what's on in and around Harpenden, Hertfordshire today, tomorrow, this week, this month and later

Wondering what to do this weekend, or looking to plan ahead for school holidays? Welcome to your essential guide to what's on for children and families over the next few days, weeks and months in and around Harpenden. We also regularly post events, things to do and other news on Facebook, Instagram and Threads. If you are looking for Holiday Clubs and Camps we have a dedicated section for those.

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Lamb Bottle Feeding

Aldenham Country Park, Elstree
14 Feb 2026 - 4 May 2026

Lamb Bottle Feeding

Church Farm Ardeley, Stevenage
14 Feb 2026 - 10 May 2026

Juegos de Mesa en la Biblioteca

Harpenden Library, Harpenden
7 Mar 2026

Muddy Monsters Beginners Cycle Racing

St Albans Cycling Hub, St Albans
7 Mar 2026

Rugby League Taster 10-16 year olds

Toulmin Drive Sports Ground, St Albans
7 Mar 2026

Think, Make, Discover at Abbot's Hill School

Abbot's Hill School, Hemel Hempstead
7 Mar 2026

Love Local Craft & Food Fayre - March

Jordans Mill, Broom, Biggleswade
7 Mar 2026

Bilingual Saturday Stories - Spanish & English

Harpenden Library, Harpenden
7 Mar 2026

Ruby's Worry

Hat Factory Arts Centre, Luton
8 Mar 2026

Sunday Crafternoon

St Albans Museum & Gallery, St Albans
8 Mar 2026

Mothering the Mother: A Root & Bloom Coffee Morning

Megan's, St Albans
9 Mar 2026

Storytelling for Early Years: March

Wardown House, Museum & Gallery, Luton
10 Mar 2026

Peppa Pig's Big Family Show

The Alban Arena, St Albans
11 Mar 2026 - 12 Mar 2026

Mother's Day Tea @ The Nest

The Nest, by Love Montessori, St Albans
13 Mar 2026

St Patrick's Festival After Party

Hat Factory Arts Centre, Luton
14 Mar 2026

Yoga & Gong - an afternoon for Mothers

The Oak House Studio, Old Hatfield
14 Mar 2026

Flowers and Friendship Bracelets - The Ultimate Pop Concert!

