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LANTERN MAKING
Training
Thursday 10, 7 - 9pm
Library Lecture Room, New Mills Town Hall
Full training will be given in how to make lanterns. Experienced
and new helpers welcome. This event is free but we would expect
you to come and share your expertise at a minimum of three Lantern
Workshops.
Lantern Workshops
All workshops take place at the Town Hall, through the rear entrance
door off Aldersgate.
Friday 11, 7 – 9 pm
Saturday 12, 10am - 12noon & 2 – 4pm
Sunday 13, 10am - 12noon & 2 – 4pm
Friday 18, 7 - 9pm
Saturday 19, 10am - 12noon & 2 – 4pm
Sunday 20, 10am - 12noon & 2 – 4pm
Make your own lantern for the famous Lantern Procession.
A team of trained helpers is on hand to help you. A minimum of two
sessions will be needed to complete a lantern. This year’s
theme is ‘Celebration’. All are welcome. Children bring
an adult with you. Each session costs £1 per person. Refreshments
on sale.
LIGHT THE TORRS WORKSHOPS
Providence Church basement, Mellor Road.
Saturday 12, 10am – 4pm
Sunday 13, 10am – 4pm
Saturday 19, 10am – 4pm
Sunday 20, 10am – 4pm
Come along and make the lighting effects and tableux that form part
of the lantern procession. FREE
For more information contact Nigel on 01663 736423 or email: nigel@highpeakcvs.org.uk
New Mills Ramblers Walks throughout the Festival
fortnight
Walks are led by members of the Ramblers Association, New Mills
Group.
They are FREE but there is a shared transport scheme.
Sunday 13: Butterton
-12 miles – moderate – led by Lesley Robertson
Meet 9.00am Torr Top Car Park, New Mills.
Sunday 13: Around Hayfield – 7 miles- moderate
– led by Joan Hall
Meet 9.45am Hayfield Bus Station.
Wednesday 16: Chatsworth and Beeley Moor – 6 miles –
moderate – led by Joyce Tyldesley
Meet 9.15 am New Mills Co-op Car Park.
Saturday 19: Over t’Moors to Paradise –
7/8 miles – moderate – led by Bruce Fairbanks
Meet 9.00am train from New Mills Central to Manchester and tram
to Bury.
Sunday 20: Flint Hill – 16 miles- moderate/strenuous
– led by Lewis Chadwick
Meet 9.00am Torr Top Car Park, New Mills.
Sunday 27: Mellor – 8miles – moderate
– led by Susan Bailey
Meet 9.45 am Torr Top Car Park, New Mills.
Saturday 12;
Open Day at
Ollersett Avenue Allotments Site :1pm – 4 pm
Access from Ollersett Avenue, or via footpath from Sett Valley Trail.
Come and see how to grow vegetables on an allotment plot. New Mills
Allotment and Gardening Society will give you a tour around the
site. If you are hoping to start growing vegetables yourself this
is a great opportunity to pick up some handy gardening tips. Light
refreshments available. FREE
Saturday 12:
Singing Workshop
with Helen and the Lovenotes
St James’ Church and Arts Centre, Spring Bank: 2pm - 4pm
£3.50 (No concessions or discounts). Attendance at evening
concert for workshop participants
will be at concessionary rate, with discount available to members.
Refreshments. Tickets in advance (01663 746074) and at the Derbyshire
Building Society.
Saturday 12:
An Evening
Concert with Helen and the Lovenotes
Including items from the workshop session.
St James’ Church and Arts Centre, Spring Bank, 7.30pm.
£6 and £4.50 concessions. This is a Friends of St James’
event
Refreshments. Tickets in advance (01663 746074) and at the Derbyshire
Building Society.
Saturday 12:
Band in the
Park
High Lea Park, New Mills at 5pm.
Come and enjoy Brass Bands from the High Peak.
Easy listening with popular appeal.
FREE. Some seating or bring your own.
Sunday 13:
Fun Run
From New Mills Leisure Centre, 10.30 am: registration from 10.00am
Help your fitness and a enjoy a run from the Leisure Centre along
the Sett Valley Trail either to Birch Vale and back
or to Hayfield and back. Prizes!
Entry Fee: £2 – either in advance at the Leisure Centre
or on the day.
Sunday 13: Festival Sports
Day
New Mills Sports Club Ground, Church Road from 11am.
Tennis Competition from 11am, Bowls Challenge from 1.30pm, and New
Mills versus Hayfield 20/20 match for the Mike Oliver Memorial Trophy
from 1pm. Refreshments available. Spectators welcome. FREE
Sunday 13:
The World
in our Tent
New Mills Cricket Club 11.00am - 2.00pm
Step back in time and discover the fascinating mysteries of the
Camera Obscura. High Peak Community Arts invite you to come inside
their lovely hand-built yurt transformed for a day into a Camera
Obscura! FREE sessions every half-hour but limited places so booking
advised. 01663 744516
Sunday
13: New
Mills Apple Day
New Mills Community Orchard, off High Lea Park: 2 – 4 pm
Join us to celebrate New Mills Apple Day with apple related fun
and frolics for all the family. FREE
Sunday 13:
COME
& SING ! Join the New Mills Churches for our Songs
of Praise
Providence United Reformed Church, Mellor Road, 7pm.
