Welcome to your essential guide to what's on for children and families over the next few months in and around Hitchin. We also regularly post events, things to do and other news on Facebook and Instagram. If you are looking for Holiday Clubs and Camps we have a dedicated section for those.
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Woodland Adventure Days at Audley End Miniature Railway
Audley End Miniature Railway, Saffron Walden
15 Apr 2024 - 24 May 2024
15 Apr 2024 - 24 May 2024
Baldock Festival
Baldock, Throughout Town
3 May 2024 - 19 May 2024
3 May 2024 - 19 May 2024
There's a Monster In Your Show
Grove Theatre, Dunstable
7 May 2024 - 8 May 2024
7 May 2024 - 8 May 2024
Circus Vegas
Fairlands Valley Park, Stevenage
8 May 2024 - 12 May 2024
8 May 2024 - 12 May 2024
Living Crafts
Hatfield Park, Hatfield
9 May 2024 - 12 May 2024
9 May 2024 - 12 May 2024
'Music & Your Baby' Free Event in Baldock
Baldock Community Centre, Simpson Drive
10 May 2024
10 May 2024
Hitchin Eco Day
Hitchin Market Place, Hitchin
11 May 2024
11 May 2024
Brambleton Model Railway Club Spring Open Day
Brambleton Model Railway Club, Harpenden
11 May 2024
11 May 2024
FAMILY STEPPERS- Day Party
Fox and Duck, Stotfold
11 May 2024
11 May 2024
Kids 'Hide and Seek' Collage Workshop
North Herts Museum, North Hertfordshire Museum, Brand Street, Hitchin
11 May 2024
11 May 2024
Palestinian Culture Event
Howgill, Letchworth Garden City
11 May 2024
11 May 2024
Spring Mini Sessions
Ickwell Green. Bedfordshire, Ickwell Green
11 May 2024 - 12 May 2024
11 May 2024 - 12 May 2024
20th Anniversary Stotfold Steam Fair & Country Show
Stotfold Mill, Stotfold
11 May 2024 - 12 May 2024
11 May 2024 - 12 May 2024
Knebworth House, Garden and Dinosaur Trail
Knebworth House & Gardens, Stevenage
11 May 2024 - 12 May 2024
11 May 2024 - 12 May 2024
Sunday Garden Club - all welcome!
Triangle Community Garden, Hitchin
12 May 2024
12 May 2024
Garg's animal encounters
Cammas Hall Farm, Needham Green
12 May 2024
12 May 2024
Kid Zone 2024 - Juke Box Peddle Bike, plus Facepainting
Event Island, Stevenage
12 May 2024
12 May 2024
Best of British
Shuttleworth, Biggleswade
12 May 2024
12 May 2024
Triangle Tribe - bushcraft for wellbeing for teens
Triangle Community Garden, Hitchin
17 May 2024
17 May 2024
Festival of Ideas
University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield
17 May 2024 - 18 May 2024
17 May 2024 - 18 May 2024
Handa's Surprise
Hat Factory Arts Centre, Luton
17 May 2024 - 18 May 2024
17 May 2024 - 18 May 2024
Toddler Music, Story and Facepainting Session
North Herts Museum, North Hertfordshire Museum, Brand Street, Hitchin
18 May 2024
18 May 2024
Children's Craft Workshop
Jordans Mill, Broom, Biggleswade
18 May 2024
18 May 2024
Up on Downs Family Support Meeting
Hitchin Youth Trust, HITCHIN
18 May 2024
18 May 2024
Table Top Sale
St Katharine's Church, Ickleford
18 May 2024
18 May 2024
The Baldock Festival Street Fair
Baldock, High Street
18 May 2024
18 May 2024
