What’s On Free in South Derbyshire and The National Forest

Summer & Autumn 2019 visit www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/swadlincotetic 2 Welcome... to the Summer & Autumn edition of What’s On in South Derbyshire and The National Forest

Amid rolling English countryside dotted with picturesque villages you will find so much to enjoy; from historic houses and gardens, to meandering rivers and canals, to archery and snowboarding. All set in the heart of The National Forest, Britain’s most ambitious environmental project. Linking the ancient forests of Needwood and Charnwood, more than eight million trees have already been planted. The woodland is being created on a scale not seen for more than a thousand years. Come and enjoy it this season. There’s so much more to explore... Find out more about what’s on offer in South Derbyshire from Swadlincote Tourist Information Centre • local and national accommodation information • places to visit • events and what’s on information • public transport information • tickets for local events • tickets for Derbyshire Wayfarer • tickets for day trips with local coach companies • souvenirs, postcards, maps, local history books and self-guided walks Phone 01283 222848 Email [email protected] You will find us located within Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, West Street, Swadlincote, Derbyshire DE11 9DG. Open Mon - Sat, 10am - 4.30pm. Find out What’s On in South Derbyshire and tell us what you are doing via social media #SDwhatson

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14 - 15 September 2019 Melbourne Festival is a celebration of the Creative and Performing Arts in Melbourne, South Derbyshire! Throughout September and October the Festival hosts concerts, performances and other activities.

The highlight of the Melbourne Festival, the Art & Architecture Trail, is always a great opportunity to see the cream of artistic talent from the East Midlands - the Trail always brings a late Summer splash of colour and energy as Melbourne comes alive each September. Over seventy local homes, businesses, halls and churches host over 140 artists in the heart of Melbourne!

The Art and Architecture Trail takes place on Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th September 2019. The Trail aims to provide a showcase for Midlands-based artists to share their work and for the public to buy direct from the artist.

The Trail aims for a mix of art to enjoy, art to intrigue and art to take home! This year the Trail will include a great mix of some of the Festival’s favourite artists who have exhibited at previous Melbourne Festival Art & Architecture Trails and many new faces. There will be something for every taste, and pocket, with everything from paintings to pastels, photography to prints, ceramics and pottery, sculpture and jewellery.

Families are always catered for on the Trail and this year the ‘Rumble in the Jungle Trail’ will feature story stops and children’s activities at Trail venues. For details of events and activities contact Swadlincote TIC or: www.melbournefestival.uk 07765 819 428 [email protected] Melbourne Festival @MelbourneFest themelbournefestival 4 Summer & Autumn Highlights...

Summer is here and now is the time to get out and enjoy it in South Derbyshire with a great line up of events...

Indulge in locally-sourced produce at Calke’s Food & Drink Fair or try the latest street food and craft ales at Eureka Party in the Park

Enjoy rural walks and annual village events in South Derbyshire’s beautiful countryside, including the Aston on Trent Well Dressing Festival and the Hatton Village Carnival

Waddle along to Ay Up Me Duck Day for a ducktastic day of duck-related fun in Swadlincote town centre

Enjoy great experiences with Proms in the Park in Swadlincote, the Summer Nights outdoor film festival at Calke Abbey, Derby A Cappella in Newton Solney and the Melbourne Festival performance programme

Uncover the history of South Derbyshire and North West Leicestershire with Hello Heritage offering a fascinating window into the past through tours, walks and open days

Meet David Bradley at the Repton Literary Festival, best known for playing Argus Filch in the Harry Potter films and Walder Frey in Game of Thrones

‘Try for All’ - celebrate South Derbyshire’s partnership with Toyota City in Japan, home to four matches in the first ever Rugby World Cup in Asia

Fulfil that ambition to perform with the Open Mic on The Delph in Swadlincote town centre or try painting, photography, wildlife watching, puppeteering, astronomy, bushcraft, drumming, forest bathing, napkin art, stone carving, cycling, crystal art, circus skills or even ukulele making visit www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/swadlincotetic 5 What’s On in South Derbyshire and The National Forest July

Mon 1 to Wed 31 Jul, 10am to 4pm Mon 1 & Tue 2 Jul, 9.30 - 11.30am Hick’s Lodge Photography Step Up to GCSE Maths - Taster Exhibition Swadlincote Adult Community Education Café Espresso, Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, Centre, Rink Drive, DE11 8JL West Street, Swadlincote, DE11 9DG Take advantage of this free taster session Get away from social media feeds and to help you decide if you wish to start the come and see the real thing! A catalogue Maths course in September and ask any of photographic images from mixed ability questions you may have - lots of advice photographers capturing life through a lens. available. Tel: 01283 222600 Tel: 01629 533290 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk www.facebook.com/swadlincoteace Free Price: Free. Free Price: Free.

Mon 1 – Wed 31 July Mon 1 to Wed 31 Jul, 10am - 4.30pm William Ault Exhibition The Magic Attic’s School Display Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, West Street, Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, West Street, Swadlincote, DE11 9DG Swadlincote, DE11 9DG Sharpe’s is the chosen platform to stage this The Magic Attic is home to a remarkable new display of William Ault works. Objects range of archives. Come and reflect upon are loaned from national and international your own educational experiences and collectors and include pieces from design recall school memories through this school- pioneer Christopher Dresser. Times are themed exhibition. restricted. Please contact Sharpe’s before Tel: 01283 222600 you visit. Email: [email protected] www.sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk Tel: 01283 222600 Free Email: [email protected] Price: Free. www.sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk Free Price: Free. Wed 3 Jul, 9.30am - 12noon Provider Event Oakland Village, Hall Farm Road, Swadlincote, DE11 8ND Come along to chat to a whole host of organisations offering help and support: Help to achieve your goals, help managing your money, training courses, disability employment advice, career advice, support for your mental health, health and wellbeing advice, and much more. Price: Free entry and free parking. Free

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Wed 3 Jul, 2.30 - 4pm Sat 6 Jul, 10.30am - 12.30pm Valuation Day Tea Drinking in Britain - Talk Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, West Street, Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, West Street, Swadlincote, DE11 9DG Swadlincote, DE11 9DG Dig out those undiscovered treasures! Do you take your tea plain, with milk, sugar, Bamford Auctioneers, one of the region’s lemon or as a herbal infusion? For more leading auction houses, will be here giving than 360 years British culture has been valuations and advice. defined by tea drinking. Maggie Slingsby Tel: 01283 222600 tells us more about the role tea has played Email: [email protected] in British society. www.sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk Tel: 01283 222600 Price: £1 per item or set. Email: [email protected] www.sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk Price: £5 including refreshments; Wed 3 Jul, 7 - 9pm Booking essential. Fashion Show & Shopping Kraftiz, Rosliston Forestry Centre, Burton Road, DE12 8JX Sat 6 Jul, 10.30am - 12.30pm Browse your favourite High Street brands Calke on Camera offering up to 75% discounts! Catering for Calke Abbey, Ticknall, DE73 7JF sizes 6-30 and including French and Italian Bring your camera to Calke and have some designer wear. fun with the photography team on this Tel: 07971 268943 creative walk in the park. Find some great Email: [email protected] views to photograph and pick up some Price: £4 per person. handy tips along the way. Tel: 01332 863822 Thu 4 Jul, 7.30 - 9.30pm Email: [email protected] www.nationaltrust.org.uk/calke Hilton and Marston History Group Price: Event free; Park admission charge Hilton Methodist Chapel, Main Street, applies: Adults £4.20; Child £2.10; Family DE65 5FF £10.50; NT members free. Monthly talks - open meeting. Tel: 01283 733069 Sat 6 & Sun 7 Jul, 11.30am - 5pm Email: [email protected] www.facebook.com/Hilton and Marston Aston on Trent Well Dressing History Group Festival Price: £3 for non member; Aston on Trent Village, Derby Road, DE72 2AF Membership £12 per year. This has been an annual village event for over 20 years. There are many different Well Sat 6 Jul, 10am - 12noon, Dressings around the village from various 1 - 3pm & 4 – 6pm groups, together with stalls, food outlets Melbourne Festival Puppet and entertainment throughout the day. The chosen charities this year are Save Aston Workshop Village Environment and Aquabox. Melbourne Parish Church, Church Square, Tel: 01332 792119 DE73 8JH Email: [email protected] Fun filled workshops for the amazing art of www.facebook.com (Aston on Trent Well puppeteering by England’s best new puppet Dressing) Free trainer. Participants are invited to perform at Price: Free. the Melbourne Festival if they wish. Puppets are provided and all ages are welcome for the first two sessions, the later session (4 - 6pm) is reserved for ages 11-18 years; Please book early. Tel: 01332 416152 Email: [email protected] www.melbourneparishchurch.org.uk Price: £20 per person; Booking essential. Sat 6 & Sun 7 July, 11:30am - 5pm

Wed 10 Jul, 10.30 - 11.30am Saplings Pre-School Outdoor Aston-On-Trent Experiences Rosliston Forestry Centre, Burton Road, DE12 8JX Well Dressings Fun outdoor activities aimed at 1-4 year olds - be prepared to get a little mucky! The traditional art of decorating springs Older siblings welcome during school and wells with pictures using only what holiday times (limited numbers). Bookings nature can provide. Its origins are a and payment in advance please through South Derbyshire District Council (SDDC mystery and are thought to date back to Customer Services) on 01283 595795 the time of the Celts or even earlier. With (office hours). dedication and skill in its execution, this Tel: 01283 535039 ancient custom offers a fascinating insight Email: [email protected] www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/ into traditional Derbyshire heritage EnvironmentalEducation Price: £6.50 per child.

