The Ultimate Over-30s Festival at Trentham

Plus Pride in the Moorlands (26-28/06), free bike repair sessions up Hanley (13/06), Peppa Pig at the Regent (07 & 08/08, and Out of Order at Crown Wharf (10/06-13/06)

WHAT’S ON/THINGS TO DO ✅

HIGHLIGHTED ⬇️ (FULL EVENTS LISTINGS BELOW)

• 💃 Get Your Groove On. 20/06 6pm-10.30pm, Trentham Estate. Over 30 but still love to party? There are still tickets left for Word of Mouth, where you can dance beneath the stars as live artists and performers deliver the very best in house anthems and club classics remixes for a sweet night of nostalgia. Tickets £27.50.

Over 30s, get ready to party at Trentham on 20/06

• 🛍️ Shop Local This Summer. 27/06, 10am-3pm, Bolton Gate Arts. Rock up to this Summer Market at beautiful Bolton Gate Arts to support local artisan businesses, where you can browse stalls selling jewellery, home decor, beauty products, sweet treats, artwork, and more. Admission free.

• 🎭 Big Laughs with Out of Order. 10/06-13/06, 7.30pm, Crown Wharf Theatre. Performed by Stone Revellers, this Olivier Award-winning play follows a chaotic evening in a Westminster hotel, where Tory Junior Minister Richard Willey attempts to meet one of the Opposition’s secretaries only for events to spiral out of control when they discover a body trapped in a sash window. The situation quickly unravels, with interruptions from hotel staff, spouses, and a disgruntled nurse adding to the confusion. Tickets £16; £14 concessions.

Catch Out of Order from Stone Revellers (10/06-13/06) at Crown Wharf Theatre

• 🐷 See Peppa Pig on Stage. 07/08, 4pm; 08/08 10am & 1pm, Regent Theatre. If you’ve got preschoolers, they’ll love seeing TV fave Peppa Pig and her family getting ready for the arrival of baby Evie in this live stage show described as a warm, playful intro to theatre for younger audiences. Tickets from £20.36.

• 🚲 Free Bike Repair Sessions. 13/06, 10am-3pm, Hanley Upper Market Square. Did you know it’s Bike Week? If you fancy a free safety check and maybe some minor adjustments to keep your wheels roadworthy, cycle along to this free session from Dr Bike. No booking is required; just turn up.

  

  Give your bike the once-over at this session from Dr. Bike on 13/06 – it’s free!

• 🌈 Pride in the Moorlands. 26/06-28/06; live performances across Flash, Cheadle, Tean, Biddulph, Endon, and Leek. Watch out for a roller disco, Pride Parade, exhibition, workshops, and live performances. Highlights include RuPaul’s Drag Race UK star Ginny Lemon, who will join Big Fatt Dance Party to host Enyacise in Leek on 28/06, and dance and live Dhol drumming from Punjabi Roots.

Pride in the Moorlands takes place from 26/06-28/06. Pic: Andrew Billington

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, Artisan Tap

• Honeybox Live, various dates and locations

• Middleport World Cup Trail, until 19/07, Middleport Pottery

• Wilde About Oscar, 09/06, Middleport Pottery

• Laureateship Handover, 09/06, Stoke-on-Trent Archives

• June River Monitoring Walk, 10/06, University of Staffordshire Nature Reserve

• Out of Order, 10/06-13/06, Crown Wharf Theatre

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

• Nigel Kennedy, 11/06, Victoria Hall

• Middleport Canal Festival, 13 & 14/06, Middleport Pottery

• Keith And Marj: Us, Pots and A Welsh Chapel, 13/06, Regent Theatre

• 90 Years of Spitfire, 13/06, Hanley Park

• Wildlings Play Group, 16/06, 14/07, Ladderedge Country Park

• Strange Stoke, 19/06, Artisan Tap

• Stoke on Trent Pride, 20/06, Hanley Park

• Word of Mouth Over 30s Festival, 20/06, Trentham Estate

• Father’s Day at Emma Bridgewater, 21/06

• Tree Identification Walk, 23/06, Ford Green Brook South

• Community River Monitoring Walk, 24/06, Bucknall Park

• Claywork Stoke, 27/06, Gladstone Pottery Museum

• Bolton Gate Arts Summer Market, 27/06, Bolton Gate

• Contemporary Collage Workshop, 27/06, Silk Mill House

• Pride in the Moorlands, 26/06-28/06, various locations

• Dragonfly Identification Walk, 29/06, Ford Green Brook North

• Derren Brown: Only Human, 30/06-04/07, Regent Theatre

• Living History Festival, 04/07, Middleport Pottery

• Bombay Express, 04/07, 01/08, 15/08 & 22/08, Churnet Valley Railway

• Waitress, 06/07-11/07, Regent Theatre

• Stoke Craft Brew Festival, 11/07, King’s Hall

• Lord of the Dance: 30th Anniversary, 13/07-15/07, Regent Theatre

• ABBA dayparty, 18/07, the Sugarmill

• One Big YMCA Day, 24/07, YMCA

• Burlesque The Musical, 25/08-29/08, Regent Theatre

• Romeo & Juliet, 30/08 & 31/08, Trentham Estate

• Peppa Pig’s Big Family Show, 07/08-08/08, Regent Theatre

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

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