Community Diary April/May 2023

April:

1st: Jazz with the Sitwell Singers: timeless jazz classics accompanied by award-winning jazz quintet with musical director Dexter Drown. 7:30pm, Shakespeare House, 93 Kedleston Road, Derby DE22 1FR. Tickets & info: www.sitwellsingers.org.uk

5th: Belper Historical Society: ‘The History of Silkolene Lubricants of Belper: Derbyshire’s own oil company’ by Cliff Lea. 7:30pm at Strutts Community Centre, Derby Road. Members free, visitors £5

8th: Belper Organ and Keyboard Club concert: Andrew Nix. 2pm, Congregational Church, Church Walk, Belper DE56 1DB. £10 admission. Refreshments available. www.belperorganclub.com

15th: Ship of Fools Stand-up Comedy @ No.28 Market Place, Belper DE56 1FZ. 7.30 for 8pm. BYO drinks. Tickets £10. Booking online only: www.wegottickets.com. Info: shipoffoolscomedy@yahoo.co.uk.

21st: A night of intense musical energy with international stars Omar Puente & Alex Wilson with Latin Jazz Quartet at No.28 Market Place Belper DE56 1FZ. 6pm & 8.30pm shows (doors 5.30pm & 8pm). Tickets £20 from Eventbrite.co.uk or from Sankara Imports, 42 King Street Belper. BYO drinks.

28th: Belper Welcome Meal 12-2pm at No.28 Market Place, Belper DE56 1FZ. Soup/bread & pudding, No need to book, pay what you can.

Welcome Meal Project volunteers supported by Unite, Belper Town Council, Co-op.

22nd: Transition Belper’s Green Exchange with Repair Café, 10am – 1pm at No.28 Market Place, Belper DE56 1FZ. New ‘tech corner’ plus bike repairs, knife sharpening, sewing, electricals and much more. www.transitionbelper.org. Facebook: transitionbelper.

May:

3rd: Belper Historical Society evening visit to the Belper Unitarian Chapel, Field Row, 7:30pm. Park at Field Lane car park.

13th: Belper Organ and Keyboard Club concert: Phil Brown. 2pm, Congregational Church, Church Walk, Belper DE56 1DB. £10 admission. Refreshments available. www.belperorganclub.com

21st: Adrian Farmer’s Belper Talks: ‘New Finds of Old Belper and Milford’, 6pm at No.28 Market Place, Belper DE56 1FZ. £5; booking essential. Email: belpertalks.walks@gmail.com

26th: Belper Welcome Meal 12-2pm at No.28 Market Place, Belper DE56 1FZ. Soup/bread & pudding, No need to book, pay what you can. Welcome Meal Project volunteers supported by Unite, Belper Town Council, Co-op.

Please check events with the venue/organiser as the publisher accepts no responsibility if events are changed/cancelled following publication. If you have a one-off event or special excursion for June / July 2023 please email it to helen@allthingslocal.co.uk. Deadline is Wednesday 19th April 2022.