14 things to do in the Chester area this weekend

1. Chester Arts Fair

Deepbridge Chester Arts Fair 2015 returning for its fourth successive year to Chester Racecourse on Saturday and Sunday. This year, in addition to showcasing artwork by leading galleries and established artists from the UK and abroad, the fair will also present a New Artist area designed to showcase work from a hand-picked selection of up and coming artists. Working closely with galleries and artists exhibiting at the fair, it will be hosting a full programme of talks and live art demonstrations from open to close. Galleries and artists taking part include Mona Youssef, 2020, Fine Art Escape, Peter Aitchison Photography, Arcan Art and Mary Saifelden. For more information visit www.chesterartsfair.co.uk.

2. Hospice fair

Hospice of the Good Shepherd Broughton and Bretton Support Group Christmas Fair from 11am to 1pm on Saturday at the Broughton Institute, Main Road. Cake stall, bric-a-brac, books, raffle, tombola etc. Coffee/tea, mince pies available.

3. Chester Music Society

Chester Music Society Choir presents Flood, Fire and Faith at Chester Cathedral at 7.30pm on Saturday featuring Liverpool Sinfonia, conducted by Graham Jordan Ellis, Philip Sheffield (tenor), Robert Rice (baritone), choristers of Chester Cathedral, directed by Philip Rushforth and the Chester Music Society Youth Choir performing works by Britten and Phillip Cooke. Tickets £20, £14, £7. Call 01244 500959 or visit www.chestermusicsociety.org.uk.

4. A Midsummer Night's Dream

Chester Theatre Club present A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare at the Little Theatre in Gloucester Street at 7.30pm on Saturday. The play, directed for Chester Theatre Club by Jane Barth, portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and Hippolyta. These include the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group of six amateur actors (the mechanicals), who are controlled and manipulated by the fairies who inhabit the forest in which most of the play is set. Visit www.chestertheatreclub.co.uk or call 0333 666 3366.

5. Ceilidh

The newly-refurbished Hoole Community Centre in Westminster Road will be the venue for a fun-filled ceilidh at 8pm on Saturday featuring The Time Bandits. Experienced dancers and beginners alike will be helped on their way by caller Dave Ball. Tickets are available on the door or can be purchased in advance by contacting the organisers through the folk festival website www.chesterfolk.org.uk. They cost £9 which includes a meat or veggie hotpot supper. The ceilidh is run under the auspices of the organisers of the Chester Folk Festival and all proceeds will go towards the 2016 festival.

6. Christmas fair

Little Sutton Methodist Church Christmas fair from 10.30am–12.30pm on Saturday. Various stalls, games and raffle, refreshments. Admission by lucky programme 50p. Children free.

7. My People

My People by Caradoc Evans in the Emlyn Williams Theatre at Theatr Clwyd in Mold at 2.45pm and 7.45pm on Saturday. The searing stories of My People – darkly comic, poignant, with flashes of savagery – exposes the hypocrisy and avarice nestling side-by-side in a Nonconformist community in the rural West Wales of the early 1900s. Its publication caused a literary sensation, Evans was branded a national traitor. His books were burned in Wales, but in London he was compared with Zola, Gorky, and Joyce. This radical reimagining makes us question whether the events depicted in these remarkable stories are consigned to the past, or can we discern uncomfortable parallels in our modern life? Call 01352 701521 or visit www.clwyd-theatr-cymru.co.uk.

8. Prehistoric Landscape

The Weaver Hall Museum and Workhouse will reveal A Prehistoric Landscape: Archaeology of the Mid-Cheshire Ridge from November 21-February 7.

9. Twelfth Day

Twelfth Day in concert in the Clwyd Room at Theatr Clwyd in Mold at 8pm on Saturday. In live performance Twelfth Day describe themselves as a two-person quartet – using harp, fiddle and both voices to conjure a broad array of sounds, textures, rhythms and polyphony. Exploring and pushing the limits of what a duo can achieve is at the heart of everything they do. Tickets £10, concessions £8. Call 01352 701521 or visit www.clwyd-theatr-cymru.co.uk.

10. Comedy Live!

Comedy Live! featuring Bill Woolland and Cokey Falkow at Alexander’s, Rufus Court in Chester on Saturday. Call 01244 340005 or visit www.alexanderslive.com.

11. Chester v Woking

Chester FC v Woking in the Vanarama National League at the Lookers Vauxhall Stadium. Kick-off 3pm on Saturday. Seated: Adults £18, concessions £12, under 21s £10, 16-17-year-olds £5, 5-15 £3, under fives free. Standing: Adults £15, concessions £10, under 21 £10, 16-17-year-olds £5, 5-15 £3, under fives free. Car parking £2. Visit www.chesterfc.com for details.

12. Doro in concert

Doro, formerly of the German heavy metal band Warlock, in concert at The Tivoli, Brunswick Road in Buckley on Saturday. Tickets £22.50. Call 01244 546201 or visit www.tivolivenue.com.

13. The Levons in concert

The Levons and Jimmy & The Revolvers in concert at Telford’s Warehouse in Chester on Saturday. Free before 9pm, £4 thereafter. Call 01244 390090 or visit www.telfordswarehouse.com for details.

14. Cheshire Artists Network

Cheshire Artists Network Art Fair at Stanley Palace in Chester from 10am-5pm. A wide variety of art direct from professional local artists at affordable prices. Admission free.