A popular ceramics festival, Stoke on Clay, will return in September with more events and exhibitors than ever before.

The independent, voluntary-run festival runs from 7 September until 19 October at venues in Stoke, Burslem and Newcastle-under-Lyme, including landmark new venues.

There will also be six factory tours on offer during the six-week event and 68 exhibitors at the five venues:

• Spode Museum
• Stoke Minster
• Brampton Museum
• Barewall Gallery
• Lost and Found Projects

Exhibitors have been hand-picked by the organisers following an application process, and include ceramicists from Stoke-on-Trent, the rest of the UK, Europe, and the USA.