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Top story Hemel Hempstead Christmas Markets: Old Town 13 December Hemel Old Town's extra Christmas market is Sunday 13 December, 11am to 3pm. Plus Tring's 100-stall festival on 28 November and every Berkhamsted date. · 5 min read

Dates for the diary

  1. On now to 31 Oct Pumpkin and Squash Festival at The Pop Up Farm The Pop Up Farm · From £8.15
  2. Tue 6 Oct Jo Brand: Work in Progress 8pm · The Old Town Hall · From £23
  3. Tue 6 Oct Dr John Cooper Clarke: Have It 8pm · DEMBE Theatre · From £29.50
  4. Wed 7 Oct The (almost) Complete History of Britain 8pm · The Old Town Hall · From £13
  5. Thu 8 Oct Hemel Hempstead Market 8am · The Marlowes
  6. 9 to 10 Oct Duologues Boxmoor Playhouse · From £9
  7. Fri 9 Oct Rob Rouse: Funny Bones 8pm · The Old Town Hall · From £13
  8. Sat 10 Oct Tring's Own Apple Fayre Parade and Special Farmers' Market 9am · Old Market Site
  9. Sat 10 Oct Gadebridge parkrun 9am · Gadebridge Park · Free
  10. 10 to 31 Oct Willows Pumpkin Festival Willows Activity Farm
  11. Sat 10 Oct The Bubble Show 2pm · The Old Town Hall · From £10
  12. Sat 10 Oct Fibonacci Quartet 7.30pm · Berkhamsted Civic Centre

More stories

Halloween Hemel Hempstead Halloween: Free Old Town Fireworks 25 Oct Free Old Town Halloween with fireworks at 7.30pm on Sunday 25 October, plus pumpkin picking at M1 junction 9 from £8.15 and Willows' patch. Every date. · 7 min read Christmas Hemel Hempstead Santa Sleigh: 2026 Routes Not Out Yet Hemel Rotary's sleigh ran 25 street routes from 22 November to 23 December last year. The 2026 calendar is not out yet; here is 2025, plus Tring's float. · 7 min read Events What's On in Hemel Hempstead: Halloween, Fireworks Week Free Old Town Halloween with fireworks on Sunday 25 October, then four fireworks displays from 5 to 7 November, plus shows, matches and markets with every date. · 14 min read Remembrance Hemel Hempstead Remembrance Sunday: 8 Nov, Boxmoor 10.40am Remembrance Sunday is 8 November. Hemel gathers at Boxmoor War Memorial at 10.40am with roads shut from 10am; Berkhamsted parades at 2.30pm. Every time. · 3 min read Christmas Hemel Hempstead Panto 2026: Hercules at Boxmoor, 4-13 Dec Hercules plays Boxmoor Playhouse 4 to 13 December; Tring's Sleeping Beauty runs 29 Dec to 3 Jan from £12. Every panto and Christmas show in Dacorum. · 4 min read Christmas Ashridge House Illuminated 2026: 20 Nov to 2 Jan Ashridge House Illuminated runs 20 November to 2 January from 4pm. Adults from £24.50, children £15.40, free parking, dogs on Wednesdays and Thursdays. · 4 min read Hemel Hempstead Hemel Hempstead Fireworks: Camelot £30 Family to 9 Oct Camelot's Friday 6 November tickets are on sale, £30 a family until 9 October. Hobbs Hill Wood is 5 November, family £16; Berkhamsted and Tring are both the 7th. · 10 min read Hemel Hempstead Hemel Hempstead Christmas Lights: No 2026 Date Yet The BID has not announced the 2026 switch-on. The 2025 event ran on Saturday 15 November, 1pm to 6pm, and ended with a fire show and fireworks. · 5 min read Berkhamsted Berkhamsted Festival of Light: Sunday 22 November Berkhamsted's Christmas street fair is fixed for Sunday 22 November 2026. The town council says 2pm to 6pm, the listings still say 3.30pm. No closure yet. · 5 min read Tring Tring Christmas Festival: Saturday 28 November, 3.30pm Tring Together has confirmed Saturday 28 November 2026, 3.30pm to 8.30pm, with over 100 stalls and real reindeer. Stall applications are open now. · 5 min read