Britain's What's On Event Guide
What's On Heywood
Today to Fri 18 May, by distance, closest first.
Heywood Health & Healing Festival
Heywood Health & Healing Festival 5 & 6 May 2018 at
Heywood Civic Centre
50 Fabulous Exhibition Stands including Psychic Mediums, Therapists, Gemstones, jewellery, health & nutritional products, aromatherapy, gifts, personal products, fair trade, art & artefacts, AND Free Inspirational talks, workshops & Stage
Heywood Civic Centre, LC Stephen Shaw MC Way, Heywood
Sat 5 May and Sun 6 May
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Boutique Baby Sale Rochdale
Our pre-loved and fabulous baby and children’s nearly new sale will be back in Rochdale this April at Rochdale Leisure Centre, OL16 2HZ.
Be there at 11 am to grab the best bargains. Find toys, clothes and baby essentials at a fraction of the price when new!
DO YOU WANT TO FIND A BARGAIN?
Rochdale Leisure Centre, Entwistle Road, Rochdale
Sun 29 Apr
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Mencap Run Heaton Park
Choose your distance - take on a 5km or 10km route around the largest urban park in Europe. Aim for a personal best or take your time, either way, by tying your laces and clocking up the kilometres for Mencap you’re helping people with a learning disability live the life they choose.
Heaton Park, Manchester
Sun 13 May
Mum2mum Market Oldham
Buy or sell your children’s unwanted toys, clothes, prams, books and much more with the award-winning Mum2mum Market.
Oldham Academy North Sports Hall, Broadway, Royton, Oldham
Sun 22 Apr
Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing
NWTAC Theatre 270a Lightbowne Road, Manchester
Thu 3 May to Sat 5 May
Festival of Model Tramways
Festival of Model Tramways
Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 April 2018
Family friendly day out featuring the highest quality model tramway layouts and displays
The premier model tramway event returns to the Museum of Transport.
Museum of Transport, Boyle Street, Cheetham, Manchester
Sat 21 Apr and Sun 22 Apr
The Musical Menagerie
A HARGREAVES AND BALL TRUST FAMILY CONCERT
Strange creatures, colourful characters and mysterious happenings…a magical musical tale to set your imagination on fire!
We think children aged 7 and over will enjoy this concert the most.
The Stoller Hall Hunts Bank Manchester
Sat 12 May
Markets at Sadler’s Yard: A Good Market
A celebration of local producers from across the north west, featuring:
FOOD
I Knead Pizza - Neapolitan style wood fired pizza
BON Street Food - brand new street food trailer serving up AfroBrit inspired dishes
Nyama Choma - Grilled Meat - tantalizing grilled meats inspired by Kenyan adventures
Sadler’s Yard, Hanover Street, NOMA, Manchester
Sat 5 May
Maddy Storm
Maddy Storm plus Johnny Black & Saintts. Artists performing: Maddy Storm.: Tickets avaiable.
The Eagle Inn, Salford
Thu 26 Apr
City and the City Tour
Thanks to a brand-new offering from Manchester City Football Club, visitors can now enjoy a professionally guided tour of both the Etihad Campus and the amazing city, that it calls home.
318 Ashton New Rd, Manchester
Today to Mon 30 Apr
Brandenburg Concertos by Candlelight
The fourth instalment in our 2018 Brandenburg Concertos by Candlelight Season sees the London Concertante traveling to Manchester Cathedral to perform two hallmark works of the Baroque era: J.S. Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto no. 4 & 5.
Manchester Cathedral, Victoria Street, Manchester
Fri 11 May
Speed Dating in Manchester
Speed Dating in Manchester
How speed dating in Manchester works
By simply arriving at venue for the Speed Dating in Manchester event, you will be greeted by our friendly professional hosts.
Walrus, 78-88 High Street, Northern Quarter, Manchester, Manchester
Tue 24 Apr
LEGO® Friends House of Heart Tour comes to Manchester Arndale
This Spring, LEGO Friends invites children and their families to join them on the House of Heart Tour, which will be travelling to 8 intu shopping centres across the UK in a quest to put more heart into the world.
Manchester Arndale, Manchester
Sat 5 May
Conservation Day in Ashton
Path work and walling at Daisy Nook to provide better public access. No experience is required, just a willingness to join in and learn new skills.
Bardsley Bridge car park, Oldham Road, Ashton under Lyne.
Thu 3 May
City of Manchester Opera presents: The Merry Widow, by Franz Lehar, fully staged, with orchestra
Come and join in the intrigues and shenanigans going on at the Pontevedrian embassy in Paris. It’s the 1930s and all the glamour hides a lot of dubious but hilarious goings on, all to the background of Franz Lehar’s most memorable music. You will know so much of it.
Hope Mill Theatre, Hope Mill, 113 Pollard Street, Ancoats, Manchester
Thu 17 May to Sun 20 May
grand New to you sale
on thursday may 10th be held at Springhead Congregational Church on Radcliffe street. It will be from 10 till 8pm.We sell furniture, books, clothes, bric a brac, bedding, toys. we have a cafe selling inexpensive homemade food.
