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

Squash Exhibition Match, Rochdalians Juniors Open Day, Littleborough Food & Drink Festival, Entertainment at The Dyers Arms, Pop Up Painting Paint like Monet, The Three Rock Pop Glam band, Riverside Artisan Market, Heywood Model Railway Group Open Day, Community Fun Day, Littleborough Food Festival Craft Fair, Women Self Defence Class, Summer Spectacular, Wardle Jumble Trail, Alkrington Village Craft Market, Friends of Hare Hill Park Band Concert – Littleborough Brass Band, Bowlee Car Boot Sale and Market, Visit Firegound Museum, Rochdale Ramblers – Saturday and Sunday 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

Entertainment at The Dyers Arms – The Dyers Arms, Friday 9, Saturday 10 & Sunday 11 June

Great Beers and Cask Ales on tap with a warm welcome to everyone all weekend. Free entry.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72672/

Visit Fireground Museum – Fireground, Maclure Road
Open 10am - 4pm, Friday 9 & Saturday 10 June

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

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72546/

Gallery Exhibitions: Watercolours – Littleborough Coach House, Saturday 10 June, 10am – 3pm

Breakaway Art Group - Watercolours.

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

Exhibition: Helene Appel: Among Trees, Among Sand Grains – Touchstones Rochdale, Friday 9 and Saturday 10 June, 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 9 and Saturday 10 June, 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 9 June

Squash Exhibition Match – Rochdale Sports Club

Squash exhibition match between the club professional Lewis Doughty and the current British Junior U/23 champion, Finnlay Withington.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72585/

Pop Up painting Paint Like Monet – The Plough, 7.30pm

Your sip & paint event at The Plough will be themed around Claude Monet ’s painting of the Japanese bridge in his garden at Giverny.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72512/

The Three Rock Pop Glam Band – The Hare and Hounds, 9.15pm

Non-stop pop mixed with rock and a smattering of glam.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72635/

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

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/search?searchvalue=09-06-2023&searchtype=date

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• Saturday 10 June

Rochdalians Juniors Open Day – Rochdalians, Crompton Avenue, 9.30am – 10.30am

Due to high demand Rochdalians are opening their doors for players who want to join them (current school year; reception, year 1, year 2 & year 3)

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72537/

Littleborough Food Festival Craft Fair – Littleborough Coach House, 10am – 3pm

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/71651/

Riverside Artisan Market – Riverside Retail & Leisure Complex, 10am – 4pm

The artisan market returns again to Rochdale Riverside this weekend.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/71809/

Heywood Model Railway Group Open Day – Unit 4 Park Works, 10am

Monthly open day.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72316/

Rochdale Ramblers – Saturday Walks – Rushy Hill and Healey Dell, 10am

Walk distance = 5.5 miles.

https://www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72497/

Community Fun Day - Hopwood Hall College, Middleton Campus, 11am – 3pm

There’s a whole host of things for you to get involved in – no matter your age or interests.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72679/

Littleborough Food & Drink Festival – Littleborough Centre & Shops, 11am – 4pm

Littleborough Food & Drink Festival is a community event to celebrate quality food, drink, and independent businesses for everyone to enjoy!

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72420/

Women’s Self Defence Class – 2 Fit 2 Quit

Rochdale Jujitsu White Tiger would like to invite women to their women's self-defence class.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72413/

Summer Spectacular - Holy Trinity Church, Littleborough

A mixture of drama and song, fun for all the family.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72638/

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

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/search?searchvalue=10-06-2023&searchtype=date

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• Sunday 11 June

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/72111/

Rochdale Ramblers – Sunday Walks – A Summer Ramble to Turton Heights, 10am

Moderate walk, distance = 10.5 miles.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72498/

Wardle Jumble Trail - Wardle Scout HQ, 10am – 2pm

You can collect your map from Wardle Scout HQ and have a wander around the village to see if you can grab a bargain.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72661/

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/71439/

Friends of Hare Hill Park Band Concert – Littleborough 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/72274/

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

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/search?searchvalue=11-06-2023&searchtype=date

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