🎉 Ring in 2026 at Lunar's New Year's Eve Party

Plus free Christmas dance workshops at the MAC, Frankenstein at Middleport, and a classical tribute to Christmas at Stoke Minster, and catch a K-Pop tribute…

WHAT’S ON/THINGS TO DO ✅

HIGHLIGHTED ⬇️ (FULL EVENTS LISTINGS BELOW)

🎉 A Toast to 2026. 31/12, 7pm-12.30am, Lunar. No NYE plans yet? There’s still time to snap up a ticket for the stylish bash at Lunar. Stoke’s landmark restaurant will be transformed from a restaurant to a venue where guests can graze on a buffet and hit the dance floor as the DJ rings in 2026. Tickets £60 per person.

Toast in the new year at Lunar, which has a DJ and a buffet for guests

• 💃Free Christmas Dance Workshops! 22/12, 23/12, 04/01, 11am-3pm, Mitchell Arts Centre. Join the MAC for a trio of dance events that have been put on by the Hubb Foundation. Suitable for kids aged 7-12, there’s Christmas Dance Workshops on 22/12 and 23/12 and, for the last day of the school holidays, a Great Gatsby workshop. Admission free; booking essential.

Enjoy a classical tribute to Christmas on 20/12 at Stoke Minster

• 🎻 Christmas Greetings Live! 2025. 20/12, performances at 6pm & 8.30m, Stoke Minster. Join violinist Matt Glossop and The Bloomsbury Soloists as they play classics from The Nutcracker, White Christmas and more. Tickets from £32.45; under 16’s £22 (must be accompanied by a paying adult).
  

• 👹 A Monstrous Spectacle. 20/01, arrival from 6pm, performance 7pm, Middleport Pottery. In this faithful adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, award-winning actor and writer Jonathan Goodwin plays a host of characters, including Victor Frankenstein and his monstrous creation. Tickets £16.

Catch this iconic Gothic horror on 20/01 at Middleport Pottery

• 🎨 Free Festive Family Crafts at Wedgwood. 19/12 & 22/12, 11am-2pm, World of Wedgwood. Experiment with different materials, textures and colours in this self-led workshop, where you’ll explore the V&A Wedgwood Collection and make festive decorations inspired by your fave designs. Admission free, just drop in.

Enjoy some free family crafting on 19/12 and 22/12 at Wedgwood

• 🗳️ Vote on Heritage Sites. 17/12, 6pm-7pm, online. Bit of a late one, this, but if you’re free this Wednesday evening, join an online public event to help decide what Re-Form Heritage should restore – be that war memorials, fountains, murals – with the £240,252 grant it’s received from The National Lottery Heritage Fund as part of the city’s Centenary celebrations. Voting will open on 17/12 and run until 25/01; vote online or get a paper form from Middleport Pottery.
  

• 🇰🇷 K-Pop Live! 03/01, 6pm-7:30pm, Abbey Hulton Sports & Social Club Catch a K-Pop Demon Hunters tribute show without the big prices but with pyrotechnics, choreographed stage lighting, games and giveaways throughout plus DJ Party Roo warming up with some K-Pop hits. Tickets £5.42 adult, £16.26 under 16’s.

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

• 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

• Winter Wonderland, until 04/01, Hanley Town Centre

• Winter Penguin Trail, until 04/01, Middleport Pottery

• Cinderella, until 04/01, Regent Theatre

• Vote on Heritage Assets, 17/12, online

• Christmas Coffee Morning, 18/12, various locations

• Festive Family Crafts, 19/12 & 22/12, World of Wedgwood

• Carols @ The Town Hall, 19/12, Hanley Town Hall

• Charles Dickens Telling Tales, 19/12, Potteries Museum & Art Gallery

• Mediaeval Baebes, 19/12, Stoke Minster

• Breakfast with Elsa and Anna, 20/12, the Quarter@ Potbank

• Christmas Greetings Live! 2025, 20/12, Stoke Minster

• James Bond Concert Spectacular, 21/12, Victoria Hall

• Paint and Sip The Twixmas Special, 27/12, the Quarter @ Potbank

• Christmas Dance Workshops, 22/12, 23/12, 04/01, Mitchell Arts Centre

• New Year’s Eve Black Tie Ball, 31/12, Moddershall Oaks

• Lunar New Year’s Eve Party, 31/12, Lunar at World of Wedgwood

• Indie New Year’s Eve All Nighter, 31/12, The Sugarmill

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

• KPOP Live Tour, 03/01, Abbey Hulton Sports & Social Club

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

• Frankenstein, 20/01, Middleport Pottery

• Northern Soul Alldayer, 31/01, Middleport Pottery

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

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

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