Fringe Events 2026

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    12th
    June
    Friday
    Guitarists joint v2
    Date
    June 12th 2026
    Time
    7:45 pm
    Venue
    The Talbot Hotel
    Category
    Guitar

    Entrance by ticket - £12 per person. Doors Open at 7:00 pm. Concert starts at 7:45 pm. Since our hugely successful gui...

    26th
    June
    Friday
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    Date
    June 26th 2026
    Time
    10:00 am
    Venue
    Jackdaw Gallery and Laxton Long Room
    Category
    Visual Arts

    Open daily 10:00 am to 4:00 pm at: Jackdaw Gallery, West St. - Friday 26 June to Sunday 5 July Laxton Long Room - Tue...

    26th
    June
    Friday
    Fringe Treasure Trail
    Date
    June 26th 2026
    Time
    12:00 pm
    Category
    Family

    Fringe Treasure Trail 26 June to 4 July Take part in a fun treasure trail focusing on Oundle's unique character. This year i...

    26th
    June
    Friday
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    Date
    June 26th 2026
    Time
    12:00 pm
    Venue
    Salerno’s
    Category
    Folk

    Paul Galloway started to learn to play the guitar when he was 13. After graduating from university in Sheffield and drama ...

    26th
    June
    Friday
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    Date
    June 26th 2026
    Time
    12:30 pm
    Venue
    The Talbot Hotel
    Category
    Early Music

    Fascinating performance of period music on period instruments with performers in costume. Instruments include hurdy gurdy, vi...

    26th
    June
    Friday
    George Smith Photo
    Date
    June 26th 2026
    Time
    1:30 pm
    Venue
    The Talbot Hotel
    Category
    Classical

    Showcase duets from two emerging Cambridge virtuosos, whose portfolio already includes three albums, film scores and BBC Radi...

    26th
    June
    Friday
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    Date
    June 26th 2026
    Time
    7:00 pm
    Venue
    The Ship Inn

    Sign up for NIGHT ONE of the Oundle Fringe Battle of the Bands 2026. Performers can either choose to enter the first heat ...

    26th
    June
    Friday
    Fringe 2025
    Date
    June 26th 2026
    Time
    7:30 pm
    Venue
    The Queen Victoria Hall
    Category
    Dance, Folk

    Live band playing toe-tapping tunes from around the British Isles with dance instruction from irrepressible caller Chris Sand...

    26th
    June
    Friday
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    Date
    June 26th 2026
    Time
    7:30 pm
    Venue
    Benefield Cricket Club
    Category
    Pop, Rock

    Triple Seven is a dynamic six-piece bringing a fresh twist and impressive vocal harmonies to classic upbeat rock, pop and ind...

    27th
    June
    Saturday
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    Date
    June 27th 2026
    Time
    12:30 pm
    Venue
    Oundle Library
    Category
    Family

    A magical family concert of Disney hits and classic songs. Amelia Mae Glendinning is a 23-year-old singer-songwriter from ...

    27th
    June
    Saturday
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    Date
    June 27th 2026
    Time
    1:00 pm
    Venue
    Dexters
    Category
    Folk

    Wonderful live music including original compositions and covers from singer/songwriter/guitarist Matt Carter and folk singer ...

    27th
    June
    Saturday
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    Date
    June 27th 2026
    Time
    3:00 pm
    Venue
    The Talbot Hotel
    Category
    Pop, Rock

    Gorgeous vocals from 16-year-old singer Lilly Dixon, accompanied by Glen McCabe on guitar. Lilly, a Lower Sixth student from...

    27th
    June
    Saturday
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    Date
    June 27th 2026
    Time
    5:30 pm
    Venue
    Shuckburgh Arms
    Category
    Folk, Popular Music

    Wansford Ukulele Folk are a group of happy strummers who get together once a week. Having started just over 6 years ago wi...

    27th
    June
    Saturday
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    Date
    June 27th 2026
    Time
    7:00 pm
    Venue
    Shuckburgh Arms
    Category
    Blues

    Stella Hensley and the Magical Amigos are a 3-piece collection of musical friends. Renowned guitarists John 'Magic Boy' Wr...

    27th
    June
    Saturday
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    Date
    June 27th 2026
    Time
    7:30 pm
    Venue
    The Ship Inn
    Category
    Pop, Rock

    Dan Hughes is a hugely respected musician and very talented singer with a great range of songs. He is utterly professional w...

    28th
    June
    Sunday
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    Date
    June 28th 2026
    Time
    12:00 pm
    Venue
    The Talbot Hotel
    Category
    Vocal

    Uplifting, timeless covers and heartfelt originals: a melodic blend of keyboard and voice. Esther Caws will ease you into a ...

    28th
    June
    Sunday
    Down County Boys Fringe
    Date
    June 28th 2026
    Time
    1:30 pm
    Venue
    Dexters
    Category
    Bluegrass

    Bluegrass at its best! The fabulous Down County Boys have received many accolades. They achieved a No.1 hit in the Country Br...

