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Get ready for a spectacular summer celebration as Festival Oldham and the Summer Music Festival return to Oldham Town Centre on Saturday 5 July for a full day of free music and family fun

Festival Oldham returns – bigger, bolder, and more brilliant than ever!

Published: Tuesday, 01st July 2025

Get ready for a spectacular summer celebration as Festival Oldham and the Summer Music Festival return to Oldham Town Centre on Saturday.

  • Oldham star Julie Hesmondhalgh, who is also a leading member of the Friends of Oldham Coliseum, stood on stage at the theatre.

    Update on Oldham Coliseum reopening

    Published: Wednesday, 04th June 2025

    The building that was the historic home of Oldham Coliseum Theatre will now reopen in 2026, it has been announced.

  • Sarah Lancashire as Raquel with Kevin Kennedy as Curly

    Inspiring Oldhamers recognised in New Year Honours including Coronation Street and Black Doves star Sarah Lancashire

    Published: Tuesday, 31st December 2024

    The Happy Valley and Last Tango In Halifax legend has been honoured for her services to drama.

  • Minute to midnight

    Gallery Oldham: Minute to Midnight

    Published: Wednesday, 20th November 2024

    This new thought-provoking exhibition brings together a group of north-west artists, all of whom are deeply concerned with intervention in the climate crisis.

  • Oldham Music Service is hitting all the right notes this Christmas

    Published: Tuesday, 19th November 2024

    Talented musicians will be showing off their talents and performing some Christmas classis in the Queen Elizabeth Hall.

  • Oldham Open exhibition

    The Oldham Open makes a welcome return – and your artwork could be part of it

    Published: Wednesday, 24th July 2024

    Local artists are being encouraged to pick up their paintbrush, fire up the kiln and get snapping with a camera – or even their phone - for a chance to be part of this year's Oldham Open.

  • Gallery Oldham

    Two of Oldham’s best used public venues to benefit from £560,000 plus funding boost

    Published: Wednesday, 17th July 2024

    Oldham Council has been awarded £564,375 to modernise and improve the building that houses Gallery Oldham and central library.

  • Jellyfish in Gallery Oldham

    Gallery Oldham: Ocean Drifters

    Published: Thursday, 23rd May 2024

    Step into our magical underwater kingdom, filled with jellyfish and coral.

  • Gallery Oldham exhibition

    Powerful new exhibition ‘In Which Language Do We Dream?’ comes to Gallery Oldham

    Published: Wednesday, 31st January 2024

    A compelling new exhibition titled ‘In Which Language Do We Dream?’ is opening at Gallery Oldham, offering a rare glimpse into the lives of one Syrian family uprooted by war.

  • Wild Colour

    Gallery Oldham exhibition: Wild Colour

    Published: Tuesday, 28th November 2023

    Sir David Attenborough’s latest BBC series is currently wowing TV audiences of all ages with its stunning wildlife footage.

  • Going to the Match

    L S Lowry's Going to the Match comes to Oldham

    Published: Tuesday, 21st November 2023

    L S Lowry’s masterpiece Going to the Match is going on public display in Gallery Oldham from 2 December 2023 to 24 February 2024

  • Dinosaur at Gallery Oldham

    And you thought dinosaurs were scary…

    Published: Monday, 16th October 2023

    Struggling for ideas of what to do with the children this half term?

  • Changes to popular service before move to a new home

    Published: Tuesday, 26th September 2023

    There will be temporary changes to our Local Studies and Archives Service this winter, as the service prepares to move to its new home in the redeveloped Spindles centre.

  • David Ralston - Annie Kenney

    Gallery Oldham: showcasing local artistic talent

    Published: Tuesday, 05th September 2023

    Gallery Oldham’s latest exhibition will celebrate the wealth of artistic talent we have right on our doorstep.

  • Gallery Oldham: Devotions to the Goddess Flora work by Ruth Moilliet

    Published: Tuesday, 13th June 2023

    Gallery Oldham’s latest temporary exhibition looks blooming great – but it also has an important environmental message.

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