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Bands in the Park 2025

Abington Park Bandstand Abington Park, Wellingborough Road, Northampton, United Kingdom

125th Anniversary year Every Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday from 6th April to 28th September 2 - 5pm   Enjoy live performances from local bands and musicians at the Abington Park Bandstand, every Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday from April through to September.* Bring your own chairs, picnic blankets/rugs and relax within the picturesque surroundings of Abington Park. This year's performances start on 6th April and run through to 28th September. Please view the full 2025 schedule below. *There will be no Bands in the Park performance on 21st September, but you can enjoy the Rockin' Roadrunner Festival instead! Please note that performances may be shortened or cancelled in the case of inclement weather. Updates will be provided on our social media accounts when possible. 125th Anniversary Celebration Event - Saturday 17th May 11am - 4pm Marking 125 years of the bandstand in Abington Park with fun for all the family with activities, stalls and musical performances. MORE INFORMATION: www.northamptontowncouncil.gov.uk/bandsinthepark Bands in the Park 2025 calendar  

Great Fire Community Spirit Season: Fires Were Started

Northampton Filmhouse

Screening Dates: Sun 8 June 3:45pm Director: Humphrey Jennings Starring: Philip Dickson, George Gravett, Fred Griffiths, Johnny Houghton, Loris Rey, William Sansom In Humphrey Jennings propagandist documentary about heroism, filmed with real fire fighters, we meet a new man that joins the civilian firefighters at a London unit during the Second World War. He bonds with his fellow firemen and firewomen and even manages to enjoy some leisure time with them, until he goes on his first mission with the crew as it attempts to save an explosives warehouse on Trinidad Street near the London docks. 89 on the BFI’s Top 100 British films Purchase Tickets

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Bands in the Park 2025

Abington Park Bandstand Abington Park, Wellingborough Road, Northampton, United Kingdom

125th Anniversary year Every Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday from 6th April to 28th September 2 - 5pm   Enjoy live performances from local bands and musicians at the Abington Park Bandstand, every Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday from April through to September.* Bring your own chairs, picnic blankets/rugs and relax within the picturesque surroundings of Abington Park. This year's performances start on 6th April and run through to 28th September. Please view the full 2025 schedule below. *There will be no Bands in the Park performance on 21st September, but you can enjoy the Rockin' Roadrunner Festival instead! Please note that performances may be shortened or cancelled in the case of inclement weather. Updates will be provided on our social media accounts when possible. 125th Anniversary Celebration Event - Saturday 17th May 11am - 4pm Marking 125 years of the bandstand in Abington Park with fun for all the family with activities, stalls and musical performances. MORE INFORMATION: www.northamptontowncouncil.gov.uk/bandsinthepark Bands in the Park 2025 calendar  

Great Fire Community Spirit Season: Local Hero

Northampton Filmhouse

Screening Dates: Sun 15 June 3:45pm Director: Bill Forsyth Starring: Burt Lancaster, Peter Riegert, Peter Capaldi, Denis Lawson, Fulton Mackay Knox Oil and Gas of Houston is far removed from the North Sea oil it desires – and the sleepy Scottish seaside village it wants to buy and replace with a refinery. So Knox sends its ace dealmaker (Peter Riegert) to negotiate. He finds cheerful future millionaires, awesome northern lights, a lusty innkeeper, a stubborn beachcomber and a mermaid with webbed toes. Forsyth’s touch is perfect: whether showing us a tycoon (Burt Lancaster) with his head in the stars or bridging generations at an all-night ceilidh dance. 37 on the BFI’s Top 100 British films Purchase Tickets

Week of Words – National Writing Day – Great Fire of Northampton

The Creative Space, Northampton Market Square

The Week of Words - dedicated to celebrating how words shape art, stories, community and connection - is set to launch at The Creative Place on Northampton Market Square and everyone is invited to participate. Beginning on National Writing Day, Thursday 19th June, The Creative Place will be issuing free creative writing packs, with prompts inspired by the Great Fire of Northampton, to get people writing. Designed originally for young people, they are now available to all and anyone can request a digital pack or collect a physical one. Once submitted, finished pieces may be included in Northampton Film Festival’s animated film about the Great Fire of Northampton, which will be screened on Northampton Market Square in September. The Creative Place (TCP), considered one of the world’s smallest arts centres, will host a number of other events during the Week of Words, including: Friday 20th June: A gathering of an array of local authors for a meet and greet with the public, including the Northants Authors collective 10am-12pm and author of the Grumpy Rosetta children’s books Juliet Timpson 1pm-5pm. Saturday 21st June: 1) A variety of free sessions on Reading, Writing and Performance designed for young people, including a session...

