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NAPOLEON DYNAMITE (PG)
2025-08-15 19:00 - 20:30 (Europe/London) | The Goods Yard, Harbour Approach Rd, Folkestone, CT20 1QH​​​​​​
PART OF FOLKESTONE HARBOUR 2025 FREE SUMMER CINEMA

Napoleon, an awkward and eccentric teenager, navigates small-town life with deadpan humour and a unique sense of style. Whether helping his friend Pedro run for class president or performing an iconic dance, he stays unapologetically himself in this cult classic.

TU CASA SUMMER PARTY
2025-08-15 19:00 - 22:00 | The Old Cigar and Olive, 12 - 15 Rendezvous Street, Folkestone, CT20 1EX
Tu Casa Summer Party!

Been really looking forward to announcing the Dj’s for our Summer shakedown.

Stuart Peters
Sexy chocolate head honcho and all round club night and party legend with the best sounds you could wish to hear who’s experience and dedication is admired by everyone who’s been to any of his events
Justin Randall
YHOM Founder and Quality house music champion who’s experience of putting on nights and bringing Top name Djs to his events has put him to the top of his game.
David Anthony
Revolve king pin, who’s parties have become the stuff of legend and with his years of love for the craft of DJing can blend genres with ease and style bringing the best vibes and smiles on the dance floor every time he steps up
Expect Big summer vibes
Full venue decoration
Big sound system
Great people dancing to great house music
Safe and secure venue
Great drinks

Due to popular demand and venue capacity this will be a ticketed event.
Tickets are just £5 to secure your place on the dance floor for this summer party to remember
Hit the link below
https://www.skiddle.com/e/41162666

MUSIC FESTIVAL WEEKEND
2025-08-16 - 2025-08-17 | The Leas Bandstand, The Leas Folkestone, Folkestone, Select a State:, CT20 2XL, United Kingdom
Folkestone Festivals

Great live music, Craft, art, food and drink stalls, amusements, shows, demonstrations and workshops, community group displays and more.
Free music from the bandstand on Saturday: ADAM REGGIO, ROCK OF AGED & NICK LAWRENCE.
Free music from the bandstand on Sunday: BLAKE SONNET, HYTHE/SHEPWAY U3A SWING BAND.

ADAM REGGIO
2025-08-16 10:00 - 23:30 | The Leas Bandstand, The Leas Folkestone, Folkestone, Select a State:, CT20 2XL, United Kingdom
A splendid tribute to Michael Buble & other legendary crooners such as Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin & many more.

ROCK OF AGED
2025-08-16 12:00 - 14:30 | The Leas Bandstand, The Leas Folkestone, Folkestone, Select a State:, CT20 2XL, United Kingdom
Five piece Classic Rock band based in South East Kent covering the best bands from 1970s and 1980s

JIMMY AND THE RIDDLES @ THE HARBOUR ARM
2025-08-16 14:00 - 16:00 | Folkestone Harbour Arm, Folkestone, CT20 1QQ
REGGAE, DUB, SKA & AFROBEAT

Reggae, Dub , Ska & Afrobeat Party Band ‘Jimmy and the Riddles’ play a variety of originals and covers, guaranteed to get you bopping & dancing! Based in Folkestone Music Town.

NICK LAWRENCE
2025-08-16 15:00 - 17:00 | The Leas Bandstand, The Leas Folkestone, Folkestone, Select a State:, CT20 2XL, United Kingdom
Nick has been writing songs since 2000 and has produced over forty original compositions utilizing instruments such as acoustic guitar, cajon, harmonica and ukulele.

TWOMANTING @ HARBOURSIDE SQUARE
2025-08-16 16:00 - 18:00 | Folkestone Harbour, The Stade, FOLKESTONE, Kent, CT19 6RB, United Kingdom
SUNSHINE AFRO-ROOTS DUO FROM UK/SIERRA LEONE

