Great British Food Festival Back at Trentham 🍝
Plus Foundry Festival champions local music (02 & 03/05), Wartime in the Potteries at Middleport (09/05) and Tunstall's Great Bear Gallery shows local art (23/04-26/04)
WHAT’S ON/THINGS TO DO ✅
HIGHLIGHTED ⬇️ (FULL EVENTS LISTINGS BELOW)
🍕 A Delicious Day Out. 02-04/05, 10am-6pm Sat & Sun; 10am-5pm Monday, Trentham Estate. Expect live chef demos, live music, a bake stage with bake off stars, children's entertainment, artisan producers, street food stalls and bars. Buy a ticket and you’ll get access to the gardens. Tickets £16.50 adult, £11.50 child; family ticket £50, Trentham members £6, children under 5 go free.
🇬🇧 Wartime in the Potteries. 09/05, 10am-4pm, Middleport Pottery. Come and join Middleport for this VE Day event, which will include vehicles, live music, reenactors, photo opportunities, and more! If you are a trader, reenactor, vehicle owner, or entertainer and would like to be part of this event, click here. Admission free.
🎨 See Local Art. 23/04-25/04 10am-6pm; 26/04, 10am-4pm, Great Bear Gallery. A celebration of colour and the creativity of our local art community, the second instalment of The Palette Project, GREEN is a vibrant showcase of local artists exploring every shade of green through bold works. Free admission.
🦫 Dusk Beaver Safari. 14-16/04, 22/04 & 29/04, 6pm-8.30pm, Trentham Estate. Get a closer look at Trentham's famous residents, the beavers, and learn about the estate’s restoration and biodiversity. This tour involves some walking around the lakeside paths, so sturdy footwear and outdoor clothing is recommended. Tickets £39.50 for adults and children over 8 years.
🎸 Celebrating Live Local Music. 02/05 & 03/05; Piccadilly & Tontine Square. This two-day event shines a spotlight on our thriving underground scene, with headline performances from acts including Black Coast, Kira Mac, and Darla Jade; line-up and times here. The Woodman, The Underground and the Sugarmill will also be hosting complementary events. Admission free; register here.
🏺Catch Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox. 23/05, 7.30pm, Victoria Hall. Renowned for their joyous, high-energy live shows, this multi-talented troupe of singers, dancers and instrumentalists put a retro spin on everything from '70s rock classics, Britpop staples to today's chart-toppers, movie themes and even video-game soundtracks. Tickets from £39.33.
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, Captain’s Bar
Honeybox Live, various dates and locations
Cancer Awareness Bus Tour, various dates and locations from 09/03
Snoopy Trail, until 04/05, Trentham Estate
Gladstone Bunny Hunt, until 30/04, Gladstone Pottery Museum
Sunny Afternoon, 07/04-11/04, Regent Theatre
Wedgwood Wednesdays, 08/04, World of Wedgwood
Community Nature Monitoring Walk, 07/04, Ford Green Brook North
Our Home in the West: Migrant Potters in the Nineteenth Century, 08/04, Old Post Office, Burslem
Community Nature Monitoring Walk, 08/04, Ford Green Brook Central
Ben Robertson, 10/04, Fenton Town Hall
River Fly Monitoring, 13/04, Staffs Uni Nature Reserve
The Railway Children, 14/04-18/04, Stoke Repertory Theatre
Wildlings Play Group, 14/04, 19/05, 16/06, 14/07, Ladderedge Country Park
Dusk Beaver Safari, 14, 15 & 16/04, 22/04 & 29/04, Trentham Estate
Community River Monitoring Walk, 15/04, Ford Green Brook South
Josh Widdicombe, 18/04, Regent Theatre
World Circus Day, 18/04, Philip Astley Centre
Contemporary Collage Workshops, 18/04, 27/06, Silk Mill House
Staffordshire Archaeology Day, 18/04, Potteries Museum & Art Gallery
River Fly Monitoring, 22/04, Bucknall Park
The Palette Project: Green, 23/04-26/04, Great Bear Gallery
Friday Feast at Goods Yard, 24/04, Goods Yard Stoke
Longton Parade & Pig Walk, 24/04, Longton Town Centre
The Lady Boys of Bangkok, 24/04-03/05, Trentham Shopping Village
Spring Festival & Earth Day celebrations, 26/04, Middleport Pottery
Bat Walk, 27/04, Biddulph Grange Country Park
Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical, 27/04-02/05, Regent Theatre
Specialist Tree Identification Walk, 29/04, Bucknall Park
Foundry Festival, 02/05 & 03/05, Tontine Square and Piccadilly
Paul Oakenfold – Celebrating Danny Stubbs’ Legacy, 03/05, Keele University
Mow Cop Killer Mile, 07/05, Mow Cop
Wartime in the Potteries, 09/05, Middleport Pottery
Hamza Yazzin: My Life Behind the Lens, 15/05, Victoria Hall
Dan Walsh, 08/05, Fenton Town Hall
Scott Bradlee’s Post-Modern Jukebox, 23/05, Victoria Hall
Vicky Swan & Jonny Dyer, 12/06, Fenton Town Hall
Stoke Craft Brew Festival, 11/07, King’s Hall
For more events, check out our comprehensive What’s On list.