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There is lots going on in and around Stockport this weekend.

Find a small selection of some of the things to do below.

Got an event planned yourself? Submit it HERE.

Foodie Friday - 1980s edition | Market Place | Fri 27September | 6-9pm

The much-loved Foodie Friday makes its monthly return this week, but this time with a special twist.

On Friday 27 September in Market Place will be a special 1980s-themed edition of Foodie Friday, with visitors encouraged to wear their '80s threads.

"Remember... it was acceptable in the eighties!", the organisers said.

As well as the special theme, the event will feature live music, plus the usual cast of top food traders.

There are 23 street food traders this time around, purveying everything from tacos to dim sum and ice cream to pizza, with much more in-between.

There will also be bars in Market Place open throughout the evening.

Foodie Friday runs from 6-9pm - no ticket required!

Find more information on the Foodie Friday Facebook page.

Helen Clapcott exhibition | Stockport War Memorial Art Gallery | from Sat 28 September

Stockport Art Gallery is hosting a major art exhibition featuring the works of local artist Helen Clapcott. 

The exhibition will feature more than 100 works, spanning the breadth of Helen's long and impressive career. 

It will run from 28 September 2024 to 25 January 2025. 

Helen was born in Blackpool, and moved to Stockport when she was 10. She is known for her landscapes of industrial Stockport, rendered in light, ethereal colour. 

Art critic Andrew Lambirth said of Helen's work: "If Lowry first opened our eyes to the beauties of the industrial scene, Clapcott is chronicling its last chapter: the decline and fall of a great cityscape, bathed in pellucid light." 

Andrew is also producing a book on Helen's works, available to pre-order HERE.

Since graduating from the Royal Academy of Arts in 1978, Helen has exhibited at many prestigious locations, including Scolar Fine Art and the Osborne Samuel Gallery in London's Mayfair.

Her upcoming exhibition at the War Memorial Gallery will feature some of her flagship pieces; The Power Station, The Last Carnival and Brinksway 1979, Before The Motorway.

Pyramid Players 'Tunes from Yesteryear!' | Stockport Plaza | Sun 29 September | 3.30pm

The Pyramid Players will take to the stage at Stockport Plaza on Sunday 29 September, from 3.30pm.

This performance follows the band's inaugural show earlier this year.

The forty-piece aim to 'delight' the audience with a wide-ranging programme of music, including a few radio and TV themes - in what promises to be "a wonderful afternoon of musical nostalgia".

The band has been put together by John Wilson, who led the campaign to save Stockport Plaza twenty-five years ago.

"We're very pleased to be featuring the Plaza's original theatre organ in our next concert, with contributions from regular Plaza organist Michael Holmes", John said.

"We share our ticket sale proceeds with Stockport Plaza Trust, the registered charity, that maintains and runs the theatre. We also support the Light Music Society, another registered charity, by hiring our music from their national library collection of light music situated in Bolton". 

Find tickets HERE.

Find tickets HERE.