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

Rochdale Hornets v Dewsbury Rams, Rock Choir Live, Movie Night at The Ashcroft, Friday Night Social Snooker, Stone Cold Murder, Heywood AODS Presents Sister Act The Musical, Boutique Baby Sale Heywood, Visit Fireground Museum, Keith Piper and Pete Clark: Depicting History Today, Saturday Night Line Dancing, The Mersey Beatles, Race Night, Rochdale Ramblers – Saturday Walks, Exhibition: A Tall Order! - lots to do in and around the borough this weekend.

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• Events happening all weekend

Heywood AODS Presents Sister Act The Musical – Heywood Civic Centre, Friday 24 and Saturday 25 March

‘Sister Act’ tells the hilarious story of Deloris, whose life takes a surprising turn when she witnesses a murder.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/71492/

Stone Cold Murder - The Curtain Theatre, Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 March

Newlyweds Robert and Olivia Chappell have bought a small hotel in the English Lake District. Thriller by James Cawood.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/71819/

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

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

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/71562/

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

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

Very gentle and sociable snooker/billiards.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/71854/

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

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/search?searchvalue=24-03-2023&searchtype=date

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• Saturday 25 March

Rochdale Ramblers – Saturday Walks – Mad as a March Hare, 10am

Walk distance = 9 miles.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/71876/

Boutique Baby Sale Heywood – Heywood Sports Village, 2pm

Come along and find thousands of pre-loved and new baby and children's items.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/71907/

Keith Piper and Pete Clark: Depicting History Today – Touchstones Gallery Rochdale, 2pm

Part of the events programme for current exhibition ‘A Tall Order!’.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/71694/

Saturday Night Line Dancing – Back of the Moss Community Centre, 6pm

Come and join us for an evening of line dancing, good music, laughs and meeting new people.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/71899/

The Mersey Beatles – Middleton Arena, 7.30pm

Tribute to The Beatles.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/71486/

Race Night – The Rochdale Catholic Club, 8.15pm

First race off at 8:15pm.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/71801/

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

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/search?searchvalue=25-03-2023&searchtype=date&Page=1

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• Sunday 26 March

Rochdale Hornets v Dewsbury Rams – Crown Oil Arena, 1pm kick off

Betfred League 1 match.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/71832/

Movie Night at The Ashcroft – The Ashcroft, 1pm

Matilda the Musical.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72086/

Rock Choir Live – Middleton Arena, 2.30pm & 6.30pm

A range of Rock & Pop songs specially arranged for the incredible harmonies produced by Rock Choir.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/71829/

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

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/search?searchvalue=26-03-2023&searchtype=date

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