Enjoy four days of folk music, dance, craft and traditions this week as the annual Tenterden Folk Festival takes place…
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Feel the love at Margate’s Art Car Boot Fair
The Art Car Boot Fair returns to Margate at the end of September, bringing its famed festival atmosphere to the coastal art hub…
An exploration of adolescence in Five Years
Based on memories of life at a special educational needs school, Five Years uses poetry, storytelling and direct address to explore an adolescence…
A Haunted Existence tours the UK
Tom Marshman’s true life show, A Haunted Existence, about a West Country town rocked by homophobia in the 1950s, will tour the UK…
The Chap Olympiad frolics at the Goodwood Revival
The Chap Olympiad, one of Britain’s most eccentric sporting events, will be heading to Goodwood for a splendid weekend of games with well-dressed folk…
Thought-provoking theatre about the absurdity of borders
An outrageous Brechtian parable, highlighting the absurdity of borders, will tour to theatres and engage audiences across the country in an urgent national conversation…
Welcome in the autumn with Hops ‘n’ Harvest Beer Festival
Pick hops, drink local ales, and meet Pearly Kings and Queens, and Basil Brush at a Kent festival this weekend…
Cricket ground swapped for the sea in unusual match
Once a year, two nautical clubs challenge one another to a rather unusual cricket match, taking place in the middle of the Solent…
Unique decorated floats at Hythe Venetian Fete
Watch an illuminated floating procession in Kent this month, as Hythe’s unique annual event takes place…
More than a whiff of fun at Garlic Festival
Garlic has been grown on the Isle of Wight for over 50 years, so it’s fitting that the island hosts an annual Garlic Festival, celebrating the pungent crop…
Colourful skies over Portsmouth for kite festival
This weekend, Portsmouth’s skies will be filled with colour as a host of giant and artistic kites are set to be flown on Southsea Common…
Music and dance fills Broadstairs
The 54th Broadstairs Folk Week rolls into town this month, with hundreds of musicians and performers in almost every available venue in the Kent town…
Dandy chaps compete in fancy games at vintage fair
The Chap Olympiad is one of Britain’s most eccentric sporting events, where smartly dressed ladies and gentlemen compete in games such as Umbrella Jousting…
Taste the unexpected at Chilli Fiesta
Things will be hotting up (in the culinary sense that is) in West Sussex this weekend, as West Dean Gardens host their annual Chilli Fiesta…
An easy pea-sy throwing contest
Every summer, a pub in the East Sussex town of Lewes hosts the quirky World Pea Throwing Championship…