Chatsworth Road Festival returns this October
The annual Chatsworth Road Festival is quickly approaching! Look out for promotions, events and activities up and down Chatsworth Road 1-4 October 2015.
This year Chesterfield’s Chatsworth Road Festival has been shortened to four days to provide a tighter focus and a more concentrated period of activity.
However fewer days has actually meant MORE events with over 120 varied activities, promotions and competitions scheduled.
This festival differs from others in that it doesn’t feature a fun fair, 5-a-side football or marching bands – instead it aims to more widely promote businesses and organisations based on or near to the ever-more vibrant Chatsworth Road in the West of Chesterfield.
The area is a real gem with great pubs, restaurants and an eclectic mix of shops that sell everything from wellingtons to wedding dresses and fantastic pottery to fairtrade coffee.
The Festival aims to provides something for all tastes and ages and full details will be listed in the free guide available at the beginning of September, in the Festival edition of S40 and on the Festival website. Updates and late registrations will also be featured via Facebook and twitter.
Here’s just a small insight into what you can look forward to
- The Mayor will officially open the Festival at ‘both ends’ of Chatsworth Road on Thursday 1st October. At 9.30am he will mark the opening by putting up some bunting at St Thomas Church before moving on to the Carers Centre on West Bars for the start of their “Best Breakfast” event at 10.00.
- Derbyshire’s Poet Laureate, Helen Mort, pops in early evening on Friday to the Real Ale Corner to share her verse
- The Brampton Food Market 10.00 on Saturday 3rd celebrates its 4th birthday, and hosts various “pop-up” Festival stalls from apple pressing to seed swapping.
- Geocaching has become hugely popular – watch out details of the festival’s own fun version; don’t get trampled in the rush !
- The Festival “Char Challenge” will see local tea rooms vie for the title as a mystery shopper gives their preference.
- Sunday Sounds will add some volume as nine venues offer live music on the 4th October from lunch to late
