Northampton BID

RANDOM CONCEPT
2023-04-30 15:00 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | Roadmender, 1 Lady's Ln, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 3AH, United Kingdom

Night Shift
2023-04-30 16:00 - 18:00 | The Wig And Pen, 19 St Giles' St, northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1JA, United Kingdom

Sunday Music Sessions
2023-04-30 17:00 - 19:00 | VnB, 10 St Giles' Square, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1DA, United Kingdom

The Magic Of Science
2023-04-30 17:30 - 19:00 | The Old Savoy â€“ The home of The Deco Theatre, Abington Square, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 4AE
Live on Stage Fusing the mystery of magic with wondrous and miraculous feats of science. Hang on to your seats as we transform the venue into a real life science laboratory. Experience the non-stop action packed interactive magical science experiments that will capture the imagination.

Mike + The Mechanics
2023-04-30 19:30 - 21:30 | Royal and Derngate Theatre, 19-21 Guildhall Road, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1DP
Mike + The Mechanics, who have sold over ten million records worldwide – announce their Refueled! 2023 Tour – all the hits and a drop of Genesis.
Mike + The Mechanics are Genesis founding member Mike Rutherford (Guitar) – one of the UK’s most prolific R&B singer, Andrew Roachford – Lead and backing vocals – (whose previous hits include Cuddly Tour and Family Man) and Canadian-born singer, Tim Howar – lead and backing vocals – who formed and toured with his band Vantramp, with the likes of Rod Stewart and Paulo Nutini.
Tim shares vocal duties with Roachford and they both add a new soulful dimension to the band’s already established sound.
The ‘Refueled!’ Tour in 2023, will include tracks from their critically acclaimed latest album Out of the Blue plus some Genesis. Their ninth album features re-workings of some of the band’s best loved tracks, including The Living Years and the unforgettable Over My Shoulder, along with three brand new songs: Out Of The Blue, One Way, What Would You Do.

Bounce and Rhyme at Northamptonshire Central Library
2023-05-03 10:30 - 11:00
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.

The Comedy Crate at The Picturedrome
2023-05-04 08:00 - 22:15 | The Picturedrome, 222 Kettering Rd, Northampton, Northants, NN1 4BN, United Kingdom
Live comedy from Roger Monkhouse, Harriet Kemsley, Kwame Asante and James Cook.
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Dealing With Conflict and Difficult Conversations
2023-05-04 17:00 - 19:00 | Saints Coffee, 62 St Giles' St, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1JW, United Kingdom
A masterclass to teach the theory and skill behind dealing with conflict and having difficult conversations. Great for aspiring and existing leaders, who want to improve their skill in this area. A brilliant mix of science, learning and taking action to support the women who want to be High Performers without the burnout.

Lukes Drifters
2023-05-05 21:00 - 23:00 | The Wig And Pen, 19 St Giles' St, northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1JA, United Kingdom

Coronation Community Festival
2023-05-06 10:00 - 16:00 | town centre

Coronation at V&B
2023-05-06 12:00 - 17:00 | VnB, 10 St Giles' Square, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1DA, United Kingdom

Coronation-A Day In Time To Remember
2023-05-06 14:30 - 16:00 | The Deco, The Deco, Abington Square, Northampton NN1 4AE
Join us for an afternoon Coronation Celebration! Tickets £2.50! Featuring The Old Savoy Big Band, playing Jazz favourites such as Hit The Road Jack and Sing Sing Sing.

Coronation After Party
2023-05-06 17:00 - 21:00 | The Shipmans, 12 Drapery,, northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 2HG, United Kingdom

NEW PURPLE CELEBRATION - THE MUSIC OF PRINCE
2023-05-06 19:30 - 21:30 | Roadmender, 1 Lady's Ln, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 3AH, United Kingdom
NEW PURPLE CELEBRATION, THE BAND FORMALLY KNOWN AS PURPLE RAIN: A CELEBRATION OF PRINCE, ARE BACK WITH A BRAND NEW NAME BUT THE SAME MUSICAL EXTRAVAGANZA CELEBRATING THE MUSIC, LIFE AND LEGACY OF PRINCE.

The Indie Scene
2023-05-06 21:00 - 23:00 | The Wig And Pen, 19 St Giles' St, northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1JA, United Kingdom

Coronation Big Lunch
2023-05-07 12:00 - 22:30 | Delepre Abbey, London Rd, Northampton, Northants, NN4 8AW, United Kingdom
The Coronation Big Lunch, at which neighbours and communities are invited to share food and fun together, will take place across the country between Saturday 6 and Monday 8 May.
Residents are invited to join us for a Coronation Big Lunch and After Party at Delapré Abbey on the Sunday from midday to 10:30pm. A host of performers will take to the stage during the event, while the National Coronation Concert is broadcast live on a big screen.
Tickets are available from the Royal & Derngate. Entry is free but by ticket only.

