What’s on in Leek and the Moorlands

We have many fantastic community events and activities in our area. Here’s just some of what’s coming up.

Please note that the information in this feature was correct at the time of print but all events are subject to change. Please check with the venues/organisers for updates.

Plus check out our weekly sister publication of the Leek & Moorlands Echo for further updates and events.

Do you have a public/community event coming up which you would like to appear in our What’s On feature? Email what, when, where, etc, to our Editor Belinda at hargreavespr@outlook.com.

Regular Events

Borderland Voices

Creative Writing at Leek Health Centre every Wednesday at 10.30am-12.30pm, plus Expressive Art at 1.30pm-3.30pm. Details: www.borderlandvoices.org.uk

Leek Morris Dancers

7.15pm-9pm at the Scout Hut, Clerk Bank, Leek. Every Friday. All welcome. Details: 07875 406120.

Leek Warm Hub

5pm-8pm every Wednesday at Leek Radio, above the Co-operative Bank on Derby Street in Leek, entrance accessible at the side of the building on Bath Street. Details: www.facebook.com/groups/leekwarmhub.

Market & Car Boot

Sellers set-up from 7am-7.30am, visitors 7.30am until noon at Cattle Market, Junction Road, Leek. Most Sundays. Details: www.facebook.com/leeksundaymarketandcarboot or www.leekcarboot.co.uk.

Rock Choir

7.30pm-9.30pm at Trinity Church, Derby Street, Leek. Every Thursday. Cost: £25 a month. Details: www.rockchoir.com.

Roller Disco

Every Saturday at Brough Park Leisure Centre. 2.30pm-4pm. All ages and abilities welcome.

Sunday Supplement

10.30am-3pm in Leek town centre. Artisan Market with over 50 stalls of handmade crafts and foodie treats. Plus live music and lots of the towns’ independent shops, cafes and pubs will also be open. First Sunday of every month.

Coming up

Running until February 18

Exhibition at The Nicholson Museum and Gallery, Stockwell Street, Leek. A Case for the Ordinary: Staffordshire asylums and the patient experience. Open Monday to Saturday 10am to 4pm last admission at 3.30pm.

Friday, January 20

Live Music. The Red Lion, Leek at 8.30pm with Dirty Ruby.

Live Music. The Silk Mill, Market Street, Leek. 9pm with Guitar Monkey.

Saturday, January 21

Live Music. The Cock Inn, Leek at 9pm with The John Street Revival. Live Music. The Greyhound Inn, Warslow at 8.30pm with One Million Fingers/The Red Letters

Sunday, January 22

Live Music. The Cock Inn, Leek at 4pm with Koos Kap and the Rockshots.

Friday, January 27

Live Music. The Silk Mill, Market Street, Leek. 9pm with Andy Costello.

Saturday, January 28

Live Music. The Windmill, Werrington at 9pm with The Missing Link.

Sunday, January 29

Coffee Morning. 10am-midday at Flash Village Hall. Free event as part of Village Halls Week. Live Music. The Cock Inn, Leek at 4pm with Unlucky Strike.

Friday, February 3

Live Music. The Silk Mill, Market Street, Leek. 9pm with Spencer D Elvis.

Friday, February 10

Live Music. The Silk Mill, Market Street, Leek. 9pm with Clockwork Monkey.

Tuesday, February 14

Wildlings. 10.30am-midday at Tittesworth Water, near Leek. To book, go online to: www.staffs- wildlife.org.uk/events.

Friday, February 17

Live Music. The Silk Mill, Market Street, Leek. 9pm with SM55.

Friday, February 24

Garden Talk. 7pm at St Paul’s Church Centre, Novi Lane, Leek. A slideshow and talk by John Bebbington entitled: ‘A Year in the Life of an Allotment.’ Hosted by the Leek Allotment Holders and Gardeners Association. Tickets £5. Details: 0518 074185. Live Music. The Silk Mill, Market Street, Leek. 9pm with Jo Safina.

Friday, March 3

Live Music. The Silk Mill, Market Street, Leek. 9pm with Dave Jameson.

Friday, March 10

International Women’s Day Celebration. The Old Stable Yard at Heaton House Farm, Rushton. £24. Details: 07518 074185 or suzsheldon@btinternet.com. Live Music. The Silk Mill, Market Street, Leek. 9pm with Sac & Craic

What’s on at the

Foxlowe Arts Centre

Art Exhibitions: Exhibition by the Society of Staffordshire Artists until March 11 in the first floor gallery which is open Wednesday to Saturday, between 10am and 4pm.

Plus more art in the Drawing Room Cafe which is open Monday to Saturday, 10am-4pm, plus the first Sunday of the month.

Foxlowe Films: Every Tuesday evening with doors open at 7pm for 7.45pm screening time. Tickets £6. Coming up – Where the Crawdads Sing (15) on January 24; Mrs Harris Goes to Paris (PG) on January 31; The Perfect Candidate (PG) on February 7; A Bunch of Amateurs (12A) on February 14. Plus documentary screenings on Wednesdays: Pleistocene Park on January 25; and The Seeds of Vandana Shiva on February 22.

Friday, January 20

Paul Walker & Karen Pfeiffer. Music. Doors 6.30pm for 7pm. £15.

Friday, January 27

Sherlock Holmes – The Sign of the Four.

Theatre.7.30pm. £13.50 (£10 for students).

Thursday, February 2

Leek’s Comedy Club. With Paul Pirie, Roger Monkhouse, Alex Camp and Dave Twentyman as compere. Doors 7pm for 8pm. £10.

Friday, February 3

Our Man in the Field. Music. Supported by Helen Walford. Doors 7.30pm for 8pm start. £10.

Saturday, February 11

Seed Share. Gardening event. 11am-2pm. Free admission with donations welcome.

Saturday, February 25

Nature Elly. Theatre. Shows at 11am and 2pm. £10 adults and £7 children.

Thursday, March 2

Leek’s Comedy Club. With Silky, Steve N Allen, Lovedev Barpaga and Raul Kohli as compere. Doors 7pm for 8pm. £10.

Friday, March 3

She'Koyokh. Music. Doors 7pm for 7.30pm. £13.50.

Sunday, March 5

Energy Day 2023. Hosted by Moorlands Climate Action. 10am-4pm.

Saturday, March 11

Squidge – The Interactive Film Experience. Family event. Family ticket (up to five people, maximum three children) £38. Shows at 11am and 2pm.

Friday, March 17

Bez in Conversation Tour. SOLD OUT

Wednesday, March 22

Marty & Olivia Wilson-Piper. Music. Doors 7.30pm for 8pm. £14.

Friday, March 31

China Crisis. Music. Doors 7.30pm for 8pm. £23.50.

For further details and to purchase tickets for any of the Foxlowe Arts Centre events, go online to: https://foxloweartscentre.org.uk.