A new exhibition looking at Harpenden's role during the Great War opens in the town's museum this week for a three-month run. Harpenden was a vital training ground for thousands of troops during the conflict, with more than 4,ooo soldiers from the Sherwood Forresters billeted locally from August 1914. Harpenden Common saw...
St Albans Abbey Theatre’s Company of Teens will be bringing fresh urgency and youthful power to a subversive retelling of a classical Greek myth. Margaret Atwood's The Penelopiad revisits Homer’s Odyssey from the perspective of Penelope, wife of Odysseus, alongside the chorus of her maids whose fate has long been relegated...
If you haven’t been fortunate to see one of St Albans Gang Show’s many productions over the past 25 years, then nobody would forgive you for having certain preconceptions about what to expect. In fact, reviewing my first show last year, I had an idea of an all-singing, all-dancing variety show...
Grassroots cover band The New Classics will be belting out all genres of music from funk, soul, pop to rock and country at the Hare and Hounds in Sopwell Lane this evening. It's the first of the pub's new fortnightly live music sessions, which aims to bring something different to the...
Following the highly successful world premiere of The St Albans Mystery Plays in November last year, The Friends of St Albans Cathedral are offering audiences another chance to catch this charming show in February. Augmented with three further brand-new playlets telling the stories of Jonah and the Whale, the Third Shepherd’s...
The annual St Albans Pancake Festival makes its much-anticipated return to the city centre on Shrove Tuesday, February 17, and the entire community is invited to take part. Now in its tenth year, the St Albans Pancake Festival is organised by local children’s charity, Home-Start Hertfordshire, in collaboration with Business Buzz...
The Pioneer Club is back with a bang in 2026, kickstarting a year of exciting events with Independent Venue Week, a national campaign to celebrate grassroots music venues and the people who work in them (26th January - 1st February). They have unveiled a packed programme that promises something for everyone,...
Marty Wilde MBE, Paula Wilcox and Robert Powell head a star-studded bill as Talking Pictures TV brings a weekend of old-fashioned entertainment to the Alban Arena. Festival of Film is a weekend of classic film and television taking place on Saturday March 21 and Sunday March 22, and includes a mix...
Waiting eagerly in the wings of the Eric Morecambe Centre, the cast and crew of the Harpenden and Wheathampstead Gang Show are putting the final touches to their 76th Gang Show, which is returning to Harpenden in just seven days’ time. A cast of 140 local Cubs, Scouts, and Explorers are...
St Albans is bursting with vibrant festivals, fascinating tours and trails, cultural experiences, live music and seasonal celebrations in 2026 - in fact all the ingredients for a standout year. Kick off with Helios - an immersive experience at St Albans Museum + Gallery where a dramatic six metre diameter spherical...
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