Tickets can be booked online now here

Tickets for 2019 are £6.50 on Saturdays (£5.50 concessions) and £5.50 on Sundays (£4.50 concessions) if bought online in advance - apart from the final Sunday (27 October) when Saturday prices apply. Accompanied under 16s continue to be free, with concessions available for OAPs. Online tickets can be booked until 6pm on the night of the event.

On the night it costs £8.00 on Saturdays (£7.00 concessions) and £7.00 on Sundays (£6.00 concessions) - £1.50 more expensive than the online prices. On-the-night tickets are not guaranteed and will not be available if the event sells out in advance.

Every Saturday in 2019 includes a fireworks finale (as does the final night on Sunday 27 October), with numbers in Derwent Gardens restricted to a maximum of 6,000 - down from 8,000, the maximum in 2016 and previous years - to improve crowd movement and enjoyment for visitors.

To enhance the reputation of Sundays as a "family night", entertainment starts and finishes earlier, running from 6-8.15pm to take account of the fact that younger visitors have school the following morning.

Other improvements for the 2019 Illuminations - the 122nd - include better signage to the park and ride service, more stewards and more enforcement officers to police pedlars on the streets of Matlock Bath.

• View our Illuminations FAQs for information about parking, our park and ride services and public transport.

• Search Visit Peak District & Derbyshire to find events throughout the Dales.

Events in the Dales

• July what's on guide
• Bakewell Farmers' Market - monthly, next date is 27 July
• Derbyshire Dales Well Dressings 
• Derbyshire Dales Open Gardens
• Matlock Bath Illuminations - tickets on sale now!

Visiting the Dales

More about accommodation, attractions, towns & villages and outdoor activities in the Dales

Rover Pass

If you're visiting the beautiful Derbyshire Dales, you can buy online a three-day or seven-day Rover pass entitling you to unlimited use of our car parks across the district.