6 – 16 SEPTEMBER 2024
Wirksworth invites you to join us for a 10 day celebration of the arts with a mix of music, performance and visual arts.
The town transforms into a huge gallery for the weekend of the 7th & 8th Sept 2024
Homes, gardens & public spaces across the town are thrown open for over a hundred artists to exhibit their work.
Events for all the family
A programme of live music, drama and film presented in venues across the town.
Wirksworth offers an artist time and space to think and create
A cottage and workspace in Wirksworth are provided for an artist to create a new body of work to exhibit at the Festival..
Ways that you can take part in the festival.
Open your home to an artist
The Art Trail is always looking for new hosts so if you have a room or a garden you could offer as a venue we’d love to hear from you…
Show your work on The Art Trail
The Festival welcomes applications from local, regional and national contemporary artists and makers. Work is selected on quality and suitability for our non-gallery spaces…
We rely on our army of local volunteers
The Festival couldn’t exist without our fabulous band of volunteers. We’re always looking for new recruits and you don’t have to work every day – just do what you can…
A major new sculptural sound installation by Wirksworth Festival's Artist in Residence 2023, Feral Practice, draws inspiration from Wirksworth’s annual Clypping ceremony to create a community of hybrid Rock.Plant.Human people coming together to collectively embrace...
Liane Lang to unveil her latest work, Classifier, at the National Stone Centre, Wirksworth. Liane Lang is a London-based artist who has exhibited widely both in the UK and internationally, including the Musée de Beaux Arts Calais, PS1 New York and Kunstverein...
Harpo @HarpoArt, has always loved drawing. He still has almost every sketchbook he has ever owned. A relentless traveller, Harpo took in multiple snowboarding seasons in Europe as well as time in Australia and New Zealand. Funding his lifestyle by picking up...