www.astonwelldressers.co.uk Fri 12 & Sat 13 Jul, 10am - 4pm Drawing and Painting Workshops White Hollows Studio, White Hollows Cottage, Box Lane, Ticknall, DE73 7JN Join tutor Michael at his studio for instruction and advice in this drawing and painting workshop, capturing British Butterflies in watercolour. Please contact for further details. Sat 6 Jul, 1.30 - 2.30pm Tel: 01332 862757 Kids with Cameras Email: [email protected] Calke Abbey, Ticknall, DE73 7JF www.michaellakinart.co.uk Price: From £70 per person per day; Come and join the photography team on Booking essential. a kid’s camera walk and have some fun looking for different views to photograph. Don’t forget to bring a camera and an adult! Fri 12 Jul, 7.30 - 10.30pm Tel: 01332 863822 Rosliston Astronomy Group Email: [email protected] Rosliston Forestry Centre, Burton Road, www.nationaltrust.org.uk/calke DE12 8JX Price: Event free; Park admission charge applies: Adults £4.20; Child £2.10; Family You are invited to join a group of £10.50; NT members free. enthusiastic amateur astronomers who regularly meet to discuss all things related to the night sky and (when clear) look at the Tue 9 Jul, 7.30 - 9.30pm stars and other night sky objects. Beginners Alpines & Rock Gardens - Talk welcome. Please check website for meeting Ticknall Village Hall, Ingleby Lane, DE73 7JU dates. Join Ticknall Garden Club and guest speaker Tel: 07966 882157 (after 6.30pm) Jeff Bates - a Garden Club favourite. Email: [email protected] Tel: 01283 214784 www.roslistonastronomy.org.uk Email: [email protected] Price: Adult £3.50; Reduced price for children. www.ticknallgardenclub.org.uk Price: £3 per person. Sat 13 & Sun 14 July Family Bushcraft Weekend Spring Wood, Lount Road, Melbourne, DE73 8BJ A super weekend of fun and adventure for all ages - sleep in an effective shelter built ODEON Event Cinema by yourselves, create fire using a variety of Your ticket to the greatest shows on Earth methods including friction, make lengths of Lose yourself in the action of the world’s greatest quality string from woodland materials, as performances, brought to you live via satellite or recorded, well as various other skills and games. straight onto the big screen Tel: 01530 411861 From captivating theatre, opera, music and dance, to Email: [email protected] exhilarating sporting events, you’ll never miss a moment www.woodlandsurvivalcrafts.com Price: Adults £155; Child under 16 years £55, to include meals; Booking essential. Highlights include: Westlife: The Twenty Tour Live NT Live: One Man Two Guvnors (encore) Sat 13 Jul, 10.30am - 12.30pm André Rieu’s 2019 Maastricht Concert – Shall We Dance? Medical Detection Dogs - Talk Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, West Street, Get ready for edge-of-your-seat shows like you’ve never Swadlincote, DE11 9DG seen them before, with breathtaking surround sound for an Join our guest speaker Wendy Coley unforgettable, larger-than-life experience to learn about the impressive work of With ODEON Event Cinema you’ll always have the best seat medical detection dogs and their valuable in the house, with close-up action so real you’ll feel like contribution to people’s lives. you’re there Tel: 01283 222600 For further information ring 01283 559 060 Email: [email protected] or go to www.odeon.co.uk www.sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk Price: £5 including refreshments; Booking essential. Sat 13 Jul, 12noon Hatton Village Carnival Sat 13 July - Fri 6 Sept, 10.30am - 4pm Hatton Sports & Social Ground, Garden of Imagination Scropton Road, DE65 5DS Calke Abbey, Ticknall, DE73 7JF You are invited to join in this very popular The walled kitchen garden has been event! Large funfair, stalls, dog show, craft/ transformed into the Garden of Imagination. tea tent, BBQ, hog roast, magic man and Enjoy carefree Summer days and let your uni-cyclist entertainer. In the arena there imagination run wild in our natural outdoor will be a wrestling ring - a full hour of play area. Open every day of the Summer American wrestling with a royal rumble to holiday. finish! Watch the Spitfire flypast. The parade Tel: 01332 863822 begins at noon. Free car parking on Station Email: [email protected] Road and at the old Trent Bus garage. www.nationaltrust.org.uk/calke Email: [email protected] Price: Garden ticket required. Following prices www.facebook.com/ include park admission and garden ticket: HattonVillageCarnivalOfficial Free Adult £10.70; Child £5.35; Family £26.70; Price: Free. NT Members free. 10 visit www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/swadlincotetic

Sat 13 Jul, 2.30 - 4pm Sun 14 Jul, 10.30am - 4.30pm Djembe Drumming Eureka Party in the Park Dance and Music Centre, Eureka Park, Midland Road, Swadlincote, 11 The Delph Centre, Swadlincote, DE11 0AG DE11 0BN Join South Derbyshire Community Enjoy a whole host of gorgeous street foods Drummers for this Djembe drumming and craft ales, ciders and much more. There workshop for ages 16 years and over. Have will be a fabulous “not on the High Street” fun in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere, no marquee filled with arts and crafts, experience necessary and plenty of drums Man V Cake competition, live music and available for use. plenty to join in with. Tel: 01283 225741 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.madhattersevents.com Free www.tribalvibes.net Price: Free. Price: £4 per person. Sat 20 Jul, 9.30am - 4pm Sun 14 Jul, 9.30am Introductory Bushcraft Day Photography Walk - 1 Mile Spring Wood, Lount Road, Melbourne, Rosliston Forestry Centre, Burton Road, DE73 8BJ DE12 8JX A great day grasping the basic skills of Join us for this hour and a half photography Bushcraft. The workshop will include walk around the Centre. The walk will be led effective shelter construction, efficient fire by a professional photographer, who will be lighting, successful friction fire lighting, as able to give you tips on how to get the best well as string making, wild food tasting and from your photos this Autumn. Please bring more besides. your own camera. This short walk may take Tel: 07736 225035 you through long grass so sturdy footwear Email: [email protected] advisable. www.woodlandsurvivalcrafts.com Tel: 01283 595906 Price: £85 per person; £130 for 2 people; Email: [email protected] Booking essential. www.southderbyshire.gov.uk Price: £3 per person; Booking essential. Sat 20 Jul, 10am - 11pm Festival of Brazilian Culture Sun 14 Jul, 10am - 1pm Whistlewood Common, The Common, Car Boot Sale - Hatton Melbourne, DE73 8DH Thistley Place Meadow, Off Station Road, Explore the culture of Brazil through Hatton, DE65 5DY Capoeira classes, Brazilian instrument and Enjoy this car boot sale on Thistley Place singing workshops, plus craft activities. Meadow with all proceeds raised going to As night-time descends music truly takes the running and maintenance of this nature over with entertainment from Samba, reserve. Latin, Soul and Funk bands along with craft Tel: 07969 023493 activities, face painting, costume making Email: [email protected] and a carnival procession. Brazilian food www.thistleyplacemeadow.co.uk and drinks will be on sale. There will be Price: Traders £5 per car; Public free entry. camping opportunities with fun around the fire, morning yoga and a reasonably priced breakfast available! Tel: 01332 865342 Email: [email protected] www.shop.whistlewoodcommon.org Price: To be confirmed; Booking essential. Sat 20 & Sun 21 Jul, 10.30am - 4.30pm Tue 23 Jul, 10am - 1pm Bubbleicious Festival Family Workshop - Mini-Beast Elvaston Castle Country Park, Mushroom Decorating Borrowash Road, DE72 3EP Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, West Street, This festival will be bringing lots of fun Swadlincote, DE11 9DG for all the family, with thousands of Looking for something different to do with bubbles exploding into the Castle skies in the family? Why not decorate your own multitudes of colour and sizes. Enjoy plenty mini-beast ornament? They’ll look gorgeous of interactive bubble activities, children’s outdoors during the Summer-time! Suitable corner, reptile area, live music, pop-up for the whole family. Adult supervision shopping village, plus food and drink required. suppliers. Tel: 07515 330753 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.madhattersevents.com Free www.facebook.com/grumpydoggifts Price: Free. Price: £10 per person; Booking essential.

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Tue 23 Jul, Drop in between 2 - 4pm Thu 25 Jul, 10am - 12.30pm Wildlife Watch - Willow Activities U Can Ukulele Rosliston Forestry Centre, Burton Road, Swadlincote Adult Community Education DE12 8JX Centre, Rink Drive, DE11 8JL Willow activities and site maintenance Join Swadlincote ACE team and learn how - a led activity learning about one of the to make and strum your own ukulele, All maintenance tasks we have to do on site. materials will be provided. If time allows we (Follow the signs to the willow fence). Use will hold an impromptu performance. Please the willow collected to weave and make note children must be accompanied by an stars/dream catchers/butterflies etc. adult. Tel: 01283 535039 Tel: 01629 533290 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/ www.facebook.com/swadlincoteace EnvironmentalEducation Price: Adults £2; Children £1; Price: £2.50 per child. Booking essential.

