Love Belper

19/06/2026

✨First Vendor Sneak Peak!! ✨
We’re so excited to formally introduce the first 3 vendors of the Love Belper Festival on the 26th July! lane.felting with her beautifully whimsical felted animals ✨
with their stunning home fragrance range ✨
with their absolutely fantastic animatronics! Some of their creatures have already found a home in one Belper business…can you think who it is?
Find these three vendors in the Town Market, known usually as King street 😉✨

16/06/2026

Love Belper does fantastic work celebrating everything that makes Belper unique, and its work goes a long way towards ensuring we don’t lose these qualities.

Belper’s high street is excellent. King Street has won multiple awards for being the best high street in the entire country, and was ranked in the top three this year.

Yet, across the country high streets are dying. Online retailers have continuously lowered costs, as they have lower operating costs compared to brick and mortar shops. Bigger chains have been pulling out of high streets, leaving shopfronts empty or sometimes replaced by less desirable shops like v**e shops.

That’s why the work Love Belper does promoting Belper’s high street is so important. They help raise awareness of the different shops and events in the town centre, to generate more visits.

Love Belper has organised a festival celebrating 250 years of Belper on Sunday 26th July. There will be music, dancing, theatre, crafts, and food available for people to enjoy. If you want to read more about the festival, read here: https://www.lovebelpercic.co.uk/about-1

I look forward to attending and seeing some of you there as well.

15/06/2026

✨WHAT’S HAPPENING IN BELPER ✨
15th June-29th June 🗓️
📚The Big Read📚 celebrating Belper 250 and the national year of reading, grab a book and head to the River Gardens on the 27th June for a big, group read!
👻Belper Ghost Walk👻 dare to uncover Belper’s secrets…? Head to to book your spot for the 28th June 👀
🪶Heritage Talk on William Strutt 🪶 discover the work and legacy of William Strutt, head over to to book your spot ✨

14/06/2026

The festival map unveiled!
6 weeks to go…✨

12/06/2026

✨What’s on in Belper this weekend?✨
We’re back with our event updates after LOTS of festival preparation! They’ll be restarting properly on Monday, but thought we’d give you an update for the weekend, as there’s a few things happening!
🐄 it’s the monthly farmers market once again for delicious treats and crafts 🐄
👫Better Together👫 a gathering at the memorial gardens in partnership with the Jo Cox foundation and Refugee week, with music and stalls ✨
👩‍🎨 The Sunny Sunday Markets are back once again this weekend, with a Craft Market at Belper’s Market Place 👩‍🎨
🍔Bustler Market at the Belper Rugby club! If you’re in need of some yummy street food…this is the place to go this weekend!

30/05/2026

It’s the food festival tomorrow!

One of the tastiest days in the town calendar is nearly here — expect mouthwatering street food, local produce, sweet treats and more ✨

Many of Belper’s wonderful independent shops, cafes, bars and restaurants will also be open, so you can make a full day of it and explore lots of what Belper has to offer.

Your support for our small businesses means the world. Every purchase, big or small, helps keep the heart of our town beating strong. 💛

This Sunday, Mad Hatters Events have a great day planned for you at the Belper Food Festival.

There will be many stalls on King Street, Strutt Street as well as Campbell Street and the Market Place.

The Memorial Gardens will also will have so much for you to do. Your favourite childrens ride, courtsey of Belper Castles and Candy, The braiding bike for all your hair needs, childrens balloons, slush, CJ Pets, the aviary birds and of course the Daleks will be whizzing about all day. There will also be cake, ice cold lemonde and Minifigure mania.

The fabulous bar for this year will be provided by Sam and Kirsty at the Bottle Bank in Belper, come and show them all your support on Sunday. 🍻🍹🥂
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See you there!

21/05/2026

Time we introduced ourselves!
Say hello to our directors, you may recognise our faces 😂✨ Steph from , Ali from and Susie (me 👋) from ✨
We’re three women who are independent Belper business owners who share a passion for celebrating our town, community and high street!
Alongside running our own businesses and Love Belper, we’ve been working behind the scenes to bring this festival to life with the help and support of other local businesses, creatives, volunteers and community members who have contributed such a lot!
We’re incredibly proud to be creating something rooted in community, creativity and local spirit, and celebrating our High Street ✨

17/05/2026

The Love Belper Town Festival is a celebration of the town we call home; it’s creativity, history, independent spirit and the people who make it so special.

Created and organised by the team behind Love Belper, the festival was born from a simple idea: to bring the community together and celebrate everything that makes Belper unique in a vibrant, quirky and historical way.

Across the festival, visitors can expect a lively mix of food, drink, music, entertainment, shopping artisan stalls, craft demonstrations and historical touches inspired by Belper’s rich heritage. From traditional performances to local makers and independent businesses, the festival aims to capture the warmth, character and creativity woven throughout the town.

This year feels especially meaningful as Belper celebrates 250 years of the mills…a reminder of the towns incredible history, craftsmanship and enduring community spirit. With elements inspired by Belper’s past alongside modern independent culture, the festival hopes to honour both heritage and future creativity alike.

The festival stretches throughout the heart of Belper, including Market Place King Street, the Memorial Gardens, Campbell Street and Strutt Street, creating a vibrant trail of experiences for visitors to enjoy.

At its heart, the Love Belper Town Festival is about community, connection and championing independent local businesses, artists, makers, performers and creatives. It is a chance to experience Belper at its most joyful, full of life, storytelling, music, creativity, history and celebration.

We are so excited to welcome you to the very first Love Belper Festival, and we hope it becomes something truly special for the town in years to come!

Our vendors will be revealing themselves this week!

14/05/2026

Daltons first pop up tomorrow and Saturday!