Piccadilly Stage – Friday

Welcome to Friday on the Piccadilly Stage

11:00 – 11:10, then throughout the day.

Welcome to Friday on the Piccadilly Stage with today’s host 6 Towns Radio’s Dan Townley. 

 

Cruisetopia

by Kitsch n Sync

11:10 – 11:40 & 15:45 – 16:05

Welcome aboard Kitsch Cruise Liners on the good ship Cruisetopia! Sit back and relax as our crew take you on a luxurious cruise of a lifetime to … Barrybados!?! 

 

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Nick Degg: Poet of the Potteries

11:40 – 12:00

Nick Degg is a Potteries poet, and the current Stoke-on-Trent Laureate, who takes his inspiration from the wrung-out dishcloths of everyday life. He certainly is a one off, and if you get the chance to see him, don’t dilly dally, just do it! 

 

A La Puppet Carte - Thinmgumajig Theatre

A la Puppet Carte

by Thingumajig Theatre

12:10 – 12:40

Who knows what you might see when you encounter a pop-up puppet stage built onto the back of an electric tricycle? On the ‘A la Puppet Carte’ menu is a family-focused show full of surprises, fun and heart-warming stories of friendship. 

 

City of Stoke-on-Trent Symphony Orchestra, French horns

City of Stoke-on-Trent Symphony Orchestra

12:50 – 13:15

Enjoy the sounds of brass with the CSSO brass quintet, flying the flag for live music and championing the difference that it can make to people and place. 

Mestre Piolho Maculele Capoeira workshop by Art Brasil

Capoeira Workshop

by Art Brasil

13:30 – 14:30

Join Mestre Piolho and ART BRASIL to explore the movements of capoeira – the unique Brazilian fusion of martial art and dance. 

 

Stu and Si, Big Feast 2025

Stu & Si

14:45 – 15:30

Acoustic pop/rock duo covering your favourite classics from REM to The Beatles, James to Green Day. 

 

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Mr Wilson’s Second Liners

16:15 – 17:00

New Orleans meets 90s club classics as Mr Wilson’s combine their collective musical talent with a raucous deeply south vibe to pay homage to the diehard days of the Hacienda, 90s club culture and its greatest hero: Mr Tony Wilson. 

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