Events

Discover what’s on in Folkestone, every month there are things to do: Autumn brings us the Folkestone Songwriting Festival, and the Folkestone Book Festival. The Living Advent Calendar starts its workshops in October and November, leading up to the big door openings in December. There’s the annual Boxing Day Dip for those brave enough! Charivari Day, Folkestone’s carnival is on in July. Pride Folkestone has been building momentum to the march in July, and the Harbour Market is in full swing over the warmer months. We’ve got Sandcastle Competitions,Trawler and raft races and lots more to do in Folkestone!

Son et Lumière Remembrance Walk

Brace yourself! – Boxing Day Dip

Folkestone Book Festival – International to Local

Festive Folkestone Harbour – Plan Your Visit

Get Into The Spirit – Folkestone’s Living Advent Calendar

Wűnder Harbour – A Bavarian Celebration

Folkestone Documentary Festival – Watch, Develop, Explore

Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever – Folkestone

Folkestone Sandcastle Competition – join in!

Love Is Love – Folkestone Pride

Changeling Theatre – Love’s Labour’s Lost

Open Art 2024 – Accessible Art Across Folkestone

Smoking Apples Theatre – We Are More Alike

Salt + Earth – Festival of Landscape, Seascape and the Environment

Normal? Festival Of The Brain

Eskander’s Journey – Migrant Help 3D Artwork

Hythe Venetian Fete – Historic Floating Festival!

Walking With Ghosts – Folkestone’s History Remembered

Fly With Me – Good Chance Theatre

A Noisy Mock Serenade – Charivari Day

Take Up Space – Folkestone Women’s Forum

Shapeshifter Productions – Open Your Mind To Music

Folkestone’s Air Display – Everyone Gets The Best Seat In Town

Sound Emergence Pilgrimage