Editing Alsager (section)

==Culture==
The town is home to Alsager Community Theatre (ACT),<ref>[http://www.alsagercommunitytheatre.org.uk/ Alsager Community Theatre.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110406044254/http://www.alsagercommunitytheatre.org.uk/ |date=6 April 2011 }} Retrieval Date: 20 April 2011.</ref> an amateur drama group founded in 1973. ACT puts on its productions at Alsager Civic Centre and at nearby [[Little Moreton Hall]].

Alsager Arts Centre, formerly housed on [[Manchester Metropolitan University]]'s Alsager campus, had a public programme of touring new performances and visual art work presented in two seasons (September–November and January–March). The centre moved to the university's [[Crewe]] campus when the Alsager campus closed<ref>[http://www.alsagerartscentre.org.uk/ Alsager Arts Centre website.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121061828/http://www.alsagerartscentre.org.uk/ |date=21 November 2008 }} Retrieval Date: 10 August 2007.</ref> under the title of the Axis Arts Centre but it was closed in spring 2019 because of the planned withdrawal of the university from Crewe.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Neil Mackenzie |date=Spring 2019 |title=Spring Season 2019 – Welcome and goodbye! |url=http://www.axisartscentre.org.uk/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190509180544/http://www.axisartscentre.org.uk/ |archive-date=9 May 2019 |access-date=9 May 2019 |publisher=Axis Arts Centre}}</ref> The Arts Centre hosted performance companies such as [[Forced Entertainment]] and artists such as [[Bobby Baker (artist)|Bobby Baker]].{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}

Alsager hosts the annual Alsager Music Festival which takes place in Milton Gardens.<ref>[http://alsagermusicfestival.co.uk/ Alsager Music Festival website.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130716190221/http://alsagermusicfestival.co.uk/ |date=16 July 2013 }} Retrieval Date: 10 May 2013.</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Town's annual music festival|date=19 July 2024|newspaper=[[Congleton Chronicle]]|page=17}}</ref> In August 2010, Alsager hosted the first annual Alsager Arts Festival.<ref>[http://www.alsagerfestival.com/ Alsager Festival website.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100824055245/http://www.alsagerfestival.com/ |date=24 August 2010 }} Retrieval Date: 3 June 2010.</ref>