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Join a local creative group to develop your talents, have fun and make new friends!

Choirs

  1. Big About Singing Corby Community Choir (currently looking for members)
  2. Corby Chordless Choir
  3. Corby Male Voice Choir
  4. The Decibelles
  5. Deep Roots Tall Trees Choir
  6. The Songbirds
  7. Valley Voice Choir
  8. Wellingborough Orpheus Choir
  9. Wellingborough Singers
  10. Wellingborough Community Gospel Choir

Visual Arts and Crafts

  1. Join a Friday afternoon craft group at Great Doddington Memorial Hall
  2. Join Corby and District Model Railway Society if you love making models.
  3. Join Discover Crafts for craft workshops in Corby & Kettering.
  4. Join Community Arts for a new Patchwork Pals textile project.
  5. Join the Oundle Makers for a meetup in 2023.
  6. Become a member of the KHL Community Workshop in Corby to share and learn craft skills.
  7. Learn a new art or craft at The Galleria in Burton Latimer.
  8. Attend arts and craft workshops at Stanwick Lakes.
  9. Check out what workshops are on offer from Artists working with Northants Open Studios.
  10. Gretton village has a monthly social sewing group and quilting group.
  11. Join art classes or see exhibitions at the Rooftop Arts Centre in Corby.
  12. Join Kettering & District Art Society
  13. Join the Late Developers Photographic Group, Corby Photographic Club, the Kettering and District Photographic Society, the Wellingborough and District Photographic Club. or find another Camera Club or Photographic Society nearby.
  14. Join Stevie Way Art Group for weekly crafts sessions on a Monday.
  15. There are various arts and crafts sessions run by various U3A groups in Northamptonshire.
  16. Follow The Eloquent Fold to find out how to get involved in their creative projects.
  17. Join the Women’s Have A Go Group (WHAGG) for crafts at the Victoria Centre.
  18. Join a Knit and Natter group at Wellingborough Library.
  19. Join the Northamptonshire Urban Sketchers if you like drawing outside.
  20. Join Cinnamon Arts Group, which supports and empowers Black Creatives in Wellingborough.
  21. Find out about exhibitions and galleries in Northamptonshire and see the work of countywide artists online at Art Northants

Reading, Writing, Storytelling and Spoken Word

  1. Corby Library Adult Writing Group.
  2. Find a reading group or book club at Reading Groups for Everyone.
  3. Listen to the Picture The Difference podcast
  4. Join the Creative Minds Writing Group
  5. Join the Corby Book Club
  6. Check out the Corby Collective‘s Spoken Word and music nights.
  7. Join the NN8 Writers Group 
  8. Join Feast of Fools for traditional and contemporary storytelling.
  9. Join the Weaving Words facebook group  for sessions hosted by Performance Poet Kezzabelle Ambler.
  10. Check out The Bardic Basement‘s podcast and join their facebook group to stay in the loop. 
  11. Follow Creative  KHL to find out about future Cross-Pollination Poetry Nights.

Music

  1. Find a brass or silver band to join nearby.
  2. Join the Corby Musicians facebook group to find new band members or local gigs.
  3. Enjoy a relaxed Acoustic Night at Rooftop Arts Centre.
  4. The Knights Lodge in Corby is hosting a regular Acoustic Night for players and singers.
  5. The Wildfire Sessions have regular music events.
  6. Rutland Sinfonia have released their  2023 – 2024 concert dates.
  7. Music in Lyddington – concerts by internationally-renowned artists.

Heritage

  1. Northamptonshire Film Archive Trust hold regular screenings
  2. Follow Northamptonshire Record Office to find out about archive open days and more.
  3. Walk or cycle an accessible natural trail across green spaces with the Corby Heritage Trail.
  4. Join the Friends of Kettering Art Gallery and Museum.
  5. Join your Local History Society at Northamptonshire Heritage Forum.
  6. Follow Wicksteed Park Heritage on facebook for creative opportunities.
  7. Learn about the history of Higham Ferrers with a new audio walking tour.
  8. Have you discovered the Rushden Heritage Trail?
  9. Are you interested in Corby history? Lodge Park Academy Local History Group publish a fascinating monthly newsletter.
  10. Join Wellingborough Civic Society or Kettering Civic Society.

Performance groups

  1. The Magic Room magic performance club
  2. Bonkers Theatrical
  3. Corby Amateur Theatrical Society
  4. Eclipse Performing Arts
  5. GLJ Theatre
  6. Kettering Operatic Society
  7. Rutland Musical Theatre
  8. Theats
  9. Thrapston Amateur Dramatic Society
  10. Thrapston Plaza Opera
  11. Wellingborough Cooperative Amateur Dramatic Society
  12. Wellingborough Musical Theatre Society
  13. Find more amateur theatre groups at Sardines or NODA

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Updated 22nd September 2023

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