What's On and Things To Do Around Pilton

This May half-term investigate Lyveden’s wilder inhabitants with free trails, worksheets and activity sessions. There are plenty of opportunities to get closer to nature during Lyveden Alive week. Enjoy a different activity every day! Booking Not Needed.

Would you like to sing in a choir celebrating music as a force for change' Lyveden invites you to join our community choir and Come and Sing in Secret.

Bring Dad along to make a kite this Father’s Day at Lyveden. After all that hard work, treat him to a Workers Nuncheon in the Cottage tea room so you’re ready to head back out and see how high your kite can fly! Booking Not Needed. Dogs on leads welcome.

A cottage garden where perennials and grasses are grouped creatively together amongst gravel paths, complementing one another to create a natural look. Some unusual plants and quirky oddities create a different and colourful informal garden. Lots of flowers for cutting, and a shop in the barn.

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.

Following the huge success of ‘The Three Inch Fools’ extraordinary performance last year we are pleased to let you know that they will be performing Hamlet, at St Peters Church, Lowick on Thursday 14th June 2017 @7pm.

John Sime and Friends - An evening of acoustic roots blues music with John following his fabulous solo concert last year. Now he’s joined by three other fine musicians: Mike Permaker, Brian Ogden and Dougie Chapman.

2 styles of planting showing how to make a garden complement the building it surrounds. Molesworth House is an old rectory garden with everything that you’d both expect and hope for, given its Victorian past. There are surprising corners to this traditional take on a happy and relaxed, yet also formal garden.

Our garden tour hosted by our Head Gardener Andrew Jones is a must for gardening enthusiasts. This popular tour takes approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes and can accommodate a group of up to 20 people.  Andrew’s horticultural and historical knowledge of the garden will have the visitor gripped from start to finish.

Take a trip down the rabbit hole with Chapterhouse Theatre Company this summer as they present the classic tale of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Join Alice as she stumbles into the magical world of Wonderland and meet a whole host of colourful characters.

You’re invited to join our Opening Night of the summer season! Enjoy an outdoor cinema experience at Stanwick Lakes at a special BARGAIN! All adult tickets REDUCED to £9.50 to have a great night out with us - Saturday May 26!

The outdoor cinema experience returns to the lake-side amphitheatre! The LUNA FLIX summer season continues with Marvel’s boldest and most audacious movie yet! Rated as one of the best, and certainly funniest, superhero adventures from the Marvel universe - see it on a HUGE outdoor screen!

The outdoor cinema experience returns to the lake-side amphitheatre! The summer season continues with the essential 80’s teen comedy-drama! Five high school students from different walks of life endure a weekend detention under a power-hungry teacher.

The outdoor cinema experience returns to the lake-side amphitheatre! The summer season continues with Simon Pegg’s classic comedy homage to the zombie genre on a HUGE outdoor screen! Dressing up optional but encouraged... ’get some red on you’!

A Night Of Jazz! Featuring Barry Palser’s Hot Jazz Five! Buckworth Church Saturday 16th June 2018 7pm onwards £15.00 per ticket, to include a light supper.

Saddle up and join Kettering’s first ever sportive event! With 10, 25 and 50-mile routes taking in the picturesque Northamptonshire countryside and ending at the Kettering Rugby Club Beer Festival!

Walled garden surrounding 17th century farmhouse, divided into rooms with tall hedges, topiary and mixed borders. Paths leading to wild garden overlooking Nene valley.

Constantly evolving acre rear garden of C17 cottage (not open). Early spring garden with snowdrops and hellebores, summer and autumn mixed borders, and many obelisks and containers, kitchen garden, herb bed, rambling roses, at least 60 different hostas, all giving varied interest from Feb through to Oct.

Alconbury Weston Village Fun Day! Sunday 3rd June 2018 12 - 4pm Alconbury Weston Village Green Food and Fun on the Village Green as the Tour Of Cambridgeshire passes through the village! Bring along a picnic blanket and cheer on the cycles!

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.

Join in the fun with Alconbury Weston’s annual yard sale! Saturday 2nd June 2018 10am-4pm FREE to join! Set up a stall on your garden/garage/driveway and sell your pre-loved items! Please email alconburywestonyardsale@gmail.com to register your address!

Dear Zoo the timeless children’s classic book makes its stage premiere. Rod Campbell’s best-selling lift the flap book has delighted generations of young readers since it was first published in 1982. And has sold more than 8 million copies worldwide.

The Kast off Kinks are actual former members of the legendary band ‘The Kinks’, back together playing great music and re-living the good times whilst keeping the songs alive that made The Kinks a household name.

The Dreamboys are back for their 2018 UK tour. The Dreamboys are without a shadow of a doubt the UK’s top male strip show, perfect for a girls night out with all your friends. Their showcase is unquestionably the most famous male stripper act the UK has ever produced.

The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain has become a global sensation and nothing short of a UK national treasure. ‘Heresy II Heritage’, their new tour, charts the Uke’s rise from curiosity to virtuosity, from village hall to the Royal Albert Hall.

Dusty & The Shades of the 60s celebrates the life and music of one of the most iconic female artistes of our time, the legendary Dusty Springfield.

