St George’s Day Celebrations, 25th April, Market Square

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.

Fashion Bake will be teaching you how to make their delicious dumplings in this sold out event

When Sarah Millican was a bairn, she wouldn’t say boo to a goose. Quiet at school, not many friends, no boobs til she was sixteen. Now? NOW she is loud, with good friends, a cracking rack and goose booing all over the shop. In Late Bloomer, Sarah’s brand-new stand-up show, she explores how one became the other. Plus, lots of stuff about dinners and lady gardens. Come along, laugh at her, with her, beside her.

Bring your under 5'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 - and most of all, it'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 Thursday morning at 10am.

Bring your under 5'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 - and most of all, it'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.

This beautiful food truck will be parked up on front serving delicious Mexican street food to eat up in or take away

Richard the Wine Guy will be taking us on a wine journey around Southern Italy and its islands

ELVANA – THE WORLD’S FINEST ELVIS FRONTED TRIBUTE TO NIRVANA! FROM THE BOWELS OF DISGRACELAND, ROCK & ROLL ICONS OF THE AFTERLIFE ARE RAISED FROM THE DEAD! ROCK & ROLL MEETS GRUNGE AS ELVIS FRONTS NIRVANA AND GIVES THE BAND THE FRONT MAN IT’S BEEN MISSING SINCE ’94. ELVANA TEAR THROUGH NIRVANA’S CATALOGUE WHILST SPLICING IN GRUNGED UP SECTIONS OF THE KING OF ROCK & ROLLS FINEST MOMENTS, CULMINATING IN A WHOPPER MASH UP OF OVERDRIVE & OLD SCHOOL ROCKABILLY. IT SMELLS LIKE CHEESEBURGERS AND TEEN SPIRIT, DADDY-O!

The ’80s Show – The Greatest Tribute to the Greatest Decade, brings you the best ’80s party on the Planet! As we all know the ’80s was all about high energy and innovation, which produced some of the most memorable bands and styles of all time. Every band strived to be different and hardly any sounded the same making most hit records instantly recognisable from the first few seconds. The ’80s Show covers as many of these eras as possible and has gone to monumental lengths to get all the sounds and music absolutely perfect to take you on a journey of nostalgia to the golden days when it was all about fun. Featuring only the best musicians and singers around with female sax and percussionist this band are hard to tell the difference from the record! Add to that an amazing light/video/laser show, you can sing and dance away to the massive hits of Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Duran Duran, Whitney Houston, Tears For Fears, Madonna, Spandau Ballet, Kim Wilde, Wham, Tiffany, Go West, Level 42, Belinda Carlisle, OMD, Erasure, Elton John, David Bowie and many more, with a few nice surprises. Frankie says “Don’t miss it!”

Join Ballet Theatre UK as we follow the yellow brick road and discover all the wonders of Oz. Enjoy Dorothy, the Scarecrow, Tinman, and Lion, (and yes Toto too) as they seek the Wonderful Wizard to find that there’s no place like home! The Wizard of Oz is a two act, full-length, ballet adaptation of the iconic tale by L. Frank Baum, told through the magic of classical dance. Set to a classical score which brings the story to life, this production is family friendly and is the perfect way to introduce children to the classical ballet. The production is presented with beautiful backdrops, stunning theatrical sets and costumes evoking the iconic sketches by W.W. Denslow, from the original publication.

Rythmn Junction performing at The Wig and Pen

Fancy a game of D&D? Or maybe you would to try something a little different? Try our Gaming Club hosted at Northampton Central Library in our Young Adults Area. This event is suitable for people aged 14+

Time To Share is the perfect activity for children of all ages and their grown ups! Each month we will focus on a new theme and each week we will focus on a new book. There will be a mixture of fiction and non-fiction books with matching crafts or activities! This is a free drop in event.

This magical production features superb choreography, breathtaking live vocals and mesmerising circus performers. With an eclectic and iconic musical soundtrack including Wings, Mad World, Sweet Dreams, The Show Must Go On, Relight My Fire, I’ll Put A Spell On You and many more. Cirque Enchantment see’s a little girl with a big imagination enter a frozen circus wonderland and a mysterious path of good versus evil. Meeting an array of weird, wonderful and talented characters along the way. This stunning family show that will offer a much needed escape from reality this Winter. Cirque Enchantment is a dynamic fairytale for all the family. Book now for the Cirque Enchantment experience.

RANDOM CONCEPT PRESENTS WE CALL IT JUNGLE PART 3 SATURDAY 27TH JANUARY AT ROADMENDER NORTHAMPTON TIME 3PM – 10PM (DAY TIME EVENT) ? POWERED BY RANDOM CONCEPT ? WITHIN 12 MONTHS WE CALL IT JUNGLE HAS ALREADY ESTABLISHED ITSELF AS ONE OF THE LEADING JUNGLE NIGHTS IN THE UK. THEY ARE BACK AT THE END OF JANUARY TO ONCE AWAY TAKE AWAY THOSE JANUARY BLUES AND GIVE YOU THAT FIRST BLOWOUT OF 2024… GIVING YOU SOMETHING TO AIM FOR!! YOU CAN EXPECT THE FINEST JUNGLE SOUNDS, EXTRA SOUND WITH HIGH END PRODUCTION YOU WILL NOT SEE ANYWHERE ELSE! JOIN US FOR A DAY OF THE BEST JUNGLE, DRUM & BASS, REGGAE AND DUB

The B List performing at The Wig and Pen

The Atomics performing at The Wig and Pen

Jessica Fostekew is a comedian, actor and writer whose stand up show Hench was nominated for the 2019 Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Show. It's now available as a stand up special on Amazon Prime and has been adapted into the BBC R4 stand up special - Sturdy Girl Club which has been commissioned for a second series. Jessica has appeared on numerous entertainment shows such as, BBC2's Live at The Apollo, QI, Richard Osman's House Of Games and many more. She is also a regular co-host of The Guilty Feminist (podcast with 60 million+ downloads) and host and creator of foodie hit and new chart-topping pod, "Hoovering" (recommended in the Guardian and The Independent). Jessica will also be featuring in season two of World's Most Dangerous Roads for Dave. Jessica has co-written and stars in 'Real Friends', a new special for Sky Shorts and has several scripted projects in development. As an actor, she’s amassed a slew of impressive credits, including; Avoidance (with Romesh Ranganathan), Scrapper (feature), The Trouble With Maggie Cole, Cuckoo (BBC/ Netflix), Motherland, Out of Her Mind, Trigonometry and BAFTA multiple-award winning BBC drama, Three Girls. You can catch her in the feature films, Official Secrets...