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There are lots of events going on in and around Stockport this weekend.

Find a small selection of some of the things to do below. You can also browse more in our dedicated What's On section here.

Got an event planned yourself? Submit it HERE.

A Laugh in Stockport Comedy Club | Thread (22 Market Place) | Thursday 30 April | 7pm (doors)n 7.45pm (start time)

Join us at Thread as Stockport's only Belgian bar becomes a comedy club for the evening!

Nina Gilligan is sometimes outrageous, always hilarious with a charming, loveable persona which belies an acerbic wit. A prolific award winner – recent awards include Comics Comic 2025, BBC Audio Awards Winner 2024, Chortle Award Best Act Winner 2023 – Nina is a skilled writer, creator, and improviser, regularly headlining, and hosting the best gigs and events in the country. 

Percy Savage is a Cumbrian funnyman with a host of inventive and effortlessly rib-tickling perspectives. Percy was shortlisted for the BBC New Comedy Award in 2023 and reached the semi-finals of So You Think You're Funny in 2021 doing his first ever gig.

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Charlotte Cropper is a rising star of the UK comedy scene – shortlisted for the 2025 BBC New Comedy Awards and twice winner of Chortle's Best Live Comedy Format - The North (2025 & 2026) for her acclaimed cult 'Slumber Party' comedy nights. Charlotte's playful, conversational style is laced with wit and whimsy makes her a "viscerally relatable" (The Meteor) new voice.

Find tickets and more information here.

Inspiration - Free exhibition train | Stockport railway station | 1-6 May

Co-curated with the National Railway Museum and packed full of interactive exhibits and amazing stories, 'Inspiration' reveals how railways transformed the world. 

It includes a fascinating look at railway firsts, hands-on engineering challenges and a whistle-stop tour of interesting – and lesser-known – careers on the railway. 

More than 80,000 have already visited Inspiration on its 60-stop, year-long tour of Britain and 9 in 10 would recommend it to a friend. Inspiration's tour ends in June – so this could be your last chance to see it! 

Inspiration is part of Railway 200, the national campaign celebrating two centuries of the modern railway. Thousands of events across the UK and the world have celebrated a British innovation that revolutionised travel, supercharged economies and enabled mass tourism, sports leagues and the standardisation of time. 

Heatons Beer Festival | The Scout Hut, St Paul's Road | 1-4 May

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Heatons Beer Festival is back!

Taking place from Friday 1 - Monday 4 May, it will feature more than 60 beers, plus live music every day.

And proceeds will go towards local scouting.

Find more information here.

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Note that Hazel Grove MP Lisa Smart is also hosting surgeries in April.

Get in touch via email at [email protected] or by phone on 0161 406 7070.

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