Local Entertainment

Rochdale true crime fans are being invited to test their own inner darkness as a nationwide live show exploring staged murders arrives in town next month.

Families across Rochdale are invited to take a journey to Oz this half-term, as the Holy Trinity Youth Theatre Workshop prepares to stage its own version of The Wizard of Oz in Littleborough.

A group of Rochdale schoolchildren got their hands dirty for a good cause, thanks to TV gardener Frances Tophill, who joined forces with a Manchester garden centre to support a homelessness charity.

Multiple cast members speak out as theatre group fails to respond to serious safeguarding allegations before show’s next performance.

Roch Valley Radio was given exclusive access to the extensive renovation of Touchstones Rochdale, where scaffolding and sawdust are giving way to a bold new vision for the borough’s cultural future.

With heart, humour and haunting clarity, the Palace Theatre’s revival of Fiddler on the Roof is more than a musical, it’s a mirror held up to history and today’s world.

Free augmented reality trail, festive lights switch-on and family events launch Christmas celebrations in Bury

Rochdale’s rich musical heritage was centre stage at a packed launch event marking the beginning of a new borough-wide celebration called ‘Rochdale Music Stories’, featuring big names like Peter Hook, Clint Boon and Andy McCluskey.

Middleton Library plays host to spellbinding session with Rochdale’s poet laureate Sammy Weaver

Rochdale’s Pizza Hut restaurant is among dozens of UK branches set to permanently shut, after the company that operated the brand in the UK fell into administration.

Three bonfire night events will be delivered in Rochdale next month – all completely free of charge.

The countdown to Christmas starts in fiery fashion this November, as Rochdale’s Ignite Fire Festival returns with dazzling displays, a new torchlight procession, ice rink and festive market.

Manchester Pride Ltd is preparing to enter administration after revealing heavy losses and failing to pay performers from this year’s event, raising serious questions about the future of the city’s flagship LGBTQ+ festival.

Thousands of music lovers descended on Bury during Bank Holiday Monday, 25 August 2025, for Glaston-Bury, the annual one day music festival in aid of Bury Hospice and other local causes. Since it began in 2008, the event has raised over £300,000 and has become one of the town’s biggest highlights of the year.

Day One at Parklife 2025 is done, and what a day it was. Over 50,000 people packed into Heaton Park for a massive Saturday, with sets from FLO, Rudimental and a huge headline performance by 50 Cent.

Tens of thousands of music fans are pouring into Parklife, as the day one of the festival gets underway.