Go 12 Days Wild With The Wildlife Trust

Plus Midnight Mass services, New Year's Eve events, Trentham maker's market and much more to look forward to over the next couple of weeks…

WHAT’S ON/THINGS TO DO ✅

HIGHLIGHTED ⬇️ (FULL EVENTS LISTINGS BELOW)

🥳 Let Nature Banish The Winter Blues. 25/12-05/01. Yup, January can feel pretty bleak, which is why we’re signing up for Staffordshire Wildlife Trust’s 12 Days Wild, a festive challenge to do a wild thing every day or night for almost a fortnight. You’ll receive daily emails with fun ideas to help you embrace winter, including night-time star gazing, tracking animals by looking for footprints in the mud or snow, going star gazing on a clear night, or even volunteering at a nature reserve…

Get in touch with nature with The Wildlife Trust

🫤 Blue Christmas. 19/12, 7pm, St. Michael & St. Wulfad’s Church, Stone. We know Christmas can be a challenging time for many, especially if you’ve lost a loved one this year. Avoid the pomp and ceremony and attend a short, quiet service in Stone instead.

🎅 Find Festive Buys at Trentham Maker’s Market. 21/12, 10am-4pm. Trentham Shopping Village. The kids have officially broken up from school so why not do some last-minute Christmas shopping at Trentham for original art, quirky modern crafts, vintage items, plus plenty of artisan food and drink. Admission free.

⏱️ Attend Christmas Eve Communion. 24/12, various times and locations. There’s nothing quite like Midnight Mass to get you ready for the big day. You can sing hymns and say prayers at locations including Stoke Minster, Barlaston Parish Church, St. Dominic’s Stone, St Marks’s Basford, Lichfield Cathedral and St Bertelin’s Church.

🎊 Ring In the New Year… 31/12, various times and locations. It’s only two weeks until New Year’s Eve – yikes - but don’t fret, as there’s still availability for plenty of events, including the New Year’s Eve Party at Vale Park, a dinner and disco at Moorville Hall Hotel, a New Year’s Eve Family Party at Doubletree by Hilton and, if you prefer go incognito, a New Year’s Eve Masquerade Ball at the Quarter @ Potbank.

🚶‍♀️ … and Walk off the Hangover… Leek to the Nine Pins, 12pm. Celebrate New Year’s Day with a bracing walk from Leek town centre to Hillswood and onto the Nine Pins, a 6km saunter that will take around two hours and 30 minutes. Admission free but secure your place and book now! Meet outside Staffs Moorlands District Council offices (by the fountain). Don’t forget your walking boots and woolly hat.

Classical music for all with the University of Staffordshire

🤸‍♀️ Experience China Before Communism. 28/01 7pm, 29/01, 2pm & 7pm, Regent Theatre. Ready to be wowed? Shen Yun will take you on a journey through 5,000 years of Chinese culture through the medium of classical dance. Tickets from £62.

🎻 An Inclusive Classical Show. 14/03, 1.30pm, Catalyst Building, University of Staffordshire. Here’s a future date for the diary: an hour-long relaxed classical concert by the City of Stoke-on-Trent Symphony Orchestra. The show is particularly suited to people living with additional learning needs, their families and carers but anyone is welcome. Admission free - sign up here.

EVENTS LISTINGS

• Heritage Walks with the Red Haired Stokie, various dates

• Potteries Centre Events Series, ongoing, Potteries Centre

• Throw a Pot Sessions, ongoing, LoveClay

• 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

• Spode Museum Holiday Craft Club, until 22/12

• Leek Live Advent Calendar, every day until 24/12, various locations in Leek

• Churnet Valley Polar Express, until 23/12, Froghall station

• Illuminated Arborteum, until 24/12, National Memorial Arboretum

• Winter Light Trail, until 31/12, Trentham Estate

• Luminate, until 31/12, Shugborough Estate

• Find Frosty’s Friends, until 03/01, Middleport Pottery

• Dick Whittington, until 05/01, Regent Theatre

• Jack and the Beanstalk, until 05/01, Stafford Gatehouse

• Magical Days Out, until 05/01, Alton Towers

• Jack and the Beanstalk, until 12/01, Garrick Theatre Lichfield

• The Three Musketeers, until 25/01, New Vic

• Maurice Wade – A Painter from No. 57, until 26/01,
  Potteries Museum & Art Gallery

• Twilight Trains at Rudyard, 20/12, Rudyard Lake

• North Pole Express at Foxfield, 21, 22, 23 & 24/12, Foxfield Railway

• Fron Male Choir, 21/12, New Vic

• Trentham Maker’s Market, 21/12, Trentham Estate

• Finney, 21/12, The Sugarmill

• The Snowman & The Snow Dog, 23/12, Mitchell Arts Centre

• Christmas Eve Afternoon Tea, 24/12, World of Wedgwood

• New Year’s Eve Party at Vale Park, 31/12, Port Vale Football Club

• Dinner & Disco, 31/12, Moorville Hall Hotel

• New Year’s Eve Masquerade Hall, 31/12, Quarter @ Potbank

• New Year’s Eve Family Party, 31/12, Doubletree by Hilton

• Walk the Moorlands, 01/01, Leek

• Shen Yun, 28 & 29/01, Regent Theatre

• Relaxed Classical Performance, 14/03, University of Staffordshire

• Ocean Colour Scene, 30/05, Trentham Estate

• Bat out of Hell, 30/06-05/07, Regent Theatre

• Russell Watson, 24/10, Victoria Hall

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