What's on in Bakewell

Please note that these events may be subject to change or cancellation, please check with the event organiser before attending.


  • Farm Shop Spring Food Fair

    Chatsworth House Chatsworth, Bakewell, Derbyshire, United Kingdom

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

  • Middleton-by-Youlgrave Well Dressing

    Middleton-by-Youlgrave

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

  • Chatsworth Family Festival

    Chatsworth House Chatsworth, Bakewell, Derbyshire, United Kingdom

    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.

  • Chatsworth Garden & Plant Fair

    Chatsworth House Chatsworth, Bakewell, Derbyshire, United Kingdom

    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 …

  • Peak Model RailwayExhibition

    Agricultural Business Centre Agricultural Way, Haddon Road, Bakewell, Derbyshire, United Kingdom

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

  • Dry Stone Walling for Beginners

    Chatsworth House Chatsworth, Bakewell, Derbyshire, United Kingdom

    £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, …

  • Outdoor Theatre: Twelfth Night at Chatsworth

    Chatsworth House Chatsworth, Bakewell, Derbyshire, United Kingdom

    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 …

  • 90s Silent Disco at Chatsworth Stables Courtyard

    Chatsworth House Chatsworth, Bakewell, Derbyshire, United Kingdom

    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.

  • Bakewell Well Dressing

    Garden of Remembrance Bath Garden, The Square, Bakewell

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

  • Old Park Guided Tour

    Chatsworth House Chatsworth, Bakewell, Derbyshire, United Kingdom

    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.

  • 1940s Weekend at Peak Rail

    Rowsley South Station Matlock

    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.

  • Buxton International Festival

    Buxton 3 The Square


    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.