Join A Ceramic Makers' Market at Gladstone

Plus Newcastle Under Light (04/03), Drop City Books reopening (28/02), Speed Dating Night (24/02) and make a floral hat box with mum (22/02)…

WHAT’S ON/THINGS TO DO ✅

HIGHLIGHTED ⬇️ (FULL EVENTS LISTINGS BELOW)

• 👩‍🦰 Shop for Ceramics. 21 & 22/03, 11am-4pm, Gladstone Pottery Museum. More than 80 local and national ceramic makers are confirmed to attend the Ceramic Makers’ Market, with past contestants from The Great Pottery Throwdown including Stephen Parkes, Jonathan Jolly and more. Confirmed local artists include Scruffy Little Herbert and Philip Hardaker, while Hull-based studio Leafy Lane Pottery will also be there. Free entry to the museum and market.

Go browse ceramics on 21/03 and 22/03 at Gladstone’s Ceramic Maker’s Market

• 🏮 Newcastle Illuminated. 04/03, 6pm-9pm; Newcastle Town Centre. Highlights of the Newcastle Under Light event includes a sound and light pagoda, immersive artworks, a projection that guests can contribute to on The Guildhall, and even a fantastical, huggable fungus. Admission free, drop in anytime.

Catch Newcastle Under Light on 04/03 from 6pm-9pm. It’s free!

• 📚Drop City Books is Reopening! 28/02, 74-78 Picadilly, Hanley. There are now just a couple of weeks to go until the much-loved Drop City Books returns to our city centre. Setting up shop in a much larger space on Piccadilly, bookworms can expect more events and expanded kids’ activities from the indie book store.

The colourful, radical, inclusive city centre bookshop is back from 28/02

• 🌼 It’s Spring Fair Time! 21/03, 11am-2pm, The Indi Club. Next month, the clocks go forward. Celebrate the end of winter and new beginnings at Project Indi‘s Spring Fair, where attractions will include live entertainment, stalls, and the chance to meet some farm animals. Admission free.

Celebrate spring’s arrival at this charity fair on 21/03

• 💕 Speed Dating Night. 24/02, from 7.30pm-9.30pm; The Wren. In your 40s or 50s and fed up with the dating apps? Sparks Fly Speed Dating, is hosting an event in Stone where you can chat to singles face-to-face. Tickets £13.40.
  

• 💐 Get Crafty with Mum. 11/03, 7pm-8.45pm, the Quarter @ Potbank. This workshop invites mums, daughters, sons, and loved ones to design a floral hat box arrangement together. Each ticket includes all flowers and materials, a keepsake hat box, plus a welcome drink and nibbles. Tickets £42.

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

• Funderworld Theme Park, until 01/03, Opposite Hanley Bus Station

• Pirate Takeover, until 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

• Sparks Fly Speed Dating, 24/02, The Wren

• Performing Arts Trial Day, 27/02, Martec Training

• Drop City Books Reopening, 28/02, Piccadilly, Hanley

• Newcastle Under Light, 04/03, Newcastle Town Centre

• 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

• Mum & Me Floral Hat Box Workshop, 11/03, the Quarter @ Potbank

• Russell Howard, 13/03, Regent Theatre

• Dave Boulton’s The Barmy Penguins, 13/03, Fenton Town Hall

• Jason Manford, 14/03, Victoria Hall

• Mother’s Day Afternoon Tea, 15/03, Middleport Pottery

• Mother’s Day Ceramic photo holder making, 15/03, ValentinesClay

• Keele Bach Choir Spring 2026 Concert, 14/03, Keele University Chapel

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

• Spring Fair, 21/03, Project Indi, Sneyd Green

• Ceramic Makers’ Market, 21/03 & 22/03, Gladstone Pottery Museum

• 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

• Ben Robertson, 10/04, Fenton Town Hall

• Bat Walk, 27/04, Biddulph Grange Country Park

• Mow Cop Killer Mile, 07/05, Mow Cop

• Dan Walsh, 08/05, Fenton Town Hall

• Vicky Swan & Jonny Dyer, 12/06, Fenton Town Hall

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

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