Event
26th April 2025 - 27th April 2025
Derbyshire Makes Festival - Swadlincote
Derbyshire Makes Festival unfolds across 6 local Hubs over 5 weeks.
About
26th April 2025 - 27th April 2025
10:00 am - 3:00 pm
In Chesterfield, Heanor, Cromford, Glossop, Bolsover and Swadlincote, there will be artist talks, craft-based demonstrations, making opportunities, exhibitions and performances.
A celebration of community and making
Discover hands-on, fun and accessible free workshops and demos, from pottery and wood turning to letterpress printing and more, alongside a local Makers’ Market, exhibitions, and ‘Swad’s Reet Good Art Trail’ (in partnership with Swadlincote Festival of Words). The programme also deepens the National Forest’s presence in the town centre with a special Forest Makers’ Market and ‘Treading Lightly,’ a unique workshop by artist and shoe designer Sasha Archer exploring how we can reduce our carbon footprint.
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Programmed by People Express.
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