3-Day Art Exhibition

A three-day art exhibition takes over the North Transept of St Albans Cathedral from Saturday 7 to Monday 9 November, with work from 22 artists on display. It's free to visit and you don't need a ticket, so it's an easy one to drop into whenever you're around the city that weekend.

The exhibition doesn't stand on its own, though. It runs alongside the cathedral's wider Christmas Artisan Fair, which fills the Nave with more than 70 stalls of independent makers, artists, creatives and small businesses, plus live music and free art displays. If you're heading in for the exhibition, you'll find the fair right there in the same building, so you can easily wander from the North Transept into the Nave and browse the stalls. Local primary schools — Alban City, Aboyne Lodge and The Abbey — sing at the altar from midday, adding a bit of live music to the mix.

The whole thing is put on by Pop Up Creative Events, who run a series of pop-up creative events and Christmas markets across St Albans throughout November. One of those is a charity fair at St Michael's Manor Hotel, where all proceeds go to The OLLIE Foundation.

As for the timings, the exhibition runs across three days: Saturday 7 November from 11am to 5pm, Sunday 8 November from 12.30pm to 4pm, and Monday 9 November from 9.30am to 5pm. It's free to visit, no ticket required, and you'll find it in the North Transept of St Albans Cathedral, Sumpter Yard, AL1 1BY.