Places of Worship Walk

Rock Mill Centre Rock Mill Lane, New Mills

Join walk leader Mike Daniels for a stroll around all the locations of the chapels and churches in New Mills. Our walk will stretch as far as Low Leighton, being...

Knitwits at Providence URC

Providence URC Mellor Road, New Mills

Bring your crafty loveliness to Providence URC and join our knitwits for the evening. Bring your current project, look at the knitted bible exhibition, enjoy good company, craft to your...

Heritage Week at Torr Vale Mill

Torr Vale Mill Torr Vale Mill, Torrvale Rd, New Mills

Come and visit Torr Vale Mill and learn about some of our heritage. We will be open to the public as part of the Heritage Open Days across the UK....

Toy Stories – Chris Dobrowolski

Spring Bank Arts Centre Spring Bank, New Mills

Chris is a 54-year-old artist financially trapped in the house where he grew up. The garden shed has become his studio, where he tries to create works of art that...

Coffee Morning @ NMVC

New Mills & District Volunteer Centre 33-35 Union Road, New Mills

Come and join us for a brew, cakes, chat, tombola and gifts at the centre. FREE event at New Mills & District Volunteer Centre (NMVC).

I Keep A Lot Of Things…In The Shed

The Fold Meadow Street, New Mills

Tony Audenshaw brings his garden shed and all its curiosities to New Mills’ newest small-scale performance venue, The Fold. Bring an object and see if it would fit “In The...

Beer Shed Runners

Beer Shed 49 Market Street, New Mills

Relaxed 5k(ish) run from The Beer Shed, New Mills followed by a free half pint. All running abilities welcome - no-one will be left behind. For more info go to:...

New Mills FC vs Winsford Utd.

New Mills FC New Mills FC Church Lane, New Mills

Come and support your local team ‘The Millers’ at home as they take on Winsford United in the NW counties Football League-Division One South. Kick-off 3pm

Rusty Rackets

New Mills Tennis Club Church Road, New Mills, United Kingdom

New Mills Tennis Club will be holding a free open court event for everybody, including families, who would like to give tennis a try on our brand new courts whether...

Words or Music

Spring Bank Arts Centre Spring Bank, New Mills

What makes a good song? An illustrated talk with David Seddon accompanied by Philip Vulliamy on Piano. Ranging from Shakespeare to Rodgers & Hammerstein, this illustrated talk will attempt to...

Festival of Choirs

St George's Parish Church Church Lane, New Mills

St. George's Church is pleased to be hosting our annual Festival of Choirs again this year during the New Mills Festival. This year we are going to be joined by...

Thornsett Band – Open Brass Band Rehearsal

Thornsett Band Room 93 Batemill Road, Birch Vale

Did you used to play a brass instrument? Are you learning to? Fancy doing something different? Thornsett Band are a non-competitive brass band that enjoy meeting and playing on a...

Professor Wormcast’s Worm Safari

New Mills Bus Station

Back by popular demand, join Professor Wormcast on an informational walking tour to see the nocturnal habits of earthworms and other creatures of the night. While we can not guarantee...

Spirituality of Play

Providence URC Mellor Road, New Mills

Join us at Providence for a lecture “Spirituality of Play” by Revd Dr. Adam Scott, Principal of Northern College. FREE event. Lecture followed by discussion and refreshments. Wednesday 20th, 19:30...

Shantell Ogden

The Strines Nightingale 105 Strines Rd, Strines, Marple

Nashville-based Shantell Ogden has a gift for crafting songs with real conviction and emotion. Her songs have received airplay on hundreds of country and Americana radio stations internationally and gained...

Losing My Fingers on Ama Dablam

Spring Bank Arts Centre Spring Bank, New Mills

Climbing the 'Matterhorn of the Himalaya', this is the story of James’s climb, the highs and lows of expedition life, his summit day, and its legacy.

A Grand Community Concert – New Mills Band with Ladybrook Singers

New Mills Town Hall Car Park Spring Bank, New Mills, United Kingdom

New Mills Band with special guests the Ladybrook Singers bring you an evening of live music for all the family. Free entry! Our grand community concert features a wide range...

Rant Violins

Spring Bank Arts Centre Spring Bank, New Mills

With 3 acclaimed albums under their belt - RANT remain at the forefront of the Scottish fiddle scene. The meeting of four of the country’s finest players, the quartet use...

Made in New Mills

Providence URC Mellor Road, New Mills

Come and browse the creative work of New Mills. 'Made in New Mills' is a collection of work for sale by local artists and crafters, including jewellery, photography and textiles....

The Wonder of Stained Glass

Milestone Studios Unit 3, Rock Lane, New Mills

Local Glass Artists, Linda Sheldon and Jo Turner will be running free demonstrations and talks on the fascinating Artisan craft of stained glass. • Learn about 3 of the techniques...

Picnic with Incredible Edible New Mills

St George's Parish Field Church Lane, New Mills

Bring your own picnic and come and meet us and celebrate our first harvest at St George’s Parish Field. There will be activities for children and an opportunity to help...

New Mills F.C v Sandbach Utd.

New Mills FC New Mills FC Church Lane, New Mills

Come and support your local team ‘The Millers’ at home as they take on Sandbach Utd. in the NW counties Football League-Division One South. Kick-off 3pm

Jive Talkin’ – Bee Gees Tribute Act

The Art Theatre Jodrell Street, New Mills

Jive Talkin' return to The Art Theatre. Renowned as the original and very best Bee Gees tribute show, and THE ONLY Bee Gees tribute show that has actually performed with...

