Seventy minutes. Seven seasons. One Spike. A new fast-paced show brings you the entire 144 episodes of the hit 90s TV show, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, as told through the eyes of the one person who knows it inside out… Cockney bloodsucker Spike. Buffy Revamped is coming to Harpenden’s Eric Morecambe Centre...
St Albans Gang Show might be in its 45th year but it remains as relevant and inspirational as ever. The mainstream media is keen to tell us how young people are becoming more and more lost, seeking ways to feel a sense of belonging and sometimes even wondering who they can...
The countdown has begun to this year's St Albans Pancake Festival, which will be making a triumphant return to St Peter's Street on Shrove Tuesday, March 4. Now in its ninth year, the event is organised by local children's charity, Home-Start Hertfordshire, in collaboration with Hertfordshire's Business Buzz. Last year, the festival...
Stark images of rough sleepers and people living in abject poverty have gone on display at St Albans Museum + Gallery. Photographer Marc Davenant spent six years compiling the challenging and compelling stories of people with lived experience of homelessness and substandard housing in black and white images. Now his work has...
More than 100 young people from Scout and Guide groups across the district are coming to the end of rehearsals for this year’s St Albans Gang Show. The all-singing and all-dancing extravaganza comes to the Alban Arena between February 12-15, and features many much-loved musical numbers interspersed with short comedy sketches...
St Albans’ own Pioneer Club is joining Independent Venue Week, the UK’s annual seven-day celebration of grassroots music and arts venues and the people that own, run and work in them. From Monday January 27 to Saturday February 1, The Pioneer will be hosting an exciting line-up of events offering the...
Two artists who fled oppression in Iran and Syria are taking up a residency at Trestle Arts Base thanks to local charity Herts Welcomes Refugees. Bahar Izadi and Enas Barakat are sharing their powerful artistic expressions between January 15 and April 7. Bahar, who paints beautiful floral work, said: “My art is...
2025 is going to be a spectacular year in St Albans with an exciting What’s On programme packed with festivals, tours, events and more. The incredible Museum of the Moon artwork installation by Luke Jerram, measuring 7 metres in diameter and featuring 120dpi detailed NASA imagery of the lunar surface, is...
One day earlier than expected, the Museum of the Moon installation has risen above the pews of St Albans Cathedral. Measuring seven metres in diameter, the Moon features 120dpi detailed NASA imagery of the lunar surface. The installation by artist Luke Jerram is a fusion of lunar imagery, moonlight and surround sound...
Santa Paws was back in town for The Lower Red Lion’s annual pooch-themed fundraiser. They have been hosting the event for the last few years after it was passed over by The Boot, and this year was helping St Albans Community Pantry. Landlord David Worcester cooks for them for their annual Christmas...
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