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●●SATURDAY 16 December Christmas Fairey (Band)
IT’S the most Wonderful Time of the Year and the time is fast approaching to start planning your Christmas preparations so there is another musical extravaganza to get you into the festive spirit!
Join What’s Occurin Rochdale in the stunning Champness Hall for an opportunity to hear the WFEL Fairey Band live in concert this December and get your holiday season off to the perfect start.
Joined by an array of fabulous choral guests, including the Rochdale Youth Choir, plus choirs from Holy Family and Cardinal Langley and the Signing Choir from Matthew Moss.
The WFEL Fairey Band is one of the most successful contesting brass bands in the world. Founded in 1937 by a group of employees at the Fairey Aviation Works in Stockport, the band achieved many musical successes under the brilliant direction of Harry Mortimer, their Musical Director for over 30 years.
Since those early days, the band has won every elite band event on the contest calendar, including the National Championships of Great Britain on nine occasions and the British Open an incredible 16 times.
Get your tickets online via the link below.
Tickets from £13.50 (+ booking fee)
Visit: https://www.what soccurrinrochdale.co.uk/ event-details/xmas-extravaganza-wit...
7.30pm
Champness Hall, Drake Street, Rochdale OL16 1PB
●●SATURDAY 16 December Christmas with Cantare
Join Cantare for a concert of beautiful music in the glorious setting of Rochdale’s Parish Church.
Festive crafts and refreshments available.
Let Christmas commence! Tickets available: From choir members
Eventbrite (https://www. eventbrite.co.uk/e/christmas -with-cantare-tickets -716868883127?aff=oddtdtcrea tor)
On the door (cash or card payments accepted)
£12
Phone: Joanne Eaves 07854 116347
Visit: https://cantarechoir. wordpress.com/
7.30pm - 9.30pm
Rochdale Parish Church of St Chad, Sparrow Hill, Rochdale OL16 1QT
●●SATURDAY 16 December Rochdale Christmas Fest
Rochdale Churches Together presents Rochdale Christmas Fest.
This is a Christmas festival for the whole family to enjoy with something for everyone, much festive cheer to go round with buckets of hot chocolate to keep you warm in the winter season. There will be
Christmas crafts for the children, face-painting, plenty of carols and people to inspire us this Christmastime.
There is no need to be a ba-humbug this Christmas in fact we aim to turn the scrooges or Grinches around this Christmas with the hope that we will be sharing through the treats, songs etc.
Even for those who love Christmas we hope to Shine the real Light of Christmas this year to, so come and hear about the hope that we can all have this Christmas in a creative way. So, gather the family and pop by, let us help you get into the mood for Christmas.
The event has been organised by all the churches in Rochdale in conjunction with a national campaign called Shine your Light.
If you would like to have more information you can call Reggie Van Dinter on 07757 262454 or email reggieand angela@arministries.co.uk 12pm - 5pm
The Butts, Rochdale, OL16 1ES
●●WEDNESDAY 20 December Toad Lane Concerts Rochdale’s Weekly Music at Lunchtime
This week we have More than Melody Ladies Choir Christmas Special MD
Jonathan Gibson, Brian Milligan piano.
The concert series has been held at St Mary’s since 2001 and was granted the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service in 2020… during the pandemic!
Running every Wednesday, Music at Lunchtime is a weekly live classical music concert series that has been going since the 1960s. The sessions were initially run at the old Rochdale Art Gallery by the local authority, but since May 2001 have been run by volunteer-enthusiasts and artistic director, Dr Joe Dawson.
£6
Phone Dr Joe Dawson 01706 648872
Doors open 12noon, concert starts 12.30pm - 1.30pm
St Mary in the Baum, Toad Lane/st Mary’s Gate, Rochdale OL16 1DZ.