pavilion
Sat
13
Dec
Family fun
Illuminated tractor parade (tbc)
All around Ashbourne
Sun
14
Dec
Music & dance
Pipes in the Peaks
Thorpe garage
Mon
15
Dec
2025
31
Dec
Family fun
Christmas lights guide
All around Ashbourne
Sat
20
Dec
Music & dance
The town band plays carols
Victoria Square
Sat
20
Dec
Sport & fitness
Christmas parkrun & parkwalk
Recreation Grounds
Sun
21
Dec
Family fun
Live nativity (tbc)
Elim Church
Wed
24
Dec
Music & dance
The town band plays carols again
Victoria Square
Wed
24
Dec
Family fun
Carol singing
The Market Place
Wed
24
Dec
2025
25
Dec
Community
Christmas church services
Ashbourne churches
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