Tue 23 Jul, 7pm - 9.30pm Thu 25 Jul, 7pm The Art of Photography - Sharp’s Bottom & Daniel Hayes - Advanced Workshop Walk Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, West Street, Dethick Hall Car Park, Manchester Lane, Swadlincote, DE11 9DG Hartshorne, DE11 7ET Discover your creative talents and learn Take part in this circular Heritage Walk of to take photographs you’ll really love. 2.5 miles which passes through Sharp’s This advanced photography workshop is Bottom - an ancient woodland - and aimed at those with a reasonable grasp of continues to the lower slopes of Daniel photography yet feel there is more to learn. Hayes, whose history begins in the Bronze Tel: 07977 142146 Age. The terrain is field and woodland paths Email: [email protected] which include 5 stiles. Please wear sturdy Price: £45 per person; Booking essential. footwear and suitable clothing. No dogs allowed on this walk. Tel: 01283 222848 Wed 24 Jul, 10.30 - 11.30am Email: [email protected] Saplings Pre-School Outdoor www.magicattic.org.uk Experiences Price: Free; Donations to the Free Rosliston Forestry Centre, Burton Road, Magic Attic gratefully received. DE12 8JX Fun outdoor activities aimed at 1-4 year Fri 26 Jul, 7.30 - 10.30pm olds - be prepared to get a little mucky! Older siblings welcome during school Rosliston Astronomy Group holiday times (limited numbers). Bookings Rosliston Forestry Centre, Burton Road, and payment in advance please through DE12 8JX South Derbyshire District Council (SDDC You are invited to join a group of enthusiastic Customer Services) on 01283 595795 amateur astronomers who regularly meet (office hours). to discuss all things related to the night sky Tel: 01283 535039 and (when clear) look at the stars and other Email: [email protected] night sky objects. Beginners welcome. Please www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/ check website for meeting dates. EnvironmentalEducation Tel: 07966 882157 (after 6.30pm) Price: £6.50 per child. Email: [email protected] www.roslistonastronomy.org.uk Price: Adult £3.50; Reduced price for children.

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Fri 26 Jul, 7.30 - 11pm Tue 30 Jul; Start any time between Nightwatch 2 - 3.30pm; Session ends 4pm Rosliston Forestry Centre, Burton Road, Wildlife Watch - Pond Dipping DE12 8JX Rosliston Forestry Centre, Burton Road, Find out about nocturnal creatures and the DE12 8JX night sky with experts to guide you. Suitable Join us by the pond/lake (follow signs). Find for all ages. out what creatures live there! We provide all Tel: 01283 535039 the equipment, but please be prepared to Email: [email protected] share within family groups. www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/ Tel: 01283 535039 EnvironmentalEducation Email: [email protected] Price: £2.50 per person. www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/ EnvironmentalEducation Price: £2.50 per child. Sat 27 Jul, 10.30am - 2pm Open Mic on The Delph The Delph Market Square, Swadlincote Town Wed 31 Jul, 11am - 12.15pm Centre, DE11 0AH Museum Guided Tour Thirty minute slots available for any musicians, singers, bands or buskers who Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, West Street, Swadlincote, DE11 9DG want to showcase their talents. To book a free slot contact John Beer on Join one of our knowledgeable and friendly guides for a unique tour around our Grade II 07799 666522. Listed kiln hovel and Museum. Facebook: Swadlincote Markets Free Tel: 01283 222600 Price: Free. Email: [email protected] www.sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk Free Sat 27 Jul, 12noon - 3.30pm Price: Free; Donations welcome. The Art of Photography - Advanced Workshop Wed 31 Jul, 1 - 3pm Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, West Street, Kids Crafting - Make & Take Swadlincote, DE11 9DG Kraftiz, Rosliston Forestry Centre, Discover your creative talents and learn to Burton Road, DE12 8JX take photographs you’ll really love. This Drop in to this crafting workshop and advanced workshop is aimed at those who prepare to get messy making your craft item have a reasonable grasp of photography yet to take home with you. Workshops take feel there is more to learn. place every Wednesday afternoon during Tel: 07977 142146 the the Summer school holidays. Please Email: [email protected] contact for further information. Price: £60 per person; Booking essential. Tel: 07971 268943 Email: [email protected] Price: £2.50 per child.

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Thu 1 Aug - Fri 6 Sep, 10.30am - 4pm Thu 1 Aug – 31 Oct Garden of Imagination William Ault Exhibition Calke Abbey, Ticknall, DE73 7JF Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, West Street, The walled kitchen garden has been Swadlincote, DE11 9DG transformed into the Garden of Imagination. Sharpe’s is the chosen platform to stage Enjoy carefree Summer days and let your this new display of William Ault works. imagination run wild in our natural outdoor play Objects are loaned from national and area. Open every day of the Summer holiday. international collectors and include pieces Tel: 01332 863822 from design pioneer Christopher Dresser. Email: [email protected] Times are restricted. Please contact www.nationaltrust.org.uk/calke Sharpe’s before you visit. Price: Garden ticket required. Following prices Tel: 01283 222600 include park admission and garden ticket: Email: [email protected] Adult £10.70; Child £5.35; www.sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk Family £26.70; NT Members free. Price: Free. Free

Fri 2, Sat 3 & Sun 4 Aug Dog Lovers Festival Elvaston Castle Country Park, Borrowash Road, DE72 3EP The Dog Lovers Festival is back and sees the introduction of camping with a weekend ticket that includes Friday, Saturday and Sunday with access all areas. There is a new competition arena that will be running all day, both days. The live music stage will have a whole host of artists including some of the UK’s top tribute bands with Oasis on Saturday and Queen on Sunday. Email: [email protected] www.dogloversfestival.org Price: Entry £8 - £14.

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Sat 3 – Fri 9 Aug Mon 5 Aug, 10am - 12noon Forest Bathing Training - Napkin Art - Workshop 7 Days Immersion Kraftiz, Rosliston Forestry Centre, Burton Road, YHA National Forest, Bath Lane, nr Swadlincote, DE12 8JX DE12 6BD Take part in this workshop and learn how to The practises of Forest Bathing (known as create a boxed card design, using paper-craft Shinrin-Yoku in Japan) and Forest Therapy and napkins! are ways of immersing our senses in the Tel: 07971 268943 atmosphere of the forest for relaxation and Email: [email protected] positive health benefits. The National Forest Price: To be confirmed; Booking essential. Company is offering the chance to apply for a bursary to attend this training. For Tue 6 Aug, 9.30am - 4pm further information: Sue Anderson on 01283 551211, [email protected] Family Bushcraft Day (apply by 15 July 2019). Grangewood Farm, Grangewood, Netherseal, Email: DE12 8BG [email protected] A great mini adventure for all the family - www.europeanforesttherapyinstitute.com/ build a good shelter, create fire using friction england-yha-national-forest/ as well as other methods, make campfire gadgets, sample some tasty wild foods and much, much more besides. Sat 3 Aug, 10am Tel: 07736 225035 Guided Cycle Ride Email: [email protected] Maurice Lea Memorial Park, Common Road, www.woodlandsurvivalcrafts.com Church Gresley, DE11 9NW Price: Adults £45; Children under 16 years £25, Enjoy a family cycle ride into the National to include campfire food; Forest following the Conkers Circuit. The Booking essential. ride should last approximately two hours. Under 18s to be accompanied by an adult. Tue 6 Aug, Drop in to the classroom Unfortunately cycles cannot be provided for this event so please bring your own. Meet at between 2 - 3:30pm; Session ends 4pm the bandstand in the park. Wildlife Watch - Tree Safari Tel: 01283 595906 Rosliston Forestry Centre, Burton Road, Email: [email protected] DE12 8JX www.southderbyshire.gov.uk Free Make your own tree dial then follow the Tree Price: Free; Booking essential. Trail to discover fascinating facts and stories about trees! Identify who and what lives around trees. Sun 4 Aug, 1 - 5pm Tel: 01283 535039 NGS Open Garden - Swadlincote Email: [email protected] 13 Westfield Road, Swadlincote, DE11 0BG www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/ The garden is a blaze of colour, featuring EnvironmentalEducation mixed herbaceous beds, lots of roses, two Price: £2.50 per child. ponds, vegetable area, fruit bushes and trees, hanging baskets and tubs and a free Wed 7 & Thu 8 Aug, 10am - 12noon range chicken area. Refreshments: £1 for tea/coffee and £1.50 for delicious home- Napkin Art - Workshop made cake, with all proceeds to nursing and Kraftiz, Rosliston Forestry Centre, Burton Road, caring charities. DE12 8JX Tel: 07891 436632 Take part in this workshop and learn how to Email: [email protected] create a boxed card design, using paper-craft www.ngs.org.uk and napkins! Price: £3.50 per person; Tel: 07971 268943 Accompanied children free. Email: [email protected] Price: To be confirmed; Booking essential. visit www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/swadlincotetic 21

Wed 7 Aug, 1 - 3pm Fri 9 Aug, 7.30 - 10.30pm Kids Crafting - Make & Take Rosliston Astronomy Group Kraftiz, Rosliston Forestry Centre, Burton Road, Rosliston Forestry Centre, Burton Road, DE12 8JX DE12 8JX Drop in to this crafting workshop and You are invited to join a group of prepare to get messy making your craft item enthusiastic amateur astronomers who to take home with you. Workshops take regularly meet to discuss all things related place every Wednesday afternoon during to the night sky and (when clear) look at the the the Summer school holidays. Please stars and other night sky objects. Beginners contact for further information. welcome. Please check website for meeting Tel: 07971 268943 dates. Email: [email protected] Tel: 07966 882157 (after 6.30pm) Price: £2.50 per child. Email: [email protected] www.roslistonastronomy.org.uk Price: Adult £3.50; Reduced price for children. Wed 7 Aug, 2.30 - 4pm Valuation Day Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, West Street, Sat 10 Aug, 10am - 12noon Swadlincote, DE11 9DG Napkin Art - Workshop Dig out those undiscovered treasures! Kraftiz, Rosliston Forestry Centre, Burton Road, Bamford Auctioneers, one of the region’s DE12 8JX leading auction houses, will be here giving Take part in this workshop and learn how to valuations and advice. create a boxed card design, using paper-craft Tel: 01283 222600 and napkins! Email: [email protected] Tel: 07971 268943 www.sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk Email: [email protected] Price: £1 per item or set. Price: To be confirmed; Booking essential.

