Go Folkestone

Elham Valley Line Museum
2024-07-31 13:30 - 15:30 (Europe/London) | Elham Valley Line, CT18 8AZ, United Kingdom
Over 55’s Open Afternoon
Tickets £11 book eventbrite: https://EVRTover55July2024.eventbrite.co.uk
Info 01303 372608 or email: communityoutreach@ageukskc.org.uk

Summer School Holidays Outdoor Activity Camp
2024-07-30 08:00 - 17:00 | Folkestone Sports Centre, CT19 5HX, United Kingdom
Various dates from 30th July – 29th August .
For children 9-16 Price £25 per day.
If your child/ children are interested call them on 01303 850222
or email mail@folkestonesportscentre.co.uk

Studio Six Summer Dance School
2024-07-29 10:00 - 13:00 | STUDIO SIX DANCE SCHOOL, ABOVE Lubens, Rendezvous STREET, Folkestone
All different styles of dance/ musical theatre/ pop star training. As well as games and challenges
29th – 31st July 10.00a.m. – 1.00p.m.
£25 per day or £60 for three days
Contact Laura on Whatsapp 07909570941
or email studiosixdanceschool@gmail.com

Music at the Bandstand on The Leas
2024-07-28 14:30 - 16:30
Kent Coast Concert Band – A concert wind band based in Herne Bay. The Band is now 50 members strong with musicians of all ages.

As You Like It
2024-07-28 14:30 - 16:00 | Three Hills Sports Park, Cheriton Road, CT19 5JU, United Kingdom
As part of Canterbury Shakespeare Festival 2024…
Rosalind, banished by her uncle, escapes with her cousin Celia into the Forest of Arden, where her father is living in exile with members of his court, alongside simple country folk. There, dressed as a boy, Rosalind encounters Orlando, the man she loves, and tests his feelings for her while maintaining her disguise. Thanks to the redeeming effect of the pastoral setting, various pairs of lovers are eventually happily united. This production of the play will be set in the 1960s, when the hippy culture rejected the status quo, advocating ‘flower power’, nonviolence and love as alternatives to the restrictions of traditional society.

Book

Ticketing

Full Price: £12.50

Discounts & packages

Individual discounts
Adult Full Price: £12.50
Student/Under 25s: £8.50
Seniors: £8.50
Access scheme member: £8.50 (Access Scheme Supporter £0)
Group tickets (4 or more people): £7.50
Gulbenkian Staff: £5

This event is part of
Canterbury Shakespeare Festival 2024
Thu 25 July – Sat 17 August 2024
More…

Wuthering Heights Day
2024-07-28 10:00 - 18:00 | Harbour arm, CT20 1QQ
Do you ever need an excuse to don a red floaty dress and prance around doing your best Kate Bush impression? No? Well, come and join the rest of us on the Harbour Arm in Folkestone for the Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever! It’s been a growing success each year, with nearly 1000 Kates dancing in 2023 for Kate Bush’s 65th birthday celebrations. Returning on 28th July 2024, the Harbour Arm is expecting a record turn out.
RUNNING ORDER

10am – 11am: The Goods Yard opens up early for a revolving, mass warm-up and dance tutorial. No need for a ticket this year; just come along.

12noon: First performance takes place on The Harbour Arm. Open to all in a red dress!

12:15pm – 2:30pm: The KT Band, a brilliant Kate Bush Tribute Band which includes an original member of Kate Bush’s band, perform on The Harbour Arm.

4pm: Second performance takes place on The Harbour Arm. Open to all in a red dress!

4:15pm – 6:15pm: Dolly Doowop brings a special, Kate Bush inspired DJ set to The Harbour Arm to see out the day.

Tickets not required!

