Big Bank Holiday vibes at Lymelight Festival
Plus Faulty Towers Dining Experience at Doubletree (04 & 05/06), Father's Day at Emma Bridgewater (21/06) and explore ancient customs at Endon Well Dressing (23/05-25/05)
WHAT’S ON/THINGS TO DO ✅
HIGHLIGHTED ⬇️ (FULL EVENTS LISTINGS BELOW)
🥳 Music, Books and More. 23/05 & 24/05, 12pm-9.30pm, Newcastle Town Centre. Championing Staffordshire’s grassroots music scene, the Lymelight Festival is set to return for a weekend of free live music with three outdoor stages at the Guildhall, Ironmarket and the 6 Towns Radio Acoustic Stage outside Keele in Town. There will also be performances in local venues including the Rigger and Artisan Tap, literature pop‑ups from Drop City Books, free creative workshops from Arts Keele, plus street food and artisan markets. Admission free.
🍽️ Dining, Faulty Towers Style. 04/06 & 05/06, 7.30pm, DoubleTree By Hilton. This highly improvised and deliciously entertaining dining experience sees Basil, Sybil and Manuel serve up chaos as you are treated to a 70s-style, three-course meal followed by a two-hour long interactive show. Tickets £67.50 per adult, £41.50 per child.
🥧 A Recipe for Love and Happiness. 06/07-11/07; Mon-Sat at 19:30
Wed & Sat at 14:30, Regent Theatre. This life-affirming tale focuses on Jenna, a waitress and pie-maker yearning for happiness. With the support of mates Becky and Dawn, she finds that friendship can provide the perfect recipe for happiness. Tickets from £16.64.
🛍️ Middleport’s Artisan Markets are Back! 06/06-07/06, 10am-4pm. Shop for locally-produced gifts like hand-made soaps and crocheted toys, original art, and homebaked treats at this popular local market – you might find the perfect Father’s Day gift – and swing by for a cuppa at the on-site cafe. Admission free.
👨🏻 Celebrate Father’s Day at Emma Bridgewater. 21/06, 12pm-6.50pm. Forget the usual pub lunch or walk and book a Father’s Day to remember at Emma Bridgewater, which includes a charcuterie sharing board for two (younger guests get a lunchbox) and a trip to the studio, where Dad can create his own design on a one-pint mug and you can decorate a classic Bridgewater half pint mug. There’s a goody bag included in the deal, too. Admission £120 for two.
Dad can create a design for a one-pint mug after a charcuterie lunch at Emma Bridgewater this Father’s Day
🌸 Traditional May Celebrations in Endon. 23/05-25/05, Endon Village Centre. Get ready for the Endon Well Dressing, an ancient countryside custom where the community will decorate wells, springs, and water sources with intricate pictures and mosaics made from natural materials. There will also be maypole dancing, a fairground, and the crowning of the 183rd Well Dressing Queen. Admission free.
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
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
Lymelight Festival, 23/05 & 24/05, Newcastle Town Centre
Endon Well Dressing 23/05-25/05, Endon Village Centre
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
Faulty Towers Dining Experience, 04/06 & 05/06, DoubleTree by Hilton
Back to the Bone Festival, 06/06, Fenton Town Hall
Middleport Artisan Markets, 06/06 & 07/06, Middleport Pottery
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
Waitress, 06/07-11/07, Regent Theatre
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.