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Visitors to this year’s Chester Festival of Ideas can enjoy the chance to be transported to underwater realms as Incredible Oceans joins the line-up of celebratory, entertaining, informative, inspiring and free events this summer.

Chester celebrated the Lunar New Year of the Snake on Saturday, February 1st in style, its biggest parade yet, with performances of traditional music, lions and dragon dancing, non-combustible firecrackers and cultural characters.

The Grosvenor Museum’s Open Art Exhibition returns for its 15th year when it officially opens on Sunday 9 February following a private view on Saturday 8 February for invited guests. The exhibition presents the best in contemporary art in the region.

The new musical based on David Baddiel's best-selling children's book with music by Dan Gillespie-Sells.

As we head into 2025, we’ve put together a list of our top things to see and do across the county this week.

Cheshire West and Chester Council is banishing the winter blues for visitors to Chester by offering free travel on the city’s Park & Ride service throughout January 2025.

Cascading purple poppies commemorating the role played by animals in war will be on display with traditional red poppy highlights at Cheshire Military Museum from November 7th. 

Exclusive new flavours in the world’s largest ice cream shop; free entry to Europe's biggest indoor sand and water play area; and an inclusive Santa’s Grotto and Elves’ Workshop are set to make Christmas at The Ice Cream Farm a unique family-friendly experience this festive season.

 

Chester has just been named among the top 3 spookiest city in the UK, just in time for Halloween 2024. 

Halloween fun comes to Chester’s historic City Walls this month, thanks to the hard work of local volunteers working in partnership with Cheshire West and Chester Council.

An exhibition and programme of activities celebrating the life of Trena Cox, a twentieth-century woman stained glass artist from Chester opened at Chester Cathedral on Monday 7 October, running until Friday 8 November.

 

Searching for inspiration for what to do this week? We’ve put together a list of our top things to do or see this week throughout Cheshire, with something for everyone to enjoy!