Bingo Bonanza @ The Library

Bingo Bonanza comes to The Library at Aynsley Mill on Saturday 14 November, a party night built around the game. It's not your usual quiet afternoon of dabbing cards; the organisers describe it as a night of big prizes, drag performances, a live MC, drinks, music and plenty of madness.

The bingo is the core of it, but the drag performances and the live MC are what pull it away from a standard game. The MC keeps things moving between the numbers, and the drag acts bring the performance side to the front, so the bingo is as much a backdrop as it is the main event. There are big prizes on the line, and the music runs through the whole thing, making it a proper night out rather than just a few rounds of calling numbers.

It's held at The Library, which is a venue within Aynsley Mill on Sutherland Road in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent ST3 1HZ. If you've been to the mill before, you know the spot; if not, it's right there in Longton. The whole thing kicks off at 15:00, so it's an afternoon and evening affair rather than a late-night one, which works if you want to get in early and stay for the full run of it.

Tickets are £10, and with the drag, the MC and the prizes all in one, it's a fair shout for a Saturday afternoon in Longton. It starts at 15:00 on Saturday 14 November at The Library, Aynsley Mill.