This year’s homecoming festival for breakout ‘sixties band The Zombies will not be the last we see of them in St Albans, organisers have promised. The management team behind last weekend’s Begin Here Festival have said they are already planning another event next year, although it is too early to say...
For the first time, St Albans Pub in the Park is offering festival-goers the chance to get up close and personal to their music icons. Anyone who buys a general admission ticket for the event at Verulamium Park on September 5-7 2025 can upgrade their ticket to a pit pass which...
The inaugural Alban Film Week - a collaboration between St Albans Cathedral and St Albans Film Festival - packed in cinema-loving fans for a host of different events. Highlights included Wallace and Gromit model-making workshops, Four Weddings and a Funeral director Mike Newell taking part in a Q&A after a screening...
Today sees the start of the second Zombies Begin Here Festival - a packed weekend celebrating the pioneering sixties band’s connection to St Albans. The event includes a special panel with original band member Chris White in the Lady Chapel at the Cathedral, which is now set to be introduced by...
It's undoubtedly the start of St Albans' festive season, and this year's Christmas Cracker street festival is taking place from noon until 6pm on Sunday November 17. Thousands of people are expected to attend the event, which features live music, fairground rides, a Santa’s grotto, street entertainers and around 100 market...
Members of the Ver Valley Society are joining the March for Clean Water in London on Sunday. There have been over 2,600 hours of sewage discharges from Markyate sewage works directly into the River Ver again this year and this has prompted those who care for their local chalk stream to...
A St Albans speakers event aimed at sparking reflection, engagement, and emotion returned for its second year recently. Hosted by Hertfordshire High Sheriff Annie Brewster at the Abbey Theatre, TEDx St Albans featured 14 dynamic speakers who inspired, challenged, and moved an eager audience under the central theme of ‘curiosity’. Nathaniel Hawley...
A St Albans church is to hold an immersive sound bath experience to raise money for a homeless charity. The candlelit event, at St Saviour’s Church, will offer a relaxing environment featuring overlapping sounds of wind and percussive instruments. This form of meditation is thought to deepen the mind and relax...
Fans of seminal sixties rock band The Zombies are coming from all over the world to celebrate their St Albans roots. The second Begin Here Festival is taking place across the district from Friday November 8 until Sunday November 9, and promises a host of up close and personal moments with...
Around 20,000 residents and visitors are expected to flock to Harpenden's annual Christmas Carnival and lights switch-on, which this year takes place on Sunday November 24 from 12 noon to 6pm. The procession will begin at 3pm from Lydekker Park before travelling along the High Street up to Vaughan Road. This...
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