Our guide to what you can do in and around the Borough this weekend

Date published: 17 June 2016


Saturday

Heywood 1940s Day
10am - 5pm

Armed Forces Parade (leaving The Heywood at 1pm)
Spitfire Flyover at 3.25pm
Singers, Musicians & Dancers
Encampment (on Hill Street)
Armoured Vehicles (Tanks, Jeeps & Trucks)
Planes - Spitfire, Hurricane and Messerschmitts
Battle of the Somme Activity
Naafi (at St Luke's Church 12.00pm - 5.00pm)
Vintage Carousel, Minature Trains & Charity Stalls
1940's Entertainment (in front of St Luke's)
www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/41331/events-in-rochdale/annual-heywood-1940s-day-incorporates-events-in-remembrance-of-the-battle-of-the-somme

Norden Carnival
1.00pm - 4.00pm

The Carnival raises money for charity and good causes in Norden and Rochdale.
The procession leaves Caldershaw School at 1pm and goes up Edenfield Road through the village to the Bus Terminus and then returns turning down Shawfield Lane to finish at Norden School.
At the school, there's aways a selection of food and refreshments, fairground attractions, bouncy castles, craft stalls and other entertainment and activities until 4.30pm.
http://www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/40350/events-in-rochdale/norden-carnival

Family Fun Day & Vintage Tea Rooms at Hare Hill Park
12.00pm - 5.00pm

A fun day to raise money for CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably) a registered charity which exists to prevent male suicides in the UK.
Stalls, Tombola, Entertainment, Crafts, Decorate a Biscuit, Rides, Oakenhoof Cloggers & The Black Nan Band and Turner's Dancers.
www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/41330/events-in-rochdale/family-fun-day-and-vintage-tea-rooms

Summer Fair and Art Exhibition at St Ann's Church, Belfield
1.00pm - 4.00pm

Art Exhibition and Paintings and Photography Art Workshop.Lots of stalls including Creative Sewing, Body Shop, Toys, Cakes, Raffle, Plants and Books. Afternoon Tea from 2pm 
www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/42356/events-in-rochdale/summer-fair-and-art-exhibition


Saturday & Sunday 

Dale-Con 4
Rochdale Town Hall

Comics & Traders, Movie Props, Sci-fi Actors, Cosplay & More…
Melody Anderson * Sam J.Jones * Peter Duncan * John Altman * Alan Flying * Brian Wheeler * Andrew Lawden * Stephen Calcutt * Martin Ballantyne * Amanda Noar * Matthew Dale * Femi Taylor * Simon Fisher-Becker * Peter Roy.
Plus: Jedi Fight Academy, Photo Opportunities with Ghostbusters Containment Unit, David Hasslehoff’s chosen Kitt Car in the UK, Lightning McQueen, Jurassic Adventures & Rex, 35Ft Stay Puft Man and much more…
www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/39623/events-in-rochdale/dalecon-4

 

Sunday

Sunday Market & Car Boot Sale
6.00am - 1.00pm
Runs over three levels in the multi-storey car park of Middleton Shopping Centre. Just turn up – pay on the day. Free parking available on-site and off-site.
www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/42468/events-in-rochdale/sunday-market-and-car-boot-sale

Thornham Cricket Club Family Fun/Open Day
12.00pm - 2.30pm

Family fun day with kwik cricket for children, tombola, games, stalls, bar, BBQ, etc.
www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/41989/events-in-rochdale/thornham-cricket-club-family-fun--open-day

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