Rochdale Pennines Window Wanderlands 2025

Welcome to the Rochdale Pennines Window Wanderland 2025,

We are the Culture Coop and we are delighted to be bringing this fantastic festival to SMALLBRDIGE, WARDLE, LITTLEBOROUGH and MILNROW. With your help, we will transform the streets into a magical outdoor gallery for all to enjoy!

Window Wanderlands have been held around the world, and here are some links if you want to know more:

Windows of Wonder – https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/mar/03/windows-of-wonder-cutouts-and-light-brighten-glasgow-night

Window Wanderland spreads friendship – https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-bristol-47256943

Fancy taking part?

Taking part as a Windowmaker is FREE, and everyone’s welcome. You can make a display in the windows of your flat, house, business, school, nursery, car, campervan, shop – or your front garden!

Please don’t feel intimidated. Your display could be as simple as a candle, book or fairy-lights in a window. Or you could go all out and stage a performance in your front room!  Anything goes… as long as it’s family-friendly!

If you are looking for inspiration from previous Window Wanderlands events then have a look here: https://www.windowwanderland.com/gallery/

What to do next:

• Click on ‘Take part in this event’ to add your location to our map.
• You’ll get a ‘Welcome Pack’ when you sign in and access to lots of inspiration for windows too.
• Tell your friends and neighbours and ask them to get involved!

If you have any questions or would like to sponsor, promote or volunteer to help with this event, please contact the Culture Coop via email: info@theculturecoop.org .

We will host local workshops in each of the 4 areas listed above from the end of January and throughout February (specific dates to be confirmed). If for any reason you cannot attend these community workshops but still want to be a Windowmaker, then please let us know so that we can arrange for you to collect the materials needed locally.

This is a Culture Coop production. This organisation is an Arts Council funded, Rochdale based, art and cultural programme, it is part of the national Creative People and Places network.

Please keep checking back to this page to see our map grow!

Timeline of events:

From 27th January 2025: Beginning of the community workshops

21st February 2025: final set up of window displays

22nd February 2025: Event day (free to attend)

23rd February 2025 – Event day (free to attend)

24th February – 28th February 2025: Windows remain on display until the Friday