Things to do this weekend including: Mother’s Day treats, crafty chaos, riverside roasts & a fridge you can help fill.

Morning Derby! Mother’s Day is knocking, and this weekend is fully loaded with ways to show Mum some love (and maybe bag a prosecco or two in the process). From cream cakes and canalside toasts to crafty fairs and community-powered feel-goods, Derby’s pulling out all the stops.

Here’s what’s brewing:

• Mother’s Day Afternoon Tea at Conkers 🎀

• Sparkling Breakfast & Sunday Roast at Compamigos 🍾

• Crafty chaos at the Digging the Dirt Gift Fair 🛍️

• A vegan buffet with purpose at Thrivemind 🌱

— Local Scoop Derby

📅 WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND?

🌱 - Stock the Fridge, Scoff the Buffet – Derby’s DIY Tea-Party with a Purpose
📍 - Thrivemind Village, 39 Iron Gate
📅 - Saturday 29th March
⏰ - 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM
🎟️ - Free
📷 - @thrivemindvillage @ayup.bikes

Vegan buffet? Free. Cooked by a chef who actually knows what seasoning is (cheers to the ex-Wonky Table legend). Seed swap? Absolutely. DIY plant pots from scrap? Yep. Bike busted? Ayup Bikes will fix it while you’re tucking into a tofu sarnie.

This isn’t just a launch, it’s a full-on community-powered mash-up of good food, green fingers and get-stuck-in energy. Bring some spare fruit or veg, help stock Derby’s first-ever Community Fridge, and leave feeling smug (and very well fed).

FRIDAY

🧹 - Alvaston Park Spring Clean
📍- Alvaston Park
⏰ - 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM - More Info

🧁 - Tots & Treats at Middleton Lodge
📍- 2A Middleton Avenue
⏰ - 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM - More Info

🎤 - Word Wise: Spoken Word & Poetry Night
📍- Dubrek Studios
⏰ - 7:30 PM - More Info

💃 - Good as Gold Freestyle Dance Night
📍- Derby Leisure and Events, Rolls Royce
⏰ - 8:00 PM - More Info

SATURDAY

🧵 - HUGE Fabric Sale – Sew Much Fabric, It’s Practically a Steal!
📍 - Play and Recycling Centre, 6-10 Werburgh Street
⏰ - 9:15 AM - 2:00 PM - More Info

🏺 - TOASTED Ceramic Fair - (Sat & Sun)
📍 - Derby Museum & Art Gallery
⏰ - 10:00 AM - More Info

🎂 - Tea Party at Bridge the Gap – Cakes, Scones & A Good Cause
📍 - 10/11 St. Mary’s Gate
⏰ - 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM - More Info

🛠️ - Mickleover Repair Café
📍- Mickleover Library, Holly End Road
⏰ - 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM - More Info

🎧 - FOMO: A Journey of House Music (Free)
📍- Bar One
⏰ - 4:00 PM - More Info

💃 - ABBA Night
📍- Farmhouse at Mackworth
⏰ - 6:30 PM - 11:00 PM - More Info

🎼 - Derby Bach Orchestra: Music of War & Peace
📍- Derby Cathedral
⏰ - 7:00 PM – More Info

SUNDAY

🍾 - Mother’s Day Sparkling Breakfast at Compamigos
📍 - Mercia Marina
⏰ - 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM - More Info

🐑 - Mother’s Day Treat at Melbourne Animal Farm
📍- Melbourne Animal Farm
⏰ - 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM - More Info

🐄 - Ice Cream, Animals & Mum Gets Freebies
📍 - Brunswood Farm
⏰ - Sun: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM - More Info

🧘 - Yoga, Relaxation & Sound Bath Afternoon
📍- Repton Village Hall
⏰ - 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM - More Info

🍷 - Mother’s Day Wine, Cheese & Live Music
📍- The Prince of Wales, Spondon
⏰ - 3:00 PM - More Info

🍔 SCRUMPTIOUS SCOOPS

🔥 De Wood Oven – Box Meals, Kottu, and Pizza That Bites Back
📍 - 70 Babington Lane
⏰ - Mon–Sat: 11:00 AM – 11:00 PM
⏰ - Sun: 11:00 AM – 9:00 PM
📷 - @dewoodoven

Some places do takeaway. De Wood Oven declares war on bland food. If you haven’t tried their all-day box meals, you’re missing out on crispy, spicy, belly-hugging brilliance. Choose your base (rice, noodles, even fries), then load it up with caramel chicken, mango madness or full-on firecracker heat.

Here’s what you need to try:

• 🥡 Firecracker Chicken Box – spicy, crispy, total flavour bomb

• 🍛 Mutton Kottu – tender, rich, and built to cure bad days

• 🍕 Devil Chicken Pizza – for those who like their dinner to fight back

• 🍗 Southern Fried Wings – from 3 to 10 pieces, crispy and addictive

• 🍨 Belgian Choc Ice Cream – cool it down after the spice kicks in

Spice levels? You’re in control. Custom heat, massive portions, and prices that don’t mug you off.

🍽️ - Darleys – Precision Food, Killer Views, and No Room for Mediocre
📍 - Darleys Restaurant, Darley Abbey Mill, DE22 1DZ
⏰ - Closed: Monday & Tuesday
⏰ - Lunch: Wednesday to Saturday: 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
⏰ - Dinner: Wednesday to Saturday: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
⏰ - Sunday Lunch: 12:00 PM – 3:30 PM
📷 - @darleysrestaurantderby

You don’t come to Darleys for “just a nice meal.” You come because you want flawless food, beautiful presentation, and a riverside view that makes you feel like the main character in a Michelin-starred romcom.

