Pig Walk Parade is Urban Wilderness CIC’s flagship annual community event in Stoke-on-Trent — a playful, participatory procession celebrating place, creativity and collective imagination.
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Winter Gathering is Urban Wilderness CIC’s annual seasonal celebration — bringing communities together through light, creativity and shared ritual during the winter months.
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Urban Wilderness CIC delivered an artist development commission supporting local artist Daby Obiechefu, adapting costumes from the Pig Walk Parade to create the Blooming Longton section of the Stoke-on-Trent People’s Parade, with schools and volunteers participating.
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We Are Stardust was a participatory winter event by Urban Wilderness CIC for Longton’s Christmas Lights Switch-On, combining folk song, ritual, community-made star installations and a wish-gathering workshop.
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The Norns Collective presented a durational performance on Castlefield Viaduct, exploring rest, dreaming and communal care within the National Trust’s new urban sky park.
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TRACOBAND is a choreographed outdoor dance performance by artist Lola Adodo, blending live percussion, community volunteers and historic-inspired movement. Presented at Keele University and All Saints Community Garden during The Happenings 2021.
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A solo performance devised by Sophia Hatfield in collaboration with women’s running groups and the Canal & River Trust, staged along the Etruria Canal on 26 September 2021 as part of The Happenings Festival of Public Art in Stoke-on-Trent.
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The Happenings festival in Stoke-on-Trent explored small-scale, site-specific public art, activating overlooked urban spaces through creativity, care, and connection.
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The Immaculate Sisters of Hartshill explore seasonal rituals, symbolism and wellbeing through participatory performance rooted in mid-autumn transitions, inspired by Samhain and their lived experience of lockdown.
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Our Youth Grows in a Wasteland is an audio drama project by Potboiler Theatre exploring young people’s experiences of being outdoors in Stoke-on-Trent. Through collected stories, audio plays, and a verbatim account of the city’s first Black Lives Matter protest, the work amplifies youth voices and local activism within Hanley Park.
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Taking Up Space brings together Black women from Staffordshire to reclaim green spaces through walking, dance, and poetry. Initiated after the 2020 lockdown, the project culminated in dance and poetry performances filmed in Hanley Park.
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A joyful family arts festival co-created with young people and artists in Stoke-on-Trent, celebrating creativity, freedom and play through performances and workshops.
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