Northampton BID

Axel Blake: In Style
2024-03-03 18:30 - 20:30 (Europe/London) | Royal and Derngate Theatre, 19-21 Guildhall Road, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1DP
Lee Martin For Gag Reflex Presents
Britain’s Got Talent 2022 winner Axel Blake is heading out on the road with his new show In Style.
From the wilds of Dunstable, Axel Blake arrived on the country’s living room screens in style as Simon Cowell’s golden buzzer on Britain’s Got Talent. His observational comedy paired with his witty charm captivated the audience propelling him to be crowned 2022 Champion of the hit show. Axel is continuing to chase his dreams. Fresh from appearing on the 2022 edition of the Royal Variety Show he is on the road with his first ever national tour – Axel Blake is coming to your town – In Style.

Nabil Abdulrashid: The Purple Pill
2024-03-03 19:30 - 21:30 | Royal and Derngate Theatre, 19-21 Guildhall Road, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1DP
Chambers Touring Proudly Presents
Nabil Abdulrashid: The Purple Pill
A show about trying to be a good person while staying a badman.
Join the star of Live at the Apollo for this “unapologetically funny” (Telegraph) exploration of empathy, morality and political contradiction. ???? Evening Standard
As seen on Live at the Apollo, Have I Got News for You, The Big Narstie Show, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and Unapologetic.

Life and Art: Elke Pollard Retrospective
2024-03-05 10:00 - 17:00, 2024-03-06 10:00 - 17:00, 2024-03-07 10:00 - 17:00, 2024-03-08 10:00 - 17:00, 2024-03-09 10:00 - 17:00 | Northampton Museum And Art Gallery, 4-6 Guildhall Rd,, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1DP, United Kingdom
Well-known amongst the local art community for her gregarious personality, Elke Pollard created a wide body of work in a variety of media and styles predominantly colourful large-scale portraits and floral still lifes. Alongside her art, Pollard worked as a designer and seamstress. This exhibition will showcase art and design highlights from the life of this influential and prominent Northampton artist.

From The Collection: Abstract Art
2024-03-05 10:00 - 17:00, 2024-03-06 10:00 - 17:00, 2024-03-07 10:00 - 17:00, 2024-03-08 10:00 - 17:00, 2024-03-09 10:00 - 17:00 | Northampton Museum And Art Gallery, 4-6 Guildhall Rd,, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1DP, United Kingdom
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery

Saturday 2 March â€“ Sunday 1 September

A celebration of the 20th century paintings, prints and sculptures in our collection that all share an abstraction of form, from large oil on canvas paintings to angular metal sculptures. This exhibition is a presentation of this central stream of modern art production, investigating abstract art’s unique voice, freedom of expression and artistic origins.

DRET Primary Music Festival 2024: Hansel and Gretel
2024-03-05 18:00 - 20:00 | Royal and Derngate Theatre, 19-21 Guildhall Road, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1DP
In partnership with the Royal Opera House and the Voices Foundation, pupils from the David Ross Education Trust (Bobby Moore Academy Primary, Briar Hill Primary School, Cedar Road Primary School, Eastfield Academy, Kings Heath Primary Academy, Malcolm Arnold Preparatory School, The Arbours Primary Academy) will perform a 60-minute version of Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel. Directed by Jonathan Ainscough, and conducted by Simon Toyne, the pupils join with professional singers and instrumentalists to bring to life Humperdinck’s enchanting fairy tale masterpiece. The opera depicts the famous Grimm fairy tale of two children who venture into the forest to forage for berries and encounter the Sandman, the Dew Fairy, and a Witch who lives in a house made of gingerbread, on their adventure. Full of great tunes, including the famous ‘Evening Prayer’ and ‘Witch’s Ride’, this production is perfect for audiences young and old.

