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Our mission? Keep you in the loop, drop a little inspo, and maybe even surprise you with something you didn’t know you needed.

This week: Artsy nights out, Oktoberfest pints 🍻, and plenty more to keep your calendar busy.

Here’s what’s hot right now:

• Things To Do - Events Listings: Special Oktoberfest Edition

• Kiddies Scoop

• Local Business & Town News

• This Week’s Top Deal

• Last Week’s Most-Viewed Links

• Weather: Best Days = Wed & Thurs

• Mind, Health & Fitness:

• Extra Sprinkles: Our Stanley Cup winners!

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🍦 The Hertford Scoop Team

Things To Do: Events Listings

🎭 Arts & Entertainment Events

• Ironing Board Man

  📅 Friday, 26th September, 7:45pm 📍 BEAM

  Physical comedian Jody Kamali brings everyday household items to life in Ironing Board Man - a surreal, action-packed love story that wowed audiences at the 2025 Edinburgh Fringe. With nothing but ironing boards and razor-sharp comedy, Kamali delivers a wild tale of romance, revenge, and absurdity in the fictional city of Crease!

  🎟 Pay What You Feel tickets HERE

• The Scummy Mummies - Hot Mess

  📅 Friday, 26th September, 7:30pm 📍 South Mill Arts Centre, CM 23 3JG

  Helen and Ellie are back with a hilarious new show tackling everything from menopause to Tinder. Expect fresh songs, sketches, stand-up - and sparkly catsuits! Bring your mates, your mum, or a brave partner for a big Scummy party.

  🎟 £25 tickets HERE (18+)

• Hearts Arts Open Mic

  📅 Friday, 26th September, 7:30pm 📍 Mudlark’s Cafe

  Come and show your warm & welcoming support for booked acts, including comedians, musicians, poets & other fantastic artists.

  🎟 Reserve seats: heartsartsopenmic(at)gmail.com. Pay what you like

• Minnie Birch & Lizzy Hardingham

  📅 Saturday, 27th September, 7-9pm 📍 Hertford Library

  Enjoy an unforgettable night of indie folk with two of Hertfordshire’s top singer-songwriters.

  🎟 £5 tickets HERE

• Tealight & Candlestick Holder Workshop (Bryony Applegate Pottery)

  📅 Saturday, 27th September, 1-3pm 📍 Tewinbury Farm

  In this workshop, you’ll hand-build three unique ceramic pieces: Candlesticks, tealight holders, or both. Explore form, texture, and cut-outs, then choose your glaze to finish. A creative way to add a personal glow to your space.

  🎟 £50 p.p. book tickets HERE

• The Rheingans Sisters

  📅 Sunday, 28th September, 7pm 📍 BEAM

  BBC Folk Award-winning duo The Rheingans Sisters return with a bold new show, mixing baroque fiddle, trance beats, and ballads into their unmistakable avant-garde folk sound.

  🎟 Book tickets HERE

🏰 Family & Community Events

• Street Food Heroes

  📅 Thursday, 25th September, 4-9pm 📍 All Saints’ Church, Hertford

  Awesome street food, live music - gather for guaranteed goodness! 🍔

• Waterford Harvest Supper with a Murder Mystery

  📅 Saturday, 27th Sepember, 7pm 📍 Waterford Village Hall

  A community supper filled with laughter and bonhomie!

🍺 Oktoberfest Special Edition:

🍻 Hertfordshire Oktoberfest is back at Hartham Common Park | 3-5 October 2025

Celebrate in true Bavarian style with live Oompah bands, karaoke-dancing, axe throwing, hearty food, and plenty of German beer. Dust off your Lederhosen/ Dirndl and join the fun! Buy tickets HERE.

🍻 Oktoberfest at the Farm Yard, Tewinbury Farm | Sat. 4th October

The Farm Yard will transform into a Bavarian-style festival with long tables, glowing lights and steins clinking. Enjoy a high-energy live set from Hosen Brass, DJs late into the night, German-inspired street food and plenty of beer, music and dancing. Get your tickets HERE.

🍻 Oktoberfest at the Dog & Whistle Pub | Sat. 4th October

A lineup of DJs playing all sing alongs, proper steins poured and lots of food and drinks! Get your tickets HERE.

🌱 Health & Wellbeing Events

• The Mum Club East Herts - Meet-Ups

  📅 Thursday, 25th September, 1-3pm 📍 Nu You Pilates Studio, Foxholes Farm

  Join the ‘Hertford Fitness Club’ meet-up: A Reformer Pilates class: A chance to stretch, move & feel like you again. Postpartum friendly & Pre-crawlers welcome so you don’t need to worry about childcare while you refill your cup!

