History coming alive.

Herefordshire HISTORIES FESTIVAL

The story

A county-wide festival of Herefordshire History. We asked individuals and organisations to plan suitable events.

Exciting times, as we embraced history. The 2026 Festival Saturday ran from 9 May to Monday 25 May 2026.

“Welcome to the Herefordshire Histories Festival site.

The Festival will take place for its third year in May 2027 from Saturday 8 May to Monday 24 May. We welcome organisers of events in the County with a history bias throughout this period, as well as many visitors as possible.

The site is open to organisations to put their events on it at any time, not only for events during the Festival, but at other times also.

We will be removing all 2026 events from the site in December, so the site will have a clean look for 2027 Festival events, and other events, from 1 Jan 2027. Should you wish to see the sorts of events that took place in 2026 you can do this by looking below until we do this spring clean. We hope this gives you some ideas.

We look forward to another successful Festival. We had over 300 events last year.

Below are some 2026 event pics.”

David Hitchiner

Walks

Exhibitions and Special Events

Talks

Places to explore

9 – 25 MAY 2026

We asked groups and individuals throughout the County to organise events to celebrate the extraordinary history of Herefordshire. The Festival recognises that the County has many historic sites and stories which are not celebrated enough.

The enthusiasm of event organisers has ensured the longevity of this Festival. We’re just done with year two, and look forward to year three. Attracting people to visit and enjoy the history of the County.