Derby Festé at Derby Market Hall

Name: Derby Festé at Derby Market Hall
Start: 2025-09-27T11:00:00+0000
Location: Derby Market Hall

Sat 27 Sep

Derby Market Hall

About the Event

Love Festé? It's back on Sat 27 Sep!

Expect the unexpected as the streets and Market Hall burst into life with a full-on sensory adventure designed to spark your imagination and stir your soul.

This year’s programme is a tale for our times—celebrating the wonder of nature, confronting the challenges it faces, and exploring how we can come together to create change. From the magical and moving to the bold and hilarious, Derby Festé will once again captivate and delight audiences of all ages.

See it. Feel it. Be part of it. Join artist and cartoonist Scott Walker in a giant street-style doodle art piece, or take a trip to the beach under a giant spinning parasol! Keep an eye out for the mischievous Slinkies as Big Mob rolls through—audience participation optional (but encouraged!).

With plenty of family-friendly performances, many of which are non-verbal, Derby Festé is accessible to deaf audiences and those who don’t use English as a first language. A city transformed. A day to remember.

The main programme will run throughout Saturday afternoon across the Cathedral Quarter – with various Derby Market Hall events taking place throughout the day. Details are below for the events taking place at the Market Hall. Don't forget to check out the Derby Festé website for the full line-up and more information.

Events at Derby Market Hall:

12:30pm - 1pm & 2:30pm - 3pm

Hubbub Theatre Company: Dance Collective

Hubbub’s Dance Collective presents a selection of co-created solos, duets and ensemble contemporary dance for everyone to enjoy.

1:20pm - 1:50pm & 4:40pm - 5:10pm

Bedlam Oz: Big Mob

Slinkies are on the move! BIG MOB Is a majestic slinkie walkabout featuring slinkies. Watch wonderful choreographed performance art and bewitching and often hilarious audience interactions.

3:40pm - 4:25pm

The Fabularium: The Carnival of the Animals (walkabout)

Behold the wilderness of The Carnival of Animals. These wondrous woodland creatures have banded together to share with you their stories of courage and adventure, and to delight you with songs of celebration and friendship.

This vibrant event is proudly presented by Derby City Council with project grant support from Arts Council England National Lottery funding. Feste is delivered in partnership with Fabric, the Midlands strategic dance development organisation with additional support from Derby Museums and QUAD.

Derby Feste