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Always Wanted to Make a Film? Now’s Your Chance – 🎬FREE Filmmaking Course begins at Hack Oldham! 🎬
If you’ve ever watched a film and thought “I’d love to do that” , this is your moment! A free 6-month filmmaking programme funded by the National Lottery Community Fund is launching at Hack Oldham — this is a unique opportunity to learn hands-on filmmaking from an award-winning professional filmmaker . This isn’t theory or watching tutorials online. These are in-person classes with industry-level equipment, real productions, and guidance from someone who works in the industr
hackoldham
Mar 153 min read


Check out our new shopfront signs!
Finally, after eleven years, Hack Oldham has some signs on the front of the building! Thanks to a match funding grant from Oldham Council we now have two huge illuminated signs proudly displaying our "Hack Oldham" name and logo. No more will we have members of the public coming in to ask if we sell TVs or whether the pub is open. Hopefully. And this is just the start of our upgrade. There will soon be a large LED TV screen over the main doors showing what is on at Hack. We'll
hackoldham
Mar 11 min read


Happy Halloween from Hack!
This October at our annual Halloween party we gave a prize to the best dressed ghoul in town. Can you guess who won the award for best fancy dress? There were spellbooks and plush pumpkins made at our craft and chat group, battleaxes and swords from our prop-making workshop, and window art from our illustrious crafting group leader Marie, who was also responsible for the jelly-mold mummified heads! Halloween is our chance to showcase the fabulous work of our volunteers. Every
hackoldham
Dec 11, 20251 min read


New artwork in our event space showcases Oldham's heritage
We've renovated our event space at Hack Oldham this month. You can now see this superb original artwork by local artist Peter Castle....
hackoldham
Sep 7, 20251 min read
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