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Brogdale apple display - National Apple Festival, Kent

Apple games, activities and tours at Kent festival

Autumn is the time for apples, and to celebrate Brogdale in Kent will be hosting the National Apple Festival on Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th October…

Tenterden Folk Festival - Kent

Folk festival fills Tenterden with music, dance and crafts

Tenterden Folk Festival will take place from Thursday 4th to Sunday 7th October with four days of folk music, dance, craft and traditions…

Faversham Hop Festival 2016 - Kent

Celebrate autumn in Kent with two hop festivals

This month, Kent will be celebrating its traditional hop harvest with two quirky family-friendly festivals, Faversham Hop Festival and the Hops ‘n’ Harvest Beer Festival…

Broadstairs Folk Week 2018 - wantsum leapfrog

Folk music by the sea in Broadstairs

The 53rd Broadstairs Folk Week rolls into town this month, with hundreds of musicians and performers in almost every available venue in the Kent town…

Brogdale Collections Cherry Fair - Cherry Pie Eating Competition

Pie eating and pip spitting at Brogdale Cherry Fair in Kent

Brogdale in Kent will be holding a Cherry Fair on Sunday 15th July, with cherry themed quirky contests and family entertainment throughout the day…

Broadstairs Dickens Festival

Mother’s ruin and Victorian scruffs at Broadstairs Dickensian Festival

Broadstairs Dickens Festival takes place in Kent this month, with quirky events including Mother’s Ruin Gin Tastings, Victorian Scruffs,and a Dickensian hat demonstration…

World Custard Pie Championship 2016

See 2000 pies being thrown in Kent at the World Custard Pie Championships

The World Custard Pie Championships 2018 will be taking place in Kent on Saturday 2nd June and will see around 2000 ‘pies’ being thrown as teams battle it out…

Kickstart Rideout 2012, free events in London

Scoot along to Margate Meltdown

The 11th annual Margate Meltdown will take place on the bank holiday Monday, starting from the Ace Cafe in London and finishing up on Margate seafront…

Thrive Battersea Park Chelsea Fringe

An alternative garden festival in Chelsea

Chelsea Fringe, the alternative garden festival, will run for nine days from Saturday 19th to Sunday 27th May, with hundreds of eclectic events expected to take place across London and the rest of the UK…

WE CAN TIME TRAVEL - London Folkestone Reading Theatre 2018

Storytelling and gig combine in an epic time travelling odyssey

Award-winning musician and Kneehigh Associate Dom Coyote presents an epic time travelling odyssey with We Can Time Travel, which will be touring to Reading, Folkestone and London…

National Apple Festival 2017 - Brogdale Collections

Apple eating challenges and orchard tours in Kent

Autumn is the time for apples, and to celebrate Brogdale will be hosting the National Apple Festival on Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th October…

Tenterden Folk Festival - Kent

Traditional song, dance and crafts at Tenterden Folk Festival

This year’s Tenterden Folk Festival will take place from 5th to 8th October with a mix of folk song, music, dance, crafts and traditions…

Kent Life Hops n Harvest Beer festival

Hop picking, local ales and music at the Hops and Harvest Boutique Festival

The Hops and Harvest Boutique Festival, a two-day family event at Kent Life Heritage Farm Park, will take place on 9th and 10th September, with live music, activities, hop-picking, and local ales…

Faversham Hop Festival 2016 - Kent

Hop over to Faversham to celebrate the harvest with a street festival

Follow the hop-pickers trail to the ancient hopping and brewing town of Faversham, for one of the biggest free street festivals in the South East…

Broadstairs Dickens Festival

Victorian characters descend on Broadstairs for Dickens Festival

Broadstairs Dickens Festival will take place in Kent, from Saturday 17th to Friday 23rd June, with a Grand Parade, eclectic performances and a Country Fair…

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Curiosity of the Week

Orkney’s Italian Chapel
Italian Chapel, Lambholm, Orkney

For our latest Curiosity of the Week we are heading over to Orkney to discover a rather unusual piece of history…an Italian Chapel made from Nissen huts and a shipwreck!

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Exhibition finds beauty in forgotten and discarded items
Jimmy Turrell & Richard Turley exhibition Unforsaken at The Book Club in Shoreditch

This month, Jimmy Turrell and Richard Turley will be taking over The Book Club in Shoreditch with their exhibition Unforsaken, finding true beauty in forgotten and discarded objects…

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