If you haven’t managed to get your hands on a copy of the February issue yet, now’s your chance… The best of Bedford’s live music, theatre, art, culture, food and drink – plus your cultural guide to what’s on this month. Happy February, Bedford!
Saturday 24th February at Bedford School Chapel Join Gaude – Bedford’s professinoal chamber choir – for a candlelit performance of Gregorio Allegri’s iconic Miserere and James MacMillan’s haunting and highly personal response to it. The evening features old and new paired settings of the same texts, including works by Purcell, Gabrieli, Lauridsen and Tavener and a new…
What’s on… February 2018 At the Higgins: Holocaust Memorial Day Following Holocaust Memorial Day on 27th January, a month of events is taking place in Bedford including Anne Frank & Family, an exhibition of family photographs by Otto Frank, taken before World War Two. The exhibition will be free to enter and will run until…
7.30pm on Saturday 17th February 2018 at Bedford Corn Exchange Ray Mears is bringing his latest family-friendly show to Bedford for one night only. The show promises to be a fascinating look behind the scenes at the making of his latest TV show, Australian Wilderness. Over the past two decades the name Ray Mears has become recognised…
by Priya Gill Two young language loving entrepreneurs from Bedford entered the Dragon’s Den on Sunday 4th February – but you’ll have to watch to find out if they were successful! Best friends Alex Somervell and Jonny Pryn founded One Third Stories whilst at University, to make learning a language as simple as reading a…
It’s that time of year when you can barely move for trainee marathon runners. They’re pounding the streets from early morning til late at night, aiming to make it round the 26.2 mile course on 22nd April, raising millions of pounds in sponsorship on the way. One such runner from Bedford is Esther Snelson. Esther…
Exciting times! BBC One’s ever popular Sunday evening programme, Antiques Roadshow, will be filming for its 41st series in the grounds of English Heritage’s Wrest Park in Bedfordshire on Thursday 19th July 2018. Fiona Bruce and the team of Antiques Roadshow experts will be waiting to welcome visitors to the event, so it’s time to…
Vist Bedford town centre or take a walk off the beaten track and you are sure to find one of our many independent shops, nestled among the big brands and household High Street names. From Goldings Ironmongers, who have just celebrated their 150th anniversary, to new-kid-on-the-block, Slide Records, there’s something for the most discerning customers….
Independent Venue Week (29th January – 4th February 2018) is a seven day celebration of small music venues around the UK and a nod to the heroes that tirelessly own, run and work in them, week in, week out. Here in Bedford we happen to have one of the finest grassroots venues in the UK –…
Friday 12th January at Bedford Esquires, doors at 8pm Tickets £10 in advance The Ukrainians return to Bedford Esquires having played one of 2016’s most fun shows at the venue! The band were founded by ex-Wedding Present guitarist Peter Solowka and his friend Len Liggins in 1991, the very year Ukraine regained its independence from…