On Friday the 11th we will be having a Jumble Sale at 7pm at the same address.
Springhead Congregational Church
Thu 10 May
The Cherry Orchard
THE TIDE OF CHANGE IS COMING. MADAM RANYEVSKAYA’S WORLD OF PRIVILEGE AND PLEASURE IS BEGINNING TO SHOW CRACKS, BUT SHE AND HER FAMILY LIVE ON IN DENIAL.
Lopakhin, wants to rescue Ranyevskaya.
Royal Exchange Theatre, St Ann’s Square, Manchester
Today, Sat 21 Apr, Mon 23 Apr to Sat 28 Apr, Mon 30 Apr to Sat 5 May, Tue 8 May to Sat 12 May, Mon 14 May to Sat 19 May
Three Sisters, by RashDash, after Chekhov
WHAT IF RASHDASH WERE THE THREE SISTERS?
A brand-new perspective on Anton Chekhov’s classic THREE SISTERS from performers, musicians, theatre makers and Royal Exchange Associate Artists RashDash. As they reimagine this classic they ask - what if RashDash were the three sisters, Olga, Masha and Irena?
Royal Exchange Theatre, St Ann’s Square, Manchester
Thu 3 May to Sat 5 May, Tue 8 May to Sat 12 May, Mon 14 May to Sat 19 May
MADHOUSE re:exit
This May, following a sell-out run at Shoreditch Town Hall, award winning theatre company Access All Areas will present MADHOUSE re:exit - an interactive, immersive experience at The Lowry.
Barton Arcade, Barton Square
Thu 17 May to Sat 26 May
Rossendale Woman of the Year 2018
12noon Reception drinks
followed by a 3 course meal
For more information contact: sam.morris@rossendalehospice.org
Or 01706 253633 opt3
Nomination forms available online. Vote before 2nd March. Visit www.rossendalehospice.org/rwy
St Mary’s Chambers, Haslingden Rd., Rawtenstall.
Today
Pirates of Penzance
A semi-staged performance of Pirates of Penzance by the Rosemere AOS. The principals will be in costume with the chorus on the stage. Promises to be a great evening as Rosemere consistently get good reviews for their productions. For more information please go to www.thebarlow.co.uk/whats-on.
The Barlow, 216 Bolton Road, Turton, Bolton
Fri 27 Apr
My First Ballet: Swan Lake
Enjoy one of the most famous ballets of all time together, in this beautifully adapted new version for children aged three upwards.
The evil magician Rothbart has turned the beautiful princess Odette into a swan; only at night can she return to human form.
Opera House Manchester 3 Quay St Manchester
Sat 28 Apr and Sun 29 Apr
Kahlúa Brunch Club
Kahlúa, the spirit brand best known for its place in an Espresso Martini, is bringing its very own Brunch Club to Manchester to celebrate the most Instagramable meal of the day.
The Loft,
13 Quay Street
Sat 21 Apr, Sun 22 Apr, Sat 5 May to Mon 7 May, Sat 26 May to Mon 28 May
Thrills, Chills and Spills! - Great Movie Music
Tense thrillers and great adventure stories have produced some of the world’s most exciting and atmospheric soundtracks. In this concert, the Hallé Orchestra features some of the most iconic.
The Bridgewater Hall, Lower Mosley St., Manchester
Sat 28 Apr
Conservation Day in Droylsden
Access work to provide better public access and a spring clean on Copperas Field. No experience is required, just a willingness to join in and learn new skills.
Copperas Field entrance on Juniper Crescent, parking on Linden Way, Droylsden.
Tue 8 May, Tue 22 May
Ladies Evening Hosted By Adele From Bag Heaven, Monton
Step into Spring with a new handbag or accessories! Please join us for a Ladies Evening hosted by Adele from Bag Heaven, Monton on Friday evening, 18th May 2018 from 7:30pm onwards in the Community Room at St Paul’s Church, Egerton Road, Monton. Raffle for a handbag donated by Adele.
St Paul’s Church Egerton Road Off Monton Green/Rocky Lane Monton Eccles Manchester
Fri 18 May
Bolton Market Place Shopping Centre
Stalls within the shopping precinct.
Market Place Shopping Centre, 3rd Floor Management Suite, Bolton
Thu 26 Apr to Sat 28 Apr
English Classics Concert
Bolton Symphony Orchestra joins forces with Blackburn Music Society & Bolton Catholic Music & Choral Society to present an evening of English Classics with bass Louis Hurst & conductor Tom Newall. The programme includes Elgar’s Pomp & Circumstance No.
Victoria Hall, Knowsley Street, Bolton
Sat 12 May
The Big Corner
Adapted from the short stories of Bill Naughton by former Octagon Artistic Director Lawrence Till, The Big Corner follows Bill and alf, two young Bolton lads hungry for adventure, who discover the mystery and delisghts of girls as they grow up together.
