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The summer holidays are over but that doesn't mean the fun has to stop.

There is plenty going on in and around Macclesfield this weekend to keep both adults and children entertained alike.

Remember you can advertise your event on our What's On section and get it featured in next week's roundup.

Thursday (04/09)

Make your own face planter

Head over to Picturedrome for a two-hour pottery experience.

You will be given everything you'll need to make your own face planter.

At the end of the event, your finished creation will be taken back to the studio to be fired, ready to be collected in a few weeks' time.

Click here to find out how to book.

Friday (05/09)

Baby massage course

Sheila Williams' five-week International Association of Infant Massage baby massage course course starts this Friday at 11am.

The five 90-minute sessions allow time for parents to relax with their baby in a friendly environment where you can tend to your babies needs whilst learning a new skill.

The sessions are calm and nurturing for parents and their babies. We enjoy discussion about related topics, poems and chat over cake and a cuppa.

More details can be found here.

Saturday (06/09)

Cartoon art club

Room for Comics is celebrating its fourth birthday with a special edition of their 'Let's DRAW!' Saturday cartoon art club.

This session will be packed with comic art goodness hosted by cartoonist Marc Jackson.

With just felt-pens and paper, participants will go back-to-basics cartooning with a free-flow approach to making comics and cartoon art with no rules and zero restrictions!

Sunday (07/09)

Live music

On Sunday, Broken Cross Social Club hosts an evening of rock music in aid of East Cheshire NHS Trust Charity.

It is headlined by Imperial Bees featuring Jochen Fischer, a consultant orthopaedic and upper limb surgeon at Macclesfield hospital.

Jochen said: "East Cheshire NHS Charity plays a crucial role in supporting our local healthcare services to help them go above and beyond for patients, families and staff."

Click here to find out more.

Monday (08/09)

The Ballad of Maria Marten

MADS Theatre's 2025-26 season gets underway with The Ballad of Maria Marten.

This tragic drama runs from Monday (September 8) to Saturday (September 13).

"Summer, 1827. In a red barn in Suffolk, Maria Marten awaits her lover. A year later, hidden in a grain sack under the barn floor, Maria's body is found – barely identifiable – and the manhunt begins," reads the theatre's website.

"The 'Red Barn Murder' had all the hallmarks of a classic crime drama: a missing body, a disreputable squire, and a rural village stuck in its age-old traditions. But whilst it sent shockwaves throughout the country, Maria's own story was lost. 

"The Ballad of Maria Marten rediscovers that story, bringing it back to vivid, urgent life."

Further details, including how to purchase tickets, can be found here.

Sequence dancing

Prestbury Village hall is hosting a beginners sequence dancing class.

No partner or experience is needed, just head over on Monday to learn all the popular routines, with classes priced at £8 an hour.

Further details can be found here.

Bollington SciBar

This month's SciBar, at the Vale Inn in Bollington, will look at how errors in clinical publications contribute to a genetic medicine diagnostic odyssey and how can we change it.

The speaker is Dr Peter Freeman, a lecturer in healthcare sciences at the University of Manchester.

As a member of working groups within key globally leading quality standards organisations, he and his research are at the forefront of policy development which aims to improve patient outcomes by making published diagnostic data findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable.

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