Grove Theatre, Dunstable
15 Mar 2026

Sunday Crafternoon

St Albans Museum & Gallery, St Albans
15 Mar 2026

Harpenden Sustainability Market

Harpenden Common, tree lined area of Common in front of Park Hall
15 Mar 2026

Harpenden Sustainability Market

Harpenden Common (opp Park Hall), Harpenden
15 Mar 2026

Young Pioneers U18s Open Mic Night

Pioneer Club, St Albans
18 Mar 2026

Young Pioneers U18s Club Night

Pioneer Club, St Albans
20 Mar 2026

Friday Play Morning @ The Nest

The Nest, St Albans
20 Mar 2026

Counting Sheep

Stockwood Discovery Centre, Luton
21 Mar 2026

Girls Journeying Together Taster

Childwickbury, St Albans
21 Mar 2026

Lambing Days @ Watergate Farm

Watergate Farm, Nr Leighton Buzzard
21 Mar 2026 - 22 Mar 2026

Sunday Crafternoon

St Albans Museum & Gallery, St Albans
22 Mar 2026

Harpenden Farmer's Market

Lower High Street, Harpenden
22 Mar 2026

St Albans Youth Music Theatre: Me and My Girl

Abbey Theatre, St Albans
26 Mar 2026 - 28 Mar 2026

Friday Play Morning @ The Nest

The Nest, St Albans
27 Mar 2026

Draw with Rob Exhibition

St Albans Museum & Gallery, St Albans
27 Mar 2026 - 20 Sep 2026

K-Pop Fantasy - The Ultimate Tribute to the K Pop Phenomenon

The Alban Arena, St Albans
28 Mar 2026

Paddington Comes To Hertfordshire Zoo

Hertfordshire Zoo, Broxbourne
28 Mar 2026 - 29 Mar 2026

Zog

Watford Palace Theatre, Watford
28 Mar 2026 - 29 Mar 2026

Lambing Days @ Watergate Farm

Watergate Farm, Nr Leighton Buzzard
28 Mar 2026 - 29 Mar 2026

Easter Week

Woodside Animal Farm, Slip End
28 Mar 2026 - 6 Apr 2026

Easter Eggstravaganza

Willows Activity Farm, London Colney
28 Mar 2026 - 6 Apr 2026

Easter Egg Hunt

Dunstable Downs, Dunstable
28 Mar 2026 - 12 Apr 2026

Easter Eggstravaganza

Aldenham Country Park, Elstree
28 Mar 2026 - 12 Apr 2026

Zoonormous Egg Hunt

Whipsnade Zoo, Dunstable
28 Mar 2026 - 12 Apr 2026

Easter Quest

Wrest Park, Silsoe
28 Mar 2026 - 19 Apr 2026

The Zoo That Comes To You

Stockwood Discovery Centre, Luton
29 Mar 2026

The Gruffalo

Buckinghamshire Railway Centre, Aylesbury
29 Mar 2026

Sunday Crafternoon

St Albans Museum & Gallery, St Albans
29 Mar 2026

Easter Clay Play! With Lugus Ceramics

Stockwood Discovery Centre, Luton
30 Mar 2026

Mosaic Making Workshop Easter Holidays

Verulamium Museum, St Albans
30 Mar 2026

Dinosaur Adventure Live - Danger on T-Rex Mountain

Campus West, Welwyn Garden City
30 Mar 2026

Easter Storyboats

Frogmore Paper Mill Wharf, Hemel Hempstead
31 Mar 2026

Rapunzel

Hat Factory Arts Centre, Luton
31 Mar 2026

Phonics Flaminglets - We're Going on an Egg Hunt

Breachwood Green Village Hall, Hitchin
31 Mar 2026

Archaeology for Families

Verulamium Museum, St Albans
31 Mar 2026 - 1 Apr 2026

Springtime Wildlife

Natural History Museum at Tring, Tring
31 Mar 2026 - 2 Apr 2026

Creative Crowns Workshop

Wardown House, Museum & Gallery, Luton
1 Apr 2026

Easter Bunny Hunt

Highfield Park Visitor Centre, St Albans
1 Apr 2026

Ice Age Adventure Live

Grove Theatre, Dunstable
2 Apr 2026

Autism Friendly Early Opening

Knebworth House & Gardens, Knebworth
2 Apr 2026

Easter at Stockwood

Stockwood Discovery Centre, Luton
2 Apr 2026 - 5 Apr 2026

Easter Egg Hunt

Shaw's Corner, Nr Welwyn
2 Apr 2026 - 6 Apr 2026

Harpenden Easter Egg Hunt

Lourdes Hall / Harpenden Common, Harpenden
3 Apr 2026

Day out with Thomas

Buckinghamshire Railway Centre, Aylesbury
3 Apr 2026 - 4 Apr 2026

Have-a-go Archery

Knebworth House & Gardens, Knebworth
3 Apr 2026 - 4 Apr 2026

Lambing Days @ Watergate Farm

Watergate Farm, Nr Leighton Buzzard
3 Apr 2026 - 6 Apr 2026

Easter Signs of Spring Trail

Knebworth House & Gardens, Knebworth
3 Apr 2026 - 6 Apr 2026

Paddington Comes To Hertfordshire Zoo

Hertfordshire Zoo, Broxbourne
4 Apr 2026 - 5 Apr 2026

Easter Bunny Flies In

Shuttleworth, Biggleswade
4 Apr 2026 - 5 Apr 2026

Family Film Club: Shrek

Hat Factory Arts Centre, Luton
7 Apr 2026

Springtime Wildlife

Natural History Museum at Tring, Tring
7 Apr 2026 - 9 Apr 2026

Springtime Surprise

Woodside Animal Farm, Slip End
7 Apr 2026 - 12 Apr 2026

Jemima's Jamboree

Willows Activity Farm, London Colney
7 Apr 2026 - 12 Apr 2026

Easter Storyboats

Frogmore Paper Mill Wharf, Hemel Hempstead
8 Apr 2026

Creative Crowns Workshop

Wardown House, Museum & Gallery, Luton
8 Apr 2026

Spring Open Day at the Walled Garden

The Walled Garden, Luton
8 Apr 2026

Old Fashioned Toys

St Albans Museum & Gallery, St Albans
8 Apr 2026

So Unfair!

The Old Town Hall Arts Centre, Hemel Hempstead
8 Apr 2026

Ministry of Science Live

The Eric Morecambe Centre, Harpenden
8 Apr 2026

Gaby Gulliver's Travels

Hat Factory Arts Centre, Luton
9 Apr 2026

Justin Live: Justin Time To Rock

Grove Theatre, Dunstable
9 Apr 2026

Inn Sign Art

St Albans Museum & Gallery, St Albans
9 Apr 2026

Lambing Days @ Watergate Farm

Watergate Farm, Nr Leighton Buzzard
10 Apr 2026 - 12 Apr 2026

So Unfair!

