Matlock Music Society continues its exciting 2025/26 season with a concert on 28th November given by PIVA, the internationally acclaimed early music ensemble. Returning by popular demand, the group will help ease us into the Christmas spirit by celebrating the Yuletide season, performing seasonal music and songs from Tudor times. Since forming in 2002, PIVA has become established as one of the UK’s leading early music ensembles specialising in the popular dance and ballad mu

Imperial Rooms, Matlock – Wednesday 26th to Saturday 29th November, 7.30pm Pay What You Can Matinee: Saturday 29th November, 2.00pm The High Tor Players return to the stage this November with Arthur Miller’s timeless classic The Crucible, performed at the Imperial Rooms, Matlock, from Wednesday 26th to Saturday 29th November at 7.30pm each evening. Founded in 1937, the High Tor Players are a long-established Matlock-based theatre group known for their high-quality, community

More than five hundred thousand people in the UK have Alzhiemer’s disease. It is the biggest killer in the country. Matlock ukulele group, Strummers (MUGS) have chosen Alzheimer’s Research for their chosen charity fundraising. Earlier this year the sister of one of the group’s musicians was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. A family tragedy, which made the band want to find something they could do to help her and possibly other people with this terrible incurable disease. Mugs

Residents in the Hope Valley and Derbyshire Dales are invited to get into the festive spirit while supporting families affected by life-limiting illness this Christmas. Blythe House Hospice is set to host a series of wreath making workshops in Bamford, Ashford-in-the-Water, and Matlock - with every penny raised helping local people receive expert end-of-life care at home. Funds raised through the events will directly support hospice services including the Roaming Car. The t

Ashley Franklin and Chairman Roger Flint At the November meeting of Matlock Probus Club the Chairman, Roger Flint, welcomed members and our Speaker Mr Ashley Franklin. Ashley is a man of many parts – photographer, writer, cinema enthusiast. Before attending our meeting, Ashley had been at the Ritz Cinema in Belper previewing one of the films showing there. He was born in Nottingham and often went for outings in the Peak District which he grew to love. Ashley worked as a

Roger Flint (Chairman), Jack Baddams, Nigel Carabine (Treasurer) At the October meeting of Matlock Probus Club the Chairman, Mr Roger Flint, welcomed members and introduced our Speaker for the day, Mr Jack Baddams. Jack entertained us by telling us how he became interested in birds and wildlife. He became interested in bird watching as a young boy and this interest never left him. At the age of 16 he worked hard to obtain his Licence to become a Bird Ringer. He then attende

Matlock Music Society continues its exciting 2025/26 season on Friday 7th November with a recital given by the Lumas Winds quintet. The group was established in 2018 and evolved through friendships formed at the National Youth Orchestra, resulting in a very strong bond between its members. The group has featured in many prestigious festivals around the UK and made its Wigmore Hall debut in 2023 and Kings Place debut in 2025. They have been described as an “effervescent wind q

Nigel Clayton and Imma Setiadi – piano duet Matlock Music Society begins its exciting 2025/26 season on Friday 3rd October with a recital given by pianists Nigel Clayton and Imma Setiadi. Bringing classical music to a wider audience in an engaging way is at the heart of their work together and they have also been engaged in a number of cross-arts projects. Their recent performances have included recitals at the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester and St John’s Smith Square, London.