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

Darnhill Festival 2023, Putting it Together, The Chain: a fantastic Fleetwood Mac Tribute Band, Ace Lips Events: Comedy Show at the Old Court Room, Big Breakfast for Charity, Clothes & Stories Swap, Little Glastonboro 2023, Midsummer Cream Tea, Alkrington Village Craft Market, Ellenroad Engine House Open Day, Fundraiser for Florence, Friends of Hare Hill Park Band Concert: Friezland Brass Band, All You Need Is Love, Bowlee Car Boot Sale and Market, The Active Living Social, Visit Firegound Museum, Rochdale Ramblers – Saturday Walks, Exhibition: Watercolours, Helene Appel: Among Trees, Among Sand Grains & Shezzad Dawood: Levitation: From the Forest to the Sea - lots to do in and around the borough this weekend.

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• Events happening all weekend

Putting it Together – The Curtain Theatre, Friday 30 June & Saturday 1 July

Stephen Sondheim's Putting It Together, A Musical Review. Presented by AODS.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72374/

Visit Fireground Museum – Fireground, Maclure Road
Open 10am - 4pm, Friday 30 June & Saturday 1 July

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

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72549/

Gallery Exhibitions: Watercolours – Littleborough Coach House, Friday 30 June & Saturday 1 July, 10am – 3pm

Breakaway Art Group - Watercolours.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72268/

Exhibition: Helene Appel: Among Trees, Among Sand Grains – Touchstones Rochdale, Friday 30 June & Saturday 1 July, 10am – 5pm

Helene Appel creates images that straddle the threshold between realism, sculpture and abstraction.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72650/

Exhibition: Shezad Dawood: Leviathan: From the Forest to the Sea - Touchstones Rochdale, Friday 30 June & Saturday 1 July, 10am – 5pm

Set in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, Episode 8 blends indigenous cosmology with fictional narrative, shot footage and especially commissioned animation by Anita Ekman, to chart an embodied, spiritual and ecological journey along the age-old Guarani path that links the forest to the sea.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72651/

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• Friday 30 June

Free business & marketing workshop for the self-employed – Fire Up Co-Working Space, 9.30am

Are you self-employed and looking for marketing and business support? This event is just for you.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72775/

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/72715/

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/71660/

The Chain: a fantastic Fleetwood Mac Tribute Band – The Dyers Arms, 9pm

Tribute to Fleetwood Mac.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72843/

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

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/search?searchvalue=30-06-2023&searchtype=date

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• Saturday 1 July

Rochdale Ramblers – Saturday Walks – Yet Moor Ice Cream!, 10am

Walk distance = 8.5 miles.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72809/

Big Breakfast for Charity – Bamford Chapel and Norden URC, 10am – 12pm

Big breakfast event to raise money for Leonard Cheshire Disability.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72822/

Darnhill Festival 2023 – In and around Argyle Parade, 12pm – 4pm

Summer festival organised by Cartwheel Arts on behalf of Darnhill Festival Association.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72513/

Clothes & Stories Swap – Touchstones, 1pm

This will be a chance to refresh your wardrobe in an eco-friendly way with some great quality, free clothing and to share the stories of your fashion triumphs and disasters.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72833/

Little Glastonboro 2023 – Littleborough Cricket Club, 1pm - 10am

A music festival based in the village of Littleborough; featuring up-and-coming artists, top tribute acts, local bands and community groups.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/71997/

Midsummer Cream Tea - Edgar Wood Schoolroom and Church, 2pm – 4pm

The Edgar Wood Society invites you to explore the beautiful Long Street Methodist Church and school buildings.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72726/

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

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/search?searchvalue=01-07-2023&searchtype=date

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• Sunday 2 July

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/72470/

Alkrington Village Craft Market – Alkrington Community Centre, 11am – 4pm

With 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/71440/

Ellenroad Engine House Open Day – Ellenroad Engine House, Steam Museum, 11am – 4pm

This month they welcome Jaguar Car Club.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/71970/

Fundraiser for Florence – Spotland Reform Club, 1pm – 5pm

Raffles, tombola, bouncy castle, live entertainment and much more to raise funds for Florence.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72793/

Friends of Hare Hill Park Band Concert – Friezland Brass Band, 3pm – 5pm

Kick back and relax to the sound of a brass band in Hare Hill Park.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72275/

All You Need is Love – Middleton Arena, 6pm

Showcase featuring talented dancers plus special guest performers.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72218/

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

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/search?searchvalue=02-07-2023&searchtype=date

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