2026 Programme

Explore an exciting lineup of talks, workshops, art and dance performances, live music, marketplace, art exhibitions and much more.

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A large collection WOW Rotherham badges on a table.

WOW Rotherham Information Point

9th May 2026
Rotherham Minster
A group of girls taking part in craft activities at WOW Rotherham Festival.

Creative Workshops

9th May 2026
The Imperial Buildings
A group of people who have been on a Rotherham District Civic Society Tour.

Rotherham Women Blue Plaque Tour

9th May 2026
Meet at Visitors Cnetre
Logo that says The Makers Emporium, with 26 in the middle and is the colour purple

Makers Emporium

9th May 2026
No 26 The Makers Emporium, High Street
Two people talking on a stall.

Night Sisters Market by The Rooks Den

9th May 2026
The Three Cranes
Toddler picking up a picture during an activity

Creative Workshops

9th May 2026
The Imperial Buildings
WOW Rotherham Marketplace gazebo with crowds nearby.

WOW Rotherham Market Place

9th May 2026
Minster Gardens
A photo of the REMA team inside a gazebo.

Rotherham Ethnic Minority Alliance

9th May 2026
Community Village, Minster Yard
A person looking at the WOW Rotherham Festival programme

Hope Brigade Exhibition

9th May 2026
Rotherham Minster
A photo of Karina, a colourist. Karina is a woman with dark grey hair smiling at the camera. She is holding brightly coloured clothing.

Colour Analysis

9th May 2026
Yella Brick Road, High Street
A photo of the Goodysphere Sensory Bus inside Magna. A transit van with a sliding open door.

Goodysphere Sensory Bus

9th May 2026
Minster Gardens
A photo of WOW Rotherham Festival. There are gazebos and people outside.

Nasheed

9th May 2026
Community Stage, Minster Yard
Two people dressed in brightly coloured outfits posing for the camera.

Two Freedas

9th May 2026
All Saints Square
A photo of Global Women's Voices Network in Rotherham.

Global Womens Voices Network

9th May 2026
Community Stage, Minster Yard
A photo of Kah'Loca, with four performers dancing outside, wearing brightly coloured outfits and headgear.

Kah'Loca

9th May 2026
All Saints Square
Sudanese Womens Drummers at WOW Rotherham.

Sudanese Women Drummers

9th May 2026
Community Stage, Minster Yard
A photo of Ruby Jones, a white woman with short ginger hair in a mullet, playing guitar.

Ruby Jones

9th May 2026
Snails Yard
We Great Ladies smiling at the camera.

We Great Ladies

9th May 2026
Festival Site
A group photo of Nisha Lall dancing outside in front of Rotherham Minster.

Women of the World Dance!

9th May 2026
Minster Gardens
A photo of Annie Priest, non-binary musician from Sheffield. They are white, have short curly hair and wearing glasses.

Annie Priest

9th May 2026
Snails Yard
A group of photo of the Dig Where You Stand team. Smiling and looking towards the camera.

Dig Where You Stand Panel

9th May 2026
Community Stage, Rotherham Minster
A woman with two hoola hoops round her waist pulling a face.

K*TCHEN

9th May 2026
All Saints Square
A staged photo of Abstract Circus CIC with a hoola hoop.

Abstract Circus CIC

9th May 2026
All Saints Square
A white woman with black curly hair sat in a forest playing guitar.

Katrina Tia Charles

9th May 2026
Community Stage, Minster Yard
Rotherham District Civic Society Logo

Notable Women with a Rotherham Connection Talk

9th May 2026
Visitors Centre, High Street
A photo of Hannah Rowe performing holding a microphone. She is white with blonde hair wearing a white top.

Hannah Rowe

9th May 2026
Snails Yard
pop-up and play at WOW rotherham festival.

Pop-up and Play with Rotherham Music

9th May 2026
Minster Yard, Community Stage
Two women on stage talking into microphones.

Daring to Lead Panel

9th May 2026
Rotherham Minster
A portrait photo of Yasmine Elisabeth, a white woman with brown hair smiling at the camera.

Yasmine Elisabeth

9th May 2026
Snails Yard
Rotherham Sangeet Choir onstage at Rotherham Civic Theatre. All wearing traditional Indian clothing.

Rotherham Sangeet Choir

9th May 2026
Community Stage, Minster Yard
A photo of a swimming pool full of people in different types of swim wear. They all have their hands up and are smiling at the camera.

Big Fatt Pool Party

9th May 2026
Rotherham Leisure Complex

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