Wed 7 Aug, 6 - 8pm Mon 12 - Wed 14 Aug (Mon & Tue: 10am - Family Bushcraft 6pm, Wed: 10am – 5pm) Environmental Education Project at Rosliston Think Like a Tree - 3 Day Course Forestry Centre, Burton Road, DE12 8JX Whistlewood Common, The Common, Enjoy a family bushcraft session in the Melbourne, DE73 8DH woods, building shelters, fire making and Explore principles derived from nature - learning about and enjoying the natural all living things share natural principles environment. that allow them to grow, stay healthy, be Tel: Enquiries 01283 595906; Bookings 01283 adaptable, develop resilience, become 595795 (Weekdays 9am-5pm (4.30pm Friday). connected and pass on what they’ve learned. Email: [email protected] This course will provide a step-by-step www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/our-services/ guide. things-to-do-and-places-to-visit/get-active/ Tel: 01332 865342 get-active-in-the-forest Email: [email protected] Price: £7.50 per person; Booking essential. www.thinklikeatree.co.uk Price: £180 per person to include Thu 8 Aug, 1.30pm refreshments; Some Concessionary spaces available; Booking essential. Psychic Afternoon Tea Kraftiz, Rosliston Forestry Centre, Burton Road, DE12 8JX Enjoy a relaxing afternoon tea with a psychic at your table giving readings throughout. Tel: 07971 268943 Email: [email protected] Price: £15 per person; Booking essential.

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Tue 13 Aug, 2pm Sun 18 Aug, 11am Minibeast Safari Coton in the Elms - 5 Mile Walk Rosliston Forestry Centre, Burton Road, Car Park, Coalpit Lane, Coton in the Elms DE12 8JX Enjoy this walk in the Coton in the Elms Meet in the classroom to join a guided walk area. Meet at the unsigned car park in to discover some of the smallest creatures at Coalpit Lane, near Grangewood - Map Ref: Rosliston! We will be looking for minibeasts SK266143. in different places around the site. Session Tel: 01332 585341 will finish between 3.30 and 4pm. www.derbyramblers.org.uk Free Tel: 01283 535039 Price: Free. Email: [email protected] www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/ EnvironmentalEducation Tue 20 Aug, Start anytime between Price: £2.50 per child. 2 - 3.30pm; Session ends 4pm Wildlife Watch - Pond Dipping Rosliston Forestry Centre, Burton Road, Wed 14 Aug, 10.30 – 11.30am DE12 8JX Saplings Pre-School Outdoor Join us by the pond/lake (follow signs). Find Experiences out what creatures live there! We provide all Rosliston Forestry Centre, Burton Road, the equipment, but please be prepared to DE12 8JX share within family groups. Fun outdoor activities aimed at 1-4 year olds Tel: 01283 535039 - be prepared to get a little mucky! Older Email: [email protected] siblings welcome during school holiday www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/ times (limited numbers). Bookings and EnvironmentalEducation payment in advance please through South Price: £2.50 per child. Derbyshire District Council (SDDC Customer Services) on 01283 595795 (office hours). Wed 21 Aug, 10am - 4pm Tel: 01283 535039 Email: [email protected] Decorative Stone Carving www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/ Whistlewood Common, The Common, EnvironmentalEducation Melbourne, DE73 8DH Price: £6.50 per child. Enjoy this introduction to decorative stone carving where you will have the chance to carve a relief design of your own choice. Wed 14 Aug, 6 - 8pm Materials will be supplied - please bring your Family Bushcraft own lunch. Environmental Education Project at Rosliston Tel: 01629 533290 Forestry Centre, Burton Road, DE12 8JX Email: [email protected] Enjoy a family bushcraft session in the www.facebook.com/swadlincoteace woods, building shelters, fire making and Price: £50 to include one piece of stone; learning about and enjoying the natural Booking essential. environment. Tel: Enquiries 01283 595906; Bookings 01283 Wed 21 Aug, 2 - 4pm 595795 (Weekdays 9am-5pm (4.30pm Friday). Woodturning - Talk Email: [email protected] Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, West Street, www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/our-services/ Swadlincote, DE11 9DG things-to-do-and-places-to-visit/get-active/ get-active-in-the-forest Paul Bellamy’s love affair with wood Price: £7.50 per person; Booking essential. has lasted a lifetime. He now shares his skills with others through teaching and demonstrations. Come and find out about his woodturning experiences. Tel: 01283 222600 Email: [email protected] www.sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk Price: £2.50, including light refreshments. 24 visit www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/swadlincotetic

Fri 23 & Sat 24 Aug, 10am - 4pm Wed 28 Aug, 10.30 - 11.30am Drawing and Painting Fruit Saplings Pre-School Outdoor White Hollows Studio, White Hollows Cottage, Experiences Box Lane, Ticknall, DE73 7JN Rosliston Forestry Centre, Burton Road, Join tutor Michael at his studio for DE12 8JX instruction and advice in this drawing and Fun outdoor activities aimed at 1-4 year olds painting workshop capturing fruit. You can - be prepared to get a little mucky! Older use watercolours or acrylic. Please contact siblings welcome during school holiday for further details. times (limited numbers). Bookings and Tel: 01332 862757 payment in advance please through South Email: [email protected] Derbyshire District Council (SDDC Customer www.michaellakinart.co.uk Services) on 01283 595795 (office hours). Price: From £70 per person per day; Tel: 01283 535039 Booking essential. Email: [email protected] www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/ Tue 27 Aug, 1 - 4pm EnvironmentalEducation Price: £6.50 per child. Grabbit for your Rabbit! Rosliston Forestry Centre, Burton Road, DE12 8JX Wed 28 Aug, 11am – 12.15pm We are cutting our Wildflower Meadow and Museum Guided Tour the cuttings are available free for animal Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, West Street, feed. Rake and collect hay for your furry Swadlincote, DE11 9DG friends (rabbits or other small animals). Join one of our knowledgeable and friendly Please bring your own bags! guides for a unique tour around our Grade II Tel: 01283 535039 Listed kiln hovel and Museum. Email: [email protected] Tel: 01283 222600 www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/ Email: [email protected] EnvironmentalEducation Free www.sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk Price: Free. Price: Free; Donations welcome. Free

Tue 27 Aug, 2 - 4pm Thu 29 Aug, 7pm Signs of Summer! Heritage 3 Mile Walk Rosliston Forestry Centre, Burton Road, The Crewe & Harpur, Swarkestone Bridge, DE12 8JX Swarkestone, DE73 7JA Come to the classroom any time between This Heritage walk will have the theme of 2pm and 3pm. Explore the site to find ‘Transport History of the Canal and Trent some signs of Summer, then return to Navigation’ - aspects of the history of the the classroom (by 3.30pm) for help with two villages will also be covered in this identification. just under 3 mile route. There are no stiles Tel: 01283 535039 and the terrain is canal towpath, village Email: [email protected] pavements and riverside path. Please wear www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/ suitable clothing, sturdy footwear. Please EnvironmentalEducation note there are no dogs allowed on this walk. Price: £2.50 per group/set of resources Tel: 01283 222848 borrowed. Email: [email protected] www.magicattic.org.uk Price: Free; Donations to the Free Magic Attic gratefully received. Sat 31 Aug Sat 31 Aug, 7pm Melbourne Festival Fringe Boats on the Ocean - Rock Night Melbourne Village Venues, DE73 8GF Melbourne Assembly Rooms, High Street, The performing arts are an important part DE73 8GF of Melbourne Festival and the Melbourne What could be a better way to open Festival Fringe programme starts on 31st Melbourne Festival Fringe than by August and continues into October. The supporting new bands. Come along to a programme includes an eclectic mix of great gig with headline band ‘Boats on the music, theatre and comedy and sometimes Ocean’. No bar is available but there are lots all three at the same time! of great support acts. Tel: 07765 819428 Tel: 07765 819428 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.melbournefestival.co.uk www.melbournefestival.co.uk Price: Varied. Price: £5 per person.

Sat 31 Aug, 10.30am - 2pm Open Mic on The Delph The Delph Market Square, Swadlincote Town Centre, DE11 0AH Thirty minute slots available for any musicians, singers, bands or buskers who want to showcase their talents. To book a free slot contact John Beer on 07799 666522. Facebook: Swadlincote Markets Free Price: Free.

