Events

Agriculture and Country Life (25 March – 25 June 2017)

Denbigh Museum presents its Spring Exhibition - "Agriculture and Country Life"

An exhibition of farming, country pursuits and crafts past and present in Denbigh and the surrounding area

Historical Equipment and Tools

Photo Gallery

“The Countryside Remembered” (filmed reminiscences)

"Hwn Yw Fy Nyffryn" (1951) Documentary film in Welsh about the Vale of Clwyd by Gwilym R Jones

and LOTS MORE — something for all the family!

The exhibition opens on Saturday 25th March and runs until Sunday 25th June.

Opening times:

Mondays: 1:30pm - 4:00pm

Thursdays: 1:30pm - 4:00pm

Saturdays: 11:00am - 4:00pm

Also Saturday/Sunday 24/25 June 10:00am-5:00pm

Groups by arrangement

Denbigh Museum, Grove Rd, Denbigh, LL16 3UU

Admission: FREE

For more information; 01745 814323 or gwynethk@hotmail.co.uk

Denbigh Midsummer Festival (1 – 24 June 2017)

Come and celebrate midsummer in Denbigh and see what we have to offer in the 2017 programme. Join us for a range of activities – from interactions with nature and history to music and Shakespeare at the Castle.

This year, the festival has been extended with over 30 events taking place throughout June - so there’s plenty for everyone!

Denbigh Midsummer Festival – The Tempest (23 – 24 June 2017)

‘Taking Flight return to Denbigh with their unique take on Shakespeare’s The Tempest’.

Join the Magic Staff Liner Corporation and indulge yourself with a jaunt on the newest addition to their fleet- their number one luxury ocean liner, The Remembrance. Let their crew take care of your every worry, your every woe, on their 10 year anniversary cruise to the Island that Time Forgot.

Expect lots of laughs, physical comedy, live original music and, most of all, expect the unexpected. Family friendly show. Every performance is a relaxed performance and is supported with BSL/SSE and audio description.

Please contact beth@takingflighttheatre.co.uk or on 07785 947823 to discuss any requirements you may have. For information go to www.takingflighttheatre.co.uk or phone 029 20 230020. 

Time: 7pm

Admission: £14

Location: Denbigh Castle

Denbigh Midsummer Festival - The Lighted Stage Originals Live at The Carriageworks (23 June 2017)

An evening of original music from Jude Lane, with special guest John Evans. Entry by donation - all welcome.

Time: 7.30pm - 9.30pm

Admission: Donations welcome

Location: The Carriageworks, Love Lane, Denbigh

Denbigh Midsummer Festival - Paned a Sgwrs hefo TWM ELIAS (Welsh Event) (23 June 2017)

This is an evening with well-known nature expert, Twm Elias. This event coincides with the farming & Rural Life exhibition being held at Denbigh Museum. The talk will be through the medium of Welsh and ticket price will include a ‘paned’.

Time: 7pm

Admission: £3 in advance, or £4 on the door tickets available from Menter Iaith (01745 812822)

Location: Denbigh Museum, Grove Road, Denbigh

Denbigh Midsummer Festival - Denbigh Carnival 2017 (24 June 2017)

Fun-filled day for all the family with a procession of floats, Carnival Royalty and performers. Procession starts at Caledfryn and finishes at Middle Park (next to Denbigh Town FC behind Denbigh Infirmary).

Location: Middle Park (procession from Caledfryn)

Carnival theme: Science Fiction

Time: 11:00am - 4:00pm

http://www.denbighcarnival.co.uk

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Denbigh Midsummer Festival - Live Music Night @ the Plough (24 June 2017)

Live Music Night @ the Plough

Time: 8.30pm

Admission: FREE!

Location: The Plough, Bridge Street, Denbigh

Denbigh Midsummer Festival - Children’s Triathlon (24 June 2017)

Registration opens at 10:30am for all athletes with the first race starting at 12:30pm. The race is open to all juniors aged 6 to 16 with different distances for each age group. Details of race age groups and information on how to enter can be found online at www.ruthintristars.co.uk and go to Junior >Upcoming Events.

Time: 10.30am (Registration)

Booking info: Online

Denbigh Midsummer Festival - Gwaenynog Open Gardens (25 June 2017)

2 acres of gardens including the restored walled garden where Beatrix Potter wrote and illustrated the Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies. Also a small exhibition of some of her work. C16 house (not open) visited by Dr Samuel Johnson during his Tour of Wales. Herbaceous borders some recently replanted, espalier fruit trees, rose pergola and vegetable area.

Cream teas

Time: 2 - 5.30pm

Admission £4.00, children free.

How to find us
Gwaenynog, Denbigh, Denbighshire, LL16 5NU
1m W of Denbigh. On A543, Lodge on L, ¼m drive.

Denbigh Midsummer Festival - Adults’ Triathlon (25 June 2017)

Rolling registration will open at 7.30am for the earlier starters and will remain open throughout the morning for later starters. The race is an adult open sprint event however the more experienced juniors who are 15 and above can also enter subject to parental consent. Registration details can be found on line at www.ruthintristars.co.uk  and go to Senior > Upcoming Events.