Shakespeare Schools Festival 2024
2024-03-05 19:00 - 21:30 | The Old Savoy â€“ The home of The Deco Theatre, Abington Square, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 4AE
Coram Shakespeare Schools Foundation is proud to present the world’s largest youth drama festival. Join us this March for an exhilarating evening of live theatre, featuring a series of unique abridged Shakespeare productions by local schools. See Shakespeare’s timeless stories brought to life like never before, and support young people from your community as they take to the stage.

Miles Jupp: On I Bang
2024-03-05 19:30 - 21:30 | Royal and Derngate Theatre, 19-21 Guildhall Road, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1DP
Since Miles’ last tour finished at The London Palladium in 2017, he’s been in The Full Monty on Disney Plus, The Durrells and Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? on ITV, as well as a heap of episodes of Frankie Boyle’s New World Order and Have I Got News For You. He’s made an award-winning radio series and he’s published a novel. But for Covid, he would have played a lead at the RSC. Hey ho. Nevertheless he’s done a play in the West End and played the Emperor of Austria and Europe in a Ridley Scott film.
Yet one sunny day in the middle of all this, he suddenly suffered a brain seizure. This led to the discovery of a tumour the size of a cherry tomato, and a rather pressing need to undergo major neurosurgery. Obviously, one doesn’t wish to make a big deal of it, but the experience has left him with a story to tell and a few things that he’d like to share with the room. So that’s exactly what he’s doing in his new show On I Bang – a tale about surprise, fear, luck, love and qualified medical practitioners.

NMPAT: Big Sing
2024-03-06 18:30 - 20:30, 2024-03-07 18:30 - 20:30 | Royal and Derngate Theatre, 19-21 Guildhall Road, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1DP
Northamptonshire Music and Performing Arts Trust presents a celebration of our singing heroes, featuring a massed primary school choir formed from schools across Northamptonshire.
Other NMPAT shows this season include:
NMPAT: Orchestra Spectacular | NMPAT: Wind Band Spectacular

Alice Roberts
2024-03-07 19:30 - 21:30 | Royal and Derngate Theatre, 19-21 Guildhall Road, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1DP
After a sell-out run in Spring 2022, Professor Alice Roberts is returning in Spring 2024 to launch her new book, Crypt.
This final instalment of her highly-acclaimed trilogy explores the experience of life, death and disease in the Middle Ages and beyond.
Alice looks at the archaeological evidence for terrible brutality directed at an ethnic minority in medieval England, she explores the impact of incurable epidemics sweeping through Europe and looks at how modern science is unlocking secrets from the watery grave of the Mary Rose shipwreck. She also reveals how archaeogenetic research is uncovering cryptic clues and shedding new light on diseases such as leprosy, syphilis and the plague.
Professor Alice Roberts’ charismatic and engaging style has captivated audiences from all backgrounds for over two decades. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to join her for a fascinating evening, learn more about her latest book and even bag yourself a signed copy!

Northampton Film Festival 2024
2024-03-08, 2024-03-09 | town centre
Northampton Film Festival 2024 8 â€“ 16 March 2024
Check out the Film Guide to see what weâ€™re showing or the Schedule to book a screening.
And if you want to binge on local and British cinema for less, book a festival pass.
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The Festival has been made possible with support from Northampton Town Council and our venues: Cineworld Northampton, Delapre Abbey, Lings Forum, University of Northampton and Northampton Filmhouse.

Mini museum explorers
2024-03-08 10:15 - 11:45 | Northampton Museum And Art Gallery, 4-6 Guildhall Rd,, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1DP, United Kingdom
£4 per child per session
Join us for our popular hands-on and fun pre-school sessions for the under-fives.
Explore the museum through stories, music, art and craft activities whilst making new friends and creating memories in an engaging and family friendly environment.
These sessions are for pre-school children (from 2.5 to 5 years) and their parents and carers. Held on Friday mornings during term time with a different theme each week. Refreshments are included and booking essential as places are limited.

