Friday 24th April

 

7.00pm - Catch The Cuckoo Walk

Meet outside Marsden Mechanics

for a hard 2 mile walk to the

birthplace of the Marsden Cuckoo.

Hear the story by Peter Armitage.

 

8.00pm - 11.00pm - Conservative Club

"Life and Times" Centenary Exhibition

 

8.30pm Folk Night – Riverhead Brewery Tap

Join in an evening of fun and folk music. Featuring Cuckoo Day’s specially

brewed beer ‘Ruffled Feathers’.

Musicians & floor singers welcome.

 

Saturday 25th April

 

8.00pm - Live Music at the New Inn

featuring Harry Rowland

 

Marsden Mechanics Events

Upstairs Hall - Local Entertainment

 

11.30am - 12.00pm Bernadette Heys theatre dance

12.00pm - 12.30pm Fiona Weir Cuckoo story telling

12:30pm - 1:00pm Colne Valley black belt academy karate display

1.00pm - 1.30pm Marsden belly dancers

1.30pm - 2.00pm Jenny Goodman cuckoo voices

In the library: 11:00am - 12:00pm Children's story telling

 

Inside Events from 11am

 

Marsden Mechanics Institute (See map: 5)

Upstairs Hall:  Marsden After School Club

serving refreshments & snacks, free face painting, make a cuckoo stick.

Local entertainment including

Theatre Dance, Karate Display, Belly Dancers

Committee Room: Craft Fair

Library: Story Telling

Foyer: Find the Cuckoo’s Nest

 

United Church: (See map: 1)

Music, Craft Fair, Refreshments

2.00pm Unity Voices

 

St Bartholomew’s Church: (See map: 2)

12.30pm - Organ recital by James Harker

Selection of popular work including Bach's Toccata Fugue in D Minor

Parochial Hall:

Refreshments/light meals,

Craft stalls, Tombola and more

 

Conservative Club Centenary Exhibition.

 

Outside Events from 11am

 

Argyle Street / Peel Street (See map: 3)

Duck Race Tickets, National Trust Plant stall

Circus Skills with the ‘Fiascos’.

 

Wessen Court (See map: 4)

Children’s Rides, Holme Valley Mountain

Rescue, Thurlstone Owls Sanctuary

 

Parochial Hall Car Park (See map: 2)

Vintage Engines, Classic Motor Cycles

 

Marsden Traders

A wide assortment of crafts and local produce. Food and drink from the shops, pubs and cafes in the village.

Look out for venues competing in the Cooking Challenge and win a prize

 

Timed Outside Events

 

11.00am - Marsden’s Junior Band

 United Church

 

11.30am - Clog/Morris Dancing

Wessen Court/Argyle Street

 

12.00pm - 2.00pm - Pony Rides

 St Bartholomew’s Church Drive

 

1.00pm - Maypole Dancing

Wessen Court

 

1.00pm - Punch & Judy

outside Mechanics Institute

 

2.00pm - Marsden Silver Prize Band

outside Mechanics Institute

 

2.45pm - Grand Cuckoo Procession

Silver Prize Band, Thievin’ Magpies and Majorettes.

Bring your Cuckoo Sticks. Win a prize with your wheelbarrow float.

 

3.30pm - Duck Race

 Mellor Bridge

 

4.00pm - Follow the band to Tunnel End

Water Taxis all day and JRT Minibus options, See Boat legged through by Horse Drawn Boat Society.

Activities, dancing and music at Standedge Visitor Centre