Celebrating International Women's Day in Stoke
Plus Funderworld is back up Hanley from 12/02, Sunny Afternoon at the Regent (07/04-11/04), celebrate the Year of the Horse at the Potteries Museum & Art Gallery (22/02)
WHAT’S ON/THINGS TO DO ✅
HIGHLIGHTED ⬇️ (FULL EVENTS LISTINGS BELOW)
👩🦰 Events for Women’s Day. Various dates, times and locations. Staffordshire Chambers is hosting a networking event featuring talks by Shamila Iqbal, co-founder of Bathroom Mountain, and Lucie Macleod, founder of Hair Syrup (06/03, Doubletree By Hilton; tickets £30, free for chamber members). Blossom Ladies Brunch is putting on EmpowerHer Stoke – Building Community Through Culture and Enterprise (28/03, Penkhull Village Hall, 11am-4pm; tickets £10) with workshops on improving confidence through technology and tips on grant writing. You can also catch a film about Vera Brittain (08/03, Brampton Museum, 2pm; tickets £5.50) author of the World War I memoir, Testament of Youth and founder member of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.
☕️ Spoil Mum at Middleport. 15/03, 1pm-3pm; Middleport Pottery. It’s nearly Mother’s Day, so treat mum, nana, auntie, Stokie style to a traditional afternoon tea of sandwiches and scones served on Burleigh Pottery at Middleport’s Burgess room. Tickets £24.95 adults, £12.95 children.
🎸 See the Story of the Kinks. 07/04-11/04, 7.30pm, Regent Theatre. Experience the electrifying story behind one of the 60s biggest bands, The Kinks, with multi-award-winning musical Sunny Afternoon, a tale of friendship, fame and rock history. Get ready to hear some of the group’s biggest songs, including You Really Got Me, Lola, and All Day and All of the Night. Tickets from £15.
🎡 All the Fun of the Fair. 12/02, 13/02, 14/02, 22/02, 23/02, 25/02, 26/02, 27/02, 28/02 & 01/03, 4pm-9pm; opposite Hanley Bus Station. It’s time to brace yourself for the waltzers, dodgems and the Red Devil as Funderworld Theme Park is back. If you’re looking after everyone’s bags and coats, treat yourself to a foot-long hotdog, donut or some churros from the food stalls. Admission free; pay per ride with tokens or purchase a wristband for four hours of unlimited rides.
🦇 Go Batty at Biddulph Grange. 27/04, 8pm-10pm; Biddulph Grange Country Park. Staffordshire Bat Group will walk attendees through identifying bats as you explore the reserve after sunset; bat detectors will be provided. Admission free.
🐴 Celebrating the Year of the Horse. 22/02, 11am-4pm, Potteries Museum & Art Gallery. We’ve already told you about Trentham’s CNY celebrations. You can also ring in the Lunar New Year at PMAG, with traditional music and dance performances, Chinese craft workshops, firecrackers, Kung Fu, Mask Changing, circus skills workshops and acrobatics. 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
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, Captain’s Bar
Honeybox Live, various dates and locations
Tarot Night, 11/02, the Quarter @ Potbank
Funderworld Theme Park, 12/02, 13/02, 14/02, 22/02, 23/02, 25/02, 26/02, 27/02, 28/02 & 01/03, Opposite Hanley Bus Station
Massaoke – Sing the Musicals, 12/02, Victoria Hall
Galentine’s Pottery & Prosecco Evening, 12/02, World of Wedgwood
Cinderella P*ssed Up Panto, 13/02 & 14/02, Mitchell Arts Centre
Valentine’s Clay Couples Sessions, 14/02, LoveClay
Paint Your Partner Valentine Paint and Sip Event, 14/02, The Carlton
Winter Spectacular 26 – Cheer & Dance Competition, 14/02, Fenton Manor
Bluey’s Big Play, 13/02-15/02, Regent Theatre
Stoke-on-Trent Jobs Fair 2026, 13/02, bet365 stadium
Gandeys K-Pop Dragon Circus, 13/02-01/03, Trentham Estate
Ash, 14/02, the Sugarmill
Pirate Takeover, 14/02-22/02, Alton Towers
Witches and Wizards, 18/02, Gladstone Pottery Museum
Build it Cinema, 18/02, Mitchell Arts Centre
Winter Tree Walks, 21/02, 24/02, 03/03, Trentham Estate
Shen Yun, 17/02 & 18/02, Regent Theatre
Chinese New Year Celebrations, 22/02, Potteries Museum & Art Gallery
Chinese New Year Celebrations, 22/02, Trentham Estate
Performing Arts Trial Day, 27/02, Martec Training
Queen by Candlelight, 05/03, Victoria Hall
International Women’s Day 2026, DoubleTree by Hilton, 06/03
International Women’s Day Film Show: Vera Brittain: Brampton Museum, 08/03
Cancer Awareness Bus Tour, various dates and locations from 09/03
The Great British Bake-Off Musical, 10/03-13/03, Stoke Repertory Theatre
Northern Soul Orchestrated, 11/03, Victoria Hall
Russell Howard, 13/03, Regent Theatre
Jason Manford, 14/03, Victoria Hall
Mother’s Day Afternoon Tea, 15/03, Middleport Pottery
Keele Bach Choir Spring 2026 Concert, 14/03, Keele University Chapel
Monty Don: A Journey Through British Gardens, 15/03, Regent Theatre
EmpowerHer Stoke – Building Community Through Culture and Enterprise 28/03, Penkhull Village Hall
Mean Girls, 30/03-04/04, Regent Theatre
Sunny Afternoon, 07/04-11/04, Regent Theatre
Bat Walk, 27/04, Biddulph Grange Country Park
Mow Cop Killer Mile, 07/05, Mow Cop
For more events, check out our comprehensive What’s On list.