Events

Two cousins were the first visitors of the year to Willows Activity Farm's Santa Spectacular. Olive, three, and Ronald, two, headed through the new Polar Portal before they travelled into a winter wonderland featuring elves, gingerbread characters and arctic animals, before meeting Father Christmas in his grotto.  Willows chief executive Lyssa Elster...

The 15th annual St Albans District Chamber of Commerce’s Community Business Awards have celebrated the outstanding achievements of remarkable individuals and local businesses. The evening, at St Michael's Manor, highlighted the incredible contributions of rising stars, entrepreneurs, sustainable champions, and business leaders who are making a significant impact on the business...

St Albans city centre was packed with thousands of people keen to mark the start of the festive season. Sunday's Christmas Cracker street festival included live music, fairground rides, Santa’s grotto, street entertainers and around 100 market stalls selling hot food, drinks and seasonal gifts. Festive decorations and installations were illuminated throughout...

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...

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