March 4, 2024
Did you know that Folkestone’s Sunny Sands Sandcastle Competition that has run almost annually since 2010 is actually organised by a local charity? The Church Street Project, which uses sand tray play as part of its creative therapies for children,… Read More
June 27, 2023
Shapeshifter Productions is combatting loneliness and bringing joy to residents of six care homes in Folkestone. The Smiling Sessions are a participatory singing activity aimed at bringing music and social interaction to older people living in sheltered housing and care… Read More
December 7, 2022
Choirs run by the Music and Arts for Shepway Community charity are performing throughout the festive period in the run up to Christmas. The children’s choirs, Primary Singers and Youth Voices are preforming two dates free of charge, though donations… Read More
September 17, 2021
The Roger De Haan Charitable Trust is pleased to have handed over its latest Creative Quarter project to Creative Folkestone and residents are already moving in. The £3million project which started in March 2018 saw renovation of the existing building… Read More
May 18, 2021
JAM on the Marsh 2021 takes place on 8-18th July 2021, captivating audiences with seven exhibitions, 15 concerts, and open-air theatre. Events will take place across Kent’s Romney Marsh, from Hythe to Dungeness, in many of the area’s famous medieval… Read More
September 10, 2020
A major project in the latest phase in the development of Folkestone’s Creative Quarter is being completed this month (September 2020). The new building, close to the junction of Tontine Street and The Old High Street, fills a gap… Read More
November 30, 2019
Hundreds of people gathered at an arts event with a difference at Westgate Hall in Canterbury in mid November. Organised as part of Bright Shadow’s “Zest” programme, Zest Together celebrated the coming together of groups from across east Kent whose… Read More
August 19, 2019
The biennial Hythe Venetian Fete, one of the traditional highlights of Kent’s events calendar, returns to the Royal Military Canal on Wednesday 21 August. This carnival parade is a collection of floating tableaux, combining pageantry, live music and a range… Read More
June 25, 2019
The beat of drums will echo through Folkestone’s streets on Saturday 6 July as Strange Cargo’s thrilling Charivari Day returns to the town. The 2019 carnival parade is themed A Night at the Movies and promises a “celebration of cinema,… Read More
June 4, 2019
JAM on the Marsh 2019 takes place on Romney Marsh from 4 – 14 July, with music, exhibitions, children’s events, theatrical performances, poetry recitals and a tour of some of the renowned churches of the marsh. Notable events will include… Read More