The bitterly cold weather didn't deter 20,000 people from descending on Harpenden yesterday for the town's annual Christmas Carnival. The event included live entertainment, street food, a Christmas Market, the pipes and drums-led procession, Santa and the much-anticipated Christmas lights switch-on. Photos by Steve Collins, Hannah Hall, Jill Bolton, Tim Tate, Helen...
BAFTA-winning hit musical The Snowman is set to be shown at St Albans Cathedral - and local vocalists have a chance to join the performance and sing 'Walking in the Air'. The event, on Saturday December 2, will include performances at 3.15pm and 6.15pm, and is part of a brand new...
St Albans businessman Daniel Humphrey, has nearly sold half of the tickets to next year’s Summerton Whisky Festival . After the success of last year’s sold-out festival, The Summerton Whisky Festival is back and runs across two sessions on May 18 at the Lower Red Lion in Fishpool Street. Retailing his full-bottle...
There was plenty of Tinseltown glitz at Home-Start Herts’ latest gala fundraiser. The Hollywood Glamour event, at St Michael’s Manor Hotel, raised £28,340 to support local families who are vulnerable and struggling. This is the seventh themed fundraising event Home-Start Herts has hosted and guests were entertained with a magician, an auction,...
International campaigns White Ribbon Day and Orange the World are receiving the full support of St Albans district over the coming week. This includes an information stall at the Charter Market on White Ribbon Day, Saturday November 25, and lighting up the Museum + Gallery to support the UN's Orange the...
The most prestigious business awards in the St Albans calendar celebrated the achievements of companies and individuals from across the district. The winners of this year's St Albans Chamber of Commerce Community Business Awards were announced at a gala ceremony at Tewinbury Meadow Barn on Thursday. They were:Young Person Award: Edward Dunn...
Christmas truly arrived in St Albans with thousands of people flocking to the city centre for the annual Christmas Cracker on Sunday. Among the attractions in St Peter's Street was live music, fairground rides, a Santa’s grotto, street entertainers, a snow globe, sideshow games, street theatre and around 100 market stalls...
St Albans-based band of brothers Princes to Kings are playing their first hometown headline show at The Pioneer Club in The Suet Yard on Saturday night. The siblings will take to the stage one day after the release of their upcoming EP ‘Too Soon to Cry About’. Over the last few years,...
Families will be able to walk through a winter wonderland featuring festive characters, nutcrackers and elves before meeting Father Christmas in his grotto at Willows Activity Farm this festive season. The Santa Spectacular takes place between November 24 and December 24, and every child who meets the man in red will...
Morgan Howell, AKA, Supersizeart, was there for the return of St Albans’ own supergroup...
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