Alban Street Festival

Celebrating all that is fun and fabulous about St Albans, the festival will be staged on a closed to the traffic St Peter’s Street from 12-6pm and feature a range of creative excitement for our residents and visiting guests to take part in and enjoy.

With free facepainting, street performers and other curiosities, the Alban Street Festival truly has something for everyone! A full programme of free activities, performances, music, food and fun will have you dancing in the street. All we need now is the sunshine... and you! Taxi Rank Stage A carnival of sound compered by Denise Parsons of Radio Verulam. Get your dancing shoes ready at 2pm for a massed folk dance for you to join in with! A caller will teach you the intricacies of the ceilidh and then encourage you all to try it out for yourself.

Taxi Rank Stage
12.00-12.50 UR Crew
1.00 - 1.40 Katie's Jumping Fleas
2.00 - 2.30 All Hands Around
2.50 - 3.35 Redbourn Jazz Band
3.55 - 4.40 The Revellers Steel Band
5.05 - 6.00 The Rodford Files

(Outside The Cock & The Beech House)
Minecraft Hackathon with Silicon Abbey and Aecom

Try your hand at building St Albans in Minecraft: 30 minute drop in sessions open to all!

(Outside Robert Dyas)
Screen on the Sand with St Albans Film Festival and Godfrey's

Relax with Godfrey's Fish & Chips, a beach bar and deckchairs while enjoying specially curated films on our big screen!

(Outside the Town Hall)
Family Tent with St Albans Literary Festival

Free children's workshops throughout the day: drop in and enjoy!

12.00-12.30 Drama Llamas
1.00 - 1.40 Professor Pango Mango
1.45 - 2.15 Tick Tock Music
2.15 - 2.45 Drama Llamas
2.50 - 3.30 Professor Pango Mango
3.35 - 4.05 Tick Tock Music
4.10 - 4.40 Drama Llamas
4.45 - 5.25 Professor Pango Mango
5.30 - 6.00 Tick Tock Music
Sports Arena with St Albans Half Marathon

A lively and interactive area featuring a load of free to participate activities and opportunities to enjoy the Carnival atmosphere! Garden City Samba will bring their Brazilian rhythms to the Civic Centre from 12.30 and again at 2.15, processing through the streets with their percussive parade.

St Albans Half Marathon: a community contribute-a-lap-mini-marathon (how far can St Albans run in a day?)

3v3 Pop Up Soccer: Fast paced games, free to join, in this inflatable pitch
Tri-Golf: Led by our Golf Pro from Batchwood Golf Course & Sports Centre
Street Tennis
Pop Up Open Studios with Herts Visual Arts

Preview and buy creative art and design and meet local artists. Free activities will also be available in their marquee in front of Waterstones.
#VintryVilllage with St Albans Christmas Market

Original and beautiful creations in our Designer-Maker area with a forecast of the excellent shopping opportunities to come later this year...
Food & Drink Stalls with St Albans & Harpenden Food & Drink Festival

Over 40 stalls offering the finest street food that we can find. Burgers, sausages, paellas, curries, pasties, noodles, falafel, salads, and more followed by icecreams, cakes, pies, pastries, crepes, cookies and cupcakes. All washed down with the offerings of local breweries, pubs, winestores, juicers and more. Come hungry and enjoy the feast!
...YOU WANT MORE???? Pop up soliloquies and scenes staged by the St Albans Shakespeare Festival and music from the St Albans Folk Festival will surprise you from various points throughout the day.

Mobile facepainting by local paint artist, The Glitterbox: no charge to you so enjoy yourself and be glittered!
Facilities NCT St Albans & District is proud to supply a feeding and changing station for young families, which will be located outside the Post Office. The marquee will include quiet activities for other members of the family as well as seating and changing tables.

The Taxi Rank will be moved to outside the Alban Arena on Civic Close for you to travel safely.

Buses from St Peter's Street will be diverted to their usual places: Northbound services will depart from Upper Marlborough Road and Southbound services from Upper Lattimore Road.

Food & Drink stalls will sell every range of catering required including vegan, gluten free and food to take home. Please make sure you talk to an event person to help you locate the stalls to suit your dietary requirements. There will be plenty of seating for you to eat your purchases. You are welcome to bring food from home (of course!) but with so much choice, we'd encourage you to think again!

Toilets: will be available in their usual city-centre locations, in Bricket Road Carpark and the Maltings Shopping Centre.

First Aid: Will be situated outside of the Town Hall

Lost Children: If you are coming with young children, we suggest you write a mobile phone number of an adult in their party on their forearm so that event staff can reunite you quickly and safely. If you can take a photo on your phone of the children with you that day, it can be very useful to describe what they are wearing too, in the unlikely event that you mislay one another.

Recycling: Will be available at various points throughout the day including cardboard, plastics, food waste and general landfill. Volunteers from Sustainable St Albans will be on hand to help you sort your recycling and enjoy the day responsibly.

The event is held on the open St Peter's Street and so will be exposed to the elements: please dress appropriately!

For more information visit http://www.enjoystalbans.com/what's-on/major-festivals-and-events/detail/48209/2016.06.19-alban-street-festival