Hat Factory Arts Centre, Luton
11 Apr 2026

Robin Hood

Grove Theatre, Dunstable
12 Apr 2026

Tales From Acorn Wood

The Eric Morecambe Centre, Harpenden
16 Apr 2026 - 17 Apr 2026

Harpenden Farmer's Market

Lower High Street, Harpenden
26 Apr 2026

Spongebob the Musical

The Alban Arena, St Albans
29 Apr 2026 - 3 May 2026

Lambing Weekend

Oaklands College, St Albans
9 May 2026 - 10 May 2026

Brambleton Model Railway Club Spring Open Day

Brambleton Model Railway Club, Harpenden
16 May 2026

Harpenden Sustainability Market

Harpenden Common (opp Park Hall), Harpenden
17 May 2026

Harpenden Sustainability Market

Harpenden Common, Harpenden
17 May 2026

Harpenden Farmer's Market

Lower High Street, Harpenden
24 May 2026

Day out with Thomas

Buckinghamshire Railway Centre, Aylesbury
24 May 2026 - 25 May 2026

Fun For Little Ones Live

The Eric Morecambe Centre, Harpenden
26 May 2026

Woodland Habitats

Natural History Museum at Tring, Tring
26 May 2026 - 27 May 2026

St Albans South Signal Box - Special Half Term Opening

St Albans South Signal Box, St Albans
27 May 2026

Whitsun Storyboats

Frogmore Paper Mill Wharf, Hemel Hempstead
27 May 2026

Tring Bioblitz

Natural History Museum at Tring, Tring
28 May 2026

Whitsun Storyboats

Frogmore Paper Mill Wharf, Hemel Hempstead
29 May 2026

Nature Day for Great Big Green Week

Batford Springs Nature Reserve, Harpenden
6 Jun 2026

Flowers and Friendship Bracelets - The Ultimate Pop Concert!

The Eric Morecambe Centre, Harpenden
13 Jun 2026

Circus Zyair

Harpenden Common, Harpenden
17 Jun 2026 - 21 Jun 2026

Tactile Explorers

Natural History Museum at Tring, Tring
20 Jun 2026

Harpenden Farmer's Market

Lower High Street, Harpenden
28 Jun 2026

Festival on the Field 2026

Sir John Lawes School, Harpenden
4 Jul 2026

Duxford Summer Air Show

IWM Duxford, Duxford
4 Jul 2026 - 5 Jul 2026

Batford Community Festival

Porters Hill Park, Harpenden
5 Jul 2026

Summer Storyboats

Frogmore Paper Mill Wharf, Hemel Hempstead
24 Jul 2026

Harpenden Farmer's Market

Lower High Street, Harpenden
26 Jul 2026

Summer Storyboats

Frogmore Paper Mill Wharf, Hemel Hempstead
31 Jul 2026

Summer Sessions - Children's Theatre

Rothamsted Park, Harpenden
31 Jul 2026

Teddy Bear's Picnic

Rothamsted Park, Harpenden
5 Aug 2026

Summer Storyboats

Frogmore Paper Mill Wharf, Hemel Hempstead
7 Aug 2026

Summer Sessions - Friday Sounds

Harpenden Common, Harpenden
7 Aug 2026

Summer Storyboats

Frogmore Paper Mill Wharf, Hemel Hempstead
14 Aug 2026

Summer Sessions - Street Performer Angie Mack

Church Green, Harpenden
15 Aug 2026

Day out with Thomas

Buckinghamshire Railway Centre, Aylesbury
15 Aug 2026 - 16 Aug 2026

Summer Sessions - Pop-up Farm

Rothamsted Park, Harpenden
18 Aug 2026

Summer Storyboats

Frogmore Paper Mill Wharf, Hemel Hempstead
21 Aug 2026

Music in Lydekker

Lydekker Park, Harpenden
22 Aug 2026

Harpenden Farmer's Market

Lower High Street, Harpenden
23 Aug 2026

Summer Sessions - Ha Ha Harpenden Comedy Night

Park Hall, Harpenden
27 Aug 2026

Summer Storyboats

Frogmore Paper Mill Wharf, Hemel Hempstead
28 Aug 2026

Harpenden Festival

Town Centre & Harpenden Common, Harpenden
5 Sep 2026

Heritage Open Days: St Albans South Signal Box

St Albans South Signal Box, St Albans
12 Sep 2026 - 13 Sep 2026

Harpenden Sustainability Market

Harpenden Common (opp Park Hall), Harpenden
20 Sep 2026

Harpenden Sustainability Market

Harpenden Common, Harpenden
20 Sep 2026

Harpenden Farmer's Market

Lower High Street, Harpenden
27 Sep 2026

Day out with Thomas

Buckinghamshire Railway Centre, Aylesbury
17 Oct 2026 - 18 Oct 2026

Harpenden Farmer's Market

Lower High Street, Harpenden
25 Oct 2026

St Albans South Signal Box - Special Half Term Opening

St Albans South Signal Box, St Albans
28 Oct 2026

Halloween Storyboats

Frogmore Paper Mill Wharf, Hemel Hempstead
30 Oct 2026

Remembrance Day Parade & Service

War Memorial, Harpenden
8 Nov 2026

Harpenden Sustainability Market

Harpenden Common (opp Park Hall), Harpenden
15 Nov 2026

Harpenden Christmas Sustainability Market

Harpenden Common, Harpenden
15 Nov 2026

Harpenden Farmer's Market

Lower High Street, Harpenden
22 Nov 2026

Harpenden Christmas Carnival

Town Centre & Harpenden Common, Harpenden
22 Nov 2026

Batford Christmas Lights Up

Batford Corner, Harpenden
26 Nov 2026

Southdown Lights and Lanterns Extravaganza

Southdown Parade, Harpenden
27 Nov 2026

Rapunzel

The Eric Morecambe Centre, Harpenden
5 Dec 2026 - 30 Dec 2026

Harpenden Farmer's Market

Lower High Street, Harpenden
20 Dec 2026

Santa Storyboats

Frogmore Paper Mill Wharf, Hemel Hempstead
22 Dec 2026

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