⚔️ Menu highlights:

• Tasting Menu (£75) – multiple courses, zero regrets

• Sunday Lunch (£42) – not your nan’s roast (unless your nan trained in France)

• Sparkling Breakfast (£36.50) – bubbles before noon? Yes please

• Plant-Based Options – because even vegans deserve greatness

• Cocktails & Wine Pairings – handpicked, not slapped together

💼 BIZ BITE OF THE WEEK

⚽ - Tiddlekicks – Where Toddlers Tackle, Pass & Nap Like Champions
📍 - Sessions across Derbyshire: Stenson Fields, Ripley, Hilton & Chester Green
📞 - Kendall: 07545 051465
📷 - @tiddlekicksderbyshire

Got a kid who won’t sit still and kicks everything in sight? Perfect. Tiddlekicks turns all that chaos into real football skills — balance, coordination and teamwork — without the shouty coaches or pressure. Designed for under-sixes (yep, even babies from 6 months), sessions are split by age and ability, mixing structure, silliness and proper skill-building.

💥 Why parents are loving it:

• Age-specific sessions from 6 months to 6 years

• Builds confidence, coordination & listening (miracles do happen)

• Coaches who actually get kids

• Burn off energy = longer naps (you’re welcome)

• 3-week trial available to dip a toe in

Your kid gets fitter, more confident and happier. You get a breather. Everyone wins.

🎭 ACTIVITY ALLEY

🎀 - Mother’s Day Afternoon Tea – Scones, Prosecco & Proper Mum Pampering
📍 - Canalside Café, Conkers Waterside
📅 - Sunday 30th March
⏰ - 12:00 PM
🎟️ - £25 per pair (includes prosecco!)
📷 - @visitconkers

This isn’t your average soggy sandwich spread. Conkers is rolling out the good stuff for Mum — think cream cakes, fresh sarnies, warm scones, and two mini bottles of prosecco to toast the legend herself.

Waterside views, a hot brew, and zero washing up. Win-win.

🌸 - Mother’s Day Lunch at Compamigos – Three Courses, No Washing Up
📍 - Mercia Marina
📅 - Sunday 30th March
⏰ - 12:00 PM
🎟️ - 2 Courses: £30 | 3 Courses: £37
📷 - @compamigosderby

Skip the supermarket flowers and go full treat mode. Compamigos is serving a special Mother’s Day menu stacked with crowd-pleasers like roast lamb shoulder, pork belly, cranberry nut roast, and desserts that know how to finish strong (hello, salted caramel cheesecake).

Good food, gorgeous marina views, and not a single dish for Mum to scrub. Sorted.

🌟 FRESH EXPERIENCES

🛍️ Mother’s Day Craft & Gift Fair – Cards, Cakes & Crafty Chaos
📍 - Nunsfield House, Boulton Lane
📅 - Saturday 29th March
⏰ - 10:00 AM
🎟️ - £1 entry (includes raffle ticket)
📷 - @diggingthedirtcommunitygarden

Crafts for the kids. Raffles, tombola, cakes, and enough handmade gifts to make Mum tear up (in a good way). Plus, a card-making corner for the little ones and sweet treats to keep 'em buzzing.

It’s local, it’s lively, and it won’t break the bank. Wheelchair accessible too.

Pop in, shop small, and make Mum’s day sparkle.

🎉 Bustler Spring Weekender – Stuff Your Face, Shake Your Hips, Entertain the Kids… Repeat 
📍- The Chocolate Factory
📅 - 29th - 30th March
⏰ - Sat: 11:00 AM – 9:00 PM
⏰ - Sun: 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM
🎟️ - £5 Entry (Kids FREE!)
📷 - @bustler_derby

If your idea of spring is sitting in a sad beer garden with a limp pint and a packet of crisps, cancel it. Bustler Spring Weekender’s got better plans. Food that slaps and booze that flows!

🎶 LIVE MUSIC

Friday

• Country Bound - Derby Irish Centre - 7:00 PM

• Island APES - Victoria Inn - 7:00 PM

• The 900 - Hairy Dog - 7:00 PM

• Whitesnake UK - Flowerpot - 9:00 PM

Saturday

• Swayde “Strictly House Music” - Bluenote - 5:00 PM

• De Profundis - The Victoria Inn - 7:00 PM

• Ding n John - The Navigation Shardlow - 8:00 PM

• Milltown Revelry - The Needles Pub - 9:00 PM

• Ricky and the Retros - Spondon Liberal Club - 9:00 PM

• Are You Experienced? - Flowerpot - 9:00 PM

• El-Rave Presents BISH - Churchyard - 9:00 PM

Sunday

• Dirty Orchids - The Smithfield - 4:00 PM

• StraightB3nds - Flowerpot - 4:00 PM

• Gemstone - Spondon Liberal Club - 4:30 PM

• King Kurt & The Polecats - Hairy Dog - 6:00 PM

• Project Emptyhead - Flowerpot - 7:00 PM

☁️ WEEKEND WEATHER

Friday
12°C 🌡️ 2°C | Sunny intervals changing to partly cloudy by early evening.

Saturday
13°C 🌡️ 8°C | Sunny changing to overcast by lunchtime.

Sunday
17°C 🌡️ 8°C | Sunny intervals changing to partly cloudy by early evening.
Temperature readings taken from the Met Office the night before publication

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