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

Rochdale Gramophone Society, Fleetwood Mac Legacy, Sarah Edge and Lesley Sanderson: Along the Lines of Resistance, Rochdale Ramblers – Saturday and Sunday Walks, Fireground Museum Open Day, Ladies’ Day, Circus Spectacular, Ellenroad Engine House Open Day, Fundraiser For Lola, Tropical Fish Auction, Walk in Memory of Leyla Mae Bell, Women’s Monthly Wellbeing Session, Queen’s Park Junior Parkrun, Exhibitions: A Tall Order! and Paintings & Drawings and Oils - 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 3 and Saturday 4 February

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

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/71555/

Ladies’ Day – The Curtain Theatre

An exuberant comedy about four likely lasses from the Hull fish docks on a day trip to the races.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/71410/

Gallery Exhibitions: Paintings & Drawings and Oils - Littleborough Coach House, Friday 3 and Saturday 4 February, 10am – 3pm

Heywood Artists - Paintings & Drawings. Steve Buckley - Oils.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/71577/

Exhibition: A Tall Order! – Rochdale Art Gallery in the 1980s – Touchstones, Friday 3 and Saturday 4 February, 10am – 5pm

A Tall Order! is an invigorating look at the artwork made and exhibited at Rochdale Art Gallery during the 1980s by a generation of artists, many of whom were women, young, working class and Black.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/71479/

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• Friday 3 February

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

Today's title is presented by Roy Smithson.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/71256/

Fleetwood Mac Legacy – Middleton Arena, 7.30pm

A brand new spellbinding show featuring the music from the legendary multiple Grammy Award Winning Fleetwood Mac.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/71176/

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

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/search?searchvalue=03-02-2023&searchtype=date

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• Saturday 4 February

Rochdale Ramblers – Saturday Walks – Beyond Catley Lane Head, 1pm

Walk distance = 5 miles.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/71612/

Sarah Edge and Lesley Sanderson: Along the Lines of Resistance – Touchstones Gallery, 2pm

Sarah Edge and Lesley Sanderson will discuss their participation in the feminist exhibition Along the Lines of Resistance (1988-9).

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/71693/

Circus Spectacular – Middleton Arena, 3pm

International circus acts, amazing magic & lots of laughs come together for Circus Spectacular!

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/71177/

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

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/search?searchvalue=04-02-2023&searchtype=date

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• Sunday 5 February

Queen’s Park Junior Parkrun – Queens Park, 9am

2k run for juniors only (4-14 year olds).

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/71596/

Rochdale Ramblers – Sunday Walks – Hurstwood and Cant Clough Reservoirs, 10am

Moderate circular walk, distance = 8.5 miles.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/71613/

Ellenroad Engine House Open Day – Ellenroad Engine House, Steam Museum, 11am

Join us for our monthly open day!

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/71421/

Fundraiser For Lola – St Mary’s Parish Centre, 12pm

Raising vital funds for PAPYRUS who carry out lifesaving work to support young people.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/71724/

Tropical Fish Auction – Littleborough Conservative Club, 12.15pm

Greater Manchester Cichlid Society open fish auction, dry goods & equipment.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/71480/

Walk in Memory of Leyla Mae Bell – Meet at Heywood Sports Village, 12.50pm

Walk in memory of Leyla Mae Bell, the warrior princess who on the 14th January sadly lost her 16 month long fight with a cruel heart disease.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/71706/

Women’s Monthly Wellbeing Session – BACP, 2pm

Every first Sunday of the month.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/71726/

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

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/search?searchvalue=05-02-2023&searchtype=date

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