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

Lots to do in and around the borough this weekend: Big Dig 2.0, Summer Fair, Calling Planet Earth, Rochdale Eid Science Extravaganza, Rochdale Hornets v London Skolars, Robin Hood and the Babes in the Wood Show, Syke Arts & Craft Exhibition, From the West End with Love, Summer Saturdays, Messy Church, Summer Market, Creative Summer, Piethorne Reservoir (walk for women), Bowlee Car Boot Sale and Market, The Active Living Social, Visit Firegound Museum, Rochdale Ramblers – Sunday Walks, Exhibition: Watercolours, Helene Appel: Among Trees, Among Sand Grains & Shezzad Dawood: Levitation: From the Forest to the Sea.

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• Events happening all weekend

Big Dig 2.0 – Rochdale Town Hall, Saturday 22 July & Sunday 23 July, 9.30am – 12pm & 1pm – 3.30pm

Open to all ages, this is a unique, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for you to gets hands on with the history of Rochdale town centre. RDA want you to help them uncover the story of this area from the late medieval ages through to the 1860s when the town hall was built.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72784/

Summer Fair - The Engine House at Lodge, Saturday 22 & Sunday 23 July, 11am – 4pm

Local craft and food fair selling beautifully made crafts and locally made food items in the totally unique Engine House at Lodge Mill with its garden next to the River Irk.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72935/

Syke Arts & Craft Exhibition – Syke Community Base,
Friday 21 July, 2pm – 4pm & 6pm – 8pm
Saturday 22 July, 10am – 12pm

A fantastic week long display of 100s of pieces of artwork by local artists across two floors, with demonstrations.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72445/

Visit Fireground Museum – Fireground, Maclure Road
Open 10am - 4pm, Friday 21 & Saturday 22 July

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

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72552/

Robin Hood and the Babes in the Wood Show – Miss Joanne’s – Heywood Civic Centre, Friday 21 July, 7.30pm & Saturday 22 July, 2.30pm and 7.30pm

Miss Joanne’s Dancing Schools Summer Pantomime. Robin Hood & the Babes in the Wood. Singing, Dancing & Acting.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72976/

Gallery Exhibitions: Watercolours – Littleborough Coach House, Friday 21 & Saturday 22 July, 10am – 3pm

Colin Weldon & Robert Lees - Watercolours and John Cannell - Photography.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72469/

Exhibition: Helene Appel: Among Trees, Among Sand Grains – Touchstones Rochdale, Friday 21 & Saturday 22 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 21 & Saturday 22 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 21 July

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/72716/

From the West End, with Love – Middleton Arena, 7.30pm

A new theatrical concert with stars of the West End. Anthems from the world’s most beloved shows.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72379/

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

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/search?searchvalue=21-07-2023&searchtype=date

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• Saturday 22 July

Summer Saturdays – Riverside Retail & Leisure Complex, 11am – 3pm

Hosted by Rochdale Bid. Visitors to the town centre will be able to soak up the atmosphere this summer with free entertainment and activities.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72904/

Messy Church – Moorhouse Methodist Church, 4pm – 6pm

Fun time of craft, music and food.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72079/

Calling Planet Earth – Middleton Arena, 7.30pm

A New Romantic symphony that goes on a journey through one of the greatest musical eras of all time – the electrifying 80s.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72219/

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

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/search?searchvalue=22-07-2023&searchtype=date

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• Sunday 23 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/72473/

Rochdale Ramblers – Sunday Walks – Hollingworthall Moor and Harridge Pike, 10am

Moderate walk, distance = 9 miles.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72816/

Summer Market – Hare Hill House, 11am – 3pm

All your favourite local businesses are back, including The Cake Stall, cheese, jams, butchers.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72952/

Creative Summer – Star Tree Studio, 11am – 4pm

Beautiful handmade art and crafts for sale by talented local artists.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72892/

Rochdale Eid Science Extravaganza – Neeli Mosque, 12pm – 5pm

The first ever Rochdale Eid Science Extravaganza. Created by the Rochdale Science Initiative C.I.C, in collaboration with Neeli Mosque.

/www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72801/

Piethorne Reservoir (walk for women) – Ogden Reservoir, 1pm

The walk is 2.5 miles.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72879/

Rochdale Hornets v London Skolars – Crown Oil Arena, 3pm kick off

Betfred League 1 Match. This game is themed ‘Fiji Day’.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/71836/

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

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/search?searchvalue=23-07-2023&searchtype=date

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