Museum of the Market – Nov 2024 onwards

Come and say hello at the Museum of the Market

Leek Butter Market - every Wed, Fri, Sat 8.30am-4pm

People Talking Inside An Indoor Market Stall

OUTSIDE has opened a stall, the Museum of the Market, in the newly refurbished Leek Butter Market. The stall is a hub to take part in fun craft activities, tell stories about the market, and learn about OUTSIDE projects and events.

Our market stall is also officially registered as a Warm Welcome Space. Pop by for a chat and a hot drink.

We’ll also be hosting a series of pop-ups at the stall over the coming months.

Leek Butter Market is open every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, 8.30am – 4pm.

Come and say hello, or view the wonderful ‘Museum of the Market’ created using oral histories from the market and designed by Kirsty Barlow!

If you can’t make it to the market, you can listen to the oral histories HERE.


This week at the market:

Wednesday 24th December: Waste Savvy Staffs

Do you support a local group? Are you an artist who could demonstrate or sell your work? Would you like to spread news of a local service or opportunity? Get in touch by emailing volunteer@outsidearts.org to book your pop-up at the OUTSIDE market stall.

Previous pop-ups at the market stall have included:

11th, 13th & 14th December 2024: Women, Girls in Football in collaboration with Leek Town Football Club

18th, 20th & 21st December 2024: Greenwood Bat Group

4th January & 8th March 2025: Strong Sisterhood

8th January & 7th February 2025: Leek Library

10th January 2025: Nature In Your Neighbourhood

15th January, 5th February, 5th March, 26th April 2025, 7th May, 21st, 24th & 28th May 2025: Leek Loves Books

17th & 18th January 2025: Waymaking

25th January 2025: OUTSIDE Advisory Group

29th, 31st January, 1st February & 11th May 2025: The Leek Polish Connection

12th February 2025: Creative Core

14th February & 20th December 2025: Local Author David Cliffe

15th February & 27th June 2025: Local Artist Clare Ash

19th February, 12th March & 6th June 2025: Support Staffordshire Volunteering

21st February 2025: Official Opening of Leek Butter & Trestle Market

22nd February & 6th June 2025: Buxton & Leek College

15th March 2025: Sew Your Place

19th March & 10th December 2025: Social Prescribers

21st March 2025: Lifeworks

22nd March 2025: Cat McGill

26th March & 24th September 2025: Healthwatch

28th March 2025: Staffordshire Moorlands Walking Festival

29th March 2025: Perhaps Contraption & Hearns Sebuado

2nd April 2025: Shambala

4th April, 13th June, 8th August & 24th October 2025: Staffordshire Wildlife Trust

5th April 2025: Leek Repair Café

9th April 2025: Leek & District Foodbank

11th & 16th April 2025: Leek Neighbourhood Plan

12th April 2025: Local Sisters/Artists; Becka Higham Illustrations & Serenity Emily’s

18th April 2025: 5th Leek Scouts & 5th Leek Scouts & Guide Band

19th April & 28th May 2025: Marc Makes Comics

23rd April 2025: Earth Stories Film Festival

25th April, 30th May, 21st & 27th June 2025: Pride in the Moorlands

9th May 2025: Growing Rural Enterprise

10th May 2025: VE Day Celebrations

16th May 2025: Friends Of The Nicholson

17th May, 4th July & 23rd July 2025: Clumsy Goose Arts

31st May 2025: Staffordshire Moorlands Culture Strategy

4th June, 2nd July, 6th August, 3rd September, 1st October, 5th & 19th November & 19th December 2025: Waste Savvy Staffs

11th June 2025: Westwood Pre-School

14th June & 5th July 2025: The Festival of Brilliant

20th June, 9th August, 6th September & 4th October 2025: Local Artist Justin Twigg

28th June & 12th July 2025: Historian Martha Callaghan

9th & 30th July 2025: Local Artist Nelly Ferrari

11th July, 16th August, 21st & 26th November 2025: Advent Celebrations

16th July 2025: Staffordshire Moorlands District Council

18th & 19th July 2025: Roy Molson

25th July 2025: BATS!

26th July 2025: The Nicholson War Memorial Centenary

1st August 2025: Local Artist Sarah Myatt

2nd August, 18th October & 1st November 2025: Day of the Dead in Leek

13th August 2025: Once Upon A Flag – Flash Village Hall

15th August & 3rd December 2025: Leek Historical Society

20th August 2025: Local Artist Gavin Bowyer

22nd August 2025: Leek Yarn Bombers

23rd August 2025: Leek Dance Festival

27th August 2025: Kelly Barlow – Crochet Hearts Workshop

30th August 2025: Amy Ford – Mum’s The Word

10th September & 8th October 2025: U3A

12th September 2025: Ball Haye Green Football Club

13th September 2025: Cheadle Arts Festival

26th September 2025: Home Start

27th September 2025: Louie Young – Pugin After Dark

10th & 22nd October 2025: Friends Of The Nicholson

11th October 2025: Literacy For Life

15th October 2025: The Clay Collective

17th October 2025: Mapping Myths – Ruby Nixon

25th October 2025: Arty Duck Studio

29th October 2025: Queer Quest!

7th November 2025: Local Artist Justin Twigg

8th & 29th November & 13th December 2025: Borderland Voices

21st November 2025: Claire Hart

22nd November 2025: Staffordshire Moorlands Girl Guides

28th November 2025: Leek Morris

5th December 2025: Leek Theatre Company

5th December 2025: Leek Arts Festival

6th December 2025: Local Artist Ruth Breen

12th December 2025: Many Strands Textile Group