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Things to do in Trafford

Discover what's on and where to go in Trafford, Greater Manchester's cultural borough.

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Highlights

Our pick of what's on in Trafford.

Halloween party decorations and sweets
Event date: 29 October

Theatre and Performance, Timperley

Halloween Half-Term Disco at Timperley Library

Calling all witches, wizards, ghosts, vampires and little monsters! Head to Timperley Library for a frightfully fun Halloween Disco. Better still, it's free!
Halloween Pink Pony Ceilidh Club in glowing neon Times Modern font, a spiderweb border on a black background and graphics of pink horsehoes, medieval buglers and a cameo wearing a pink cowboy hat
Event date: 31 October

Theatre and Performance, Stretford

Pink Pony Ceilidh Club - Halloween!

'Pink Pony Ceilidh Club' is a fun and silly guided ceilidh (a series of choreographed group dances) to a bardcore (flutes and lutes covers) soundtrack of pop songs with a Medieval Cowboy Bridgerton Fantasy and this October, Halloween (optional) dress-code! Adults only
Halloween themed macarons
Event date: 30 October

Festivals and Events, Urmston

Halloween Macaron decorating workshop

Join in on an evening of spooky fun and leave with your own box of frightfully sweet macarons!

What's on

Theme
Price
Where
Two female actors dressed as dead twin girls staring vacantly at the camera while stood in front of a piranha display
Event date: 30 October – 1 November

Festivals and Events, Trafford Park

Ascarium: The Cursed Depths

This Halloween, brave the darkness of Ascarium: The Cursed Depths at SEA LIFE Manchester. An after-hours scare awaits, where something lurks beneath the waves… and it knows you’re coming.
Group outside the Unofficial Stretford Museum
Event date: 5 September 2026 – 28 August 2027

Festivals and Events, Stretford

Saturday Challenge

An open access youth club for 11-25 year olds with SEND
Funny woman with ball of wall for eyes
Event date: 8 August 2026 – 27 March 2027

Festivals and Events, Stretford

Saturday Knitwits Knitting Group at Stretford Library

Stitch, chat and create at this library Knitting Group! A friendly and welcoming group where knitters of all abilities can share skills, make friends and enjoy knitting together in a relaxed library setting.
A selection of Lego Club creations.
Event date: 1 August 2026 – 3 May 2027

Families, Sale

Saturday LEGO® Club at Coppice Library

Build epic creations, tackle exciting challenges and enjoy family fun together at this weekly LEGO® Club.

Venues

Where
Theme
St Paul's Chuch Sale

St Paul's Chuch, Sale

St Paul's is a Church of England church in the heart of Sale, home to regular events and community choirs.
An aerial photo of a park with sports courts and some surrounding streets

Stamford Park

Stamford Park is a popular 16-acre Grade II-listed public park on the borders of Altrincham and Hale.
Outside view of library with planting and bench to sit on in foreground.

Stretford Library

Stretford Library opened in 1940 and has been providing books and services to the public ever since.
A front side angle of Stretford Public Hall, a Grade 2 listed Victorian building with a clocktower

Stretford Public Hall

Stretford Public Hall is a community‑owned, multi‑purpose venue run by Friends of Stretford Public Hall, providing accessible spaces and a vibrant programme of arts, music, cinema, and wellbeing activities.

Guides

Person setting up an american style pool table

Free things to do in Trafford

Trafford has an astonishing amount of cultural activity that you can do for free - from workshops and clubs, to exhibitions and museums.
Man looking at an archival book

Libraries in Trafford

Discover the full list of libraries in Trafford - friendly, welcoming spaces across the borough that are free to read, study or visit, with plenty of events for all ages on their programme.
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