Hitchin: Today's the day - get set for the return of a brilliant food & drink and music festival featuring top sport

An exciting sporting community event in North Herts is now upon us and Hitchin Nub News will be there to report on it with the return of our popular live videos.

After much hard work by the organisers over the past year, today, Friday (August 12) sees the start of the popular North Herts Rugby and Netball festival - which is now bigger and better than ever.

The eagerly-awaited event takes place across today and Saturday, (August 13) and will bring the best of the rugby and netball world together with our North Herts community to celebrate sport, music and good food. 

Renowned local music will be showcased with Lawrence Hill, Dave Foster, Troi Parker Roth, SK & and The Kings and Cardinal Kings will all be playing across the two-days festival.

With mouth-watering food options available from the acclaimed Cantinas Carnitas and Amani Kitchen - along with the brilliant Sam's Pizza and many other renowned local independents.

Hitchin Rugby Club will once again host the North Herts Rugby and Netball festival next month.

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The rugby club will host 16 men's teams, 14 netball teams and 13 ladies rugby teams on the Saturday - with more than 500 people expected to be playing sport throughout the course of the day. 

Tireless organiser Adam Howard told Nub News: "We look forward to welcoming a large number of local clubs including Hitchin, Letchworth and Datchworth - plus sides who will be travelling a little further to the day coming all the way from Reading, Guernsey and Hackney. 

"In addition, we welcome some of the best local musical talent to the stage on both Friday night and Saturday plus some of the best food vendors and pop up bars Hitchin has to offer," adding, "This is also a fantastic fund raiser for the club as the bar usually records one of it's biggest takings of the season on the day. "

Timings for both days below