What's on
What's on
Find out about the festivals, events and activities coming to Rotherham, for everyone to enjoy!
WELCOME TO OTHERHAM!
Rotherham will host a FREE Winter Light Festival from Friday 24th to Sunday 26th January 2025.
The festival will feature a captivating trail of projection installations across the town centre, bringing to life a reimagined vision of Rotherham. See Rotherham Town centre like you've never seen before!
Date: Friday 24th to Sunday 26th January 2025
Where: Rotherham Town Centre
Cost: FREE
A world premiere… The World Beneath Our Feet drama festival!
It's a world first! ‘The World Beneath Our Feet’, is a brand-new youth drama festival from Children’s Capital of Culture. We've worked with four youth drama groups in Rotherham in its creation: Drama Kids, Brampton Youth Theatre, Green Man in Dalton and Breakout Arts. Each group will present a new work linked to themes of nature and the environment.
First up is Trash Planet by Drama Kids on October 25 at the Rotherham Civic theatre. An unforgettable show that tackles the Earth's climate change crisis.
Trash Planet imagines an emergency summit of world leaders, who need to save the planet. Each one will reveal what they are going to help, but will everyone come together in time to solve the crisis? Join us to find out!
Date: October 25th
Where: Rotherham Civic Theatre
Tickets: Tickets are FREE and can be booked using the below link
Book your FREE tickets to see Trash Planet
Other performances:
The remaining three FREE performances created for The World Beneath Our Feet are:
- Stories from the Dust by Brampton Youth Theatre
- Date: 7th and 8th of November
- Where: Cortonwood Comeback Centre (34 Chapel Ave, Brampton, Barnsley S73 0XQ)
- Book tickets to see Stories from the Dust
- The Rewilding of Wisteria Dumont by Green Man drama group
- Date: 29th of November
- Where: Silverwood Miners Welfare Resource Centre (Doncaster Rd, Dalton, Rotherham S65 3ET)
- Book tickets to see The Rewilding of Wisteria Dumont
- A is for Apple by Breakout Arts
- Date: 7pm, 15th of November
- Where: Rotherham College Studio Theatre (Eastwood Lane, Rotherham S65 1EG)
- Book tickets to see A is for Apple
Plug In & Play
Plug In and Play with the National Videogame Museum and Children’s Capital of Culture with a nature inspired videogame adventure in Rotherham this October Half-Term.
Grab your trail map from the Plug In and Play hub at Rotherham Town Centre’s All Saints Square to begin a journey of fun with both digital and analogue games for all the family. Complete your quest by collecting stickers as you explore eight venues throughout Rotherham, taking part in unique family fun activities and creative videogame inspired arts and crafts.
Follow the trail in any order to seek out playable retro videogame favourites such as Snake and Chuckie Egg and encounter videogames that come to life. Hop through obstacles based on classic character Frogger, and take down evil pigs in a physical recreation of Angry Birds. Go beyond the screen to re-enact classic videogames in live action fun!
Tickets: FREE! Pop along, plug in, and play!
Dates: Thursday 31st October - Saturday 2nd November
Time: 11am - 3pm each day
Entry fee: Free
Locations:
- ‘Radiant Vines’ at All Saints Square, Rotherham, S60 1PW
Water the flowing LED vines and see how high they climb - and don't forget to pick up your trail map!
- ‘Rotherham United E-Sports Gaming Bus’ at Rotherham United FC, New York Stadium, New York Way, Rotherham S60 1FJ
Play in the ultimate gaming bus. With a range of videogame activities, you'll be spoilt for choice!
- ‘Frog Tipping’ at Rotherham Minster, Church St, Rotherham S60 1PD
A certain Frog wants more things to jump on, and has been fly-tipping into the River Don! Can you help Robin Rex clean it up?
- ‘Narrative Games Toolbox’ at Grimm & Co, Ship Hill, Rotherham S60 2HG
Design and create your very own videogame story with a selection of accessible narrative game tools.
