What's On Higham Ferrers

A monthly Craft and Vintage Fair held at the same time as the popular Farmers’ Market in Higham Ferrers 9am-1pm. Free entry. Around 20 fabulous stalls selling handmade and vintage items. Always a great selection and something different every month. Refreshments and cakes. 9-10am half price hot drinks.

The Absolute Stone Roses - arguably one of the best Stone Roses Tribute bands are heading to RUSHDEN! The Absolute Stone Roses are a Tribute Band to the Manchester legends The Stone Roses.

A Bank Holiday Weekend Festival for all the family. Concerts, Song & Tune Pub Sessions, Ceilidh, Hot Food and Real Ale Bar at our wheelchair-friendly, concert and ceilidh venue. Song and Tune Sessions:Thursday evening & Sunday lunchtime.

Over the last 40 years Rushden Cavalcade has evolved from a small gathering of vehicles taking part in a parade around Rushden High Street, into the Rally that starts the season, bringing together over 1,200 different exhibit’s from all over country and attracting over 25,000 visitors annually there’s something for

This is a transport show that has been going for the past 40 years. It attracts 30k visitors. We are looking for real crafters for the Craft Marquee. Non crafts enquiries will be ignored. Details at www.cavalcade-craft.co.uk Applications by email only

Little Blessings is a project from Compass Church Wellingborough. We give free new and nearly new baby and toddler clothes to people who need them. free entry, free refreshments, free parking

The 40th Annual Cavalcade of Transport run by Rushden Historical Transport Society , over 40 steam tractions engines, classic cars, classic commericals, real ale beer tent, arena events, trade stands and a fly past each day by the BBMF ( Spitfire / Hurricane)

Oscar Wilde’s most popular play When Algernon discovers that his friend, Ernest, has created a fictional brother for whenever he needs to escape a dull country life, Algernon poses as his brother resulting in ever increasing confusion.

Local artists and photographers are invited to submit a recent or freshly created example of their artwork / photographs to the Waendel Art Competition, organised by The Pixie Gallery and Discover Wellingborough.

Jumble Sale with Table Top Sale all under cover . Various items for sale - many open to offers. Brick-a-Brack, Collectables, Excellent quality clothing, Housewares, Cheap Books, Garden equipment etc. A limited number of Stalls / Tables available @ £10 each. Cafe Open 10:00am - 2:00pm Refreshments available.

Browse a wide selection of hand made crafts & unique gifts not found on the High Street. FREE ENTRY Pop along and give your support

Big Bang VW festival is the first and friendliest VW festival on the calendar. With high-octane racing, the festival remains as laid-back and family friendly as ever. All Vee Dubs welcome! Three days of VW fun in the sun with great racing and entertainment at the home of European Drag Racing!

The Literary Heritage of Northamptonshire - a talk by Ian Addis. More than 70 poets, playwrights, novelists and historians are featured in The Literary Heritage of Northamptonshire, the book on which this talk is based.

4½ acres extended and laid out since 1972. Special collections of magnolias, spring bulbs, iris, peonies and roses with many rare trees and shrubs. Walled ornamental vegetable garden and ancient yew hedge. Some newly planted areas; please refer to the website.

Fed up with flogging their guts out and always having to be in charge, the Grumpy Old Women have put their knobbly old feet up in glorious retirement, free at last to practise their extreme colouring-in, ukelele orchestra and novelty fudge- making.

The story is all new… the hits are all Elvis! Loosely based on Shakespeare’s ‘Twelth Night’ this rock ‘n’ roll extravaganza is guaranteed to rock your socks off! The story takes place in 1955 somewhere in middle America, and centres on Natalie Haller – a young girl with big dreams.

Join Starlight Dance & Musical Theatre School as they rewrite the classics! Dive into the pages of all your favourite fairy tales with a Starlight twist!

Join 4 of Ireland’s top country Stars for an unmissable “Keep It Country” show filled with toe tapping Country music, cabaret and laughter that will have the audience singing and clapping all night long.

Experience the power of thundering rhythms on huge taiko drums, mysterious masked choreography, synchronisation timed to perfection, post-apocalyptic martial imagery – all in a spellbinding display of sheer energy.

A charming 3 acre village garden situated next to a church, including extensive herbaceous borders, a rose garden, gravel border and highly regarded potager, designed by Rosemary Verey.

VINYL:CDs:DVDs:TAPES:BOOKS: MEMORABILIA FAIR From the 50’s to the present: Pop, Punk, Rock ‘n Roll, Northern Soul, Progressive and more! Free Admission! Drinks and Refreshments available Established dealers 1000’s of Vinyl , CD’s and DVD’s for sale Collections Purchased Buy online!

A biographical film of the life of AA Milne and his son Christopher Robin. After leaving London for the English countryside, writer A.A. Milne starts to spin fanciful yarns about his son’s growing collection of stuffed animals.

“It is 1966. I am sixteen years old and I am on the Venetian bridge with Brian Joy from the Golden Sands Guesthouse and he has bought me a 99 and I am on top of the world. Now I am 16, I know what boys want and why you mustn’t give it to them.” Tensions are high in Clacton-on-Sea.

Our ninth annual Plant Sale will feature a wide range of nurseries including some newcomers. We are expecting 9 nurseries from 6 counties: Alpines, Clematis, Herbs, Perennials and Shrubs, Roses, vegetables, Shade-lovers, basket and bedding plants, Sundries. Some foodstuffs.

