Northampton BID

Bounce and Rhyme at Northamptonshire Central Library
2023-12-13 10:30 - 11:00 (Europe/London) | Northampton Central Library, Abington Street, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 2BA, United Kingdom
Sessions to introduce rhymes and songs to your child to encourage interaction and develop communication skills.
Please note that the Bounce and Rhyme sessions will be run on a first-come, first-serve basis on the day and it will not be possible to book in advance. This event is running at a reduced capacity to ensure the health and safety of all staff and customers. Parents and Carers can collect a ticket from the front desk on the Friday morning at 10am. This event is for under 1s and non-walkers only.

Bounce and Rhyme at Northamptonshire Central Library
2023-12-13 10:30 - 11:00 | Northampton Central Library, Abington Street, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 2BA, United Kingdom
Sessions to introduce rhymes and songs to your child to encourage interaction and develop communication skills.
Please note that the Bounce and Rhyme sessions will be run on a first-come, first-serve basis on the day and it will not be possible to book in advance. Parents and Carers can collect a ticket from the front desk on the Friday morning at 10am. This event is for under 1s and non-walkers only.

Stick Man
2023-12-13 10:30 - 12:30, 2023-12-13 13:00 - 15:00, 2023-12-14 10:30 - 12:30, 2023-12-14 13:00 - 15:00, 2023-12-15 10:30 - 12:30 | Royal and Derngate Theatre, 19-21 Guildhall Road, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1DP
Touching, funny and utterly original, Freckle Productions’ delightful adaptation of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s Stick Man is coming to Northampton for Christmas 2023!
What starts off as a morning jog becomes quite the misadventure for Stick Man: a dog wants to play fetch with him, a swan builds a nest with him, and he even ends up on a fire! How will Stick Man ever get back to the family tree?
This award-winning production, from the team behind Zog and Zog And The Flying Doctors, features a trio of top actors and is packed full of puppetry, songs, live music and funky moves.

Cinderella Christmas Family Panto 2023
2023-12-13 18:00 - 20:00, 2023-12-14 10:00 - 12:00, 2023-12-14 13:00 - 15:00, 2023-12-15 10:00 - 12:00 | The Old Savoy â€“ The home of The Deco Theatre, Abington Square, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 4AE
Join us for the Most Magical Panto of all – Cinderella Christmas 2023
Next Christmas you’re invited to a Royal Ball at The Old Savoy the home of the Deco Theatre . This wonderful rags-to-riches tale is guaranteed to delight all the family and bring a touch of magic and make-believe to your festive celebrations.
Join Cinderella on her quest to win the heart of the dashing Prince Charming, with a little help from her best friend Buttons and the enchanting Fairy Godmother. But with her evil Ugly Sisters determined to ruin her chances and the clock about to strike midnight, will Cinders manage to win the Prince’s love before the spell runs out?

Jazz & Blues
2023-12-13 20:30 - 23:30 | The Charles Bradlaugh, 1 Earl St, northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 3AU, United Kingdom
Jazz & Blues has become a firm favourite mid-week treat for local music lovers.
We have been lucky enough to welcome a whole host of talented musicians to the Bradlaugh stage as part of our Jazz & Blues night, including the Ginger Pig Band and rising star Beau Holland (not long returned from a tour supporting Bastille in The States!)
Come down and enjoy authentic sounds, friendly faces and a warm atmosphere. Every Wednesday from 8.30pm. Free Entry.

Christmas Lyric Trail
2023-12-14, 2023-12-15 | town centre
We have teamed up with West Northamptonshire Council to stage an interactive Christmas song lyric trail around the town centre throughout December.
Using the LoyalFree app, visitors to the town will be given a list of locations to visit where they need to answer questions and complete the lyrics from favourite Christmas songs.
The LoyalFree app can be downloaded by visiting www.loyalfree.co.uk/download or by searching for ‘LoyalFree’ in your app store.
The Christmas Song Lyric Trail is delivered by Northampton Town Centre BID and funded by West Northamptonshire Council.

Golden Ticket Giveaway Competition
2023-12-14, 2023-12-15 | town centre
Enter our Golden Ticket Giveaway for the chance to win one of four £500 vouchers to spend in the town centre.
Our popular Golden Ticket giveaway will be launching on Saturday 18th November as part of the Wonka-themed Family Fun Day in Grosvenor Shopping Northampton.

