MADAMAN’S LULLABY + FLESH TUXEDO
Wednesday October 24th
The King Billy, Northampton
Old school metal band on tour from the USA, plus newish ShoeTown power trio in support. Doors 8.30pm, free entry
A TITAN, A DEITY
Wednesday October 24th
Club 43, Northampton
Progressive metal five-piece from Birmingham play the new midweek alternative night down at the Gold St venue. Doors 10pm, £3 entry
GREEN LEAVES DOWN + THE BARRATTS + WILL SEY
Thursday October 24th
The Lamplighter, Northampton
The acoustic folk pop duo of Bee and Kenny return from France, The Barratts go acoustic for a night, and Sey from Deep Sea Mountains will play a unique solo set. Doors 8pm, free entry
ALEX GARDNER + KEZZABELLE AMBLER
Thursday October 24th
The Three Cocks Inn, Kettering
It’s the annual return of the Ctrl Alt Fest Delete in Kettering! All profits go to Johnny’s Happy Place. The weekend kicks off in a laid-back style with sensitive indie-folk from Gardner and renowned poet Ambler performing, with an open mike situ beforehand. Doors 8pm, free entry
CRESS + BONES PARK RIDER + SPRING PARK + TOUCAN
Friday October 26th
The Prince of Wales, Kettering
Anarcho punk legends headline, high octane rock’n’roll from Sheffield, punk fury from Northampton [in acoustic mode, no less!] plus the mysterious psychonauts bring up the rear. Music from 9pm, free entry
MY MATE DAVE + FAMILY OF NOISE + THE FEVERS
Friday October 26th
The Three Cocks Inn, Kettering
Long-running local ska/new wave troupe headline, instrumental post-punk workouts in the middle, and punk-funk quartet open. Doors 7pm, free entry
BOYFROMTHECROWD + MARKUS REEVES BROTHERHOOD
Friday October 26th
The Shire Horse, Kettering
Alternative blues-rock trio from London, and intelligent indie types from Leicester. Doors 7pm, free entry
HER BURDEN + WISHING WOLF + LAST CHANCE + THRIFT STREET + PT-33
Friday October 26th
The Yards, Kettering
Pop-punk Halloween party, fancy dress encouraged. Doors 7pm, free entry
SARPA SALPA + PHANTOM ISLE + BASEMENT STRIPPERS
Friday October 26th
The Roadmender, Northampton
The Northampton indie-popsters aim for a third sell-out show in the Underground room, with help from the super ShoeTown/London psych-pop quartet and alt-rockers from Bedford. Doors 7.30pm, £6 tickets
BIG LAD + JE DOUBLE F + SLEEP BEGGAR + MORI LUCRUM
Friday October 26th
The Lab, Northampton
Electronics and drum duo from London bring the party bangers, there’s New Jersey genre-bending punk rap, experimental beats and noise from Holyhead in North Wales, and non-binary ambient drone from Kettering. Heady stuff all round. Doors £5 entry
NUMB
Friday October 26th
The King Billy, Northampton
The hard-working rock quarter play their hometown with a unique set combining their own material with covers of some tunes that have helped them become who they are today. Doors 8.30pm, free entry
ALL THESE YEARS + LOOSE TOOTH + CALIBURN + THE HERO DIES FIRST + PRIMAL HOLOCAUST
Friday October 26th
Raffs Bar, Wellingborough
HOP Events present a Halloween weekend of music over two nights. This first one offers pop punk from Hertfordshire, heavy’n’sad grunge from ShoeTown, localish post-hardcore/metalcorers, melodic metal from Bedford, and five-piece black metallers from the “sluggish pit of Northamptonshire”. Doors 7pm, £5 entry or £10 weekend ticket
DRONGOS FOR EUROPE + EASTFIELD + LOST CHERREES + HACKSAW
Friday October 26th
The Horseshoe Inn, Wellingborough
After nearly eight years at the Horseshoe, No Rest Promotions will be taking break from gigs. They finish with punk served up four ways: from Birmingham, Northants, London, and Bristol. First band 7.45pm, £5 on the door
GOLDWATER + SOLARISE + P-HEX + CAMERON GRACE + JAMES WATT & THE AVENUES
Saturday 27th October
The Three Cocks Inn, Kettering
