MAY
Saturday 17
Music in Lyddington
7.30pm at St Andrew’s Lyddington. Peter Silverthorne, viola; David Owen Norris, piano. Tickets: £12 (£14/£2). Tel: 01572 820017.
Saturday 17 - Sunday 18
St Francis, Duston Fortieth Anniversary
Flower Festival with Music from the 60's theme. Tel: 01604 753679. www.duston.org.uk
Thursday 22
“Totally Wired”: Young People and the Technology Revolution
7.30pm at Christ the King, Kettering. Seminar for parents and youth leaders. Booking essential. Tickets £5. Email: steve@junction7.org.
Saturday 24 – Monday 26
Flower Festival and Cricket Match at Launde Abbey
Festival 11am-4pm Saturday, 2-5pm Sunday, 11am-6pm Monday. £5 entry. Cricket match 1-6pm Monday. Tel: 01572 717254.
Monday 26
Organ Recital: Philip Underwood, Organist at St John the Divine, Brooklands, Sale
11.15am at All Saints’, Oakham. Ploughman’s lunches in Church Hall. Retiring collection.
Monday 26
Staverton Open Gardens Day
Village gardens (nr Daventry, Northants) open 11am-5pm. Teas and light lunches available. Plants for sale. All proceeds to St Mary the Virgin Church, Staverton.
JUNE
Wednesdays, 1.30pm recitals at All Saints Oakham. Tel: 01572 722698.
Sunday 1
Lowick village open afternoon, 2-6pm. Tel: 01832 734952.
Sunday 1
Creaton in Bloom
Gardens open 1pm. BBQ, teas and stalls. On A5199, 7 miles north of Northampton. In aid of St Michael & All Angels, Creaton.
Sunday 1
Organ recital by Donald Barford at 3.30pm at St Peter & St Paul Abington, Northampton.
Saturday 7
Organ Music for a Summer Evening with Simon Johnson. 7.30pm at St Mary Magdalene, Castle Ashby. Tickets £10 (£7.50) from 01604 696080.
Saturday 7 - Sunday 8
A Weekend of English Music
At St Mary's, Ketton, nr Stamford.
* Saturday 7 - Instrumental Concert
7.30pm. Piano, Margaret Fingerhut; violin, Isabelle Flory; conductor, Barry Collett. Pieces by Finzi, Vaughan Williams.
* Sunday 8 - Choral Concert The Cantus Choir
6pm. Baritone, Robert Gildon; conductor, Alwyn Pollard. Includes Vaughan Williams’ Five Mystical Songs.
* Tickets £8 individually, £12 for both concerts from 01780 721015 or 01780 721005 or at the door.
Saturday 7 - Sunday 8
Brafield on the Green Flower Festival and Fete
1.30 - 4.30pm at St Laurence's. Theme: "The Months of the Year".
Sunday 8
Oundle Open Gardens
2-5pm. Refreshments at St Peter's.
Sunday 8
Slapton Open Gardens nr Towcester
1-6pm. Lovely village gardens. Teas. Medieval wall paintings in St Botolph’s. Tel: 01327 860019.
Sunday 8
Woodend Open Gardens
2-6pm, in aid of St Mary's, Blakesley, nr Towcester. lovely gardens amidst rolling countryside. Teas and stalls.
Wednesday 11
BRF Quiet Day at St Peter’s Brackley, 10am - 4pm. £25 incl lunch. www.quietplaces.org.uk.
Thursday 12
Werrington Mothers' Union Strawberry Fayre
2.30pm in Werrington Village Centre, Peterborough. Tel: 01733 576541.
Thursday 12 June
An Evening with Fiona Castle
7.30pm at Overstone School. Entrance by ticket only. Tickets £5 from 01604 646517.
Saturday 14
Music in Lyddington: Ian Partridge, tenor; Jennifer Partridge, piano. 7.30pm St Andrew’s Lyddington. Tel: 01572 820017 for ticket details.
Saturday 14
Fiori Musicale at St Peter’s Empingham at 7pm. Tickets £14. Tel: 01780 460354.
Saturday 14
Enderby Band Playing Popular Music
7.30pm at St Lawrence's, Long Buckby. Tickets £5:00 from Long Buckby Newsagents, Jack Hobbs 01327 842466 or on the door.
Saturday 14
Recital at St Mary's Burton Latimer. Tickets £5. Tel. 01536 724966.
Saturday 14 & Sunday 15
Laxton Flower Festival, 2.30pm - 4.30pm. Sun 7pm, concert with Eleanor Turner, harpist. Tickets £8. Tel: 01780 450362.
Sunday 15
Brockhall Concerts: Quartet Camerata at 7.30pm at Brockhall Church. Tickets £12.50 from 01788 892000.