Pride Picnic
2024-07-27 12:00 - 20:00 | The Leas Bandstand, The Leas Folkestone, Folkestone, Select a State:, CT20 2XL, United Kingdom
There will be a parade, a picnic on the Leas with a variety of performers, and a town-wide celebration of after-parties!
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After Party for Folkestone Pride
2024-07-27 08:00 - 17:00 | The Quarterhouse, CT20 1BN
Celebrate and elevate our local LGBTQ+ community, with Folkestone Pride’s official after party on Saturday 27th July.
Folkestone Pride is back for 2024, and after the free, open-to-all daytime event, we’re hosting the after party. There will be a sparkling line-up of performers and special guests – from drag to DJs – to keep you dancing all night with two rooms of music, positive vibes, and queer love.
We’ll be throwing our doors open from 8pm, to give you a chance to grab a drink and meet and mingle with new or old pals in the community, before the music starts at 9pm. We’ll keep you dancing until 1am, with a glittering full line-up to be announced soon.
This event is ticketed, and for ages 18+. A share of ticket sales will be fundraising for Folkestone Pride, to allow them to plan events for the community all year round.
Folkestone Pride Line-up!
AUDITORIUM
8pm-11pm DJ FAGG
11pm-1am BIMBEAUX COLLECTIVE
With the following performers on the hour, every hour:
9pm Fever Dream
10pm Toby Vincer
11pm Pat Riarchy
12am Ruby Sinclair
THE CLEARING
8pm-9:30pm Mia Kulpa
9:30pm-11pm Charmaine Love
11pm-1am Nikky Lyle

Organ Recital by Charles Francis
2024-07-24 19:30 - 21:00 | Holy Trinity Church, Sandagte Road, Folkestone, CT20 2HQ
Charles is delighted to be returning to Holy Trinity Church, Folkestone. With an impressive 3-manual Walker organ, Charles looks forward to playing where he was Organ Scholar a few years ago.​
Music by J. S. Bach, Paul Hindemith (Sonata 1), Gaston Litaize and Maurice Duruflé.
Tickets on the door £15 Friends of Music £12 Children free.

Music at the Bandstand on The Leas
2024-07-21 14:30 - 16:30 | The Leas Bandstand, The Leas Folkestone, Folkestone, Select a State:, CT20 2XL, United Kingdom
Scott Elvis – Classic Elvis tracks from the 50’s to the 70’s

Destination - Music night.
2024-07-20 20:00 - 2024-07-21 01:00 | The Chambers, Radnor Chambers, Cheriton Pl,, Folkestone, CT20 2BB
Featuring Chicka Wow Wow; Steve Goddard; Jamie Bennett; David Anthony and Thom Norton. With Sookers on Bongos.

Funky/ Tech/ Progressive/ Beats
Free entry

Folkestone Symphony Summer Prom Concert
2024-07-20 19:30 - 21:30 | Leas Cliff Hall
Folkestone Symphony present a spectacular Last Night of the Proms style concert with guests Folkestone Choral Society. Listen to some classics and join in with the favourites, waving your flag for a truly traditional evening.
One night only! Tickets £17.50 plus booking fee c

Walter Reiter – Baroque Violin
2024-07-20 15:00 - 17:00 | The Parish Church of St Mary and St Eanswythe, Church Street,, Folkestone, CT20 1SW
Programme
A solo Baroque violin recital entitled “The Sorrow and the Glory… Solo Violin Music from the Baroque period,” the programme consists of pieces by Bach, Telemann and Biber as well as lesser known 17thcentury composers such as Bassano, Matteis and Vilsmyer. A former principal of The English Concert and leader of The Orchestra of the Sixteen, Walter has performed and directed wherever Baroque music is played and has also pioneered Historically Informed Performance in countries where it was previously unknown. Walter is Professor of Baroque violin and viola in The Royal Conservatoire of The Hague and in Trinity Laban Conservatoire in London.
Ticket Prices
£10 online or on the door
Booking
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/bayle-music

