008: What's On Stoke & Staffordshire
Newcastle Jazz & Blues Festival, Spode Summer Crafts Workshops, Summer Sounds 2024 and full events listings.
WHAT’S ON/THINGS TO DO ✅
HIGHLIGHTED ⬇️ (FULL EVENTS LISTINGS BELOW)
Jazz and Blues Festival, 26th - 28th July, Multiple Venues, Newcastle-under-Lyme. 17th year, 25 venues, 55 artists and 65 gigs. All free. A huge programme that spans across great venues all over the area - Artisan Tap, Ten Green Bottles, Crossways and Clubhouse to name a few. Find the full line up across Friday, Saturday and Sunday here.
Spode Summer Crafts Workshops , 27/07 - 28/08, Spode Museum. Spode are offering free workshops and events to the public for the first time. You can paint rocks, make clay tiles or sprig mold a pot (not sure but sounds fun). All events are free in their newly designed activity space at Spode Museum, you can grab a drink and some food at The Quarter whilst you’re there and make a day of it. Family friendly.
BBC Introducing, Summer Sounds 2024, 03/08, The Underground. A huge day of female-fronted pop music, with 11 different acts at The Underground, hosted by BBC Introducing’s Fran Anderson. The Underground is usually known for a sweaty alternative scene, but for a day (maybe only) it’s changing it’s clothes. Scott Evans, the force behind Say Something has curated a stellar line-up of up and coming acts, some, like Darla Jade, are already on Radio One’s radar. There will be food trucks and a welcoming atmosphere without an emphasis on alcohol. It seems that the big drive is to make the day (and perhaps even Hanley) feel accessible to young people who might have fallen out of love with the place and the music scene in Stoke. I like where this is going.
THIS WEEKEND:
Spode Summer Crafts Workshops , 27/07 - 28/08, Spode Museum
Jazz & Blues Festival, 26/07 - 28/07, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Little Dumpling King Turns 2!, 26/07 - 27/07, Little Dumpling King, Hanley
Deeper Minds, 27/07, Sugarmill
Art Jam, 27/07, The Old Bus Station, Hanley
EVENTS LISTINGS
Josiah and Co Presents Workshops, Multiple Dates. World of Wedgwood
Imprints Creative Workshops, Multiple Dates. Bolton Gate Arts
Titanic Brewery Tour, Multiple Dates. Titanic Brewery
We Are Middleport, 29/06 - 01/08. Middleport Pottery
Spode Summer Crafts Workshops , 27/07 - 28/08, Spode Museum
Jazz & Blues Festival, 26/07 - 28/07, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Little Dumpling King Turns 2!, 26/07 - 27/07, Little Dumpling King, Hanley
Deeper Minds, 27/07, Spode
Art Jam, 27/07, The Old Bus Station, Hanley
A Midsummer Night's Dream and Twelfth Night, 28/07, Bolton Gate Arts
BBC Introducing, Summer Sounds 2024, 03/08, The Underground
We Jammin, 03/08, Backyard Stoke
Hat To The Future (Hat Making Workshop), 10/08, Newcastle Common
Stafford Pride, 10/08, Victoria Park
Viking Re-enactment (Historic Stafford). 10/08, Stafford Castle
Staffordshire Collage Club, 13/08, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Dub Therapy with Slim Zee, 17/08, Backyard Stoke
Castle Food and Drink, 24/08, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Future Fest 2024, 31/08, World of Wedgwood
Stoke On Clay, 07/09, Multiple Venues
Barrioke, 21/09, Sugarmill
Devotion Summer Boogie, 21/09, Backyard Stoke
Bright Lights Over Bentille, 27/09 - 12/10, Claybody Theatre, The Dipping House
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