What's On Harpenden

Our 5th Music Medley fundraising concert brings a mix of music and dance with something for everyone: St George’s School Jazz Band Apex Dance Harpenden Musical Theatre Company perform Captain Noah and his Floating Zoo Abafando - classical music with a twist Elizabeth Bottone and David Crew - a musical

"This act is fun from start to finish!" The Stage The Bootleg Bee Gees celebrate the 40th anniversary of Saturday Night Fever with a show featuring all the seventies disco classics, along with other famous Bee Gees hits from the sixties, like "Massachusetts" and "Words", plus eighties favourites made famous by...

Before we know it Spring will be upon us, and by popular demand, so will this festival...... Showcasing the quality of live music in the UK; with The Pretty Things headlining and five other very different, but striking bands, this will undoubtedly be another a great festival and an occasion not to miss!

Harpenden Blues Rhythm & Rock Festival. Artists performing: Pretty Things, Aynsley Lister, Simon McBride.: Tickets avaiable.

Informal garden of approx 2½ acres around C17 cottage. Large orchard of mature apples, plums and pear laid out with paths. Extensive lawns with borders, framed by tall yew hedges and old brick walls.

‘…leaping and turning in zesty spurts with an insouciance that leaves nothing to chance’ Donald Hutera Mapdance, University of Chichester’s MA touring company performs diverse repertoire by renowned and upcoming contemporary choreographers.

As part of our new ’Sandpit Curated’ film programme, we are pleased to present an afternoon screening of the fabulous period drama ’Victoria & Adbul’. Abdul Karim arrives from India to participate in Queen Victoria’s golden jubilee.

A social group for anyone who likes to knit, crochet or stitch. We meet at the Balcony Bar, Venue 360, Gypsy Lane, Luton, LU1 3JH. www.venue360.co.uk. There is plenty of free parking and Luton Parkway station is 5 mins walk away. We meet on the second Wednesday of each month at 7.30pm.

Let your daily life become a journey of self-discovery. The Practical Philosophy course brings together people from all walks of life to discuss ideas and principles from some of the world’s great philosophical teachings, eastern as well as western. But this is just the start.

St Albans Choral Society and Orchestra Nova perform Handel’s Messiah in St Albans Cathedral. Soloists are Helen-Jane Howells, soprano, William Purefoy, countertenor, Christopher Bowen, tenor, and Alexander Ashworth, baritone. Conductor George Vass.

Darkly funny, The Argument shows how a small disagreement over an unimportant subject can lead to big arguments. A young couple have different opinions on a film and, as the discussion becomes more heated, life-changing differences come to the fore. Before long, family and friends are also engulfed.

Norman, an irascible eighty-year-old, and his wife Ethel have spent summers at their lake house for nearly fifty years. But when Ethel offers to look after the teenage son of their daughter’s fiancé, the elderly couple find their idyll both challenged and enriched.

Focus on Jazz Jam Sunday 6th May 2018! Our monthly Jazz Jam is getting busier and buzzier by the month so come join us! Jam with our wonderful House Band or relax over a bevvy or 3 and enjoy an afternoon of great music with a bunch of lovely people. All Musicians, Singers and Music Lovers welcome!

Combining superb musicianship, the latest technology and a blazing light show, What the Floyd recreate the sounds of the legendary Pink Floyd. The band prides itself on meticulous attention to sonic detail and breathtaking, energetic performances. See more info at whatthefloyd.com

Michael Woolridge - The popular organist from the South Coast returns to St Albans

Enjoy a musical Sunday Afternoon listening to this fascinating collection of unique self-playing musical instruments. Includes tea and coffee in the interval. (Every 2nd Sunday of the month March to November)

At Trestle, we are passionate about supporting newly emerging local artists and giving them a platform for their creativity, so this Spring time we welcome Billie Richardson, a local artist into the Gallery Café for her first exhibition as a solo artist!

A double bill of two beautifully written plays based on the lives and loves of two British legends, Sid James and Joan Sims JOAN SIMS takes a walk down memory lane in SIMply JOAN.

Research and development of two new plays by exciting women writers, in celebration of the Suffragette Centenary, honouring Heroines, historical and contemporary, local and global.

The 2018 Lemsford Fete will be held at St John’s School and Church on Monday 7th May. As is traditional, this splendid event will provide a true English country fete experience with maypole dancing, coconut shy, tea-cup ride, live music and a Pimms and Hertfordshire Real Ale tent.

Now in our new venue and we are able to offer free parking in the Village Hall car park, shops nearby or opposite by the green. Lots of our regular and popular sellers with some new colleagues also. Always new items for you to view and purchase. We aim to have a mix of sellers and do not dateline for selling.

Spectacular formal woodland garden, Grade 1 listed, laid out 1720. Long rides lined with clipped beech hedges lead to temples, statues, lake and a terraced theatre. Seasonal displays of snowdrops, daffodils, cowslips, irises, magnolias, rhododendrons, lilies. Wild flowers are encouraged.

Audiences can’t resist the ‘joyously unpredictable’ (Guardian) programmes danced by Ballet Black. Led by Artistic Director Cassa Pancho, this company celebrates dancers of black and Asian descent, showcasing technique, precision and grace in specially commissioned pieces.