Enter the Festival spirit by celebrating God’s creation and
our own creative gifts. FREE refreshments afterwards.
Contact Michael Brueck - 01663 745415
Monday 14:
Royal
Celebrations Through the Ages
Library Lecture Room, New Mills Town Hall 8.00pm
A talk by Barbara Matthews with examples from her china collection
of royal memorabilia.
Hosted by New Mills Wives Group. £1 Refreshments included.
Tuesday 15:
Bookchat : Hatch, Match and Dispatch
Bring along, or just come and listen to and discuss, stories and
poems about rites of passage.
New Mills Library 7.30 – 9pm. Enter through side door. Refreshments.
All welcome.
FREE. Information from the library on 01663 743603
Wednesday
16: Whist
Drive
New Mills Volunteer Centre, Union Road. 7.30pm
An evening for card players in convivial surroundings.
Tickets £3 from the Centre, to include coffee and biscuits.
Thursday
17: Turkish
Evening
Gioia Mia Café, Market St, 7.30pm. Come and enjoy authentic
food and music at Ali’s Café. £9 (wine, sweet
and coffee extra). Please book early in advance at the café.
Friday 18:
Boka
Halat Concert & Ceilidh
Low Leighton Methodist Church. Concert 7.30pm followed by dance
with caller at 8.15pm. Suitable for adults, and families with children
8yrs+. A Live and Local Event. Refreshments available. £7
and £5 concessions. Tickets in advance 01663 744907 or from
the Derbyshire Building Society.
Friday 18:
Natural History Society Talk
‘Wildlife of Long-Disused Railway Tracks’ - Mr J. Sears
Library Lecture Room, New Mills Town Hall, 7.30 pm
Entry: Free to members, £1 for non-members. Refreshments –
tea, coffee, biscuits.
Saturday
19: Near and Far from Sweden.
Providence United Reformed Church, Mellor Road, New Mills, 7.30pm
An entertaining programme of Swedish folk songs, English renaissance
music and classics, performed with warmth and humour. Rita Saxmark,
soprano & Sabina Agnes, classical guitarist in concert.
Tickets £7.50 and £6 concessions from the Derbyshire
Building Society, or contact Jane on 01663 745371. Limited number
available on the door. Refreshments included.
****Cancelled:
******Saturday 19:
A
Welcome Return of ‘A Tribute to Elvis’
Art Theatre, Jodrell Street, New Mills. 7.30pm. James Ruffell and
The Pontiacs Tribute to the King of Rock and Roll with live backing
singers and dancers. Tickets £7.50 from 01663 742364 or from
the Hare and Hounds, Lowleighton, or from the Derbyshire Building
Society, Union Road, New Mills. ALL proceeds in aid of the Christie
Hospital.
Sunday 20:
Natural
History Society Walk: 2pm
Through Mouseley Bottom: meet at Hague Bar Car Park in the Torrs
Riverside Park, 2.00pm
Enjoy the delights of our local environment with a guided walk by
John Hawksford.
Appropriate footwear and clothing recommended. FREE
Sunday 20:
Ged
Hone’s Flexijazz Trio
St James’ Church and Arts Centre, Spring Bank 7.30pm.
Music from the 20s, 30s and 40s. A real trip down memory lane!
£8 and £6.50 concessions. This is a Friends of St James’
event.
Refreshments. Tickets in advance (01663 746074) and at the Derbyshire
Building Society.
Monday 21:
The Mills of New Mills – A festival talk by Derek
Brumhead
New Mills Town Hall, 7.30pm
Hosted by the New Mills Local History Society. Admission FREE.
Cheese and Wine provided by New Mills Town Council. Publications
will be on sale.
Monday 21:
New Drama: ‘Not in Our Lifetime’
Providence Church, Mellor Road. 7.00pm
An original play by the Hangout Drama Group. Tickets £3 or
£2 concessions.
(Two girls are bored in an air raid shelter tour. A plan to play
a trick on the group goes wrong and the girls find themselves locked
in for the night. Ghosts from the past come back to relive the Manchester
Blitz of Christmas 1941 and the girls are forced to take stock of
their own lives as they compare the two lifestyles). Tickets available
from the Derbyshire Building Society or on the door.
Tuesday 22:
Festival
Quiz Night
Royal Oak Inn, Market Street, 7.30pm for 8pm
Test your brain power and memory with another of our regular quiz
nights. Teams of up to six people.
Prizes! Raffle! Entry: £2 per person. Proceeds shared between
the Community Bonfire and the Festival.