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Sun 1 Sep, 10am - 4pm Mon 2 to Mon 30 Sep, 10am to 4pm Country Food and Drink Fair Heritage Open Days and Hello Calke Abbey, Ticknall, DE73 7JF Heritage Enjoy the best of the season and celebrate Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, West Street, local food that’s raised, baked or caught Swadlincote, DE11 9DG within a 30-mile radius of Calke Abbey September is all about celebrating our at the Autumn food and drink fair. With heritage, community and history. Every mouth-watering food and drink on offer, year in September thousands of heritage plus cookery demonstrations from the Calke sites throw open their doors to the public in chefs, there’s something for every foodie. celebration of their history. This exhibition Tel: 01332 863822 brings together Heritage Open Days and Email: [email protected] Hello Heritage in a celebration of the www.nationaltrust.org.uk/calke heritage and rich culture we have throughout Price: Event free; Park admission charge England and more locally throughout South applies: Adults £4.20; Child £2.10; Derbyshire and North West Leicestershire. Family £10.50; NT members free. Tel: 01283 222600 Email: [email protected] Mon 2 Sep – 31 Oct www.sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk Price: Free. Free William Ault Exhibition Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, West Street, Swadlincote, DE11 9DG Wed 4 Sep, 10am - 12noon Sharpe’s is the chosen platform to stage Crystal Art this new display of William Ault works. Kraftiz, Rosliston Forestry Centre, Objects are loaned from national and Burton Road, DE12 8JX international collectors and include pieces Create an MDF picture using crystal art - make from design pioneer Christopher Dresser. a great personal gift for friends or family. Times are restricted. Please contact Tel: 07971 268943 Sharpe’s before you visit. Email: [email protected] Tel: 01283 222600 Price: To be confirmed; Booking essential. Email: [email protected] www.sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk Price: Free. Free Wed 4 Sep, 2.30 - 4pm Valuation Day Mon 2 Sep, 10am - 12noon Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, West Street, Swadlincote, DE11 9DG Crystal Art Dig out those undiscovered treasures! Kraftiz, Rosliston Forestry Centre, Bamford Auctioneers, one of the region’s Burton Road, DE12 8JX leading auction houses, will be here giving Create an MDF picture using crystal art - valuations and advice. make a great personal gift for friends or Tel: 01283 222600 family. Email: [email protected] Tel: 07971 268943 www.sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk Email: [email protected] Price: £1 per item or set. Price: To be confirmed; Booking essential. Thu 5 Sep, 10am - 12noon Crystal Art Kraftiz, Rosliston Forestry Centre, Burton Road, DE12 8JX Create an MDF picture using crystal art - make a great personal gift for friends or family. Tel: 07971 268943 Email: [email protected] Price: To be confirmed; Booking essential.

Thu 5 Sep, 7.30 - 9.30pm Hilton and Marston History Group Swadlincote ODEON Silver Cinema Hilton Methodist Chapel, Main Street, Silver Cinema is a series of film screenings for guests who DE65 5FF are over 55. Tickets are from £3 each and include tea, coffee Monthly Talks: Life in an Institution - and biscuits before the film. Unwind and catch up with Domestic service at Sudbury Hall, by friends over aromatic tea and coffee and buttery biscuits as John Redfern. you get ready to be transported to another reality. Whether Tel: 01283 733069 you’re watching a critically acclaimed classic or talk-of-the- Email: [email protected] town new release, we’ll lead you to another time, another www.facebook.com/Hilton and Marston place. Relax as we dim the lights, raise the curtain and bring History Group the screen leaping to life. Inspiring biopics. Laugh-out-loud comedies. Ageless romances. Let us take you there. Price: £3 for non member; Membership £12 per year. For further information ring 01283 559 060 or go to www.odeon.co.uk Fri 6 Sep, 9am - 4pm Melbourne Festival Puppet Fri 6 Sep, 7pm Workshop The Schmoozenbergs in Concert Melbourne Parish Church, Church Square, Melbourne Assembly Rooms, High Street, DE73 8JH DE73 8GF Fun-filled workshop by England’s best Conjuring up the mood of 1930s Paris, fused known puppet trainer. Puppets are provided. with the energy of a campfire jam session, Professional puppet training for anyone The Schmoozenberg’s uplifting gypsy swing interested in performing ‘Joseph’ at the music will put a smile on your face and Melbourne Festival the following weekend. bounce in your step. Tel: 01332 416152 Tel: 01332 863522 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.melbourneparishchurch.org.uk Free www.melbourneassemblyrooms.co.uk Price: Free; Booking essential. Price: £10 per person; Booking essential.

Fri 6 Sep, 7 - 9pm Sat 7 Sep, 10am - 4pm Psychic Supper Mindfulness and Meditation Kraftiz, Rosliston Forestry Centre, Whistlewood Common, The Common, Burton Road, DE12 8JX Melbourne, DE73 8DH Sit with three different psychics during the Explore the art of Mindfulness and evening whilst enjoying a delicious supper, Meditation - learn the foundations of an served at the table. effective mindfulness practice, cultivate Tel: 07971 268943 inner stillness and calm and see the world Email: [email protected] through our senses. Price: £15 per person; Booking essential. Tel: 01332 865342 Email: [email protected] www.shop.whistlewoodcommon.org Price: £40 per person.

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Sat 7 Sep, 10.30am - 12.30pm Sat 7 Sep, 8 - 10.30pm Glenn Miller - Talk Village Folk Presents Merry Hell! Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, West Street, Melbourne Assembly Rooms, High Street, Swadlincote, DE11 9DG DE73 8GF An interesting talk on the life and Merry Hell is an eight-piece folk-rock mysterious death of bandleader and band - a joyful, uplifting slice of folk-rock composer extraordinaire Glenn Miller - the with a message for these troubled times bestselling bandleader in the swing era of - a band with a history, a pedigree and the 1940s with hits such as ‘In the Mood’ a bright future. In four short years they and ‘Pennsylvania 6-5000’. have risen to become festival favourites, Tel: 01283 222600 their first two albums finding favour Email: [email protected] with critics, broadcasters and music fans www.sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk alike. They are continuing to develop an Price: £5 per person including refreshments; enviable reputation for the quality of Booking essential. their song writing, recorded work and live performances. Winners of ‘Best Band’ 2019 and ‘Best Band’ & ‘Best Live’ Act 2018 in Sat 7 Sep, 1 - 2.15pm the Folking.com Awards and described as 4th Woodville Village Show ‘the best live band in the country’ by FATEA Woodville Methodist Church Hall, High Street, Magazine. DE11 7EA Tel: Tickets: 07852 174745 A great village event - showcasing local Tickets available from: www.villagefolk.org; expertise in growing, crafts, baking, artwork Forteys Coffee Shop, Market Place Melbourne; and preserves, all competing for certificates Melbourne Assembly Rooms 01332 863522. of achievement. There will also be a Email: [email protected] tombola and raffle on the day. Staging of www.villagefolk.org exhibits 9.30 - 10.30am. Price: £15; Booking essential. Tel: 01283 222803 Email: [email protected] Sun 8 Sep, 9.30 - 11am Price: Public free entry; Adult exhibitors 20p per exhibit; 16 yrs and under 10p per exhibit. Photography Walk - 1 Mile Rosliston Forestry Centre, Burton Road, DE12 8JX Sat 7 Sep, 2.30 - 4pm Join us for this hour and a half photography Djembe Drumming with Guest walk around the Centre. The walk will be led Tutor by a professional photographer, who will be Dance and Music Centre, able to give you tips on how to get the best 11 The Delph Centre, Swadlincote, DE11 0AG from your photos this Autumn. Please bring Join guest Djembe Drumming teacher your own camera and wear sturdy footwear. Dave Boston for this workshop. Tel: 01283 595906 Tel: 01283 225741 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.southderbyshire.gov.uk www.tribalvibes.net Price: £3 per person; Booking essential. Price: £10 per person; Booking essential. 32 visit www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/swadlincotetic

Sun 8 Sep, 11am - 3pm Thu 12 Sep, 1.30pm Autumn Wedding Open Day Foremark and Heath Wood Walk The Riding School, Calke Abbey, Ticknall, The Swan Inn, Main Street, Milton, DE65 6EF DE73 7LE Enjoyable Heritage Walk of 4 miles, Explore the hidden gem that is The Riding incorporating Hangman’s Stone, Heath School at Calke Abbey - with high ceilings Wood’s Viking cemetery and Foremark and exposed brickwork, this charming Hall - all provide much of historical interest wedding venue will be dressed and styled on this circular walk. The terrain is field as if for a real wedding. There will be plenty paths, bridleways and village lanes plus 5 of wedding suppliers to meet and discuss stiles. Please note that no dogs are allowed. your requirements for your special day. Sturdy footwear is recommended along with Tel: 01332 585121 suitable clothing. Part of the Hello Heritage Email: [email protected] 2019 event. www.honeysuckleandcastle.co.uk Tel: 01283 222848 Price: Event free of charge; Email: [email protected] Parkland admission applies. www.magicattic.org.uk Price: Free; Donations to the Free Magic Attic gratefully received. Tue 10 Sep, 7.30 - 9.30pm Plant Genetic Manipulation - A Simple Introduction Fri 13 Sep, 7.30pm Ticknall Village Hall, Ingleby Lane, DE73 7JU Funhouse Comedy Club Join Ticknall Garden Club and guest speaker Melbourne Royal British Legion Club, Mike Davey for this talk. 87 Derby Road, DE73 1FL Tel: 01283 214784 Another great line-up for this popular Email: [email protected] Festival event which is always a highlight of www.ticknallgardenclub.org.uk the programme. Headline is Stephen Grant, Price: £3 per person. one of the UK’s funniest, hardest working and most respected comedians. Supporting are Diane Spencer and Carl Jones with Wed 11 Sep, 10.30 - 11.30am compere Dave Bryon. Saplings Pre-School Outdoor Tel: 01332 862243 Experiences Email: [email protected] www.melbournefestival.co.uk Rosliston Forestry Centre, Burton Road, Price: £9 per person; Booking essential. DE12 8JX Fun outdoor activities aimed at 1-4 year olds - be prepared to get a little mucky! Fri 13 Sep, 7.30 - 10.30pm Older siblings welcome during school Rosliston Astronomy Group holiday times (limited numbers). Bookings Rosliston Forestry Centre, Burton Road, and payment in advance please through DE12 8JX South Derbyshire District Council (SDDC Customer Services) on 01283 595795 You are invited to join a group of (office hours). enthusiastic amateur astronomers who Tel: 01283 535039 regularly meet to discuss all things related Email: [email protected] to the night sky and (when clear) look at the www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/ stars and other night sky objects. Beginners EnvironmentalEducation welcome. Please check website for meeting Price: £6.50 per child. dates. Tel: 07966 882157 (after 6.30pm) Email: [email protected] www.roslistonastronomy.org.uk Price: Adult £3.50; Reduced price for children.

