A celebration of all things making – meet the makers and discover what you can make!
Assemble: Derby’s Making Festival is a family-friendly showcase of invention, creativity and resourcefulness, celebrating making in all its shapes and forms.
Back for 2026, Assemble brings together over 60 artists and makers from varied disciplines to share their passion and skills with you and to encourage you to have a go at making yourself. Last years event saw audiences of over 2,000 in attendance and featured more than 50 makers on-site. With demonstrations in everything from ceramics and embroidery to laser-cutting, weaving, jewellery-making, letterpress printing, metalwork, robotics, clay-modelling and automata, this event is perfect for families and may even inspire the little ones to become makers of the future!
The spectacle makers for 2026 will be announced soon!
Calling all makers! Help us MAKE Assemble 2026…If you’re a maker who’d like to get involved in Derby’s Making Festival this year, we’d love to hear from you, please apply here.
Suitable for all ages – under 16s must be accompanied by an adult. £5 for those aged 16 and over / FREE to under 16s and Derby Museums Friends. Booking recommended, tickets will be available soon.
Attendees with a disability who need an essential carer do not need to pay for their carer. To reserve a free support ticket please contact Dan@derbymuseums.org, or turn up on the day.
Assemble is generously supported by Vaillant.
Images (c) Kate Lowe Photography / Derby Museums
