1Free! (worth double-checking)Cover The Walls
Cover The Walls is a free pop-up exhibition featuring Venture Arts studio artists, creative workshops and contemporary art to buy and take home.
6.4 milesSun 26 Jul
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Free Things This Weekend in Carrington
Good local plans needn't cost the earth. This page keeps an eye on the stronger free events nearby, so you can skip the faff and get straight to the promising stuff.
10 picks around Carrington, from 9 local venues. The map pin is doing actual work here.
25–26 July Near Carrington
Not every listing gets a golden ticket
We don't just scoop up anything with a £0 next to it. These picks still need to be nearby, useful, and properly explained, because 'free' is lovely but 'free and baffling' is less of a selling point.
Happening Saturday 25 July to Sunday 26 July.
Picked for Carrington, not somewhere halfway across the county.
Only Local Gems and Curated venues make the cut, because standards are still a thing.
Listings with proper descriptions get bumped up the list. Three words and a shrug will not do.
Our 10 picks near Carrington
1Free! (worth double-checking)
2Free! (worth double-checking)Meat Free
Secure your presale tickets for the highly anticipated Meat Free event coming to The Yard, featuring an inclusive atmosphere and driving techno music.
7.8 milesSat 25 Jul
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3Free! (worth double-checking)Fostering information at Stockport Pride
at Dreamcatcher
Come and visit our stand at the event to find out more about the different fostering roles available and how you could become part of the fostering family community here in Stockport.
9.8 milesSun 26 Jul12:00
4Free! (worth double-checking)Out Here
Work by Emelia Hewitt features in Out Here at Castlefield Gallery, a group exhibition exploring art, nature and ecology.
6.4 milesSun 26 Jul
5Free! (worth double-checking)We Move: INNSiDE x First Street
INNSiDE by Meliá Manchester and First Street come together to launch We Move: INNSiDE x First Street.
6.7 milesSun 26 Jul
6Free! (worth double-checking)Family Craft Activity: Decorate a Postcard
During the First World War, many soldiers sent beautifully embroidered postcards to loved ones back home. See some of these special postcards on display in the museum, then create and decorate your own postcard to take home. Why not write a message and send it to a family member or friend?
12 milesSun 26 Jul
7Free! (worth double-checking)La traviata
at Buxton International Festival
A Buxton International Festival and Norwich Theatre production, featuring the Buxton International Festival Orchestra La traviata, reimagined for Buxton International Festival in a production inspired by La Belle Époque, the golden age of Parisian elegance. A world that opens up before us in splendour and sorrow, where pleasure, love and reputation are constantly at … Continued
22.9 milesSat 25 Jul
8Free! (worth double-checking)Coffee Morning at St Paul's
Drop in for coffee / tea/ crumpets/ toasted teacakes and a warm welcome. No charge but any donations to Water Aid.
10.4 milesSat 25 Jul10:00
9Free! (worth double-checking)The Crafting Live Show 2026 (Doncaster Racecourse, Exhibition Hall, Leger Way, Doncaster, DN2 6BB)
at Saeed Ahmed
Event Date: 11 July 2026 - 12 July 2026
14.5 milesSun 26 Jul
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