# Festivals in Harpenden | Cultural Events & Fairs

- **Subtitle**: Explore upcoming festivals in  Harpenden. Discover cultural celebrations, street fairs and seasonal events happening across the city. Join the festivities.
- **Category**: Festivals
- **Type**: category

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## Festivals Events in Harpenden

- **Event Name**: Harpenden Highland Gathering 26
  - **Description**: The Highland Gathering is a hugely popular day which includes all the traditional Scottish Highland games events, marching pipe bands, dancing, stage performances, arena displays and children's activities.

Date: 12 July
Time: 10:30 - 17:00

Tickets from
  - **Date**: Sun Jul 12 2026 at 10:30 am – Sun Jul 12 2026 at 05:00 pm (+01:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/harpenden/harpenden-highland-gathering-26/200030029197541
  - **Venue**: Rothamsted Park
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  - **Categories**: music, entertainment
- **Event Name**: Monster Truck Motorfest Hertfordshire
  - **Description**: Get ready for Monster Truck Motorfest Hertfordshire 2026! The UK's wildest family motor show and the perfect family day out! Not to be missed!
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  - **Date**: Sat Sep 05 2026 at 09:00 am – Sun Sep 06 2026 at 06:30 pm (+00:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/harpenden/monster-truck-motorfest-hertfordshire/300042434716
  - **Venue**: Hertfordshire Showground
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- **Event Name**: 2026 National Pub 7s
  - **Description**: Tickets are now on sale for the biggest rugby day out of the summer!

Come and join us for the 60th National Pub 7s. 

🏉 64 men’s and women’s teams

🎸 Live music and DJ

🍻 Bars open all day and late into the evening

 🍕Amazing street food

🎟️ Tickets from
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  - **Date**: Sat Jun 27 2026 at 10:00 am (+01:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/harpenden/2026-national-pub-7s/200029992559059
  - **Venue**: Harpenden RFC. Redbourn Lane. Harpenden. Herts., Harpenden
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  - **Categories**: sports, music, live-music, food-drinks, entertainment, food-truck-festivals
- **Event Name**: Friday Sounds
  - **Description**: A community music event with a laid-back festival vibe with a variety of music on stage. Family and friends can enjoy street food, pop up bars, glitter tattoos and more on Harpenden Common!

Part of the Harpenden Summer Sessions series, free events for ev
  - **Interested Audience**:
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  - **Date**: Fri Aug 07 2026 at 04:00 pm – Fri Aug 07 2026 at 08:00 pm (+01:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/harpenden/friday-sounds/200030052032028
  - **Venue**: Harpenden Common, Harpenden, AL5 2, United Kingdom
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  - **Categories**: food-truck-festivals, festivals, food-drinks, pop-ups
- **Event Name**: Music in Lydekker
  - **Description**: This exciting event is returning to Lydekker Park for our 2026 calendar and promises an afternoon of fantastic live music. Bring your friends, family and picnics to this chilled event where you can sit back and relax or get up and dance to some favourites
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 26
  - **Date**: Sat Aug 22 2026 at 12:00 pm – Sat Aug 22 2026 at 04:00 pm (+01:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/harpenden/music-in-lydekker/200030052030547
  - **Venue**: Lydekker Park
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  - **Categories**: music, live-music, entertainment, calendar
- **Event Name**: Batford Community Festival
  - **Description**: Get ready for a fantastic day at the Batford Community Festival, a vibrant celebration of talent, creativity and togetherness! With live performances from schools and community groups, family entertainment, fun activities and more. 

This exciting event w
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  - **Date**: Sun Jul 05 2026 at 12:00 pm – Sun Jul 05 2026 at 04:00 pm (+01:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/harpenden/batford-community-festival/200029986614122
  - **Venue**: Porters Hill, Harpenden, AL5 5, United Kingdom
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  - **Categories**: festivals, nonprofit, charities
- **Event Name**: Festival on the Field 2026
  - **Description**: 🚨 SAVE THE DATE! 🚨
The music event of 2026 is locked in 🔒🎶

📅 Saturday 4th July 2026
📍 Sir John Lawes School

Get it in your diary, spread the word, and tag your family and friends, this is going to be the festival of the year! 🎉🎤🎸

More info coming soon…
  - **Interested Audience**:
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  - **Date**: Sat Jul 04 2026 at 12:00 pm (+01:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/harpenden/festival-on-the-field-2026/200029948423245
  - **Venue**: Sir John Lawes School
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- **Event Name**: Dotty’s Sweets “Sweet Shop on Wheels” at Bike Fest.
  - **Description**: This event is not organised by Dotty’s Sweets if you have any questions please contact the event organisers
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 2
  - **Date**: Sun Jun 28 2026 at 10:30 am (+01:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/harpenden/dotty’s-sweets-sweet-shop-on-wheels-at-bike-fest/200030145440929
  - **Venue**: Harpenden Common
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- **Event Name**: Patronal Festival
  - **Description**: Join us as we celebrate the birth of our Patronal Saint - John the Baptist.

starts at 11am with a Parish Eucharist where our guest preacher will Dean Bliss Spillar, Dean of the Anglican Cathedral in Lima.

This will be followed by a BBQ in the Vicarage G
  - **Interested Audience**:
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  - **Date**: Sun Jun 21 2026 at 11:00 am (+01:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/harpenden/patronal-festival/200030122470805
  - **Venue**: St John's Harpenden
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## Trending Events in Harpenden

- **Event Name**: Classics on the Common
  - **Description**: Top-Ranking Event

Once a year, Harpenden Common comes alive for a day with up to 1000 classics cars, motor cycles and scooters. Every decade of the 20th century is represented, with the likes of a 1904 Crestmobile and a 1913 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud shar
  - **Venue**: held on Harpenden Common. Entrance for all classic vehicles is opposite the Silver Cup public house, AL5 2JF Harpenden, United Kingdom
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- **Event Name**: Chuckl Comedy Club with Milton Jones
  - **Description**: Get ready for an unforgettable night of live comedy at The EMC, as we return with our biggest show yet.

