Friday
5th Dec 2025

Ware Library

Ware Library

Ware Library will be open 6.30pm-9pm for warm space, make Christmas tree decorations and design a postcard for Santa! Free to enter. All welcome.

Stagecoach Hertford and Ware

Stagecoach Hertford & Ware

Stagecoach Hertford and Ware has been providing performing arts training for local children for over a decade. We help young people develop their self-confidence and individuality while making new friends and learning fun skills. We’re delighted to be taking part in this lovely community event. View website

Ware Musical Theatre

Ware Musical Theatre

Ware’s leading amateur musical theatre group, previously Ware Operatic. Next show: Beauty and the Beast The Musical. From 25-29 March 2025 at Ware Drill Hall, be our guest as we bring this tale as old as time to life. Book your tickets now or find out more: View website

Place House Hall

Place House Hall hosts a Christmas Bazaar to coincide with Ware’s Dickensian Evening, entry is free. This includes home-made mulled wine and mince pies; a tombola and craft and gift stalls. All proceeds go towards the upkeep of the hall. Facebook Instagram

St Mary’s Church

Front of St Mary 's Church

St Mary’s Church will be open 6pm-9pm for warm space, hot drinks, stalls (including our legendary ‘bric a brac’ bargins!) and carols. Free to enter. All Welcome.

Leaside Church

Leaside Church will be holding its Christmas Tree Festival again this year. Leaside is pleased to be part of Dickensian Evening again this year by holding its popular Christmas Tree Festival.  The Church will again be transformed with a magical display of twinkling trees, all provided and decorated by the local community groups including schools, […]

Ware Museum

Ware Museum

Ware Museum tells the story of life in Ware from prehistory to the present day. Visit us to find out about iron age and Roman settlements, the Great Bed of Ware, malting, Ware in wartime and more! You can stand above a medieval well and visit the Ware’s World War II Command Bunker. We will […]

Christmas Arcade

Christmas arcade

New for 2024! Do come and visit our Christmas Arcade featuring Christmas stalls alongside Keith Ian’s Santa Grotto and our own Sparkly Ware Bear – lots of chances to take photos! Mother and Father Christmas will be in the Grotto from 6.30 to 9.00pm

Hertfordshire Holly

Hertfordshire Holly is a mixed Northwest Clog Morris side formed in 1989 by a group of women who, after seeing how much fun the men were having, wanted to join in! It remained a female side until 2008 when five men joined us and the side became a mixed one. Our red and green kit […]