TwoManTing was formed in 2024 when Sierra Leonean percussionist Jah-man Aggrey, and guitarist Jon Lewis were playing together as part of dance band, Le Cod Afrique, at events such as Montreux Jazz Festival and WOMAD.
The duo immediately became a hit on the UK festival circuit with their brand of bouncy “Sunshine Afro-roots”. Shows have included Glastonbury, Secret Garden Party, Boomtown Fair, Shrewsbury Folk, Wilderness and Green Man Festivals to name but a few. Using guitar, live loops and percussion the duo creates a highly danceable full band sound and their reputation has earned them recent support slots with the likes of Tinariwen and The Oyster Band. Their music is often featured on BBC 6Music and Radio 3.
Shows feature palm-wine, acoustic dub and highlife grooves with thoughtful and thought-provoking lyrics on subjects ranging from childhood memories, political protest and er.…duvets.
The latest album “Rhymes with Orange” draws on a range of sounds from 1970s Sierra Leone to 1980s UK punk through to the Soukous beats of the Congo.
“Brilliant – if you want a bit of early summer, then get this into your ear-holes!” (Lauren Laverne, BBC 6Music)
“John Peel would play something like this on his programme and the world would suddenly seem a better place” (Steve Lamacq, BBC 6Music)

THE SIRES + THE EMBROOKS + GREEN REAPER
2025-08-16 19:30 - 22:30 | 20th Century Speedway, Arc House, St Eanswythe Way, Folkestone, CT20 1AN
So who’s best? Cheer, jeer or sneer – be part of the audience for this 60s influenced garage punk with a dab of r’n’b!
The Sires and The Embrooks go head to head to see which band is best but don’t forget their wonderful support – Green Reaper who will bring you a mix of garage stoner and psych!

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BLAKE SONNET 17 August @ 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM 60’s Sensations Tribute to 60’s music.
2025-08-17 12:00 - 14:00
60’s Sensations Tribute to 60’s music.

HYTHE/SHEPWAY U3A SWING BAND
2025-08-17 15:00 - 17:00 | The Leas Bandstand, The Leas Folkestone, Folkestone, Select a State:, CT20 2XL, United Kingdom
15 piece swing band.

Summer Holiday Family Activities: Medieval Week!Family Workshop with Alison Moore
2025-08-19 10:30 - 15:30 | Folkestone Museum
Week 5 of our family summer holiday activities is Medieval Week.

On the 19th and 20th of August, we’re making paper plate dragons. Dragons were important symbols and legends in Medieval England – they were regularly part of stories about saints (including Saint George) and part of royal heraldry.
On the 21st and 22nd of August, join us to make a model of a medieval castle. There used to be two castles in Folkestone – on the Bayle and up on Castle Hill. Learn all about them and make a castle to take home!
Our Medieval Week family activities are designed for children and young people under 13.
We’ll run four activity sessions each day at 10:30, 11:30, 13:30 and 14:30.
When you arrive at the museum before your chosen session, please pick up your FREE timed ticket at the main reception desk! Tickets are first come, first served on the day – we don’t allow booking in advance.

Silver Screen Film Club THE BALLAD OF WALLIS ISLAND
2025-08-21 11:00 - 12:30 | Silver Screen Cinema, The Town Hall, Guildhall St, Folkestone, CT20 1DY
Comedy / Romance
Trailer

Directed by James Griffiths • Starring Tom Basden, Tim Key, Sian Clifford • 99 mins / 1h 39m • UK • 2025
An eccentric lottery winner who lives alone on a remote island tries to make his fantasies come true by getting his favorite musicians to perform at his home.
Children younger than 12 years must be accompanied by an adult aged 18+. Proof of age may be required.

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Thu 21st Aug
11:00

Thu 28th Aug
11:00

Tosti International Academy, Public Masterclass with Matthew Rose & Michèle Losier
2025-08-21 16:00 - 18:00 | The Grand
Promoter
Folkestone On Song (Tosti International Academy 21 Aug – 2 Sept)
Programme
Public Masterclass with Matthew Rose and Michèle Losier for Tosti International Academy singers
(access via the North Entrance)
Ticket Prices
£5
Booking
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/folkestone-on-song

CRUELLA (12A)
2025-08-22 19:00 - 21:30 | The Goods Yard, Harbour Approach Rd, Folkestone, CT20 1QH​​​​​​
PART OF FOLKESTONE HARBOUR 2025 FREE SUMMER CINEMA

In 1970s London, Estella is a clever and rebellious aspiring fashion designer. When she crosses paths with the intimidating Baroness, her dark side awakens and she transforms into the vengeful and extravagant Cruella de Vil. A stylish origin story with punk rock flair.