    28th
    June
    Sunday
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    Date
    June 28th 2026
    Time
    2:30 pm
    Venue
    The Talbot Hotel

    Stamford Shoestring Theatre Company Ltd are delighted to present Home Truths - a collection of music, poetry and prose themed...

    28th
    June
    Sunday
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    Date
    June 28th 2026
    Time
    3:00 pm
    Venue
    Chequered Skipper – Ashton
    Category
    Jazz

    Epigone Jazz Ensemble have a collective musical experience of more than a century, playing almost every style of music. Their...

    28th
    June
    Sunday
    Folk Session
    Date
    June 28th 2026
    Time
    6:00 pm
    Venue
    The Ship Inn
    Category
    Folk

    The Big Folk Session is certainly large - in fact, huge on fun! Bring your instrument and join in or simply take a seat, m...

    29th
    June
    Monday
    Chris Sanders
    Date
    June 29th 2026
    Time
    12:00 pm
    Venue
    Fletton House
    Category
    Folk

    Traditional folk songs telling tales of land and sea, past and present, from local singer and guitarist Chris Sanders.

    29th
    June
    Monday
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    Date
    June 29th 2026
    Time
    1:00 pm
    Venue
    Fletton House
    Category
    Talk

    Nick Penny is a writer, musician, instrument maker and lover of the natural world. In his multimedia performances he delig...

    29th
    June
    Monday
    Mug Shot
    Date
    June 29th 2026
    Time
    1:30 pm
    Venue
    The Talbot Hotel
    Category
    Folk, Traditional

    A massive double bass rescued from a cellar under a bar in Spain, a tiny mandolin with just one careless owner, two voices wi...

    29th
    June
    Monday
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    Date
    June 29th 2026
    Time
    6:00 pm
    Venue
    Montagu Arms – Barnwell
    Category
    Blues, Pop, Rock

    Stevie Jones is an independent singer songwriter based in Kings Cliffe, Northants. He is also very active as a co-promoter i...

    29th
    June
    Monday
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    Date
    June 29th 2026
    Time
    7:30 pm
    Venue
    The Talbot Hotel

    Richard & Richard’s Fabulous Open Mic Night A wonderful friendly evening with our talented local musicians, singers, s...

    30th
    June
    Tuesday
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    Date
    June 30th 2026
    Time
    1:00 pm
    Venue
    Laxton Long Room
    Category
    Folk, Jazz

    A great lunchtime opportunity to hear the very talented BirchwoodKnight covering old standards, jazz and toe-tapping instrume...

    30th
    June
    Tuesday
    Regency Tea Dance
    Date
    June 30th 2026
    Time
    2:00 pm
    Venue
    The Queen Victoria Hall
    Category
    Dance

    At the Regency Tea Dance there is a wonderful chance to learn and enjoy the dances of the Jane Austen period with dancers fro...

    30th
    June
    Tuesday
    Cross Key Clog
    Date
    June 30th 2026
    Time
    7:00 pm
    Venue
    The Talbot Hotel
    Category
    Dance, Folk

    Five String Thing will lead a lively evening of folk dance with Peterborough Morris and Crosskey Clog.

    30th
    June
    Tuesday
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    Date
    June 30th 2026
    Time
    7:30 pm
    Venue
    The Ship Inn

    An evening of performance poetry. Live stand-up poetry from talented local writers. Join them and read your poems to ...

    1st
    July
    Wednesday
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    Date
    July 1st 2026
    Time
    12:00 pm
    Venue
    Greedy Piglet
    Category
    Guitar

    Richard Booth is an acoustic finger-style guitarist, inspired by the great Chet Atkins, by Villa Lobos, Clive Carroll, John R...

    1st
    July
    Wednesday
    Kites Posterised
    Date
    July 1st 2026
    Time
    1:00 pm
    Venue
    Dexters
    Category
    Folk

    Kites Collective are a bunch of old musical friends from Leicestershire and Buckinghamshire, playing a mixture of pop, folk a...

    1st
    July
    Wednesday
    David Burrowes and Sarah Hayhurst
    Date
    July 1st 2026
    Time
    2:00 pm
    Venue
    The Talbot Hotel

    A concert of love poems and music from the cello suites of J.S.Bach. Born in Dublin, David Burrowes sang as a chorister at...

    1st
    July
    Wednesday
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    Date
    July 1st 2026
    Time
    6:30 pm
    Venue
    The Ship Inn

    The Fabulous Fringe Festival Quiz! Get your team together for this light-hearted but ever-so-slightly challenging popular ...

    1st
    July
    Wednesday
    Living Proof, Garibaldi
    Date
    July 1st 2026
    Time
    7:00 pm
    Venue
    The Talbot Hotel
    Category
    Blues, Pop, Rock

    Living Proof was formed in Northamptonshire in 2023, when three members of the defunct blues band Rough Justice got back toge...

    1st
    July
    Wednesday
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    Date
    July 1st 2026
    Time
    7:00 pm
    Venue
    Montagu Arms – Barnwell
    Category
    Pop, Rock

    Jake and Helen are an acoustic duo who bring an electric atmosphere with them covering songs from the likes of The Killers, S...