Knebworth House, Garden and Dinosaur Trail
Knebworth House & Gardens, Stevenage
18 May 2024 - 19 May 2024
18 May 2024 - 19 May 2024
Nene Park
Ferry Meadows Country Park, Peterborough
18 May 2024 - 19 May 2024
18 May 2024 - 19 May 2024
Seasonal Foraging Walk - Oughtonhead
Meet at the top of Redhill Road, Hitchin
19 May 2024
19 May 2024
Baldock Open Gardens
Baldock, (Across the town)
19 May 2024
19 May 2024
Walsworth Festival
Walsworth Common, Hitchin
19 May 2024
19 May 2024
Kingshott whole school open morning
Kingshott School, Hitchin
21 May 2024
21 May 2024
The Mum Club Brunch
Pitcher & Piano, Hitchin
21 May 2024
21 May 2024
Shefford Mind Body Spirit & Craft Fair May 2024
STMA, Shefford
24 May 2024
24 May 2024
BBC Radio 1 Big Weekend
Stockwood Park, Luton
24 May 2024 - 26 May 2024
24 May 2024 - 26 May 2024
Sun bear, Binturong & Otter Weekend at Hertfordshire Zoo
Hertfordshire Zoo (formerly Paradise Wildlife Park, Broxbourne
25 May 2024 - 26 May 2024
25 May 2024 - 26 May 2024
Gin & Pimms PopUp
The Storeroom, Letchworth
25 May 2024 - 26 May 2024
25 May 2024 - 26 May 2024
Food, Drink & Craft Festival
Letchworth Town Centre, Letchworth
25 May 2024 - 26 May 2024
25 May 2024 - 26 May 2024
The Herts County Show 2024
Hertfordshire Showground, Redbourn
25 May 2024 - 26 May 2024
25 May 2024 - 26 May 2024
Gumbles Children's Fun Fair
St Nicholas Park, Stevenage
25 May 2024 - 27 May 2024
25 May 2024 - 27 May 2024
May half term at Royston Museum – Planes, trains and automobiles
Royston Museum, Royston
25 May 2024 - 2 Jun 2024
25 May 2024 - 2 Jun 2024
Magical Fairies at The Woodlanch Ranch
Woodland Ranch, Tewin Hill
25 May 2024 - 2 Jun 2024
25 May 2024 - 2 Jun 2024
Meadow Creature Trail
Jordans Mill, Broom, Biggleswade
25 May 2024 - 2 Jun 2024
25 May 2024 - 2 Jun 2024
Knebworth House, Garden and Dinosaur Trail
Knebworth House & Gardens, Stevenage
25 May 2024 - 2 Jun 2024
25 May 2024 - 2 Jun 2024
Fairytale Fantasy at Audley End
Audley End Miniature Railway, Saffron Walden
25 May 2024 - 2 Jun 2024
25 May 2024 - 2 Jun 2024
Family Forest School at the Triangle Garden
Triangle Community Garden, Hitchin
26 May 2024
26 May 2024
Hitchin Dance All Dayer
Multiple venues, Hitchin
26 May 2024
26 May 2024
Fort of Battles Party
Market Hill Rooms, Market Hill Rooms, Fish Hill, Royston SG8 9JL
26 May 2024
26 May 2024
Roman Gladiators
Chiltern Open Air Museum, Chalfont St Giles
26 May 2024 - 27 May 2024
26 May 2024 - 27 May 2024
Summerfields Miniature Railway - Running Day
Summerfields Miniature Railway, Bedford
26 May 2024 - 27 May 2024
26 May 2024 - 27 May 2024
The Kite Dog Show
Kite at The Red Hart, Hitchin
27 May 2024
27 May 2024
TEDxHitchin Youth
Hitchin Town Hall, Hitchin
27 May 2024
27 May 2024
Dragon Adventure
Buckinghamshire Railway Centre, Aylesbury
27 May 2024
27 May 2024
Superheros and Princesses at Lee Valley Park Farms
Lee Valley Animal Adventure Park, Waltham Abbey
27 May 2024 - 31 May 2024
27 May 2024 - 31 May 2024
May Day Merriment