Featuring three of our favourite headliners, including the incredible Milton Jones
  - **Venue**: Eric Morecambe Centre, Rothamstead Park, Harpenden
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- **Event Name**: Harpenden Highland Gathering 26
  - **Description**: The Highland Gathering is a hugely popular day which includes all the traditional Scottish Highland games events, marching pipe bands, dancing, stage performances, arena displays and children's activities.

Date: 12 July
Time: 10:30 - 17:00

Tickets from
  - **Venue**: Rothamsted Park
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- **Event Name**: Monster Truck Motorfest Hertfordshire
  - **Description**: Get ready for Monster Truck Motorfest Hertfordshire 2026! The UK's wildest family motor show and the perfect family day out! Not to be missed!
  - **Venue**: Hertfordshire Showground
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- **Event Name**: The Outdoor Dirty Stereo Summer Soirée
  - **Description**: It's going to be a hot hot hot summer so we're going back to party in the massive pub beer garden, with very decent prices, an amazing lineup with the friendliest crowd around.

The indoor room will once again be hosted by the Innovate boys Tiertech &
  - **Venue**: Plough and Harrow, Harpenden
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- **Event Name**: Classics in the Walled Garden
  - **Description**: Classics in the Walled Garden is a popular, informal gathering of historic vehicle owners with their classic cars, motorbikes and commercial vehicles displayed on a summer’s evening in the historic Walled Garden at Luton Hoo Estate near Harpenden. 2025
  - **Venue**: Luton Hoo Estate, Farm Road, Luton, UK
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- **Event Name**: Pop-up Farm
  - **Description**: If you love animals, come along to our exciting pop-up farm in Harpenden where you can meet lambs, goats, chickens, rabbits and ponies. Perfect for little ones and their grown-ups who want to find out about life on a farm!

Part of the Harpenden Summer Se
  - **Venue**: Rothamsted Park
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- **Event Name**: Solo Connects  - Singles Event in Harpenden for over 40s
  - **Description**: Join up to 50 singles at The George of Harpenden.About this EventSolo Connects MKSolo Connects is offering something different for single people in and around Harpenden. If you're
  - **Venue**: The George of Harpenden
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- **Event Name**: One Stop Healthcare's Inaugural Full Day GP & AHP Symposium
  - **Description**: Join top UK consultants for a multidisciplinary CPD symposium exclusively for GPs, AHPs and healthcare professionals.About this EventJoin us for a dynamic FREE full‑day CPD seminar designed exclusively for GPs, AHPs and h
  - **Venue**: Rothamsted Enterprises
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## FAQs

- **Q**: What are the top Festivals events in Harpenden?
  - **A:** Harpenden Highland Gathering 26 (Sun Jul 12 2026 at 10:30 am at Rothamsted Park), Monster Truck Motorfest Hertfordshire (Sat Sep 05 2026 at 09:00 am at Hertfordshire Showground), 2026 National Pub 7s (Sat Jun 27 2026 at 10:00 am at Harpenden RFC. Redbourn Lane. Harpenden. Herts., Harpenden), Friday Sounds (Fri Aug 07 2026 at 04:00 pm at Harpenden Common, Harpenden, AL5 2, United Kingdom), Music in Lydekker (Sat Aug 22 2026 at 12:00 pm at Lydekker Park).
- **Q**: What Festivals events are happening in Harpenden this weekend June 19–21, 2026?
  - **A:** Patronal Festival (Sun Jun 21 2026 at 11:00 am at St John's Harpenden).
- **Q**: What Festivals events are happening in Harpenden in June 2026?
  - **A:** 2026 National Pub 7s (Sat Jun 27 2026 at 10:00 am at Harpenden RFC. Redbourn Lane. Harpenden. Herts., Harpenden), Dotty’s Sweets “Sweet Shop on Wheels” at Bike Fest. (Sun Jun 28 2026 at 10:30 am at Harpenden Common), Patronal Festival (Sun Jun 21 2026 at 11:00 am at St John's Harpenden).
- **Q**: How can I find Festivals events in Harpenden?
  - **A:** You can discover upcoming Festivals events in Harpenden on AllEvents.in. Browse by date, venue, or price to find events that match your interests.
- **Q**: How do I buy tickets for Festivals events in Harpenden?
  - **A:** You can buy tickets directly through AllEvents.in. Many events offer online booking with options for free, paid, and early-bird tickets.
- **Q**: What are the popular venues for Festivals events in Harpenden?
  - **A:** Some popular venues hosting Festivals events in Harpenden include Rothamsted Park, Hertfordshire Showground, Harpenden RFC. Redbourn Lane. Harpenden. Herts., Harpenden.
- **Q**: Who are the top organizers for Festivals events in Harpenden?
  - **A:** Popular organizers hosting Festivals events in Harpenden include Harpenden Lions Club, The National Pub Sevens, Harpenden Town Council.
- **Q**: Are there any online Festivals events available?
  - **A:** Yes, many Festivals events are available online. You can filter for virtual events on AllEvents.in to attend from anywhere.
- **Q**: How can I get notified about new Festivals events in Harpenden?
  - **A:** Follow the Festivals category on AllEvents.in to get notified when new Festivals events are listed in Harpenden.

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