Matlock Live's summer event this year takes place on Saturday and Sunday June 21 and 22 June and will again be on Hall Leys Park.
And this year the event will have the theme Young People and the Environment.
For one or two workshops a small payment may be required but other than that most events are free.
Warm up for the weekend with a spot of Tai Chi. There will be a demonstration in the park on Thursday at 10am.
- For early risers Saturday kicks off with a Breakfast Birdsong Walk along the river Derwent at 6am and the environment theme will continue with a number of displays which will be available from 10am in the park.
- Workshops will include hands on opportunities to get involved in crafts, drumming, well dressing and circus skills.
- There will also be rug and lacemaking demonstrations. The Design and Make Bus is offering 'Brilliant Beading' the weekend, so come along and get creative!
- Taster sessions for Reflexology (Saturday) and Sound Therapy (Sunday) are also on offer. Appointments can be booked in advance at Cut Above on Firs Parade at £5 per session.
- The environment theme continues with a solar challenge in the afternoon where kids will be invited to make and race their own solar powered vehicle.
- There will be Maypole and Morris Dancing and the Wirksworth Wind Band will be performing in the bandstand at 1pm.
- One of the big features for Saturday afternoon is the Busk It busking trail. This year it is planned to licence the whole town centre and organisers are expecting a wide range of street performers to turn up on the day.
This year Busk It will be raising funds for the charity Aquabox. Contact matlocklive@googlemail.com about getting involved.
- In the evening Matlock Live will be hosting a showcase of new up and coming bands at the Imperial Rooms from 6.30pm.
- Events will continue on Sunday from 10am with more displays, workshops and performances, including personal portraiture, face painting, pottery and belly dancing. Again the emphasis will be very much on having a go.
- There will be a series of performances featuring Yuhi Wanatabe, a visiting Shamisen player from Toyota City in Japan, repeated performances of 'The Meeting' – the latest offering from First Movement – as well as the return of the popular Wirksworth Community Orchestra at about 1pm.
- Bring a picnic and enjoy their performance of Peter and the Wolf by Prokofiev.
- This will be followed by an outdoor performance by the acclaimed 1623 Theatre Company which focuses on Shakespeare's comedies and finally Dale Diva; the recently formed female acapelo group will close proceedings at about 4pm.
- If you've still got any energy left there will be an acoustic musical evening at Rendezvous on Dale Road from about 9pm onwards.
- Looking to the future Matlock Live is planning an open air film screening at the forthcoming Taste of India event in Hall Leys Park on the weekend of July 26 and 27.
And there will be free band concerts in the park throughout the summer.
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