Chiltern Open Air Museum, Chalfont St Giles
28 May 2024
28 May 2024
May Half Term Crafts at The British Schools Museum
British Schools Museum, Hitchin
28 May 2024 - 30 May 2024
28 May 2024 - 30 May 2024
Kids 'Hide and Seek' Collage Workshop
North Herts Museum, North Hertfordshire Museum, Brand Street, Hitchin
29 May 2024
29 May 2024
Trolls inspired ARTventurers holiday class
Fairfield Community Hall, Kipling Crescent
30 May 2024
30 May 2024
Morgan & West's Massive Magic Show for Kids
Watford Palace Theatre, Watford
31 May 2024
31 May 2024
Exciting Science
Campus West, Welwyn Garden City
31 May 2024
31 May 2024
Garg's animal encounters
Cammas Hall Farm, Needham Green
31 May 2024
31 May 2024
Late Visit & Play
Perfect Playland, Shefford
31 May 2024
31 May 2024
90s Reloaded
Hitchin Town Hall, Hitchin
31 May 2024
31 May 2024
Try Fest
Letchworth Rugby Football Club, Letchworth
31 May 2024 - 1 Jun 2024
31 May 2024 - 1 Jun 2024
Milkshake Live On Holiday
Watford Palace Theatre, Watford
1 Jun 2024
1 Jun 2024
Summer Evenings at Hertfordshire Zoo
Hertfordshire Zoo (formerly Paradise Wildlife Park, Broxbourne
1 Jun 2024
1 Jun 2024
Peppa Pig Fun Day Out
The Spotlight, Hoddesdon
1 Jun 2024 - 2 Jun 2024
1 Jun 2024 - 2 Jun 2024
Napoleonic Living History Weekend
Chiltern Open Air Museum, Chalfont St Giles
1 Jun 2024 - 2 Jun 2024
1 Jun 2024 - 2 Jun 2024
Duxford Summer Air Show: D-Day 80
IWM Duxford, Duxford
1 Jun 2024 - 2 Jun 2024
1 Jun 2024 - 2 Jun 2024
Hertfordshire Steam & Country Show
Standalone Farm, Letchworth
1 Jun 2024 - 2 Jun 2024
1 Jun 2024 - 2 Jun 2024
Heathlands Animal Sanctuary Dog Show
The Three Horseshoes, Norton, Norton rd, Letchworth SG6 1AG
2 Jun 2024
2 Jun 2024
At Home Farm Live
Home Farm, Elstree
2 Jun 2024 - 29 Sep 2024
2 Jun 2024 - 29 Sep 2024
At Home Farm Live
Home Farm, Elstree
2 Jun 2024 - 29 Sep 2024
2 Jun 2024 - 29 Sep 2024
Beer and Cider Festival
Hitchin Rugby Club, Old Hale Way
6 Jun 2024 - 8 Jun 2024
6 Jun 2024 - 8 Jun 2024
Sustfest Expo
The Alban Arena, St Peter's Street
7 Jun 2024 - 9 Jun 2024
7 Jun 2024 - 9 Jun 2024
Punk Rock Playdate
The Forum - Hertfordshire, College Ln, Hatfield
8 Jun 2024
8 Jun 2024
Golf Rookies and Girls Golf Rocks
Batchwood Golf Course, St Albans
8 Jun 2024
8 Jun 2024
Toddler Music, Story and Facepainting Session
North Herts Museum, North Hertfordshire Museum, Brand Street, Hitchin
8 Jun 2024
8 Jun 2024
WGC vegan market
Stonehills Square, 27 Stonehills, Welwyn Garden City AL8 6NA
8 Jun 2024
8 Jun 2024
Summer Evenings at Hertfordshire Zoo
Hertfordshire Zoo (formerly Paradise Wildlife Park, Broxbourne
8 Jun 2024
8 Jun 2024
Wildflower mini photo shoot sessions
Rabley Heath, Welwyn, full details on booking
8 Jun 2024 - 9 Jun 2024
8 Jun 2024 - 9 Jun 2024
Flamstead Arts Festival
Flamstead, Flamstead
8 Jun 2024 - 9 Jun 2024
8 Jun 2024 - 9 Jun 2024
Knebworth House, Garden and Dinosaur Trail
Knebworth House & Gardens, Stevenage
8 Jun 2024 - 9 Jun 2024
8 Jun 2024 - 9 Jun 2024
Sunday Garden Club - all welcome!