To add your name to the Bayle Music email circulation list please send your contact details to bayleman@gmail.com
Promoter
Bayle Music
Associate Initiatives
Folkestone Early Music

Music at the Bandstand on The Leas
2024-07-20 14:30 - 16:30
The Runaways – Shadows Tribute band

Creativity, Confidence and Resilience Workshop
2024-07-20 10:00 - 14:30 | The Folkestone Bookshop, 70 Tontine Street,, Folkestone,, Kent, CT20 1JP
We are very excited to welcome illustrator /author Emily Snape who will be running a free workshop for our smaller readers! No need to book, just arrive on the day 🙂 For kids aged 5+, especially those with ADHD and/or anxiety. To help them be kind to themselves and feel empowered

Art and Archaeology Workshops Filmmaking project
2024-07-19 14:00 - 17:00 | Sunflower House
Council for British Archaeology offer Festivals of Archaeology Open Day If interested read down for the various dates and places.

Monday 22nd – Wednesday 24th July, 10am-1pm

Saturday 20th July, 10am-2pm

Come and get creative with us and our Artist in Residence, Bryan Hawkins, for our Art and Archaeology workshops.
By looking at finds from the excavation, we will examine how we relate and respond to objects that played an important role to people living in the past.

Working in collaboration with
the Kent Downs Landscape Team and the Portable Antiquities Scheme, CAT finds specialists will be on hand
to answer any questions you may have on your discoveries. There is no need to book, just drop in when you can!
To find out more, visit us at: www.canterburytrust.co.uk/east-wear-bay

GeoAdventures is a nine-month festival of Residents, visitors and community groups how the earth, sea and
UNESCO Global Geopark, the Geosites and the landscape shape our world and the people National Landscape and Parc Naturel

in advance by contacting us at

Régional des Caps et Marais d’Opale.

get_involved@canterburytrust.ac.uk

As part of the centenary celebrations of 100 years of excavation at East Wear Bay, we are creating a short film about the project and are asking for volunteers from the local community to take part. We are looking for anyone who wants to lean or improve their filmmaking skills and create something for others to enjoy.
There will be three workshops run on consecutive days and we ask that participants are able to attend all 3. These will run from 10am-1pm at the excavation site.
Participants under 16 must be accompanied by an adult and all must be willing to sign a film/photography consent form. Please book in advance as there are limited spaces available: get_involved@canterburytrust.ac.uk

Events will take place across the Kent Downs and Caps et Marais Workshop 1: d’Opale, happen across all seasons, and can be accessed using
sustainable transport.

– Thursday 18th July 2-5pm at Sunflower House

The events programme covers a range of themes, from wildlife and nature to citizen science and woodlands, as well as arts

– Thursday 25th July 2-5pm at East Wear Bay

and crafts, outdoor activities and more!

– Thursday 1st August 2-5pm at Sunflower House

Workshop 2:
– Saturday 27th July 2-5pm at Sunflower House – Saturday 3rd August 2-5pm at Sunflower House – Saturday 10th August 2-5pm at East Wear Bay
Sunflower House, 45 Foord Road, Folkestone CT19 5AE

In celebration of the Council for British Archaeology Festival of Archaeology, we will be holding a site open day to enable guests to come along and see the excavations first hand. Learn about the amazing history of the site from our archaeological team and handle finds that have been discovered.
Our pop-up dig pit will be out for children to enjoy
and you are invited to bring an important object with you to photograph and add to our digital time capsule.
There will be a quiet hour between 9am-10am for those who prefer to explore the site in their own way with less noise and fewer people about. We will have our sensory backpacks available to inspire your site explorations.
Site tours will run every hour on the hour from 10am;
the last tour is at 1pm. There is no need to book ahead, just show up.