A series of four workshops running over four consecutive weeks where artistic expression, spirituality and meditation combine. We will work together to encourage and support to re-awaken our inner artist by using different creative exercises, art activities and discussion each week.

Our Friday Art Club is a full day for you to bring the art work of your choice, share the space with others and spend the day creating. Whether you want to sculpt, paint, draw, doodle or make - we should be able to accommodate you. The session is untutored but help is available. Bring your own materials.

Back by popular demand! A stunning display of over 100 varieties of tulips all under one roof. Beautiful terracotta pots full of tulips can be bought to instantly add colour to your garden. Brunches, lunches, teas and Prosecco Bar available all day.

Why not come along and join us in a friendly game of carpet bowls. We now have all new mats, bowls and a 3 tier winding machine to store the mats. You will be assured of a warm welcome and if you have not played before full training will be given.

Sale of some really lovely items - handcrafted headbands, flower baskets and jewellery, beautifully decoupaged items, costume jewellery, toiletries, ornaments/ceramics, household and kitchen items, DVDs and CDs, technical /office items, books, toys & games, good clothing and accessories, stationery, decorative

Alpine lovers can see a wide variety of alpines in two small scree gardens, front and back of bungalow plus pans, dwarf Salix, rhododendron, daphne’s. Dwarf acers, conifers and pines, hellebores, epimediums. Two small mixed borders of herbaceous salvias, lavenders and potentillas.

Come along and build one of the 800+ kits we have available, or design your own model in the free build competition. Come see the Lego models on display too. All children must accompanied by an adult. Buggies shall need to be left outside.

Antiques are affordable,A collectable and vintage Flea market,on a Sunday ! A peaceful ,friendly atmosphere for all the family.Come look at our a Flea market,you never know what you will find from antiques to military ,coin’s,glass,weird stuff!

Bank Holiday Monday

Embroiderers’ Guild Bedford Branch Do you enjoy textiles? Would you like to learn some new techniques or just see great work in a friendly setting? Would you love to buy previously loved fabrics, threads, magazines or books at very reasonable prices?

childrens fun day childrens wristband fair,pay £7,99 and you get unlimited use of all our attractions consisting of inflatables,bungee trampolines,train ride,carousel,teacups and much more.we have food and refreshments and toilets facilities .

A talk by Dr Avril Lumley-Prior for the Middle Nene Archaeological Group Peakirk is a rural settlement on the western margins of Borough Fen, formerly in the Soke of Peterborough, Northamptonshire, now in Cambridgeshire.

There is a whisper in the wind of beautifully crafted artworks coming together for an exhibition bringing exciting unique works in a variety of styles and media.

“Dragons come when you least expect it. You turn round…and they’re there.” Lots of people get them; bad dreams, swirly tummy, feeling prickly. And sometimes they make you feel alone. So, what can a young child with a bad case of the dragons do?

A peaceful garden of a Retreat House with beautiful uninterrupted views across meadows and farm land. Adjacent to the historic Church of St John’s it was here that a small religious community was formed in the C17. The poet T. S. Eliot visited in 1936 and it inspired the 4th of his Quartets named Little Gidding.

Northampton Chamber Choir would love to welcome you to our next concert - Songs and Sonnets - music inspired by Shakespeare.

Choral Concert with Northampton Philharmonic Choir, soloists and full orchestra. Beethoven : Mass in C. Mendelssohn : Cantata ’Hear My Prayer’. Faure : Pavanne

Northampton Croquet Club Open Day. A sport of strategy and skill, come and try it. What’s not to like? Unfortunately no under 18s (Hospital policy)

Handmade and Unplugged brings you another fab, fun, free, family events. There is always quality original live music by local musicians and beautiful crafts by local crafters, but this one offers something special with garden goods too.

The Jets have had pop chart hits all over the world and have appeared on the legendary Top of the pops 6 times performing two different hit records.

Table Top Sale (inside car boot sale) Saturday 5th May 2018 10 til 12 noon. Kingsthorpe Baptist Church (entrance Waitrose Car Park) Admission 20p Refreshments available Various stalls, bric - a brac, clothes, toys, books, handbags, cakes, plants, jewellery, cards

Don Broco. Artists performing: Don Broco.: Tickets avaiable.

’That 80s Rock Show’ is a theatre show, performed by a 100% live 6 piece band playing all the biggest anthems and power ballads from the 1980s. Relive the decade that taste forgot with this high energy, fun, tongue in cheek family friendly show.

Christoph Altstaedt conducts the Philharmonia Orchestra in a programme featuring Wagner’s Siegfried Idyll, arias and excerpts from Massenet’s Cendrillon and Verdi’s La traviata, As well as Liszt’s Les Préludes.

P.B’s Antiques & Collectables Fair in association with St Paul’s Church Bedford is a fund raising Church event. We have sellers with a wide variety of items including Coins, Glass, China, Pottery, some old Toys, Postcards, Books, Brass, Copper, Curios and lots of lovely Jewellery, small furniture items.

Holy Sepulchre Restoration Trust is delighted to welcome back The Band of the Royal Anglian Regiment to present a concert of popular music in the Forces Church for Northamptonshire.