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Parks & Run: Loughton Valley Park Sunday, January 2 Join The Parks Trust for a 3, 5, or 9km run, beginning at 10am. Meet at Bradwell Abbey Car Park, Alston Drive. Participants will sign in upon arrival. Jog on: theparkstrust.com

Kevin Clifton – Burn The Floor Wednesday, January 5 Join the Strictly star turned stage ace as he delivers the intensity of the Tango, sweeps you away with the romance of the Waltz and brings the sensual side with the Rhumba. Not a feel-good show, but rather a feel-fantastic one coming to Northampton’s Derngate. Fancy footwork: royalandderngate.co.uk

Poizon and Motley Crude Friday, January 7 Revisit the hazy days of hair metal and The Sunset Strip with this lively tribute to Motley Crue and Poison. If you’ve still got your Christmas tinsel, it’ll be welcome at MK11 for this date! Wildside: mkl11kilnfarm.com

Bletchley Vegan Market Saturday, January 8 A huge variety of vegan street food, artisan bakers, craft brewers, ethical jewelers, zero-waste champions and environmental charities come together for this Vegan Market Co. event which will run in Queensway between 10.30am and 4pm. Very, very tasty: Click to FB and search Bletchley Vegan Market

Denton & District Gardening Club Monday, January 10, 2022 Speaker Michael Brown will talk about ‘Poison in the garden.’ The meeting is being held at Denton Village Hall (NN7 1DT). Entry is free for members, £3 otherwise. There will be a raffle and home-made refreshments. Visitors are welcome at this small, friendly club. Grow new interests: Call 01604 890875 or email m.pateman@yahoo.co.uk

Kevin Clifton is set to Burn The Floor at Northampton’s Derngate

Walk & Talk: Understanding Campbell Park Tuesday, January 11 An opportunity to explore MK’s central park and learn more about how The Parks Trust manages this grade II listed landscape. The event will focus on the park’s design features and different habitats, and the walk and talk runs between 1pm and 3pm. Jog on: theparkstrust.com

Collateral Friday, January 14 The Brit-rock sextet comes to The Craufurd Arms ahead of a European tour alongside Skid Row. Fists in the air: thecraufurdarms.com

The Snow Queen Friday, January 14 Ballet Theatre UK re-tell Hans Christian Anderson’s classic fairy tale ballet at The Deco. Tip-toe to get tickets: thedeco.co.uk Charity Karaoke Night Saturday, January 15 Towcester Mill Brewery hosts its first Karaoke Night in aid of the Mayor’s Charity, the Renew 169 Wellbeing Cafe. Attend with your pals or rock up alone – you’ll be made welcome at the fun event in support of a great cause. In tune or not: towcestermillbrewery.co.uk

Big Loss Saturday, January 15 Northampton’s Big Loss hold their Three Knots EP launch at The Black Prince. Listen in: Click to FB and blackprincenn

A Country Night in Nashville Saturday, January 22 Enjoy the energy and atmosphere of a buzzing Honky Tonk in downtown Nashville from your seat at Milton Keynes Theatre, with songs including Ring of Fire, Crazy, Follow Your Arrow, 9-5 and The Gambler. Dominic Halpin & The Hurricanes will be taking care of the music. Nashville nice stuff: ATGTICKETS.COM/miltonkeynes

Burns Night Supper Sunday, January 23 Enjoy words, music, poetry and toasts at The Marquee Suite, Cock Hotel, Stony Stratford, from 7pm. Pre-booking is essential. ‘Sláinte Mhath!’ stonywords.org.uk

Live Comedy Thursday, January 27 Join sell-out veterans of Edinburgh Fringe The Noise Next Door as they bring the funnies to Towcester Mill Brewery. Mark Nelson will open the event with his mix of dark humour, cutting observations and clever one-liners. Your event compere is resident MC Pete Teckman. With material that will definitely be of an adult nature it’s over 18s only for this show. Reasons to smile: towcestermillbrewery.co.uk

Stony Words: Kate Kennedy Friday, January 28 Join Kate as she presents ‘Dweller in the Shadows - A Life of Ivor Gurney’ at at St Mary and St Giles Parish Hall in Stony Stratford, at 7pm. Out of the shadows: stonywords.org.uk

Letz Zep Friday, January 28 Head to the Roadmender and get your rock on with a tribute to the masters, Led Zeppelin. How good are they? A few words from Robert Plant tell you all you need to know; “I walked in, I saw me.” High praise indeed. Whole Lotta Love: theroadmender.com Future Sounds of Drum & Bass Friday, January 28 A heap of local talents will be showing out at Unit Nine in Old Wolverton. Those on the bill include B-Don, Hazey & Milnebass, Jem, Vessel and Balaclava. It’s a big line-up with hours to suit; running from 9.30pm to 4am Check in: unitninemk.com

Stony Words: Mr Simpson’s Little Consort Saturday, January 29 Especially for youngsters, the musicians present a Pirates Children’s Concert at at St Mary and St Giles Parish Hall in Stony Stratford, from 11am. Sounds great: stonywords.org.uk

Stony Words: Nicola Wilson Saturday, January 29 Nicola presents ‘Miss Nobody – the Writing Journey of Ethel Carnie Holdsworth, an ex-mill girl’, at at St Mary and St Giles Parish Hall in Stony Stratford, at 1pm. Wordy business: stonywords.org.uk

Ronan Keating Saturday, January 29 Four-times Platinum selling singer and songwriter Ronan Keating visits Northampton Derngate as part of his tour in support of the current Twenty Twenty album. Jump on the rollercoaster: royalandderngate.co.uk

Ronan Keating plays Northampton Derngate this month Enjoy international and national theatre and dance performances from the best seat in the house at MK Gallery’s Sky Room independent cinema.

Event Cinema ROH Live: Tosca Wednesday 19 January | 7pm Into the romantic world of an idealistic painter Cavaradossi and his sensuous lover Tosca comes the malevolence of Baron Scarpis, Chief of Police, with fatal results. Jonathan Kent’s taut and intense production with Paul Brown’s historically charged designs wonderfully evokes the dangerous atmosphere of Rome in 1800, where love and evil come – thrillingly – face to face.

Bolshoi Ballet: Jewels Sunday 23 January | 3pm Emeralds for the elegance and sophistication of Paris, rubies for the speed and modernity of New York, and diamonds for an imperial St. Petersburg. Three sparkling scenes accompanied by the music of three essential composers, feature the styles of the three dance schools that have contributed to making George Balanchine a legend of modern ballet.

NT Live: Leopoldstadt Saturday 29 January | 7pm At the beginning of the 20th century, Leopoldstadt was the old, crowded Jewish quarter of Vienna, Austria. But Hermann Merz, a factory owner and baptised Jew now married to Catholic Gretl, has moved up in the world. Regarded as ‘Britain’s greatest living playwright’ (Times), Tom Stoppard’s critically acclaimed new play Leopoldstadt is a passionate drama of love, family and endurance.

Exhibitions Laura Knight: A Panoramic View Until Sunday 20 February 2022 Major retrospective celebrating one of the most popular English artists of the twentieth century. Free entry for Milton Keynes residents every Tuesday. Free guided tours every Tuesday & Saturday at 2pm with exhibition ticket.

Sanctuary: The Unlikely Home of British Rave Until Sunday 23 January 2022 Exhibition curated by journalist, writer and former Dazed editor, Emma Hope Allwood telling the story of the infamous all-night club that operated in Central Milton Keynes from 1991-2004.

For full cinema listings at MK Gallery, and to book tickets, please visit www.mkgallery.org or call on 01908 676 900.