Today's events in Rochdale

This weekend The Flying Horse Hotel hosts their 1st Strawberry festival!

Thursday morning to the close of day on Sunday will see the town centre pub and restaurant go strawberry mad!

Strawberry – Draught Cider, Cask Ale, Phoenix; Draught Lager (brewed in Rochdale) and Bottled Cider.

Strawberry – Cocktails, Wine, Food, spirits/shooters/liqueurs and surprises;

Live free entertainment:

• Thursday – ‘Strawberry Jam Night’ with Idol-frets 9pm
• Friday – ‘One Eyed Pete’ 10.30pm
• Saturday – ‘The Fallout’ 10.30pm
• Sunday – ‘Karaoke’ - 8.30pm

Family run, open all day every day,

Food served 11.30am to 9pm Thurs & Fri, to 7pm Sat and to 4pm Sunday

Free WIFI, Good beer guide, LocALE scheme, 7 cask ales, wine menu, home cooked food, B&B, Function room.

We are very happy to inform you all that The Rochdale Swarm Tag Festival that has been so successful and enjoyable over the last four years is back and is due to take place Friday 17 May to Sunday 19 May with the main rugby tournament slap bang in the middle on Saturday 18 May.

The festival will be held at Rochdale Rugby Union and each squad that enters should consist of 10 players that can consist of both males and females.

The festival starts on Friday 17 May for those who wish to camp, there will be a BBQ, disco and kareoke to help you all get into the spirit before the main event of the tag rugby tournament at 1pm on Saturday 18h May, which is followed by live bands in the evening and the facility to camp again which all add to the experience of a fun filled exciting weekend of tag rugby.

All teams should be entered by Friday 5 April 2013 For further information about the festival about cost of entry etc and any enquiries please email rochdaleswarm@hotmail.co.uk  

A very popular charity event, starting from Hollingworth Lake, run by Trans Pennine Cycle Club in conjunction with the British Heart Foundation.

A choice of 3 routes: Bronze: 22 miles, Silver: 29 miles, Gold: 52 miles.

Pre-registration required. Fees Adult - £10.00 Child - £5.00 Child team of four - £15.00

Children between 5 and 16 must be accompanied by an adult.

Please contact 0121 661 5100 if you wish to register.

Held on the 3rd Sunday of each month. Rain or shine our Sunday Market and Car Boot Sale runs over three levels in the multi-storey car park of Middleton Shopping Centre. FREE parking available onsite and offsite.

No early arrivals please as the access ramp is adjacent to residential properties.

No pre-booking facility available, simply turn up on the day.

Cars £12, Vans £20 payable on the day.

The Birch Hotel Bridal Fayre local & national exhibitors showcasing their products here on Sunday 19 May for all you blushing brides.

Including florists, photographers, car hire, menswear and catwalks designed by Brides of Rochdale.

Come along and enjoy a glass of bucks fizz and discuss how you can have a "free" wedding & be in with a chance to win a weeks holiday/honeymoon in Turkey.

Having missed our Winter warm up because of the big freeze we a holding a Spring Thaw Out instead.

Soup, ploughmans lunch and apple pie will be served in the Parish Hall on Sunday 19 May in aid of the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Society.

This will be followed by a service in the church at 3.00pm concentrating on the problems facing many farmers. Everyone is welcome.

Approximately 100 pieces of art in an array of mediums by both well known and new artists in the first open art exhibition hosted at Number Ten Gallery in the 'cellar'.

We are proud to announce that the Healey Dell Heritage Centre & Tea Rooms will be opening a new photography exhibition showcasing the work of Emma Holt.

As Emma's work comprises of some large pieces, her exhibits will be on display in the ground floor Heritage Room, the hallway, stairs and in the 1st floor Victorian Tea Room. All are strictly limited to just 50 pieces, have been gallery mounted, framed & glazed, a signed and dated and available to purchase.

If you are not already familiar with Emma's work, here's an overview: Emma Holt is fast becoming one of the North’s leading female, Fine-Art Landscape photographers. She is best known for the emotional connection she is able to capture between her and her chosen subject matter… Often shooting on location, she is able to react to her surroundings, creating extremely emotive and atmospheric work, choosing to work mainly in monochrome has enabled her to perfect atmospheric photography.

She has previously exhibited an exciting series of works, based on the Industrial heritage of the North West. The images featured historic cotton mills, against the backdrop of the rolling hills of Lancashire.