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Local Scoop Derby, Derby (2026)

05/06/2026

Morning! This weekend has the Urban Wine Festival at Electric Daisy on Sunday with sixty wines, oysters, pizza, live music and a garden doing its best impression of a mini holiday. Saturday brings Osnabrück Day to the centre for free, with silk painting, dhol drumming, street shows and a maypole turning up like it had unfinished business. The Inflatable Family Fun Day is at Derby Rugby Club across both days if the kids need tiring out.

🗓️ WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND  🍷- The Urban Wine Festival at Electric Daisy - Sixty Wines, Pizza, Oysters, and Children Safely Distracted By Mud! -

☕️ SCRUMPTIOUS SCOOP  🍽️ - Turaa Indian Streatery - Chaat, Tandoori Grills, and the “One More Naan” Problem! -

🎭 ACTIVITY ALLEY  🎨- Osnabrück Day - Silk Painting, Street Shows, and a Full Day of Free Creative Stuff! -

🌟 FRESH EXPERIENCES  🎪- Inflatable Family Fun Day - Unlimited Bouncing and Parents Carrying Tiny Shoes Everywhere! -

01/06/2026

Morning! The inflatable family fun day lands at Derby Rugby Club this weekend, two full days of giant slides and unlimited bouncing for £10 a child, adults in free and strictly banned from the inflatables. It’s also Ram Comedy Festival week, with free and ticketed shows running all week at Dubrek Studios, the Old Bell Hotel, and across town. If you’ve never been to a local comedy night, this is the week to try one.

🗓️ WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEK
🎪 - Inflatable Family Fun Day - Unlimited Bouncing and Parents Carrying Tiny Shoes Everywhere! -

☕️ SCRUMPTIOUS SCOOP
🍺 - The Boot Repton - Historic Pub, Excellent Food, and a Dangerous Dessert Menu! -

🎭 ACTIVITY ALLEY
🎡 - The Big One - Funfair Rides, Food Stalls, and Dogs Competing Like It’s Crufts! -

🌟 FRESH EXPERIENCES
🚐 - Campers at the Castle - Park Up, Open a Chair, and Forget What Day It Is! -

29/05/2026

Morning! This weekend has Lost in Music at Derby Arena on Saturday night with a live band, glitter balls, and two hours of disco classics that make staying seated feel like a personal failing. Before that, Saturday has the Pre-War and Vintage Day at GNC with cars and bikes from before 1940, and the Derby Young Traders Market at the Market Hall in the morning. Sunday has the Derby Makers Market across two levels of the Market Hall, free entry, and enough carefully selected independent stalls to turn a quick browse into an entire afternoon without anyone noticing.

🗓️ WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND  🪩 - Lost in Music - Disco Anthems and a Crowd One Song Away From Standing on Chairs -

☕️ BIZ BITE OF THE WEEK  💜 - Hotpod Yoga Derby - Hot Yoga, Low Lighting, and Everyone Leaving Slightly Glowing! -

🎭 ACTIVITY ALLEY  🚗 - Pre-War and Vintage Day - Cars Built Back When Brakes Were More of a Suggestion! -

🌟 FRESH EXPERIENCES  🛍️ - The Derby Makers Market - Independent Makers, Workshops, and Two Floors to Wander Round -

25/05/2026

Morning! It’s half term, which means parents everywhere are once again entering the annual “how do we tire them out before 7pm” challenge. Highland Cow Week lands at Bluebell Dairy from Monday, while Eagle Market’s running clay workshops, Lego sessions and kids padel for anyone attempting to burn through unlimited child energy reserves. Then the grown-ups get their turn. The Last Laugh Comedy Club hits Vaillant Live on Friday, Saturday brings pre-war vintage cars to Great Northern Classics, and Pete Waterman is doing a model railway Q&A at the Museum of Making that somehow sounds both deeply niche and strangely brilliant at the same time.

