
Free drop-in weekly crossword club on Mondays at Storyhouse, with pens provided for all who love crosswords.

Free exhibition of photographs from CPRE's photography competition marking the charity's 100th birthday, part of Storyhouse Futures.

Weekly free storytime session with nursery rhymes held every Monday at Great Boughton Library.

Free author event in which Sophie Oliver, academic and critic, talks from her book on the women of modernism told through their clothes.

Free walking tour led by University of Chester criminologists through Chester's historic Rows to explore the city's history of crime and punishment.

Monthly free drop-in science talk with a Q&A session held on the second Tuesday of every month at The Garret bar.

Author Dzena Andersone, with translator Žanete Vēvere Pasqualini, launches her Baltic Noir thriller 'Ice, Flower, Herbarium' with a signing session at Books on the Walls.

Free drop-in stall with draught-proofing and insulation demonstrations and energy-saving tips from the Cheshire West and Chester Climate Team.

Free Act of Remembrance held in the Chester Cathedral Gardens on Armistice Day.

Weekly Thursday rhyming session for under-fives with singing and instruments at Lache Library, with a parent to stay.

Free talk by Heritage Chester on the masquerades hosted by Susanna Mainwaring in 1820s Chester.

Free Christmas trail through Chester city centre in which visitors vote for the most festive shopfront to win a £50 Chester Gift Card.

Christmas market with around 80 wooden chalets and more than 50 local Cheshire makers, a charity wishing tree and a market bar, on Northgate Street.

Free afternoon of crochet and conversation led by local artist Sean, with materials provided.

Festive opening parade of community groups and local artists in gold and red costumes, with a marching brass band, that lights up the Christmas lights street by street.

Free family party with a disco, face painting, crafts, storytimes and slushies to celebrate the Christmas pantomime 'Rapunzel!' at Storyhouse.

Free talk from Assemble, a series of community gatherings at Chester Cathedral, with speakers Sir Phil Redmond and Steve Parry on the future of city centres.

Free Advent service marking the beginning of the season of Advent, with Bible readings and music from the Cathedral Choir.

Free drop-in crochet session for all skill levels, with library staff providing support and guidance.

Monthly outdoor market with more than 80 independent makers and artisans selling handmade art, craft and food in Exchange Square.

Free medieval evening parade with dragons, ice queens, Jack Frost and a giant Santa and Snowman, held after dark among the Christmas lights.

Regular meeting of the Childless Collective, a community for women who are permanently involuntarily childless, held at Storyhouse.

Christmas Eve Midnight Mass sung by the Cathedral's Nave Choir, free and first come, first served.

Christmas Day Eucharist sung by the Cathedral Choir and presided over by the Bishop of Birkenhead, with seats on a first-come, first-served basis.

Free, judgement-free evening of painting with all materials provided, hosted by a professional artist at Telford's Warehouse.

A weekly family-friendly session featuring board games and colouring activities at Blacon Library.

Weekly Saturday Lego club at Lache Library where participants build with provided pieces, no booking required.

Weekly Thursday children's colouring club at Blacon Library, free, with adult supervision required.

Weekly Wednesday afternoon session at Blacon Library to build Lego creations that will be exhibited in the library, with adult supervision.

Free exhibition of Clare Chinnery's landscape paintings, selected by the Visual Artists Association's OpenSpaces initiative.

Weekly drop-in session for babies aged 0 to 12 months to explore with sensory toys, while new parents meet and chat.

Free exhibition of deliberately bad record sleeves from the collection of Steve Goldman, staged in aid of the stroke charity Different Strokes.