Editing Glossop (section)

==Culture==

===Performing arts===
Partington Theatre is an amateur theatre with a 120-seat venue in the centre of the town. It runs six plays each season and was established in 1954. The building was started in 1914 and completed in 1917.

Glossop Improv is an improvisation group for adults, running drop-in workshops online and in-person.

Glossop & District Choral Society is a community choir founded in 1949 by Margaret Lomas.

Glossop Operatic and Dramatic Society was an amateur musical/drama society established in 1976.

===Community events===

Glossop [[Victorian era|Victorian]] Weekend was the biggest weekend event in Glossop and was featured on the BBC's ''[[Songs of Praise]]''. The weekend included many activities, including a Grand Victorian Costume Competition and a Shop Window Competition.<ref>[http://www.glossop.com/virtual_glossop/arts/vw.htm Glossop's Victorian weekend] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202121420/http://www.glossop.com/virtual_glossop/arts/vw.htm |date=2 December 2008 }}</ref> The Victorian Weekend was discontinued in 2009 due to lack of local support.<ref>[http://www.glossop.com/vw.htm statement from GALA] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106014220/http://www.glossop.com/vw.htm |date=6 January 2009 }}</ref> Running parallel with the Victorian Weekend was Glossop [[Beer Festival]], run by the [[Campaign for Real Ale]] (CAMRA) and featuring over 30 beers and a barbecue in Glossop's [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Club]].

Glossop has a range of other cultural activities including Peak Film Society, a film club. Many other activities, including Glossop Folk Club take place at Glossop Labour Club. Also at Glossop Labour Club is the monthly Glossop Record Club, which holds vinyl listening sessions on the second Thursday of each month.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://glossoprecordclub.wordpress.com/ |title=Glossop Record Club |type=blog |access-date=8 May 2018}}</ref>

Glossop has a thriving indoor and outdoor market where a wide selection of goods can be purchased. The indoor market is open every Thursday, Friday and Saturday, while the outdoor market is open every Friday and Saturday. The Outdoor Market is joined by the Local Produce Market on the 2nd Saturday of every month throughout the year.

The [[The Crown Inn, Glossop|Crown Inn]] [[public house]] at 142 Victoria Street, built in the 1840s, is on the Campaign for Real Ale's [[National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors]].<ref name=Brandwood>{{cite book|last1=Brandwood|first1=Geoff|title=Britain's best real heritage pubs|date=2013|publisher=CAMRA|location=St. Albans|isbn=9781852493042|page=31}}</ref>