021: What's On Stoke & Staffordshire
Spooky films at Shugborough, plus Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at the Regent, a night of classic rawk anthems at the Viccy Hall and the Fron Male Voice Choir play JCB
WHAT’S ON/THINGS TO DO ✅
HIGHLIGHTED ⬇️ (FULL EVENTS LISTINGS BELOW)
😱 Spooky! Catch A Trio of Outdoor Cinema Shows At Shugborough. See The Lost Boys (29/10, 7pm), Hocus Pocus Spectactular (30/10, 5pm) and Hallowe’en classic Scream (31/10, 6pm) amid the shadowy surrounds of the Shugborough Estate (watch out for bats overhead!) Bring a blanket, chairs, popcorn and your scariest fancy dress. Hot food, snacks and a bar will be available onsite. Tickets from £13.69.
🎸 Classic Rock Time. 02/11, 7.30pm, Victoria Hall. If rockin’ out and playing air guitar is your idea of heaven, then don your leather trousers for The Ultimate Classic Rock Show for an evening of rock anthems past and present. Tickets from £22.
🚗 Chitty Chitty on Tour. 22/10-27/10, Regent Theatre. Catch the classic musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, which stars Adam Garcia as Caractacus Potts, Liam Fox as Grandpa Potts and The Vivienne as the childcatcher. Tickets from £22.
🌇 Stoke’s Architecture Celebrated. 02/11, 2-3.30pm, Keele Uni. To mark the publication of the updated 2024 Pevsner guide to Staffordshire’s architecture by the late Dr Christopher Wakeling, Keele Uni is hosting a free lecture. The guide is the subject of the Reginald Haggar Memorial Lecture, to be delivered by Simon Bradley, joint editor of the Pevsner Architectural Guides. Check out artworks of the buildings and architecture in Staffordshire and quotes from the book here. Admission free.
🎤 Fron Male Voice Choir Sing at JCB 30/11, 7.30pm, JCB Visitor Centre. The internationally renowned choir play at a gala performance at JCB’s World HQ at Rocester, as part of its £2 million NSPCC Appeal to support the charity’s work in Staffordshire. Tickets from £35 (includes a hot drink and mince pie at the interval).
📽️ Remembering Stafford’s Movie Heritage until 02/11, Ancient High House. There’s still time to catch Stafford at the Pictures, an exhibition led by local artist Mark Uttley, from the Wellbeing Art Group at Holmcroft Library. The show features the artists’ memories of Stafford’s local cinema and movie heritage. An open event will be held at the High House on 01/11 from 2-3pm. Admission free.
🌹 Remembrance Day Tribute. 10/11, Hanley town centre. The city centre will come together to honour our fallen heroes at a Remembrance Sunday Procession with the Tri Services Veteran Support Centre and members of local cadets, veterans and dignitaries, which will culminate in a wreath-laying ceremony at the war memorial on Albion Square, outside the Town Hall.
🎄Trentham Christmas Light Switch on. 14/11, 4pm-8pm, Trentham Estate. Christmas is soon to arrive at the shopping village, and there’ll be a Makers Market from 4pm-8pm, along with live music and the big illumination. Admission free.
EVENTS LISTINGS
Potteries Centre Events Series, ongoing, Potteries Centre
Throw a Pot Sessions, ongoing, LoveClay
Maurice Wade – A Painter from No. 57, until 16/01/25, Potteries
Museum & Art GalleryGuided Walks in the Peak District, Various, Multiple (Peak District)
Titanic Brewery Tour, Multiple Dates, Titanic Brewery
Spitfire Comedy Open Mic, Multiple Dates, Old Post Office, Burslem
Electric Tentacle Electronic Music Open Mic, Multiple Dates, Captain’s Bar
Spooktacular Hallowe’en, 04/10-03/11, Drayton Manor Resort
Scarefest, 11/10-03/11, Alton Towers
Gandeys Hallowe’en Spooktacular, 11/10-03/11, Trentham Estate
Clay Club, 21/10-03/11, World of Wedgwood
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, 22/10-27/10, Regent Theatre
Frankenstein screening, 25/10, Potteries Museum & Art Gallery
Hallowe’en at the SnowDome, 25/10-03/11, SnowDome
Thank You For The Music, 26/10, Victoria Hall
Candlelight: A Tribute to Coldplay 26/10, Stoke Minster
Candlelight: A Tribute to Adele, 26/10, Stoke Minster
Blossoms, 28/10, Victoria Hall
Wolf Witch Giant Fairy - The Royal Ballet, 29/10, Mitchell Arts Centre
The Lost Boys, 29/10, Shugborough Estate
Hocus Pocus Spectacular, 31/10, Shugborough Estate
Scream, 31/10, Shugborough Estate
OOOOAARGH! Pirates, 31/10, Gladstone Pottery Museum
Ghostronomy Ghost Tour, 31/10-02/11, The Villas, Stoke
Don’t be Afraid, it’s Only Business: 40 Years of the Video Recordings Act, 31/10, University of Staffordshire
Middleport Ceramic, Craft & Art Festival, 02/11, Middleport Pottery
Stafford at the Pictures, 02/11, Ancient High House
The Ultimate Classic Rock Show, 02/11, Victoria Hall
The Feast Food Festival, 02/11, Market Square
Fireworks Extravaganza, 03/11, Staffordshire County Showground
The Ultimate Fireworks Spectacular, 05/11-08/11, Alton Towers
Remembrance Sunday Procession, 10/11, Hanley Town Centre
Christmas Light Switch On, 14/11, Trentham Shopping Village
Jimmy Carr: Laughs Funny, 20/11, Regent Theatre
From Gold to Rio, 20/11, Mitchell Arts Centre
Chicago, 25/11-30/11, Regent Theatre
A Christmas Carol, 27/11, Middleport Pottery
The Zutons, 28/11, Keele University
Santa Sleepover, 29/11-24/11, Alton Towers
Candelight: Tribute to Queen, 30/11, Stoke Minster
Candlelight: Hans Zimmer’s Best Works, 30/11, Stoke Minster
Luminate, 29/11-31/12, Shugborough Estate
Absurd Person Singular, 10/12-14/12, Stoke Repertory Theatre
Abdulrzak Gurnah reading and book signing, 11/12, Keele Uni
Sam Ryder, 13/12, Victoria Hall
Bat out of Hell, 30/06-05/07, Regent Theatre
thanks Martin, I have updated it.
Thank you for the Staffordshire architecture celebrated lecture announcement. The Admission Free link to Eventbrite is fine, but the 'Check out artworks of the buildings and architecture in Staffordshire and quotes from the book here' link needs attention with the 'here' link. It is from Art UK (main office based in Stoke on Trent) and the link is https://artuk.org/discover/curations/buildings-and-architecture-of-staffordshire