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.

Are you brave enough to watch The Lost Boys alfresco just before Hallowe’en?

🎸 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).

Prepare to be serenaded by the Fron Male Voice Choir next month at JCB…

📽️ 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 Gallery

• Guided 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