The sea has long been a rich inspiration for composers living in the British Isles. The de Havilland Philharmonic Orchestra present an evening of works inspired by our coastal waters during the last century.

‘Songs for a Royal Wedding’ Come along to ’Singers at the Barn’ on Sunday 6th May to join in the celebrations for the forthcoming Royal Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.

The Hertfordshire Concert Band ar perfoming a wonderful Charity concert of film music for the whole family Saturday 21th April 7.

Made in Dagenham is a modern musical show depicting the events that happened at Ford motor company in later 1960 that started the movement towards equal pay for women. This is a very fun show, comic in places and deadly serious in others. It’s a show that will leave you with great sense of well being.

Three renowned global adventurers will be coming to Welwyn Garden City to share their stories of extraordinary exploration on Tuesday 1st May. Have you ever wondered what it’s like to row across the Atlantic? Do you want to hear from a seasoned mountaineer and extreme triathlete?

A comprehensive exhibition of photographs never before seen in the UK, providing a window into life on the homefront and showing Germans struggling with the everyday privations of war.

A garden designed to complement the modern classical house. Formal areas near the house, with views down the valley, include lawns and a formal pool. The garden becomes more informal towards the woodland edge. A dry garden leads through new meadow planting to the vegetable garden.

A grandmother, mother and a daughter have to set aside differences as they decide the fate of their family-run Guesthouse. Battling family demons and the crashing waves of a troubled past, tensions are high in Clacton-on-Sea.

Made in Dagenham - the true story that earned women equal pay is being performed by the Welwyn Thalians at the Campus West (Hawthorne Theatre) in Welwyn Garden City from Wednesday 9th May to Saturday 12th May.

As part of Earth Day 2018 this exhibition tackles the theme of ’Ending Plastic Pollution’. Aiming to raise awareness and celebrate our natural environment through art.

Two floors of exhibits all accessible to those with limited mobility. Over a dozen layouts in a variety of gauges including our famous large club layout Havil Junction and Shabbey Road an Underground Ernie-drive it yourself layout for youngsters and the young at heart.

Two floors of exhibits all accessible to those with limited mobility. Over a dozen layouts and gauges from GN15 to G. Our famous club layout Havil Junction will be running together with Shabbey Road our infamous Underground Ernie layout for children and adults.

Wildlife Trust BCN South Beds local group walk. Join us for an early morning spring walk on Blows Downs nature reserve with CBC Senior Countryside Officer Steve Halton. The focus of this walk will be to learn the art of identifying birds by their calls and song.

Fund Raising Jumble Sale lots of goodies, designer, bric a brac, etc. teas and coffee Bottle stall Adm. 50p 11.00am Satuday April 21st 2018 @Potten End Village Hall HP4 2QG

A care home in Knebworth is inviting local people to visit the home to join in its celebrations for Care Home Open Day. On Friday 20th April, from 10am-4pm, the team at Knebworth care home on London Road will be opening the doors to the care home for a free family-friendly event.

On the first Sunday of every month we hold a ’50 Things to do before you are 11 ’ event. There will be a variety of activiities from the ’50 Things’ handbook, depending on the weather. Come along and join in to add another sticker to your record.

Join a member of our countryside team to look for the rare and elusive Duke of Burgundy on Dunstable Downs. Join the Rangers to discover some of the butterflies that make their home on the Downs.

Looking for something to do Bank Holiday Monday? Dunstable Rotary Club are holding their Charity Fundraising ’Antiques and collectors Fair, at the Houghton Regis Leisure Centre. Lots of stalls to come and browse and maybe pick up a bargain. Many genres covered by a wide range of stall holders.

¼-acre garden with lots of year-round colour, interest and perfume, particularly on opening days. Sloping site containing rockeries, 2 small ponds, herbaceous border, island beds with bulbs in Spring and dahlias in Summer, roses, fuchsias, patio pots and tubs galore - all set against a background of trees and shrubs...

Josh Kalms is the Hertfordshire & Middlsex Wildlife Trust’s People and Wildlife Officer for Affinity Water Sites. He will give an overview of the Affinity Biodiversity Project and the work involved in it.

Illustrated talk organised by Watford Local RSPB Group. Jeff Knott is Head of Nature Policy at the RSPB. He has been working on bird of prey conservation for the last 10 years. His talk will cover the continuing and illegal persecution of hen harriers on grouse moors.

Take part in a fun family Art Trail around Houghton Regis! Find the 7 letters, write them into your trail map, unscramble and send your answers to Full House to be entered into a free prize draw!

A charity concert in aid of Dr Ruth Hulser and the Familia Moja Project in Tanzania, featuring the Buccinate Brass Ensemble and guests "Let’s Sing" from the Stevenage Music Centre.

Silk painter Jane Harrison is holding her third solo exhibition of paintings, scarves and ties, which are all for sale. The paintings are all framed, the ties and scarves are sold individually and there are others available. They make beautiful and unique gifts for all occasions.

A range of 36 beers from breweries in and around the Chilterns. Plus 12 ciders, wine and soft drinks available and a range of street food including burgers, curry and vegetarian options. All accompanied by live music from the best of our local bands.