Editing St Neots (section)

==Culture and community==
[[File:St Neots Market Square.jpg|thumb|St Neots Market Square after upgrade May 2025]]
[[St Neots Museum]] is housed in the town's former Victorian Police Station and Magistrates Court. It has local history collections covering the town's rich past including a display about James Toller, the [[Eynesbury, Cambridgeshire|Eynesbury]] Giant, a resident from the 18th century who measured over 8&nbsp;ft in height. There is also a gallery with temporary exhibitions by local creatives including fine art, ceramics, sculpture and illustration. The museum organises a variety of specialist and family events from walks, talks, one-day festivals, temporary and touring exhibitions.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stneotsmuseum.org.uk/st-neots-museum-home/|title=St Neots Museum &#124; Telling the story of a busy market town|website=St Neots Museum|date=2 May 2023 }}</ref>

St Neots general market is held on the market square every Thursday. A further farmers market is held on the market square every second and fourth Saturday.<ref name="market">https://www.visit-stneots.co.uk/things-to-do/listing/weekly-charter-market/ St Neots weekly market on Visit St Neots website Retrieved 25 April 2025</ref>

The theatre community includes the Riverside Theatre Company,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.riversidetheatrecompany.com/|title=Riverside Theatre Company}}</ref> who stage productions, run workshops and have groups for all ages; VAMPS formed in 1961 as the St Neots and District Operatic Society and stage popular musicals and variety shows;<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thevamps.org/|title=VAMPS of St Neots – An amateur musical performance society based in St Neots|website=thevamps.org}}</ref> St Neots Players,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://stneotsplayers.co.uk/|title=Home|website=St Neots Players}}</ref> formed in the late 1920s as a play-reading group with past members who used to perform the annual [[Shakespeare]], Pantomime and other mid-season productions at the Kings Head Hotel in the Stables Theatre; and Stageworks,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stageworksstudio.co.uk/|title=Performing arts at Stageworks Studios ⋆ Stageworks|website=Stageworks}}</ref> a performing arts group offering classes, holiday programmes, workshops and a college offering full-time training to students aged 16 years and over that prepares students for musical theatre and acting, SJ School of Dance,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sjschoolofdance.co.uk/|title=Home|website=www.sjschoolofdance.co.uk}}</ref> Pocket Productions,<ref>{{cite web|title=Pocket Productions|url=http://pocketproductions.org.uk}}</ref> and Peppercorns Academy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://peppercornseden.org.uk/|title=Peppercorns Academy &#124; Award Winning Music and Theatre Tuition in St Neots, Cambridgeshire.|website=Peppercorns Academy}}</ref>

The local creative community is served by Neotists,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://neotists.co.uk/|title=A community of creatives in Huntingdonshire|website=Neotists|access-date=7 October 2024}}</ref> a [[community interest company]] for creative professionals with members covering design, illustration, art, photography and IT, which commissions local creatives to collaborate on projects, run workshops and events for the community and provide opportunities and connections for professionals working in the [[creative industry]].
In 2023, the Neotists organised the St Neots Festival, a music and performing arts festival in Priory Park.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://stneotsfestival.co.uk/home/|title=St Neots Festival|website=St Neots Festival|access-date = 7 October 2024}}</ref>