Events

The Pennine Beer Festival returns for 2026 on 19th and 20th June at Marsden Mechanics. Building on the success of 2025 which saw 22 traditional and craft brewers represented across the bar from throughout the region. Regional musicians will once again provide the entertainment and food will come from local suppliers. In 2025 we raised...

A Culture Lab workshop inviting Marsden communities to explore everyday culture, share ideas and shape future local cultural action together 5:30-6pm Welcome and Refreshments 6-7:30pm 90-minute workshop 7:30- 8:30pm Social & Networking Building on shared conversations – what could happen next in Marsden? This is the second workshop in the Marsden Culture Lab pilot, bringing...

Join us for an evening with Sheena Kayalil, discussing her fourth novel, The Others. Longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2026. Sheena is an Indian-British author, whose debut, The Bureau of Second Chances (Polygon), won the Writers’ Guild Award for Best First Novel, and was shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Prize for Fiction with a Sense of Place. She...

🌟 Join Marsden’s ultimate quiz extravaganza and help raise money for Marsden! 🧠 Challenge your mind, have a great time, and make a real difference at The Big Fat Fundraising Quiz! 🏆 Exciting rounds, fantastic prizes, and top class entertainment await! Plus, every entry fuels positive change in our community by raising funds for Marsden...

Join Sean for a workshop especially designed for beginners. You will learn the fundamentals, and develop your carving skill under professional guidance, and experiment with different inking and printing techniques. Refreshments are included. Please book your place in advance – email Sean on seanwillisprints@gmail.com or call him on 07598 541640

Marsden local Belinda O’Hooley is an acclaimed pianist, singer, songwriter and composer celebrated for her expressive and distinctive musicality. Best known as one half of O’Hooley & Tidow, with her wife Heidi Tidow, she has been nominated four times for the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. The duo’s song “Gentleman Jack” found international recognition as...

Join us for the funniest night of comedy Marsden has ever seen! When 4 of the funniest acts around appear at Marsden Mechanics on Friday 17th July Michael McKenzie – As seen on BBC 2, BBC 3, ITV, and as heard on BBC Radio 4 Maxine Wade – BBC New Comedian of The Year Finalist Alex Mettrick – ‘Making waves...

With their first ever full-length production, this unique interpretation turns Shakespeare’s iconic tragedy into an outrageous, fall-on-the-floor comedy! Four Forty breathe new life into the feuding families of Verona and their star-crossed lovers, revealing unexpected laughter and joy in the familiar tale. Rediscover Romeo and Julietas a vibrant, comical, and thoroughly anarchic experience. A must-see...

Plantfood are the first act to be revealed for Onwards Festival 2026 and you can buy tickets now! Based in Leeds, Plantfood are a six-piece collective, drawing from jazz, electronic music, punk and club culture, creating immersive, high-energy performances that move between intense rhythmic sections and more spacious, reflective moments. Rooted in the UK jazz...

Four Forty Theatre invite you into their outrageous take on Shakespeare’s most magical comedy. A Midsummer Night’s Dreamfollows runaway lovers, magical creatures, and a group of very determined actors who find themselves in over their heads. With quick character changes, playful invention, and a sparkle of silliness, Four Forty transform the classic into a joyful...

Free valuation day here, in our small meeting room between 10am and 2pm, by Sheffield Auction Gallery. Senior Valuer Alison Gillatt, and specialist valuer Andrew Churchill, will be happy to appraise your items.  Alison welcomes all items for appraisal and valuation from all areas of Glass, British and European Ceramics, Art, and many more (see...

What?! Mark Thomas has been ‘standing up’ for 40 years? Impossible!! But how old does that make you…? Alas it is true; one of our oldest surviving alternative comics celebrates 40 years at the mic. So, here’s what he has done so far in numbers; performed comedy for 40 years, won 8 awards for performing,...