🌿 Get Closer to Nature with Free Events from Staffordshire Wildlife Trust 🌿

Plus Bake-off The Musical at Stoke Rep (10/03-14/03), the Snuts at Victoria Hall (13/03) and Galentine's Pottery and Prosecco Evening at World of Wedgwood (12/02)…

WHAT’S ON/THINGS TO DO ✅

HIGHLIGHTED ⬇️ (FULL EVENTS LISTINGS BELOW)

• 🦡 Embrace Nature.Various dates, times & locations. There are a host of great events coming up with Staffs Wildlife Trust, starting with Chatterley Whitfield Heritage Country Park - Dingy Skipper project 20/01, 17/02 & 17/03; 9.30am-2.30pm) where you’ll restore the habitat of a remarkable butterfly that thrives in the old spoil heaps Next up is the Beginner’s guide to using i-Naturalist 21/01, 1pm-3.30pm; Ford Green Hall; 05/02, 10am-12.30pm, Sylvester Community Trust Growing Field. Wear outdoor clothing and bring a smartphone to use the app. Riverfly Monitoring 11/02, 10am-1pm. Ford Green Hall; 06/02, 10am-1pm, Bucknall Park. Go help monitor freshwater creatures living in the brook. Winter Bird Walk 19/02, 10am-12pm. Ford Green Hall. A gentle walk introducing people to winter birds with Vicky from Staffs Wildlife Trust. Small mammal monitoring walk at Whitfield Valley Nature Reserve 12/03, 10am-12pm; meet at Ford Green Hall car park. Stroll and chat about small mammals while trying to spot them with Derek Crawley from the Staffordshire Mammal Group.

Help protect the habitat of the Dingy Skipper butterfly on 20/01, 17/02 & 17/03. Pic: Staffordshire Wildlife Trust Facebook page

• 🧑‍🌾 Revealed: the Gardens that Have Shaped History. 15/03, 9am; Regent Theatre. From Beatrix Potter’s Lake District farmhouse to the rewilded walled garden at Knepp, Monty Don’s new show, A Journey Through British Gardens, invites the audience to reflect on the gardens that have shaped our story and what they say about us as a nation. Tickets from £35.44.

Catch Monty Don at the Regent on 15/03…

• 🎸 See The Snuts. 13/03, 7pm, Victoria Hall. Blazing a trail for a new wave of 2020’s guitar bands, Scot rockers The Snuts famously took on Demi Lovato in a chart battle and landed their debut album W.L. a UK number 1. Check out one of their biggest hits, Always, here. Tickets from £35.49.

The Snuts will be at Victoria Hall on 13/03…

🍰 Bake-off The Musical. 10/03-14/03, 7.30pm, Stoke Repertory Theatre. Love a bit of Bake-off? Then check out this tasty new musical from the North Staffs Operatic Society. You’ll be whisked away to the iconic Bake Off tent, where eight amateur bakers face off for the coveted Star Baker crown. Tickets £22.64.

A mouthwatering production is coming to the Stoke Rep from 10/03-14/03…

• 🥦 Fresh Food Friday. Every Friday, 9am-3pm, Biddulph Town Hall. Eschew the UPFs and stock up on fresh produce from local traders ahead of the weekend. Want to join? They’re always looking for new traders. Email them here.
  

• 🃏 What’s on the Cards? 11/02, 6pm-10pm, the Quarter @ Potbank. Book a table at the restaurant for dinner (there’s pizza, pasta, burgers and more) and find out what the future holds for you at this fun Tarot Night. Tickets £20.60 for tarot reading (not including dinner).

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

• Yule-Helm: The Viking Experience, until 31/01, The House of Lawrence

• Frankenstein, 20/01, Middleport Pottery

• Dead Slow Running Meet, 25/01, meet outside King’s Hall

• An Evening with Stoke Legends, 26/01, Victoria Hall

• Growth Hub Talk, 27/01, Stafford Rugby Union Football Club

• Northern Soul Alldayer, 31/01, Middleport Pottery

• Cabaret Extreme, 05/02, Victoria Hall

• Apprenticeships Fai 2026, 07/02, University of Staffordshire

• Valentine’s Craft Fair, 07/02, Middleport Pottery

• The Curious Case of the Masked Magician, 08/02, Mitchell Arts Centre

• Tarot Night, 11/02, the Quarter @ Potbank

• 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

• 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

• Winter Tree Walks, 21/02, 24/02, 03/03, Trentham Estate

• Shen Yun, 17/02 & 18/02, Regent Theatre

• Queen by Candlelight, 05/03, Victoria Hall

• The Great British Bake-Off Musical, 10/03-13/03, Stoke Repertory Theatre

• Russell Howard, 13/03, Regent Theatre

• Jason Manford, 14/03, Victoria Hall

• Monty Don: A Journey Through British Gardens, 15/03, Regent Theatre

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

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