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

Date published: 23 February 2023


Lost In Music – One Night at the Disco, Rail Sale, Visit Fireground Museum, Beauty and the Beast Pantomime, Wedding Fayre, Friday Music Night with Thom Hardaker, Challenge Cup: Rochdale Hornets v London Skolars, Rochdale Ramblers Walks, Friday Night Social Snooker, Karaoke, GIRLZ WORLD, Exhibition: A Tall Order! - lots to do in and around the borough this weekend.


  • Events happening all weekend

Visit Fireground Museum – Fireground, Maclure Road
Open 10am - 4pm, Friday 24 and Saturday 25 February

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

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/71558/

Beauty and the Beast Pantomime – St. Gabriel’s RC Primary School, Friday 24 and Saturday 25 February.

Don't miss the magic of this year's must-see production of Beauty and the Beast.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/71687/

Exhibition: A Tall Order! – Rochdale Art Gallery in the 1980s – Touchstones, Friday 24 and Saturday 25 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/


  • Friday 24 February

3D Printing Technology Showcase – Fire Up Co-working Space, 11am

Manchester Metropolitan University will be demonstrating the technologies and equipment that are accessible for businesses via their fully-funded support programme.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/71756/

Friday Night Social Snooker – Alkrington & Providence United Reformed Church, 7pm

Very gentle and sociable snooker/billiards.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/71847/

Friday Music Night with Thom Hardaker, Professional Accordionist – Rochdale Unitarian Church, 7.30pm

Thom Hardaker – a young man with exceptional talent and a great entertainer!

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/71676/

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

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/search?searchvalue=24-02-2023&searchtype=date


  • Saturday 25 February

Rochdale Ramblers – Saturday Walks – Diggle Delph Dobcross, 10am

Walk distance = 8 miles.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/71619/

Karaoke – The Rochdale Catholic Club, 6pm

Good and Bad singers welcome.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/71798/

Lost In Music – One Night at the Disco – Middleton Arena, 7.30pm

Relive some of the greatest songs of all time from artists such as Donna Summer, Gloria Gaynor, Earth, Wind & Fire, Sister Sledge and Chic.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/71183/

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

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/search?searchvalue=25-02-2023&searchtype=date


  • Sunday 26 February

Rail Sale – Littleborough Coach House, 10.30am

All items priced between £1 and £10.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/71805/

Wedding Fayre – Norton Grange Hotel and Spa, 1pm

You will have the opportunity to view their beautiful suites dressed to impress and meet a selection of fabulous suppliers.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/71737/

Challenge Cup: Rochdale Hornets v London Skolars – Crown Oil Arena, 1pm kick off

Hornets will play London Skolars in the Challenge Cup.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/71830/

GIRLZ WORLD – Heywood Civic Centre, 2pm

A non-stop DIVA extravaganza!

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/71171/

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

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/search?searchvalue=26-02-2023&searchtype=date


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