Craft and chatter
2024-03-08 12:30 - 14:00 | Northampton Museum And Art Gallery, 4-6 Guildhall Rd,, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1DP, United Kingdom
Every Friday (no session on 7 April)
12.30 â€“ 2.00pm
Free
If you’re looking for a way to unwind after a busy week or just want to make some new crafting friends, come along with your chosen craft to these friendly informal sessions. They take place every Friday lunchtime in the Northampton Museum & Art Gallery lower café area.
Drop in – no booking required but please purchase a drink or something to eat from the cafe.

BINGO LOCO NORTHAMPTON
2024-03-08 18:00 - 22:00 | Roadmender, 1 Lady's Ln, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 3AH, United Kingdom
BINGO LOCO IS COMING TO YOU AFTER SOLD OUT SHOWS IN DUBLIN / NEW YORK / SYDNEY / VANCOUVER + 200 OTHER DESTINATIONS AROUND THE WORLD.
GEAR UP FOR A NIGHT OF BINGO MADNESS FEATURING HILARIOUS HOSTS, DJS PLAYING THE BEST OF 90S/00 MUSIC, CONFETTI SHOWERS, DANCE OFFS, LIP SYNC BATTLES AND INCREDIBLE PRIZES RANGING FROM INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAYS TO LAWNMOWERS.”
LOCATION – ROADMENDER
SHOW TIME: 6PM-10PM
GET YOUR TICKETS BELOW! ?

Immersive sound bath
2024-03-08 18:30 - 20:00 | Northampton Museum And Art Gallery, 4-6 Guildhall Rd,, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1DP, United Kingdom
Immersive sound bath
9 February, 8 March
6.30-8pm
£20 per person
Join us for what promises to be an amazing event, where sound healing frequencies and stunningimmersive visuals meet to create a powerful experience. Enter a realm of peace, tranquillity, contemplation and wonder. Lay back and melt away any stresses you may be carrying, as the journey unfolds with beautiful visuals and sacred geometry. Ashleigh Louise is a Sound Practitioner and Holistic Therapist who intuitively creates and layers frequencies and vibrations with gongs, chimes, drum, crystal singing bowls and more. Stimulate your senses and clear your mind with this offering of transformative sounds enhanced by beautiful visuals. Booking essential and over 18s only.

Floating Floral Workshop
2024-03-08 19:00 - 21:00 | Saints Coffee, 62 St Giles' St, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1JW, United Kingdom

The ELO Show
2024-03-08 19:30 - 21:30 | Royal and Derngate Theatre, 19-21 Guildhall Road, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1DP
After their triumphant show here in 2023, internationally acclaimed musician Brian Cummins returns with this stunning show celebrating the music of Jeff Lynne and E.L.O. with a band of amazing musicians including a female string section this will be a fabulous night of hit after hit from such a vast back catalogue.
Jeff Lynne and ELO famously carried on the legacy of The Beatles where in the band’s own words wanted to “Carry on from where ‘I am the Walrus’ left off’ and combined Classical music with motifs of the greats with Rock and Roll like no other musician before. The album ‘Out of the Blue’ released in 1977 catapulted them into Rock history and truly made them one of the biggest bands in the world at the time.
After many years of touring Jeff parted ways with the band to focus on producing some of the greatest musicians of the time namely, George Harrison, Tom Petty, Roy Orbison, Paul McCartney and The Beatles.
Jeff resurrected the ELO legacy in 2014 with a new line-up and a mammoth stage show and has been touring the World Arenas and stadiums to this day.
The ELO SHOW has an amazing light and laser show and 3D video screens including a huge Spaceship hovering over the stage!
Expect songs like, ‘Evil Woman’, Don’t bring me down’, ‘Telephone Line’, ‘Sweet Talkin’ Woman’, ‘Turn to stone’, ‘Wild west Hero’, ‘The Diary of Horace Wimp’ and of course the legendary ‘Mr. Blue Sky’ plus many more with a surprise or two.
Don’t miss out on this fantastic night of nostalgia and classic tunes.

