St Albans Creative Christmas Market

The St Albans Creative Christmas Market is back at St Albans Museum + Gallery on Saturday 5 December, from 10am to 4pm. It's put on by Shop Small Pop Up, now in its fourth year, and it's a small, curated indoor gathering of more than 20 independent local creative businesses. You'll find jewellery, candles, ceramics, artwork, puzzles, cakes and other festive treats, all from makers based around here.

It's an indoor market, so it's a bit of a different pace from the bigger street parties the city puts on this time of year. It runs alongside the wider St Albans festive programme, which includes the Christmas Artisan Market at St Albans Cathedral and the Christmas Cracker street party, so you can easily fit it in with the other things going on over the weekend.

If you're after a specific maker, the museum's social handles — @stalbansmuseums and @shopsmall.popup — announce which stallholders will be attending, so you can check who's coming before you head in. Entry is free, and the whole thing is in the Assembly Room at the museum, which is in the Town Hall on St Peter's Street, AL1 3DH. It runs from 10am to 4pm on Saturday 5 December.