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|The Roadmender| is a nightclub and a live music venue in Lady’s Lane, Northampton and is the largest venue for touring bands between London and Birmingham. The Roadmeder has hosted a long list of iconic bands which includes, |Radiohead, Metallica, Oasis, Travis and the Manic Street Preachers|. Sadly, in 1999/2000 the venue had a refurbishment, which reduced it's capacity from 1000 to 850. this consequently saw the venue drop off the touring circuit. Since, the venue has had a varied history, facing closure and bankruptcy several times. Most recently, in 2005 Roadmender lost several hundred thousand pounds of council funding which forced its then owners |Roadmender Lts| into liquidation. After several recue attempts the brand and building was sold to |Purplehaus|, the owners of |The Soundhaus|, who then rebranded it |New Roadmender|. Notable performances since have include, |The Maccabees, Kate Nash, Biffy Clyro and Enter Shikari|. However with a new owner in 2010, many have criticised its struggles.

|The Soundhaus| was the most iconic music venue to any Northamptonian. It was never the most glamourous venue, tucked away behind the once Chronicle and Echo car park. It was a sweety mass of exciment EVERY Friday night, 'The Soundy' was the venue everyone would choose to kickstart their weekend. The closure of Soundhaus in 2008 left many devoted fans devestated. Although the Soundhaus hosted a number of chart-topping bands over the years, |Arctic Monkeys, The Killers and The Ting-Tings|. It had always backed local talent and gave wide-eyed, aspirational muscians their chance to shine. "The King of Friday nights is dead. Long live the king." |Chronicle and Echo|

|The Northampton Music Festival| is a free anuual event designed to celebrate Northampton's rich music culture. Now in it's 9th year, the central ethos is to raise the profile of Northampton through music, to provide a showcase for the broad range of musicians and artists that are based in the town and to provide a comunity-focused gathering which invites all to join in a festive celebration of Northampton's music scene. The festival is organised by |Northampton Music 365| - a non profit community group, in partnership with a range of organisations.

|Alive @ Delapre| came to Northamptons’ own Delare Abbey for the first time in 2013, Northampton Country Council signed a 3 year deal with promoters to hold the event in the Grade II listed abbey grounds. In 2013 we saw |Paul Weller, The Wanted and James Morrison|, with support acts including |Lawson, Bo Bruce|. 2014 was kicked off with Friday headliners |Simple Minds|. The highlight for many this year was the third day where the town saw |Boyzone| take the stage. Saturday night went down smoothly with a  'Here And Now' evening featuring |Bananarama, Rick Astley, Paul Young, Boney M, T’Pau and the Real Thing|. The first act announced for the 2015 Alive @ Delapre were |McBusted| as the Friday night headline act, Saturday's headliner |Jessie J| was the first act to ever sell out the 8000 capacity park. |Alfie Boe| finished things off on the Sunday evening with a more relaxed vibe featuring the |National Symphony Orchestra|.

Unfortunately in December 2015, the county council made and announcement that Alive @ Delapre will not be returning to the town due to funding.

They expressed their concerns stating in the past these type of concert events experienced ‘catching a cold’ similarly to the events held at Knebworth which used to be extremely popular until one year, no one turned up… However they did hint they are thinking of “reinventing every few years”, so who knows what is in store for Northamptonshire over the coming years….