2025 Preview Night

We're thrilled to be welcoming the Snow Sisters to our 2025 Preview Night on Saturday 6th September. The talented pair will be singing songs from Frozen by the bandstand in an entertainment-packed evening �

Book in now at www.derbyshiredales.gov.uk/illuminations - and it's just £5 for adults and kids for a quid - the cheapest night of the 2025 season �

It will also be the first opportunity to see this year's spectacular parade of decorated boats on the river - and Preview Night visitors will have the exclusive honour of voting for their favourite!

Look out too for Paris Bubbles with his internationally acclaimed show, super circus skills entertainment, our fantastic funfair and food stalls - and of course this year's Big Lights Switch-on!

A reminder that following on from Preview Night, the 2025 Illuminations will be on every Saturday and Sunday from 13 September through to 26 October, with the boats and entertainment every weekend, and fireworks finales every October Saturday.

Plus we have fireworks at our first *FRIDAY* night - 24 October - and the final night of the 2025 season, Sunday 26 October.

Apart from the Preview Night, all other tickets go on general sale on 1 May.

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