Join us for a day packed with fun, flavour, and festivity as we celebrate the humble dumpling in all its delicious glory!

Coinciding with the Home exhibition by Ukrainian photographers and national Refugee Week, Rochdale’s Dumpling Day offers a feast of activities and flavours bringing our communities together. Sample an international variety of dumplings, join in with exciting dumpling-themed activities and enjoy a range of music in celebration of our diverse community.

As well as Refugee week and the exhibition of work by Ukrainian photographers across Rochdale, the early summer date connects to the historical tradition of Wakes Day in Lancashire mill towns – an annual holiday for mill workers that saw music, dancing and a festival feel throughout the town. So gather your friends and family for a day of celebration, honouring Rochdale’s diverse communities, culinary heritage and the universal love for dumplings!

Activities:

– Dumpling tasting from Ukrainian, Bangladeshi and Nigerian cooks

– Make your own Iranian and Chinese dumplings with Heart&Parcel

– Decorative Saltdough dumpling making

– Design your own dumpling character and story

– Join in with cross stitching or crocheting a dumpling design

– Hear from artists, cooks and Touchstones staff in a Global Café

The Global café presents an opportunity for people to talk to different contributors participating in Dumpling Day. Each contributor will be sat at a different café style table. Visitors are invited to spend a set amount of time at each table getting to know their host before moving on to the next seat.