What’s on

Join us for a spectacular summer Festival
9 - 26 July 2026
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Jazz

Jazz Weekender

09-12 July 2026

09, 09, 10, 10, 10, 10, 11, 11, 11, 12, 12, 12 Jul 2026

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Laura Jurd

Doors 6pm / Music 6.30pm – 8.15pm

09 Jul 2026

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Tony Kofi and Denys Baptiste Quintet

Legacy: Coltrane and Cannonball

09 Jul 2026

Walks

Introduction to Buxton’s History and Heritage

10, 17 Jul 2026

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Andrew McCormack Trio

10 Jul 2026

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Zoë Gilby with Andy Champion plus Johnny Hunter Trio with Nat Birchall

The music of Duke Ellington and the music of Elvin Jones

10 Jul 2026

Music

Sacconi Quartet

25th Anniversary

10 Jul 2026

Walks

Walk in the Footsteps of our Ancestors: 5,000 Years of Buxton History

10, 15 Jul 2026

Opera

The Merry Widow Opera Talks

10, 14, 17, 21, 24 Jul 2026

Opera

The Merry Widow

Franz Lehár

10, 14, 17, 21, 24 Jul 2026

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Mario Bakuna Quartet

Brazilian Landscapes

10 Jul 2026

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Josephine Davies and Satori

Featuring Alcyona Mick

10 Jul 2026

Books

Arthur Snell

Elemental: How We Will Live on a Warming Planet

11 Jul 2026

Music

Voices of the Peaks

11 Jul 2026

Walks

Vera Brittain, Buxton and a Testament to Lost Youth

11, 18, 25 Jul 2026

Books

Liam Byrne MP

Why the Populists are Winning: and How to Beat Them

11 Jul 2026

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Noa Levy, Alan Barnes and the Paul Edis Trio

Portrait in Evans

11 Jul 2026

Opera

La traviata Opera Talks

11, 15, 18, 22, 25 Jul 2026

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Alina Bzhezhinska and the HipHarpCollective Quintet

11 Jul 2026

Opera

La traviata

Giuseppe Verdi

11, 15, 18, 22, 25 Jul 2026

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Darius Brubeck Quartet

11 Jul 2026

Opera

Amadigi di Gaula Opera Talks

12, 16, 20 Jul 2026

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Fraser Fifield and the Secret Path Trio Plus Olivia Moore and Adam Fairhall

12 Jul 2026

Opera

Amadigi di Gaula

George Frideric Handel

12, 16, 20 Jul 2026