Editing Stevenage (section)

===Events===
Stevenage holds a number of annual events, including Stevenage Day<ref>[http://www.stevenage.gov.uk/townandcommunity/stevenageday] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100921010000/http://www.stevenage.gov.uk/townandcommunity/stevenageday|date=21 September 2010}}</ref> and Rock in the Park. In past years Stevenage Carnival has also been held, with a number of attempts to revive it.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stevenagecarnivalday.org|title=The Energy Alternative That Is Going Mainstream}}</ref> In June 2022, Stevenage Day returned to the King George Playing Fields to celebrate the [[platinum jubilee of Elizabeth II]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecomet.net/news/22325114.thousands-enjoy-return-stevenage-day-two-years-virtual-events/|title=Thousands enjoy return of Stevenage Day after two years of virtual events|date=14 June 2022|website=The Comet}}</ref> It was the first carnival held in Stevenage since 2019, due to the [[coronavirus pandemic]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stevenage.gov.uk/news-and-events/news/plans-announced-for-stevenage-day-2022|title=Stevenage Day}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecomet.net/news/22333556.floats-fun-fancy-dress-remember-stevenage-carnival/|title=Floats, fun and fancy dress: Do you remember Stevenage Carnival?|date=1 August 2021|website=The Comet}}</ref>

In 2016, Stevenage "celebrated" its seventieth anniversary as a New Town.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-37826783|title=Stevenage: The town that aimed for Utopia|last=Halford|first=Jodie|date=11 November 2016|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=30 December 2016}}</ref>