It’s December and we have lots of fun events taking place across Rotherham. This month, we have Free Christmas Craft Workshops in the Rotherham Indoor Market Hall, plus many more events.
Also, children will be thrilled to meet Father Christmas in Riverside Library. Step back in time and experience a Victorian ‘Christmas with the Walkers’ at Clifton Park Museum. The spectacular pantomime Sleeping Beauty has lots of entertainment, comedy, and song and dance routines during the festive season.
- Sunday 1 December, Winter Fest – this includes Santa Dash registration at 10am and the dash starts at 12noon, Christmas Market 10am to 4pm and also Santa’s Grotto, Clifton Park
- Thursday 5 December, 3.30pm to 4.30pm, Christmas Story and Crafts, Wath Library
- Thursday 5 December, 3pm to 5pm, Christmas Crafts, Rawmarsh Library
- Friday 6 December, 8pm to 9.15pm, ‘Christmas with the Walkers’, Clifton Park Museum
- Saturday 7 December, 10am to 12noon, Coffee Morning in support of the Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice, Libraries across Rotherham
- Saturday 7 December, 10am to 2pm, Free Christmas Craft Workshop – with Dawn from Craft Corner, Rotherham Indoor Market Hall
- Tuesday 10 December, 4pm to 5pm, Meet Father Christmas, Riverside Library
- Tuesday 10 December, 5.30pm, A Ghostly Christmas, Wickersley Library
- Thursday 12 December, 3pm to 5pm, Christmas Crafts, Rawmarsh Library
- Thursday 12 December, 3.30pm to 4.30pm, Christmas Story and Crafts, Wath Library
- Thursday 12 December, 4.30pm to 5.30pm, Meet Father Christmas, Riverside Library
- Thursday 12 December, 5.30pm A Ghostly Christmas, Wickersley Library
- Saturday 14 December, 10am to 2pm, Free Christmas Craft Workshop – with Eve from Yartopia, Rotherham Indoor Market Hall
- Saturday 14 December, 10am to 2pm, Christmas Carols performed by Rotherham Town Brass Band, Indoor Market seating area
- Saturday 14 December, 10am to 3pm, Christmas Crafters and Gift Market, Effingham Street
- Tuesday 17 December,10.15am to 12noon, Little Learners Christmas Crafts and Sensory Play Morning, Clifton Park Museum
- Tuesday 17 December, 1pm to 2.45pm, Little Learners Christmas Crafts and Sensory Play Afternoon, Clifton Park Museum
- Tuesday 17 December, 3.45pm to 4.45pm, A Crafty Christmas, Wickersley Library
- Thursday 19 December, 3pm to 5pm, Christmas Crafts, Rawmarsh Library
- Thursday 19 December, 3.30pm to 4.30pm, Christmas Children’s Craft Activity, Greasbrough Library
- Thursday 19 December, 3.30pm to 4.30pm, Christmas Story and Crafts, Wath Library
- Saturday 21 December, 10am to 2pm, Christmas Carols performed by Rotherham Town Brass Band, Indoor Market seating area
- Saturday 21 December, 10am to 2pm, Free Christmas Craft Workshop – with Dawn from Craft Corner, Rotherham Indoor Market Hall
- Monday 23 December, 11am to 3pm, Christmas Crafts Drop-in, Clifton Park Museum
Christmas music and songs taking place in Libraries
Rawmarsh Library:
- Friday 13 December, 2pm to 3pm, Festive Friday with St. Joseph’s Catholic Primary School
Wickersley Library: performances by the following choirs:
- Tuesday 3 December, 11.15am, Wickersley Northfield Primary School
- Tuesday 3 December 1:30pm Bramley Sunnyside Junior School
- Monday 9 December, 10am Sitwell Junior School
- Tuesday 10 December, 9.15am, St. Gerard’s Catholic Primary School
- Thursday 12 December, 1.45pm, Flanderwell Primary School
- Monday 16 December, 11am, Listerdale Junior Academy
- Tuesday 17 December, 10.30am, Sitwell Infant School
- Tuesday 17 December, 2pm, St. Albans C of E Primary School
Also:
Rotherham Theatres has lots of entertaining performances taking place which includes: Sleeping Beauty (Friday 29 November to Sunday 5 January 2020), The Big Band at Christmas 2019 (Wednesday 4 December) and A Night of Carols and Christmas Music with the Maltby Miners Welfare (Tuesday 10 and Wednesday 11 December). Plus many more shows, for more details go to the Rotherham Theatres website.