What's On guide

A Party to Murder, thriller presented by Talking Scarlet, at Buxton Opera House at 7.30pm. Tickets £16-£18. Contact 01298 72190 or www.buxtonoperahouse.org.uk

Friday, November 4

A Party to Murder, thriller presented by Talking Scarlet, at Buxton Opera House at 7.30pm. Tickets £16-£18. Contact 01298 72190 or www.buxtonoperahouse.org.uk

Mart Rodger Manchester Jazz play at Bakewell’s Medway Centre for the Buxton and District Cancer Research charity.

Poetry. This weekend’s Derwent Poetry Festival opens at Masson Mills with the launch of the publication Battling Against the Odds by Oliver Comins about the sport of golf and the game of life, from 7pm to 8.30pm.

Music. National DJs will be playing the sounds of the 60s and 70s on vinyl at a Motown and soul night at Matlock Football Club from 8pm to 12midnight. Tickets: £5 in advance or £6 on the door. Contact 01629 583866.

Music. Ian Miller and Dominic Spencer play jazz at Coal Aston Village Hall at 8pm. Tickets £10. Tel. 01246 414173

Concert The Halle Orchestra and Philharmonic Choir perform at Sheffield City Hall at 7pm. Tickets from £17.60-£23.10. Contact 01142 789 789 or www.sheffieldcityhall.co.uk

Comedy. Buxton Buzz Comedy Club featuring Dominic Woodward, Nina Gilligan, Ed Patrick and compere Sean Moran at the Pavilion Arts Centre, Buxton, at 8pm. Tickets £7 (advance), £10 (door). Contact 01298 72190 or www.buxtonoperahouse.org.uk

Saturday, November 5

Meet the artist - John Hermansen Pottery - at the Mill Yard, Cromford, from 10am to 4pm. Stoneware pottery available to purchase. Also on November 6 and 7.Free entry. Visit www.cromfordmills.org.uk for further details or phone 01629 823256.

A Party to Murder, thriller presented by Talking Scarlet, at Buxton Opera House at 2.30pm and 7.30pm. Tickets £16-£18. Contact 01298 72190 or www.buxtonoperahouse.org.uk

Carsington & Hopton fireworks display at the school pavilion field, Carsington, from 6.15pm. Children’s display at 7pm, main fireworks display at 7.30pm. Tickets are available in advance from the Miners Arms pub in Carsington or Carsington Sports & Leisure at Carsington Water priced at £5 for adults, £2

for children under 16 and £12 for a family (2 adults and 2 children). Prices on the night at the gate will be £6 for adults, £3 for children under 16 and £15 for a family. Under 4’s are free.

Fuzzy Felt World play at the Cheshire Cheese, Buxton, at 9pm.

Sunday, November 6

Trefor Owen and Andy Hulme play jazz at the Pavilion Arts Centre, Buxton, at 1pm. Tickets £7 (advance), £9 (door). Contact 01298 72190 or www.buxtonoperahouse.org.uk

Elaine Paige brings her Stripped Back show to Buxton Opera House at 7.30pm. Tickets £42.50-£60.50. Contact 01298 72190 or www.buxtonoperahouse.org.uk

Renowned climber Leo Houlding discusses the contrast between adventure TV and adventure film against the backdrop of his Mirror Wall expedition, presented at Buxton Pavilion Arts Centre at 7.30pm. Tickets £16. Contact 01298 72190 or www.buxtonoperahouse.org.uk

Monday, November 7

Anomalisa (15), an animated film about a man crippled by the mundanity of his life experiences, screens at the Pavilion Arts Centre, Buxton, at 7.30pm. Tickets £4.50. Contact 01298 72190 or www.buxtonoperahouse.org.uk

Tuesday, November 8

Omid Djalili brings his Schmuck for a Night tour to Buxton Opera House at 8pm. Tickets £27. Contact 01298 72190 or www.buxtonoperahouse.org.uk

Wednesday, November 9

Knit and natter session at Arkwrights Cafe, Cromford, 10am to 12 noon. Visit www.cromfordmills.org.uk for further details or phone 01629 823256.

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra bring the L’Apres-midi concert to Buxton Opera House at 7pm. Tickets £15.50-£32.50. Contact 0q1298 72190 or www.buxtonoperahouse.org.uk