Upcoming events
FREE Face Painting
Tuesday 14 August 2018
FREE Love Bedford Face Painting by Glitter Arty
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Beach Week
Tuesday 14 August 2018
Seaside fun for all the family and children’s funfair
8th-14th Aug
Wonderful Wednesdays
Wednesday 15 August 2018
Create coloured pictures using sgrafitto
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Live Lounge at Toast
Thursday 16 August 2018
Toast Riverside presents Live Lounge every Thursday from 7.30pm. Enjoy the best local talent perform a wide range of genres.
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Michael Buble Tribute Night
Friday 17 August 2018
Empire Bedford presents “Michael Buble Tribute Night” featuring Jamie Flanagan
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Great British Gin Festival
Saturday 18 August 2018
The UK’s biggest Gin Festival Tour is coming to Bedford this August! Prepare to have your taste buds tantalised by over 100 different gins from around the world.
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Who Lived in a House Like That?
Sunday 19 August 2018
Bedford has many impressive properties – find out who lived where and why these Bedfordians were important to the town.
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Music in the Meadows
Sunday 19 August 2018
Come along, bring the family and a picnic and enjoy two hours of traditional bandstand music.
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Story Drawry (for 10-12 year olds)
Monday 20 August 2018
A unique, creative opportunity for students to be inspired to respond to a story using a range of art and design materials.
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Quiz Night at Albero Lounge
Monday 20 August 2018
What better way to start the week than with Albero Lounge’s fantastic Monday night quiz with quiz master Joe.
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Wonderful Wednesdays
Wednesday 22 August 2018
Learn to mono print using this simple technique
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Live Lounge at Toast
Thursday 23 August 2018
Toast Riverside presents Live Lounge every Thursday from 7.30pm. Enjoy the best local talent perform a wide range of genres.
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Tri-Continental Choir Concert
Saturday 25 August 2018
The Iconomi Mixed Chorus from Japan, The Adeleide Philharmonia Chorus from Australia, The Eagle Choir, Danesborough Chorus and Bedford Choral Society from UK. A one-off tour chance to see a huge choral event spanning three continents.
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The Silent Faces of Bedford
Sunday 26 August 2018
Bedford has many impressive statues and memorials. They cannot tell their own story – but we can and do!
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16 Jun - 26 Aug: Where is your happy place?
Sunday 26 August 2018
An exciting exhibition of work produced by local children and young people aged 4-18 years
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Quiz Night at Albero Lounge
Monday 27 August 2018
What better way to start the week than with Albero Lounge’s fantastic Monday night quiz with quiz master Joe.
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Crafty Thursdays
Thursday 30 August 2018
Create and take home pencil toppers and pin wheels
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Live Lounge at Toast
Thursday 30 August 2018
Toast Riverside presents Live Lounge every Thursday from 7.30pm. Enjoy the best local talent perform a wide range of genres.
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10th July - 6th Oct Bunyan Inspired 2
Saturday 1 September 2018
Artwork exhibition created by students from Youth Inspired
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1st & 2nd Sep: NICE Comic Convention
Saturday 1 September 2018
NICE is the UK’s most relaxed comic convention. Come and meet the stars of the comic book world and spend some time in the beautiful market town of Bedford.
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First Person at Riverside
Saturday 1 September 2018
Made especially for public spaces and influenced by video games; First Person is a quirky fusion of fast paced narrative, physical theatre and silent disco technology. Grab your headphones, predict your winner and cheer them on to the finish line.
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I Never Knew That
Sunday 2 September 2018
This Walk encompasses all that information about Bedford and its many features that YOU never knew!
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1st & 2nd Sep: NICE Comic Convention
Sunday 2 September 2018
NICE is the UK’s most relaxed comic convention. Come and meet the stars of the comic book world and spend some time in the beautiful market town of Bedford.
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Quiz Night at Albero Lounge
Monday 3 September 2018
What better way to start the week than with Albero Lounge’s fantastic Monday night quiz with quiz master Joe.
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Live Lounge at Toast
Thursday 6 September 2018
Toast Riverside presents Live Lounge every Thursday from 7.30pm. Enjoy the best local talent perform a wide range of genres.
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The Rise and Fall of Bedford Castle
Sunday 9 September 2018
Discover Bedford castle’s story and why it was demolished.
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Quiz Night at Albero Lounge
Monday 10 September 2018
What better way to start the week than with Albero Lounge’s fantastic Monday night quiz with quiz master Joe.
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Live Lounge at Toast
Thursday 13 September 2018
Toast Riverside presents Live Lounge every Thursday from 7.30pm. Enjoy the best local talent perform a wide range of genres.
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Bedford in World War II
Sunday 16 September 2018
One of our most popular walks revealing the secrets and mysteries of life in Bedford during World War II.
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Bedford Flea
Sunday 16 September 2018
With an eclectic range of stall-holders, there will be lots to browse and buy, from collectables to vintage, records to books, antiques to jewellery.
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Quiz Night at Albero Lounge
Monday 17 September 2018
What better way to start the week than with Albero Lounge’s fantastic Monday night quiz with quiz master Joe.
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Live Lounge at Toast
Thursday 20 September 2018
Toast Riverside presents Live Lounge every Thursday from 7.30pm. Enjoy the best local talent perform a wide range of genres.
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The Life and Times of John Bunyan
Sunday 23 September 2018
Visit the sites of the cottage in which John and his family lived, the churches in which he worshipped and the gaol in which he spent 12 long years and wrote The Pilgrim’s Progress.
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10 Mar - 23 Sep: Celebrating Women of Bedfordshire
Sunday 23 September 2018
From aviators to opera singers, designers to engineers, and rugby players to Suffragettes Bedfordshire has a long history of great women.
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Quiz Night at Albero Lounge
Monday 24 September 2018
What better way to start the week than with Albero Lounge’s fantastic Monday night quiz with quiz master Joe.
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Live Lounge at Toast
Thursday 27 September 2018
Toast Riverside presents Live Lounge every Thursday from 7.30pm. Enjoy the best local talent perform a wide range of genres.
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The Jewel in the Crown
Sunday 30 September 2018
Find out about the many important features which stand on either side of the River and which can easily be overlooked.
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Quiz Night at Albero Lounge
Monday 1 October 2018
What better way to start the week than with Albero Lounge’s fantastic Monday night quiz with quiz master Joe.
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Motor Neurone Disease Cake Stall Fundraiser
Wednesday 3 October 2018
A cake stall is being held on October 3rd at St Paul’s Church 10am – 4pm in aid of Motor Neurone Disease.
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Live Lounge at Toast
Thursday 4 October 2018
Toast Riverside presents Live Lounge every Thursday from 7.30pm. Enjoy the best local talent perform a wide range of genres.
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10th July - 6th Oct Bunyan Inspired 2
Saturday 6 October 2018
Artwork exhibition created by students from Youth Inspired
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Quiz Night at Albero Lounge
Monday 8 October 2018
What better way to start the week than with Albero Lounge’s fantastic Monday night quiz with quiz master Joe.
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