In August 1968 four young musicians convened in a small rehearsal room in London and performed an old Johnny Burnette song ‘Train Kept A-Rollin’. This was the birth of Led Zeppelin.

Some of the UK’s best bodybuilders and fitness models will be competing to qualify for the 2018 Physical Culture Association (PCA) Finals in October. Includes all PCA men’s and women’s classes including Junior, Novice, Bikini, Men’s Physique, Muscle Model, Ladies’ Figure, Masters and more.

Celebrate Fathers Day in style! We have a show of ’What your Dad Drove Cars’, to reminisce over. If you have a Pre 2000 Car, Bike or Van that you would like to show off, Please register at www.ticketsource.co.

BBQ & , Licenced Bar & Refreshments Dog Show - Starting at 13:00 sharp. Bring your furry friend along From 12:30 - Bouncy Castle, Bouncy Slide, Rodeo Bull, Hook a duck, Children Fairground Ride etc.

Artists and makers around Rutland will be opening their studios on weekends in June, also there will be an exhibition showing works by local artists at the Rutland Museum in Oakham from 23rd May to 16th June (usual museum opening times, see website) Most works will be for sale.

Come and join us for an exciting Car Treasure Hunt. Serve are promoting our Volunteer Drivers scheme by giving teams clues in and around the Rushden area to solve towards reaching the mystery end destination! There are prizes to be won and refreshments for everyone taking part!

A family funday with bouncy castle, inflatable slide, roundabouts and a large inflatable colour maze. For the more adventurous there will be archery amongst other traditional games. For the motoring enthusiast there will be members of Kettering Modified Car Club and classic cars.

Keep May Bank Holiday free for Easton on the Hill’s Gala Weekend. It has something for everyone – a great family event with some equally enjoyable evening entertainment. This year the theme will be a nostalgic and traditional village weekend of events, as a nod to the 100th anniversary of the end of WW1.

Very popular annual village Fete with licensed bar, BBQ, afternoon teas, ice creams, Brass Band, Morris Men, arena display, bowls, bouncy castle, tombola, bric a brac, books, raffle, children’s toys and games, plants, hanging baskets, jewellery, jams and chutneys, face painting and many more stalls.

Family Fun Day is an annual event held in Wellingborough in the first week of June. There are craft, charity and food stalls as well as live music and arena activities, such as local dance groups. The event is free to the public and runs from 12 - 5pm. This will be our fifth year.

Holy Trinity Rothwell Trust Registered Charity Number 1011662 Are pleased to welcome the return of Alexander Ardakov To Rothwell Holy Trinity Church NN14 6BQ 7.30pm Saturday 16th June 2018 Doors open at 7pm Tickets £10 Tickets available from Rothwell Heritage Centre from May or at the door

There is no greater pop comeback than Steps who have returned to claim their pop crown! Their concert at Peterborough is part of their Summer of Steps 2018 Tour with special guests Aqua and Blue.

On Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd June 2018, Stamford Race for Life will bring thousands of women together to support Cancer Research UK’s life-saving research. Just by signing up you’ll make a difference and whether you raise £10 or £200, every penny matters. Race for Life 5k is great for all ages.

Prepare yourself for 40 back-to-back classic Motown hits, glittering costume changes, dazzling dance moves and outstanding musicianship in this explosive concert experience.

Join us for EACH’s first ever Inflatable Colour Dash at Huntingdon Racecourse. We are very excited to bring to our popular Colour Dashes to Huntingdon! However this event is no ordinary Colour Dash… This course also has Giant inflatable obstacles!

Peterborough Museum and City Gallery present works by internationally renowned sculptor Sir Anthony Caro and modernist painter Sheila Girling.

This May half term, help jolly pirates Long Joan Silver and No Beard Jack as they travel the high seas to find buried treasure and make anyone that gets in their way, walk the plank!

In May we usually feature some of the finalists from Peterborough Music Festival, and this year we’re delighted to welcome Annie Wakefield, Amelia Glendinning and Sophie Lewis to the Glasshouse. All three are outstanding singer-songwriters, and each will perform for around 20 minutes in the first hour.

Presented here is a unique opportunity to hear a comprehensive selection of chart hits America’s biggest pop band ever recorded including: God Only Knows - Good Vibrations - I Get Around - Surfin’ USA - Fun Fun Fun - California Girls - Sloop John B and many more that you will surely know and by the end of the evening

From the Sports Centre Car Park or from Stockerston Rd pass through the School West Quad with its dramatic paving, planting and sculptures. On exiting onto Stockerston Rd, diagonally to the R is Hillside, a 1 acre S facing garden with spring fed pond, terraces and patio, orchard, vegetable garden & woodland walk.

Peterborough is old. Really old. This year our glorious cathedral celebrates its 900th birthday and we’re throwing the entire city a party! ‘This Is Peterborough’ is a very special kind of garden party. Join us in the Peterborough Cathedral Precincts, bring your own picnic and prepare for a summer evening of fun!

The UK’s ‘Best Vintage Fair’ returns to Peterborough Cathedral this June! Find unique, handpicked quality goods with stalls of vintage fashion, accessories, home, collectables and more from some of the UK’s finest vintage traders.

7 very different gardens in pretty stone village of Wing with medieval church and turf maze. For map and directions start visit at Townsend House opp Village Hall.