Lucy Humphris (trumpet) & Benny Vernon (trombone)
2025-08-22 19:30 - 21:00 | The Parish Church of St Mary and St Eanswythe, Church Street,, Folkestone, CT20 1SW
Concert
Artists
Named as one of Classic FM’s rising stars of 2023, Lucy Humphris is one of the UK’s most innovative and versatile young performers.
Benny Vernon is a member of the multi-award winning trombone quartet, Slide Action and has performed with Aurora and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
Programme
This concert will include some of the most dazzling and virtuosic works for brass, including Xenakis’s ‘monster of a piece’, Keren, and Berio’s trombone showpiece, Sequenza V. Lucy will play pieces including Peter Maxwell Davies’ ‘Litany for a Ruined Chapel between sheep and shore’. Maxwell Davies wrote, ‘I imagined the music being played in the ruin, open to the skies, in the vast stillness of that haunted land and seascape.’
Ticket Prices
£15 on the door or online
Booking
www.tickettailor.com/events/folkestonenewmusic/1670751

Arte nei giardini - Clary
2025-08-23 08:00 - 2025-08-24 17:00 | Kingsnorth Gardens, Kingsnorth Gardens, Folkestone, CT20 2NQ
Arte nei giardini brings art to all, with something to appeal to all ages from unexpected performance, poetry and art in unusual places.
#Exhibition #Workshop #Performance
Date: Saturday 23 – Sunday 24 August
Times: Please refer to artist’s social media @attiaclaire

Set in the heart of Folkestone, this event weaves together people, art, and nature in a celebration of connection and creativity. Nestled within the town’s beautiful gardens, it invites gentle conversations between plants and artworks—where poetry, performance, and sculpture reveal hidden stories and quiet wonders. Visitors are encouraged to explore, reflect, and discover moments of magic in the spaces where art and nature meet.

Clarys’ art is an ongoing process of exploration and discovery into the fields of philosophy and phenomenological thought through the lens of living and dying. Her Ideas aim to unite all in appreciation and the wonders of life. Primarily a painter her practice has no bounds and makes use of all mediums available to her, using these, and sometimes found objects to intuitively guide her work. Clarys’ methodologies are absorption, making and reflection – a somatic need that sustains their time rolling action that captures softness and vulnerability.

You can find out about all participating artists here >>
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THE ALTONES @ THE HARBOUR ARM
2025-08-23 14:00 - 16:00 | Folkestone Harbour Arm, Folkestone, CT20 1QQ
NORTHERN SOUL CLASSICS LAID OVER OLD-SCHOOL JAMAICAN SKA/REGGAE GROOVES

The Altones bring you some unique soul/reggae mashups. Think Northern Soul with some 60’s Ska thrown in.

PINK FLOYD TRIBUTE BAND “ON THE RUN”
2025-08-23 14:30 - 17:00 | The Leas Bandstand, The Leas Folkestone, Folkestone, Select a State:, CT20 2XL, United Kingdom
Kent-based band pride described as ‘the most authentic live Pink Floyd tribute’ – live music at its best. Saturday is the Early show: The Dark Side of the Moon / Animals.
Also appearing on 24th August at the same time.

Walter Reiter (Baroque violin)
2025-08-23 15:00 - 17:00 | The Parish Church of St Mary and St Eanswythe, Church Street,, Folkestone, CT20 1SW
Walter Reiter making a welcome return in solo works by J.S Bach.

Admission is £15 with children and students free.

We encourage you to book online in advance at the following website:

https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/bayle-music

There will be limited off-street parking at St Eanswythe’s School, by kind permission of the Headteacher. The entrance is in The Bayle opposite the Pond Gardens.

Thank you for your support over the 2024-25 season which has seen some remarkable and inspiring concerts!

NYLON TIGERS @ HARBOURSIDE SQUARE
2025-08-23 16:00 - 18:00 | Folkestone Harbour, The Stade, FOLKESTONE, Kent, CT19 6RB, United Kingdom
POP TOCK CLASSICS ACROSS THE DECADES

Nylon Tigers is a pop rock band performing classic covers across the decades from the 60’s through to the present day.

