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Now Recruiting: Chief Executive Officer of Creative Folkestone
Leading the next chapter of creativity, culture and community in Folkestone Creative Folkestone is seeking an inspiring and forward-thinking...
Sophie Haydock, Festival Curator: Notes from Folkestone Book Festival 2025
One of my highlights of the Folkestone Book Festival 2025 began with a confession. Not the polite, pre-approved kind, but the risky,...
Alastair Upton awarded an MBE in the King’s New Year’s Honours
Alastair Upton, CEO of Creative Folkestone, has been awarded an MBE for services to Art in the King’s New Year’s Honours. Alastair...
Creative Quarter Gift Guide
Still looking for a last-minute gift? The Creative Quarter is the perfect place to find something thoughtful and original. From handmade...
Art students impress with Folkestone inspired exhibition
EKC Folkestone College Level 3 Art and Design students worked with local artists to create artworks expressing their view of Folkestone. ...
Alastair Upton to step down as Chief Executive of Creative Folkestone in July 2026
Leading arts charity Creative Folkestone has announced today that Alastair Upton will step down as Chief Executive in July 2026, after...
Exclusive Dining Offers for Book Festival Ticket Holders
Folkestone Book Festival is nearly here - and this year, your ticket doesn’t just unlock brilliant conversations, ideas, arguments,...
Plans Proposed to Save Folkestone Library
Together, with community partners we have today proposed plans to restore Folkestone Central Library as a community and cultural hub Folkestone’s...
International icons and powerful new voices added to Folkestone Book Festival 2025 line-up
Creative Folkestone has announced an expanded line-up for Folkestone Book Festival 2025, confirming its place as one of the UK’s...
Folkestone Triennial 2025: 'A Triumph'
Critics from across the UK have been exploring the 2025 Folkestone Triennial - and their verdict is unanimous. Praised for its ambition,...
Press release: Folkestone Book Festival 2025
Joanne Harris, Irvine Welsh, Lisa Jewell, Rupert Everett, Amanda Knox and Jung Chang lead most ambitious programme yet 13-23 November...
Folkestone Is a Library: A Whole Town of Stories
Published Tue 1 July 2025 Thanks to funding from Arts Council England’s Place Partnership fund, Creative Folkestone is launching...