THERE is always loads going on around the region.
Here are our five top things to do or visit this weekend.
Beer Festival
Real ale lovers will be toasting a beer festival at The Barlow, Edgworth this weekend.
The festival will feature craft ales all from local breweries no more than a few miles from Edgworth.
The headline sponsor will be the Wayoh Brewing Company and others offering a taste of their wares will be Northern Monkey Brew Company, Bank Top, Irwell Works, Northern Whisper, Edgworth Brew Company.
For a full list go to the Barlow website www.thebarlow.co.uk/whats-on.
Entry to the festival is £5 on Friday and Saturday, and £2 on Sunday. The festival is open from 6pm Friday
Charity Walk
Bolton Hospice's 10 Miles, 10 Pubs walk will return this year on Saturday 29th September for it's fifth year.
The walk takes you around the beautiful and scenic areas of Rivington, Angelzarke and Adlington.
Entry is £15 and you can visit justgiving.com and search '10miles10pubswalk' to get more information and to register.
Concert
Electro 80's, the UK's Premier 1980's Electronica Tribute Band will be playing at Henighans on Bury Road, Breightmet this Saturday.
The gig will feature the band playing the Music of Gary Numan, Depeche Mode, Ultravox, OMD, The Human League, Kraftwerk, Yazoo, Devo, John Foxx, Soft Cell and Many More.
Tickets cost £8.75 and are available at www.ticketline.co.uk/order/tickets/13339004/electro-80s-the-uks-premier-1980s-electronica-tribute-band-henighans-live-music-venue-2018-09-29-21-00-00
Ploughing
The rescheduled annual Ploughing competition takes place at Brinsop Hall Farm, Brinsop Hall Lane, Westhoughton this Sunday.
Experienced ploughers and amateurs are welcome to enter at a cost of £10, with all proceeds from the day will going to Bolton Mountain Rescue. Each competitor will have a marked plot in which they will have to plough that piece of land as neat at they can to showcase their skills.
Gin Tasting
Head on over to Bradshaw Cricket Club for an evening of ‘ginebriation’. The evening will cover everything gin including the History/Distillation Methods and Botanicals, Garnishes and Mixers.
To help you to discover what makes this unique tipple so special there will be five different artisan gins from around the world for you to taste.
The event coats £25 a ticket and you can get more infomation from www.theginmeister.co.uk
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