Bakewell Country Festival

Ages 15 and under go FREE to this family-focused summer festival on Bakewell Showground. The packed line-up includes a festival stage, animal experiences, kids' activities, family entertainment, culinary theatre, full centre ring programme including heavy horse competitions and trials and scurry driving competitions, a medieval encampment, rural crafts, conservation corner, dog show, vintage tractor and engine exhibition, food courts, bars and a local producers' market and much, much more. A Lancaster Bomber fly past will also take place, plus more to be announced.

AGES 15 & UNDER GO FREE
Adults £12 advance, £15 on the gate

Showground parking £5 - cash or card accepted

Lots of our entertainment is free but sessions marked with an asterisk carry a nominal fee. More to be announced - please visit Bakewell AHS website, Facebook and Instagram.

FAMILY FUN & ANIMAL EXPERIENCES

• Mayfield Alpacas feeding sessions
• Lane End Farm Trust small animal handling*
• Children's craft sessions*
• Kenning Park Forest School activities
• Interactive music sessions with Luke Carver Goss and Martin Harwood
• Activity sessions with Spotty Otter
• Archery experience with On Point Archery*
• Traditional Ferris wheel and carousel*
• Additional rides and sideshows*

• Lancaster Bomber fly past (time TBA)

HANDS-ON EXPERIENCES

• Woodland Ways bushcraft and survival skills workshops
• Archaeological Research Services medieval village with The Red-Wyvern Society historical re-enactors
• Companion dog show classes*
• Dog flyball sessions*

FESTIVAL STAGE
• The Old Time Rags
• The Jelly Roll Jazz Band
• The Sons of Rodger

CULINARY THEATRE
IN ASSOCIATION WITH PURE PEAK MAGAZINE
Chef demos from:
• Mark Aisthorpe (The Bull's Head, Holymoorside)
• Tom Lawson (Rafters/Rafters Riverside House)
• Lee Smith (Lovage, Bakewell)
• Chris Mapp (The Tickled Trout, Barlow)
• Greg Robinson (The Maynard, Grindleford)

CENTRE RING PROGRAMME
• Heavy horse competitions including new Young Handlers class
• British Scurry & Trials Driving competitions
• Pony Club musical rides
• Talks and demos stage
• Meet different breeds of cows and sheep
• Conservation corner

BAKEWELL DOG SHOW
• Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th July
• More information on website, entries via Fosse Data

RURAL CRAFTS
• Dry stone walling
• Willow weaving
• Farriery
• Blacksmithing
• Besom broom making
• Chainsaw carving
• Needle felting
• Woodcrafts

VINTAGE TRACTORS & ENGINES
• Varied exhibition

LOCAL ORGANISATIONS
• The Peak District National Park Foundation
• Moors for the Future
• Peak District Moorland Group
• Peak District Environmental Quality Mark
• Kids Plant Trees
• Derbyshire Rural Crime Team
• Bakewell Fire Station
• Alfreton Fire Station ( large animal rescue team)

STREET FOOD & BARS
Enjoy food from local businesses in our food court areas - pull up a hay bale and tuck in!

SHOPPING
Enjoy retail therapy and shop with a wide variety of local producers, craftspeople and artisans.

Find out more at bakewellahs.co.uk/bakewell-country-festival-whats-on