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Kettering Arts Centre is Proud to Present…🎶 KETTFEST – Kettering’s FREE arts, culture & music community festival. Kettfest is back to entertain you in Kettering town centre on Saturday 13 June 2026, with some exciting new plans and opportunities to showcase and celebrate local talent and support businesses. This one-day, music, arts and culture festival will feature local musicians, dance groups, poets, theatre groups, schools and artists. Kettering Cultural Consortium (KCC) members collaborate to host this event, with thanks to funds provided by Kettering Town Council and our main stage sponsors, Tresham College, Hanwood Park and Costa.
🎶 Kettering Arts Centre will host a showcase of AMAZING local bands LIVE on the Main Stage at Kettering Market Place throughout the day with a Bill Burton disco finale!
🎸 HEADLINE ACT: The Fevers
🎸 SUPPORT ACTS: Joanna, The Atomics, Troubadour, Orange Clocks, Pure Genius, The Charmless, The Pit Monkeys & The Smarties
MC: Chuck the Poet // DJ: Local LEGEND Bill Burton // Extra Performers: Tresham College Performing Arts // Technical Support: MJN Entertainments
🕢 MAIN STAGE Music from 12noon until 10pm // 👨👩👧👦 All ages welcome
Pulling out all the stops this year, at the other end of town, is The Clock Tower stage managed by ISM Music Academy, which will be reaching new levels with an elevated stage brimming with talent.
New for 2026, is the Acoustic Stage at The Yards, for a relaxing retro vibe and providing another stage to meet the demand for live music. The Art Space also relocates here with creative activities from Kettering Street Artists and Irregular Art Hub, and, alongside the wonderful shops, food and drink vendors, this makes it a family-friendly destination.
On the move this year, to a bigger site and proper dance floor, is The Community Stage, hosted by Beccy Hurrell of BHVA and Northants 1 Radio. This space will be perfect for schools and dance groups to showcase their talent and maybe provide some fun dance workshops too!
Kettering Library, along with talented poet, Kezzabelle, will again host the Spoken Word Stage at The Manor House Gardens giving a platform for storytelling, poetry, comedy, and, this year, we are encouraging drama groups to get on stage too! The Art Gallery, in preparation for their official opening in autumn next year, will join us by literally bringing a painting to life with interactive art, drama and dress-up fun.
Most exciting news is our announcement that Kettering Town Football Club (KTFC) have become an official Kettfest Event Partner for 2026. They will be located by Meadow Road with stalls, give-aways, football skills and some special guests!
Kettering’s own music producer talent, Roddy Beatz and Young Chencs, will be on hand all afternoon at Kettfest to provide have-a-go music production workshops and industry advice in a special pop-up venue. While down the way, wheels will be spinning with Illicit Skate School offering beginner and intermediate skate ramps and Brightwayz promoting sustainable travel advice, giveaways and a chance to get on an e-bike or scooter.
The town will be buzzing as usual with amazing food and drink vendors, craft stalls, face-painters, stilt-walkers, Pets at Kettfest portraits, mascots, bubbles and balloons and a trail of talented Kettering and District Artists painting and drawing the day. And, if you forget to sign up for a stage, you can always pop along to Street Karaoke and share your talent with passers-by!
Want to party for longer? You can finish the night at The Old Market Inn general manager, Becky Donlevy, hosting the official Kettfest DJ After Party – a perfect venue for DJs and a great way to celebrate their first anniversary under the pub’s new ownership, who first opened their doors at Kettfest earlier this year.
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Kettering Arts Centre, St Andrews Church, Lindsay St, Kettering NN16 8RG Lindsay Street, NN16 8RG Kettering, United Kingdom, 44 Lindsay Street, Kettering, NN16 8RG, United Kingdom
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