The Great Big Walk for Herts is back for a fourth year and this year there are two dates to choose from to help raise funds for local charity Herts Young Homeless. You can choose a midweek walk on September 17 or a Saturday walk on September 27. Led by a guide...
With the ongoing cost-of-living crisis and inflation at its highest since early 2024, more and more people are finding themselves homelessness or at risk of homelessness. That’s why this year’s St Albans Sleepout is more important than ever. The event, at Oaklands College on Friday November 7, invites families, schools, local businesses, youth...
Families will be able to unearth some spud-tacular fun at Willows Activity Farm this September as the leisure attraction gears up for its Potato Shindig. The farm park’s annual celebration of the humble potato takes centre stage every Friday, Saturday and Sunday from September 5-28. Visitors will be provided with spades and...
Organisers of this year's Pub in the Park St Albans have announced that Saturday VIP tickets are now very nearly sold out, with only limited numbers of remaining tickets for all sessions still available. Founded by Michelin-starred chef Tom Kerridge, the popular food and music festival is one of the city’s...
Award-winning Harpenden Musical Theatre Company is bringing the classic musical ‘Guys and Dolls’ to the Eric Morecambe Centre in October. Set in bustling 1950s New York City, and based on Damon Runyon’s short stories, Guys and Dolls is a musical romantic comedy involving the unlikeliest of Manhattan pairings: a high-rolling gambler...
Ricky Gervais fans are fuming after tickets for the comedian’s latest Alban Arena gig sold out in minutes – and then ended up on resale sites for hundreds of pounds. This Thursday’s extra date on the Mortality Tour was pitched by SADC contractor Everyone Active as being sold for fans at...
The International Organ Festival returned to St Albans in July to celebrate the organ and so much more, with exhilarating music and inspirational performers. From epic choral and symphonic music to solo recitals, the event offered something for everybody. Highlights included the return of the ever-popular Three Choirs Concert, Beethoven’s Ninth...
One of the UK’s most accomplished sleight of hand magicians will be bringing his close-up conjuring to the environs of a popular St Albans restaurant. Tony Middleton – known by his stage name of Sonic – is the creator of The Magic Hour at the Sheraton Grand Park Lane, London’s longest...
Created by Steven Moffat, BAFTA-winning writer of Doctor Who and Sherlock, 'The Unfriend' brings a hilarious but unwelcome American guest to the stage of the Abbey Theatre to open the new season in style. Described as “a rip-roaring success” by London Theatre, Moffat’s comedy explores the polite awkwardness of British middle-class manners pushed to...
The breakthrough acts at this year's St Albans Pub in the Park are receiving local backing from The Maltings Shopping Centre. The retail hub will be the main sponsor of the Headliner Stage at this year’s festival, taking place in Verulamium Park from 5–7 September 2025. The state will showcase 23 emerging...
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