The popular Etruria Canals Festival is back later this month, for two days of free entertainment for all the family.

Happening this year on Saturday 30 and Sunday 31 May, from 11am-5pm each day, the festival will take place on the site of Etruria Industrial Museum (Kiln Down Close, Stoke-On-Trent, ST1 4RB) at the junction of the Trent and Mersey and Caldon Canals.

Alongside the historic narrowboat gathering, there will be a range of family friendly workshops, arts and heritage activities, performances, craft stalls and exhibitors, beer tent and street food.  

This year the theme is World of Gardens, taking inspiration from the 40th anniversary of the 1986 National Garden Festival.

Free public parking this year is at Stoke on Trent College (Caldon Campus), with a free shuttle bus leaving from the college car park and dropping off/collecting from Etruria Museum car park (next to the footbridge entrance to the site) every 15 minutes from 10.45am-5.30pm.

To stay up to date you can also join the Facebook event at facebook.com/events/1255623419773025.