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

Active Living Social, RW Dance presents Bad, Boujee & Bashment, ULTRA4 EUROPE 2023 British Championship, Ace Lips Events: Comedy Show at the Old Court Room, National Flower Show + Plant Fair, Rochdale AFC v Sutton United, Bank Holiday Sunday Entertainment, Bowlee Car Boot Sale and Market, Visit Firegound Museum, Rochdale Ramblers – Sunday Walks, Exhibitions: Mixed Media and A Tall Order! - lots to do in and around the borough this weekend.

---

• Events happening all weekend

ULTRA4 EUROPE 2023 British Championship – Cowm Quarry, Friday 28 – Sunday 30 April

Mixed heats format with four different U4 racing at different times on a similar off-road course in 700 horsepower vehicles, with 40 inch tyres.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72349/

RW Dance presents Bad, Boujee & Bashment – Middleton Arena, Friday 28 – Sunday 30 April

Bringing back some of them Old Skool bashment tracks with a sprinkle of badness and topped with some sassy Boujee moves.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72022/

Visit Fireground Museum – Fireground, Maclure Road
Open 10am - 4pm, Friday 28 April and Saturday 29 April

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

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72056/

Exhibition: A Tall Order! – Rochdale Art Gallery in the 1980s – Touchstones, Friday 28 and Saturday 29 April, 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/

Gallery Exhibitions: Mixed Media – Littleborough Coach House, Friday 28 and Saturday 29 April, 10am – 3pm

Geoff Butterworth - Mixed Media and Rita Stead - Mixed Media.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/71579/

---

• Friday 28 April

The Active Living Social – Heywood Sports Village, 2.30pm – 4pm

Fun-filled music and dance afternoons taking you through the decades.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72280/

Ace Lips Events: Comedy Show at the Old Court Room – The Old Court Room, 8.30pm

Another fantastic line up sees some of the very best on the circuit here in Rochdale.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/71658/

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

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/search?searchvalue=28-04-2023&searchtype=date

---

• Saturday 29 April

National Flower Show and Plant Fair – The Ashcroft, 11am – 3.30pm

Huge alpine flower show featuring: plant sales, specialist nurseries, over 140 classes, plus much more.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/71820/

Rochdale AFC v Sutton United – Crown Oil Arena, 3pm kick off

Sky Bet League Two Match. Last home game of the season.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/70381/

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

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/search?searchvalue=29-04-2023&searchtype=date

---

• Sunday 30 April

Rochdale Ramblers – Sunday Walks – A Crimbley Walk from Castleton, 10am

Moderate walk, distance = 9 miles.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72138/

Bank Holiday Sunday Entertainment – The Rochdale Catholic Club, 2pm

Danny King will be live on stage from 2pm followed by The Soul King Babalola at 5pm.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72359/

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

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/search?searchvalue=30-04-2023&searchtype=date

---

• Monday 1 May

Bowlee Car Boot Sale and Market – Bowlee Community Park, 7am

One of the biggest car boot sales and markets in Greater Manchester.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72104/

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

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/search?searchvalue=01-05-2023&searchtype=date

---

Submit an Event

You can advertise an event for free on Rochdale Online, just submit the details to us via our website:

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/submit

Search our Events section

Search through all the events being held across the Rochdale borough (Rochdale, Littleborough, Middleton & Heywood) on our local event listings: www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/