Relight the Lanterns – Town Meeting

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

On Tuesday 21st March at 7pm the whole community is invited to join us at New Mills Town Hall to help make decisions about the future of the lantern procession....

New Mills Duck Race

TBC

How to explain this and do it justice? It's a Duck Race! You buy a ticket which allocates you a plastic duck. All ducks are equal; there are no racing models...

Free

The Handlebards

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

Buy your tickets HERE We are the HandleBards, cycling Shakespearean actors who carry all of our set, props and costumes on the back of our bikes, performing extremely energetic, charmingly...

Paintings by Christine Bull

Rock Mill Centre Rock Mill Lane, New Mills

Celebratory oil paintings of landscapes, many local and familiar. FREE to enter. Exhibition open at the Rock Mill Centre Thursday-Sunday between 10am and 4pm.

Panto Get Together – Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

The Art Theatre Jodrell Street, New Mills

Your chance to step into Panto Land at New Mills Art Theatre starts Festival week, as preparations for 2024 production of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves begin. You will...

#summerofdisobedience

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

After a #summerofdisobedience the Woolly Wanderers' New Mills uprising of magical creatures has reached tipping point. The fluffy fairy yarnachists will be gathering outside the Town Hall for a protest...

The Odd One Out Trail

Can you find what's ODD about the shop windows in New Mills? Throughout the festival have a wander about town and see how many items you can spot that are...

Where the Eagles Dance

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

An exhibition of woven and embroidered textile art

The Alternative Health Clinic Taster Sessions & Special Events

Alternative Health Clinic 8 Union Road, New Mills

New to holistic wellbeing or curious to try a different treatment? Our popular 20 minute taster sessions are back! A great introduction to Bowen Therapy, Indian Head Massage and Reflexology....

The Knitted Bible Exhibition Grand Opening

Providence URC Mellor Road, New Mills

Join us for the grand opening of The Knitted Bible Exhibition. An exhibition of 36 bible scenes, on loan from St.George’s URC, Hartlepool. These wonderful scenes were all knitted by...

New Mills Local History Society Festival Lecture

New Mills Town Hall Spring Bank, New Mills

A popular annual event, this year's Festival Lecture will feature the waterways and railways of the Derbyshire Peak. Our choice of speaker is Mike Higginbottom, popular with audiences who enjoy...

Weaving Our Heritage

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

Join handweaver Kate Greatorex (Wiseheart Textiles) for an interactive installation and help her weave our past into our future. FREE EVENT 11 - 5 Closed Tuesdays and Sunday 10th September

New Mills FC vs Maine Road

New Mills FC New Mills FC Church Lane, New Mills

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

Monday Mondays

Spring Bank Arts Centre Spring Bank, New Mills

A lively award winning choir singing pop and swing songs in unaccompanied “a cappella” style. It’s important to us that we sing well – of course – but it’s also...

Annie & Angela’s Disco Divorce Party

Pride of the Peaks 59 Market Street, New Mills

Forty, single and ready to mingle. Join lifelong friends Annie Sup and Angela Bra for a drag-powered musical comedy celebrating friendship and new beginnings on a bar crawl full of...

The Knitted Bible Exhibition

Providence URC Mellor Road, New Mills

Join us for The Knitted Bible Exhibition, 36 wonderful knitted scenes, knitted by the congregation of St.George’s URC, Hartlepool. The scenes start from the very beginning of the Bible through...

Wood, Willow and Weave

Rock Mill Centre Rock Mill Lane, New Mills

A celebration of rural crafts and artisans featuring the best of the Peaks.

Proms in the Park – a New Mills Festival event

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

Join us for the New Mills Proms in the Park event, following on from Saturday evening's BBC Last Night of the Proms. New Mills Brass Band will play all the...

Chris Wood

Spring Bank Arts Centre Spring Bank, New Mills

In a world of soundbites and distractions Chris Wood is a truth seeker. His writing is permeated with love and wry intelligence, uplifting and challenging as he celebrates the sheer...