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Local Events Worth Leaving the House For

Plus Warrington Wordle, Birchwood Carnival and More

Mike Payton
May 30, 2025

Good morning, Warrington. Mike here. This is The Warrington Scoop.

Welcome to Friday's edition of The Scoop. We make every email we write fun and easy to read within a few minutes.

In today's edition:

Birchwood Carnival is Back 🎉
What’s on this Weekend 🗓️
Warrington Wordle 🧠
Activity Angels Calendar 😇

Grab your favourite brew, and let's start. ☕️

Birchwood Carnival is Back on the 8th of June 🎉

It’s back. Birchwood Carnival is rolling into town with samba bands, bhangra dancers, inflatable wipeout, a fun dog show, a climbing wall, and even a rodeo donkey (yep). There’s loads happening all afternoon at Birchwood Forest Park. Entry’s free, and there’s overflow parking nearby if it gets busy.

Perfect way to spend a Sunday.

Find out more on their Facebook page here.

Warrington Wordle 🧠

Every Wordle is a place, person, or something related to Warrington.

I am always interested to hear how you get on, so feel free to email me how many attempts it took you.

Click here to play

What’s On This Weekend 🗓️

Friday

🎤 Sophie McCarntey - One Foot in the Rave - Pyramid Parr Hall, 8pm

🎸 Asylum Download Special - Postern Gate, 10:30pm
Festival season is fast approaching, in May we turn to the big daddy of them all, DOWNLOAD!

🎤 Edwin Dukes (The King of Soul and Motown) - Hoop and Mallet, 9pm
We are delighted to announce our entertainment for May will be the wonderful Edwin Dukes

Saturday

🏥 Prostate Cancer Support Tests - Burtonwood Community Centre, 10am
For our first event, please join us at Burtonwood Community Centre on Saturday, 31st May 2025, for a special fundraising event where men can take a simple PSA (Prostate-Specific Antigen) blood test.

🧠 Bridget Jones Quiz - Culcheth Arms, 12pm
Test your knowledge, sip on prosecco, and celebrate the release of the new movie.

🏉 Rocco’s N Rugby Festival - Monks Sports Club, 11am
Enjoy our stalls, activities and fun fair before watching some of your favourite SL stars

🛍️ Artisan Market - White Moss, 10am
With a great selection of food, drink, home fragrance, jewellery, dog treats, gifts, crafts and plenty more to enjoy.

🎺 Dizzy Brascals - Warrington Market, 8:30pm
Get ready for an electrifying musical experience as Dizzy Brasscals, the high-energy roaming brass band, takes over Warrington Market!

🎸 Warrington Music Festival - Time Square, 12pm
FREE EVENT featuring 2 stages of live music in Warrington Town Centre

🪩 Northern Soul Night - Belong Warrington, 6pm
Soul classics, so get your dancing shoes ready and prepare to hit the floor with the best music from the 60s and 70s.

🥁 JSNW Drumming Workshop - 2pm
Learn the basics of Taiko in this workshop led by Jared Hardwick of Tengu School of Taiko.

Sunday

🎤 Proms in the Square - Time Square, 12pm
Bringing a full day of live music, entertainment, and community celebration to mark the finale of Warrington’s second Music Month.

🛍️ Artisan Market - Walton Gardens, 10am
A wide range of items on offer from local makers and small businesses

🙏 An Afternoon of Healing and Harmony, 2pm
Relax and immerse yourself in some gorgeous Reiki and sound healing on the comfort of your yoga mat

🙏 Hollistic Sound Bath - St Marys Church Lymm, 4pm
Sound healing is a wonderful way to let go of stress, calm your mind and body, as well as boost relaxation and sleep.

🎾 Junior Squash Open Day - Warrington Sports Club, 10am
We’re running a FREE Junior Open Day – open to all, no experience needed!

Live Music 🎸

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Costellos (Stockton Heath) | Stormstealer | 5pm
Ivan Kingsley (Elvis) | The Dubliner | 5pm

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Activity Angels June Calendar 🗓️

Due to funding issues, their calendar is a bit shorter this month.

If you can help this local charity, then get in touch through their Facebook page.

From The Papers 📰

Here are some positive stories from around the town over the past few days.

🎶 Popular club night in Warrington to celebrate fourth anniversary with party (Warrington Guardian)

🏫 Preschool receives donation to help fund new mud kitchen (Warrington Guardian)

🏠️ This is one of the cheapest houses that is currently for sale in Warrington (Warrington Guardian)

Weather ⛅️

Friday: 🌧️ Showers expected through the day 19°C / 11°C
Saturday: ⛅ Dry spells with some sunshine 21°C / 11°C
Sunday: 🌦️ Rain likely, especially in the morning 16°C / 9°C

Sport 🏉

🏉 Wire are back at home on Friday night, taking on Castleford Tigers under the lights. It’s a big one as we edge closer to the Challenge Cup final, and a chance to build momentum.

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Catch you on Monday!

Mike

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