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Derby has a bustling city centre with plenty to see and do for the whole family. Derby LIVE was set up to produce an excellent and diverse programme of performing arts from great music gigs to comedy shows and family theatre – there is something for everyone. Why not stay at the Holiday Inn Express hotel in Derby Pride Park if you are going to any of the events. You will be within walking distance to the city centre and great value accommodation is available in Derby. Upcoming events include: 3 May – Andrew Lawrence: Best Kept Secret in Comedy Tour – Great Hall 6 May – CANdYRAT Guitarists – Darwin Suite 6 May – John Ashton’s Raging Bull Promotions presents Championship Boxing – Great Hall 11 May – Beyond the Barricade – Great Hall 12 May – Albert Lee and Hogan’s Heroes – Darwin Suite 12 May – Rumours of Fleetwood Mac – Great Hall 16 May – Stewart Francis: Outstanding in his Field – Great Hall 17 May – The Foundry Group presents Big Daddy vs Giant Haystacks – Guildhall 17 May – An Appointment with The Waterboys – Great Hall 17 May – The Royal Opera: La Boheme – Market Place 19 May – Simon Mayor & Hilary James – Guildhall Theatre 20 May – Simon Mayor & Hilary James: A Musical Mystery Tour – Guildhall Theatre 23 May-24 May – A Harold Pinter double bill: The Dumb Waiter and The Lover – Guildhall Theatre 24 May – The Magnets present Gobsmacked – Darwin Suite 26 May – The Searchers – Great Hall 30 May – The Halle – Great Hall 31 May – Guitar Anthems – Darwin Suite 1 June – One Night in Vegas – Great Hall 1 June – Dodgy: Stand Upright in a Cool Place Tour – Guildhall Theatre 3 June – Derby Jubilee Celebrations & Festival of Youth – Market Place 8 June – The Tom McConville Band – Darwin Suite 8 June – 10 June – Circque du Ciel: ShangHi – Great Hall 9 June-10 June – Barry & Stuart: Show & Tell – Darwin Suite 10 June – The Big One at Chaddesden Park – Chaddesden Park 20 June – We’ll Meet Again: The Diamond Jubilee Show – Great Hall 22 June – Sing-a-long-a Grease – Great Hall 23 June – Jimmy Carr: Gagging Order – Great Hall 24 June – Joe Longthorne – Great Hall 29 June – London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay: Evening Celebration – various locations 1 July – Grimethorpe Colliery Band – Great Hall 2 July-8 July – Wimbledon (on the Big Screen) – Market Place 5 July – Sir Ranulph Fiennes: Everest, The Eiger and more – Great Hall 6 July – Let’s Hang On – Great Hall 7 July – Andy Zaltzman: Armchair Revolutionary – Darwin Suite 11 July-14 July – Gatepost Theatre Company: A Space Oddity – Guildhall Theatre 11 July-15 July CAMRA Beer Festival – Assembly Rooms 16 July – Rhys Darby: This way to spaceship – Great Hall 21 July-22 July – Caribbean Carnival Weekend – Market Place/Osmaston Park 21 July-22 July – Derby Tattoo, Burlesque & Alternative Lifestyle Festival – Assembly Rooms 27 July-12 August – The London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games on the big screen – Market Place 4 September – Frankie Boyle: The Last Days of Sodom – Great Hall 8 September – Jimmy Carr: Gagging Order – Great Hall 15 September – 16 September – Northern Soul All-Nighter – Great Hall 21 September-22 September – Derby Feste 2012 & Games Time – Derby City Centre 21 September – Jason Byrne: People’s Puppeteer – Great Hall 22 September – Guitar Masters Tour featuring Andy McKee, Preston Reed and Jon Gomn - Guildhall Theatre 24 September – 29 September – Calendar Girls by Tim Firth – Great Hall 29 September – Lee Hurst: Too Scare To Leave The House – Darwin Suite 5 October – 7 October – Derby Folk Festival 2012 – Assembly Rooms 6 October – Danny Bhoy: Wanderlust – Guildhall Theatre. 12 October – One Night of Queen Performed by Gary Mullen and The Works – Great Hall 14 October – Jenny Éclair: Eclairious – Guildhall Theatre 16 October – Paul Carrack – Great Hall 18 October – 19 October 19 – Dirty Laundry – Guildhall Theatre 20 October – Joan Armatrading – Great Hall 23 October – Rhod Gilbert: The Man with the Flaming Battenberg Tattoo – Great Hall 27 October – Russian State Ballet & Opera House: Sleeping Beauty – Great Hall 29 October – Chris & Piu Roadshow 2012 – Great Hall 1 November – Mark Watson Live 2012 – Darwin Suite 4 November – Derby Bonfire & Firworks – Markeaton Park 7 November – Mark Thomas: Brave Figaro – Darwin Suite 10 November – Kate Rusby – Great Hall 10 November – Andi Osho: All the Single Ladies – Guildhall Theatre 17 November – Christmas Lights Switch On – Market Place 22 November – Kevin Bridges: The Story Continues – Great Hall 23 November – Rob Rouse: Life Sentences – Darwin Suite 24 November – Bellowhead – Great Hall 25 November – Last Night of the Autumn Proms – Great Hall 5 December-6 January – Derby LIVE & PHA present Peter Pan by JM Barrie – Great Hall 7 December – The Re-entrants – Darwin Suite 12 December-23 December – Snow Play: A Christmas show for 2012 – Guildhall Theatre Event listings are subject to change and are provided for information purposes only. Please check with your venue for latest information. |
