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BBC News
9 hours ago
- Climate
- BBC News
Council issues heat warning ahead of Northampton Eid festival
A council has urged people to bring plenty of water and sun cream to its annual Eid festival. Northampton Town Council warned people visiting the event at Becket's Park on Sunday to take care as temperatures rise over the festival will take place between 12:00 and 18:00 Fun Dog Show was also due to take place on Sunday, but has been cancelled because of the hot weather. Jamal Alwahabi, chair of the Eid management committee, said: "We warmly invite everyone to join us at the Northampton Eid Festival in Becket's Park. This is a day of celebration for both the Muslim community and the wider community."It's an opportunity for us all to get together in the spirit of friendship and peace. At the event there will be lots of stalls, plenty of cultural food and entertainment for all the family."Northamptonshire Police will also be holding a StaySafe4Summer event on Saturday. It will take place at Northampton's Market Square with members of the emergency services, life-saving charities, health experts and sports teams organisations aim to share safety advice, activities and opportunities to help young people and their families have a safe summer. Follow Northamptonshire news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
BBC News
17-05-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Celebrations to mark 125 years of Northampton bandstand
A celebration will be taking place around a bandstand to mark 125 years of outdoor music at the event will be conducted by Northampton Town Council at Abington Park on have been enjoying the sunshine or dodging the rain to listen to music at the site since the last days of Queen from across the county will be taking part in the celebration. The English conductor, Thomas Beecham, once said that "brass bands are all very well in their place - outdoors and several miles away".But people in Northampton have been getting as close as possible to the music in the Abington Park bandstand for well over a park was opened in 1897 to mark the diamond jubilee of Queen covers 120 acres (49 hectares), divided by Park Avenue South which runs between the upper and lower includes a manor house, two lakes and a church. The seasonal Bands in the Park programme of live performances has offered people a chance to enjoy music on Sundays and Bank Holidays, perhaps with an ice cream from the adjacent programme has become more varied in recent years with choirs, singers and rock bands appearing, as well as the traditional brass bands. Keith Holland-Delamere, from the town council's community services committee, said: "It is incredible to think that these music performances have taken place on the Abington Park bandstand every year for the last 125 years, with the first ever performance in 1900."We wanted to mark this significant milestone with a celebration featuring local music and stalls, plus some traditional Maypole dancing, art activities and much more." Local historian Douglas Goddard has put together an archive of heritage photographs and his collection will be on display in the park, as well as on the Northampton Town Council celebration event, hosted by NLive radio, takes place between 11:00 and 16:00 BST. Follow Northamptonshire news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
