1:1 Crochet and Knitting Tutorials at The Haberdashery. If you would like to learn to knit or crochet or want to improve your skills, leave your details with Kim. One hour individual tutorials can be organised for a time that best suits you at just £20 per hour.

An invitation to lunch at Grace Baptist Church. £3 per person RSVP Bob & Margaret Twaits 01462 635889

5-7 JULY 2019 Tutored by Members of the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Switzerland. For details and booking call 01462 459446 or book online.

A chance to express your views, comments and suggestions this Saturday at the Councillors Surgery on the Market Place. Take place on the first Saturday every month.

For the first time this year Keech are holding an Open Air Cinema . Keech Hospice Care is a charity which supports adults from Luton and South Bedfordshire and children from Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Milton Keynes, who have life-limiting illnesses. Keech is unique as they are one of the few hospices in the UK which provides care for both adults and children. Tickets available on line with a suggested donation of £10. 01482 707940

For the first time this year Keech are holding an Open Air Cinema at The Priory School, Hitchin on Saturday 6 July 2019 showing Grease. Keech Hospice Care is a charity which supports adults from Luton and South Bedfordshire, and children from Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Milton Keynes, who have life-limiting illnesses. We are unique as we are one of the few hospices in the UK which provides care for both adults and children. Suggested donation £10 available online.

Includes music by Khachaturian, Milhaud and Dvorak. Adults £12, concessions £8. Available from Festival Box Office, 1A Churchard or Trevor Hughes 01462 675496.

Albert jazz on Sunday - Faceless Pete ..... admission is as always free! Great music, company and beers.

Spend a delightful evening in the grounds of Hitchin Priory enjoying high quality music making from young people in the area including the Youth Orchestra, Jazz an Wind Bands from North Herts Music School. Tickets in advance: Family £25 Adult £10 Children £5 under 5s Free From Festival Box Office, 1A Churchyard 1462 453335 or via wegottickets.com

A musical journey through all eras of the King's incredible career, Elvis The Legend features Elvis' greatest and most-memorable songs; from ground-breaking 1950s Rock n' Roll to the dramatic Las Vegas big-band ballads of the 1970s. JD's powerful vocals, pulsating dance moves has a truly uncanny characteristation of Elvis that not only leaves audiences utterly amazed but thoroughly entertained and immersed through the performance. £10 available from Festival Box Office or online.

'A CELTIC CELEBRATION': Traditional music from Ireland and Scotland, alongside original Celtic or Celtic inspired baroque pieces by composers such as: O'Carolan, Playford, Oswald, Eccles, Mell and others. Tickets: £15 Pre concert dining: £20 Free entry for under 27's 01462 459446 info@benslowmusic.org

FOUR BRITISH COMPOSERS With the country still reeling from the devastation of World War One, the British composers, Arnold Bax, Benjamin Britten, Frederick Delius and John Ireland produced some of their most enduring and thrilling work. All at very different stages of their lives and careers, this talk will look at the lives of these four composers with excerpts from their compositions from the year of 1929. The talk begins with a substantial buffet lunch (please inform Benslow of any dietary requirements when booking). Tickets: £15 01462 459446

The Rose Consort of Viols returns as part of the Hitchin Festival. Tickets: £15 Preconcert dining: £20 Free entry for under 27s 01462 45446 info@benslowmusic.org

Free entry with lots to see and do for all the family. Find them at the end of track beside 178 Old Hale Way.

For children aged 2-5 yrs and 6-12 yrs. A chance to 'play' in the relaxed, safe, yet exciting environment provided. Helps build a strong sense of community through provision of games, story-telling, creative art and drama, flora and fauna identification, knots and lashings, shelter and rope swing erecting and more. For details and booking email: alison@jointhedotsforestschool.co.uk or visit the website.

An evening of stunning improvisations and jazz standards, set in an informal jazz-club atmosphere featuring the country's finest jazz musicians. Tickets: £15 01462 459446 info@benslowmusic.org

Enjoy Live music, workshops, food and drink, arts and crafts plus family activities in the grounds of Benslow Music. A great way to end Hitchin Festival.

The Bluejays are the UK's leading 1950s Rock 'n' Roll band playing the biggest hits of Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, The Everly Brothers, Eddie Cochran and many more. Tickets: £18.50 from Festival Box Office, 1A Churchyard or online.