Category: What’s On
Inspiring Music’s Saturday ukulele and recorder sessions
A new round of virtual music classes will start on Saturday (16 January 2021). These are to ensure children can continue to develop their musical skills while the country faces lockdown restrictions.
Central Bedfordshire Council’s Inspiring Music service started their virtual music sessions last year, when lockdown restrictions were introduced to help tackle the spread of Coronavirus and sessions could no longer go ahead in person.
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LGBT+ History Month at The Higgins Bedford
February is LGBT+ History Month and The Higgins Bedford is holding a virtual evening of poetry, prose and personal recollections with LGBT+ Poet Laureate Trudy Howson.
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Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas with a free online concert
The Femmes are coming to town, full of festive cheer and ready to whisk you back to the glorious 1940s in style! Organised by Marston Vale Community Rail Partnership, their exclusive free online concert is available until Monday 28th December
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‘Santa Safe’ film list published by the BBFC
The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) has published a list of ‘Santa Safe’ films that focus on the origin story of Father Christmas, to help busy families who want to keep the magic of Christmas alive.
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The Stables receives Capital Kickstart grant
The Stables has been awarded a Capital Kickstart grant of £141,392 as part of the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund. It said that this will enable it to push forward with the mini-refurbishment programme despite the financial challenge caused by the COVID-19 crisis.
The Stables is one of 74 organisations receiving grants totalling £58.9 million.
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Memphis: Plastic Field at MK Gallery
A major survey of the influential 80s design movement Memphis takes place MK gallery, Milton Keynes until April 2021.
The exhibition, Memphis: Plastic Field, explores the spirit of the Memphis group by bringing together over 150 of the collective’s most significant works. The group’s bold and playful aesthetic pushed boundaries and sparked a new era in design.
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Festive Christmas Trail comes to Bedford Town Centre
This Christmas, Bedford Borough Council and Love Bedford have set up a festive Christmas Trail across Bedford Town Centre.
Starting on Friday 4 December, the Christmas Trail lets families explore the town centre to find the twelve Christmas characters that have been hidden in the windows of some of your favourite town centre businesses.
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Channel 5’s Filthy House SOS looking for messy homes in Bedfordshire for its new series
Channel 5’s and 5star’s transformational cleaning show is looking for people across the UK who are in need of some professional help keeping their homes clean and tidy.
Filming from December, this series will see expert cleaners clean each home in just four days and then gives each of our participants tips to keep their home clean for good.
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Children across the East of England stage Shakespeare in lockdown with Coram Shakespeare Schools Foundation
Thousands of children from over two hundred schools nationwide will be performing the works of Shakespeare for a unique initiative, One Night of Shakespeare, to be broadcast online at 7pm on Friday 20 November.
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MK Theatre – Panto returns for 2020!
Milton Keynes Theatre has announced that all tickets for the first performance of Sleeping Beauty, produced by Qdos Entertainment, will be gifted to NHS workers and their families.
Thanks to support from The National Lottery, the new socially-distanced pantomime will run from Saturday 19 December 2020 to Sunday 10 January 2021
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COVID safe Christmas events to replace Bedford Borough’s Christmas Light Switch On
With COVID-19 infection rates increasing and national restrictions in place to reduce the spread of the virus, there won’t be a big Christmas Light switch on event in Bedford this year.
However, Christmas lights will still be in place across the town centre bringing festive illuminations from 16 November.
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The Higgins Bedford closed during National Lockdown
Following announcements from the Government regarding new national restrictions to control the spread of coronavirus, The Higgins Bedford will temporarily close from Thursday 5 November until at least Wednesday 2 December 2020.
To help slow the spread of coronavirus, museums are among the venues being asked to close, alongside non-essential shops and leisure centres.
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