Rusty Rackets

New Mills Tennis Club Church Road, New Mills, United Kingdom

New Mills Tennis Club will be holding a free open court event for everybody, including families, who would like to give tennis a try on our brand new courts whether...

Music for Trumpet and Organ

Providence URC Mellor Road, New Mills

Join us at Providence URC for a concert of music for trumpet and organ. Tom Osborne and Gordon Stewart will play a programme of music from the Baroque splendour of...

Professor Wormcast’s Worm Safari

New Mills Bus Station

Back by popular demand, join Professor Wormcast on a informational walking tour to see the nocturnal habits of earthworms and other creatures of the night. While we can not guarantee...

Comedy Improv Murder Mystery by Murder Inc

Spring Bank Arts Centre Spring Bank, New Mills

Every night, it's a raucous, improvised, made-to-order murder with Murder Inc – where the audience chooses the setting, the characters, and even motives. Murder Inc has been performing regular monthly...

Light Up New Mills 2023

Preserving the Past, Celebrating the Present: New Mills Heritage Unveiled Between us we're going to light up the whole of New Mills for an entire weekend by transforming our streets...

Bryony Griffith & Alice Jones

Spring Bank Arts Centre Spring Bank, New Mills

Bryony Griffith & Alice Jones are established solo artists – and have existed for years at the heart of the UK folk scene. Together they have become a force for...

Angela Bra: MicroRave

Pride of the Peaks 59 Market Street, New Mills

Her daughters have left for uni and singer/songwriter, rising star on social media and part-time primary school music teacher Angela Bra is home alone. Which can only mean one thing,...

BeHoopy Hula Hooping Beginners Workshop (Adults & Children)

Providence URC Mellor Road, New Mills

BeHoopy will be running two FREE Beginner workshops! Hula Hoop Classes offer a unique spin -workshops are lots of fun and high energy, so come along to have a wiggle...

New Mills Festival Spunch Orienteering

New Mills Leisure Centre Hyde Bank Road, New Mills

Saturday Afternoon Spunch Orienteering Event as part of the New Mills Festival - 60/90/120min countryside course options suitable for all ages and abilities. Free Parking, Registration, Loos, Start, Finish, and...

Nothing Gold Can Stay

The Studio 21 Hawk Road, New Mills

Naomi Kendrick – Open Studio On the eve of International Older People's Day, artist Naomi Kendrick is opening her studio to show her latest work 'Nothing Gold can Stay', a...

High Peak Bass Collective – Electronic music night

Millers Bar New Mills Football Club, Church Lane, New Mills, High Peak

The 'Dark Peak' is full of musical creativity and now we offer a space to dance and connect with those who love and live for bass & rhythm of the...

Manford’s Comedy Club

The Art Theatre Jodrell Street, New Mills

Manford's Comedy Club at New Mills Art Theatre. Stand up at it's best and a night of laughs featuring four comedians from the UK comedy circuit in front of some...

New Mills Festival Antiques and Craft Fair

New Mills Leisure Centre Hyde Bank Road, New Mills

Come and join us at the New Mills Festival Antiques, Vintage and Craft Fair. A popular event that everyone can enjoy. Come and browse, barter, enjoy the buzz and grab...

New Mills Duck Race 2024

The Torrs Riverside Park New MillsS, High Peak

The wonderful, the eccentric, the crazy New Mills Duck Race is back for 2024! How to explain this and do it justice? It’s a Duck Race! You buy a ticket which...

The Handlebards present The Comedy of Errors

High Lea Park, New Mills St Marys Rd, New Mills, United Kingdom

Pedalling from venue to venue with all of their set, props and costumes on the back of their bikes, the HandleBards are a four-strong troupe of actors who are spending the...

New Mills Art Trail 2024

New Mills Festival is delighted to announce the return of the Art Trail for 2024, which will take place across the town from the 13th to the 29th of September....

The Park Under the Town -a 50 year celebration

The Torrs Riverside Park New MillsS, High Peak

New Mills is brimming with places of interest and this year is a landmark birthday for one of the ‘Jewels in the Crown’, The Torrs, the park under the town....

Hand Printed by Lucy Gell

On the Bridge 34 Union Road, New Mills

Throughout the Festival local artist Lucy Gell is showcasing her fun and humourous hand printed screen prints and etchings at On The Bridge Cafe (during cafe opening hours). Check out...

The Year of the Dragon

Rock Mill Centre Rock Mill Lane, New Mills

In days of old when knights were bold and suits were made of tin. You couldn't hear the dragons roar the knights made such a din. The knights no longer...

Heritage Weekend at Torr Vale Mill

Torr Vale Mill Torr Vale Mill, Torrvale Rd, New Mills

An opportunity to visit Torr Vale Mill and learn about the heritage of this stunning building. The Mill will be open to the public as part of the Heritage Open...

The Golden Thread

Torr Vale Mill Torr Vale Mill, Torrvale Rd, New Mills

Featuring international selling textile artists from New Mills and across the UK this fantastic exhibition celebrates the joy found in creation and the threads that connect us. This is a...

New Mills Local History Festival Lecture: Dr. MARGARET MURRAY 1863-1963

New Mills Town Hall Spring Bank, New Mills

NEW MILLS LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY FESTIVAL LECTURE: Dr. MARGARET MURRAY 1863-1963 Our Festival event features two great ladies of Egyptology who carried out groundbreaking work with the Egyptian Collection at...

Andy Cutting

Spring Bank Arts Centre Spring Bank, New Mills

Andy Cutting is a rarity. A musician’s musician (BBC Radio 2 Folk Award Winner Best Musician 2009): a soulful and technically outstanding melodeon practitioner with an ear for a fine...