Tosti International Academy, Public Masterclass with Kate Royal
2025-08-23 16:00 - 18:00 | The Grand
Promoter
Folkestone On Song (Tosti International Academy 21 Aug – 2 Sept)
Date

Open Masterclass
Programme
Public Masterclass with Kate Royal for Tosti International Academy singers
(access via the North Entrance)
Ticket Prices
£5
Booking
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/folkestone-on-song

Tosti International Academy, Recital of Singers with Bénédicte Jourdois
2025-08-24 16:00 - 18:00 | Holy Trinity Church, Sandagte Road, Folkestone, CT20 2HQ
Promoter
Folkestone On Song (Tosti International Academy 21 Aug – 2 Sept)
Programme
A recital for early career and student singers attending the Tosti International Singing Academy in Folkestone, with Bénédicte Jourdois (French Song).
4 – 6pm
Ticket Prices
£5
Booking
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/folkestone-on-song

Summer Holiday Family Activities: Dinosaurs!Family Workshop with Alison Moore
2025-08-26 10:30 - 15:30 | Folkestone Museum
In the final week of our summer holiday activities, we’re all about the dinosaurs!

On the 26th and 27th of August, make pine cone dinosaurs with us.
On the 28th, local fossil expert Steve Friedrich will be back at Folkestone with his fossil roadshow. Meet one of the team who discovered the dinosaur footprints on the Warren, and find out about his latest discoveries.
On the 29th of August, meet the Dinobabies! These hatchlings are back at Folkestone Museum for another year. Meet them at the museum and find out more about the dinosaurs who wandered in Folkestone 110 million or so years ago.
Our family activities are designed for children and young people under 13.
We’ll run four activity sessions a day at 10:30, 11:30, 13:30 and 14:30.
When you arrive at the museum before your chosen session, please pick up your FREE timed ticket at the main reception desk! Tickets are first come, first served on the day – we don’t allow booking in advance.

Tosti International Academy, Public Masterclass with Sir Thomas Allen
2025-08-26 16:00 - 18:00 | Holy Trinity Church, Sandagte Road, Folkestone, CT20 2HQ
Promoter
Folkestone On Song (Tosti International Academy 21 Aug – 2 Sept)
Open Masterclass
Programme
Public Masterclass with Sir Thomas Allen for Tosti International Academy singers
Ticket Prices
£5
Booking
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/folkestone-on-song

Tosti International Academy, Recital of Singers with Anna Tilbrook
2025-08-27 16:00 - 18:00 | The Grand
Promoter
Folkestone On Song (Tosti International Academy 21 Aug – 2 Sept)

Programme
A recital for early career and student singers attending the Tosti International Singing Academy in Folkestone, with Anna Tilbrook (Schubert & friends).
Ticket Prices
£5
Booking
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/folkestone-on-song

Silver Screen Film Club On Falling
2025-08-28 11:00 - 12:30 | Silver Screen Cinema, The Town Hall, Guildhall St, Folkestone, CT20 1DY
Drama
Trailer

Directed by Laura Carreira • Starring Joana Santos, Inês Vaz, Piotr Sikora • 104 mins / 1h 44m • UK/Portugal • 2024
Aurora, a Portuguese worker in a Scottish warehouse, navigates loneliness and alienation in an algorithm-driven gig economy as she seeks meaning and connection amidst solitude and workplace confines.
No-one younger than 15 will be admitted. Proof of age may be required.

Book Tickets

Thu 28th Aug
11:00

Thu 4th Sep
11:00

Tosti International Academy, Public Masterclass with Sir John Tomlinson
2025-08-28 16:00 - 18:00 | The Grand
Promoter
Folkestone On Song (Tosti International Academy 21 Aug – 2 Sept)

Programme
Public Masterclass with Sir John Tomlinson for Tosti International Academy singers
4 – 6pm (access via the North Entrance)
Ticket Prices
£5
Booking
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/folkestone-on-song

Tosti International Academy, Recital of Singers with Iain Burnside
2025-08-29 16:00 - 18:00 | Holy Trinity Church, Sandagte Road, Folkestone, CT20 2HQ
Promoter
Folkestone On Song (Tosti International Academy 21 Aug – 2 Sept)

Programme
A recital for early career and student singers attending the Tosti International Singing Academy in Folkestone, with Iain Burnside (English and American Song).
4 – 6pm
Ticket Prices
£5
Booking
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/folkestone-on-song

THE GREAT GATSBY (12A)
2025-08-29 19:00 - 21:30 | The Goods Yard, Harbour Approach Rd, Folkestone, CT20 1QH​​​​​​
PART OF FOLKESTONE HARBOUR 2025 FREE SUMMER CINEMA

Nick Carraway tells the story of the enigmatic Jay Gatsby, a millionaire who throws lavish parties to win back the love of his life, Daisy Buchanan. Set in the roaring ’20s, the film explores dreams, decadence, and the elusive nature of the American Dream.
