Etruria Canals Festival 2025

Sat 31st May and Sun 1st June - 11am-5pm

BOOKING FOR STALLS FOR THE 2025 FESTIVAL NOW OPEN

We welcome stall applications from food traders, traders, charities and community groups.

The fee for food traders is £15 per day plus 10% of takings. If you are a food trader please get in touch with Rebecca for an application form (Rebecca.frankenberg@b-arts.org.uk)

The fee for traders is £15 per day.

It is free for charities and community groups to attend.

The event is predominantly outdoors and pitches are allocated around the main field (grass). A standard pitch is 3m by 3m (there is room on the form to specify if your requirements are different).

You can download the trader and charity booking forms below:

To download a trader booking form please click here

To download a charity or community group booking form please click here

The historic boat gathering is the heart of the festival and organised separately by another committee member.

The moorings on the Caldon Canal immediately outside the Etruria Industrial Museum (from the water services to the staircase lock) are reserved for historic boats for the festival weekend. Please contact Rebecca (see below) to make a booking enquiry.

If you have any questions please get in touch: Rebecca.frankenberg@b-arts.org.uk // 07557 797695

Etruria Canals Festival - Frequently Asked Questions

𝗗𝗼 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗮𝘆?

No. Entry to the event is completely free. Hooray!

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼 𝗜 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲?

The event takes place at the junction of the Trent & Mersey and Caldon canals and the land surrounding the Etruria Industrial Museum. You can access the site via the entrance off Etruria Vale Road, Kilndown Close, Stoke-on-Trent ST1 4RB. This entrance is over a stepped footbridge (see below for disabled access).

W𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗼 𝗜 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗸?

PARKING IS DIFFERENT AGAIN THIS YEAR-the usual car park at Clough Street Recreation Ground will NOT be available for public attendees this year.

Free Public Parking Alternative

Stoke on Trent College (Caldon Campus) have kindly offered us use of their car park for the event weekend. The entrance to this is Stoke-on-Trent College Stoke Road Stoke-on-Trent ST4 2DG.

This is a 15-minute walk from the site.

FREE SHUTTLE BUS

There will be a FREE shuttle bus leaving from Stoke College carpark and dropping off/collecting from Etruria Museum Car park (next to the footbridge entrance to the site) every 15 minutes from 10.45am-5.45pm.

At busy times we would encourage those who are coming in groups to drop off their party at the museum car park so just the driver needs to access the shuttle/walk.

Stewards will be on-site to support.

Please note the shuttle bus will drop off at the footbridge, which is stepped and so not accessible for wheelchair users. For the disabled parking on the right side of the canal you need to come in by the Castlefield Street and Lower Bedford Street entrance (Sat Nav ST4 7AF)

The site is also in walking distance from Festival park and Hanley.

Please do note that many of the residential streets in the area are now permit only.

You can also access the festival walking or cycling along the towpaths of the Trent & Mersey and Caldon canals to the junction at Etruria.

If you’re coming by train the site is a 10-minute walk along the Trent & Mersey Canal towpath from Stoke station, just head north and enjoy a pleasant walk to the festival.

If you are coming by bus you can use the no 101 service or the no 38 service.

𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀

If you are registered disabled there are places in the main museum car park off Kilndown Close (ST1 4RB) BUT as entry to the site this way is via a staircase footbridge over the canal this only shortens the distance to walk and cannot be used by a wheelchair.

For the disabled parking on the right side of the canal you need to come in by the Castlefield Street and Lower Bedford Street entrance (Sat Nav ST4 7AF).

This leads to a small number of disabled parking spaces on the right side of the canal.

Please get in touch if you have further access questions (info@b-arts.org.uk // 07557 797695) or speak to a steward on the day.

𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗸

At the top of the main field Lymestone Brewery will be running the on-site bar throughout the festival and there will be a range food offers on-site including baked potatoes (v&v+), crepes (v&v+), burgers, Jamaican food, Thai Food (v&v+), Ice Cream and a variety of cakes and sweet treats. The museum tearoom will be open selling a selection of drinks, cakes and meals.

You’re also very welcome to bring your own food and have a picnic (but do note NO barbeques are allowed for safety reasons)

𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝗜 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝗴?

Yes dogs on leads are very welcome at the festival AND on the Shuttle bus

𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝗶𝗱

There will be a first aid tent on the main field.

𝗧𝗼𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘀

There are toilets inside at the museum (including disabled toilet and baby change). This can be accessed from the side entrance which is flat.

There will also be 5 portaloos in the top section of the field with a hand sanitation area next to them.

𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘆

There will be an information gazebo at the base of the white footbridge, if you have any questions over the festival or want to hand in/collect any lost property please pop in to see us.

Volunteer stewards will also be around site (wearing hi viz jackets)

𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺?

Yes. The museum and mill will be open and in steam (usual charges apply)