    2nd
    July
    Thursday
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    Date
    July 2nd 2026
    Time
    12:00 pm
    Venue
    The Coffee Tavern
    Category
    Folk, Pop, Rock

    Richard Matthews is a singer-songwriter based locally in Elton. Inspired by the likes of James Taylor, Paul Weller, and Ne...

    2nd
    July
    Thursday
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    Date
    July 2nd 2026
    Time
    12:30 pm
    Venue
    Oundle School Sports Centre – Studio 1
    Category
    Choir

    Oundle Loves Singing was founded by local musical director Stephen Bell when contemplating how could he start a choir in Ound...

    2nd
    July
    Thursday
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    Date
    July 2nd 2026
    Time
    2:00 pm
    Venue
    Laxton Long Room
    Category
    Classical

    Tune your ears to early music airs, as the Carolean Ensemble weave violin and wind instruments into the cello continuo and ha...

    2nd
    July
    Thursday
    Rusty Strings Oundle
    Date
    July 2nd 2026
    Time
    7:00 pm
    Venue
    The Talbot Hotel
    Category
    Classical

    Classical favourites played by the string section of Oundle’s Rusty Players.

    2nd
    July
    Thursday
    JPH
    Date
    July 2nd 2026
    Time
    7:00 pm
    Venue
    Onkar
    Category
    Pop, Rock

    JP & The Hat are an electro‑acoustic duo delivering feel‑good, rock‑tinged singalong classics with a hint of humour...

    2nd
    July
    Thursday
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    Date
    July 2nd 2026
    Time
    8:00 pm
    Venue
    The Ship Inn

    The Dusty Seagulls are a 5-piece rock n roll/alternative band from Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire. Their set mixes country, ...

    3rd
    July
    Friday
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    Date
    July 3rd 2026
    Time
    12:00 pm
    Venue
    Greedy Piglet
    Category
    Blues, Folk, Jazz

    Kevin McNally…AKA Doc Lesyeux! Kevin has been doing this for a little while now! Starting in the 70s with local rock ban...

    3rd
    July
    Friday
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    Date
    July 3rd 2026
    Time
    1:00 pm
    Venue
    Laxton Long Room
    Category
    Early Music, Folk

    Spodo Komodo, a new collaboration bringing the talents and creativity of 3 Lincolnshire musicians together; Graham Starkie, L...

    3rd
    July
    Friday
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    Date
    July 3rd 2026
    Time
    5:00 pm
    Venue
    Montagu Arms – Barnwell
    Category
    Jazz, Rock

    Welcome to Unit 5,  a sonic science lab where five unique musical minds meet to experiment with new ideas and push their cre...

    3rd
    July
    Friday
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    Date
    July 3rd 2026
    Time
    7:30 pm
    Venue
    The Talbot Hotel
    Category
    Folk

    Chris Brown and Ross Alexander II - aka HazyJane II - formed as a result of their mutual love of the music of English singer-...

    4th
    July
    Saturday
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    Date
    July 4th 2026
    Time
    12:00 pm
    Venue
    Dexters
    Category
    Vocal

    Kara is a very talented and versatile local vocalist who has been performing from a young age. Kara covers a wide range of mu...

    4th
    July
    Saturday
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    Date
    July 4th 2026
    Time
    1:00 pm
    Venue
    Laxton Long Room
    Category
    Classical

    Louise Jones began a solo and chamber music career in London in 1992  upon returning from the States where she gained her Ma...

    4th
    July
    Saturday
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    Date
    July 4th 2026
    Time
    2:00 pm
    Venue
    The Talbot Hotel
    Category
    Folk

    Velvet Engine is the brainchild of Chilean Northamptonian San-D Godoy-Messenger. Velvet Engine offer up a stripped-back al...

    4th
    July
    Saturday
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    Date
    July 4th 2026
    Time
    7:00 pm
    Venue
    The Ship Inn

    Sign up for NIGHT TWO of the Oundle Fringe Battle of the Bands 2026. Performers can either choose to enter the second heat...

    4th
    July
    Saturday
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    Date
    July 4th 2026
    Time
    7:30 pm
    Venue
    Benefield Cricket Club
    Category
    Dance

    Myra is from Oundle and has been a well-known DJ in the modern blues dance world for the last 15 years. However, for the F...

    5th
    July
    Sunday
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    Date
    July 5th 2026
    Time
    12:00 pm
    Venue
    The Talbot Hotel
    Category
    Jazz, Vocal

    The Jively Sisters are a vibrant vocal trio bringing the magic of the swing and boogie-woogie eras back to life. Daisy, El...

    5th
    July
    Sunday
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    Date
    July 5th 2026
    Time
    2:00 pm
    Venue
    Chequered Skipper – Ashton
    Category
    Blues

    Deiah Marie, Kansas-raised and Leicester-based, is an emerging powerhouse, soul singer-songwriter blending gritty blues with ...

    5th
    July
    Sunday
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    Date
    July 5th 2026
    Time
    4:00 pm
    Venue
    St Peter’s Church
    Category
    Classical

    We are very pleased to confirm that Oundle’s very own Rusty Players Orchestra will perform an exciting summer afternoon con...