Arts Council England

Matthew Humphreys' exhibition, Translating, opened at Arts Collective Northampton on September 30 and runs until October 8

Artist returns with exhibition inspired by his father's battle with dementia

The fundraising appeal by Royal & Derngate

£100,000 fundraising drive continues to transform Derngate auditorium

The auditorium at the Derngate theatre in Northampton. Picture: Frasershot Studios

Royal & Derngate wins £538,000 Arts Council grant to refurbish auditorium

Stanley Unwin - celebrated by a new Blue Plaque in his name from West Northants Council.

The John Griff column: When celebrity means what it says…

Dear England Milton Keynes Theatre

The National Tour Of Dear England comes to Milton Keynes Theatre

Made With Many - Family Arts Festival 2025

Made With Many secures £1 million Arts Council England funding for community-led...

Artist Jonathan Reynolds outside the Coachhouse at Delapre

Local artist offers free art workshops for home school pupils

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Histories of Northamptonshire brings 150 million years of stories to life at Nor...

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Residents invited to vote for Northamptonshire’s 100th object in unique exhibiti...

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Mural Project to be delivered to commemorate Northampton’s historic castle

Northants "Men United" Choir

Rookie men’s choir stuns audience in prostate cancer fundraiser

Elders dancers along with dance teachers Tina Heeley and Lucy Knight

Dance Elders expands over 60s Contemporary dance programme in Northampton

The sale of this Egyptian Sekhemka statue for around £15.8 million in July 2014 caused outrage in the art world and Northampton's two museums lost their Arts Council accreditation.

Museum gets accreditation back eight years on from £15.8m sale of Sekhemka

Northampton Museum & Art Gallery

Museum lands £450,000 Arts Council England grant to fund history project

The Masque Theatre

The Jubilee events taking place all thanks to Northamptonshire Community Foundat...

The fund has been set up to celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.

Up to £10,000 grants offered to performing arts in 'Let's Create Jubilee Fund'
Those who can apply for the grants include; constituted voluntary or community organisations, registered charities and not-for-profit companies.
Max Pearson

The Thriving Communities Fund focused on helping communities cope with the impact of COVID-19

Northampton's Delapre Abbey leads the way in improving the health of thousands o...

It is hoped the latest funding will help cement Northampton as a 'cultural destination'.

Funded granted to help new board to 'embed culture into the DNA of Northampton'

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Creative production company in Northampton awarded £125,000 grant for support th...

Royal & Derngate

'Government's Rethink, Reskill, Reboot campaign is an insult to artists and musi...

Fans watch Tors perform at Fairport's Cropredy Convention in 2019. Photo by David Jackson

Cropredy Convention receives £200k lifeline grant from Culture Recovery Fund

Picture: Press Association

Museums, libraries, artists and art groups in Northamptonshire received nearly £...

National Poetry Day takes place on an annual basis, celebrating and embracing poetry in all its forms, encouraging others to do the same (Photo: Shutterstock)

Here’s when National Poetry Day 2020 will take place - and how to get involved

Why funding problems are now ‘massive’ for arts centres

Royal & Derngate chief executive Jo Gordon

Northampton's culture industry welcomes emergency £1.57bn government fund but co...

Theatre company increases free podcasts of its hit plays

Ten partners, including the borough council, Royal & Derngate and Northamptonshire Music and Performing Arts Trust helped to submit the bid for cash.

Northampton wins £20,000 funding to boost town's cultural offering
Arts Council England has awarded Northampton £20,000 for the creation of a cultural board
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Hansel and Gretal at Delapre Abbey, July 2017. Photo by Graeme Braidwood.

Theatre group in Northampton receives more than £70,000 Arts Council England fun...

The empty office block of County Hall on Guildhall Road could be renovated into the new home of NN Contemporary.

Northampton town centre gallery takes another step towards reopening in the New ...

Pupils created a project on the shoe making history in this town to link with the cobblers history in Northampton.

Northampton primary school receives prestigious arts council award

The Royal & Derngate has received a 600,000 cash boost.

Northampton theatre receives Â£684,000 injection to produce four new musicals

The Wholls

The Wholls lead Independent Venue Week line-up at The Lab in Northampton

Inside the Guildhall Road building of NN Contemporary Art

Arts Council England announces more than Â£4.5m investment in Northampton and No...

Chief executive Martin Sutherland outside the Errol Flynn Filmhouse.

Northampton filmhouse poised to open second screen next month

Goldie Lookin Chain headline the Friday night

Craufurd Arms reveals Independent Venue Week line up

Royal & Derngate, Northampton

Northampton theatre gets Â£144,352 grant to create leadership training role

The Sekhemka statue was sold in 2014 by Northampton Borough Council. Now the Egyptian embassy is mounting a bid to buy it.

Egyptian embassy could buy Sekhemka statue and loan it to British Museum

Arts Council England funding helps NN launch new art project in Northampton

Filmhouse in Northampton gets Â£100k towards second screen

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