Marquee Music

Britain has more outdoor music festivals than any other country and Hertford Carnival makes its' own contribution on Saturday evening with live music late into the evening. There will be a large marquee on Hartham Common featuring local bands from 5:00pm onwards. Featured acts include The Pathogens, Primadonna, The Outsiders, Shiner, The Paul Bute Band, Blues with a Feelin' and Wild Rain.

There will also be live music from The Morebeats, who will be playing outside The White Hart P.H. from 12:00pm to 2:00pm. In addition there will be a guitar duo outside Café Rouge in Parliament Square at the same time.

Parachute Prizes

The Hertford Round Table Ladies Circle Tea Tent will be selling beermats for 50p which can be entered into a competition featuring the Metropolitan Police Parachute Team. Prizes include tickets to the Millenium Dome, a mobile phone, personal stereo and gas barbeque. The prizes have been generously donated by the Millennium Festival Awards for All, Cellular 2000 (mobile phones, Railway Street), Albany Radio (electrical goods, Fore Street), Focus Do-It-All (DIY, Ware Road), Wiggington's (gifts, St.Andrews Street), Alta Image (photographic, Railway Street) and SamCentre (car accessories, Ware Road).

University Band

This year's carnival features the University of Luton Pipe Band. The band will take part in the procession through the town and play in the main arena.

The original pipe band was formed in 1966 by ex-patriot Scots. The name of the band has changed over the years and assumed its' current title in 1993 by mutual agreement with the university when it was founded.

The band mainly consist of members of the local community and surrounding areas, many of them having benefitted from excellent tuition during the 1970s and 80s from ex-servicemen. During this time the band performed at many prestigous events also competing successfully in many competitions throughout the country.

Presently the band consists of 25 playing members performing locally and further afield. It is constantly in search of new members both novice and of greater experience.

Recent opportunities have arisen where members have been required to play abroad in The Philippines, Germany and Egypt, to name but a few.