Art & culture

All the latest culture news from across Bedford Borough. Everything you need to keep you up to date with what’s happening in Bedford Borough on your mobile or desktop via the Bedford Clanger and the Bedford Independent.

The Bedford Independent was founded to provide the people of Bedford Borough with a modern news desk that would give them easy access to genuine and unbiased Bedford news. We are independent in ownership and opinion.

Our mission is to inform and inspire the people of Bedford. To do this we will work hard to bring them the news that matters to them from our town centre to the most rural of the Borough’s villages.

Our editorial team are NCTJ trained and follows a standards code set out by the independent press regulator IMPRESS Standards.

Drawing together to celebrate Bedford’s historic High Street

A series of new illustrations commissioned by a local artists' collective will be available in a limited edition 'zine' launched at a free event in Harpur Square on Saturday, 19 August...

Visit Bedford’s unique ‘Museum for a Day’ this Sunday

A unique museum will be popping up at the Harpur Suite this Sunday (6 August), giving ordinary Bedfordians the chance to share their extraordinary stories through cherished objects...

Podcast commemorates 180th anniversary of the last woman to be publicly executed at Bedford Gaol

On Saturday, 5 August it is 180 years to the day, that Sarah Dazley was hanged outside Bedford Gaol for the crime of poisoning her second husband, William. She was dubbed by the Victorian press the...

POP Bedford launches summer programme at Midland Road creative art space

The new pop-up creative art space on Midland Road is opening this Wednesday (12 July) for a summer-long programme of creative workshops, artist workspace and exhibitions for the people of...

Shades Of The Waves: new art project celebrates Bedford’s river community and its diversity

The Bedford River Project is a much-anticipated creative celebration of Bedford’s diverse community and their shared links to conservation.  Led by local spoken word poet Anthea Davis-Barclay, the...

Monthly sketching group celebrates new exhibition at the Higgins Bedford

Work by a roving artists' collective is currently on display at The Higgins Bedford. The new exhibition features the work of Beds Urban Sketchers who meet at a different location each month to sketch 'in situ'...

Exciting exhibition celebrates ten years of The Higgins Bedford

A highly anticipated 'We Are Ten' exhibition, starting at The Higgins Bedford tomorrow (Saturday), will commemorate the remarkable transformation of the local museum and art gallery over the past...

New Bedford art project teams up experienced and aspiring artists

Artists and illustrators, whether amateur or professional, are being sought for a new collaborative project to celebrate Bedford High Street. The aim is to bring together experienced and aspiring artists, illustrators...

Visual artist from Bedford crowned Sony World Photographer of the Year

A highly personal project following the death in Libya of a fellow photographer has seen a Bedford-based visual artist awarded Sony World Photographer of the Year 2023. Edgar Martins, originally from...

Walk through Bedford Borough’s thousand-year history with new tours

The Bedford Association of Tour Guides has launched eight new walking tours for Bedfordians and visitors to Bedford Borough. Led by knowledgeable...

Get the latest Bedford news first

Subscribe to our free daily email for our lead story each morning before we publish it anywhere else, plus the key Bedford Borough headlines from the last 24 hours – without having to log into social media.