Time: 7.30am (Registration)

Booking info: Online

PigFest 2017 (12 August 2017)

Denbigh's much loved music Festival is BACK! Details to follow

Denbigh and Flint Show 2017 (17 August 2017)

Packed with all you’d expect from a Summer County show – and more. There’s a livestock area, where you can see the best beasts being judged by some of our finest stockmen and women; horse rings where experts demonstrate their skills; a vintage section showing cars, tractors and engines from a bygone age of farming. denbighandflintshow.com/

The Denbigh Show 2017 (26 August 2017)

The Denbigh Show is an outdoor traditional family event held in the beautiful historic market town of Denbigh within the picturesque Vale of Clwyd. The Show offers a great variety of entertainment and brings together a whole host of local organisations in celebration of the best of the town.

Denbigh Film Club - The Book Thief (2013) (8 September 2017)

Denbigh Film Club presents "The Book Thief" (2013) (12) Drama/War

A stunning tale of adolescence in Nazi Germany, The Book Thief follows the life of Liesel Meminger as she grows up in the home of her adoptive parents. Rebellious in nature, Liesel feeds her hunger for stories by stealing books from book burnings. Liesel is shown the true stakes of the war when her father hides a young Jewish man in thier basement. The more time she spends with this man, the more she learns about the value of life and of words. Synopsis from www.imdb.com

Doors open 7:00pm. Film starts 7.30pm.

Bar and Refreshments available. Tickets £4 on the door

See www.denbighfilmclub.co.uk for further details of this and other films

Theatr Twm o'r Nant, Station Road, LL16 3DA

Open Doors 2017 (23 – 24 September 2017)

A wonderful range of interesting, unusual and beautiful historic homes and buildings will be open to the public for tours and talk this September. This fascinating weekend is part of a European wide programme and brought to you by Denbigh Open Doors Group with the support of Cadw, Denbigh Town Council and Grŵp Cynefin

In addition to these buildings/sites a number of events, exhibitions and tours will be available

Details of all these will be published on this website and in a separate booklet in due course.

Remember to keep checking this website!

Denbigh Plum Festival (7 October 2017)

The Denbigh Plum is a variety unique to the town, so it seems only right for us to honour it with its very own festival! The plum is soon to be granted protected geographical status – watch this space…

The festival lasts all day, with a magnificent range of dishes on offer, from hog roast with plum sauce, to luxury plum chocolates. Come and taste for yourself!

Town Hall, Crown Square, Denbigh, LL16 3TB

Time: 10:00-4:00

Admission: FREE

Denbigh Film Club - The Third Man (1949) (13 October 2017)

Denbigh Film Club presents "The Third Man" (1949) (PG) Film noir/Thriller

An out of work pulp fiction novelist, Holly Martins, arrives in a post war Vienna divided into sectors by the victorious allies, and where a shortage of supplies has lead to a flourishing black market. He arrives at the invitation of an ex-school friend, Harry Lime, who has offered him a job, only to discover that Lime has recently died in a peculiar traffic accident. From talking to Lime’s friends and associates Martins soon notices that some of the stories are inconsistent, and determines to discover what really happened to Harry Lime. Synopsis from www.imdb.com

Doors open 7:00pm. Film starts 7.30pm.

Bar and Refreshments available. Tickets £4 on the door

See www.denbighfilmclub.co.uk for further details of this and other films

Theatr Twm o'r Nant, Station Road, LL16 3DA

Denbigh Film Club - Big Eyes (2014) (10 November 2017)

Denbigh Film Club presents "Big Eyes" (2014) (12) Drama

In San Francisco in the 1950s, Margaret was a woman trying to make it on her own after leaving her husband with only her daughter and her paintings. She meets gregarious ladies’ man and fellow painter Walter Keane in a park while she was struggling to make an impact with her drawings of children with big eyes.

The two quickly become a pair with outgoing Walter selling their paintings and quiet Margaret holed up at home painting even more children with big eyes. But Walter’s actually selling her paintings as his own. A clash of financial success and critical failure soon sends Margaret reeling in her life of lies. With Walter still living the high life, Margaret’s going to have to try making it on her own again and re-claiming her name and her paintings. Synopsis from www.imdb.com

Doors open 7:00pm. Film starts 7.30pm.

Bar and Refreshments available. Tickets £4 on the door

See www.denbighfilmclub.co.uk for further details of this and other films

Theatr Twm o'r Nant, Station Road, LL16 3DA

Denbigh Film Club - 45 Years (2015) (1 December 2017)

Denbigh Film Club presents "45 Years" (2015)(15) Drama/Romance

The story centers around a retired, childless couple, Kate (Charlotte Rampling) and Geoff (Tom Courtenay) who have been married for 45 years. One day Geoff receives a letter telling him that the body of his ex-lover before his marriage, Katya, has been found fully preserved in the Swiss glaciers. This event as well as the approaching arrival of their 45th anniversary coerces the couple into re-evaluating their relationship, the choices they have made in life, and their deepest desires. Synopsis from www.imdb.com

Doors open 7:00pm. Film starts 7.30pm.

Bar and Refreshments available. Tickets £4 on the door

See www.denbighfilmclub.co.uk for further details of this and other films

Theatr Twm o'r Nant, Station Road, LL16 3DA

Pigstock The Movie (29 October 2016 – 29 October 2018) Ongoing

www.pigstockthemovie.org

The People's Market, last Friday of the month 9.00am–2.00pm

A monthly market, held on the last Friday of every month at the Market Hall in Crown Square, this is a firm favourite with locals and visitors alike, where home-made produce and crafts are for sale. Occasionally, Denbigh also hosts Welsh, French and other European markets, with music and entertainment as well.