26TH OCTOBER to 4TH NOVEMBER
SPOOKY HALLOWEEN TRAIL
Time: 10am to 3pm
Tickets - £3
This Halloween why not come & explore Middleport Pottery to find all the spooky sights hiding around every corner. Collect the names & return to reception to get your Halloween treat!
30TH & 31ST OCTOBER - SOLD OUT
SPOOKY CRAFT ACTIVITY SESSIONS
Time: 11am or 1.30pm
Tickets - £5
This Halloween come down to Middleport Pottery and take part in some spooky crafts!
Each child will get to: Paint a ceramic pumpkin decoration, Weave a woollen spooky spider web, Design a Halloween cork wall hanger and Make a woollen Halloween bracelet
2ND NOVEMBER
MIDDLEPORT CERAMIC, CRAFT & ART FESTIVAL
Time: 10am to 4pm
FREE ENTRY
Meet local and national ceramic & craft artists. Stalls, exhibits and demonstrations plus plenty of opportunities to purchase unique gifts. Also don’t miss one more chance to see the FORTYSEVEN photography exhibition by Phil Crow in the Bottle Oven
9TH NOVEMBER - SOLD OUT
CHRISTMAS WREATH WORKSHOP
Time: 10am or 1.30pm
Tickets - £45
Design and Create your own Christmas Wreath using fresh Christmas foliage’s such as spruce, holly and pine, accompanied with scented decorations and gorgeous ribbon.
Your instructor Ginty will be on hand to guide you through the process so you leave the workshop with a beautiful handmade wreath to hang on your door.
Refreshments will be included.
11TH NOVEMBER (SOLD OUT), 9TH (SOLD OUT) & 27TH DECEMBER, 31ST JANUARY '25 and 1ST, 2ND & 3RD FEBRUARY '25
CREATE WITH CLAY - Disability Learning Sessions
Time: 10.30am to 2.30pm
Tickets - FREE
Thanks to funding from our partners, Museum Development Midlands, Art Fund and Arts Council England we are able to offer free creative learning sessions for people with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
These sessions will be smaller than our public sessions, giving you a chance to be creative in a calmer and less crowded environment, making it more accessible and enjoyable for everyone.
Each ticket allows participation in the session. This includes a portion of clay, so everyone can get involved and create together.
15TH NOVEMBER
MIDDLEPORT POTTERY CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL
in partnership with STEELITE INTERNATIONAL
Time: 6pm
Tickets - £6 (9 years & over and Adults), FREE (8 years & under)
Tickets - £6 (9 years & over and Adults), FREE (8 years & under)
Join us for our annual Christmas Festival with entertainment, children’s activities, live music &stalls. Hot food vendors and a bar serving your favourite festive tipple. Come & explore our heritage site taking in the Christmas lights. Featuring: Rode Hall Silver Band, Angela Beardmore School of Dance, Creative Faces, Chase's Sweet Shop, Boomer from Port Vale FC, M.A.D Reptiles, The Packing House Cafe, The Oatcake Boat, Piccola Pizza, Project.doughnut, The Fabulous Fizz Bar, Canadian Pine Co, Burslem Pottery, Alex Allday Ceramics, Potteries Images, Gilders Wheel Gallery, Muddy Publishing Ltd, LoveKnott Creations, Nickiebees Cupcakes, Clay College, Burleigh Pottery and the Middleport Pottery Gift Shop
This event is also supported by: Myers & Co Solicitors, Rafferty Steeplejacks, Pastel, Bengry's the Bakers, Waterworld,, G.T. Paper & Packaging Ltd, Brown Recycling, Socially Grown, RES - Residential Energy Services, HOBB Computer Services Ltd. Waterside Foods, Sign of the Times, Staffs Powder Processing, Meath Build Ltd. Almec Fencing, Keele Christmas Tree Farm & Staffordshire Police Cadets
23RD, 24TH & 30TH NOVEMBER
and 1ST, 7TH & 15TH DECEMBER - December Dates Sold Out
MEET SANTA EXPERIENCE
Tickets - £16 - 1 Child, £30 - 2 Children
The magic of Christmas comes alive this festive season with the Middleport Pottery Meet Santa Experience. See your children's eyes light up with a personised visit with Santa & Mary Claus. They will receive a photograph with Santa, and a Christmas gift!
23RD, 24TH & 30TH NOVEMBER and 1ST, 7TH & 8TH DECEMBER
MIDDLEPORT ARTISAN CHRISTMAS MARKETS
Time: 10am to 4pm
FREE ENTRY
Don’t miss the local makers & bakers of Middleport Artisan Markets this festive season for locally produced Homewares, unique gift ideas, original art and homemade treats
27TH NOVEMBER - SOLD OUT
A CHRISTMAS CAROL THEATRE PERFORMANCE
Time: Arrive 6pm
Tickets - £15
Brought to you by Don’t Go Into The Cellar Theatre Company. Join the great Victorian novelist Charles Dickens as he brings to life one of the most famous ghost stories of all time. A tale of revenants and redemption, hauntings and humbug, seasonal spooks and sentiment. Jonathan Goodwin performs as Dickens in this one-man performance, co-directed by Goodwin and Gary Archer.