Local news, what's on and the information you need for St Albans and Harpenden.
St Albans Daily

St Albans & district · Local news you can trust

What's On

What's On in St Albans

Things to do in and around St Albans: events, days out and family activities, with the practical details.

Top story St Albans Christmas markets 2026: Cracker 22 Nov and 7 more St Albans Christmas markets 2026: the Cathedral on 7 Nov, the Cracker's 100 stalls on 22 Nov, Redbourn on the 29th and extra December market days, all dated. · 8 min read

Dates for the diary

  1. On now to 31 Oct Pumpkin and Squash Festival at The Pop Up Farm The Pop Up Farm · From £8.15
  2. Tue 6 Oct The Bootleg Beatles in Concert 7.30pm · The Alban Arena · From £37.50
  3. Wed 7 Oct St Albans Charter Market 9am · St Peter's Street
  4. Wed 7 Oct Tim Peake's Astronauts: The Quest To Explore Space Tour 7.30pm · The Alban Arena · From £39.50
  5. 7 to 10 Oct Come From Away, Harpenden Musical Theatre Company Eric Morecambe Centre
  6. Wed 7 Oct Coldplay By Candlelight 7.30pm · St Albans Cathedral
  7. Thu 8 Oct Roman and Iron Age Silchester, evening talk 7pm · Verulamium Museum
  8. Thu 8 Oct Jonathan Pie 7.30pm · The Alban Arena · From £23
  9. Fri 9 Oct Museum Minis 10.15am · St Albans Museum + Gallery · From £6.50
  10. Sat 10 Oct St Albans parkrun 9am · Verulamium Park · Free
  11. 10 to 31 Oct Willows Pumpkin Festival Willows Activity Farm · From £20.95
  12. Sat 10 Oct Family weekends at Verulamium Museum 10am · Verulamium Museum

More stories

Halloween St Albans Halloween 2026: pumpkin patches from £8.15 Halloween near St Albans: Pop Up Farm pumpkins from £8.15, Willows' festival to 31 October, Hatfield Park's Haunted Forest from £8 and every date to book. · 5 min read Christmas Willows Santa Spectacular 2026: child £54.95 to £69.95 Willows Activity Farm's Santa Spectacular runs November to December. Child tickets with a toy are £54.95 to £69.95, adults £29.95 to £39.95, booking only. · 5 min read Events What's On in St Albans: Tim Peake, Three Fireworks Nights Tim Peake at the Alban Arena on 7 October, fireworks at Harpenden on 1 November and at Verulamium and Redbourn on the 7th, plus 43 more dates with sources. · 12 min read Remembrance St Albans Remembrance Sunday 2026: parade 10.30am, 8 Nov Remembrance Sunday is 8 November 2026. St Albans parades from St Peter's Street at 10.30am for the 10.50am service; Harpenden moves off at 10.35am. · 4 min read St Albans Cathedral St Albans Cathedral Christmas 2026: carols, Midnight Mass times St Albans Cathedral Christmas 2026: Advent Procession 29 Nov, Carols on the Hour 12 Dec, Lessons and Carols 21 and 22 Dec, Crib Services and Midnight Mass. · 4 min read St Albans St Albans fireworks 7 Nov: £10 early bird ends 16 October St Albans fireworks 2026: Sat 7 Nov in Verulamium Park, gates 6pm, display 7.30pm, £10 adults until 16 Oct. Plus Harpenden 1 Nov and Willows low-bang. · 8 min read St Albans St Albans Christmas Cracker 22 Nov: stage times, roads shut St Albans Christmas Cracker, Sun 22 Nov, noon to 6pm: full main stage times, panto stars at 4.15pm, roads shut 6am to 9pm, free Santa's grotto in Civic Close. · 6 min read Harpenden Harpenden Christmas Carnival: Sun 22 Nov, noon to 6pm Harpenden's Christmas Carnival runs noon to 6pm on Sunday 22 November, free, with the Farmers' Market from 10am. Batford and Southdown light up later that week. · 4 min read St Albans St Albans panto: Beauty and the Beast, 4 Dec, from £16 Beauty and the Beast runs at the Alban Arena from Friday 4 December to Sunday 3 January, 54 performances, from £16 plus a £3.50 booking fee. Joe Swash stars. · 5 min read