Tuesday 22:
The Artists of Disney – An illustrated talk by Robin
Allan
St James’ Church and Arts Centre, Spring Bank 7.30pm.
£5 and £4 concessions. This is a Friends of St James’
event.
Refreshments. Tickets in advance 01663 744233 and at the Derbyshire
Building Society.
Friday25:
A Concert of Organ Music – with
the irrepressible, internationally renowned organist, Gordon Stewart.
Providence United Reformed Church, Mellor Road, 7.30pm. A programme
which will delight, inspire and entertain.
Tickets £7.50 and £6 concessions from the Derbyshire
Building Society, or contact Penny on 01663 747599. Limited number
available on the door. Refreshments included.
Friday September
25: Comedy night
At Chalkers off A6 Newtown, 8 pm
Another fun filled night of laughter. Three top comics and a great
compere. If you like a good laugh then come along for the best from
the national comedy circuit. Admission £6. Tickets from Chalkers.
01663 742336
Saturday
26: Torrs Hydro Guided Tours
Come and learn about the innovative Hydro-electric scheme in the
Torrs.
Meet at Archie the Archimedes Screw in the Torrs, New Mills.
Guided tours at 1.00 pm and 2.30 pm. FREE
Saturday
26: Chrysanthemum & Dahlia Show
New Mills Town Hall, Spring Bank, 2.30 – 5pm
Come and admire the skills of our local flower exhibitors. Refreshments,
tombola etc. Blooms will be on sale at 5pm.
FREE
Saturday
26: Lantern Procession
Meet in the park below New Mills Central Station. Procession moves
off at 7.30pm
Come on a magical lantern procession in the Torrs, walk over the
famous Millennium Bridge flanked by impressive fire sculptures and
see hundreds of hand-made lanterns lighting up the evening.
Bring your own lantern if you have one, or just join in the procession.
Ends at Newtown Recreation Ground with live music and a fantastic
fireworks display at 8.40pm.
Please do not enter The Torrs except below Central Station and keep
going in one direction.
FREE - bucket collection – please give generously to support
the Festival.
Sunday 27:
New Mills Music Festival 1 - 10pm –
(Gates open 12.30)
*** Please
note there is a change of venue for this event. It will now be held
at Newtown Recreation Ground.
Refreshments and food (MEMBERS PRICES) ONLY £2 entrance. Come
and support: Stand Out Riot, Shot Shot Stacy, The Aerials, Snakewater,
De Ja Vu Holocaust, and other guests. Details: benjaminlukestreets@hotmail.co.uk
Sunday 27
September: Last Night of the Proms
Art Theatre, Jodrell Street, New Mills. 7.30pm
An evening’s concert with the High Peak Orchestra, with Soloists
and Chorus from the Operatic Society. This event will mirror the
famed last night of the proms to close the New Mills Festival 2009.
The first half of the concert will include Schubert’s Unfinished
Symphony and after the interval Film Music, The Dambuster’s
March, Coates London Suite, Pomp and Circumstance, Henry Wood’s
Traditional Sea Shanties, Rule Britannia and Jerusalem - with participation
from audience, soloists and the chorus from New Mills AODS. An evening
not to be missed.
Tickets £8 Concessions £7 Accompanied under 16s free
(max 2/adult). Available from 01663 742364 or the Derbyshire Building
Society, Union Road, New Mills.
Other Events
To celebrate the New Mills Festival, New Mills Football club will
be offering discounted admission and/or other incentives for home
league matches in September. So come down to Church Lane, to experience
‘real’ football. Please see www.newmillsafc.co.uk for
details nearer the time (currently awaiting fixture publication).
‘Celebrating
Young People’ An exhibition of photography by young people
for young people of New Mills.
At the Heritage Centre 12 – 28 September. Contact Lisa on
01663 736423 for more details.
New Mills Community
Festival Committee is an equal opportunities organisation.
New Mills Community
Festival Committee is grateful for sponsorship from:
A Allen & Son
W M Barton & Son
County Councillor – Beth Atkins
Crabtrees
Derbyshire Building Society
Derbyshire Community Foundation
Dow Hyperlast Ltd
Focal Design
Gioia Mia Café
Jackson Hammond Design Ltd
Millers Parade
New Mills Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society
New Mills Bowls and Cricket Club
New Mills School and Sixth Form Centre
New Mills Chrysanthemum and Dahlia Society
New Mills Dental Practice
New Mills Town Council
New Mills Wives Group
Providence United Reformed Church
Royal Oak
Senior Projects Ltd
Swizzels Matlow
Stick ‘Em Signs
Tarmac Limited
Torrs Hydro Limited
Trent Barton
and to all who have
supported us or taken part.
Large print version available from New Mills Library
For more information ring 01663 744907
or go to www.newmillsfestival.com (Thanks to Russell Hindley for
website management).
Design donated by jacksonhammond.co.uk
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