Available in town centre shops and businesses, visitors have the chance to pick up their Golden Ticket and post into one of the 10 specially commissioned post boxes found around the town.
Simply complete it, post it, and you might just win it!
We are once again looking forward to spreading a bit of festive cheer this Christmas and our Golden Ticket giveaway is the perfect way to put smiles on the faces of four lucky families.
Winners will be drawn at random on Monday 18th December.

Post box locations

Abington FX (Abington Street)

Esquires Coffee (Dychurch Lane)

Grosvenor Shopping

Kall Kwik (Abington Street)

Mail Boxes Etc (Gold Street)

Market Square News (Mercers Row)

Shipmans (The Drapery)

Turtle Bay (Gold Street)

Vintage Guru (St Giles Street)

Voni Blu (Castilian Street)

Need a Golden Ticket?
Simply download your golden ticket and post into one of the 10 post box locations listed above, before close of business on Sunday 17th December.

PUNK: Rage & Revolution
2023-12-14 10:00 - 16:00, 2023-12-15 10:00 - 16:00 | Northampton Museum And Art Gallery, 4-6 Guildhall Rd,, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1DP, United Kingdom
Punk took the world by storm, leaving a lasting legacy that continues to inspire and provoke people today. The young people of Northamptonshire were as inspired by punk as the rest of the country â€“ they formed bands, set up music and clothing stores and managed punk nights. This major exhibition follows the Punk: Rage & Revolution exhibition at Leicester Museum and Art Gallery and explores fashion, music, the local gig scene and much more.

Northampton Town and County Art Society: Annual Exhibition 2023
2023-12-14 10:00 - 17:00, 2023-12-15 10:00 - 17:00 | Northampton Museum And Art Gallery, 4-6 Guildhall Rd,, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1DP, United Kingdom
Northampton Town and County Art Society are delighted to be able to return to Northampton Museum and Art Gallery. The 106th Annual exhibition will showcase artworks from Members and Associate Members. This exhibition will also include a selection of Non-Members work, allowing visitors a chance to see the wide variety of styles and subjects that such a group show offers.
Free entry

Material Matters
2023-12-14 10:00 - 17:00, 2023-12-15 10:00 - 17:00 | Northampton Museum And Art Gallery, 4-6 Guildhall Rd,, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1DP, United Kingdom
Alison Goodyear, Michelle Keegan and Michael Evans are artists engaged in a collective exploration of ideas and enquiries pertaining to materiality and a diverse array of technological processes within our respective disciplines of painting, printmaking, and virtual reality. The collaborative works embody the synergy between the mechanical, the digital, and the handcrafted.

Rhymetime at Northamptonshire Central Library
2023-12-14 10:30 - 11:00, 2023-12-15 10:30 - 11:00 | Northampton Central Library, Abington Street, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 2BA, United Kingdom
Bring your under 5â€™s to clap, sing and wave our way through our favourite nursery rhymes and songs. Singing nursery rhymes and doing the actions are great for interaction, communication skills and motor skills â€“ and most of all, itâ€™s fun!
Please note that the Rhymetime sessions will be run on a first-come, first-serve basis on the day and it will not be possible to book in advance. Parents and Carers can collect a ticket from the front desk on the Friday morning at 10am.

Winter's Tales - traditional stories and music for the season
2023-12-14 10:30 - 12:00 | Northampton Museum And Art Gallery, 4-6 Guildhall Rd,, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1DP, United Kingdom
Thursday Museum Talks

Open Mic
2023-12-14 19:00 - 21:00 | VnB, 10 St Giles' Square, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1DA, United Kingdom

Masterclass - Invindia Vineyards
2023-12-14 19:00 - 21:00

Mini museum explorers
2023-12-15 10:15 - 11:45 | Northampton Museum And Art Gallery, 4-6 Guildhall Rd,, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1DP, United Kingdom
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.

Art history lecture series Nobles, knights and damozels: spotlighting Northampton Museum and Art Gallery’s pre-raphaelite collection
2023-12-15 10:15 - 12:15 | Northampton Museum And Art Gallery, 4-6 Guildhall Rd,, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1DP, United Kingdom
Interest in Pre-Raphaelite art has enjoyed something of a resurgence over recent years, with the National Portrait Gallery’s 2019 re-consideration of the contribution made by women and now Tate Britain’s exhibition re-evaluating the artistic legacy of three of the Rossettis. Our understanding of Pre-Raphaelite art is undergoing something of a paradigm shift. Using examples of works by eminent Pre-Raphaelites from the museum’s own collection, ProArtium will overlay new scholarship with popular favourites by Burne-Jones, Holman Hunt and others.

Craft and chatter
2023-12-15 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.