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Sat 14 & Sun 15 Sep Tue 17 Sep, 11am - 2pm Melbourne Festival Art & Bonhams Valuation Day Architecture Trail Calke Abbey, Ticknall, DE73 7JF Melbourne Village, All Streets, DE73 8GF Bring your silver, jewellery, pictures, Melbourne Festival is always full of ceramics, furniture, clocks and works of surprises and for its 15th Birthday it is art to be valued by experts from Bonhams celebrating in style - and flower power is Auctioneers. Pop into the Riding School coming to this year’s Trail! Enjoy a whole and see how much your items are worth. weekend of great art in beautiful locations Valuations will cost £2 per item, or have in this beautiful village, with over 130 three items valued for £5. professional artists and makers exhibiting Tel: 01332 863822 in 70 private houses, public buildings and Email: [email protected] business venues. Expect a party atmosphere www.nationaltrust.org.uk/calke with music, food and fun activities for Price: Event free; Park admission charge youngsters and the young at heart round applies: Adults £4.20; Child £2.10; Family every corner! Families are always catered £10.50; NT members free. for on the trail. Tel: 07765 819428 Tue 17 Sep, 6.30 - 8.15pm Email: [email protected] Bat Walk www.melbournefestival.co.uk Free Price: Free. Rosliston Forestry Centre, Burton Road, DE12 8JX An opportunity to find out about bats – Sat 14 Sep, 10am - 1pm where they live, what they eat and how they Small Mushroom Mandala find their way in the dark. Led by Derbyshire Workshop Bat Group. (Walk ends about 8.15pm). Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, West Street, Suitable for children over 10 years and Swadlincote, DE11 9DG adults. Tel: 01283 535039 Come and try your hand at decorating Email: [email protected] your very own mushroom! This three hour www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/ workshop is an adult only session, where EnvironmentalEducation using a dot work technique you can create Price: £2.50 per person. your own design and personalise your own mushroom. Tel: 01283 222600 Tue 17 Sep, 7.30pm Email: [email protected] Bradshaw’s Railway Guides - Talk www.sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk Etwall Methodist School Room, Price: £20 per person; Booking essential. Willington Road, DE65 6HX Join Etwall and Burnaston Local History Sat 14 & Sun 15 Sep, 10am - 5pm Society for this talk ‘Bradshaw’s Railway Rumble in the Jungle Guides - an early English Tour’ with guest Melbourne Vicarage, Pool Cottage Residential speaker Robert Mee. Home, Melbourne Hall, DE73 8EN Tel: 01283 730287 Email: [email protected] Families are very welcome on the weekend www.etwallhistory.org Trail - this year there is a ‘Rumble in the Price: £3 per person. Jungle’ theme for young visitors with story stops and activities around the Melbourne Art & Architecture Trail. Tel: 07765 819428 Email: [email protected] www.melbournefestival.co.uk Price: £5 per person (Wristband & Art Trail Guide); Under 18s free. 36 visit www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/swadlincotetic

Fri 20 Sep, 5 - 6pm Sat 21 Sep, 10.30am - 5.30pm Magical Mayhem and Circus Skills Living with Anxiety Melbourne Senior Citizen Centre, Whistlewood Common, The Common, Church Street, DE73 8EJ Melbourne, DE73 8DH Roll up, roll up .... Magical Mayhem will live A one day workshop, exploring anxiety in up to their name! Enjoy the magic and laugh its many forms: Looking at how anxiety is at the brilliant illusion - for children aged experienced, what causes anxiety, how it 5-11 years. affects our brains and our bodies, as well as Tel: 01332 416152 ways of managing anxiety in ourselves - or Email: [email protected] helping other people to manage their own. www.melbourneparishchurch.org.uk Tel: 01332 865342 Price: £3 per ticket; Booking essential. Email: [email protected] www.shop.whistlewoodcommon.org Price: £45 per person; Booking essential. Fri 20 Sep, 6.30 - 7.30pm Magical Circus Skills Workshop Sat 21 Sep, 7pm Melbourne Senior Citizen Centre, Church Street, Melbourne, DE73 8EJ Hot House Jazz - Melbourne Roll up, roll up ... for a Magical Circus Skills Festival Fringe Workshop for young people aged 8-18 Melbourne Assembly Rooms, High Street, years - learn to juggle, spin and balance, a DE73 8GF perfect antidote to a week at school and not Enjoy an evening of inspirational Jazz with to be missed. Tickets also available from the Hot House ‘Jam Band’ and the award Melbourne News. winning and internationally acclaimed Tel: 07752 686000 ‘Screaming Kicks Big Band’. Find out more Email: [email protected] at #hhontour@HHMusicSchool plus their www.melbourneparishchurch.org.uk website www.hhmusic.co.uk Price: £3 per person; Booking essential. Tel: 07765 819428 Email: [email protected] www.melbournefestival.co.uk Sat 21 Sep, 10am - 1pm Price: Standard ticket £10; Netherseal Garage Sale Concessions £5 per person. Netherseal Village, Various Locations, DE12 8DB The annual Netherseal Garage Sale has Sat 21 Sep, 7.30 - 10.30pm many garages and tables filled with all kinds Barn Dance of items. Food and drink will be available Ticknall Village Hall, Ingleby Lane, DE73 7JW at the village hall. Everyone is welcome to An evening of dance, fun and frolics. Please come and find that object you ‘need’ or have bring your own food and drink. been looking for - bargains everywhere! Tel: 01332 863501 Tel: 01283 762257 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Price: £10 per person; Booking advised. www.netherseal.btck.co.uk Free Price: Free. Sun 22 Sep, 10am - 1pm Car Boot Sale - Hatton Thistley Place Meadow, Off Station Road, Hatton, DE65 5DY Enjoy this car boot sale with all proceeds going to the running and maintenance of this nature reserve. Tel: 07969 023493 Email: [email protected] www.thistleyplacemeadow.co.uk Price: Traders £5 per car; Public free. Wed 25 Sep, 10.30 - 11.30am Wed 25 Sep, 11am – 12.15pm Saplings Pre-School Outdoor Museum Guided Tour Experiences Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, West Street, Rosliston Forestry Centre, Burton Road, Swadlincote, DE11 9DG DE12 8JX Join one of our knowledgeable and friendly Fun outdoor activities aimed at 1-4 year guides for a unique tour around our Grade II olds - be prepared to get a little mucky! Listed kiln hovel and Museum. Older siblings welcome during school Tel: 01283 222600 holiday times (limited numbers). Bookings Email: [email protected] and payment in advance please through www.sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk South Derbyshire District Council (SDDC Price: Free; Donations welcome. Free Customer Services) on 01283 595795 (office hours). Fri 27 Sep, 7pm Tel: 01283 535039 Email: [email protected] Yusuf - Songs of Cat Stevens www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/ Melbourne Assembly Rooms, High Street, EnvironmentalEducation DE73 8GF Price: £6.50 per child. Keith James performs the songs of Cat Stevens, including Wild World, Father and Son, Moonshadow and Where do the Children Play. This is an honest look and insight of a great artist. Tel: 01332 863522 Email: [email protected] www.melbourneassemblyrooms.co.uk Price: £10 per person; Booking essential. 38 visit www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/swadlincotetic