- ‘Tales & Terrain’ at Riverside House, Main St, Rotherham S60 1AE
Want to get crafty? Help create a large-scale map packed with small stories, navigated by your own terrain.
- ‘Runner Bees’ at Forge Island, Market St, Rotherham S60 1QE
Can you help the queen bee? Join in this interactive experience collecting and delivering pollen against the clock.
- ‘Joust’ at Forge Island, Market St, Rotherham S60 1QE
Will you be the last player standing? Eliminate other players by jostling their colourful control and protecting your own.
- ‘Shutterbug’ at Flux Gathering Space, 34 High Street, S60 1PP
A peaceful photography videogame about the joy of exploring the woods and discovering pleasant little critters.
You can follow the trail in any order you like!
The Botanist's Backyard of Books, Bees, and Breaks!
Join our friends over at Grimm & Co. as they open their new garden space with a special launch event!
The Botanist's Backyard of Books, Bees, and Breaks is a project designed by Children's Capital of Culture trainees at Grimm & Co. The event will feature fun activities for all the family and a new Grimm storytelling.
Find out more about the event and book your spot!
Details:
Date: Saturday 14th September 2024
Time: 10.30am - 3pm
Where: Grimm & Co., Ship Hill, Rotherham S60 2HG
Entry fee: Free (however, you must book your time slot HERE)
Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Reclaim The Night
'Reclaim The Night' returns this year, after a record-breaking attendance in 2023. Join us and our partners in creating a safe, welcoming environment and helping women feel safer on the streets.
Expect family friendly creative workshops, poetry and performances. This is followed by a walk around the town centre and a mature session at the town hall.
Dates: Thursday 21st November 2024
Time: 4pm - 6pm
Entry fee: Free!
Locations:
- Grimm & Co., Ship Hill, Rotherham S60 2HG
- Rotherham Town Hall, The Crofts, Moorgate St, Rotherham S60 2TH
Mini Melodies
Themed music activity sessions for children aged 0-5.
Term-time only.
No pre-booking needed. Drop-ins are welcome.
£4 pay as you go.
Weekly timetable:
Tuesday - Swinton Library 11am
Tuesday - Aston Library 2pm
Wednesday - Rawmarsh Library 11am
Wednesday - Wath Library 1:45pm
Thursday - Mowbray Gardens Library 9:30am
Thursday - Wickersley Library 10:45am
Friday - Greasborough Library 9:30am
Friday - Maltby Library 11:15am
Our Habitat, Our Home
On Saturday 20 July Clifton Park Museum launches their new exhibition, Our Habitats, Our Home, with an official launch day full of activities on Tuesday 23rd July.
The exhibition also includes ‘Naturalia,’ an immersive experience created by artist duo, Dr Liam Jefferies & Stephanie Jefferies which explores how Rotherham’s natural spaces, once desecrated by industry, are being reclaimed by nature.
Clifton Park and Museum
Clifton Lane
Rotherham
S65 2AA
NELSON'S CUB CLUB
Nelson's Cub Club is puuuurfect for little cubs aged 1 to 4.
Join Little Nelson and the Clifton Park Museum team to explore objects from the museum's collections and engage with them through stories, songs, movement, mark-making, sensory activities and role play!
Every other Wednesday during term time.
All sessions are FREE and include a drink and small snack.
The session numbers are extremely limited, and we will be operating on a first-come-first served basis with doors closing at 10:10am.
Starting from 20th September and ending on the 17th of July 2024
Cost: FREE
Location: Clifton Park Museum Clifton Lane, Rotherham, S65 2AA
Time: 10am - 11:30am (Recurs every other week on Wednesday).
Spaces are free but limited. Book yours by emailing Heritage.Learn@rotherham.gov.uk.
Are you ready to become Children's Capital of Culture 2025?
Together, we will make Rotherham a place that young people are proud to call home.
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