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Wigan Today
  • 07/05/2025
Reporter Sian Jones with events in Wigan
Transcript
00:00Hello and welcome to What's On In Rear.
00:03Festival of Everyday Creativity 2025 will be taking over
00:06Maines Park's play shack and bandstand with an exhibition
00:09by Everyday's Clay Club, fun workshops for the whole family
00:12with artists by Phelena Cajun, Claire Doyle
00:15and live music from Godfrey Pamplight
00:18and the Wigan Ukulele Club.
00:20It takes place on May 17th
00:22and the exhibitions start from 11am.
00:26Problem Child's original music festival will be taking place
00:29at the Wayfarer in Parboard on May 17th.
00:32It will showcase local talent from up and coming
00:34northern artists who they hope will appear at Glastonbury in a few years.
00:39To complement the original music, the chefs are cooking up some
00:42creative and original street food and they bow up at home
00:45to a mini beer festival with ales and lagers.
00:48It starts at 1pm.
00:51Standish Library is hosting a tea party to celebrate its 60th birthday.
00:55It takes place at the library on May 17th
00:58and runs from 2pm until 4pm.
01:01And finally, the official opening of Amphitheatre for a Tree
01:04takes place at Haywardland Park on Sunday, May 18th.
01:07There will be poems, speeches and a performance by a wooden community choir
01:11kicking off a full day of family-friendly activities from 11am.
01:15So, there will be poems as well.
01:18But, there's a lot of poems.
01:20I'm not sure, I'm not sure.
01:22But, I'll be in there.
01:24So, I'm not sure, I'm not sure.
01:27I'm not sure.
01:28I'm not sure.