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Prospect Cottage: Public Visits 2026
Wed 18 Mar - Sun 6 Dec 2026, Various Times
Discover the Creative Heart of Derek Jarman’s World.Step inside Prospect Cottage, the extraordinary home and artistic sanctuary of renowned...
Marsh Choir
Mon 20 Apr 2026 - Mon 7 Dec 2026, 7pm
Marsh Choir is a network of vibrant, feel-good choirs led by Carly Bryant, bringing people together through music across the Romney Marsh,...
Tuesday Evening Meditation (7-8 pm)
Tue 1 Sep - Tue 20 Oct 2026, 7pm
Tuesday Evening Meditation (7-8 pm) Sessions: 1, 8, 15 & 29 September; 6, 13 & 20 October Guided meditation, silent practice, and time for...
There’s a Monster in Your Show
Wed 7 Oct 2026, 12pm & 4pm
Tom Fletcher’s interactive adventures for big imaginations are leaping from page to stage, as the beloved ‘Who’s in Your Book?' series...
Folkestone is a Library – Spotlight Event ‘The power of being heard’
Wed 7 Oct 2026, 6pm
Join us for an evening of ideas, stories and good conversation as we take a closer look at Folkestone is a Library and the people bringing...
Cloud Chamber: Gavin Greenaway and Caroline Dale
Fri 9 Oct 2026, 7.30pm
Cloud Chamber is the newly formed duo of Gavin Greenaway (piano) and Caroline Dale (cello), internationally renowned performers whose careers...
Folkestone Live 2026: Mr Sleepybum’s Dream Machine
Sat 10 Oct 2026, 10.30am
Performed by Jody KamaliMr Sleepybum is sad. He can’t dream. To solve this problem, he invents a machine that magically brings dreams to...
Folkestone Live ‘26 - Festival of Theatre and Comedy
Sat 10 Oct 2026, 10.30am - Sun 11 Oct 2026, 10am
Folkestone Live returns for its third year, with a weekend packed full of live performances at the Quarterhouse. From nationally acclaimed...
Folkestone Live 2026: Grandma’s Shop
Sat 10 Oct 2026, 11.45am
Performed by Julie FlowerClothes, cats, and counter-culture. Sheffield, 1989. Loveable, eccentric septuagenarian Hilda has run a second-hand...
Folkestone Live 2026: Puffling Pants
Sat 10 Oct 2026, 1.15pm
Performed by Canterbury Shakespeare FestivalThink Shakespeare is boring? Too long? Hard to understand? Puffling Pants will change your mind!...
Folkestone Live 2026: 1 King, 2 Princes, & Shakespeare’s Lie
Sat 10 Oct 2026, 3pm
Performed by Slade Wolfe Enterprises LimitedA king. A traitor. A villain. Or was he? Richard III returns to confront the myths that condemned...
Folkestone Live 2026: A Forgotten Woman - Mrs Oscar Wilde
Sat 10 Oct 2026, 4.45pm
Performed by Slade Wolfe Enterprises LimitedConstance Lloyd steps out of Oscar Wilde’s shadow. Feminist, writer, mother. Told through her...
Folkestone Live 2026: The School Of Night
Sat 10 Oct 2026, 6.30pm
Performed by The School of NightSince debuting at Shakespeare's Globe in 2005, The School of Night has performed its unique blend of literary...
Folkestone Live 2026: The FIT Improv Show
Sat 10 Oct 2026, 8pm
Performed by Folkestone Improv TheatreReturning for its second year, Folkestone’s only improv school celebrate the finest local comedy talent...
Folkestone Live 2026: Hill And Jones Comedy Catastrophe
Sat 10 Oct 2026, 9.30pm
Performed by Hill and JonesWhen Hill and Jones land a last-minute slot at a major comedy show, it’s their big break. Backstage, everything...
Folkestone Live 2026: Tempest In A Teacup
Sun 11 Oct 2026, 10am
Performed by Cut-Out TheatreA fun, fast-paced, family-friendly take on Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Packed with all the drama, romance, magic...
Folkestone Live 2026: FIT Kids’ Improv Show
Sun 11 Oct 2026, 11.45am
Performed by Folkestone Improv TheatreFollowing a growing audience of young folk at their adult shows, Folkestone Improv Theatre has created...