HERE IS MY COUNTRY – John Woolrich in context
2024-07-18 18:00 - 20:00 | The Green Room, The Grand,, Folkestone, Select a State:, CT20 2XL, United Kingdom
Folkestone New Music are absolutely thrilled to announce (or rather, remind you) of the most anticipated new music festival taking place in less than 2 weeks. Between 19-21 July, we will be celebrating the outstanding career of internationally renowned composer, John Woolrich.
With 15 concerts taking place over 5 days and art exhibition curated by John himself, it will be the most fantastic way of embracing the relationship between art, literature and music. We’ve been working alongside Folkestone New Music since we’ve started The Green Room and it’s been an absolute honour to host musicians, composers, filmmakers, and artists John has brought to Folkestone. From Di Trevis and Elizabeth Klinck to Mark-Anthony Turnage and Thomas Ades – it’s just been the most incredible journey which we are so excited to continue.
I spoke to John about his life and career in the interview for Folkestone Foghorn which we will be launching on the 18th July at 6PM in The Green Room. Come and pick up the freshly printed copy of Folkestone Foghorn and learn all about the most amazing new music festival.
You can book the weekend pass or tickets for individual concerts HERE:
https://www.folkestonenewmusic.com/

Folkestone Film Festival
2024-07-18 15:00 - 20:00 | The Quarterhouse, CT20 1BN
Independent Film Screenings

DESTINATION: 'OLD HAG'
2024-07-14 16:00 - 17:00 | Grand Burstin Hotel Grand Ballroom, CT20 1TX
Age 16+

Welcome to Backstage! Here, you will find the ‘Ladies of the Chorus’ getting ready for opening night of Verdi’s Macbetto.
If you’re a regular opera-goer in this area, you’ll have seen these three before as Cigarette Girls, Geishas, and Nuns – this time, they are the Witches!*
Despite their numerous appearances over the years, would you recognise them out on the high street? Or know their names if you ever met them? Who really are the people you only seem to see ‘upstage’?
* There are only three witches due to budgetary constraints.
Written by & starring Bridget Hardy, Penny Rossano, and Samantha Houston.

Sunday 14th July 2024, 4 –5pm (1 hour )
The Grand Burstin Hotel: Grand Ballroom
3:50pm

Ticket type
Standard

Price
£10

Ticket type
Concession

Price
£5

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Music at the Bandstand on The Leas
2024-07-14 14:30 - 16:30
Folkestone Community Swing Band & Folkestone Teeny boppers dance demonstration
Sponsored by Inspiring Hope for a Future
www.freshstartineducation.co.uk

A KIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM Act CUT-OUT THEATRE
2024-07-14 10:00 - 11:00 | Grand Burstin Hotel Grand Ballroom, CT20 1TX
Suitability

Age 5+

A fun, fast-paced, family version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, it has all the comedy and confusion of the original play, but is considerably shorter (at about 50 minutes), with more audience interaction, songs, water pistols and none of the boring speeches.
However, within the informal theatrical style, occasional snippets of original text slip in, to allow the audience to enjoy some authentic Shakespearean language.
Review from a Canterbury audience member:
“My daughter (the last girl to do a roly-poly) LOVED LOVED the performance this morning… she’s 4 and can’t stop talking about it and singing the song! Well done team”
Doors open 9.50a.m.

–10:50am (50 minutes )
The Grand Burstin Hotel: Grand Ballroom
9:50am

Ticket type
Standard

Price
£8

Ticket type
Family

Price
£20

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FLEECEHOLD
2024-07-13 17:00 - 18:30 | The Quarterhouse, CT20 1BN
Produced by