Day two at Ctrl Alt Fest Delete begins with the psychedelic preachers from Leicester headlining, former Dem Urban Foxes, Northampton’s sweary baggy-funk conglomerate, acoustic rock from ShoeTown, and also Northants’ only surf band [you’d imagine]. Doors 7pm, free entry
THE ABRAHAMS + BOSS CAINE + LUNA ROSA+ MIYAGI CAR WASH + ODDITY ISLAND
Saturday 27th October
The Shire Horse, Kettering
Local progressive folk quartet headline, alongside Americana from York, Corby alt-rockers, local new wavers, and more locals playing indie/psych. Doors 7pm, free entry
IRON2MAIDEN + UNITRA
Saturday 27th October
The Prince of Wales, Kettering
Iron Maiden covers band and New-Wave-Of-British-Heavy-Metal style support. Doors 8pm, free entry
SLAMBOREE + DUTTY MOONSHINE BIG BAND
Saturday 27th October
The Roadmender, Northampton
Big Halloween party time. Slamboree are the anarchic pack of revolutionary performers and musicians based in Bristol helmed by Mike Freear, Kathika Rabbit and Lizzie West. Passion and pure insanity every time. Dutty meanwhile are a 14-piece jazz-trained big band fronted by hip-hop/grime MC’s and backed by a DJ and a producer with a taste for the bass. Fancy dress requested! Doors 10pm, £18 tickets
SCREAM BLUE MURDER + VALUES + DARKEST DAYS + INFIRM OF PURPOSE + WOVENLUNG
Saturday 27th October
The Lab, Northampton
Metalcore band from Coventry, melodic hardcore from Leeds, metalcore from the East Midlands, more metalcore-meets-electronica from the Midlands, and ShoeTown metal to open. Doors 7pm, £6 entry
VEINS + SARPA SALPA + G & THE SOUND TRIBE + LOOSE TOOTH
Saturday 27th October
The White Hart, Corby
Rocked Up and YUK team up for a Halloween Party. Doors 8pm, free entry
KRYSTHLA + CASKET FEEDER + REAPER-X
Saturday 27th October
Raffs Bar, Wellingborough
Day two of the Halloween weekend. Very intense heavy metal from Northampton, hardcore from Milton Keynes, and a five-piece metal group from Corby. Doors 7pm, £7 entry or £10 weekend ticket
OKTOBERFEST 2018
Saturday 27th October
Finedon Lodge, Finedon
Artists include The Hanging Bandits, Rogue State Circus, Hazeyjane, Jeff McCall, Jonathon Reynolds, Diego Dew, and Seth Oraeki, Whale, Riley Doran, and Rebecca Ryan. Profits from this year’s ticket sales will be going to the Poppy Appeal. Doors 6pm, £8 entry
HELGRIND + FUELED HATE + THE CRIMSON BRIGADE + EARTHBOUND
Saturday 27th October
The Red Lion, Raunds
A night that crosses all genres of heavy metal. Kicking off the night is death metallers Earthbound from London, fresh from their conquering of the New Blood Stage at Bloodstock, followed by the vampiric death tones of the Crimson Brigade who march in from Chesterfield and set up camp before destroying the stage. Corby’s Fueled Hate add to the metal craziness with their full on energy jump around show, and the event finishes with thrash metal band Helgrind from London. Doors 7pm, free entry
THEE TELEPATHS + BLACK CARROT + MULTIMORPH
Sunday October 28th
The Three Cocks Inn, Kettering
The final day of Ctrl Alt Fest Delete. Heavyness from the local psychedelic cosmonauts, “new-wave krautrock jazz madness” from Market Harborough, and space rock poetry from Leicester. Doors 7pm, free entry
CTRL ALT FEST DELETE ALLDAYER
Sunday October 28th
The Shire Horse, Kettering
Hosted by Chuck the Poet and Rob Reeves on an outdoor stage, expect performances from Humblebee, Jacob Brathwaite, Courtney Askey Band, Will Bates-Harrison, Sam Draper, Daniel Wardrop, hazeyjane, Dem’ Urban Foxes, Alex Gardner, Matt Adams, Aldous Pinch, Hippolyta’s Moon, and Helen Verrill. Doors 2pm, free entry
CORINNE LUCY
Sunday October 28th
Northampton Golf Club
“The lovechild of Joni Mitchell and Karen Carpenter” plays a lunchtime set at the Kingsley venue. 1-3pm, free entry
