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

Rochdale Artisan Market, SHOUT! Motown & 60's Dance Party - A New Era, Heywood Model Railway Group Open Day, Sunflowers and Sheds, Wardle Scarecrow Festival, Film Screening for Black History Month, Violet Flamingo Sample Sale, Dying to Talk, Celebrity Organ Concert, Rochdale Gramophone Society, Poetry in the park, Spiritual Health & Wellness Event, Family Funday, Festival of African Arts, Fireground Museum Open Day, Rochdale Ramblers – Saturday Walks, Exhibition: Rochdale artists - Mixed Media - 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 7 and Saturday 8 October

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

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/70523/

Gallery Exhibition: Rochdale Artists - Mixed Media – Littleborough Coach House, Friday 7 and Saturday 8 October, 10am – 3pm & Sunday 9 October, 11.30am – 2.30pm

This exhibition consists of Rochdale Artists - Mixed Media.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/69951/

Wardle Scarecrow Festival 2022 – Friday 7 - Sunday 9 October

Grab a map and head out into the village on your scarecrow trail.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/70565/

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Friday 7 October

Poetry in the Park – Hare Hill House, 10am

6 poetry workshops held at Hare Hill House, Littleborough.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/70119/

Rochdale Gramophone Society – St George’s Church Hall, 2pm

Presented by Roy Smithson.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/70510/

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

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/search?searchvalue=07-10-2022&searchtype=date

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Saturday 8 October

Rochdale Artisan Market – Riverside Retail & Leisure Complex, 10am

Rochdale Artisan Market returns again to Rochdale Riverside this weekend.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/70424/

Violet Flamingo Sample Sale – Ebor Studios, 10am

Biggest Violet Flamingo Sample Sale ever. Sizes 8 to 24.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/70666/

Rochdale Ramblers – Saturday Walks – Park Bridge Circular, 10am

Walk distance = 9 miles.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/70629/

Heywood Model Railway Group Open Day – Unit 4 Park Works, Heywood 10am - 4pm

Monthly open day.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/70310/

Film Screening for Black History Month – Rochdale Pioneers Museum, 1pm

A film chosen by vote and an opportunity to look at objects from their collection which relate to black history and British Colonialism.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/70625/

Sunflowers and Sheds – M6 Theatre Company, 1.30pm

An original show that features a gentle mix of music, puppetry and storytelling and will transport audiences to a lovingly created life-size allotment.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/70493/

Dying to Talk – St Aidan’s Church Hall, 2pm

Today's session is Tackling Grief And Bereavement led by Sally Ann Clouston from Springhill Hospice.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/70222/

Celebrity Organ Concert – St Chad’s, Rochdale Parish Church, 3pm

ORTOA presents a concert by Chester Cathedral Organist Philip Rushforth.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/70724/

SHOUT! Motown & 60s Dance Party – A New Era – Smalley Hall, 7pm

DJ's Dave Sweetmore (Sixties Classics) and Nick Robinson (Motown Floorfillers).

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/70208/

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

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/search?searchvalue=08-10-2022&searchtype=date&Page=1

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Sunday 9 October

Spiritual Health & Wellness Event – Middleton Masonic Hall, 10.30am

Talks and demonstrations will take place throughout the day.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/70319/

Family Funday – Castlemere Community Centre, 1pm

Raising money in the memory of Ramzan Masood.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/70567/

Festival of African Arts – Middleton Arena, 2pm

Festival of African arts, culture, dance and awards.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/70638/

Fused Glass Workshop – Glassy Birds Studio, 2pm

Design and make a fused glass platter.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/70707/

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

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/search?searchvalue=09-10-2022&searchtype=date

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