Commonhold Productions

Type

Theatre

Suitability

Age 14+

Fleecehold, a ‘rollicking juggernaut of a show’, charts the journey of three extraordinary women from the north west who have fought to abolish leasehold over the last eight years after being mis-sold their homes using the Government’s Help To Buy scheme.
Katie, a nurse, is furious the freehold to her own home has been sold by the developer onto a viscount who owns 200,000 freeholds and now wants her to pay thousands of pounds for it. Despite being mute as a child and badly bullied because of a bad stammer, Katie decides she must speak out.
She is soon joined by fellow leaseholders Cath Williams and Jo Darbyshire who take inspiration from leasehold campaigners Sebastian O’Kelly, Louie Burns and the ghost of 19th century leasehold reformer MP Henry Broadhurst. Meanwhile, the ghosts of greedy landowners and aristocrats hinder and pour scorn on their attempts at reform alongside modern day freeholders and developers.
It includes Select Committee inquiry evidence to document the leasehold reformers’ journey up to helping draft the Leasehold And Freehold Reform Bill 2023, making its way through Parliament despite being watered down due to lobbying.
Fleecehold stars local actors Lucille Ferguson, Sasha Ravencroft and Debbie Christie and supporting actors James Holmes, Alex Halsall and Tristan Pretty.
Writer Michele Sheldon wrote the play out of frustration of being a leaseholder and as a tribute to all the reformers including Louie Burns, who died in 2020, as well as to all leaseholders trapped in their houses and flats. Michele said:
“Every day we hear stories in the news of how this feudal system brings mental health and financial misery and ruin to leaseholders. Freeholders and their managing agents treat an estimated five million leaseholders living in flats, shared ownership, retirement housing, housing estates and those trapped in the cladding scandal as cash cows. The sheer numbers of people suffering in England and Wales shows leasehold isn’t fit for purpose and must be replaced with commonhold in line with every other country in the world.”
Fleecehold sold out its three nights at the Camden Fringe in 2023 at The Little Angel Theatre, with audiences and reviewers describing it as:
“Informative, enjoyable and funny”
“A great satirical play covering so many aspects of the dysfunctional leasehold system.”
“A wonderful play highlighting the appalling situation many leaseholders find themselves in.’
“Hard hitting in an entertaining way. The message came across in a direct and shocking way. No-one could argue with the ugly truth.”
“Sheldon’s script helps to shine a light on a shocking and important issue with an informatively rousing script that not only educates, but entertains and engages with the unbelievable leasehold reality that many people across England and Wales are struggling with.”
“Fleecehold is what theatre is for.”

Saturday 13th July 2024, 5:20 –6:35pm (1 hour 15 minutes )
Quarterhouse
5:10pm

Ticket type
Standard

Price
£12

Ticket type
Concession

Price
£7

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DANCE SHOWCASE
2024-07-13 15:00 - 16:30 | The Quarterhouse, CT20 1BN
Produced by

Dean Academy Of Performing Arts

Type

Dance

Suitability

All ages

DAPA students are delighted to be performing at the Quarterhouse theatre.
There will be Irish dancing, ballet and street dancing showcases from all the students.
A fun time for all the family.

Venue
Doors
Tickets

Saturday 13th July 2024, 3:20 –4:20pm (1 hour )
Quarterhouse
3:10pm

Ticket type
Standard

Price
£8

Ticket type
Concession

Price
£5

Ticket type
Family

Price
£20

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BEDDOW ACADEMY 30TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW2:00 PmEvent Type :Beddow Academy,Dance,Family
2024-07-13 14:00 - 15:30 | The Tower Theatre, North Road Shorncliffe, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 3HL
EVENT DETAILS

Saturday 13th July, 2pm & 7pm
The Beddow Academy are thrilled to present their 30th Anniversary Show!
Tickets £14 | £12 Concessions (over 65s and under 18s)
Doors open one hour before each performance

TIME
(Saturday) 2:00 pm or 7.00pm

TICKETS
BOOK ONLINE

On the Halls with Marie Lloyd
2024-07-13 13:30 - 17:00 | The Quarterhouse, CT20 1BN
On the Halls with Marie Lloyd. Song performances.
Tickets £10 /£8 Consc
Book boxoffice@creativefolkestone.org.uk

C3 Creative Community C - Summer Craft Event
2024-07-13 13:30 - 15:30 | Sunflower House
Wonderful opportunity to purchase one-of-a-kind handcrafted gifts made by local artisans.

