Music

There is some great music on a summer’s evening for you to enjoy at this year’s Chesterfield Canal Festival.

The Viva Voice chamber choir invites you to a concert at St Peter’s Church, Edensor, on Saturday, June 30.

Bakewell Rotary’s seventh free annual brass band concert will be taking place on the evening of Wednesday, July 4, on Bakewell Recreation Ground, from 7.30pm–9.30pm.

Gillian Bithel and Beate Toyka, the well-known Derbyshire piano duo, will be giving a recital in Bakewell Parish Church on July 21 at 11am.

Two acclaimed local bands will be spearheading the line-up at this year’s Dronfest.

South Normanton’s Carnfield Hall once again stages the much-anticipated annual International Rock & Bike Festival on July 12-14 – and you can win a pair of tickets to be there in our easy-to-enter competition.

The winners of Tramlines Festival’s Apply to Play scheme have been announced to play at the celebratory ten-year event from July 20-22 at Hillsborough Park in Sheffield.

Whatstandwell Festival is back again, and its bigger and better than ever.

The Sensational 60s Experience returns to venues around the country later this year.

Kevin Bryan gives his verdict on some of the latest music releases.

Open Road Productions will be presenting their brand new musical Grace- The Lighthouse Girl from June 27-30 at Derby’s Guildhall Theatre.

Belper Singers and Derventio Brass will be appearing in a concert at St Peter’s Church, Belper, on Saturday, July 14.

Mark Anthony is one of the best tribute acts to Prince around. Not only does he sound like him, but he also looks so much like Prince you would be forgiven for having to look twice!

The hugely successful Hannells Darley Park Concert will once again be staged in the picturesque setting of Darley Park.

I went to see AC/DC on the Ballbreaker Tour at Wembley Arena in 1996 and it was out of curiosity that I found myself at the Live/Wire show.

Details of this September’s 12th Derby Festé programme have been revealed.

Derby Concert Orchestra’s final performance of their 2017-2018 season is to take place at St Mary’s Church in Wirksworth on Saturday, July 7.

Derby LIVE invites music fans to Derby Arena for the biggest party of the year as the unstoppable Magic of Motown show arrives on Friday, June 29.

Coming to Derby Arena this summer is Fastlove, a show that is packed with crowd pleasing George Michael anthems.