A major national cycling event involving riders competing in races and dirt jumps is coming to St Albans next week. St Albans Cycle Hub in Cottonmill will be hosting the inaugural rounds of the British Pump Track Series on April 27 and 28. Following the resounding success of last year's event which...
The Company of Ten brings the complex life of a great composer to the Abbey Theatre Studio in April. Elgar and Alice is a gripping drama that transports us back to the year 1920, offering compelling glimpses into the life of the enigma that was Sir Edward Elgar, his wife Alice, and...
This June the celebrated St Albans Sustainability Festival returns with the very first SustFest Expo, the headline event of this year’s programme. The organisers have brought together a weekend of workshops, speakers, exhibitors, presentations, and activities showcasing everything from sustainable fashion to the harnessing of nature’s powers for good, alongside shopping...
Acting graduate Bethan Craig-Hughes has returned home to debut her first play - Your Biggest Fan. This is a new one-woman comedy-drama exploring internet fan culture and parasocial relationships. The production, which is coming to Trestle Arts Base on May 11 for one night only, asks the question: how far would you...
Eastertide, one of the two major festivals in the Christian calendar, was marked by St Albans Cathedral with a host of special services and events. The Very Reverend Jo Kelly-Moore, Dean of St Albans, said: “At the heart of the Easter story, in the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ,...
Churches across St Albans, Harpenden and around the district will shortly be marking two of the Christian Church’s most holy days. On Good Friday (March 29th ) Christians will be remembering Jesus Christ’s death on a cross, dying for the wrongdoings of our world. Services tend to be reflective and quiet,...
The second Hertfordshire Business Growth Show took place at Rothamsted Conference Centre in Harpenden last week and was another resounding success with more than 200 like-minded local business owners and entrepreneurs spending a day together learning, connecting and growing. The event was the initial brainchild of Peter Barker, local entrepreneur and...
Never underestimate a fashionista on a mission – or St Albans Youth Music Theatre for that matter! They are bringing the glitz and glamour of Legally Blonde to the Abbey Theatre in April. The musical, with music and lyrics music by Laurence O'Keefe and Nell Benjamin and book by Heather Hach...
St Albans Bach Choir celebrates 100 years of music-making on Saturday with a special performance of J. S. Bach’s monumental St Matthew Passion. The choir began life as the ‘Augmented Cathedral Choir’, founded to perform large-scale choral works by supplementing the Cathedral Choir with extra voices. Fittingly, Cathedral choristers will also...
The drama of the Easter story will be acted out in Clarence Park, St Albans, on Good Friday, March 29 – with prizes for anyone who follows the special Easter Trail. Members of St Paul’s Church, Hatfield Road, will be acting out episodes from the last days of Jesus Christ’s life,...
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