What's On This Weekend In Hitchin And The Surrounding Area

Published: 15th May 2024

It's time for your weekly round-up of what's going on in Hitchin and the surrounding area!

You can find the full list of events in the calendar on the What's On section of the website.

Please do check ticket availability and that events are definitely going ahead before travelling.

Happening right here in Hitchin

Walsworth Festival on Walsworth Common
Sun 19th May 2024 10am - 4pm
The Walsworth Festival was first conceived in the 1950s and organised by the Walsworth Residents' Community Association at St Faith's Church. Having gone through a number of different incarnations over the years, the festival is now run by a small band of local volunteers, and is host to various stalls, events, music, food, and even a car show! So mark our event in your calendar and join the thousands of other visitors who come from far and wide to celebrate over 50 years of Walsworth Festivals!
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Triangle Tribe - bushcraft for wellbeing for teens at Triangle Community Garden
Fri 17th May 2024 6.30-8.30pm
Outdoor bushcraft and survival skills for families with teens. Get outside, learn new skills, meet new people/bring a friend, spend some family/intergenerational time in a different setting. Triangle Tribe is a monthly evening of Bushcraft for Wellbeing, outdoors at the community garden, for families with teens aged 12 to 16, led by forest school specialists CultureWood CiC. Grandparents welcome. Neurodiversity welcome. Activities will vary with the seasons and are likely to include outdoor survival skills, open fire cooking, ancient fire skills, whittling, foraging, nature observation and making useful and decorative things from natural materials.
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Up on Downs Family Support Meeting at Hitchin Youth Trust
Sat 18th May 2024 2-4pm
Don't forget May's family meeting is this Saturday. It will be lovely to see you all there. No need to book. Bring your suncream if this beautiful weather continues.
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Next Page Books Storytime & Crafts
Saturdays 2:30pm
FREE
We run these at the shop on Saturday afternoons at 2:30pm. No need to book, just come along. We will read one or more stories and either make a simple craft or run an activity like singing or parachute or a game.
All very relaxed and informal, all ages welcome but ideally suited to the very young - pre school - children.
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Seasonal Foraging Walk - Oughtonhead
Sun 19th May 2024 2-4pm
Hitchin Forager Jane Simmons will lead a seasonal outdoor foraging walk, guiding participants to seek out seasonal wild food ingredients, discussing the properties of various hedgerow plants and sharing tips on how to use them in cooking, teas, jams and preserves. You'll be surprised how many interesting wild foods are commonly found in our hedgerows and wild places. Book ahead.
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Table Top Sale in St Katharine's Church, Ickleford
Sat 18th May 2024 10am - 12pm
Table top sale of good condition bric-a-brac, toys and clothes, plus cake stall and raffle. 50p entry.
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"Hitchin Treasure Trail" Map
Have you seen Hitchin has its on Treasure Trail map? Kids can follow this beautifully illustrated, fantasy-themed treasure map to explore Hitchin town in a totally new and exciting way. Discover hidden treasures, learn a little local history a long the way, and gain new adventuring skills. Fun for all the family, a great way to get out and about to enjoy your town, can be used time and time again. Purchase your copy from Hitchin Information shop at 1a Churchyard, only £6.99.
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Hitchin Markets
Friday - Antiques and General Market until 3pm
Saturday - General Market until 4:30pm
Sunday - Flea Market (Open to all - £10 per pitch, no need to book) 6am - 1:00pm
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Nearby (within 30 minutes' drive)

Street Food Heroes on Broadway Gardens, Letchworth
Fri 17th May 2024 4 - 9pm
Street Food Heroes are back this Friday for the next instalment on Broadway Gardens. Check out the event details for which vendors will be there.
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Family Kids' Club Screenings at The Broadway Cinema, Letchworth
Saturdays and Sundays 10:30am
LOW COST (£1.75 per person)
Family films for just £1.75 per person at The Broadway Kids Club screenings.
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Baldock Festival
Fri 3rd May 2024 - Sun 19th May 2024 12-4pm
The Baldock Festival brings together 1000's of people from across North Hertfordshire over two weeks of activities in May each year. See website for full details of all the events.
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Baldock pride picnic
Pride picnic on Avenue Park
Sat 18th May 2024 12-4pm
Summer's here and so is our FIRST PRIDE PICNIC! Bring your blankets, nibbles, flags, and PRIDE! Let's kick off summer together!
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Baldock Open Gardens
Sun 19th May 2024 1-5pm
Another chance to look around some of Baldock's hidden gardens.
Organised by Baldock Rotary Club
The opportunity to enjoy gardens large and small
Take refreshments at the Community Centre Youth Wing (between 2.00pm and 4.00pm)
Details of the open gardens and a map will be provided when you buy your ticket.
A mini bus will operate to and from the Community Centre to the gardens on a request basis.
Tickets (incl map of gardens) from the Community Centre in advance and on the day and can be purchased from the community centre or the Baldock festival website from Saturday 13th April.
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Knebworth House, Garden and Dinosaur Trail
Sat 18th May 2024 - Sun 19th May 2024
Enjoy Knebworth House, Gardens and Dinosaur Trail on select weekends.
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shuttleworth wings wheels water
ModelAir – Wings, Wheels, Water at Shuttleworth
Sat 18th May 2024 - Sun 19th May 2024
ModelAir is FREE to attend and interact with from our grass paddocks and the lake. A ticket will only be required to enter the Collection Hangars and Swiss Gardens. Find out about all the attendees on the event listing.
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Children's Craft Workshop at Jordans Mill
Sat 18th May 2024 10:30am - 12pm
Is your little artist ready for a burst of springtime creativity? Join us for our next Children's Craft Workshop where your child will bring colourful paper craft ideas to life and maybe even make a few friends along the way! At the end of the session, children will have the opportunity to enjoy a free balloon modelling demonstration with @symplyballoons and children can take their very own balloon model home with them!
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Handmade Craft Fair at Olde Watermill Shopping Village, Barton le Clay
Sun 19th May 2024 10am - 4pm
Come and join us for this month's Handmade Craft Fair! There will be lots of lovely stall to see all set in the beautiful Olde Watermill Shopping Village! With over 20 shops and a delicious restaurant makes for a perfect day out! Free parking!
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Handa's Surprise at Hat Factory Arts Centre, Luton
Fri 17th May 2024 - Sat 18th May 2024 11am and 2pm Friday 17th and 10am and 11:30am Sat
Based on the bestselling book by Eileen Browne. Travel to Kenya and follow in Handa's footsteps as she journeys to see her best friend Akeyo, in the next village. Handa is taking seven delicious fruits as a surprise - but seven different animals have seven very different ideas... could you resist the sweet-smelling guava? How about a ripe red mango or a tangy purple passion fruit? A blend of physical performance, puppetry, live music and song combine to create an intimate, magical production with audience participation. Come and share in the magical tangerine surprise!
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Festival of Ideas at University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield
Fri 17th May 2024 - Sat 18th May 2024
Whether you're looking for business inspiration, to discover the latest science technology innovations, to immerse yourself in the arts and culture, or for family-friendly entertainment, the Festival of Ideas has something for everyone. Be quick - spaces are limited and tickets will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis!
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Further Afield

Woodland Adventure Days at Audley End Miniature Railway, Saffron Walden
Mon 15th April 2024 - Fri 24th May 2024
Our Woodland Adventure Days run throughout the year, whenever we don't have an event on. They are a relaxed off-peak, great-value day out. A lovely day out for parents and grandparents to take the little ones somewhere for a few hours, while the bigger ones are at school.
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