FREE

A KIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM Act CUT-OUT THEATRE
2024-07-13 10:00 - 23:00 | The Quarterhouse, CT20 1BN
A fun, fast-paced, family version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, it has all the comedy and confusion of the original play, but is considerably shorter (at about 50 minutes), with more audience interaction, songs, water pistols and none of the boring speeches.
However, within the informal theatrical style, occasional snippets of original text slip in, to allow the audience to enjoy some authentic Shakespearean language.
Review from a Canterbury audience member:
“My daughter (the last girl to do a roly-poly) LOVED LOVED the performance this morning… she’s 4 and can’t stop talking about it and singing the song! Well done team”
Doors open 9.50a.m.

Standard

Price
£8

Ticket type
Family

Price
£20

Buy tickets on TicketSource

Charivari Day
2024-07-13 09:00 - 19:00 | The Stade, CT19 6AB
This years theme is British Folklore & Ritual Traditions, which we are so excited about. Come cheer, parade & dance with us on the day.
2pm (The Stade) Parade through harbour, town centre, The Leas & festival at Bandstand
Theme: British Folklore + Ritual Traditions

Thank you to the fantastic @ben_edge_art for this years poster image

FUDGEY
2024-07-12 20:30 - 22:00 | Grand Burstin Hotel Grand Ballroom, CT20 1TX
Act

TOM GREAVES

Types

Comedy
Theatre

Suitability

Age 16+

Content warnings

Audience interaction
Strong language
Loud noises
Nudity
References to childhood trauma
References to drug/alcohol misuse
References to mental illness
References to self-harm/suicide
References to sexual abuse
Depictions and references to violence

A brutally funny dark comedy about boarding school. Through the character of Fudgey – your quintessential, tone-deaf man in a suit (you know, the ‘harmless’ type… until you find them running the country) – award-winning, Gaulier-trained Greaves explores the complexities of his own privilege in a mind-bending, tour-de-force performance.
As Fudgey’s reality hits breaking point, Greaves embodies a carousel of personalities in an anarchic & virtuosic performance, ultimately facing Fudgey’s past to find his own future. Fantastically energetic, anchored in true emotion, strap in for a thrilling ride of laughter, tears & transformation. Directed by Lara Ciulli, with special thanks to Trygve Wakenshaw (Nautilus, Kraken, Squidboy).
Last year’s work-in-progress Goodbye Uncle Fudgey won a Mervyn Stutter Spirit Of The Fringe Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and was highly praised by audiences:
“Absolutely fantastic. It achieves the very rare feat of being both hilarious and thought-provoking.”
“This show captures the essence of the private education system and the toxic masculinity that results, with hilarious and heartbreaking honesty”
“There’s a fine line between pain and laughter. This show navigates it with pitch perfect precision”
★★★★ ‘Funny, clever, and disturbing’ Theatre & Arts Review
★★★★ Pick Of The Fringe

Friday 12th July 2024, 8:45 –9:45pm (1 hour )
The Grand Burstin Hotel: Grand Ballroom
8:35pm

Ticket type
Standard

Price
£10

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Saturday 13th July 2024, 9:30 –10:30pm (1 hour )
Quarterhouse
9:20pm

Ticket type
Standard

Price
£10

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To Have and to Hold
2024-07-12 20:30 - 21:30 | Grand Burstin Hotel, The Harbour, Folkestone, CT20 1TX
To Have And To Hold
Neptune LF Room, The Grand Burstin Hotel
Folkestone

Fri 12 Jul 2024,
8:30PM – 9:20PM

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12-14 July
Folkestone Live: Festival of theatre and comedy
https://folkestonelive.com/
The town’s first ever festival of theatre and comedy. Around 33 shows including stand-up comedy, plays, family entertainment, dance, music and sketch comedy.
