Illustrated scene of Cowdale, Derbyshire

What's on in Cowdale

The pub quizzes, craft fairs, and village fêtes the big sites miss — here's what's on around Cowdale.

Editorial picks

Families this weekendPlans the kids will actually like Free this weekendCracking local plans for free Rainy-day picksCosy plans for when it turns

Don't miss the next one

One email a week with the local stuff worth knowing — before it's already happened.

Free. Unsubscribe whenever you like.

Community

Buxton Flowerpot Trail 2026

An annual town trail during Buxton’s summer festivals and school holidays featuring wonderful and rather silly flowerpot creations. A great way to explore the town with the family. Trail maps can be purchased from the Buxton Visitor Centre in the Pump Room and Poole’s Cavern Visitor Centre during July and August or downloaded from the Funny Wonders website . The Buxton Flowerpot Trail in 2026 will take place during July and August. The theme is Children’s Stories.

Wed 22 JulBuxton Peak District(1.8mi)

via Buxton Peak DistrictCurated

Community

Singing Giraffes

Children's music classes every Wednesday morning at The Vault. Information about the venue here.

Wed 22 JulBuxton Peak District(1.8mi)

via Buxton Peak DistrictCurated

Community

Sit, Sip and Sketch

Buy a drink and borrow sketching and paintingmaterials to capture the moment. The cost of a drink will allow you to borrowthe materials, no need to book. https://buxtoncrescentexperience.com/tour/sitsipsketch/

Wed 22 JulBuxton Peak District(1.8mi)

via Buxton Peak DistrictCurated

History & Heritage

Through the Heritage Lens: A Road Reveals its Secrets

History whispers along Burlington Road. Join a Discover Buxton guide for a gentle walk uncovering stories of cold springs, industry and everyday life hidden along this unassuming street. Wheelchair accessible route with one steep driveway. Walk starts at the Bath House and ends on St John’s Road. Meet at the Bath House at … Continued

Wed 22 JulBuxton International Festival(2mi)

via Buxton International FestivalLocal gem

Community

Drink and chat

Drink & Chat (Spring / Summer) Village Room St Michael & All Angels Church All welcome.

Wed 22 JulSt Michael & All Angels(3.6mi)

via St Michael & All AngelsCurated

Live Music

Ben Tarlton

London-based cellist Ben Tarlton enjoys a career as a soloist, chamber musician and director of the Llantwit Major Chamber Music Festival. He has performed recitals and concertos on BBC Radio 3, and at Cadogan Hall, Sinfonia Smith Square, BBC Hoddinott Hall and Dora Stoutzker Hall, Cardiff. He gave the world premiere of Christian Henking’s Stone Mountain for cello and choir, amongst other works, with the Basler Madrigalisten in Switzerland.

Wed 22 Jul09:30Pavilion Arts Centre(2mi)

via Pavilion Arts CentreCurated

Community

Drink and chat

Drink & Chat (Spring / Summer) Village Room St Michael & All Angels Church All welcome.

Wed 22 Jul10:30Bramwell Memorial Institute(3.9mi)

via Bramwell Memorial InstituteCurated

Community

Around £2

Explore Animals of Buxton – Past & Present

Thomas's Trail at Buxton Country Park 22nd July 2026 10:00 - 17:00 Poole's Cavern and Buxton Country Park Car Park, Green Ln, Buxton SK17 9DH, UK Thomas’s Trail is a new family nature trail in Grin Low Woods, Buxton Country Park , opening in Spring 2026 . Created by Buxton Civic Association (BCA) in partnership with the Thomas Theyer Foundation , the trail explores the Animals of Buxton: Past & Present , from prehistoric creatures to the wildlife that lives in Buxton today. If you’re looking for family activities in the Peak District , things to do in Buxton , or an engaging nature trail in Derbyshire , Thomas’s Trail is the perfect outdoor adventure! Explore Animals of Buxton – Past & Present Pick up your Thomas’s Trail Booklet from Poole’s Cavern Visitor Centre and follow the woodland route to discover: 13 illustrated animal discs suspended from trees with a 14 th bonus disc to find if you wish! Tickets & Admission Free with your Poole’s Cavern Tour Entry Ticket £2 per trail booklet for trail-only access Thomas’s Trail is family-friendly and easy to find, just a short walk from the Poole’s Cavern Visitor Centre.

Wed 22 Jul11:00Buxton Peak District(1.8mi)

via Buxton Peak DistrictCurated

Community

Música D’Outrora

Música d’Outrora is an early-music ensemble founded in 2022. Bringing together musicians from three continents, the ensemble explores the vivid, unpredictable sound world of the early Baroque.Recent activity includes the Across the Alps UK tour and participation in the 'BREMF Live!’ programme at Brighton Early Music Festival. Through these projects, Música d’Outrora seeks to restore the theatrical intensity and emotional immediacy of early Baroque music.This event is in partnership with Continuo Foundation.

Wed 22 Jul11:15Pavilion Arts Centre(2mi)

via Pavilion Arts CentreCurated

Festivals & EventsHistory & Heritage

Festival Walk: Raising the Curtain: A Peek at the History of Theatrical Performance in Buxton

Step into Buxton’s theatrical past on this entertaining walk led by a Discover Buxton guide. From early venues to the present day, explore where audiences have gathered to be amused, inspired and amazed for centuries.Wheelchair accessible route, mainly flat with one small incline.

