Chalk tall at the Lightning Bolt drawing world championships
The weekend saw a unique event take place on Northampton’s Racecourse just outside the pavilion. Promotion was quite underground: word of mouth, Facebook, an article in [...]
Events
Northampton town centre rocks for NMF 19
Thousands of people come out for Northampton Music Festival and NMF 19 was no exception despite volatile weather. The event featured a main stage on the Market Square, and [...]
Cycle4Cynthia launches Bike4Bedtime
Did you know that it costs £504 to provide one day’s expert, specialist care for one patient in the inpatient unit at Northamptonshire’s Cynthia Spencer Hospice, (writes [...]
NMF2019: Celebrating Northampton’s Music Scene From Rock To Opera
The Northampton Music Festival, now on its 12th year, will be hitting the town centre on Sunday 16th June, from midday to 10pm. The festival features six stages at six [...]
15 years of Carnival in Northampton
Northampton’s Carnival takes place on Saturday and the theme is 15 Years of Creating Magic Through Carnival. Once again the parade starts (at 2pm) and finishes at The [...]
Towcester Food Festival this weekend
Towcester Food Festival – South Northamptonshire’s biggest food and drink extravaganza – takes place this weekend. A special edition of the NQ will be available [...]
Pictures from Northampton Beer Festival
Is it the sunniest event on the Northampton calendar? For the past few years the weather has rarely failed the beer festival and once again it backed up the huge range of [...]
Tough Mudder comes to Northampton for its first ever stadium event
Tough Mudder assault courses have been a popular adventure experience for many years. Normally they are associated with mud-soaked slogs through parks and countryside but [...]
Piers Francis promises to saddle up for Cynthia if he isn’t playing
Saints star Piers Francis has poured praise on those pedallers who ignored the rain and turned out in force last autumn for the county’s favourite annual bike ride, [...]