Current or future festivals
Death in the Dales Book Festival 2025
17th October 2025 - 19th October 2025Following last years very successful event, Sedbergh, England’s only book town, presents its second crime fiction festival from 17th to 19th October 2025.
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Horror in the Howgills Book Festival
21st June 2025 - 22nd June 2025We are very sorry to tell everyone that our new festival Horror in the Howgills has had to be cancelled this year. But do look out for the Death in the Dales crime festival in October.
View details >Sedbergh Music Festival, one-off concert 2025
22nd June 2025 - 22nd June 2025The next full Sedbergh Music Festival will be in 2025 but there’s an extra one-off concert this year
View details >Death in the Dales Book Festival
11th October 2024 - 13th October 2024October 2024 saw our first ever crime fiction festival take place in Sedbergh; Death in the Dales!
View details >Sedbergh Music Festival 2024
16th June 2024 - 27th June 2024The Sedbergh Music Festival returns from 16th to 27th June 2024, and it is bigger than ever.
View details >‘What are Words Worth?’ – Sedbergh Book Festival 2024
25th May 2024 - 1st June 2024‘What are Words Worth?’ Yes it’s a great pun, especially if you live close to the Lake District but our great poet was not the theme of the festival.
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