Longton Carnival & Pig Walk Parade is Back 🐷

Plus celebrate Easter at Gladstone, catch the Lady Boys of Bangkok at Trentham (24/04) and Stoke's first-ever Stoke Craft Brew Festival at King's Hall (11/07)

WHAT’S ON/THINGS TO DO ✅

HIGHLIGHTED ⬇️ (FULL EVENTS LISTINGS BELOW)

• 🐷 It’s Carnival Time! 26/04, 10am-4pm. Longton Town Centre. This year, Longton’s Parade and Pig Walk will be celebrating the National Year of Reading, with giant puppets and colourful carnival costumes led by drum and brass parade band KiLNE. Want to deliver a performance or workshop, star in the parade, or be an event steward? There’s more info here. You can also help make costumes on 25/03, 15/04 or 22/04 from 10am-12pm at the Moony Club. Admission free.

Longton Carnival & Pig Walk returns to the Strand on 26/04/ Pic: Urban Wilderness Facebook page

• 🎭 Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical. 27/04-02/05, Regent Theatre. It won the 2024 Olivier Award for Best New Musical, and Operation Mincemeat, is a fast-paced, hilarious true story of the twisted secret mission that won us World War II. So, how did a dead body, a fake love letter, and Ian Fleming come together to wrong-foot Hitler? All will be revealed… Tickets from £28.95.

• 🐰 Celebrate Easter at Gladstone. Various dates and times. Take the kids to meet some larger-than-life Easter Bunnies, Benji and Honey Bunny, as they search for some Easter eggs and see if they will give you one from their basket (01/04, 11am-3pm, £3.50). You can also make a clay bunny rabbit (01/04, 11am-12.30pm, 1.30-3pm) to take home with you, or join the Gladstone Bunny Hunt (28/03-30/04; £1.50). There’s also an opp to make clay Easter baskets (08/04, 01/04, 11am-12.30pm, 1.30pm-3pm, £3.50). Recommended age: 7 years and up for clay-based activities. Normal admission charges apply for rest of the museum.

  

  Catch the Lady Boys of Bangkok on 24/04 at Trentham Shopping Village

• 👠 Meet the Lady Boys of Bangkok. 24/04-03/05, various times, Trentham Shopping Village. The Ladyboys of Bangkok return with their most spectacular show yet, Full Moon, a celebration of life, love, and liberation. Expect a cosmic fusion of choreography, sparkling couture, and jaw-dropping cabaret artistry performed to a cool mix of pop hits and showgirl classics. Tickets from £17.50.

• 🍻 A Very Crafty Beer Festival. 11/07, 1pm-6pm, King’s Hall. It’s a while off yet but early bird tickets are already on sale for the inaugural Stoke Craft Brew Festival, five hours of bottomless craft beer, cider, prosecco, wine, non-alcoholic beer and soft drinks, all soundtracked by a party band and live acoustic sets. Tickets from £45 (early bird); general release £50.

Cheers! Get your early bird tickets for the inaugural Craft Brew Festival on 11/07 at the King’s Hall

• 🧑Join North Staffs Humanists. 25/03, 6.30pm, Ember Lounge. Join the first regional meeting in Stoke of the North Staffs Humanists, which brings non-religious people together to be happier and more fulfilled and to be a force for good in the community. Admission free, register here.

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

• North Staffs Humanists meeting, 25/03, Ember Lounge

• Snoopy Trail, 27/03-04/05, Trentham Estate

• EmpowerHer Stoke – Building Community Through Culture and Enterprise 28/03, Penkhull Village Hall

• Wedgwood Play Space Launch, 28/03

• Gladstone Bunny Hunt, 28/03-30/04, Gladstone Pottery Museum

• Castle Classics, 28/03, Newcastle Town Centre

• The Music of the Lord of the Rings, 28/03, Stoke Minster

• Bridge Centre: Wild for Water, 28/03, Bridge Centre

• Mean Girls, 30/03-04/04, Regent Theatre

• Bucknall Park: Wild for Water, 30/03

• James and the Giant Peach, 30/03-04/04, The House of Lawrence

• Hanley Park: Easter Trail and Creature Hunt, 31/03

• Wildlings Play Group, 31/03, 14/04, 19/05, 16/06, 14/07, Ladderedge Country Park

• Wedgwood Wednesdays, 01/04, 08/04, World of Wedgwood

• Meet the Easter Bunnies at Gladstone, 01/04, Gladstone Pottery Museum

• Cogs ‘N’ Kilns – A Steampunk Exposition, 04/04

• Let Me Entertain You – A Tribute to Robbie Williams, 04/04, Victoria Hall

• Sunny Afternoon, 07/04-11/04, Regent Theatre

• Ben Robertson, 10/04, Fenton Town Hall

• The Railway Children, 14/04-18/04, Stoke Repertory Theatre

• Josh Widdicombe, 18/04, Regent Theatre

• Contemporary Collage Workshops, 18/04, 27/06, Silk Mill House

• Staffordshire Archaeology Day, 18/04, Potteries Museum & Art 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

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

• Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical, 27/04-02/05, Regent Theatre

• Mow Cop Killer Mile, 07/05, Mow Cop

• Dan Walsh, 08/05, Fenton Town 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.

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