The Pirate Takeover Returns to Alton Towers

Plus Little Dumpling King goes vegan on 07/01, catch Bluey's Big Play at the Regent on 13/02-15/02, and join a job fair at bet365 stadium on 13/02…

WHAT’S ON/THINGS TO DO ✅

HIGHLIGHTED ⬇️ (FULL EVENTS LISTINGS BELOW)

• 🏴‍☠️ The Pirate Takeover is Back! 14/02-22/02, Alton Towers. Discover buried treasure this February half-term at Alton Towers, where the kids can live out their own swashbuckling story as the infamous pirates of Mutiny Bay take over the resort. Attractions include Seadog Starkey’s Sailing School, a Treasure Hunt across Mutiny Bay, and Sharkbait Reef by SEA LIFE, where you can explore the wreckage of the galleon in the bay. Tickets from £18 per person.

Get ready for some pirate fun at Alton Towers during February half-term

• 🎸 Back to the 90s. 10/02, 7.30pm-12am, the Quarter @ Potbank. From Blur and Oasis to the Spice Girls and the Backstreet Boys, the 90s was a golden age for music. Get ready to dance the night away to your fave hits of this decade with your mates at this themed night, Back to the 90s. Tickets from £7.70.

Enjoy a retro night with Back to the 90s at Quarter @ Potbank on 10/01

• 🧙‍♀️ Witches and Wizards. 18/02, 11am-4pm, Gladstone Pottery Museum. Performance agency Q20 Events will help you learn how to properly cast spells and incantations, give lessons in wand craft from wizards as they conduct a sorcery battle, and talk to the enchanted cauldron as it simmers away underneath the giant bottle ovens. Entry free with museum admission.
  

• 🥦 Little Dumpling King Goes Vegan! 07/01, from 12pm. Whether you’re doing Veganuary or just fancy some tasty plant-based food, get yourself booked in for LDK’s signature “huge, banging flavours” (Jay Rayner, The Observer). We always end up ordering the edamame bean dumplings and hope they’ll be on the menu.

Check out LDK’s vegan menu from 12pm on 07/01

• Catch Bluey’s Big Play. 13/02-15/02; Fri at 10am, Sat at 10am, 1pm & 4pm; Sun at 10am & 1pm, Regent Theatre. Go see the theatrical adaptation of the Emmy award-winning children’s television series, with an original story by Bluey creator Joe Brumm, and new music by Bluey composer, Joff Bush. Tickets from £18.70.

The popular TV show has been adapted for stage: catch it 13/02-15/02

• 💼 New Year, New Job, 17/01, 10am-1pm, bet365 Stadium. Looking for a new job? Don’t miss the Stoke-on-Trent Jobs Fair 2026, where you can meet employers and apply for jobs in person. Admission free but ticket required.
  

• 🎉 Massaoke – Sing The Musicals. 12/02, 7:30pm, Victoria Hall. Love a sing-along? Bring your best voice to this fun event, which celebrates the biggest hits from the best musicals, including Mama Mia, The Greatest Showman, Grease, Dirty Dancing, Les Miserables and more. Tickets from £29.

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

• Aladdin, 02/01 & 04/01, Stoke Repertory Theatre

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

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

• Cinderella, until 04/01, Regent Theatre

• Christmas Dance Workshops, 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

• Barlaston Wassail, 31/12, Barlaston Village

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

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

• Little Dumpling King’s Vegan Menu, 07/01, Little Dumpling King

• The Crafty Chapter Stoke Crafting Afternoon, 10/01, Weston Heights Community Centre

• Back to the 90s, 10/01, Quarter @ Potbank

• Kings of Lyon and the UK Strokes, 17/01, Eleven

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

• Frankenstein, 20/01, Middleport Pottery

• Northern Soul Alldayer, 31/01, Middleport Pottery

• Cabaret Extreme, 05/02, Victoria Hall

• The Curious Case of the Masked Magician, 08/02, Mitchell Arts Centre

• Massaoke – Sing the Musicals, 12/02, Victoria Hall

• Bluey’s Big Play, 13/02-15/02, Regent Theatre

• Stoke-on-Trent Jobs Fair 2026, 13/02, bet365 stadium

• Pirate Takeover, 14/02-22/02, Alton Towers

• Witches and Wizards, 18/02, Gladstone Pottery Museum

• Gandeys K-Pop Dragon Circus, 13/02-01/03, Trentham Estate

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

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

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