Former Blue Peter presenter Stuart Miles will be turning on the Christmas lights at 7pm tonight in Hitchin.

In a feast of festive fun in the Market Place, stalls will be open from 4pm, with Priory School Choir taking to the stage from 4.30pm to 5.30pm.

The group will be followed by a swinging night of delight from the four singers of Genie and the Jivebombers from 6pm to 6.40pm.

Britain’s Got Talent 2013 finalist Gabz will be on stage from 6.45pm to 7pm, singing a medley of hits including Lighters (The One) which reached number six in the charts.

The Stevenage teen’s latest track, Holiday in Brazil, was released before the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

Stuart from Heart Breakfast will then switch on the lights at 7pm.