Octagon Theatre Bolton
Today to Sat 5 May
Cheeky Monkies Baby & Children’s Sale - FARNWORTH 05/05/18
We are hosting a baby and children’s sale at St James’s High School, Lucas Road, Farnworth, BL4 9RU SATURDAY 5th MAY 1-3pm x
For mums, dads, grandmas, granddads, aunts and uncles to buy or sell new or pre-loved items such as clothes 0-5 years, shoes, push chair, toys, high chairs, Moses baskets, bikes,
St James’s High School, Lucas Road, Farnworth
Sat 5 May
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Arun Ghosh’s Jazz Club
Following his brilliant Big Imaginations Festival Jazz Club Arun is back this April with two performances and a workshop introducing children aged 2 – 5 and 5+ to theworld of jazz.
Z-arts 335 Stretford Road Hulme Manchester
Sat 28 Apr
Rumpelstiltskin
Award-winning dance company and Sadler’s Wells partner prepares for national tour
Multi-award-winning dance theatre company balletLORENT is preparing for its 2018 national tour presenting an original adaptation of the classic fairytale Rumpelstiltskin.
Lowry Pier 8 Salford Quays
Today and Sat 21 Apr
Off The Rails Comedy Club
With Wes Zaharuk Tom Houghton Lauren Pattison Rob Riley
Royal George, Manchester Road, Greenfield
Today
Off The Rails Comedy Club
With Ivan Brackenbury Ian D Montfort The Family Tom Binns
Royal George, Manchester Road, Greenfield
Sun 29 Apr
Roaches Trail
From industrial heyday to wildlife reclamation, a two mile walk with Paul Nethercott.
Layby opp.Royal George, Manchester Rd Greenfield
Tue 8 May
Off The Rails Comedy Club
With Michael Legge Steve Bugeja Liam Withnail Rob Riley
Royal George, Manchester Road, Greenfield
Sat 12 May
Conservation Day in Mossley
A variety of tasks on Egmont Street Fields. No experience is required, just a willingness to join in and learn new skills.
Egmont Street Entrance, between river and canal, Mossley.
Thu 17 May
Conservation Day on Egmont Street Fields
A variety of tasks on Egmont Street Fields. No experience is required, just a willingness to join in and learn new skills.
Egmont Street Entrance, between river and canal, Mossley.
Thu 17 May
Spring Family Fun Day
Celebrate Spring with a family funday. Lots of mostly free entertainment; face painting, craft workshops, climbing wall, music,
sports activities, stalls and street theatre amidst a carpet of spring flowers.
Stamford Park, Stamford Street, Stalybridge.
Sun 29 Apr
May Bank Holiday Steamings at Bolton Steam Museum
Volunteers from the Northern Mill Engine Society have rescued and restored 30 old stationary steam engines - some of the engines which once powered the cotton mills and woollen mills of the North of England. The collection includes 2 rare beam engines (the oldest is 180 years old!
Bolton Steam Museum, Morrison’s Supermarket site, off Chorley Old Road, Bolton
Sun 6 May and Mon 7 May
Conservation Day in Dukinfield
Spring Clean at Tower Street Park. No experience is required, just a willingness to join in and learn new skills.
Near 6 Tower Street, Dukinfield
Tue 15 May
Conservation Day in Stalybridge
Path work in Cowbury Dale to provide better public access. No experience is required, just a willingness to join in and learn new skills.
Castle Clough car park, Buckton Vale Road, Carrbrook, Stalybridge.
Tue 24 Apr
Conservation Day in Dukinfield
Tree maintenance and a spring clean on Dewsnap Lane Fields. No experience is required, just a willingness to join in and learn new skills.
Noticeboard on Dewsnap Lane, Dukinfield
Tue 1 May
Rose Dive / Luna Bay
Rose Dive / Luna Bay Plus Special Guests. Artists performing: Rose Dive, Luna Bay.: Tickets avaiable.
Fallow Cafe (formerly Trof Fallowfield), Manchester
Tue 15 May
bring & Buy
Bring 7 Buy; tea & Biscuits; stalls, raffle; organised by our Guild members. All Welcome; Fundraiser for church funds.
Christ Church, Cholrey New Road, Heaton, Bolton
Thu 26 Apr
Conservation Day at Stamford Park
In the well-loved Stamford Park there will be litter picks and checks to see if signposts, benches, picnic tables etc are in need of repair before the summer.
Stamford Park Depot, Stamford Park, Astley Road, Stalybridge
Thu 10 May
Conservation Day in Hyde Park
Clearing brambles and spring cleaning in this well-loved site. No experience is required, just a willingness to join in and learn new skills.
Bayley Hall, Hyde Park, Lodge Lane, Hyde
Mon 14 May
Comedy @ Chorlton Irish Club
With Mark Nelson Gareth Richards Sarah Keyworth Justin Moorhouse
Chorlton Irish Club, 17 High Lane, Chorlton
Fri 4 May
At. Clare Hospice Race Night (horse)
A fun evening, in a nice club house. Eight horse races will be flashed on a screen.
If a person Sponsors a Race for £30-40, he can Name That Race and his name and logo will appear on race sheets. It will be a very enjoyable evening.
Canons Brook Golf Club, Elizabeth Way, Harlow, Essex, C.
Sat 21 Apr