Order your Big Lunch tickets here
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Programme for the day
1:00pm StyleStars and Dance with a Difference
1:30pm Pauline Quirke Academy
2:00pm Similar Jones
2:45pm Old Savoy Jazz Band
4:00pm Born To Perform
4:30pm Rock Choir
5:00pm Coronation Coverage
5:15pm Djin-Li
5:45pm Lucien Moon
7:00pm Coronation Concert on the big screen
10:00pm Close
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Pure Genius
2023-05-07 16:00 - 18:00 | The Wig And Pen, 19 St Giles' St, northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1JA, United Kingdom

High Performance Live
2023-05-07 19:30 - 21:30 | Royal and Derngate Theatre, 19-21 Guildhall Road, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1DP
Join one of Britain’s best-respected sports broadcasters, Jake Humphrey, and High Performance Psychologist Damian Hughes, as they turn the lived experiences of the planet’s high performers into your life lessons.
This dynamic and impactful show is based on the world-wide hit podcast and will introduce you to some very special guests including international motivational speaker Roxie Nafousi as Jake and Damian invite members of the High Performance community to share their journey, demonstrating that high happiness is within us all.

St Katherine’s Gardens Big Help Out
2023-05-08 10:00 - 14:00 | St Katherineâ€™s Gardens, Northampton, NN1 2AX, United Kingdom, St Katherine's Gardens, Northampton, NN1 2AX, United Kingdom
As part of the Coronation Celebrations of His Majesty The King and Her Majesty The Queen Consort in Northampton, Northampton Town Council, Northampton BID and West Northamptonshire Council are partnering to improve St Katherine’s Gardens for the Coronation ‘Big Help Out’ on Monday 8th May.
St Katherine’s Gardens is a green space in the centre of Northampton that was once the site of the nineteenth century church of St Katherine. It provides a walkway between the Bus Station and Horsemarket, and is neighboured by businesses on College Street, St Katherine’s Street and King Street. The aim is to improve the area to become a destination for local residents, town centre workers, and visitors to the town.
Work is already underway with contractors from West Northamptonshire enhancing the cleanliness and safety of the park and removing graffiti from the surrounding walls. Partners are also working with Northamptonshire Police and local Neighbourhood Wardens to improve community safety within the park.
The notion of ‘The Big Help Out’ from His Majesty The King’s office encourages people to try volunteering for themselves, to support the local area and create a lasting volunteering legacy from the Coronation Weekend within the community. Therefore, on Monday 8th May, a collaboration of volunteers from Northampton Town Council’s Environmental Services Committee, The Royal British Legion and local businesses will join forces to spruce up the area.
The theme for the space is influenced by the King’s passion for sustainability, biodiversity and the natural world. Volunteers will plant sustainable plants (perennial plants that last all year round), flower beds will be pruned to encourage the growth of existing wild flowers and a general tidy up of the land will happen on the day.

Northamptonshire Natural History Society OPEN DAY
2023-05-08 10:00 - 16:00 | Northamptonshire Natural History Society & Field Club, 10 Castilian Terrace, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1LD
When: Mon, 8 May, 10am – 4pm
Where: The Humfrey Rooms, 10 Castilian Terrace, Northampton NN1 1LD, UK (map)
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Come and see what the Northamptonshire Natural History Society has to offer.
Local natural history society covering,

Archaeology/History
Astronomy
Botany
Geology
Microscopy
Meteorology
Photography

The Photography section will be displaying a photographic print exhibition, together with a slideshow of projected digital images.
Society rooms will be open, so take your chance to look round our rooms and collections.
There will also be displays and demonstrations, with microscopy demonstrations and a chance for all to try out our microscopes. Exhibition of telescopes and chance to look at the sun through our special solar scope (weather allowing).
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Headfest Headlines: How To Grow Through What You Go Through
2023-05-08 20:00 - 22:00 | Royal and Derngate Theatre, 19-21 Guildhall Road, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1DP
Hear from therapists Jodie Cariss and Chance Marshall about their tools for “mental health maintenance” to help people care for their own wellbeing. Their discussion with BBC Radio Northampton host Helen Blaby will cover how to support yourself so you can feel more confident, hopeful and anchored through life’s ups and downs

