Derbyshire Makes | Derbyshire Makes Festival - Swadlincote
Sharpes Pottery Museum front entrance Chris Beech
Sharpe's Pottery Museum. Photo Chris Beech

Derbyshire Makes Festival - Swadlincote

WHEN

Sat 26 April - Sun 27 April 2025
10:00am - 3:00pm

AGE RESTRICTIONS

Family Friendly, all ages

A celebration of community and making

Discover hands-on, fun and accessible free workshops and demos, from pottery and wood turning to letterpress printing and more, alongside a local Makers’ Market, exhibitions, and ‘Swad’s Reet Good Art Trail’ (in partnership with Swadlincote Festival of Words). The programme also deepens the National Forest’s presence in the town centre with a special Forest Makers’ Market and ‘Treading Lightly,’ a unique workshop by artist and shoe designer Sasha Archer exploring how we can reduce our carbon footprint.

Programmed by People Express.

Swadlincote Town Centre Maciej Grzybowski CC BY SA 4 0 via Wikimedia Commons
Swadlincote, via Wikimedia Commons

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