What’s On guide

Pinocchio. Pavilion Arts Centre, Buxton, 1.30pm. Tickets: £7.50; contact 0845 127 2190 or www.buxtonoperahouse.co.uk (suitable for ages 4 and over).

Alzheimer’s Society Singing for the Brain. At Civic Hall, Civic Centre, off High Street, Dronfield, 2pm-4pm.

Entertaining Mr Sloane. Opera House, Buxton, 2.30pm & 7.30pm. Tickets: £12.50, £14.50, £16.50; contact 0845 127 2190 or www.buxtonoperahouse.co.uk

Junior football trials. U12’s, 13’s & 14’s at Holmebrook Valley Park, Chesterfield, 6pm-7pm. For more information contact 01246 252400 or 07971 280 694.

Shady Business. Pomegrante Theatre, Chesterfield, 7.30pm. Tickets: £16.50 (concs); contact 01246 345 222 or www.chesterfieldtheatres.co.uk

Dance ‘til Dawn. Vincent Simone and Flavia Cacace at the Theatre Royal, Nottingham, 7.30pm. Tickets: £16-£37; contact 0115 989 5555 or www.trch.co.uk

Boeing Boeing. Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, 7.30pm. Tickets: £16, £21, £23; contact 0114 249 6000 or www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk

The Bon Jovi Experience. Palace Theatre, Mansfield, 7.30pm. Tickets: £16.91; contact 01623 633133 or www.mansfield.gov.uk/palacetheatre

Friday, June, 6

Parent & Toddler sessions. The Jungle Playcentre, Sheepbridge, Chesterfield, 9.30am – 12pm. Cost: £3.50 per child (under 5s only) which includes a free beaker of juice. (Term times only).

The Gruffalo. Opera House, Buxton, 1.30pm. Tickets: Adults £12, Child £11; contact 0845 127 2190 or www.buxtonoperahouse.co.uk

Illustrated Lecture. Coal Aston Methodist Church, 7.30pm. “Great Houses of South Yorkshire” by Patrick McLaughlin. Admission £3.50 inc. refreshments. Call 01246 414847 to book or pay on the door.

Social Sequence Dance. Calow Community Centre, Allpits Road. Beginners 6.30pm-7.45pm, dance, 8pm-10.30pm. Call 0114 3277 670.

Dance ‘til Dawn. See Thursday listings.

Boeing Boeing. See Thursday listings.

The Twist. New songs and characters at the Palace Theatre, Mansfield, 7.30pm. Tickets: £19.48; contact 01623 633133 or www.mansfield.gov.uk/palacetheatre

Shady Business. See Thursday listings.

Saturday, June 7

The Gruffalo. 11am & 2pm. See Friday listings for booking details.

Opera. Sheffield City Opera presents ‘Midsummer Music’ at Dronfield Civic Centre, 7.30pm. Tickets £8 on the door. Extracts from Carmen, Cavalleria Rusticanna, Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables. See www.sheffieldcityopera.com

Modern Sequence Dance. Calow Community Centre, Allpits Road, Calow, 7.30pm-10.30pm. Ring Andrew and Pauline for details, 0114 3277 670.

Simon Evans - Leashed. Pavilion Arts Centre, Buxton, 7.30pm. Tickets: £13; contact 0845 127 2190 or www.buxtonoperahouse.co.uk

Dance ‘til Dawn. See Thursday listings.

Bruce Forsyth Entertains! Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham, 7.30pm. Tickets: £25-£35; contact 0115 989 5555 or www.trch.co.uk

Boeing Boeing. See Thursday listings.

Shady Business. See Thursday listings.

Garden Party. “Wind in the Willows” in aid of Friends of Chernobyl’s Children and St John Eye Hospital, Jerusalem, at Ramshaw Lodge, Unstone, from 1.30pm.

Sunday, June 8

Radio Rally. Junction 28 QRP Radio Rally at Alfreton Leisure Centre. Doors open at 10.30am. Contact rally secretary Anya Lawrence on 0115 9307322.

