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It’s nearly February and there are lots of fun events taking place across Rotherham.
This month, the first Rotherham Skate and Arts Festival will take place in the town centre, offering an action-packed 3-day programme organised by Rotherham Cultural Partnership’s Flux* programme from Tuesday 22 – Thursday 24 February, 10am until 3.30pm. This exciting new event will include skateboarding, art installations, colourful floor murals, art workshops, live music, DJ sets, and street food. We can't wait to see you there! #RotherhamSkateArtsFestival
Also as part of this event, Robot Selfie, a wall-painting robot, will be creating a spectacular 10 x 8 metre mural of people’s faces in All Saints’ Square. Created by international production studio Kaleider this will be an exciting chance to observe the robot spray painting for the first time in colour – and it’s happening in Rotherham!
So, if you’d like the chance to see your selfie painted by a robot, from February you will have a chance to submit your selfie, which could be spray-painted onto the massive canvas. Check out RMBCEvents Facebook and Twitter for updates.
Robot Selfie will be painting from 9am until 5pm from Tuesday 22 - Saturday 26 February in All Saints’ Square. For live updates follow #PaintedByARobot #RobotSelfieRotherham
The festival is a part of a wider Children’s Capital of Culture launch event, running from Monday 21 – Saturday 26 February, celebrating the best of Rotherham’s art and heritage, inspired and created by children and young people in Rotherham.
The launch event also includes the opening of the Festival Hub: an interactive exhibition at Clifton Park Museum, co-curated by local young people that tells the story of the Children's Capital of Culture, celebrates youth and childhood, and gives you the chance to share your ideas for the town's future!
Plus, the Truth & Power Café is coming to Rotherham Civic Theatre at 7.30pm on Thursday 24 and Friday 25 February, featuring local young people giving their personal stories in response to the question, "Who has power over you, and what do you want to say to them?" Get your tickets here
For the full programme visit: www.rotherham2025.com/hello
Join Rotherham Wah Hong Chinese Association for their Chinese New Year Celebration event in the Outdoor Covered Market on Saturday 12 February 1.30pm until 2.30pm which includes a Chinese Lion Dance performance and free food tasting.
Also, we have some spellbinding Harry Potter Book Night events taking place in libraries around Rotherham. (Booking is essential for Harry Potter Book Night events).
There will also be some magical fun in store at the Magical Trees events in Clifton Park.
Rotherham Town Centre - Half Term events
- Tuesday 22 to Saturday 26 February, 9am to 5pm, Robot Selfie Installation (pictured above), All Saints’ Square – Rotherham Town Centre
- Tuesday 22 to Thursday 24 February, 10am to 3.30pm, Rotherham Skate & Art Festival, Rotherham Town Centre
Other events in February include:
- Tuesday 1 February, 4pm to 5pm, Harry Potter Book Night, Dinnington Library
- Wednesday 2 February, 3.30pm to 4.30pm, Wizardly Crafts, Aston Library
- Thursday 3 February, all day during opening hours, Relaunch event, Wath Library
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Thursday 3 February, 3.30pm to 5pm, Harry Potter Book Night, Greasborough Library
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Thursday 3 February, 4.30pm to 5.30pm, Harry Potter Book Night, Maltby Library
- Thursday 3 February, 3.30pm to 4.45pm, Harry Potter Book Night, Rawmarsh Library
- Thursday 3 February, 4pm to 5pm, Harry Potter Book Night, Kimberworth Library
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Thursday 3 February, 11am to 12noon and 4pm to 5pm, Harry Potter Book Night, Thorpe Hesley Library
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Thursday 3 February, all day during opening hours, Harry Potter Book Night, Wath Library
- Saturday 5 February, 9am, Park Run, Rother Valley Country Park - 5K Run for beginners to experienced runners, all welcome. Volunteers are also welcome.
Please register in advance to gain your free bar code on the Park Run website. To volunteer please email: rothervalley@parkrun.com
- Saturday 5 February, 11am to 1pm, Design you own Candle Holder to celebrate Chinese New Year, Clifton Park Museum
- Sunday 6 February, 11am to 12.30pm, Harry Potter Book Night, Mowbray Gardens Library
- Monday 7 February, 4pm to 5pm, Harry Potter Book Night, Thurcroft Library
- Thursday 10 February, 1.30pm, Relaunch event, Kimberworth Library
- Saturday 12 February, 9am, Park Run, Rother Valley Country Park
- Saturday 12 February 10am to 3pm, Saturday Crafters Market, Effingham Street
- Saturday 12 February, 1.30pm to 2.30pm, Chinese New Year Celebrations, Market Square, Rotherham Outdoor Market
- Tuesday 15 February, during opening hours, Relaunch event, Dinnington Library
- Thursday 17 February, 1pm to 3pm, Good Grief Screening, Maltby Library
- Saturday 19 February, 9am, Park Run, Rother Valley Country Park
- From Monday 21 February, the exhibition opens for the Children's Capital of Culture Festival Hub, Clifton Park Museum
- Tuesday 22 February, 10am to 12noon, Music and Memories, Mowbray Gardens Library
- Tuesday 22 to Thursday 24 February, 10am to 12noon, Magical Trees, Clifton Park
- Tuesday 22 February, 2pm to 4pm, Music and Memories, Riverside Library
Rotherham Libraries host regular weekly activities across the borough such as: Lego clubs, Rhymetimes, computer classes, knit and natter groups, advice sessions, craft sessions, readers groups and local history groups.
Also:
Rotherham Theatres
The recently refurbished Rotherham Civic Theatre has lots of entertaining performances taking place which includes:
Civic Sound Week (Monday 31 January to Saturday 5 February, 2pm - 8pm), Free TidalCycles workshop (Tuesday 1 February, 2pm), Free DJ Salon (Thursday 3 February, 2pm).
Grin & Tonic Comedy Club (Friday 18 February, 8pm); Simon Brodkin: Troublemaker (Saturday 19 February, 7.30pm) and the Truth to Power Café (Thursday 24 & Friday 25 February, 7.30pm).
Plus many more shows, for more details go to: www.rotherhamtheatres.co.uk
Rotherham Markets
For more information visit the Rotherham Markets website.
General Outdoor Market, Monday, Friday and Saturday, 8.30am to 5pm, Rotherham Outdoor Market
Second - Hand Market, Every Tuesday and Wednesday, 8.30am to 5pm, Rotherham Outdoor Market
Street Market, Every Tuesday 8.30am to 4.30pm, Effingham Street, Effingham Square, and Howard Street
Rotherham Bazar, Every Thursday 8.30am to 5pm, Rotherham Outdoor Market
Indoor Market, Monday to Saturday 8.30am to 5pm, Rotherham Centenary Market
For more information see www.rotherham.gov.uk/events or visit our Facebook pages at:
Rotherham Markets
Rotherham Libraries
Rotherham Town Centre
RMBC Events
Clifton Park Museum
Rotherham Theatres
Thrybergh Country Park
Rother Valley Country Park
Rotherham Parks and Countryside
*Rotherham Cultural Partnership and the Flux Programme
Rotherham’s Cultural Partnership has a Cultural Strategy and 10-year vision for arts and culture. As part of this, a new Flux programme will deliver lasting impact on Rotherham communities' participation in arts and culture, led by Voluntary Action Rotherham, Grimm & Co, Wentworth Woodhouse Preservation Trust, Rotherham Open Arts Renaissance, and Rotherham Council. The Flux programme will also prepare and position Rotherham to deliver the unique Children's Capital of Culture in 2025.
For more information visit Flux Children's Capital of Culture Facebook page
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