Kettering Arts Centre not only offers great events at affordable prices, we are committed to championing arts and artists in Kettering.

Below are just some of the ways we connect and can help you connect with the amazing and talented artists and groups in our town and local area. If you would like to perform or use our amazing space, please do email: office@ketteringartscentre.com or come and chat to one of the team at an event.

Annual events

‘Have a go’ day

This is one of our favourite events, where the whole building is taken over for a whole day with workshops led by artists, dancers, singers, actors and music teachers all to enable the people of Kettering to connect with the amazing artists in our town. All workshops are free and the artists give their time freely. This takes place normally in April time. If you are interested in helping run a workshop, message us.

Kettfest

The amazing Kettfest is a town wide celebration of art and culture. Kettering Arts centre has supported Kettfest since its beginning and in 2023 we organised and ran main stage for the festival. This takes place each year around June/July

Literary festival

In 2023 we helped organise and lead the first literary festival in Kettering with the Civic society. 8 Venues came together across the town to connect people with local and national authors.

Partners with Kettering Arts Centre

Kettering Arts Centre is part of the Kettering Cultural Consortium. This is a group of artists, art spaces and art champions around the Kettering area. Below are a few groups that work with

ISM – Music school with Jason Redhead – https://www.facebook.com/ismmusicacademy/ We host ISM’s music academy performances each term and is one of our favourite nights. ISM are a firm supporter of the Have a go day and Kettfest

Deep roots tall trees – https://www.facebook.com/drttchoir/?locale=en_GB

Town council – We have worked on several projects with the Town councils support. In 2025 we received a grant of £2,500 to offer more music and cinema events.

NNC – We have received several grants other the years from NNC, including most recently a £5,000 grant for equipment to offer round table seating and community events.

Becky Hurrell runs BHVA, a theatre and arts coaching group. https://bhva.co.uk/home BHVA support the have a go day