  🎟 Book tickets HERE

  📅 Friday, 26th September, 10-12pm 📍 Quattro Lounge, Hertford

  ‘Hertford Brunch Club’ meet up: More coffee, more connection, and goodies to take home too. Little ones always welcome.

  🎟 Book tickets HERE

Kiddies Scoop

• Whinge & Whine Play-Dates

  Spooktacular fun awaits at Hertford Library this October! 👻
  From meeting a mischievous villain and building haunted Duplo creations, to bat-inspired art, glowing ghostly masterpieces and even a ghost hunt - there’s plenty of Halloween magic for all ages to enjoy.

  〰️ Fri. 3rd Oct, 10:30 & 1:30 | Meet The Villain

  〰️ Tue. 7th Oct, 11:15-12:30 | Halloween Duplo

  〰️ Tue. 7th Oct, 1-2:30 | Bats About Art

  〰️ Tue. 21st Oct, 11:30-12:30 | Ghost Art

  〰️ Tue. 21st Oct, 12:30 - 13:30 | Ghost Glow Art

  📍 Hertford Library

  🎟 Book HERE

• Happy’s Circus @ Simon Balle

  📅 Saturday, 4th October, 12-5:30pm 📍 Simon Balle All-Through School

  Happy’s Circus is bringing all the fun to Hertford - a day packed with entertainment! Visit the stallholders, bar & BBQ, before the show kicks off at 2pm.

  🎟 More info & tickets HERE

Local Business & Town News

📈 Retail vacancy rate rises in Hertford

Hertford’s retail vacancy rate has risen to 13.9%, up from 10.5% in February, driven by recent closures and new units in the town centre.

Shops lost include PopWorld, Proove Pizza and Peach, while new-build premises in Railway Street have added to the total. However, fresh arrivals are on the way, with a craft beer bar and salon set to open on Railway Street, and a new bistro underway at Lea Wharf.

🚮 Councillors updated on new bin collections

East Herts councillors have been briefed on the rollout of the district’s new waste and recycling system, launched in August. Of the 66,453 households, 97% received their bins on time, rising to 99% by mid-September, with just 60 homes still waiting.

Cllr Tim Hoskin admitted “huge inefficiencies” in communication, with up to 800 daily calls to customer services and many complaints. While food waste volumes were higher than expected, residual non-recyclable waste has fallen. A full written report will be presented on 4 November.

💥 This Week’s Top Deal

🫖🍓 Pearce’s Farm Shop & Cafe - Cream Tea for one @ £7

Offer from 3pm Mon - Thurs (until 24th Oct)

📈 Last Week’s Most-Viewed Links

Our Halloween Special got A LOT of interest 🙂 with the top 3 most viewed links all coming from it:

1. 🎃 The Pumpkin Festival at The Pop Up Farm took top spot! 

2. 🍓 Cammas Hall Farm took 2nd 👀

3. 🚜 Pumpkin picking at Hatter’s Farm came in 3rd.

⮑ You can catch last week’s Issue 19 here.

🌦 Hertford Weather: 23 Sept - 29 Sept 2025

The week begins with steady sunshine and a light breeze from Tuesday to Thursday, before giving way to showers as we head into the weekend.

The best days: Wednesday & Thursday 🙌🏼

Mind, Health & Fitness

⏰ How to Find Your Most Productive Timeframes

Ever feel foggy at 10am but full of ideas at 9pm? You’re not alone. Productivity isn’t one-size-fits-all - it depends on your body’s rhythms, environment, and the type of work you’re doing. The key is to identify your peak windows and align your tasks with them.

Here’s how to do it:

• Track your energy: For a week, jot down how alert and focused you feel every few hours. Patterns will emerge.

• Match tasks to energy: Save deep, focused work for your peak times; handle admin and lighter tasks when energy dips.

• Experiment: Shift key tasks to different times and see what sticks.

• Know your chronotype: Morning larks, night owls, and “hummingbirds” (somewhere in between) all have different natural peaks.

• Build in recovery: Short breaks (quick walk, stretching) help prevent burnout and keep your focus sharp.

• Reassess regularly: Energy levels shift with seasons, stress, and routine, so adjust as needed.

The result? Less wasted effort and more impact - because you’re working with your natural flow, not against it.

Extra Sprinkles

Stanley Tumbler Competition Winners

🏆 We’ve announced our `Stanley Tumbler’ competition winners….🏆 Thanks for spreading the word & sharing the love! If you’ve won, you’ve been notified via email.

🍽 A quick mid week meal inspo…delish Autumn Pasta! 

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