LANTERN
MAKING TRAINING - Sett Valley House, Sett Close.
Sun 10, 10am - 4pm
Full training will be given in how to make lanterns. This event
is free but we would expect you to come and share your expertise
at a minimum of three Lantern Workshops. |
LANTERN
WORKSHOPS - All workshops take place at the Town Hall
Fri 15, 7 - 9pm
Sat 16, 10am - 12noon & 2 – 4pm
Sun 17, 10am - 12noon & 2 – 4pm
Fri 22, 7 -9pm
Sat 23, 10am - 12noon & 2 – 4pm
Sun 24, 10am - 12noon & 2 – 4pm
Make your own lantern for the famous Lantern Procession. A team of trained helpers is on hand to help you. A minimum of two sessions will be needed to complete a lantern.
All are welcome. Children bring an adult with you.
Each session costs £1 per person |
FIRE
WORKSHOPS - Liberal Hall, behind Police Station - Hurst Lea Road
Sat, 16 10am – 4pm
Sun, 17 10am – 4pm
Sat, 23 10am – 4pm.
Sun, 24 10am – 4pm
Come along and make the fire sculptures that form part of the
lantern procession. Free. |
| Thursday 7 – Monday 11
St George’s Parish Church Flower Festival: “Weddings through the ages”
Displays of flowers, wedding dresses and photographic memorabilia. Opening ceremony: Thurs 7, 7.30pm. Cheese & wine Friday at 7.30pm. Opening times: Friday 8 and Monday 11, 10.30am to 5.00pm. Saturday 9 and Sunday 10, 10.30am to 6.00pm. Soup and ploughman’s lunches. Other refreshments.
FREE event. Donations welcome towards Parish Church. |
| Tue 12 |
7.30pm |
New Mills Book Chat at New Mills Library, Hall Street, 7.30pm ‘Country Living’: extracts read from books that celebrate living in a country setting. Bring a book to read from or just come along to listen. FREE, phone 01663 743603 for information. |
| Sat 16 |
1 - 4pm |
Open Day at Ollersett Avenue Allotments Site - Off Ollersett Avenue & accessible from Sett Valley Trail. Come and see how to grow your veggies on an allotment plot! New Mills Allotment and Gardening Society will take conducted tours around the site, which was only opened last year. Pick up some handy gardening tips. Light refreshments available. FREE. |
| Sat 16 |
2.30 - 3.30pm |
Teddy Bear’s Picnic at New Mills Library, Hall Street, Bring your Teddy bear along for a Teddy Bear’s Picnic: Teddy bear stories, rhymes and songs. FREE but booking essential 01663 743603. |
| Sat 16 |
2.30pm & 6.30pm |
Freedom Lost at New Mills Volunteer Centre, Union Road. A blend of poetry, narrative, drama and songs reflecting on an evacuee’s journey during the Blitz until the return home to their loved ones. Tickets £3, book on 0161 368 4293 |
| Sat 16 |
7.15pm |
Broadway Rocks at New Mills Art Theatre, Jodrell Street. A mixture of musicals and disco, featuring local singers in concert. A “Let the People Sing” event Tickets £6 from The Derbyshire Building Society 01663 744003 or the Theatre Box Office 01663 742364. |
| Sat16 |
7.30pm |
Concert by United Co-op New Mills Band at Providence United Reformed Church, Mellor Road. Come and support your local community band and the Providence United Reformed Church. The Brass Band has served the Community for 194 years and will play a varied programme of music old and new.
Tickets £5 or concessions £3.50 - includes refreshments - from The Derbyshire Building Society 01663 744003 or from members of Providence URC.
A Providence URC event. |
| Sun 17 |
10:30am |
Fun Run - starts from New Mills Leisure Centre. Registration from 10am. Prizes! FREE. |
| Sun 17 |
11am |
Festival Sports Day at New Mills Sports Club Ground, Church Lane, Tennis coaching and competition from 11am, Cricket challenge match between New Mills and Hayfield for the Mike Oliver Memorial Trophy: Stumps pitched at 1pm. Spectators welcome. Refreshments available. FREE. |
| Sun17 |
2 - 4.30pm |
Open Garden at The Grange, 73 Spring Bank, New Mills, Look around the garden and enjoy afternoon tea. Entry £1 per person. Proceeds to Friends of St James’. |
| Mon 18 |
8pm |
Aromatherapy, Reiki and Reflexology at Town Hall, Library Lecture Room, A relaxing evening's introduction to Aromatherapy, Reiki and Reflexology with hands on demonstrations - by Pat Hudson. Raffle and refreshments Entry £1 per person. A New Mills Wives Group event. |
| Wed 20 |
7.30pm |
A Night of Arabia at Ali’s Café, Market Street. Come and enjoy an Arabian night with music and mezzeh food at Ali’s Café. Your poetry reading still welcome, as in previous years. Tickets £8, includes food. Book places in advance at the café, tel. 01663 746893. |
| Fri 22 |
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European Car Free Day Pledge with High Peak Friends of the Earth to leave your car at home for the day and walk / bus / train / cycle to……. wherever. You pledge, we will calculate the saving on carbon emissions for you. Simple! Find us on “The Prom” in New Mills on Sat 9th and 16th – or Friday 22nd. Or make your pledge online at www.highpeakfoe.org.uk or by writing to Richard Body, FOE, 2 Longlands Road, New Mills, SK22 3BL. |
| Fri 22 |
8pm |
