Singers from across the borough are being invited to showcase their talent at the Gracie Fields statue unveiling on Sunday 18 September.
Another big name has confirmed an appearance at next month’s Rochdale Literature & Ideas Festival.
Celebrity chef Andrew Nutter will be swapping his big name restaurants for Rochdale Town Hall as he prepares to whip up a feast in honour of the late, Dame Gracie Fields.
With seven weeks to go, the 20-page programme for Rochdale Literature & Ideas Festival has been released.
Rochdale’s gold medal-winning Olympians Joanna Rowsell-Shand and Nicola White are to be honoured with a civic thank you after their success at the Rio games.