🗓️ WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEK
🚗 - Pre-War and Vintage Day - Cars Built Back When Brakes Were More of a Suggestion! -

☕️ SCRUMPTIOUS SCOOP
🍰 - Meaks Of Melbourne - A Feel Good Cafe For Breakfast, Lunch and Cake -

🎭 ACTIVITY ALLEY
🎤 - The Last Laugh Comedy Club - Four Comedians, Several Pints, and Somebody Laughing Way Too Loud! -

🌟 FRESH EXPERIENCES
🚂 - 75 Years of the Model Railway with Pete Waterman - From Hit Records To Tiny Trains With Remarkable Commitment! -

22/05/2026

Morning! This bank holiday weekend has the Derby Farmers Market back on Sunday with seventy stalls, live music, and cocktails from Tiger Bar to mark a year since the Market Hall reopened. Get there early if bread is important to you, which it should be. Saturday has America Day at GNC with American cars, bikes, and enough chrome to cause a mild incident in direct sunlight. Rum & Reggae at Elvaston Castle is also on Saturday and nearly sold out, so that one needs sorting today if it’s on your radar.

🤝 SPONSORED BY ONE|DZ GYM 💪 - ONE|DZ GYM in Darley Abbey -

🗓️ WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND  🥕 - Derby Farmers Market - The Bread Goes Early and Somebody Always Buys a Chutney! -

☕️ SCRUMPTIOUS SCOOP  🍛 - Aalappeaz - The Menu That Makes You Google Half the Dishes then Order Them Anyway! - .uk

🎭 ACTIVITY ALLEY  🇺🇸 - America Day - Chrome, V8 Engines, and Conversations That Somehow Last 45 Minutes! -

🌟 FRESH EXPERIENCES  🎨 - Paint & Spritz - A Bank Holiday Event for The Girls and The Camera Roll! -

18/05/2026

Morning! Rum & Reggae takes over Elvaston Castle on Saturday with David Rodigan, General Levy, rum cocktails, Jamaican street food, and at least one bloke in a bucket hat reliving 1998 in real time. Multiple ticket tiers have already sold out. Also this weekend, America Day returns to Great Northern Classics with American cars, bikes, music, and conversations about engines that somehow last longer than some relationships. Then Sunday brings the farmers’ market back to Derby Market Hall with local produce, artisan bakes, and bread that disappears frighteningly fast.

🗓️ WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND
🌴 - Rum & Reggae 2026 - Rum Punch, Reggae Classics, and Suncream Applied With Blind Optimism - .castle

☕️ SCRUMPTIOUS SCOOP
🍺 - The Pattenmakers Arms - A Village Pub in Duffield Where the Beer is Brewed Four Miles Away and the Pies Win Awards! -

🎭 ACTIVITY ALLEY
🇺🇸 - America Day - Chrome, V8 Engines, and Conversations That Somehow Last 45 Minutes! -

🌟 FRESH EXPERIENCES
🥕 - Derby Farmers’ Market - Fresh Bread, Local Produce, and People Taking Tomatoes Very Seriously! -

15/05/2026

Morning! This weekend has a Ska Day Party on Saturday afternoon that starts at 3pm and doesn’t stop until 8. Friday kicks things off with a Vampire Poetry Slam at Chapel Street Arts Centre and the Dracula Audio Tour launch at the Museum if you want to ease into the weekend on gothic terms. Saturday also has Simon Reeve at Vaillant Live in the evening and a card making workshop at the Market Hall at 2pm for anyone who wants something quieter than a ska dancefloor.