Comedy Night Chalkers, Newtown. Another fantastic night of comedy with top comedians hot off the national comedy circuit. Come and celebrate the return of Agraman – the Human Anagram – and gasp at his preposterous puns as he tries to hold the night together! Guaranteed night of fun. Tickets £7 from Chalkers, 01663 742336. |
| Sat 23 |
10am - 3pm |
Family History Road Show at New Mills Library, Hall Street. Want to trace your ancestors? Find out about your family history? Build a family tree? Come along and join Steve Woolsey from Genes Reunited and the 1901 Census for help and advice: how to start - where to look. Free Access to the 1901 Census Online. Win a £50 voucher for the 1901 Census Online. For information phone 01663 743603 FREE drop-in event |
| Sat 23 |
7.30 pm |
A Tribute to Elvis on Tour ‘06 at New Mills Art Theatre, Jodrell Street. For the second year running a not-to-be-missed tribute show to the King of Rock n Roll. Featuring James Ruffell and The Drunkenaires with live backing from The Maybellenes. Tickets £7.50 from The Hare and Hounds, Low Leighton Road, New Mills, 01663 743646, by phone from the Theatre Box Office on 01663 742364 or from The Derbyshire Building Society 01663 744003 Proceeds to Christie Hospital |
| Sat 23 |
7.30pm |
A Medieval Knight Revival Church at High Street. Join our hero on a noble quest to find his successor, and his one true love. Tickets £5, including supper, from 01663 741112 |
| Sun 24 |
2pm |
Wildlife Walk Meet at The Co-op car park by Union Road bridge at 2pm. Enjoy the delights of our local environment with a guided walk by John Hawksford along the river to, and then around, Goytside Meadows Nature Reserve. Appropriate clothing and footwear recommended. FREE |
| Sun 24 |
7.30pm |
Music Studio Event at St James’ Church & Arts Centre, Spring Bank. The pupils of Carolyn Hawkins, who attend The Music Studio on Albion Road, will be presenting a variety of pieces to provide an enjoyable musical evening. Tickets £3 from The Derbyshire Building Society 01663 744003 or at door. A Friends of St James’ event. |
| Mon 25 |
7.30pm |
The Mills of New Mills at New Mills Town Hall, Spring Bank. Although a corn mill gave the town its name, it was the coming of the mills for the cotton industry - bringing wealth and jobs - that had the greatest effect upon the growth of New Mills. This slide lecture by Dr Derek Brumhead will look at the rise and decline of the town’s numerous mills. This event is hosted by New Mills Town Council. Refreshments FREE |
| Tue 26 |
7pm |
Quiz Night at Royal Oak Inn, Market Street, 7pm for 8pm. Test your memory and brain power with one of our well-known quizzes! Teams of up to six people welcome. Raffle. Entry £2. Proceeds to this year’s Community Bonfire. |
| Wed 27 |
7pm |
Fifties and Sixties Night at Ali’s Café, Market Street. Enjoy an evening at Ali’s Café with a hot pot supper. Fifties and sixties music (and dress if you wish). Poems once again welcome. Tickets £6, includes hot pot. Book places in advance at the café, tel. 01663 746893 |
| Wed 27 |
7.30pm |
The Dialect of New Mills and North West Derbyshire at New Mills Town Hall, Library Lecture Room. Dr Jon Fyne will talk on this fascinating aspect of our local culture, based on his PhD research into the subject. Not to be missed – the first opportunity to hear this talk. FREE |
| Thur 28 |
5pm |
Children's Film Show at St George's School, Church Lane. By popular request, the return of BIG SCREEN CINEMA (with 'Reels on Wheels' again). A current box-office hit! See pre-Festival news for title. Under 8s must be accompanied by an adult. Tickets £2 (pay at the door) |
| Thur 28 |
7.30pm |
The Kinder Trespass New Mills and a Walk on the Wild Side at St James’ Church & Arts Centre, Spring Bank. Former chair of Peak District National Park, Sir Martin Doughty, explains New Mills’ close link to the Kinder Trespass of 1932, the subsequent creation of our National Parks and today’s better access rights to the hills. FREE Refreshments provided by New Mills Fair Trade Action Group |
| Sat 30 |
2.30 - 5pm |
Chrysanthemum & Dahlia Show at New Mills Town Hall, Spring Bank. Come and admire the skills of our local flower exhibitors. This is the first time the Show has been included in Festival events. FREE |
| Sat 30 |
7.30pm |
Lantern Procession - Meet in the park below New Mills Central Station. Procession moves off at 7.30pm. Come on a magical lantern procession in the Torrs, walk over the famous Millennium bridge flanked by impressive fires sculptures and see hundreds of hand-made lanterns lighting up the evening. Bring your own lantern if you have one, or just join in the procession. Ends at Newtown Recreation Ground with a fantastic fireworks display and – back by popular demand! - music provided by the sensational ‘New Mills Jazz’, courtesy of New Mills School. Free, bucket collection – please give generously to support the Festival. |
| Sun 1 Oct |
6pm |
Festival Praise at St James’ Church & Arts Centre, Spring Bank. United Co-op New Mills Band will lead us in some favourite hymns in the traditional final service of thanksgiving for
Festival 2006. Everyone welcome. Come early to get a seat! FREE |
