Our guide to what you can do in and around the borough this weekend
Date published: 18 May 2023
Photo: Friends of Hare Hill Park
The Friendly Band is performing at Hare Hill Park on Sunday as part of Littleborough Arts Festival
Lots to do in and around the borough this weekend: Golden Oldies Music Night, Walk Like A Man, Jack Kay - singer, Charity Indoor Car Boot Sale, Dale-Con, Ballroom Extravaganza, Spring Concert, DJ Pennington Crazy Karaoke & Singer, Heywood Station Car Boot Sale, Lee Rigby and Scott Etherington 10th Anniversary Memorial Ride, Rochdale Hornets v Cornwall RLFC, Friends of Hare Hill Park Band Concert, Active Living Social, Bowlee Car Boot Sale and Market, Exhibition: Prints & Acrylics and Phenix Textiles - lots to do in and around the borough this weekend.
- Events happening all weekend
Visit Fireground Museum – Fireground, Maclure Road
Open 10am - 4pm, Friday 19 & Saturday 20 May
Fire Museum attractions are on show including historic and recent day artifacts.
www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72059/
Gallery Exhibitions: Prints & Acrylics and Phenix Textiles – Littleborough Coach House, Friday 19 & Saturday 20 May, 10am – 3pm
Buli Corby - Prints & Acrylics and Phenix Textiles.
www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72267/
- Friday 19 May
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/72281/
Golden Oldies Music Night – Castlemere Banqueting Hall, 6pm
A trip down memory lane with live singing by Zahid Ali, recreating famous Bollywood songs.
www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72396/
Walk Like A Man – Middleton Arena, 7.30pm
Celebrating the 60th anniversary of The Four Seasons!
www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/71690/
Jack Kay - singer – Dyers Arms, 9pm
Singer, live music & great entertainer.
www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72492/
For a full list of Friday’s events see the Rochdale Online Events Diary:
www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/search?searchvalue=19-05-2023&searchtype=date
- Saturday 20 May
Charity Indoor Car Boot Sale – Smithy Bridge Methodist Church, 9.30am
The car boot sales will take place every third Saturday of the month.
www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72375/
Rochdale Ramblers – Saturday Walks – The Gallows Pole, 10am
Walk distance = 8 miles.
www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72304/
Dale-Con – Crown Oil Arena, 10am
After a break of a couple of years or so Dale-Con returns to Rochdale.
www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/71795/
A Coronation Celebration – Moorhouse Methodist Church, 2pm
Poetry, readings and singing. Music will be provided by members of Milnrow Brass Band.
www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72080/
Ballroom Extravaganza – Rochdale Masonic Hall, 7pm
Under 21 European Ballroom Champions Mia Linnik-Holden and Andrei Toader will be hosting a 10 dance charity ballroom extravaganza.
www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72293/
Spring Concert – The Church of St Edmund, 7pm
A Spring Concert to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of St Edmund's Church with Cantare Ladies Choir.
www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72397/
DJ Pennington Crazy Karaoke & Singer – Dyers Arms, 8pm
DJ Pennington creates his own crazy style of karaoke at the Dyers Arms.
www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72493/
For a full list of Saturday’s events see the Rochdale Online Events Diary:
www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/search?searchvalue=20-05-2023&searchtype=date
- Sunday 21 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/72107/
Heywood Station Car Boot Sale Sundays – Heywood Station, 8.30am
All pitch fees are donated to the ELR charity to help maintain the track, bridges and locomotives.
www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/71956/
Lee Rigby and Scott Etherington 10th Anniversary Memorial Ride – Asda Rochdale Superstore, 9am meet, 11am leave
Riding in Memory of Lee, Scott and all other armed services personnel lost in conflicts.
www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72405/
Craft, Cake and Charity – Butterworth Hall, 11am
Milnrow and District Womens Institute. Proceeds to Springhill Hospice.
www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72199/
Rochdale Hornets v Cornwall RLFC – Crown Oil Arena, 1pm kick off
Betfred League 1 match.
www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/71835/
Friends of Hare Hill Park Band Concert – Friendly Band – Hare Hill Park, 3pm – 5pm
Kick back and relax to the sound of a brass band in Hare Hill Park.
www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72467/
For a full list of Sunday’s events see the Rochdale Online Events Diary:
www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/search?searchvalue=21-05-2023&searchtype=date
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