Northampton BID

Pride in the Park - The Racecourse
2022-06-25 09:00 - 12:00 (Europe/London) | The Racecourse, Kettering Rd, Northampton, Northants, NN1 4LG, United Kingdom
Park Run as part of Northampton Pride

Where The Lost Socks Go - Performance at Northampton Central Library
2022-06-25 10:30 - 11:00 | Northampton Central Library, Abington Street, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 2BA, United Kingdom
Join Milo & Luna in an exciting musical adventure about Where The Lost Socks Go. The adventure begins when Milo is trying to find his missing sock. He is desperate to find it for an audition and he wants to wear his coolest pair of socks so that he can fit in. Along the way, Luna shows Milo that is always important to be yourself and that odd socks are okay!
This touring production by Under the Bed Theatre is proudly supported by ROYAL & DERNGATE’S GENERATE PROGRAMME and funded by the NORTHANTS CULTURAL EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP.

Olly Murs Concert
2022-06-25 16:00 - 20:00 | Franklinâ€™s Gardens, Weedon Rd, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN5 5BG, United Kingdom
Olly Murs will become the latest act to grace the cinch Stadium at Franklin’s Gardens stage this summer

Patrick Kielty – Borderline
2022-06-25 19:30 - 21:30 | Royal and Derngate Theatre, 19-21 Guildhall Road, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1DP
Bittersweet, poignant and laugh out loud funny, Borderline is a comedic love letter to the future of our islands from Patrick Kielty‘s personal past.
Borderline sees this award-winning comedian return to his satirical roots with a personal take on borders, national identity and the future of the Union in a post Brexit landscape.
As a Northern Ireland native, who grew up close to the Irish border, this new one man stand up show delves into his homeland’s recent history to try to make sense of what Brexit’s new borders and political upheaval means for our shared identities.

Whisky Tasting with Lactodorum Whisky Club - Saints Coffee
2022-06-25 20:00 - 22:00 | Saints Coffee, 62 St Giles' St, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1JW, United Kingdom

Morning Coffee Cupping Session - Saints Coffee
2022-06-26 10:00 - 11:30 | Saints Coffee, 62 St Giles' St, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1JW, United Kingdom

Dancing Schools UK
2022-06-26 10:00 - 12:00 | Royal and Derngate Theatre, 19-21 Guildhall Road, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1DP
Dancing Schools UK takes to the stage once more to welcome teams from local schools to perform in the Dancing Schools UK Grand Final 2022.
This is the ninth year of this fabulous Ballroom & Latin dance event designed to encourage school children from across the region to have a try at dancing and nurture team work. From its early days as Strictly Junior, the show has now evolved to Dancing Schools UK and seen over 3000 children having braved the stage, stepped out into the spotlight & done something they never thought they would do – dance in front of hundreds of people.

The Annual Exhibition of Microscopy - Northamptonshire Natural History Society
2022-06-26 10:00 - 16:00 | Northamptonshire Natural History Society, The Humfrey Rooms, 10 Castilian Terrace, Northampton, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1LD, United Kingdom
The annual exhibition of microscopy, including sales, exhibits, talks and photo competition. This is an opportunity to meet with and also to see whatâ€™s on offer in the way of sales items. why not bring along an exhibit of your own? Sales and exhibits in the morning and lecture in the afternoon. Guests are very welcome. Please contact Mike Gibson on stmarysmrg@yahoo.com for further information

Northampton Pride Parade
2022-06-26 11:00 - 16:00 | town centre
Northampton Pride takes place on Sunday the 26th June 2022.
Taking place between 11am and 4pm, the event is organised by Northampton’s LGBTQ and Allies Forum and aims to highlight the LGBTQ+ community, businesses and support organisations. Previous celebrations have seen organisations such as Q Space, The Lowdown, Outlaws and Kinky Boots, Northampton Leisure Trust and Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust taking part by holding pop-up shops.
Local bands, performers, small businesses and community groups who would like the opportunity to take part in this year’s Northampton Pride can contact them on forums.nbc@westnorthants.gov.uk.
Sponsorship opportunities are available to anyone who wants to support the event, for details please email aimee.luck@westnorthants.gov.uk. Closing date for sponsorship applications is Sunday 10 April 2022.
Parade
The Pride Parade will take place as part of this year’s event, starting and ending at the Market Square from 11am, where live performances will also be held.
Festival
Held at Market Square

Pride at Retro Bar
2022-06-26 18:00 - 22:00 | Retro Bar, 16 Bridge St, Northampton, Northants, NN1 1NW, United Kingdom
Special guests performing at Retro Bar in celebration of Northampton Pride!