Sunday 15
Greetham Open Gardens 11am - 6pm.
Sunday 15
Pilgrimage to Launde Abbey. Tel: 01572 717254. www.launde.org.uk
Saturday 21
All Saints Wellingborough Summer Fete, 10.30am – 2.30pm.
Saturday 21
Classical concert for Africa
7.15 - 9pm at St Columba's, Corby NN17 1LG. Elizabeth French, piano and Lindsey Peacock, saxophone.
Saturday 21
Proms in the Paddock at Home Farm, Cold Ashby
Blue Rhythm Orchestra. 7.30pm, gates open at 6pm. Bring chairs and a picnic. Tickets £5 (£2.50 children) from 01604 740280. Cold Ashby is a mile from junction 1 of the A14.
Saturday 21 & Sunday 22
St Peter’s Cogenhoe Flower Festival & Fete, open 2pm – 4pm.
Sunday 22
Bulwick Church Fete, 2pm with Thrapston Town Band. Tel: 01780 450300.
Friday 27 - Sunday 29
St James' Gretton Flower Festival. Inspired by the life of the Saints. Tel: 01536 770728
Saturday 28
St Peter's Day Family Open Day
12 noon - 3.30pm at Peterborough Cathedral.
Saturday 28
Centenary Fayre in the Church Gardens and Hall
2-4pm at St Peter's, Rushden. Entertainment by local children and the usual stalls.
Saturday 28
Northampton Philharmonic Choir
7.30pm at St Michael’s, Northampton. Haydn – little organ mass; Mozart – solumn vespers; Purcell, Corelli, Handel. Tickets: £12 - 18. Tel: 07958 768661.
Saturday 28
Scirocco wind ensemble at St Mary’s Rushden 7.30pm. Tel: 07760 111825.
Saturday 28 & Sunday 29
St John's Werrington Flower Festival, 2-5pm. Tel: 01733 576541.
JULY
Saturday 5
Newton Bromswold Fete at 2.30pm
Children's Fancy Dress at 3pm.
Saturday 5
Abington Summer Fete
The Church in the park, Northampton at 2pm.
Saturday 5
Ordination of Priests
4pm at Peterborough Cathedral
Saturday 5
Music in Lyddington: O Duo percussion duo
7.30pm at St Andrew's Lyddington. Tickets: £12/£14/students £2. Tel: 01572 820017. www.musicinlyddington.rutnet.co.uk
Sunday 6
Ordination of Deacons
11am at Peterborough Cathedral
Saturday 5 & Sunday 6
Yardley Gobion Open Gardens
1.30-5.30pm daily. Flower display in the Church. Entry £4 to all.
Saturday 5 & Sunday 6
Little Houghton Festival
Saturday 2pm Fete. Saturday and Sunday open gardens and exhibition in Church.
Sunday 6
Hannington Open Gardens
11am-5pm. Historical 13th Century Church. Sunday 6, Organ recital at St Peter & St Paul Abington, Northampton, 3.30pm.
Monday 7
Tallis Scholars sung Eucharist
5.30pm; Tuesday 8, Tallis Scholars Choral Evensong. Friday 12, Tallis Scholars gala concert, 7.30pm. Tickets 01572 723000. At all Saints Oakham.
Saturday 12
'The Armed Man' - A Mass for Peace
By Karl Jenkins sung by Northampton Chamber Choir. 7.30pm at Christ Church, Northampton. Tickets: £12 (£10) on door or 01604 250905. www.northamptonchamberchoir.org.uk
Saturday 12 & Sunday 13
St Faith's Kilsby Flower Festival
Church open 11am-5pm. Classic cars and other attractions 2-5pm. Family service 10am Sunday.
AUGUST
Monday 4 - Saturday 8
Chattabox Holiday Club
for ages 4 and 11 at St Peter's Oundle, 9am-1pm. Call Youth and Community Youth Worker on 07811 160047.
Saturday 16
Music in Lyddington
Wind quintet with Tom Poster. 7.30pm at St Andrew's Lyddington. Tickets: £12/£14/students £2. Tel 01572 820017. www.musicinlyddington.rutnet.co.uk
Saturday 23 - Monday 25
Open Days at Launde Abbey 11am - 4pm.
Saturday 23 & Sunday 24
Bulwick & Blatherwycke Horticultural Show
2pm in St Nicholas Church.
Saturday 23 - Monday 25
Centenery Flower & Music Festival
St Mary the Virgin, Wellingborough. 10am - 5pm (Sunday12 noon - 5pm)
Monday 25
Organ Recital
11.15am at All Saints, Oakham. Retiring Collection.
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