STROUD is set to be buzzing over Valentine’s weekend and to help readers decide what to do the SNJ has put together a list of ideas.

  • Why not check out an 80s Valentine’s disco with Fred's Bar at Unit2 in Salmon Springs on Saturday?

Get your photo under the balloon arch and vote for your prom king and queen. Shoulder pads, perms, tuxedos, frills and big hair strongly encouraged but not compulsory.

Situation Sounds DJs Mr. Mulatto and Ben Vacara, and Stroud Calling's Will Mendoza will be bringing you the best of 80s boogie, dance, electro and new wave.

Go to http://on.fb.me/1TgfJbk for more details.

  • If you’re a community culture vulture head to Lansdown Hall and Gallery to watch Crimes of the Heart produced by the RATSociety.

Directed by Susan Lynch, the drama which is ‘not to be missed’ is running each night this weekend. Find out more at on.fb.me/1XnJwy4

  • Is a four-course dinner made with surplus food up your street?

The Socialight cafe in Stroud High Street will be transformed into a romantic Best Before Bistro on Sunday serving up meals to the community on a pay-as-you-feel basis.

Booking is essential http://on.fb.me/20styTr

  • Or if you’d rather have a romantic day at home domestic goddess from Stonehouse Sharmila Dharmalingham has put together a recipe for a raw vegan rose mousse dessert in time for Valentine’s.

Watch her video here bit.ly/23Svida

  • Perhaps you are all out of love and would rather indulge in a night devoted entirely to heartbreak.

Miserable Malcolm will be hosting an open mic for you to share your poems and true stories of unrequited agonies and romantic disaster. 

Click https://www.facebook.com/events/653313711475642/ for information on the event which takes place tonight.

  • How about something more unusual - a clay date? Pottery teacher Charlie Clarke and founder of Little Earthquake Pots in Nailsworth is offering wheel throwing classes for two.

These £35 fun, intimate sessions last for an hour and a half and can be arranged to fit around your romantic dinner plans.

E-mail littleearthquakepots@gmail.com or call Charlie on 07500162434 and find out more and book.

  • Something which sounds very alluring is the raw chocolate love den on Saturday in the High Street.

Juiciful Catering is hosting a pop-up cafe chocolatey goodies - organic gourmet food made with only nuts, fruits and seeds.

See on.fb.me/1PHwNkF for details.