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...
Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust is backing the Alban Film Week with a screening of family-friendly animation Migration. The wildlife charity will partner with the Cathedral and St Albans Film Festival for the screening on Friday November 1, in the hope it inspires a new generation of nature lovers. The film tells...
Halloween is just around the corner, and if you're looking for one of the biggest selections of gourds around then head to Willows Activity Farm this October for the annual Pumpkin Festival. The farm park kicks off its autumn celebrations on Saturday October 19 and Sunday October 20 when the Pumpkin Patch...
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