Stainsby Festival is a well-established, intimate and very family friendly event in a beautiful rural setting, held on a greenfield site in the picturesque hamlet of Stainsby, Derbyshire. It's been an entirely volunteer run, not-for-profit charity starting in 1969 - a year before Glastonbury. Throughout that time it has spread appreciation of the arts, particularly live music in the singer/songwriter tradition. At various times in its extraordinary and long history it’s also featured book launches, street theatre, poetry readings, light painting and philosophy debates.
This year’s festival is from the 17th to the 19th of July with its usual heady mix of folk and world music, theatre, children’s events, craft stalls, music and art workshops, open mike, meet the musician sessions and our regular singer’s competition. A new addition this year is Stainsby’s first ever poetry competition – entries open until May 31st – where the judge, Roger McGough, will also be performing his own one man show at the festival. And as ever, the festival features a wide range of craft beers from local breweries (none of them more than 25 miles from the site).