Week of Words – Local Author Day

The Creative Space, Northampton Market Square

The Week of Words - dedicated to celebrating how words shape art, stories, community and connection - is set to launch at The Creative Place on Northampton Market Square and everyone is invited to participate. Beginning on National Writing Day, Thursday 19th June, The Creative Place will be issuing free creative writing packs, with prompts inspired by the Great Fire of Northampton, to get people writing. Designed originally for young people, they are now available to all and anyone can request a digital pack or collect a physical one. Once submitted, finished pieces may be included in Northampton Film Festival’s animated film about the Great Fire of Northampton, which will be screened on Northampton Market Square in September. The Creative Place (TCP), considered one of the world’s smallest arts centres, will host a number of other events during the Week of Words, including: Friday 20th June: A gathering of an array of local authors for a meet and greet with the public, including the Northants Authors collective 10am-12pm and author of the Grumpy Rosetta children’s books Juliet Timpson 1pm-5pm. Saturday 21st June: 1) A variety of free sessions on Reading, Writing and Performance designed for young people, including a session...

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Bands in the Park 2025

Abington Park Bandstand Abington Park, Wellingborough Road, Northampton, United Kingdom

125th Anniversary year Every Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday from 6th April to 28th September 2 - 5pm   Enjoy live performances from local bands and musicians at the Abington Park Bandstand, every Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday from April through to September.* Bring your own chairs, picnic blankets/rugs and relax within the picturesque surroundings of Abington Park. This year's performances start on 6th April and run through to 28th September. Please view the full 2025 schedule below. *There will be no Bands in the Park performance on 21st September, but you can enjoy the Rockin' Roadrunner Festival instead! Please note that performances may be shortened or cancelled in the case of inclement weather. Updates will be provided on our social media accounts when possible. 125th Anniversary Celebration Event - Saturday 17th May 11am - 4pm Marking 125 years of the bandstand in Abington Park with fun for all the family with activities, stalls and musical performances. MORE INFORMATION: www.northamptontowncouncil.gov.uk/bandsinthepark Bands in the Park 2025 calendar  

Great Fire Community Spirit Season: Brassed Off

Northampton Filmhouse

Screening Dates: Sun 22 June 3:00pm Director: Mark Herman Starring: Ewan McGregor, Pete Postlethwaite, Tara Fitzgerald In North Yorkshire, a local colliery band led by Danny (Pete Postlethwaite), prepare for the National Brass Band championships, at a time when the pit’s miners face redundancy. When the daughter of a former band leader named Gloria (Tara Fitzgerald) arrives, her return to the band raises their spirits, alongside a blossoming relationship with one of the band’s younger members (Ewan McGregor). With Gloria leading on the flugelhorn, this pivotal scene showcases the band performing Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez. Combining the yearning, pining quality of brass band music with the film’s dry humour, politics and human stories, Brassed Off reminds us that it’s the music that matters. 85 on the BFI’s Top 100 British films Purchase Tickets

Week of Words – Industry Day

The Creative Space, Northampton Market Square

The Week of Words - dedicated to celebrating how words shape art, stories, community and connection - is set to launch at The Creative Place on Northampton Market Square and everyone is invited to participate. Beginning on National Writing Day, Thursday 19th June, The Creative Place will be issuing free creative writing packs, with prompts inspired by the Great Fire of Northampton, to get people writing. Designed originally for young people, they are now available to all and anyone can request a digital pack or collect a physical one. Once submitted, finished pieces may be included in Northampton Film Festival’s animated film about the Great Fire of Northampton, which will be screened on Northampton Market Square in September. The Creative Place (TCP), considered one of the world’s smallest arts centres, will host a number of other events during the Week of Words, including: Friday 20th June: A gathering of an array of local authors for a meet and greet with the public, including the Northants Authors collective 10am-12pm and author of the Grumpy Rosetta children’s books Juliet Timpson 1pm-5pm. Saturday 21st June: 1) A variety of free sessions on Reading, Writing and Performance designed for young people, including a session...

Week of Words – Mother Tongue Poetry Reading

The Creative Space, Northampton Market Square

The Week of Words - dedicated to celebrating how words shape art, stories, community and connection - is set to launch at The Creative Place on Northampton Market Square and everyone is invited to participate. Beginning on National Writing Day, Thursday 19th June, The Creative Place will be issuing free creative writing packs, with prompts inspired by the Great Fire of Northampton, to get people writing. Designed originally for young people, they are now available to all and anyone can request a digital pack or collect a physical one. Once submitted, finished pieces may be included in Northampton Film Festival’s animated film about the Great Fire of Northampton, which will be screened on Northampton Market Square in September. The Creative Place (TCP), considered one of the world’s smallest arts centres, will host a number of other events during the Week of Words, including: Friday 20th June: A gathering of an array of local authors for a meet and greet with the public, including the Northants Authors collective 10am-12pm and author of the Grumpy Rosetta children’s books Juliet Timpson 1pm-5pm. Saturday 21st June: 1) A variety of free sessions on Reading, Writing and Performance designed for young people, including a session...

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