A new initiative has paired local artists with 20 businesses around the city to provide them with an opportunity to showcase their work. The artists, who form part of the Collective Gallery artistic hub on Holywell Hill, will be taking part in the inaugural St Albans Art Trail from July 15-29. This...
A group of campaigners, who fought to get the Cottonmill Community and Cycling Centre built in the heart of Sopwell, have come together again to organise a summer community festival at the centre. The Cottonmill Gathering on Sunday July 16 is a family friendly festival with donkey rides, fairground games, cycling...
Members of St Albans Park Run were joined by volunteers and runners from local GP surgeries to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the NHS. The event took place in Verulamium Park on Saturday morning, and saw hundreds of participants run, jog or walk the free 5K course. More photos from the event...
The new owners of Ye Olde Fighting Cocks are set to host their first all-day free festival at the pub they took over in April 2022. Co-owners Martin Robinson, Ian Baulsh and Sam Walker will be turning the pub into a mini-Glastonbury for The Fighting Cocks Fest on July 15 with...
Popular community music event the M Festival went ahead successfully despite a fire causing an evacuation of the site for more than two and a half hours. More than 500 people were already on the field at Marlborough Science Academy when a blaze broke out in the Real Belgium Fries van...
Thousands of people enjoyed the long-awaited return of the Alban Street Festival on Sunday. Cancelled by the pandemic and postponed due to the late Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations, the event has not taken place since 2019. It featured a programme of free entertainment including live music, fun activities and street performers, plus...
A parade of giant puppets celebrated the story of Saint Alban, Britain’s first Christian martyr, in a procession of Roman chariots, centurions, lions and executioners. The annual event, which is organised by St Albans Cathedral, took place in the city centre on Saturday as part of the wider Alban Weekend. It was...
Runners endured the hottest weekend of the year to take part in this year's St Albans Half Marathon. The event took place in blazing sunshine on Sunday morning, starting and finishing at Verulamium Park, with a variety of routes on top of the standard half, including a 5K and fun run. All...
In a blasted world, two survivors – a doctor and an actor - pass the time by staging their favourite story salvaged from the flames: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's A Study in Scarlet. But when tensions arise around casting, more than dead bodies start to surface… OVO presents their first co-production...
So you are really tempted to try some outdoor theatre this summer but your worries about the practicalities of it are standing in the way? Well, please read on. To celebrate the launch of this year’s Roman Theatre Festival presented by OVO, Deborah Heath wants to help you be fully...
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