What's on in Bakewell

Meet local suppliers and browse, buy and sample their products at Chatsworth Farm Shop. Free entry.

This ancient custom is only found in Derbyshire, and is the art of decorating springs and wells with pictures made from natural materials.

Chatsworth’s family festival in the garden returns for a second year offering a host of entertainment and activities designed to entertain every family member.

Join us for our 2025 garden and plant fair, and enjoy a full day out learning from the experts, browsing specialist nurseries from around the country and enjoying live music and great food. Admission to the garden and plant fair is included with all tickets that feature the garden. For full event information, visit the …

The Exhibition will host many layouts together with a selection of traders selling books and model railway items (both new and secondhand).

£200 per person, two-day course Restoring a dry stone wall is a positive and relaxing experience which promotes mindfulness and boosts wellbeing in an inspirational natural environment.  Join us for a fun and informal dry stone walling course building a real dry stone wall in a stunning countryside setting. Get out in the fresh air, …

Join The Lord Chamberlain’s Men this summer, in their 21st year, for Shakespeare's greatest romantic comedy, Twelfth Night. With a history stretching back to William Shakespeare’s original company, they present this joyous play as he first saw it – in the open air, with an all male cast and Elizabethan costumes, music and dance. For …

For one night only, put on state-of-the-art headphones and experience the Chatsworth Stables Courtyard transformed into a feel good 80s silent disco.

See Bakewell's beautiful well dressings and the blessing of the wells ceremony.

Explore and learn more about the historic Old Park, a Site of Special Scientific Interest and an area of the park normally closed to visitors, before spending your afternoon in the Chatsworth Garden.

Take a journey down memory lane as this event gives you a unique opportunity to experience life in World War II and how both the military and civilians survived and adapted to war.

Experience world class opera, music, books and jazz in the heart of the Peak District. Recognised nationally and internationally as one of the UK's leading arts festivals.