What's on in 2025
You can download the Sale Festival 2025 Brochure
Our events are listed in date order, please check details for each event to find out about the location and how to purchase tickets. All Waterside events tickets are available from Waterside Arts Box Office in person or online or by phone. Please note that Waterside no longer impose booking charges.
Web: watersidearts.org
Tel: 0161 912 5616
Thurs 30 October
Autumn Sheaf Workshop
Sale Flower Club present their Autumn Sheaf Workshop.
The adult participants pay £10 and make the tied Autumn sheaf(which is a flat backed bouquet of flowers) for their front door with instruction. All materials are provided.
They can also bring a child for free and the child can make a brooch at the same time, sticking Autumn flowers onto it. Limited to 10 adults and 10 children per session.
HIYA Room, Stanley Square, Sale Town Centre, M33 7ZZ
Two sessions. 10.30am to 12 noon or 1.00pm to 2.30pm
Limited to maximum of 10 adults and 10 children per session.
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Tickets:
Sat 1 November
Spooky Con
Join us for Spooky Con 2025 in Market Way Stanley
Square on Saturday 1 November where you can
meet the stars of Winnie The Pooh, Blood and
Honey: Craig David Dowsett and Natasha Tosini.
You can have your photo taken on a witches Broom.
You can meet comic artists Rick Eades and Colin
Mathieson and shop at our specialist trader tables.
Market Way, Stanley Square
Venue
Tickets:
Free
Tues 18 or Wed 19 November
Talk by Dave Walmsley "The Norman Conquest & Anglo Saxon England"
This talk at Sale Sports Club M33 2DE will be about the Norman Conquest Anglo-Saxon England - a rich prize The Normans - who were they?
The 4 contenders for the English throne in 1066 and their backgrounds,claims and dramatic life stories The momentous events of 1066 - 2 invasions, 3 battles, 2 coronations The aftermath - how William and the Normans converted the victory at Hastings into the conquest of England through violence and appropriation How William changed the country, society, church - and more.
A thrilling story - much better than that awful series on BBC - King and Conqueror
Come and learn the truth on either Tuesday 18th November or Wednesday 19th November Bar Open 7.00 p.m. Talk starts at 7.30 Pay £10 in cash on the night as a donation to Sale Sports Club Community Fund.
Sale Sports Club, Clarendon Crescent, Sale M33 2DE
Bar opens 7.00pm. Talk starts at 7.30pm
Venue
Tickets:
Pay £10 in cash on the night as a donation to Sale Sports Club Community Fund.
Sat 29 November
Carols Around the Dovecote
Annual Friends of Walkden Gardens "Carols Around the Dovecote" in Walkden Gardens.
Local choirs, stalls, rafle, mulled wine etc
Walkden Gardens, Derbyshire Road, Sale M33 3EL
12.30 to 3.45pm
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Tickets:
Entrance FREE!
Sat 29 November
Sale Cruising Club Light Show Boat Parade
Once agan Sale Cruising Club are organisung their Christmas boat parade along our section of the Bridgewater Canal. All boats are illuminated and you could see Father Christmas.
Boats will leave the Bridge Inn at 4.45pm and cruise through Sale Waterside in the town centre.
Venue
Tickets:
Free!
Fri 12 December
Sale Festival Grand Christmas Concert
Grand Christmas Concert with Flatpack Opera at St. Paul's Church, Sale. Operatic favourites, musical theatre and Christmas melodies.
St. Paul's Church, Springfield Road, Sale - 7.30pm. Doors open 7.00pm