Triangle Community Garden, Hitchin
9 Jun 2024
9 Jun 2024
Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers - With Hitchin Band
Broadway Cinema & Theatre, Letchworth Garden City
9 Jun 2024
9 Jun 2024
Summerfields Miniature Railway - Running Day
Summerfields Miniature Railway, Bedford
9 Jun 2024
9 Jun 2024
Stevenage Day
King George V Playing Fields, Stevenage
9 Jun 2024
9 Jun 2024
The Wizard of Oz
The Factory Playhouse, Hitchin
12 Jun 2024 - 23 Jun 2024
12 Jun 2024 - 23 Jun 2024
Meet Harriet Muncaster
Next Page Books, Hitchin
15 Jun 2024
15 Jun 2024
Summer Evenings at Hertfordshire Zoo
Hertfordshire Zoo (formerly Paradise Wildlife Park, Broxbourne
15 Jun 2024
15 Jun 2024
Wildflower mini photo shoot sessions
Rabley Heath, Welwyn, full details on booking
15 Jun 2024 - 16 Jun 2024
15 Jun 2024 - 16 Jun 2024
Ayot St Lawrence Art Show 2024
Palladian Church, Welwyn
15 Jun 2024 - 16 Jun 2024
15 Jun 2024 - 16 Jun 2024
Knebworth House, Garden and Dinosaur Trail
Knebworth House & Gardens, Stevenage
15 Jun 2024 - 16 Jun 2024
15 Jun 2024 - 16 Jun 2024
Landies on the Lawn
Hatfield Park, Hatfield
16 Jun 2024
16 Jun 2024
Medieval Jousting
Knebworth House & Gardens, Knebworth
16 Jun 2024
16 Jun 2024
The Tiger who came to Tea
The Eric Morecambe Centre, Harpenden
18 Jun 2024 - 20 Jun 2024
18 Jun 2024 - 20 Jun 2024
Triangle Tribe - bushcraft for wellbeing for teens
Triangle Community Garden, Hitchin
21 Jun 2024
21 Jun 2024
The Cricketers Big Bash
The Cricketers, Weston
21 Jun 2024 - 23 Jun 2024
21 Jun 2024 - 23 Jun 2024
Armed Forces Day
Event Island, Stevenage
22 Jun 2024
22 Jun 2024
Toddler Music, Story and Facepainting Session
North Herts Museum, North Hertfordshire Museum, Brand Street, Hitchin
22 Jun 2024
22 Jun 2024
Summer Evenings at Hertfordshire Zoo
Hertfordshire Zoo (formerly Paradise Wildlife Park, Broxbourne
22 Jun 2024
22 Jun 2024
Stopsley Primary School Summer Fete
Stopsley Community Primary School and Nursery, Luton
22 Jun 2024
22 Jun 2024
JOCA Fest
Welwyn Rugby Football Club, Welwyn Garden City
22 Jun 2024
22 Jun 2024
Medieval Jousting
Chiltern Open Air Museum, Chalfont St Giles
22 Jun 2024 - 23 Jun 2024
22 Jun 2024 - 23 Jun 2024
Jamboree Weekends
Gullivers Land, Milton Keynes
22 Jun 2024 - 23 Jun 2024
22 Jun 2024 - 23 Jun 2024
Knebworth House, Garden and Dinosaur Trail
Knebworth House & Gardens, Stevenage
22 Jun 2024 - 23 Jun 2024
22 Jun 2024 - 23 Jun 2024
Family Forest School at the Triangle Garden
Triangle Community Garden, Hitchin
23 Jun 2024
23 Jun 2024
Kick flip the common skate jam
Norton Common, Letchworth
23 Jun 2024
23 Jun 2024
Summerfields Miniature Railway - Running Day
Summerfields Miniature Railway, Bedford
23 Jun 2024
23 Jun 2024
Science Museum: The Live Stage Show
Watford Palace Theatre, Watford
29 Jun 2024
29 Jun 2024
Garg's animal encounters
Cammas Hall Farm, Needham Green
29 Jun 2024
29 Jun 2024
Summer Evenings at Hertfordshire Zoo
