Our guide to what's on in the borough this weekend

Lots to do in and around the borough this weekend: The Friday Lunch Club, Promises and Lies – The UB40 Years, Dance House Classics with Graeme Park – K-Klass & Andy Parker, Summer Saturdays, Wardle Village Fete & Fun Dog Show 2023, Rochdale AFC v FC Halifax Town, The Take That Experience, Ellenroad Engine House Open Day, Whitworth Rushcart 2023, Tour of Britain passing through Rochdale, Friends of Hare Hill Park Band Concert – Blackley Brass Band, Bowlee Car Boot Sale and Market, Visit Firegound Museum, Rochdale Ramblers – Saturday & Sunday Walks, Exhibition: Watercolours.

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• Events happening all weekend

Visit Fireground Museum – Fireground, Maclure Road
Open 10am - 4pm, Friday 1 & Saturday 2 September

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

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72914/

Gallery Exhibitions: Watercolours – Littleborough Coach House, Friday 1 & Saturday 2 September, 10am – 3pm

Littleborough Painters – Watercolours and Glynis Thorpe.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72963/

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• Friday 1 September

The Friday Lunch Club – Rochdale Masonic Hall, 12pm – 2pm

Held on the first Friday of the month.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/73048/

Promises and Lies – The UB40 Years – Middleton Arena, 7.30pm

The world’s premier show in celebration of ‘The Kinds of Reggae’.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72834/

Dance House Classics with Graeme Park – K-Klass & Andy Parker – Empire Rochdale, 8pm

Get ready to transport yourself to a time when the dance floor was the hottest place to be!

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/73108/

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

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/search?searchvalue=01-09-2023&searchtype=date

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• Saturday 2 September

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/72909/

Wardle Village Fete & Fun Dog Show 2023 - Wardle Recreation Ground, 11am

Fun classes for all the family with goody bags and rosettes.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72605/

Milnrow Calling 2023 – Milnrow Cricket Club, 1pm - 10pm

A family friendly music festival based in the village of Milnrow.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/71998/

Rochdale Ramblers – Saturday Walks – Come and Meet the Boggarts, 1pm

Walk distance = 5 miles.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/73247/

Family Fun Day – Back of the Moss Community Centre, 2pm - 6pm

Bouncy castles, football penalty shootout, face paints, glitter tattoos, ice cream, candy floss, popcorn, jewellery, hair scrunchies and bows.

https://www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/73350/

Rochdale AFC v FC Halifax Town – Crown Oil Arena, 3pm kick off

Vanarama National League match.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/73228/

The Take That Experience – Middleton Arena, 7.30pm

The Take That Experience mark over a decade together as their most popular and recognised tribute act.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72835/

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

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/search?searchvalue=02-09-2023&searchtype=date

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• Sunday 3 September

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/72759/

Rochdale Ramblers - Sunday Walks – Denshaw and Delph, 10am

Walk distance = 10 miles.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/73248/

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

This month they welcome Artwork by Colin Worthington & Live music by ‘The Moonshiners’.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72644/

Whitworth Rushcart 2023 – starting at Whitworth Museum, 1pm – 4.30pm

Annual Rushcart festival.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/73258/

Tour of Britain passing through Rochdale – Expected to arrive in Rochdale at 1.30pm

Rochdale will welcome cyclists taking part in the Greater Manchester stage of the Tour of Britain.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/73267/

Friends of Hare Hill Park Band Concert – Blackley Brass 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/72277/

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

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/search?searchvalue=03-09-2023&searchtype=date

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