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

Jolly Josh Afternoon Tea, live music – Just My Imagination – The Ultimate Temptations Revue, Fireground Museum open day and Meet The Artist and the Fireground Museum, Heywood Station Car Boot Sale, Rochdale Ramblers – Saturday walks, art & creativity group, Messy Church, Ghost Hunting at Lodge Mill, Rochdale Hornets v North Wales Crusaders, Safe Fasting Advice for Ramadan, Rochdale AFC Community Trust culture explorer event, mosaic making, The 39 Steps Adapted by Patrick Barlow, and exhibitions at Touchstones - lots to do in and around the borough this weekend.

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• Events happening all weekend

Fireground Museum Open Day – Fireground, Maclure Road
Open 10am - 4pm, Friday 25 and Saturday 26 March

Fire Museum attractions are on show including historic and recent day artifacts.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/68679/

The 39 Steps Adapted by Patrick Barlow – The Curtain Theatre, 7.30pm on
Saturday 26 March and Sunday 27 March

Patrick Barlow’s adaptation of a juicy spy novel.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/68298/

Gallery Exhibition: Paintings & Drawings and Mixed Media – Littleborough Coach House, Friday 25 and Saturday 26 March, 10am – 3pm & Sunday 27 March, 11.30am – 2.30pm

The exhibition consists of Heywood artists and Littleborough painters.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/68618/

Exhibition: Maud Sulter – The Centre of the Frame – Touchstones Rochdale, Friday 25 - Sunday 27 March, Friday and Saturday open 10am - 5pm, Sunday open 10am -4pm

Photographs of contemporary Black women artists, writers, performers and activists, dressed as the nine Greek Muses.

https://www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/68493/

Exhibition: The Football Art Prize – Touchstones Rochdale, Friday 25 - Sunday 27 March, Friday and Saturday open 10am - 5pm, Sunday open 10am -4pm

To coincide with the 2022 World Cup year, Touchstones have created The Football Art Prize to celebrate art and football.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/68261/

Exhibition: Whose Voice? – Touchstones Rochdale, Friday 25 - Sunday 27 March, Friday and Saturday open 10am - 5pm, Sunday open 10am -4pm

Whose Voice? will explore the role that museums, art galleries and civic spaces play in contemporary society.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/69009/

Covid-19 Vaccine Clinics

There are a number of drop-in vaccination clinics running at various locations across the borough. No appointment is needed for any of the clinics, but people that are booked in elsewhere should stick to their existing appointments.

Full list of local vaccine clinics…

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• Friday 25 March

Art & Creativity Group – The Mind Wellbeing Centre, 10.30am – 12.30pm

Free creative art session to aid mental health.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/68781/

Just My Imagination – The Ultimate Temptations Revue – Middleton Arena, 7.30pm

The original line-up of The Temptations is brought to life – featuring all of the Motown legends’ greatest hits live on stage.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/67709/

For a full list of Friday’s events see the Rochdale Online Events Diary:

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/search?searchvalue=25-03-2022&searchtype=date

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• Saturday 26 March

Mosaic Making – Rochdale Pioneers Museum, 1pm – 4pm

Creative ceramics representing the natural world (Laura Barnes Art)

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/68459/

Jolly Josh Afternoon Tea – The Woodlands Cafe, 2pm – 4.30pm

Mothers Day afternoon tea fundraising for Jolly Josh.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/68910/

Rochdale Ramblers - Saturday Walks – Anglezarke Reservoir car park, 10am

An 8.5 mile circular walk taking in White Coppice and Great Hill.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/68841/

Messy Church – Moorhouse Methodist Church, 4pm

Craft, songs, talk and food for children up to school Year 7.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/68811/

Meet the Artist at Fireground Museum – Fireground, Maclure Road, 10am - 4pm

Chance to ‘Meet the Artist’ Ella Bean, the newly appointed artist of the Fireground Museum.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/69008/

Rochdale AFC Community Trust’s Culture Explorer event – Rochdale AFC Community Hub, 4pm – 7pm

Rochdale AFC are holding a family friendly activity to explore countries and cultures.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/69029/

Ghost Hunting at Lodge Mill – Lodge Mill Middleton, 8pm (Saturday 26 March) – 2am (Sunday 27 March)

Join a professional ghost hunting team for a ghost hunting experience.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/68865/

For a full list of Saturday’s events see the Rochdale Online Events Diary:

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/search?searchvalue=26-03-2022&searchtype=date&Page=1

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• Sunday 27 March

Heywood Station Car Boot Sale Sundays – Heywood Station, 8.30am

Car boot Sundays are back at Heywood Station.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/48159/

Rochdale Hornets v North Wales Crusaders – Crown Oil Arena, 3pm kick off

Betfred League 1 game.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/68155/

Safe Fasting Advice for Ramadan – Madina Masjid Mosque, 2.15pm – 3.30pm

Three doctors who are experts in their fields are coming to Madina Masjid Mosque to give a talk about safe fasting in Ramadan.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/69051/

For a full list of Sunday’s events see the Rochdale Online Events Diary:

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/search?searchvalue=27-03-2022&searchtype=date&Page=1

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