Events

A highlight of Stone Valley South 2023 was Toyah’s performance of David Bowie’s Heroes with husband Robert Fripp.

The event at Great St Mary’s on Saturday and Sunday (December 7-8) will feature around 40 firs and spruces on display.

The Birmingham quartet’s appearance at Chelmsford City Live on Friday July 4 will be one of only two UK headline shows in 2025.

After its debut season last December, Cambridge Botanic Lights is back for a second year and is even bigger and more intricate, writes Phoebe Taplin.

Urszula Ossowska’s son Marcel Daniluk showed his artistic promise from the age of four and she has been looking for ways to showcase his work.

Bonfire Night is looming and the big event in Stortford will once again be at the rugby club – but it is by no means the only light show in the area.

Paul Burrell, whose academic CV includes music & composition and women’s contemporary art, reflects on the Van Gogh Poets and Lovers Exhibition.

Stanley Jones created limited edition works on paper with likes of Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth, Elizabeth Frink, David Hockney and Edward Bawden.

Tickets have gone on sale for the venue’s popular fireworks display on November 3.

Dave Collison will bring The Roy Orbison Project to South Mill Arts in November, taking the audience on a nostalgic journey back in time.

Stephen Unwin will visit Much Hadham village hall on Saturday September 21 for an evening filled with “insights, stories and socialising”.

The popular annual event is taking place on Saturday (Sept 7) from 10am to 5pm and Sunday (Sept 8) from 11am to 5pm.

SelStar Fireworks, which lit up Buckingham Palace for Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, set to dazzle villagers at Forest Hall School on November 9.

The King’s Arms in Stansted will host the afternoon and evening mini music festival on September 28

Papier mache dog sculptures, cards, pottery and gift ideas will be on show at Lin Watson’s studio between 11am and 4pm on Saturday and Sunday.

Divine works in a variety of styles will be on show when Dunmow Art Group holds a weekend exhibition in St Mary’s Church on October 5 and 6.

Parachuting teddies, Robbie the land train and inflatables fun are just some of the activities lined up for this year’s event on August 26.

Aine Corr is turning her home into a gallery to take part in the Herts Open Studios event along with 161 other artists at 77 venues.

Tisserand English Garden Landscapes will face Basildon’s Landscapes By Design in the Association of Professional Landscapers’ Skills Competition.

Painting, playing a brass instrument, watching an orchestra rehearsal and bell ringing will be part of the Arts in East Herts programme this autumn.