Northampton BID

Life and Art: Elke Pollard Retrospective
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, 2024-03-10 12:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London) | 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
2024-03-06 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, 2024-03-10 12:00 - 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.

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, 2024-03-10 | 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.

Troy Hawke: The Greeters Guild
2024-03-09 19:30 - 21:30 | Royal and Derngate Theatre, 19-21 Guildhall Road, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1DP
Everyone’s favourite 1930’s throwback greetings and compliments aficionado Troy Hawke returns to
theatres nationwide with his brand new show.
A journey which started with a non-consensual customer service shift outside TK MAXX in
Macclesfield has lead him around the world and directly into the orbit of the world’s biggest sporting
figures. He’s confused Premiership footballers, been threatened by heavyweight boxers and
improved the vocabulary of Formula 1 legends.
In this show Troy examines his unlikely genesis and explores exactly why a well-dressed man simply
being nice to people has caused such a kerfuffle ‘…genius character comedy’ (The Wee Review)
SELL OUT UK TOUR 2022/23
WINNER Fringe Encore Series 2022 BEST SHOW
WINNER Leicester Comedy Festival 2022 BEST SHOW
TOTAL SELL OUT RUN Edinburgh Festival 2022
Top 40 best reviewed shows Edinburgh Festival 2022

The Reformers
2024-03-09 21:00 - 23:00 | The Wig And Pen, 19 St Giles' St, northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1JA, United Kingdom
The Reformers performing at The Wig and Pen

Women's Wellness Walk
2024-03-10 11:00 - 13:00 | Saints Coffee, 62 St Giles' St, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1JW, United Kingdom

NMPAT: Wind Band Spectacular
2024-03-10 18:00 - 20:00 | Royal and Derngate Theatre, 19-21 Guildhall Road, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1DP
Northamptonshire Music and Performing Arts Trust presents an opportunity to share inspiration and aspiration with three generations of wind orchestras – County Junior Wind Orchestra, County Training Wind Orchestra and County Youth Concert Band.
Other NMPAT shows this season include:
NMPAT: Orchestra Spectacular | NMPAT: Big Sing
