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  • The Immersive Chester Amphitheatre

    University of Chester Exton Park Campus - Downes Sports Hall Parkgate Road, Chester

    Take a step back in time and experience Chester's virtual reality Roman amphitheatre!

    Free

  • Queering Britain: Keeping LGBTQ Stories Alive

    Chester Picturehouse Unit 10 Hunter Street, Chester, United Kingdom

    This research began in Blackpool, exploring its rich drag scene and LGBTQ+ histories. It has since grown into a wider project gathering stories from towns and cities across the UK. Through voices that connect generations and place, Helen is starting to explore how identity is shaped by place and heritage.

    Free

  • Mariella Frostrup: In Conversation

    University of Chester Exton Park Campus - Binks Building Parkgate Road, Chester

    Join Mariella Frostrup for a dynamic conversation on why closing gender gaps is not just a social ideal but an economic necessity. Reflecting on her work as Chair of the Women in Work Summit, co‑founder of Menopause Mandate, and long‑time gender equality advocate, this event will explore how pay, wealth and health gaps shape women’s working lives and why addressing them is critical for productivity, growth and long‑term competitiveness.

    Free

  • The Royal Institution: Do it Yourself Community Show

    University of Chester Exton Park School of Education University of Chester, Parkgate Road, Chester

    Dive into science and be ready to get hands-on with surprising experiments, shocking facts and the odd explosion!

    Free

  • Gary Younge: In Conversation

    University of Chester Exton Park Campus - Binks Building Parkgate Road, Chester

    Join us for an illuminating conversation with Gary Younge, award-winning author, broadcaster, and Professor of Sociology at the University of Manchester.

    Free

  • Medieval Treasures: Hold and Create History

    Chester Town Hall 33 Northgate Street, Chester

    Step into Chester's past at our Medieval Object Drop-In Handling Workshop. Explore authentic artefacts alongside the Historic Towns Trust map of Chester, uncovering untold stories. Enjoy hands-on, creative activities for all ages: touch history, make, draw, and imagine the medieval city together.

    Free

  • Sustainability Walk – Travel

    Chester Town Hall 33 Northgate Street, Chester

    This led walk, which is also "wheels accessible", is one of four themed routes staged as part of the 2026 "Festival of ideas" that uses examples from the existing cityscape to demonstrate various aspects of the overall theme of 'Sustainability'.

    Free

  • Talking Tours: Let’s Talk History

    Chester Town Hall 33 Northgate Street, Chester

    Lace up your plimsoles and sprint through the last century of Cheshire’s sporting past with Let’s Talk, History. Using historic sound recordings from Cheshire Archives’ collections, this free audio trail tells 100 years of stories about the county’s competitive, recreational and, at times, amusing sports.

  • Living ROOTS, Moving FLOWS: Field narratives of environmental care and resilience

    Chester Town Hall 33 Northgate Street, Chester

    This exhibition invites you into a living lab where the roots of indigenous knowledge meet the flows of water, soil and climate change. Through photographs and voices from wetlands and mountains, the exhibition shows how long standing traditional practices - from reading soils and water levels to shaping wetlands and planting patterns - are active, evolving tools for environmental management today.

  • Nourish to Flourish (Photo Exhibition)

    Chester Town Hall 33 Northgate Street, Chester

    Nourish to Flourish is a school-based project led by Kate and Ellie, helping children feel confident about healthy eating through creativity. Supported by the Bluecoat Charity, the Westminster Foundation and Crossing Borders, with evaluation support from RECAP (University of Chester). This year children explored artists from around the world and created artwork using food as material. The event includes a photo exhibition.

  • Climate catastrophe – where are we heading?

    Storyhouse Garret Theatre Hunter Street, Chester

    Does it feel like you are seeing more extreme weather? The science suggests we might be heading for a 3 degree world, but action globally doesn't suggest people are concerned. So what is the truth? Join me as I explore the different pathways we could follow over this century depending on whether we act now or delay action to mitigate climate change.

    Free