Fri 27 Sep, 7.30 - 10.30pm Sat 28 Sep, 10.30am – 12.30pm Rosliston Astronomy Group Calke on Camera Rosliston Forestry Centre, Burton Road, Calke Abbey, Ticknall, DE73 7JF DE12 8JX Bring your camera to Calke and have some You are invited to join a group of fun with the photography team on this enthusiastic amateur astronomers who creative walk in the park. Find some great regularly meet to discuss all things related views to photograph and pick up some to the night sky and (when clear) look at the handy tips along the way. stars and other night sky objects. Beginners Tel: 01332 863822 welcome. Please check website for meeting Email: [email protected] dates. www.nationaltrust.org.uk/calke Tel: 07966 882157 (after 6.30pm) Price: Event free; Park admission charge Email: [email protected] applies: Adults £4.20; Child £2.10; Family www.roslistonastronomy.org.uk £10.50; NT members free. Price: Adult £3.50; Reduced price for children. Sat 28 Sep, 10.30am - 2pm Sat 28 Sep, 9.30am - 5pm Open Mic on The Delph Wild Food and Wilderness Cookery The Delph Market Square, Swadlincote Town Spring Wood, Lount Road, Melbourne, Centre, DE11 0AH DE73 8BJ Thirty minute slots available for any Gain some inspiration and understanding musicians, singers, bands or buskers who about some of the tasty wild foods available want to showcase their talents. To book a in our woodlands and countryside. The free slot contact John Beer on course will focus on giving you confidence 07799 666522. to identify various plants and fungi, Facebook: Swadlincote Markets Free enabling you to use them in a variety of Price: Free. ways. Tel: 07736 225035 Email: [email protected] Sat 28 Sep, 11am - 12noon www.woodlandsurvivalcrafts.com Family Tree Identification Walk Price: £74 per person; Rosliston Forestry Centre, Burton Road, £130 for two people; Booking essential. DE12 8JX Join the team for an Autumnal walk around the Forestry Centre to see how many Sat 28 & Sun 29 Sep, 10am - 4pm trees you can identify, and find out more Drawing and Painting Woodland about the ones you can’t. We will be using Fruits identification charts as we go, so this will be White Hollows Studio, White Hollows Cottage, ideal for your little ones to enjoy. Box Lane, Ticknall, DE73 7JN Tel: 01283 595906 Join tutor Michael at his studio for Email: [email protected] instruction and advice in this drawing and www.southderbyshire.gov.uk painting workshop, capturing woodland Price: £1.50 per person. fruits in watercolour. Please contact for further details. Tel: 01332 862757 Email: [email protected] www.michaellakinart.co.uk Price: From £70 per person per day; Booking essential. visit www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/swadlincotetic 39

Sat 28 Sep, 1.30 - 2.30pm Sun 29 Sep, 11am - 3pm Kids with Cameras Autumn Wedding Show Calke Abbey, Ticknall, DE73 7JF The Riding School, Calke Abbey, Ticknall, Come and join the photography team on DE73 7LE a kids camera walk and have some fun Are you planning your dream wedding? Take looking for different views to photograph. this opportunity to discover some fabulous Don’t forget to bring a camera and an adult! handpicked wedding suppliers from the Tel: 01332 863822 local area. Plus meet the Events Team for Email: [email protected] this stunning wedding venue. www.nationaltrust.org.uk/calke Tel: 01332 585121 Price: Event free; Park admission charge Email: [email protected] applies: Adults £4.20; Child £2.10; Family www.honeysuckleandcastle.co.uk £10.50; NT members free. Price: Event free of charge; Parkland admission applies. Sat 28 Sep, 7pm 10cclo - Concert Mon 30 Sep, 7.30pm Melbourne Assembly Rooms, High Street, South Derbyshire Badger Group Melbourne, DE73 8GF Ticknall Village Hall Board Room, 7 Rose Lane, The Greatest Hits of 10cc and ELO - DE73 7JW Dreadlock Holiday, Mr Blue Sky, I’m Mandy Join the Group for a talk with guest speaker Fly Me, Livin’ Thing, Evil Woman, The Things Dr Catrin Rutland on ‘Life in a New Vet We Do for Love, Wild West Hero, Life is School’. All welcome. a Minestrone, Art for Art’s Sake, Turn to Tel: 07754 094177 Stone, I’m Not in Love, Roll Over Beethoven, Email: Rubber Bullets - all brought to life with a [email protected] great 6-piece band! www.southderbyshirebadgergroup.co.uk Tel: 01332 863522 Price: Entry £3 per person. Email: [email protected] www.melbourneassemblyrooms.co.uk Price: £12.50 per person; Booking essential. Mon 30 Sep, 7.30 - 9pm The Arkwrights - Talk Melbourne Assembly Rooms, High Street, Sat 28 Sep, 7.30pm DE73 8GF Derby A Cappella Join Melbourne Civic Society and guest St Mary’s Church, Church Lane, Newton speaker from the Arkwright Society for this Solney, DE15 0SR talk: ‘The Arkwrights: Spinners of Fortune’. Come along to enjoy an evening of harmony All welcome. in the superb setting of St Mary’s Church. Tel: 01332 864487 Derby A Cappella will be supported by a Email: [email protected] guest artist. Tickets also available from www.melbournecivicsociety.org.uk The Brickmakers Pub, Main Street, Newton Price: £2.50. Solney (Tel: 01283 702558). Tel: 07503 158633 Email: [email protected] Price: Adult £12 including glass of prosecco; Child £6; Booking essential.

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Tue 1 – Thu 31 Oct Tue 1 to Thu 31 Oct, 10am - 4pm William Ault Exhibition Art Exhibition Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, West Street, Café Espresso, Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, Swadlincote, DE11 9DG West Street, Swadlincote, DE11 9DG Sharpe’s is the chosen platform to stage This exhibition is a showcase of artwork this new display of William Ault works. from the Newton Solney Art Group, which Objects are loaned from national and is a group of individuals who share a international collectors and include pieces common interest in art and painting in all from design pioneer Christopher Dresser. media forms. The Group was established Times are restricted. Please contact in 1991 and has some members who have Sharpe’s before you visit. received formal art training and some Tel: 01283 222600 who have learnt from the support of the Email: [email protected] group experience. This will be an eclectic www.sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk collection not to be missed! Please note that Price: Free. Free last orders in Café Espresso are at 3.30pm if you wish to have a drink during your visit. Tel: 01283 222600 Tue 1 to Thu 31 Oct, 10am - 4pm Email: [email protected] www.sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk Of the Earth: Pots and Plants Free Exhibition Price: Free. Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, West Street, Swadlincote, DE11 9DG Wed 2 Oct, 2.30 - 4pm In this exhibition the two artists involved Valuation Day are celebrating the Earth with their Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, West Street, individual displays of work. Alan Birchall Swadlincote, DE11 9DG from Red Lion Pottery will have on Dig out those undiscovered treasures! display his beautiful ceramics that are Bamford Auctioneers, one of the region’s hand thrown, influenced by nature and leading auction houses, will be here giving are functional pieces for everyday life, valuations and advice. whilst Sue Woollard is showcasing her Tel: 01283 222600 stunning photography that shows just how Email: [email protected] beautiful nature is. Sue specialises in Floral www.sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk Photography and her photographs display the beauty of the natural world around us. Price: £1 per item or set. Tel: 01283 222600 Email: [email protected] www.sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk Price: Free. Free Wed 2 Oct, 3.45 - 6pm Thu 3 Oct, 7.30 - 9.30pm Outdoor Learning Hilton and Marston History Group Rosliston Forestry Centre, Burton Road, Hilton Methodst Chapel, Main Street, DE65 5FF Swadlincote, DE12 8JX Monthly Talks: ‘The Burton and Ashby Light A twilight training session for pre-school Railway’ by Alan Hiley. and primary teachers and practitioners Tel: 01283 733069 who want to use their outdoor space more. Email: [email protected] Develop confidence and skills in delivering www.facebook.com /Hilton and Marston outdoor activities using low cost and easy History Group to source materials. Further sessions on 8th, Price: £3 for non member; 15th & 23rd Oct. Contact us for details. Membership £12 per year. Tel: 01283 535039 Email: [email protected] www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/ EnvironmentalEducation Price: £20; Booking essential. visit www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/swadlincotetic 43

Fri 4 & Sat 5 Oct, 7pm Wed 9 Oct, 10.30 - 11.30am A Choir’d Taste in Concert Saplings Pre-School Outdoor Melbourne Assembly Rooms, High Street, Experiences DE73 8GF Rosliston Forestry Centre, Burton Road, Melbourne Festival welcomes Melbourne’s DE12 8JX talented mixed voice choir returning to Fun outdoor activities aimed at 1-4 year this year’s Festival Fringe to bring us a olds - be prepared to get a little mucky! spectacular end to the Summer. Their Older siblings welcome during school performance will be directed by their Musical Director Paul Marshall. holiday times (limited numbers). Bookings and payment in advance please through Tel: 07990 582381 South Derbyshire District Council (SDDC Email: [email protected] Customer Services) on 01283 595795 www.melbournefestival.co.uk (office hours). Price: £10 per person. Tel: 01283 535039 Email: [email protected] Sat 5 Oct www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/ Choros Amici EnvironmentalEducation Price: £6.50 per child. Melbourne Parish Church, Church Square, DE73 8EN Join the Friends of Melbourne Parish Church Wed 9 Oct, 5:30 – 8pm as they bring Choros Amici - the Choir of Thinking of Starting a Business? Friends - to Melbourne Festival Fringe - Have you ever wondered about running former winners of Sainsbury’s Choir of the your own business? Or recently become Year and Finalists in the World Choir of the self-employed? This event will provide an Year in 2011 in Llangollen. Licensed bar introduction to everything that you need to available. think about to be your own boss, including Tel: 07765 819428 any grants and loans that may be available. Email: [email protected] It is open to all, with help and advice on www.melbournefestival.co.uk offer from the South Derbyshire Business Price: £10 per person. Advice Service (supported by South Derbyshire District Council). Tue 8 Oct, 7.30 - 9.30pm Tel: 01283 595791 Once Seen Never Forgotten - Talk Email: [email protected] www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/ Ticknall Village Hall, Ingleby Lane, DE73 7JU businessnewsevents Free A talk presented to Ticknall Garden Club by Price: Free; Booking essential. Don Witton. All welcome. Tel: 01283 214784 Email: [email protected] Thu 10 Oct, 7.15 - 9pm www.ticknallgardenclub.org.uk Willington History Group Meeting Price: £3. Old School, Castleway, Willington, DE65 6BT Brief AGM followed by illustrated talk on ‘The Weaker Sex’, a look at six Victorian women who were all remarkable in their various ways in what was very much a man’s world. Tel: 01283 702894 Email: [email protected] Price: £3 including refreshments. 44 visit www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/swadlincotetic

