On Wednesday 22 May, Bedford Golf Club in Great Denham will host Swishing-Green exchange event, a fun evening that not only protects the environment but restocks your wardrobe. You bring the things in your wardrobe that are not quite your colour, not a good fit or not really your style. You donate them and hopefully…
This Sunday (12th May), the Bedford Flea will be back in St Paul’s Square from 11am – 4pm. Stallholders will be selling everything from furniture to clothes, collectables to vinyl and the Affordable Art Market will showcase some of Bedford’s best artists. This year will see the first local producers’ market, so visitors will be…
Families in Bedford are treated to a brand new cultural experience this Saturday with Who is Bedford? an interactive show exploring the heritage of Bedford and the people who live here. With over 50 ethnicities represented in the town, Bedford is one of the most culturally diverse towns of its size in the UK. Who is Bedford? is a…
Here’s Paula’s pick for May The Place Life Box Theatre and No Loss Productions present StageWrite 2019 Thursday 9 and Friday 10 May at 7:30pm Tickets: £8.00 (concessions £6.00) Age guidance: 14+ StageWrite, one of Bedford’s annual theatrical highlights, returns to The Place Theatre for its 7th year. Run by local companies, LifeBox Theatre…
Calmer Chameleons… ChameleonsVox + Guests at Bedford Esquires Wednesday 22 May 7.30pm The Chameleons (vox) is the continuation of The Chameleons UK, arguably the most widely influential guitar band ever to come out of Manchester. The Chameleons (vox) features Chameleons vocalist, bassist and principle composer Mark Burgess, long time collaborators Yves Altana on drums and…
Art Under The Bed 2019 Now in its third year, Art Under the Bed is organised by Anne-Marie Stijelja and features work for sale by at least 30 artists from around the county. This year will be the biggest art sale by far and is a great opportunity to purchase affordable original art from local…
Families in Bedford will be treated to a brand new cultural experience this summer with Who is Bedford? an interactive show exploring the heritage of Bedford and the people who live here. With over 50 ethnicities represented in the town, Bedford is one of the most culturally diverse towns of its size in the UK. Who is Bedford? is…
Recently, our Clanger Culture Correspondents accepted a top secret mission to the Don’t Get Locked In escape room near Leighton Buzzard. Find out what the CCC thought of their day out and, more importantly, did they escape?… This was the family’s first time experiencing an escape room and we were all really looking forward to…
The Place Theatre, Bedford Saturday 6thApril Review by Cara Lee (aged 21) In Tomorrow’s Great Pageant, an already powerful play is given a fresh modern twist, with clever updates and interpretations adding a new perspective. Based on Cecily Hamilton’s 1909 suffrage play A Pageant of Great Women, in which Woman defends her right to vote…
It was with a sense of nervous anticipation that we headed towards the Bedford Corn Exchange to experience the Philharmonia Orchestra’s Beethoven and Brahms concert. None of us had ever been to an event like this before, and we weren’t quite sure what to expect. We arrived at Number13 and were greeted by Nikolaj, a…