🗓️ WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND 🎺 - Ska Day Party - Trumpets Blasting While Someone’s Dad Sk**ks Like It’s 1981! -

☕️ SCRUMPTIOUS SCOOP  ☕️ - The Pepperpot - A Champagne Breakfast That Starts With Bubbles and Ends With the Question of Why You Don’t Do This Every Saturday! -

🎭 ACTIVITY ALLEY  🧛 - Dracula Returns to Derby - 102 Years Later and He’s Somehow Still Hanging Around! -

🌟 FRESH EXPERIENCES  ✂️ - Card Making Workshop - The Workshop That Turns You Into Someone Who Makes Their Own Cards and Brings It Up at Every Opportunity! -

11/05/2026

Morning! Simon Reeve brings his UK tour To The Ends Of The Earth to Vaillant Live on Saturday night, two hours of stories from a man who’s been to over 130 countries and seen things most of us can’t even spell. Also this Saturday, Crescendo Choir’s annual charity concert at Derby Cathedral with full orchestral backing and proceeds going to Derbyshire Mind, and a two hour glass painting workshop at the Market Hall for £35 if you want a Saturday night that ends with you holding a framed piece of artwork instead of a kebab.

🗓️ WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEK  🌍 - Simon Reeve - The Man Who’s Been To More Countries Than Your Passport Can Even Process! -

☕️ SCRUMPTIOUS SCOOP  🇬🇷 - The Stolen Fig - Cypriot Cooking That Doesn’t Hold Back! -

🎭 ACTIVITY ALLEY  🎵 - Crescendo Choir Annual Charity Concert - Pop Classics, Orchestra, Cathedral Energy! -

🌟 FRESH EXPERIENCES  🎨 - Glass Painting Workshop - Two Hours Of Feeling Like The Creative Friend In The Group! -

08/05/2026

Morning! This weekend has the Derbyshire Food, Drink & Gift Fair at Elvaston Castle for two days of local producers, twelve live bands, and more gin than you planned to try. Saturday also has the Sadler Gate Spring Market from 10:30 AM with thirty-plus artisan stalls and The Drifters at Derby Cathedral in the evening if you want to finish the day on a high. Also there is still time to enter our giveaway for two tickets to The Last Laugh Comedy Club at Vaillant Live on 29th May.

🗓️ WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND  🧀 - Derbyshire Food, Drink & Gift Fair - Two Days of Local Producers, Twelve Live Bands, and the Gin Stall You’ll Visit Twice! -

☕️ SCRUMPTIOUS SCOOP  🍽️ - El Camino Bistro - Lamb Ribs with Wild Garlic and Walnut Pesto, Tiger Prawns with N’duja, and a Chocolate Torte That Does the Closing Argument! -

🎭 ACTIVITY ALLEY  🌸 - Sadler Gate Spring Market - Thirty Artisan Stalls, Live Entertainment and a Full Street Takeover! -

🌟 FRESH EXPERIENCES  🔮 - Mickleover Spiritual & Wellbeing Show - Crystals, Psychic Mediums, Holistic Talks, and £4 to Get in! -

04/05/2026

Morning! The first Sadler Gate Spring Market of the year lands this Saturday, thirty-plus stalls running the length of the street, live entertainment, and the cafes and bars all open if you fancy lunch midway through. Bring a tote bag. Also this weekend, the Derbyshire Food, Drink & Gift Fair is at Elvaston Castle Showground across both Saturday and Sunday. And we’ve got two free tickets to The Last Laugh Comedy Club at Vaillant Live on the 29th of May up for grabs. Just enter your email and you’re in.

🗓️ WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEK  🌸 - Sadler Gate Spring Market - Thirty Artisan Stalls, Live Entertainment and a Full Street Takeover -

☕️ SCRUMPTIOUS SCOOP  🥪 - Little Vics Deli - Sandwiches With Names That Sound Like They Belong in Brooklyn! -

🎭 ACTIVITY ALLEY  🎤 - WIN 2 Tickets to The Last Laugh Comedy Club! -

🌟 FRESH EXPERIENCES  🧀 - Derbyshire Food, Drink & Gift Fair - Cheese for Breakfast, Gin by Lunch, and a Circus Skills Workshop Somewhere in Between! -

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