Wed 22 Jul11:30Pavilion Arts Centre(2mi)

via Pavilion Arts CentreCurated

Community

Sir Antony Beevor

How could a barely literate peasant from Siberia determine the fate of the world? Undoubtedly, the so-called 'mad monk' Rasputin bewitched Tsar Nicholas II and his wife, Alexandra. Yet their strange and scandalous relationship conceals a riddle, one that casts an intriguing light on the controversial 'great man' theory of history. Rasputin was a devoted monarchist, not a revolutionary. He had no official position, no forces at his command. Nevertheless, he contributed more to the fall of the Romanov dynasty than any other individual.Sir Antony has received major prizes, has appeared in thirty-seven languages and sold more than nine million copies. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and the Royal Historical Society, he has received honorary doctorates and fellowships from five universities.This event is sponsored by No.6 The Square Tearooms.

Wed 22 Jul12:30Pavilion Arts Centre(2mi)

via Pavilion Arts CentreCurated

Live Music

Colour my Song

Join us for the 5th Annual Williams-Howard Prize Concert at the Buxton International Festival. Established in 2022 by Michael Harper, Vocal Tutor at the Royal Northern College of Music, this prestigious competition celebrates art songs by composers of African heritage. The concert features the 2026 winners of the competition, showcasing the next generation of talent. Previous winners have gone on to perform at iconic venues such as the Royal Albert Hall, Cadogan Hall and Wigmore Hall, as well as with BBC Philharmonic, English Touring Opera, and Kantos Chamber Choir amongst others.

Wed 22 Jul13:45Pavilion Arts Centre(2mi)

via Pavilion Arts CentreCurated

Community

Alexander Armstrong, Madeleine Shaw and Andrew Matthews-Owen

As in the 2020s, the 1920s emerged from a pandemic, a financial crash and war. The decade responded, in the words of Zelda Fitzgerald, by going into battle 'with audacity and rouge’, and with cocktails ('giggle juice'), new plays, new fashions and new sounds from Noel Coward and Ivor Novello to the Great American Songbook which have become immortal. Join us to celebrate a decade of laughter, love, gossip and intrigue. A time that was too good to last. As the decade ended there was the inevitable sense of 'The Party's Over Now' but what a decade it was!

Wed 22 Jul15:00Pavilion Arts Centre(2mi)

via Pavilion Arts CentreCurated

Festivals & EventsHistory & Heritage

Festival Walk: Through the Heritage Lens: A Road Reveals its Secrets

History whispers along Burlington Road. Join a Discover Buxton guide for a gentle walk uncovering stories of cold springs, industry and everyday life hidden along this unassuming street.Wheelchair accessible route with one steep driveway. Walk starts at the Bath House and ends on St John’s Road.

Wed 22 Jul15:30Pavilion Arts Centre(2mi)

via Pavilion Arts CentreCurated

Community

Gavin Francis

Dr Gavin Francis is a GP with a special interest in mental health and the bestselling author of Adventures in Human Being, Shapeshifters and Intensive Care. Between a quarter and a fifth of young people in the UK now suffer a mental disorder. One in four adults are prescribed psychiatric medication. These numbers represent a huge and recent expansion in mental health labelling but reveal nothing of the experience of those seeking help.Gavin draws on conversations with patients, colleagues, and his thirty years of practice to explore the chequered history of psychiatry, the nature of mental health and ill-health, and the problems, including mood disorders, trauma, anxiety and addiction, that he addresses daily.The mind, he argues, is dynamic and adaptive, better addressed not with rigid labels and protocols, but with curiosity, kindness, humility and hope.

Wed 22 Jul16:00Pavilion Arts Centre(2mi)

via Pavilion Arts CentreCurated

Talks & Lectures

Opera Talk - La traviata

Hear from the creative teams behind La traviata and get insights into the history, music and vision behind this year’s production.

Wed 22 Jul18:00Pavilion Arts Centre(2mi)

via Pavilion Arts CentreCurated

Community

Matt Scott-Campbell, Partnership Manager, Moors for the Future Partnership

Over the past twenty years, the peatlands of the Peak District have been transforming. Formerly vast expanses of bare peat on our uplands are becoming diverse, vegetated landscapes that hold water on the hills, providing natural flood management, as well as homes for moorland birds and animals. Find out the story of how a partnership of organisations and communities has been working together to make this change come about.This event is sponsored by Buxton Crescent Heritage Trust.

Wed 22 Jul18:00Pavilion Arts Centre(2mi)

via Pavilion Arts CentreCurated

See what else is on

Event details on Near Here are aggregated from third-party sources and may change. Always verify times, location, availability, and any price directly with the organiser before travelling. See Terms.

Venues with events near Cowdale

A few local places from the listings above, all within three miles.

Pavilion Arts Centre2.0 miles away Buxton Peak District1.8 miles away Buxton International Festival2.0 miles away

More about Cowdale

Derbyshire, England

Cowdale is in Derbyshire, with local places and neighbouring communities close by. Its events calendar is usually shaped by practical local spaces such as local halls, churches and community spaces, rather than big set-piece attractions. Near Here brings Cowdale events into one place so you can see what is coming up without a long search. Check the listing details before you go, especially times, booking notes and access information.

Loading map…

Enjoyed the look of Cowdale?

Know someone who'd fancy a night out round here? Give them a nudge.

What's on in Cowdale