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

Grease The Musical, Alkrington Village Craft Market, Ellenroad Engine House Open Day, King Charles III’s Coronation Celebrations, Rochdale Hornets v North Wales Crusaders, Friends of Hare Hill Park Band Concert – Whitworth Vale & Healey Band, MayFest, Active Living Social, Bowlee Car Boot Sale and Market, Visit Firegound Museum, Rochdale Ramblers – Saturday Walks, Exhibitions: Prints & Acrylics and Phenix Textiles and A Tall Order! - lots to do in and around the borough this bank holiday weekend.

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• Events happening all weekend

Visit Fireground Museum – Fireground, Maclure Road
Open 10am - 4pm, Friday 5 May

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

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72057/

Exhibition: A Tall Order! – Rochdale Art Gallery in the 1980s – Touchstones, Friday 5 and Saturday 6 May, 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: Prints & Acrylics and Phenix Textiles – Littleborough Coach House, Saturday 6 May, 10am – 3pm

Buli Corby - Prints & Acrylics and Phenix Textiles.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72267/

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• Friday 5 May

The Active Living Social – Middleton Arena, 2pm – 4pm

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

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72284/

Grease The Musical – Champness Hall, 7.30pm

Join Rochdale Musical Theatre Company for an unforgettable night at the theatre as they bring Grease to the iconic Champness Hall.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/71610/

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

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

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• Saturday 6 May

Rochdale Ramblers – Saturday Walks – Three Reservoirs and Two Quarries, 10am

Walk distance = 7 miles.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72299/

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

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/search?searchvalue=06-05-2023&searchtype=date

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• Sunday 7 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/72105/

Alkrington Village Craft Market – Alkrington Community Centre, 11am

Over 30 stalls we have a fantastic range of brilliant crafters selling their handmade and unique crafts not available on the high street.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/71438/

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

Monthly open day.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/71968/

King Charles III’s Coronation Celebrations – The Ashcroft, 12pm

The live music line-up will include Pub Lunch, The Jackson Kay Band, Harriet Williams and Lareena Mitchell.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72324/

Rochdale Hornets v North Wales Crusaders – Crown Oil Arena, 1pm kick off

Betfred League 1 match.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/71834/

Friends of Hare Hill Park Band Concert – Whitworth Vale & Healey Band – Hare Hill Park, 3pm – 5pm

Coronation Picnic.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72273/

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

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/search?searchvalue=07-05-2023&searchtype=date

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• Monday 8 May

MayFest – St Leonards Square, Middleton 12pm

Celebrate MayFest in Middleton with lots of different activities.

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=08-05-2023&searchtype=date

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