🧢 Centenary celebrations are on song at Trentham
The Trentham Estate has announce its participation in the Stoke 100 celebrations in 2025, with the launch of a new concert series At Trentham, taking place over three days in 2025: Thursday 29, Friday 30 and Saturday 31 May. This new series will be a highlight of the Stoke 100 celebrations, which marks the 100th anniversary of Stoke-on-Trent being granted city status by His Majesty King George V in 1925. As a result, Trentham’s annual music event Trentham Live will take a break next year, but return in 2026. Trentham will start to announce the line-up for ‘At Trentham’ soon. For full details, follow their social media @TrenthamEstate.
🧢 This week’s ‘Top Pick’ @WeightmanPR: Attingham at Christmans
Shropshire National Trust property Attingham Park is bringing stories, myths, and legends to life this Christmas. The highlight is a Georgian Mansion, where over twenty rooms are home to the most eye-catching of Christmas trees, inspired by ancient myths - from the gods of Greek and Roman legend to the timeless tales of Attingham’s own past. Mansion tickets are now available to book, through to 1 January 2025.
🧢 A chance to see The Missing Act
The Missing Act is an exhibition of new paintings by artist Max Gimson, winner of the ninth Jonathan Vickers Fine Art Award. Established by Foundation Derbyshire in 1998, with the help of a legacy from the late Jonathan Vickers, this biennial Award brings to Derbyshire a rising artist every two years to produce work on the theme ‘A Sense of Place’, inspired by the county’s people, heritage and landscape. Gimson’s body of new work will go on show in solo exhibitions at both Derby Museum and Art Gallery (through to 23 February) and the Mall Galleries in London.
🧢 Major improvements planned for The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery
A leading Stoke-on-Trent construction company has been awarded a contract to take forward the multi-million-pound remodelling of the Potteries Museum & Art Gallery. Seddon Construction will start the initial works, ahead of the construction phase in 2025, as part of a £5 million masterplan which will see major improvements to the award- winning city centre venue. Stoke-on-Trent City Council secured money for the re-modelling works last year from the Department of Culture, Media and Sport and Arts Council England. The revamp will ensure the museum is modernised and enhanced for locals and visitors alike to enjoy for many years to come; and the overall plan is to create a striking building and new spaces to showcase our city’s world class museum collections while enhancing the experience for visitors.
