Nottingham Chamber Wind Ensemble are presenting an exciting and varied selection of wind chamber music. The varied programme features music from Woolfenden, Variations on Papageno from the Magic Flute, Saint-Saens humorous and satirical Carnival of the Animals, and a foot-tapping singalong selection from Porgy and Bess.

Join Fee and Jen for a casual musical experience. Fee (Harp) and Jen (Flute) will be playing a short set of light-hearted pieces in their second appearance at the Festival. There will be a break between 3.00pm and 4.00pm to allow for the Clypping Ceremony.

The history of the Festival goes back many generations to when in 1306 King Edward I granted Wirksworth a charter to hold an annual 3 day fair to honour the blessed St. Mary on the 8th of September. At this year’s Festival the service and clypping will be on the 13th of September, the first […]