6 – 16 SEPTEMBER 2024
Wirksworth invites you to join us for a 10 day celebration of the arts with a mix of music, performance and visual arts.
The town transforms into a huge gallery for the weekend of the 7th & 8th Sept 2024
Homes, gardens & public spaces across the town are thrown open for over a hundred artists to exhibit their work.
Events for all the family
A programme of live music, drama and film presented in venues across the town.
Wirksworth offers an artist time and space to think and create
A cottage and workspace in Wirksworth are provided for an artist to create a new body of work to exhibit at the Festival..
Ways that you can take part in the festival.
Open your home to an artist
The Art Trail is always looking for new hosts so if you have a room or a garden you could offer as a venue we’d love to hear from you…
Show your work on The Art Trail
The Festival welcomes applications from local, regional and national contemporary artists and makers. Work is selected on quality and suitability for our non-gallery spaces…
We rely on our army of local volunteers
The Festival couldn’t exist without our fabulous band of volunteers. We’re always looking for new recruits and you don’t have to work every day – just do what you can…
Architecture... Automata... Ceramics... Dance... Furniture... Glass... Installation... Jewellery... Mixed Media,,, Painting & Drawing... Paper... Printing & Collage... Photography... Sculpture... Textiles... ...will all be there for you explore on this...
We are thrilled to announce our 2023/24 Artist in Residence has been appointed. Over 100 applicants applied for this 3 month residency based in a cottage on the outskirts of Wirksworth. The successful candidate was Fiona MacDonald, working as ‘Feral Practice’....
We have now closed applications for this year's Art Trail...... WOW! even more applications than last year so thank you to everyone who has applied. The selection panel will be meeting at the end of May to look at the hundreds of images submitted. Thank you again...