Hertfordshire Zoo (formerly Paradise Wildlife Park, Broxbourne
29 Jun 2024
29 Jun 2024
Knebworth House, Garden and Dinosaur Trail
Knebworth House & Gardens, Stevenage
29 Jun 2024 - 1 Sep 2024
29 Jun 2024 - 1 Sep 2024
Toddler Music, Story and Facepainting Session
North Herts Museum, North Hertfordshire Museum, Brand Street, Hitchin
6 Jul 2024
6 Jul 2024
Kimpton Folk Festival
Kimpton Village, Kimpton
6 Jul 2024
6 Jul 2024
TOTFest 2024 - Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire County Showground, St Albans
6 Jul 2024
6 Jul 2024
Wheathampstead Village Day Revamped
Marford Road Playing Field & Pitches, Wheathampstead
6 Jul 2024
6 Jul 2024
Noughty 90's Festival
Hitchin Priory, Hitchin
6 Jul 2024
6 Jul 2024
Redbourn Festival
Redbourn Common, Redbourn
6 Jul 2024 - 7 Jul 2024
6 Jul 2024 - 7 Jul 2024
Garden Party at The Café at The Schools Museum
Café at The British Schools Museum, Hitchin
7 Jul 2024
7 Jul 2024
Summerfields Miniature Railway - Running Day
Summerfields Miniature Railway, Bedford
7 Jul 2024
7 Jul 2024
Todd in The Hole Festival
Bury Wood, Stevenage
12 Jul 2024 - 14 Jul 2024
12 Jul 2024 - 14 Jul 2024
Wild Oak meadows
Home Farm, Elstree
13 Jul 2024
13 Jul 2024
Wild Oak meadows
Home Farm, Elstree
13 Jul 2024
13 Jul 2024
Stevenage Big Summer Screen Movies
Event Island, Stevenage
13 Jul 2024 - 14 Jul 2024
13 Jul 2024 - 14 Jul 2024
Sunday Garden Club - all welcome!
Triangle Community Garden, Hitchin
14 Jul 2024
14 Jul 2024
Triangle Tribe - bushcraft for wellbeing for teens
Triangle Community Garden, Hitchin
19 Jul 2024
19 Jul 2024
Much Ado about Nothing
St Paul's Walden Bury, Hitchin
21 Jul 2024
21 Jul 2024
Porsche in the Park 2024
Beechwood Park, St Albans
21 Jul 2024
21 Jul 2024
Garg's animal encounters
Cammas Hall Farm, Needham Green
24 Jul 2024
24 Jul 2024
Summerfields Miniature Railway - Running Day
Summerfields Miniature Railway, Bedford
24 Jul 2024
24 Jul 2024
KidsFest
Lee Valley Animal Adventure Park, Waltham Abbey
24 Jul 2024 - 1 Sep 2024
24 Jul 2024 - 1 Sep 2024
The Bug Hunt at the Walled Garden
The Walled Garden, Luton
26 Jul 2024
26 Jul 2024
In The Night Garden... Live
The Alban Arena, St Albans
27 Jul 2024 - 28 Jul 2024
27 Jul 2024 - 28 Jul 2024
Family Forest School at the Triangle Garden
Triangle Community Garden, Hitchin
28 Jul 2024
28 Jul 2024
Summerfields Miniature Railway - Running Day
Summerfields Miniature Railway, Bedford
31 Jul 2024
31 Jul 2024
Children's Summer Workshops
The Walled Garden, Luton
1 Aug 2024
1 Aug 2024
Summerfields Miniature Railway - Running Day
Summerfields Miniature Railway, Bedford
7 Aug 2024
7 Aug 2024
Children's Summer Workshops at the Walled Garden
The Walled Garden, Luton
8 Aug 2024
8 Aug 2024
Taste of the Caribbean: Food & Drink Festival
Fairlands Valley Park, Stevenage
10 Aug 2024
10 Aug 2024
Luton Youth Fest
Wardown Park, Luton
12 Aug 2024
12 Aug 2024
Summerfields Miniature Railway - Running Day
Summerfields Miniature Railway, Bedford
