Sandbach Transport Festival - Saturday and Sunday, 25 and 26 April

A popular event on our calendar is Sandbach Transport Festival, which is held over a weekend in April each year (as in tomorrow).  If you enjoy REVS Biddulph, then this is for you - and it's held over two days, so you won't have to miss REVS, or the Wilmslow Comic Con, or the Northwich Comic Con (it's a busy weekend!).

The main car park in Sandbach (if you've ever driven through Sandbach, you'll know it) is given over to vehicles of all shapes and sizes - the local emergency services also participate, and there are various class military vehicles, and when we visited a couple of years ago, a full-size KITT and a Back to the Future DeLorean.  It's all going on!

The event starts at 10:00 on Saturday, with the main action kicking off at 11:00, finishing at 4:00, with a similar timetable for Sunday.

Northwich Comic Con, Saturday 25 April 2026

If Wilmslow Comic Convention isn't your cup of tea, or you prefer your conventions to be indoors instead of outdoors (which is understandable), then I can recommend Northwich Comic Convention, held at the BRIO Memorial Hall near the centre of the town.

My advice, having attended this convention a few times, is not to bother turning up too early.  Or in the morning.  It's a slow starter, and most of the cosplay groups tend to congregate later in the day, from around noon onwards.  Also, the traders aren't always ready from the get-go.  There are large outdoor spaces at the rear and the front of the building, and a decent amount of space inside (make sure you visit the main hall AND the second one which is tucked away at the front of the main hall).

Toilets and cafe on site.  This is well worth a visit if it's being held in conjunction with the local police force's community days (or any of the other local community groups).

Well worth a visit, in costume or not!

Memorial Court, Chesterway, CW9 5QJ.  10:00 am - 4:00 pm.

REVS Biddulph - Saturday 25 April 2026

 REVS Biddulph is an informal group of classic motor enthusiasts (cars, vans, motorbikes, other vehicles) who meet on the last Saturday of the month to talk about cars, Christianity, cakes and cups of tea and coffee.  It's a relaxed meeting of classic car enthusiasts and it's well worth it.

There's no admission fee, and they serve refreshments (donations towards costs welcome but not essential).  Local car enthusiasts gather on the church car park and share what they know, what they've learned and how they look after their vehicles.  

Your kids may not enjoy it, but it's a great change of pace for a Saturday morning, even if you only stay for 30 minutes or so on the way to the shops.

It's held at St Lawrence's Church, Biddulph, which is on the northern side of the town (about 20 minutes from Stoke) and if the weather's good, it'll be well worth a visit.

Last Saturday of the month means 26 April (tomorrow, as I write).  10:00 am until 1:00 pm.

Wilmslow Comic Con 25 April 2026

 Wilmslow Comic Convention -

probably best described as a walking tour or an open-air event (and they will have the weather for it) - a great opportunity to combine a shopping trip to Wilmslow (about an hour's drive from Stoke) with some genuine comic con action.

We attended one in Stockport (same organisers) a couple of years ago, and providing you can get a map of the locations, you'll be sorted.  There's a lot of large-scale models - an X-wing you can sit in - and the Transformers cars (the modern films, not the G1 versions).

Oh, the map.  It's here.

Enjoy, and May The Force Be With You.