International Women's Day Festival

International Women's Day Festival

Sat 10 Mar at 10am - 4pm

Location: Market Place & Quad

About the event

Derby's popular annual International Women's Day Festival returns an extra special Suffragetteinspired ‘Rebel Women’ theme.

The uplifting, multicultural festivities will include live performances, drumming, inspiring workshops, HERstory exhibition, stalls, arts & crafts, foodie feasts and family fun.

Join the festivities to celebrate, participate and liberate at this event which has a HERstory going back over 100 years in our city & county.

This feel-good event is organised by local volunteers for all the community to enjoy. FREE entry, donations appreciated.

All genders and all ages welcome.

The festival will be sheltered by a huge marquee and offers live performances, food and gift stalls, inspiring hourly workshops at QUAD, arts, sports and science taster activities and family fun. Visitors can explore 40 stalls highlighting good causes, local women’s enterprise, local services, support groups, the Human Library and an exhibition on women’s history.  

This year the festival will have a special Suffragette Memorial March in the city centre as a finale leaving the Market Place at 4pm. A commemorative festival magazine will also be available including inspiring stories and poems from local women and girls.    

10 not-to-be-missed moments from the organisers:

  • Boost your morning with Zahra Butt’s boxing and Capoeira from CDO Derby
  • Enjoy the Rebel Women’s Choir at 1pm 
  • Feel the power of words with She Speaks from 2pm and get up on the open mic 
  • Dance-along with Shakti Arts Bollywood 12.30pm & Steps for the Future 2.45pm
  • Get creative on the many craft stalls and make something for Mothers’ Day
  • Pop by the Human Library where the Books are people on loan for a chat
  • Pick up a festival magazine full of inspiring local HERoes 
  • Join in an uplifting audience drumming workshop with BeatFeet at 3.30pm
  • Make your own Suffragette sash on the Vox Feminarum stall 
  • Wear purple or suffrage fancy dress for the Suffragette Memorial March at 4pm 

Celebrate, Participate & Liberate 

Free workshops hourly at QUAD in the Box Room 

11am: Boost Your Self-Belief 

12pm: Get Inspired: Rebel Women from HERstory  

1pm: Turn Your Pain into Your Power with inspirational speaker Jasvinder Sanghera

2pm: Speak Up on Ableism with guest speaker Dr Frances Ryan, columnist for the Guardian 

3pm: Shake-Up Politics – a panel with women in local politics and activism  

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Prices & Offers

Free entry