What’s on

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

Jazz Weekender

09-12 July 2026

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

Walks

Introduction to Buxton’s History and Heritage

10, 17 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

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

Books

Peter Chappell

What If Reform Wins

11 Jul 2026

Jazz

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

Jazz

Alina Bzhezhinska and the HipHarpCollective Quintet

11 Jul 2026

Opera

La traviata

Giuseppe Verdi

11, 15, 18, 22, 25 Jul 2026

Jazz

Darius Brubeck Quartet

11 Jul 2026

Opera

Amadigi di Gaula Opera Talks

12, 16, 20 Jul 2026

Jazz

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

Jazz

Arun Ghosh Quintet

12 Jul 2026

Music

Mahan Esfahani

Harpsichord

12 Jul 2026

Jazz

Courtney Pine CBE

Out of the Ghetto: A Modern Day Jazz Story

12 Jul 2026

Books

Luke Barley

Ancient: Reviving the Woods That Made Britain

13 Jul 2026

Music

Louise Alder and Joseph Middleton

Soprano and Piano

13 Jul 2026

Walks

An Audience with Mary Queen of Scots

13, 17, 24 Jul 2026