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Take Up Space Festival 2024

Welcome to the 3rd Take Up Space festival which continues to build on 10 years of International Women’s Day events In Folkestone.

The programme of contemporary arts, performance, live music, talks, and projects sits alongside a homegrown programme of local artists workshops and projects that invites audiences and participants into meaningful engagement with the arts and community whilst  provoking inquiry into wider issues of women’s equity and lived experiences. This year’s festival theme is The Female Gaze.

Take Up Space Festival is curated and organised by Folkestone Women’s Forum.

Many of the events in the festival are free to attend with the option of ‘Pay What You Can’ tickets at £5, £10, £20. We trust you to make your own judgement about what is affordable for you across the festival - we don’t want you to miss events because of cost BUT contributions are gratefully received. All proceeds go towards the running of the festival or future Folkestone Women’s Forum events.

This year’s festival is supported by Arts Council England, The Roger de Haan Charitable Trust, Creative Folkestone, Folkestone and Hythe District Council, the generous supporters of Folkestone Women’s Forum crowdfund campaign. 

Connect, collaborate, gain strength and support each other to tackle patriarchy and to Take Up Space!

Take Up Space 2024 Events

Kim Plowright: Life Class for Hopeful Monsters

Mon 5 Feb, 7.30pm - Mon 26 Feb

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Desperately Seeking Susan

Wed 6 Mar, 7.30pm

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Ione Gamble: Poor Little Sick Girls

Thu 7 Mar, 6.45pm

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Take Up Space 2024: Festival Launch

Thu 7 Mar, 8pm

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On Solid Ground: Mother Nurture

Fri 8 Mar, 10am

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Origins Untold: gaze (a poetry reading)

Fri 8 Mar, 6pm

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Eloina: HIGH STEAKS

Fri 8 Mar, 8pm

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Take Up Space x Bimbeaux Birthday

Fri 8 Mar, 9.30pm

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Sunrise Sea Swim

Sat 9 Mar, 6.15am

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Ceremonial Baking Workshop

Sat 9 Mar, 9am

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Andrea Anderson: Flower Power

Sat 9 Mar, 10am

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Daughters of Industry

Sat 9 Mar, 11am

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Ela Law: Riots Not Diets

Sat 9 Mar, 11am

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Katy Casey: Underneath It All

Sat 9 Mar, 11am

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Fabia H Goff: Carve Out Time to Grow

Sat 9 Mar, 1.30pm

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a:dress Fast Fashion & Climate Crisis

Sat 9 Mar, 1.30pm

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Mothers without Hands - Collective Bread Decoration Workshop

Sat 9 Mar, 3pm

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Mothers without Hands- Artist's Talk

Sat 9 Mar, 6pm

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Riot Gulll: Taking Up Space

Sat 9 Mar, 7.30pm

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Moving Memory Dance Theatre: Gestures of Defiance

Sun 10 Mar, 10am

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Tamsin Larby: The Unmuted Muse

Sun 10 Mar, 10am

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Savouring Space

Sun 10 Mar, 12pm

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Becoming Royalty- A Drag King Transformation Station

Sun 10 Mar, 2pm

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Sasha Maye: A Mother's Gaze

Sun 10 Mar, 2pm

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Alison Neighbour: Night Walk

Sun 10 Mar, 5.30pm

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