Ivinghoe Town Hall and Community Hub, 9am. The BeaconLit Book Festival has been raising funds for Beacon Villages Community Library since 2013. This year’s treats include bestselling authors, fabulous new writing talent, crime writers who set their novels in exotic places, poets and a fun writing workshop.
Church Square, High Street, Tring, 9am-12.30pm. 2nd and 4th Saturday of each month. Fine produce from around the district.
Pound Meadow, Tring. Starts with midday parade through the High Street. Two arenas, marquee and dog show arena. Local dance acts and music groups will perform during the day. Stalls including food and drink, Tring Brewery Marquee, children's fairground rides, vintage cars and much more.
Chilterns Dog Rescue Society, Bromley Heights, St Leonards Road, Tring, HP23 6LD. 12-4pm. Also Sun 13. Afternoon tea and cakes, Pimms & beer, stalls and music. All welcome.
Tring Brewery Marquee, Pound Meadow, 7.30pm. Featuring smooth jazz from the Zebra Jazz Collective and swing, pop and latin from Tring Phoenix Big Band. Bar and paella available. Tickets online or from Fancy That.
Tring Brewery Marquee, Pound Meadow, 12-3pm. Live bands, bar food. Headliners: Attention Seekers.
Hastoe Village Hall, 7.30pm. Mozart String Quartet No 19 in C major 'Dissonance' K.465; Gershwin Lullaby; Beethoven String Quartet Op 59 No. 3 'Razumovsky'. Paul Barritt violin, Catherine Yates violin, Robin Ireland viola, Nick Roberts cello.
BJazz at the Civic Centre, Berkhamsted, 8pm. Showcasing Emerging Talent: two 1-hour sets, each featuring rising stars of the UK Jazz scene. Expect to see award-winning players at the start of their careers and a closing jam session of them all.
Waddesdon Manor, 11am-4pm. The celebrated artist presents a bold exhibition featuring a new body of work in response to Waddesdon Manor as a Jewish country house, with a grand assembly of paintings reimagining the legendary Temple of Solomon.
Garden Marquee, Hospice of St. Francis, 5.30-7.30pm. Refreshments provided. New businesses welcomed.
The Highwayman, 262 High Street, Berkhamsted, 7pm-closing. 3rd Thursday of the month (except Nov & Dec). Calling all chess lovers! Ditch your chess apps for this free, fun, face-to-face event. From Rook-ies to Grandmasters – everyone's welcome. No need to book, just turn up for a Knight To remember!
Dacorum Heritage Museum Store, Clarence Road, Berkhamsted, HP4 3YL, 11am-3pm. Visit a small display of the Art of Ovaltine and discover how Dacorum Heritage is looking after this archive; plus you can take a guided tour around the museum store.
