Events and Ticket Bookings
May 2022
Baldock Festival
'Rubbish or Treasure'
Saturday 7th May
11am - 3pm
FREE EVENT
Local archaeologist Keith Fitzpatrick-Matthews will be on hand to identify any interesting objects you may have found in your attic and garden, and answer questions about the ancient town.
History in the Afternoon
'Verdi - the man of stone'
Friday 13th May
2.30pm
Pay on Door
A talk on the life of the great Italian composer, Giuseppe Verdi with songs by Laura Valentine, and accompaniment by Margaret Johnson.
£6 Entry; includes refreshments
Baldock Festival
'Improve Phone Photography'
Saturday 7th May
2.30pm
£5 - ticket from community centre or BAHC Gallery
Peter Freeman will demonstrate easy ways that you can improve the photographs you take from your mobile phone. Tea and biscuits included.
Baldock Festival
'Royal Jubilee'
Saturday 14th May
11am - 3pm
FREE EVENT
New museum display to celebrate the platinum jubilee; looking back at Baldock's extensive celebrations to mark the Queen's coronation in June 1953.
Baldock Festival
'Celtic North Herts'
Monday 9th May
7.30pm
£6 - ticket from community centre
A talk by Keith Fitzpatrick-Matthews on a little known aspect of local history
Film@BAHC
'The Father'
Friday 20th May
7.30pm
Award winning film stars Anthony Hopkins playing a man struggling with dementia - with Olivia Colman as his daughter
£5 Entry
June 2022
Castaway's Choice
'With Rev. Andrew Holford'
Friday 10th June
2.30pm
Join us for a fun and entertaining interview of Rev. Andrew Holford in a similar theme to Desert Island Discs.
We will be asking about his 8 favourite pieces of music and their significance in his life.
Entry £4 (refreshments included)
Film@BAHC
'Philadelphia'
Friday 17th June
7.30pm
American legal drama starring Tom Hanks. A high flying lawyer is sacked from his firm when his bosses learn that he has contracted AIDS.
£5 Entry
Pottery Masterclass
'In association with Made with Clay'
Sunday 12th June
1.30pm - 3.30pm
Learn to make pots with Terracotta Clay in this 2 hour workshop.
All tools and materials are included.
Please bring your own apron.
Pots will be taken away for firing and you will be notified as to when your pot is ready for collection.
History in the Afternoon
'In the footsteps of St Columbanus'
Friday 17th June
2.30pm
Pay on Door
A pilgrimage through Ireland and France following a 6th Century Irish Missionary.
An illustrated talk by Rev. Canon Andrew Holford
£4 Entry; includes refreshments
July 2022
Imajica Theatre Show
'The Wobbly Wood Faeries'
Sunday 3rd July. Two showings:
11.00am - 11.45am
1.30pm - 2.15pm
Imajica Theatre Company brings you an interactive, musical children's show and takes you on a fantasy adventure with Raspberry Rainbow and Dandelion the Wish Faerie. PLUS Photo opportunities.
£8 Entry
History in the Afternoon
'Hertfordshire's Gardens'
Friday 8th July
2.30pm
Pay on Door
A talk by Anne Rowe on the history of Hertfordshire's gardens and designed landscapes
£4 Entry; includes refreshments
Film@BAHC
'The Duke'
Friday 15th July
7.30pm
60yr old taxi driver steals Goya's painting from the National Gallery to ransom the Government to invest in better care for the elderly.
Comedy/Drama
£5 Entry
August 2022
History in the Afternoon
'Norton's Manor Court Rolls'
Friday 12th August
2.30pm
Pay on Door
A talk by David Croft
£4 Entry; includes refreshments
Film@BAHC
'Moulin Rouge'
Friday 19th August
7.30pm
A poor Bohemian poet in 1890s Paris falls for a beautiful courtesan and nightclub star whom a jealous duke covets
Musical
£5 Entry
September 2022
History in the Afternoon
'1913 Mission to Baldock'
Friday 9th September
2.30pm
Pay on Door
A talk on the 1913 Roman Catholic Mission to Baldock by Brendan King
£4 Entry; includes refreshments
Children's Magic Show
'Pirate Roman's Swashbuckling Adventure'
Saturday 24th September
2.30pm - 3.30pm
Fantastic children's magic show brought to you by Pirate Roman. Taking you on a swashbuckling magic adventure and treasure hunt
£8 Entry
October 2022
History in the Afternoon
'Margate to Majorca'
Friday 14th October
2.30pm
Pay on Door
Margate to Majorca; the British holiday in the 20th Century by Frank Foy
£4 Entry; includes refreshments