The Other Kind
2024-03-08 21:00 - 23:00 | The Wig And Pen, 19 St Giles' St, northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1JA, United Kingdom
The Other Kind performing at The Wig And Pen

Rosie Jones: Triple Threat
2024-03-08 21:30 | Royal and Derngate Theatre, 19-21 Guildhall Road, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1DP
Rosie Jones is on the road for a UK tour and, boy, she is excited. Join Rosie as she ponders whether she is a national treasure, a little prick, or somewhere in between! This show is guaranteed to be full of unapologetic cheekiness, nonsensical fun and unadulterated joy from the triple threat herself. Best known for her hit travel series’ Trip Hazard and Mission: Accessible, and for numerous appearances on shows The Last Leg, 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown, Hypothetical, Mock The Week, The Ranganation and Joe Lycett’s Got Your Back to name just a few!

Northampton Museums & Art Gallery D-Day Poppy Project
2024-03-09 10:00 - 12:30 | Northampton Museum And Art Gallery, 4-6 Guildhall Rd,, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1DP, United Kingdom
Workshops at Northampton Museum & Art Gallery for those who might like to come along and join in with others in making their poppies. Just bring your needles/crochet hook
Saturday 3 February 10am – 12.30pm
Wednesday 28 February 4 – 6.30pm
Saturday 9 March 10am – 12.30pm
Saturday 13 April 10am – 12.30pm
FREE
We are looking for volunteers to help create a commemorative poppy display ahead of the 80th Anniversary of D-Day on 6 June 2024
Our aim is to create one poppy for each of the casualties from The Northamptonshire Yeomanry, The Northamptonshire Regiment, those who served on or flew from Northamptonshire airfields and those from Northamptonshire who served in other armed forces.
We invite keen knitters and crocheters to support this project, whether local residents, community groups, schools, youth groups or knitting clubs, in helping make around 1000 poppies. The poppies will be used to create the display at Abington Park Museum a memorial to all those who gave their lives during the Normandy Landings.
You can join in by stitching a poppy and sending it to the Northampton Museum & Art Gallery, Guildhall Road, Northampton NN1 1DP by 1 May 2024 at the latest.
The Museum has provided free crochet and knitting patterns which are available from the museum in person or by clicking the links below.
All you need are some small scraps of red and black wool, a crochet hook or knitting needles.

Fisherman’s Friends
2024-03-09 19:30 - 21:30 | Royal and Derngate Theatre, 19-21 Guildhall Road, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1DP
Fisherman’s Friends have nine albums to their name, two feature films, a stage musical, a book, a TV documentary, they’ve played for royalty and to tens of thousands of fans in sell-out tours year in year out… No, it’s not The Beatles, Take That or One Direction – it’s The Fisherman’s Friends!
A decade ago, The Fisherman’s Friends signed a million-pound record deal that saw their album Port Isaac’s Fisherman’s Friends go Gold as they became the first ever traditional folk act to land a UK top ten album. And thanks to the small film with a big heart that shares their name, the story of the original Cornish ‘buoy band’ is known around the world. Bound by shared experience, for more than 30 years they have gathered on the Platt on the harbour in their native Port Isaac to sing the songs of the sea, songs that in some cases have been handed down for hundreds of years, songs that connect them to generations of Cornish fishermen that have come before them.
The film’s sequel Fisherman’s Friends 2 was released last year.The story follows the group from the highs of starring on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury, through the lows of struggling to make a follow-up album. Fisherman’s Friends: The Musical broke all box office records selling over 250,000 tickets in the UK and Canada.
The Fisherman’s Friends are lobster fisherman Jeremy Brown, writer and shopkeeper Jon Cleave, smallholder and engineer John ‘Lefty’ Lethbridge, builder John McDonnell , lobster fisherman Jason Nicholas, filmmaker Toby Lobb and potter Bill Hawkins.
