We are so excited to announce that Wirksworth Festival has commissioned acclaimed filmmaker, Gavin Repton, to create a short film in celebration of our annual Art & Architecture Trail.
We’re delighted to say that the Festival has been successful in securing emergency support from Arts Council England due to the Covid-19 crisis.
Taking a look back at 2019’s Curated Exhibition: Made in Wirksworth
A further update regarding Coronavirus – Wirksworth Festival will return in 2021.
An update on the Festival in light of the Coronavirus situation. Applications to exhibit are still open.
Our AGM takes place on Fri 6 March this year!
Following the success of Michael Shaw’s 2019 residency, we’re seeking applicants for this year’s Lodge Project.
Internationally renowned artist and Wirksworth resident Denis O’Connor will be behind this year’s Curated Exhibition.
Energetic, art-loving folk wanted to be part of the Wirksworth Festival board and help guide this much-loved community event
Local businesses support crucial to the running of Wirksworth Festival.
This year a new children’s trail is just one of the many things for younger visitors to the Art & Architecture Trail.
As plans are well and truly underway, we’re looking for talent to help make up this year’s Festival Fringe
Wirksworth Festival is delighted to announce that as from 21st September 2016 it has become a Registered Charity and you can now join in as a member!
Over two weeks and three weekends the Festival saw 4,000 Trail Weekend visitors, 1,800 performance audience members and 150 artists…
Here’s a short film made by Gavin Repton of Wolfgang Buttress and Geoff Diego Litherland (this year’s curator) talking about the idea of Wolfgang’s new piece, BEAM and how it relates to Wolfgang’s wider practice and recent work The Hive.
We’re looking for young musicians, dancers, performers and artists to be part of our Youth Arts Festival.
A sneaky peek at some of this year’s performance programme highlights chosen by our partners, Town Hall Events including: Get the Blessing, Adverse Camber productions, Shazia Mirza, Soothsayers, the Mugenkyo Taiko Drummers, What do Pirates do all Day? and more…
For 2016, we are pleased to announce that our main exhibition is curated by Geoff Diego Litherland and Wirksworth based artist Dermot Punnett, titled Nature: Here and Now.
We are looking for people to come forward with their own performances and events to create this year’s Festival Fringe programme.
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