Joe Tracini – Ten Things I Hate About Me
2023-05-09 19:30 - 21:30 | Royal and Derngate Theatre, 19-21 Guildhall Road, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1DP
Joe Tracini will be discussing his book Ten Things I Hate About Me, which delivers a frank and honest account of living with Borderline Personality Disorder that reveals essential information about the complexities of the condition in an accessible, entertaining and even uplifting way. 15% of people with BPD die by suicide, and 40% try. Joe is in the 40%, and has written this book about what staying alive has taught him, and how being honest about what’s happening in our heads is so important. His hope is that if he helps even one person living with a challenging mental illness, then it will have been worth it.
Joe Tracini is an actor, author, presenter, comedian and British champion magician. He’s starred in many TV shows including Hollyoaks, Coming of Age and The Great Outdoors, and he’s the host of the BAFTA winning ‘The Dengineers’. He’s been acting like an idiot and talking about his broken brain on Twitter for a while now, and since March 2020 when there were suddenly a lot more people with a lot less on, his videos have been viewed over 90 million times. His top 3 favourite things are food, sleep and avoiding social interactions, and he has a deep hatred of writing about himself in the third person.
The event will be followed by a book signing.

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2023-05-09 19:30 - 21:30 | Royal and Derngate Theatre, 19-21 Guildhall Road, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1DP
Based on the Sunday Times bestseller which inspired one of this century’s most treasured films, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel takes us on a journey to India with an eclectic group of British retirees as they embark on a new life. The luxury residence is far from the opulence they were promised, but as their lives begin to intertwine, they are charmed in unexpected and life-changing ways.
Starring Belinda Lang (2 Point 4 Children, Oklahoma!), Paul Nicholas (Jesus Christ Superstar, Just Good Friends, Eastenders), Tessa Peake-Jones (Only Fools and Horses) and Graham Seed (The Archers, The Mousetrap). Also featuring Rekha John-Cheriyan (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Tomb Raider, Hollyoaks), Nishad More (King Lear, My Mother’s Wedding) and Marlene Sidaway (Coronation Street, Pride and Prejudice).

Headfest Headlines: Claire Eastham: How I Learned to Live With Panic
2023-05-10 14:30 - 16:30 | Royal and Derngate Theatre, 19-21 Guildhall Road, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1DP
Award-winning blogger and author Claire Eastham has experienced 371 panic attacks (and counting) and knows how to manage them. Claire talks to Helen Blaby about her own experience, her research interviews with scientists, dieticians, psychologists and people dealing with panic, and how anyone can learn to live well with panic.

Hal Cruttenden – It’s Best You Hear It From Me
2023-05-10 19:30 - 21:30 | Royal and Derngate Theatre, 19-21 Guildhall Road, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1DP
After 21 years and 224 days Hal’s back being single. But it’s all going to be fine. Instead of getting the therapy he clearly needs, he’s made a cracking show about it. He’s lost enough weight to almost get his wedding ring off and, while he may be flying solo, he’s far from alone; he’s got his grown-up daughters, his dogs and his divorce lawyer. The fickle finger of fate has turned Hal’s life upside down but he’s sticking a finger right back at it.

The Power of the Portrait
2023-05-11 | Northampton Museum And Art Gallery, 4-6 Guildhall Rd,, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1DP, United Kingdom
The Power of the Portrait is an exhibition that looks at the relevancy of portraiture in the age of the selfie and social media. Visitors can explore how they see themselves and how others see them. Using selected portraits from the collection of Northampton Museums and Art Gallery, and supported by works from the National Portrait Gallery, visitors will be encouraged to contemplate their own sense of identity, self, and place in the world.
Funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Art Fund.

Headfest Headlines: Black Joy
2023-05-11 14:30 - 16:30 | Royal and Derngate Theatre, 19-21 Guildhall Road, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1DP
Journalists Charlie Brinkhurst Cuff and Timi Sotire edited the groundbreaking anthology Black Joy, a true celebration of Black British culture in all its glory and an examination of what brings us joy. Helen Blaby will interview Charlie and Timi about the process of putting together their uplifting and empowering book, and what they’ve learned from their iconic contributors and their own thinking about joy.

Santina's Pizza and Cocktails
2023-05-11 17:00 - 21:00 | Saints Coffee, 62 St Giles' St, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1JW, United Kingdom

Tour of the Guildhall Northampton
2023-05-11 18:00 - 19:00 | The Guildhall, St Giles' Square, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1DE, United Kingdom
A tour of the historic Guildhall to include parts of the building not open to the public

The Comedy Crate at the Charles Bradlaugh
2023-05-11 19:00 - 22:15 | The Charles Bradlaugh, 1 Earl St, northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 3AU, United Kingdom
Live comedy from Scott Bennett, Matt Bragg, James Ellis and Robyn Perkins.
Doors 7pm â€“ Show 8pm
Line ups are subject to change.
