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Christmas at Wrest Park - a new interactive light trail in Bedfordshire, set in the Wrest Park estate

Wrest Park Light Trail 2023: Festive fun at new interactive Christmas event

Adriatique

Swiss deep house duo Adriatique confirms open air Bedford date

Great team effort! Pictured are the sponsored walkers with Christian (far right).

Big-hearted sponsored walkers raise £1,605 for Emmaus Village near Bedford

Tom Jones. Picture: Cuffe & Taylor, Live Nation

Tom Jones and James announced as headliners for Bedford Park festival

Panjabi MC will headline

First indoor Asian music festival comes to Bedford at the end of the year

Pete Tong (Photo by Ian West - Pool / Getty Images)

Pete Tong to bring Ibiza to town with Bedford Park date next year

There'll be a huge selection of Christmas gifts and decorations at the Bedford MS Therapy Centre's Winter Craft Festival on Saturday (November 25)

Get a head start on your Christmas shopping at this craft festival

The King William IV, in Kempston

Kempston pub to reopen after major £380k revamp

Mike Bullock is hosting the event in memory of his Dad

Walk, run or bid and help raise vital funds for Sue Ryder Hospice

Fatboy Slim

Fatboy Slim confirms open air Bedford date as part of UK tour
Pre-sale is now live and tickets go on sale next Monday (November 6)

Damien O'Dell with his book Chicksands Priory

Bedfordshire's most haunted building? The spooky story of Chicksands Priory

Queens Park Community Centre. Pic: Google Maps

Connect for fun and friendship in Bedford’s new community cafe

Bedford mayor's Christmas card competition is now open

Get creative and help design Mayor Tom’s Christmas card

Nile Rodgers and Chic are to headline Summer Sessions Music Festival at Bedford on July 7, 2024

Nile Rodgers & CHIC and Jess Glynne to headline Bedford Music Festival

There's plenty of spooky fun this Halloween

10 frighteningly fun Halloween events for families this half term

A CPR and defibrillator awareness session

Come to a St John Ambulance CPR and defibrillator awareness session in Bedford

Utilita Ampthill Fireworks

Ampthill Fireworks returns in November - and it will be even longer

Utilita Ampthill Fireworks

Bonfire night at Ampthill returns for another year

Marion Lomax, aged 92, with a snake

Care home residents welcome some furry friends

The poster celebrating The Higgins Bedford Fun Palace event on Saturday, October 7 Pic: Bedford Borough Council

Free Higgins Bedford Fun Palace event is a must for all the family this weekend

Come and meet Spider-Man at the Bedford Comic Con and Toy Fair at the John Bunyan Sports Centre. Pic: Striking Events

Bedford Comic Con and Toy Fair returns this weekend

Free swimming is on offer as part of the Big Event Day

Fusion Invites Bedford to ‘Get Sportaneous’ - exciting free Big Event Day for al...

Stride Out 2021

Tibbs Dementia Foundation Strides Out for charity

Mark Foster

Swimming star Mark Foster to be guest of honour at Flitwick Leisure Centre's fun...

Is it too early to think about Christmas?

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas at one garden centre near Bedford

A vegan cake in a jar, courtesy of Vegan Sweet Tooth of London

Bedford Vegan Streetfest returns to town centre this weekend

English Heritage will be staging Night of Legends at Wrest Park (English Heritage)

Wrest Park takes visitors back to medieval times in special evening performances
Think doomed lovers, witches’ curses and see mounted knights

The Queens Park Family Hub launch day will be held on Saturday (9/9)

Don’t miss free family fun day to celebrate opening of Queens Park Family Hub

Yoga is beneficial for adults and children

Yoga for children coming to Flitwick Leisure Centre

Tickets are now on sale for Christmas at Wrest Park

Tickets now on sale for Wrest Park Christmas light trail

The iconic Barbie box visited the Harpur Centre last week giving fans the opportunity to pose as the iconic fashion doll first launched in the 1950s.

Fans tickled pink to have their picture taken in iconic Barbie box

Matt Oldfield will be talking about his football books on Thursday

Co-author of award winning Unbelievable Football series to visit library

Margot Robbie poses on the pink carpet for the European premiere of Barbie in London (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Barbie mania comes to Bedford as icon brings box to Harpur Shopping Centre

Ed Byrne

Two pairs of tickets available for sold out Ed Byrne show in Bedford

Live music entertained the crowds

Busk til Dusk raises more than £7,500 for Moggerhanger hospice

Wrest at War returns this weekend

Take cover: Wartime Britain returns to Wrest Park in Bedfordshire this weekend

Nick Wilkinson has lost three stone with the help of MAN v FAT.

Footballers shed 460 pounds with healthy lifestyle programme

Taylor Wimpey's new Wixams development, Cromwell Place

Taylor Wimpey to host launch event for new Wixams development, Cromwell Place

Magpie and Fate are two of the many animals currently living at the National Animal Welfare Trust rescue centre in Bedfordshire

5 furry friends that are looking for new homes - can you help?

The Slug & Lettuce

This Bedford bar is giving away FREE cocktails this weekend - starting tomorrow

The event will take place on Sunday (August 13) at Turvey House

Don't be a birdbrain and miss out on this parrot fundraiser near Bedford

Last year’s Ukrainian Independence Day in Bedford

Free art masterclasses in Bedford to promote Ukrainian Independence Day

Suzanne Noble as Dorothy Fields

Suzanne Noble returns to The Place in Bedford with tribute to Dorothy Fields

The Big Moon will play Esquires in September (Picture: El Hardwick)

Mercury-nominated band to play Bedford's Esquires as part of grassroots tour
The four piece will be playing in September

English Heritage now has adult fancy dress at Wrest Park (Picture: Jim Holden)

Adults only: Wrest Park gives grown ups the chance to play dress up

The pizzas are made in wood-fired pizza ovens (Photo: Oakman Inns)

Popular Oakman venues offering wood-fired pizza deal for families this summer

Street Tag goes live on Monday, July 31

Street Tag game to help bored children during school holidays

Rhoda Dakar is playing Esquires

Legendary 2Tone artist Rhoda Dakar to play Bedford's Esquires

Sue Ryder St John's Hospice Supporters, the volunteer committee behind the community event

Family fayre and music festival returns to Moggerhanger hospice

Jurassic Earth features a park full of life-sized roaming, state-of-the-art animatronic beasts, including Zeus - the world's largest walking T-Rex!

Ad Feature PREVIEW: Jurassic Earth dinosaur show is roaring this way!

A sketch of The Higgins Bedford

Sketchers artwork goes on display art at The Higgins Bedford

Last year's Bedford Italian Festival (Picture: Donna Samuels photography)

Bedford Italian Festival returns to the town this weekend

George Ezra

Queen Street car park will stay open ahead of George Ezra gig tonight

The Summer Reading Challenge 2023 launches at Bedford Borough Libraries on July 15

Summer Reading Challenge 2023 to launch at Bedford Borough Libraries  ​​​​​​​