Access Support, Community & Conversation During Mental Health Awareness Week

Plus ABBA Daytime Disco at the Sugarmill (18/07), Living History Festival at Middleport (04/07) and Stoke Music from the Movies at Fenton Town Hall (06/06)

WHAT’S ON/THINGS TO DO ✅

HIGHLIGHTED ⬇️ (FULL EVENTS LISTINGS BELOW)

• 🤗 Look After Yourself – And Loved Ones. Various dates, times and locations. Whether you’re worried about your own wellbeing or that of a loved one, there are plenty of events going on this week to address mental health. Urban Wilderness CIC is hosting free peer-support meetings with Changes Health & Wellbeing on 13/05 and 15/05 from 10am-12pm. Likewise, Active Stoke has yoga, mindfulness activities, movement sessions and wellbeing events running all week: we like the sound of the Mindfulness Walk at Burslem Park (14/05, 12.30pm-1.30pm) and the Group Breathing and Mindfulness session (13/05, 10am) at Dimensions.

Urban Wilderness and Active Stoke are among the organisations hosting events for Mental Health Awareness Week

• 🪩 Celebrating ABBA. 18/07, 3pm-8pm, the Sugarmill. Tinsel wigs at the ready! Prepare to show off your best moves to Dancing Queen, Super Trouper, Mamma Mia and more at this daytime disco. It’s the perfect event if you’re not into late nights and queuing for taxis, as you’ll likely be home by 9pm. Tickets £10.

They’ll be playing ABBA and 70s classics at the Sugarmill on 18/07

• 🍵 Relive Some of History’s Iconic Moments. 04/07, Middleport Pottery, 10am-4pm. Get ready to experience a day of immersive history surrounded by re-enactors that will make you believe you’ve travelled back in time at the Living History Festival. The event will cover everything from the Vikings to the Victorians, the Romans to the World Wars, and more. Admission free.

Step back in time at Middleport for the Living History Festival on 04/07

• 🕺Lord of the Dance Returns. 13/07-15/07, 2.30pm &.7.45pm, Regent Theatre. The global phenomenon that redefined Irish dance is set to return to the UK in 2026 to celebrate its 30th anniversary. Tickets from £49.38.

• 🎻 Music From the Movies. 06/06, 7.30pm, Fenton Town Hall. From Indiana Jones to Psycho via Jurassic Park, Dances with Wolves and How to Train Your Dragon, the City of Stoke-on-Trent Symphony Orchestra presents Hollywood's greatest scores live in concert. Tickets from £22; students and children £10.

  

  Book for two hours of the finest movie tunes at Fenton Town Hall on 06/06

• 👑 The Real Richard III. 07/06, 1pm-2pm, Potteries Museum & Art Gallery. Historian Matt Lewis examines what we really know about one of the most controversial kings in his talk Determined to Prove a Villain: The Real Richard III. He’ll cover his childhood during the eruption of the Wars of the Roses, his time in the north as England’s most significant nobleman, and his accession to the throne and fall at the Battle of Bosworth. Tickets £12 (includes a cream tea).

EVENTS LISTINGS

• Parkrun, every Saturday at 9am at Hanley Park; Trentham Gardens; Cannock Chase; Lower Milehouse Lane, Newcastle; Birchall Playing Fields; Isabel Trail, Stafford

• Heritage Walks with the Red Haired Stokie, various dates

• Make & Bake, ongoing, Mitchell Arts Centre

• Girls Who Walk Stoke, ongoing, various locations

• Beth Johnson Ramblers for the Over 50s, various dates

• Queerquest, ongoing, Staffordshire Moorlands

• Open mic nights, various dates, Darcy’s + The Woodman, The Beehive Inn, The Windmill Werrington, Foxfield Arms, & The Victoria

• Potteries Centre Events Series, ongoing, Potteries Centre

• Throw a Pot and Pottery Painting, ongoing, Kiln at Number 12

• Throw a Pot Sessions, ongoing, LoveClay

• What’s In Store at the V&A Wedgwood Collection sessions, every Wednesday

• Lunch at Stoke Minster, every Thursday

• Fresh Food Friday, Biddulph Town Hall, every Friday

• 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

• World of Wedgwood Artisan markets, every second Sunday of the month

• Electric Tentacle Electronic Music Open Mic, multiple dates, Artisan Tap

• Honeybox Live, various dates and locations

• Hamza Yazzin: My Life Behind the Lens, 15/05, Victoria Hall

• So You Think You’re Not Funny Eh? Creative Writing Workshop with Nick Degg, 15/05, Brampton Museum

• Pint of Science Festival, 18/05-20/05, various locations

• Wildlings Play Group, 19/05, 16/06, 14/07, Ladderedge Country Park

• Scott Bradlee’s Post-Modern Jukebox, 23/05, Victoria Hall

• Burslem Urban Rock Festival, 23/05, Lemmy Plaza

• Single White Female, 26/05-30/05, Regent Theatre

• Blue Bell Beer & Music Festival, 29-31/05, The Blue Bell Pub

• Much Ado About Nothing, 31/05, Bolton Gate Farm

• Back to the Bone Festival, 06/06, Fenton Town Hall

• Music from the Movies, King’s Hall, Stoke

• Matcha Bowl & Whisk Holder Workshop, 07/06, LoveClay

• Determined to Prove a Villian: The Real Richard III, 07/06, Potteries Museum & Art Gallery

• Wilde About Oscar, 09/06, Middleport Pottery

• Vicky Swan & Jonny Dyer, 12/06, Fenton Town Hall

• Middleport Canal Festival, 13 & 14/06, Middleport Pottery

• Nigel Kennedy, 11/06, Victoria Hall

• Keith And Marj: Us, Pots and A Welsh Chapel, 13/06, Regent Theatre

• Strange Stoke, 19/06, Artisan Tap

• Claywork Stoke, 27/06 Gladstone Pottery Museum

• Contemporary Collage Workshop, 27/06, Silk Mill House

• Derren Brown: Only Human, 30/06-04/07, Regent Theatre

• Living History Festival, 04/07, Middleport Pottery

• Bombay Express 04/07, 01/08 15/08 & 22/08, Churnet Valley Railway

• Stoke Craft Brew Festival, 11/07, King’s Hall

• Lord of the Dance: 30th Anniversary, 13/07-15/07, Regent Theatre

• ABBA dayparty, 18/07, the Sugarmill

For more events, check out our comprehensive What’s On list.

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