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St Albans and District Foodbank have launched their Reverse Advent Calendar for 2023. Each day, for 25 days, you are invited to make a food or a cash donation to the foodbank to help provide food and some Christmas cheer to local people in need. Click here to see various local food donation drop off points and how to make a cash donation.
St Albans Round Table Santa float is returning with its special passenger passing through the streets of St Albans and collecting for charity in the lead up to Christmas. Timings are usually between 6.30pm and 8.30pm on weekday nights and 4.30pm and 6.30pm at weekends. To find details of the areas the float is travelling to please check the St Albans website here. Visit the website on the night Santa is in your area and track his progress towards your street. Unfortunately they will be unable to visit every street in every area. You can also find out which charities will be supported on each route on their website.
Summary of areas the float is visiting are below:
Whitecroft - Monday 4th Dec 2023
Fleetville - Wednesday 6th Dec 2023
Townsend - Thursday 7th Dec 2023
The Camp - Friday 8th Dec 2023
Marshalswick - Saturday 9th Dec 2023
Redbourn Route 1 - Sunday 10th Dec 2023
Highfield - Monday 11th Dec 2023
New Greens - Tuesday 12th Dec 2023
Beech Bottom - Wednesday 13th Dec 2023
Oakwood - Thursday 14th Dec 2023
Chiswellgreen - Friday 15th Dec 2023
St Stephens - Saturday 16th Dec 2023
City to Abbey - Sunday 17th Dec 2023
London Colney - Monday 18th Dec 2023
Cottonmill - Tuesday 19th Dec 2023
Redbourn Route 2 - Wednesday 20th Dec 2023
St Michael's - Sunday 24th Dec 2023
Together: Portraits from the UH Art Collection (FREE Art Exhibition)
(FREE)
20th October
- 13th January
Art + Design Gallery, College Lane
Christmas Gingerbread Trail
(FREE)
17th November
- 23rd December
City Centre, St Albans
Willen on Ice
17th November
- 7th January
Willen Lake, Milton Keynes
Christmas at Waddesdon
22nd November
- 1st January
Waddesdon Manor, Aylesbury
Village&Co Christmas Pop Up Shop
(FREE)
23rd November
- 17th December
29 High Street, Wheathampstead
Shuttleworth in Lights
24th November
- 17th December
Shuttleworth, Biggleswade
Cinderella
30th November
- 31st December
Watford Palace Theatre, Watford
Christmas at Wrest Park
1st December
- 1st January
Wrest Park, Silsoe
Polar Bear Trail
2nd December
- 3rd January
Natural History Museum at Tring, Tring
The Ballad of Ruby
5th December
- 24th December
The Old Town Hall Arts Centre, Hemel Hempstead
Robin Hood
6th December
- 3rd January
Campus West, Welwyn Garden City
A Christmas Carol
7th December
- 23rd December
The Roman Theatre of Verulamium, St Albans
The All New Adventures of Peter Pan
8th December
- 31st December
The Alban Arena, St Albans
Beauty & The Beast
9th December
- 30th December
The Eric Morecambe Centre, Harpenden
Peter Pan and Me
9th December
- 24th December
Stockwood Discovery Centre, Luton
Christmas Family Trail
15th December
- 23rd December
Dunstable Downs, Dunstable
Stockwood Illuminated 2023
15th December
- 23rd December
Stockwood Discovery Centre, Luton
Rapunzel - The Pantomime
16th December
- 31st December
The SandPit Theatre, Sandringham School, The Ridgeway, St Albans
Breakfast with the Elves
16th December
- 23rd December
Dunstable Downs, Dunstable
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
16th December
- 28th December
Westminster Lodge, St Albans
Lamphouse Theatre | Treasure Island
16th December
Trestle Arts Base, St Albans
Live Nativity Trail
(FREE)
16th December
St Albans Cathedral, St Albans
Carols on the hour
(FREE)
16th December
St Albans Cathedral, St Albans
The Big Choir- St Alban's Christmas Show
16th December
St Paul's Church, St Albans
Charity Concert supporting Food Bank
16th December
St Leonard's Church Sandridge, St. Albans
A Christmas Carol
16th December
St Leonard's Church, Flamstead
Christmas for Everyone - Christchurch Carols
(FREE)
17th December
The Eric Morecambe Centre, Harpenden
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Mish Mash Music for 0s-5s St Albans
"Mish Mash music has been absolutely amazing for us. It's been consistently the favourite thing for both my children. 1. The music. Ruth writes her own music. It's enjoyable and refreshing to hear new material in the kids music genre. Plus some of the songs are really beautiful. The CDs are super helpful for car journeys too. 2. Learning to use such a wide range of musical instruments has been so enjoyable for my children and they continue to be keen to make music. 3. Ruth is brilliant at dealing with different personalities and it really helped my shy children to come out of their shell. She's super kind and good at understanding people. Both my children still hope to 'go to Mish Mash!' on inset days. 4. It's not why we did Mish Mash classes: but meeting like minded people has been an added bonus. We've been holiday with our Mish Mash friends and still have group play dates and adult get togethers. Thanks Ruth, meeting you and doing Mish Mash has been one of the best things about having our young children in St Albans! "
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