Telescopic Topics - Northamptonshire Natural History Society
2022-06-27 19:30 - 21:30 | Northamptonshire Natural History Society, The Humfrey Rooms, 10 Castilian Terrace, Northampton, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1LD, United Kingdom
Telescopic Topics. A meeting comprising member contributions on various astronomy themes. Your chance to show the section observations you have made, equipment you are using or anything else that has interested you enough to share it with the section. if you have a special interest and would like to participate as a speaker please let the secretary know beforehand. Visitors and guests welcome.

Strictly Presents -Keeeep Dancing!
2022-06-27 20:00 - 22:00 | Royal and Derngate Theatre, 19-21 Guildhall Road, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1DP
Strictly Presents: Keeeep Dancing! Is a brand new spectacular show featuring Strictly 2020 finalist and EastEnders star Maisie Smith, together with Strictly 2021 semi-finalist and CBBC Presenter Rhys Stephenson. They will be joined by the incredible Strictly professional dancers Neil Jones, Gorka Marquez, Jowita Przystal and Nancy Xu. And, as an extra special treat for Strictly fans, live music will be performed by The Wanted’s Max George, who competed in the 2020 series of the smash hit BBC One show.
Strictly Presents: Keeeep Dancing! is a spectacular new show from the Strictly family, featuring a host of your TV favourites, sharing with audiences what it is to be a dancer via stunning choreography and beautiful storytelling.

Peppa Pig’s Best Day Ever
2022-06-29 13:00 - 15:00 | Royal and Derngate Theatre, 19-21 Guildhall Road, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1DP
Peppa Pig is excited to be going on a special day out with George, Mummy Pig and Daddy Pig – it’s going to be her best day ever!
Get ready for a road-trip full of fun adventures. From castles to caves, dragons to dinosaurs and ice-creams to muddy puddles – there is something for all of the family and their friends to enjoy, including Miss Rabbit, Mr Bull, Suzy Sheep, Gerald Giraffe and more!
Prepare for the brand new Peppa Pig live show packed full of songs, games and laughter, it really is the best day ever for Peppa Pig fans!

Outside in Theatre - Be Yourself Jubliee Festival
2022-06-29 17:30 - 19:30 | Cafe Track, 18 Market Square, northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 2DL, United Kingdom
Combined-arts project screening Wednesday 29th June, 5.30pm Café Track, 18 Market Square, Northampton NN1 2DL Working in partnership with Cafe Track (A Social Enterprise that support autistic people to access employment through training, support services and creating opportunities), Outside in Theatre have delivered a series of workshops which will result in a compelling combined-arts project inspired by the Queen’s Jubilee. There will be a screening of the project at Café Track with a presentation, food, drink and a range of creative activities to get involved in.

Works In Progress The Comedy Crate - The Albion Brewery
2022-06-29 19:00 - 22:00 | Albion Brewery Bar, 54 Kingswell S, northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1PR, United Kingdom
A day of laughter at The Albion Brewery

Jurassic Earth Live 2022 - The Deco
2022-06-30 12:00 - 13:30 | The Deco, The Deco, Abington Square, Northampton NN1 4AE
Jurassic Earth features roaming, state-of-the-art animatronic life-like Dinosaurs in an interactive and
exciting story-telling show, creating a unique, immersive experience for all audiences!
This is an unmissable opportunity to talk to a Triceratops, roar with a T-Rex, scream with a
Spinosaurus and revel in a Raptor!
This 75 minute, family-friendly experience features a Velociraptor, Spinosaurus, Triceratops, T Rex
and the cutest Dinosaur Babies! Bring your Dino-Mites to see the most magnificent beasts to ever
roam our planet!

Cornish Gin Masterclass - V and B
2022-06-30 19:00 - 21:00 | VnB, 10 St Giles' Square, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1DA, United Kingdom

Open Cocktail-Making Class - Saints Coffee
2022-07-01 | Saints Coffee, 62 St Giles' St, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1JW, United Kingdom
Open Cocktail-Making Class at Saints Coffee

Jobs Fair
2022-07-01 11:00 - 15:00 | Northamptonshire
Jobs Fair for businesses in Northampton Town Centre, in Grosvenor Gatherings unit

Northampton Town Festival
2022-07-01 16:00 - 2022-07-03 23:00 | The Racecourse, Kettering Rd, Northampton, Northants, NN1 4LG, United Kingdom
We will be back at the Northampton Town Festival this year with our mobile shop. Bringing you our best sellers along with our cheese and meats.

Here Come The Boys
2022-07-01 19:30 - 21:30 | Royal and Derngate Theatre, 19-21 Guildhall Road, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1DP
Here Come The Boys returns with a brand-new cast and a brand-new dazzling production! Join Graziano, Nadiya, Pasha, Karim and Nikita, alongside a cutting-edge soundtrack of dance-floor anthems, club classics and guilty pleasures, in this show-stopping dance extravaganza, which promises to be the biggest party of the year!
This cast have dance credentials oozing from every pore. And lovers of dance will enjoy a show featuring some of the world’s greatest dancers, a huge LED screen and a lavish production.