Folkestone Live 2026: Shelf: The Kids’ Show 2 - The Power of Two
Sun 11 Oct 2026, 1.30pm
Performed by ShelfShelf are back with a brand-new sketch show. It’s double the funny, double the silly, and fun for children, grown-ups,...
Folkestone Live 2026: Edwardian Musical Comedy Rediscovered...Reimagined
Sun 11 Oct 2026, 3.15pm
Performed by Phil HornseyRediscover the magic of a forgotten theatrical era. This vibrant showcase breathes new life into archival gems through...
Folkestone Live 2026: Absent Thee: After Hamlet
Sun 11 Oct 2026, 5pm
Performed by Slade Wolfe Enterprises Limited Hamlet is dead. Horatio remains. Years after Hamlet charged his dearest friend to live on, Horatio...
Folkestone Live 2026: Sewage: Definitely Not A Musical
Sun 11 Oct 2026, 6.45pm
Performed by Michele SheldonA political comedy about how sewage dumps impact the fortunes of a family living in a Kent seaside town relying...
Folkestone Live 2026: Collarbone
Sun 11 Oct 2026, 8.30pm
Performed by Will TrainMatt’s on a journey to make his life better. He’s not complaining, he’s putting in the work. And he’s finally...
Connecting Creatives
Mon 19 Oct 2026, 3pm
Following our successful summer gathering, we are returning to Club (at Glassworks), for our autumn networking event.Come and join us in this...
Kiiōtō feat. Lou Rhodes of Lamb
Thu 22 Oct 2026, 7.30pm
Kiiōtō’s second album, Black Salt, casts the net wide and deep in the stories it tells. Debut single Butterfly is a dark and brooding...
Folkestone Documentary Festival 2026: Industry Day
Fri 23 Oct 2026, 10am
Calling all filmmakers, artists and documentary-curious people. Do you want to know more about documentary film craft, find out who is funding...
Lucy Porter: Let Yourself Go!
Fri 23 Oct 2026, 7.30pm
Lucy Porter - Let Yourself Go! Festival favourite Lucy returns with a brand new show about the power of letting yourself go - in every sense....
Folkestone Documentary Festival 2026: Filmmaking Challenge
Sat 24 Oct 2026, 10am
Be the first to see the shortlisted films for this year’s Filmmaking Challenge in a free screening followed by awards for the Best Film...
Folkestone Documentary Festival 2026: Amazomania
Sat 24 Oct 2026, 12pm
In 1996, a Brazilian official and a Swedish journalist filmed their trip to the Amazon to speak to the isolated Korubo people, caught in escalating...
Take Me Back: The Off Spin, Green 182, Some 41
Sat 24 Oct 2026, 7.30pm
Relive the glory days of popz-punk! Catch the ultimate tributes to The Offspring, Green Day, Blink-182, and Sum 41 all in one epic night....
Folkestone Documentary Festival 2026: American Doctor
Sun 25 Oct 2026, 11am
Up close with three American doctors volunteering in Gaza's overwhelmed hospitals as the humanitarian catastrophe worsens and medical staff...
Fallen Angels by Noël Coward
Thu 29 Oct 2026, 7.15pm
Sparkling, dizzying, and deliciously potent, Fallen Angels, Noël Coward’s champagne-fresh comedy of bad manners, shocked and delighted...
Drop in Family Workshop
Sat 31 Oct 2026, 11am
Spooky Story Sounds: Make, Create & Perform!Join composer and musician Joe Donaldson for a fun, hands-on Halloween workshop where childrenwill...
Damp Disco: A Disco Nightmare
Sat 31 Oct 2026, 9pm
DAMP DISCO PRESENTS: A DISCO NIGHTMARE Something wicked is coming to Folkestone’s Quarterhouse This Halloween, Damp Disco invites you into...
Royal Ballet & Opera: Manon
Sun 1 Nov 2026, 2pm
In the seedy underbelly of 18th-century Paris, money is king. Nothing is sacred – even love itself can be bought for the right price. A...
National Theatre Live Presents: The Misanthrope
Wed 4 Nov 2026, 6.30pm
Award-winner Sandra Oh (Killing Eve) plays the title role in this razor-sharp reimagining of Molière’s classic dark comedy. Telling the...
Melting Vinyl: Penguin Cafe performs Music from the Penguin Cafe Orchestra
Fri 6 Nov 2026, 8pm
Penguin Cafe was founded by Arthur Jeffes in 2009, bringing together a talented and disparate group of musicians initially to perform his...
