Visit Wedgwood's New Play Space this Easter
Plus Robbie Williams tribute at Victoria Hall (04/04), Staffordshire Archaeology Day (18/04) & Wildlings playgroup with Staffs Wildlife Trust at Ladderedge Country Park (01/04, 08/04)
WHAT’S ON/THINGS TO DO ✅
HIGHLIGHTED ⬇️ (FULL EVENTS LISTINGS BELOW)
🏺 Play at Wedgwood this Easter. 28/03, 11am-2pm. Designed for families and young visitors aged 3-7 years, Wedgwood has launched a new Play Space that showcases iconic Wedgwood designs and its key designers that features an interactive game and dress-up area. Take your little ones along to the official launch day, where Urban Wilderness will be hosting a floral headdress workshop. The new play space is also set to host free craft workshops, 'Wedgwood Wednesdays' on Wednesdays during school holidays, with the first ones scheduled for 01/04 and 08/04 from 11am-2pm. The Play Space will be open to visitors for free 7 days a week, 10am-5pm. Admission free.
🚂 The Railway Children. 14/04-18/04, Stoke Repertory Theatre. This timeless story follows the adventures of three siblings who move to the countryside after their father is wrongfully imprisoned. With their new home near a railway line, the kids embark on a journey filled with excitement and friendship. Tickets £17.25.
🎤 It’s Robbie! Kinda. 04/04, 7.30pm, Victoria Hall. It’s been 30 years since Robbie Williams released his solo single, a cover of George Michael’s Freedom. Catch Stoke-born singer Dan Budd, who will be running through Rob’s extensive back catalogue, including Let Me Entertain You, Rock DJ, and Angels. He’ll be performing the odd Take That song, too. Tickets from £29.50.
Catch this tribute act on 04/04 at the Victoria Hall
👶 Go Wild with the Little Ones. 31/03, 14/04, 19/05, 16/06, 14/07, 10.30am-12pm, Ladderedge Country Park. Staffordshire Wildlife Trust’s Wildlings is a play group where children aged 6 months to 5 years can try new things outdoors. Book here to secure your spot; they play whatever the weather, so dress suitably.
⛏️ Staffordshire Archaeology Day. 18/04, 10am-5pm, Potteries Museum & Art Gallery. We’re sure you’re gonna dig this event from Stoke on Trent Museum Archaeological Society, which includes a talk from the University of Oxford’s Michael Fradley on discoveries from aerial archaeology and landscape research in Staffordshire, and Dr Simon Davies, senior archaeological officer at Archaeology Warwickshire, who will discuss the prehistoric camps and medieval cottages found at Coton House Farm in Tamworth. Admission free – tickets here.
🚶♀️ Keele Capers. 21/03, 12pm-3pm. Organised by the Modernist Society, the Keele Caper is a chance to see the George Pace Staffordshire blue brick chapel, great sweeps of accommodation set in rolling grasslands, and some new builds in Keele’s Science Park; meet at Stoke Railway station at 12pm. Tickets £12.
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
Spring Fair, 21/03, Project Indi, Sneyd Green
Keele Caper, 21/03, Keele University
Contemporary Collage Workshops, 21/03, 18/04, 27/06, Silk Mill House
Ceramic Makers’ Market, 21/03 & 22/03, Gladstone Pottery Museum
The Makings of a Murderer: The Undercover Detective, 22/03, Victoria Hall
Wildlife Walk, 23/03, Central Forest Park
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
Castle Classics, 28/03, Newcastle Town Centre
The Music of the Lord of the Rings, 28/03, Stoke Minster
Mean Girls, 30/03-04/04, Regent Theatre
James and the Giant Peach, 30/03-04/04, The House of Lawrence
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
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
Staffordshire Archaeology Day, 18/04, Potteries Museum & Art Gallery
Friday Feast at Goods Yard, 24/04
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.