The Stones
2022-07-01 19:30 - 22:30 | The Deco, The Deco, Abington Square, Northampton NN1 4AE
The Stones’ are the UK’s No.1 and most authentic tribute to The Rolling Stones, bringing all the hits and timeless Rolling Stones tracks to the big stage – from ‘Satisfaction’ and ‘Jumping Jack Flash’, to ‘Ruby Tuesday’, ‘Start Me Up’ and ‘Brown Sugar’ – the Greatest Tribute Band in the World pays tribute to the World’s Greatest Rock and Roll Band.
With all the energy and charisma of The Rolling Stones themselves, ‘The Stones’ pay an accurate and faithful tribute to the sound and look of an authentic Rolling Stones show. Complete with authentic vintage instruments, costume, mannerisms and the ‘look-alikes’, the group perform each single song with the same accuracy, passion, energy and verve of the originals.
Since forming in 2007, ‘The Stones’ show has grown into a full-scale Rolling Stones concert, leaving audiences mesmerised up and down the UK, Europe, and further abroad.
The band perform the music of The Rolling Stones faithfully, accurately, and with all the excitement an audience expects from ‘The World’s Greatest Rock and Roll Band’.

THE SMYTHS – The Roadmender
2022-07-01 19:30 - 22:30 | Roadmender, 1 Lady's Ln, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 3AH, United Kingdom
MORE THAN A TRIBUTE – THE SMITHS EXPERIENCE
WE FORMED THE BAND BACK IN 2003 BECAUSE OF OUR PASSION FOR THE SMITHS. WE DIDN’T JUST WANT TO BE A TRIBUTE BAND – WE WANTED TO PLAY THE MUSIC OF THE SMITHS AND RECREATE WHAT IS WAS TO SEE AND HEAR THE SMITHS LIVE – IT JUST HAPPENS THAT WHEN YOU DO THAT, THE WORLD CALLS YOU A TRIBUTE. FOR US THAT WAS A WORLD OF SILLY WIGS AND PROPS – EVERYTHING WE FELT A HOMAGE TO THE SMITHS SHOULDN’T BE. SO WE SPENT A YEAR REHEARSING EVERY WEEK TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE LAUNCHED WE SOUNDED GENUINE – THE SMITHS AND THEIR FANS (LIKE US) DEMAND NOTHING LESS. WE FOCUSE

Live Music From Tukay And Ryan - Saints Coffee
2022-07-02 | Saints Coffee, 62 St Giles' St, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1JW, United Kingdom
Live Music From Tukay And Ryan â€“ Saints Coffee

Cancer Research UK Fundraising Event
2022-07-02 13:00 - 20:00 | Retro Bar, 16 Bridge St, Northampton, Northants, NN1 1NW, United Kingdom
Join Retro Bar to enjoy games and jelly shots to help fundraise for cancer research uk

Live Performance @ Electric Pavilion
2022-07-02 19:00 - 22:00 | The Electric Pavilion, 10 Gold St, northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1RS, United Kingdom
Local Artists Anti!, Vince Law and Remieworld performin at Electric Pavilion

Rose Royce With Gwen Dickey
2022-07-02 19:30 - 21:30 | Royal and Derngate Theatre, 19-21 Guildhall Road, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1DP
Don’t miss the opportunity to see the Grammy Award-winning, nine-piece Los Angeles band Rose Royce when they reform with Gwen Dickey for one night only.
Gwen was the voice that shined brightly on the international Rose Royce hits Car Wash, Wishing On A Star, Love Don’t Live Here Anymore, I Wanna Get Next To You, Is It Love You’re After and many more.
Experience Rose Royce as they were always meant to be – with the original vocalist – at this very rare appearance from the ’80s superstar.

Northamptonshire's Rising Star 2022
2022-07-02 19:30 - 22:30 | The Deco, The Deco, Abington Square, Northampton NN1 4AE
The counties leading talent search is back! Join us for the Grand Final of Northamptonshireâ€™s Rising Star 2022. 12 Finalists will take to the stage to compete for access to a £500 Act Development Fund. The Rising Star finalists will feature a variety of talent from individuals and groups of all ages. A night not to be missed! Proudly supporting Cynthia Spencer Hospice

Women's Wellness Brunch With Salma - Saints Coffee
2022-07-03 | Saints Coffee, 62 St Giles' St, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1JW, United Kingdom
Womenâ€™s Wellness Brunch With Salma â€“ Saints Coffee

Limelight Theatre School – Thank You For The Music
2022-07-03 13:00 - 15:00 | Royal and Derngate Theatre, 19-21 Guildhall Road, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1DP
Limelight Theatre School are thrilled to be back once again with another sensational show. These talented pupils are taking you on a journey back to the 1970s and bringing you the best numbers and songs from an amazing decade of music.
A great show for all the family!