Colin Yates Big Band’s tribute to Count Basie. Chesterfield Jazz Club at Club Chesterfield, at 11.30am. Tickets: Adults £7.50, £3 for under 12s, under 5s free; price includes tea, coffee and papers. Contact www.chesterfieldjazz.com or Chesterfield Tourist Information Centre.

The Gruffalo. 11am & 2pm. See Friday listings for booking details.

The Reflections. Band comprising members of the Moody Blues, the Manfreds and 10cc, plays at the Pavilion Arts Centre, Buxton, at 7.30pm. Tickets: £18.50; contact 0845 127 2190 or www.buxtonoperahouse.org.uk


Monday, June 9

Alzheimer’s Society Clay Cross Memory Café. Clay Cross Hospital, Meeting Room, Market Street, Clay Cross, 2pm - 4pm.

Parent & Toddler sessions. The Jungle Playcentre, Sheepbridge, Chesterfield, 9.30am – 12pm. Cost: £3.50 per child (under 5’s only) which includes a free beaker of juice. (Term times only).

Rock of Ages. Starring Ben Richards and Noel Sullivan at the Theatre Royal, Nottingham, 7.30pm. Tickets: £16-£32; contact 0115 989 5555 or www.trch.co.uk

Jazz. The Cookin’ Pots play Chesterfield’s Pomegranate Theatre bar. Tickets: £9 (concs); contact 01246 345 222 or www.chesterfieldtheatres.co.uk

Tuesday, June 10

Alzheimer’s Society Singing for the Brain. Shirebrook Miners Welfare, Central Drive, 10.30am – 12 noon.

A talk with a difference. “World War 1 and Thankful Villages – no wonder they were thankful!” Ray Sunderland tells why in a talk starting at 7.30pm in Firs House, Alfreton. Free admission. Call Alfreton & District Heritage Trust on 832349.

Social sequence Tea Dance. Calow Community Centre, Allpits Road, Calow, 1.30pm-4pm. Call 0114 3277 670.

Rock of Ages. See Monday listings.

Tony Stockwell. Night of mediumship at the Palace Theatre, Mansfield, 7.30pm. Tickets: £19.99; contact 01623 633133 or www.mansfield.gov.uk/palacetheatre

Weekend Break. Pomegranate Theatre, Chesterfield, 7.30pm. Tickets: £16.50 (concs); contact 01246 345 222 or www.chesterfieldtheatres.co.uk

Wednesday, June 11

Mini soccer Trials. U7’s, 8’s, 9’s & 10’s at Holmebrook Valley Park, Chesterfield, 6pm-7pm. Contact 01246 252400 or 07971 280 694.

Parent & Toddler sessions. The Jungle Playcentre, Sheepbridge, Chesterfield, 9.30am – 12pm. Cost: £3.50 per child (under 5’s only) which includes beaker of juice. (Term times only).

Classic Car & Bike Show. Renishaw Hall, Eckington, 3pm to 8pm. In aid of Weston Park, Bluebell Wood, Ashgate Hospice. Admission £5 a car, pedestrians £3. More details www.chesterfieldrotary.co.uk

Modern Sequence Dance. Calow Community Centre. Call 0114 3277 670.

Rock of Ages. See Monday listings.

There’ll Aways be an England. Music and memories from the 1940’s, 50’s & 60’s at the Palace Theatre, Mansfield, 2.30pm. Tickets: £11.28; contact 01623 633133 or www.mansfield.gov.uk/palacetheatre

Pro-Musica String Trio. Palace Theatre, Mansfield, 7.30pm. Tickets: Adults £13.33, Child £5.64; contact 01623 633133 or www.mansfield.gov.uk/palacetheatre

Ballet. The Little Mermaid presented by Ballet Theatre UK at Pomegranate Theatre, Chesterfield, 7.30pm. Tickets: Adults £20, Child £14; contact 01246 345 222 or www.chesterfieldtheatres.co.uk