Fri 11 & Sat 12 Oct, 7pm Tue 15 Oct, 7.30pm The Vicar of Dibley Archaeology - Talk Melbourne Assembly Rooms, High Street, Etwall Methodist School Room, DE73 8GF Willington Road, DE65 6HX Dibley brought very much to life by Encore Join Etwall and Burnaston Local History Performing Arts. When their elderly vicar Society for this talk ‘Archaeology at passes away, congregation members in Dovedale and Calke’ with guest speaker Dibley are surprised to find that a woman Rachel Hall from the National Trust. has been assigned to their parish. Not just Tel: 01283 730287 any woman - Geraldine Granger is outgoing, Email: [email protected] vivacious and fun-loving, as well as caring www.etwallhistory.org and committed to her flock. Price: £3 per person. Tel: 01332 863522 Email: [email protected] www.melbourneassemblyrooms.co.uk Wed 16 Oct, 2 - 4pm Price: £10 per person; Booking essential. Bats - Talk Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, West Street, Swadlincote, DE11 9DG Sat 12 Oct, 6pm As Halloween fast approaches, come and Luna Society Supper Club join guest speaker Kevin Reynolds who will Whistlewood Common, The Common, help to dispel the myths surrounding the Melbourne, DE73 8DH fascinating creatures that are bats. This light A pop-up restaurant social evening, around but informative talk will give you a general the time of the full moon, inspired by the introduction to bats within the UK and from great minds of the 18th Century Lunar around the rest of the world. We hope by Society. A special atmosphere awaits you the end of talk, you will have changed your in the beautiful Whistlewood Roundhouse opinion about them. where you’ll be served a tasty two course Tel: 01283 222600 vegetarian meal of home produced foods Email: [email protected] on hand crafted plates. Vegan options will www.sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk be available. Alongside the food we’ll bring Price: £2.50 per person. you talks, readings and/or music - intriguing ideas, and a little sprinkle of fun. Tel: 01332 865342 Fri 18 & Sat 19 Oct, 10am - 4pm Email: [email protected] Painting British Birds Workshops www.shop.whistlewoodcommon.org White Hollows Studio, White Hollows Cottage, Price: £20 per person; Booking essential. Box Lane, Ticknall, DE73 7JN Join tutor Michael at his studio for instruction and advice in this drawing and painting workshop, capturing British Birds in acrylic paints. Please contact for further details. Tel: 01332 862757 Email: [email protected] www.michaellakinart.co.uk Price: From £70 per person per day; Booking essential.

If you would like your event included in the next edition (Nov 2019 – Feb 2020) or would like to advertise in the publication, please contact Swadlincote TIC on 01283 222 848 Fri 18 Oct, 7pm The Dime Notes - Live Jazz Melbourne Parish Church, Church Square, DE73 8EN The Friends of Melbourne Parish Church and Melbourne Festival welcome The Dime Notes as they dig back into the blues - drenched sounds of clarinet-driven 1920s New Orleans jazz, unearthing a repertoire of stomps, blues and forgotten gems of the era from musicians such as Johnny Dodds, Jelly Roll Morton and Red Nichols. A rare chance to hear great jazz in a fantastic setting. Licensed bar available. Tel: 07765 819428 Email: [email protected] www.melbournefestival.co.uk Price: £10 per person. BOAT TRIPS Join the Mercia Swan for a leisurely cruise along the Sat 19 Oct, 10am - 4pm picturesque Trent & Mersey Canal Making Art with Natural Materials Regular return services (unless prior booked for private charter) from Whistlewood Common, The Common, the marina to the village of Willington or alternatively a longer trip to Melbourne, DE73 8DH Stenson Lock, where you can refresh yourself with a drink at either Join artist Jane Bevan for a relaxed and Stenson Lock Café/Bubble Inn or Nadee/Mad Hatters Tea Rooms sociable day of walking, collecting natural materials and making art. Experimenting with a range of techniques including tying, For times and prices, please contact: cutting, knotting, twining, plaiting and hand [email protected] 0739 882 1650 www.merciaswan.co.uk stitching you will assemble small structural Mercia Marina, Findern Lane, Willington, DE65 6DW artworks and 2D collage. You will be using thread, wire, natural string, grass, reeds and plant stems. Tel: 01332 865342 Sat 19 Oct, 2.30 - 4pm Email: [email protected] Djembe Drumming www.shop.whistlewoodcommon.org Dance and Music Centre, 11 The Delph Centre, Price: To be confirmed; Booking essential. Swadlincote, DE11 0AG Join South Derbyshire Community Sat 19 Oct, 10.30am - 4pm Drummers for this Djembe drumming Science Discovery Fun Day workshop for ages 16 years and over. Have fun in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere, no Rosliston Forestry Centre, Burton Road, experience necessary and plenty of drums DE12 8JX available for use. Join us for fun with science - have a go at Tel: 01283 225741 simple experiments with the Environmental Email: [email protected] Education team, Rolls-Royce plc and the www.tribalvibes.net Astronomy Group. Suitable for all ages. Price: £4 per person. Tel: 01283 535039 Email: [email protected] www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/ EnvironmentalEducation Price: Event free (may be a small charge Free for some activities). 46

Wed 23 Oct, 10.30 - 11.30am Saplings Pre-School Outdoor Experiences Rosliston Forestry Centre, Burton Road, DE12 8JX Fun outdoor activities aimed at 1-4 year olds - be prepared to get a little mucky! Older siblings welcome during school holiday times (limited numbers). Bookings and payment in advance please through South Derbyshire District Council (SDDC Customer Services) on 01283 595795 (office hours). Tel: 01283 535039 Email: [email protected] www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/ EnvironmentalEducation Price: £6.50 per child.

Sat 26 Oct, 10.30am - 2pm Open Mic on The Delph The Delph Market Square, Swadlincote Town Centre, DE11 0AH Thirty minute slots available for any musicians, singers, bands or buskers who want to showcase their talents. To book a free slot contact John Beer on 07799 666522. Sun 27 Oct, 10am - 4pm Facebook: Swadlincote Markets Free Price: Free. Dabble Day - Crafting Kraftiz, Rosliston Forestry Centre, Burton Road, DE12 8JX Sat 26 Oct, 7pm A Christmas crafting event to include five Ultimate Elton - Tribute Artist craft workshops, lunch and refreshments, Melbourne Assembly Rooms, High Street, free goody bag with lots more. DE73 8GF Tel: 07971 268943 Some tribute artists look like their idol, some Email: [email protected] sound like their idol, Paul Bacon as Elton Price: £50 per person; Booking essential. John does both! Close your eyes and you will not believe your ears, open your eyes and Mon 28 Oct, 7.30 - 9pm it’s Elton in front of you. The winner of the National Tribute Awards 2019 singing all the Derby and Sandiacre Canal - Talk ballads, rock hits and music themes. Melbourne Assembly Rooms, High Street, Tel: 01332 863522 DE73 8GF Email: [email protected] Join Melbourne Civic Society and guest www.melbourneassemblyrooms.co.uk speaker Chris Rees Patrick for this Price: £10 per person; Booking essential. informative talk. Tel: 01332 864487 Email: [email protected] www.melbournecivicsociety.org.uk Price: £2.50. visit www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/swadlincotetic 47

Mon 28 Oct, 7.30pm Wed 30 Oct, 11am – 12.15pm South Derbyshire Badger Group Museum Guided Tour Ticknall Village Hall Board Room, 7 Rose Lane, Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, West Street, DE73 7JW Swadlincote, DE11 9DG You are invited to this group talk with guest Join one of our knowledgeable and friendly speaker Mike Huskisson as he talks about guides for a unique tour around our Grade II animal cruelty investigation. Listed kiln hovel and Museum. Tel: 07754 094177 Tel: 01283 222600 Email: Email: [email protected] [email protected] www.sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk www.southderbyshirebadgergroup.co.uk Price: Free; Donations welcome. Free Price: Entry £3 per person. Thu 31 Oct, 1.30pm Tue 29 Oct, Drop in between 2 - 3pm; Calke Estate - Heritage Walk Session ends 4pm Ticknall Village Hall, Ingleby Lane, DE73 7JX Wildlife Watch - Autumn Family Autumn colours in Ticknall Limeyards and a Activities stroll through the village pointing out some Rosliston Forestry Centre, Burton Road, of its architectural features give interest DE12 8JX on this 2.5 mile circular walk. The terrain Bring your own jam jar to turn into an will include village pavements, field and Autumnal lantern. Help birds by making woodland paths along with 3 stiles. Please feeders from cones. note dogs are not allowed on this walk. Tel: 01283 535039 Sturdy footwear and suitable clothing is Email: [email protected] recommended. www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/ Tel: 01283 222848 EnvironmentalEducation Email: [email protected] Price: £2.50 per child. www.magicattic.org.uk Price: Free; Donations to the Free Magic Attic gratefully received.

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