The Big Ghost Story Quiz

The Big Ghost Story Quiz is at the QUAD on Friday 26 February, hosted by Alex Davis. It's the lighter side of the UK Ghost Story Festival 2027, which returns to Derby, a city described as one of the most haunted in the UK.

The quiz is a chance to test your knowledge of ghostly books and ghoulish movies, with prizes up for grabs. It's held in the QUAD café-bar, where pizza, snacks and drinks are available throughout the night, so it's as much about the social side as the competition.

It sits within a wider three-day festival that brings writers and speakers to Derby to explore the ghost story through literature, folklore, horror cinema and the Gothic. Across those days, the festival runs talks, interviews, workshops and Derby Uncovered walking tours devoted to the city's ghosts, legends and lore. The quiz is the more relaxed end of that programme, a night for the fans rather than the lectures.

If you're a festival passholder, you can access all the events, though you'll need to book each one individually at no extra cost via the QUAD website. For the quiz itself, it starts at 20:30 at the QUAD café-bar in the Cathedral Quarter, and entry for adults is free.