14 Aug 2024
14 Aug 2024
Children's summer workshops at the Walled Garden
The Walled Garden, Luton
15 Aug 2024
15 Aug 2024
Flamstead Scarecrow Festival
Around Flamstead, Flamstead
16 Aug 2024 - 18 Aug 2024
16 Aug 2024 - 18 Aug 2024
Outdoor Theatre: Treasure Island
Shaw's Corner, near Welwyn
18 Aug 2024
18 Aug 2024
Outdoor Theatre: Treasure Island
Shaw's Corner, near Welwyn
18 Aug 2024
18 Aug 2024
Van Hage Summer Circus
Van Hage Garden Centre, Great Amwell
23 Aug 2024 - 1 Sep 2024
23 Aug 2024 - 1 Sep 2024
Summerfields Miniature Railway - Running Day
Summerfields Miniature Railway, Bedford
25 Aug 2024 - 26 Aug 2024
25 Aug 2024 - 26 Aug 2024
Garg's animal encounters
Cammas Hall Farm, Needham Green
27 Aug 2024
27 Aug 2024
The Three Inch Fool present The Secret Diary of Henry VIII
The Walled Garden, Luton
29 Aug 2024
29 Aug 2024
Redbourn Classics Motor Show and Village Fete
Redbourn Common, Redbourn
31 Aug 2024
31 Aug 2024
Summerfields Miniature Railway - Running Day
Summerfields Miniature Railway, Bedford
1 Sep 2024
1 Sep 2024
Garg's animal encounters
Cammas Hall Farm, Needham Green
7 Sep 2024
7 Sep 2024
Knebworth House, Garden and Dinosaur Trail
Knebworth House & Gardens, Stevenage
7 Sep 2024 - 8 Sep 2024
7 Sep 2024 - 8 Sep 2024
Run around the garden
Letchworth Town Centre, Letchworth
8 Sep 2024
8 Sep 2024
Knebworth House, Garden and Dinosaur Trail
Knebworth House & Gardens, Stevenage
14 Sep 2024 - 15 Sep 2024
14 Sep 2024 - 15 Sep 2024
Summerfields Miniature Railway - Running Day
Summerfields Miniature Railway, Bedford
15 Sep 2024
15 Sep 2024
Dog Fest
Knebworth House, Stevenage
21 Sep 2024 - 22 Sep 2024
21 Sep 2024 - 22 Sep 2024
Knebworth House, Garden and Dinosaur Trail
Knebworth House & Gardens, Stevenage
21 Sep 2024 - 22 Sep 2024
21 Sep 2024 - 22 Sep 2024
Jamboree Weekends
Gullivers Land, Milton Keynes
28 Sep 2024 - 29 Sep 2024
28 Sep 2024 - 29 Sep 2024
Knebworth House, Garden and Dinosaur Trail
Knebworth House & Gardens, Stevenage
28 Sep 2024 - 29 Sep 2024
28 Sep 2024 - 29 Sep 2024
Summerfields Miniature Railway - Running Day
Summerfields Miniature Railway, Bedford
6 Oct 2024
6 Oct 2024
Seasonal Foraging Walk
Meet at Ransom's Pavilion, Hitchin
12 Oct 2024
12 Oct 2024
Summerfields Miniature Railway - Running Day
Summerfields Miniature Railway, Bedford
20 Oct 2024
20 Oct 2024
WGC vegan market
Stonehills Square, 27 Stonehills, Welwyn Garden City AL8 6NA
26 Oct 2024
26 Oct 2024
Summerfields Miniature Railway - Running Day
Summerfields Miniature Railway, Bedford
30 Oct 2024
30 Oct 2024
Seasonal Foraging Walk
Meet at the top of Redhill Road, Hitchin
10 Nov 2024
10 Nov 2024
Summerfields Miniature Railway - Running Day
Summerfields Miniature Railway, Bedford
30 Nov 2024
30 Nov 2024
Sleeping Beauty
The Eric Morecambe Centre, Harpenden
7 Dec 2024 - 30 Dec 2024
7 Dec 2024 - 30 Dec 2024
Harpenden Farmer's Market
Lower High Street, Harpenden
22 Dec 2024
22 Dec 2024