Folkestone Through Writers’ Eyes: A Literary Walking Tour
Sat 7 Nov 2026, 12pm
Join local writer, historian and guide Tony Quarrington and Folkestone Book Festival curator Sophie Haydock for a literary stroll through...
Creative Quarter Christmas Lights Switch-On 2026
Wed 11 Nov 2026, 5pm
Stories, sparkle and festive magic come together as the Christmas lights are switched on in the heart of Folkestone's Creative Quarter.Taking...
Opening Night: Sir Tony Robinson
Thu 12 Nov 2026, 7pm
Few figures have delighted British audiences for as long, or with such warmth, wit and infectious curiosity, as Sir Tony Robinson. Actor,...
WORKSHOP Jarred McGinnis: The Art of Writing Together
Fri 13 Nov 2026, 10am
What stories do we carry about ourselves – and what might someone else remember differently? In this bold and original creative writing...
Jarred McGinnis & Nell Stevens: Who Do You Think You Are?
Fri 13 Nov 2026, 3pm
Two brilliantly original novelists come together for a sharp, psychologically rich conversation about identity, reinvention, self-deception...
Jem Calder: The Debut Everyone is Talking About
Fri 13 Nov 2026, 5pm
Few debut authors are generating as much excitement as Jem Calder. Named one of The Observer’s best debut novelists of 2026 and championed...
Philippa Perry: When Psychology Meets Murder
Fri 13 Nov 2026, 7pm
How well do we ever really know the people around us? For decades, Philippa Perry has helped millions of readers better understand themselves...
Dominic Gregory: Courage, Crisis & the Kent Coast
Sat 14 Nov 2026, 10.30am
When the call comes in, would you run towards the storm? In this gripping conversation, Dominic Gregory discusses Lifeboat at the End of the...
Paul Sinton-Hewitt: The parkrun Revolution
Sat 14 Nov 2026, 12pm
What if one small act of hope could change millions of lives? Join Paul Sinton-Hewitt, founder of the global parkrun movement, for an uplifting...
Juliet Sargeant: The Hidden Foundations of Life
Sat 14 Nov 2026, 2pm
What sustains a landscape? What allows a garden, a community or an ecosystem to flourish? And what might we learn from looking beneath the...
Christine Dawood: A Journey to the Titanic
Sat 14 Nov 2026, 4pm
In June 2023, the disappearance of the Titan submersible gripped the world, as millions followed the desperate search unfolding in the Atlantic....
Dame Marina Warner: Shelter in an Unsettled World
Sat 14 Nov 2026, 6pm
What does it mean to offer refuge – and who gets to belong? In this major cultural conversation, acclaimed writer, mythographer and historian...
Ian McEwan: What We Can Know
Sat 14 Nov 2026, 8pm
Few writers have shaped contemporary fiction quite like lan McEwan. For more than forty years, readers have been captivated by novels including...
Esther Ghey: Raising Children in the Digital Age
Sun 15 Nov 2026, 12pm
What kind of world are young people growing up in online – and how do we keep them safe within it? Following the murder of her daughter...
Poorna Bell & Helen Thorn: Reinvention, Rage & Reclamation
Sun 15 Nov 2026, 2pm
What happens when life falls apart – how do you rebuild something stronger from the wreckage? Join bestselling authors, broadcasters and...
Felicity Cloake & Claire Cohen: Dogs and Dinners
Sun 15 Nov 2026, 4pm
What if the recipe for a better life began with a badly behaved dog? Multi award-winning food writer Felicity Cloake joins journalist and...
Sajid Javid: The Making of Modern Britain
Sun 15 Nov 2026, 6pm
What does it take to defy the limits others place on you? In this candid and compelling conversation, former Chancellor and Home Secretary...
AL Kennedy: Mercy and Memory
Sun 15 Nov 2026, 8pm
AL Kennedy is one of Britain’s most celebrated contemporary writers. Winner of the Costa Book of the Year, and author of Day and the Booker...
WORKSHOP London Writers’ Salon: Find Your Voice, Build Your Practice
Mon 16 Nov 2026, 10am
For the first time, the globally celebrated London Writers’ Salon comes to Folkestone. With thousands of writers joining their workshops,...
Cory Doctorow: The Internet Is Broken. Now What?
Mon 16 Nov 2026, 2pm
Why does every app, website and platform seem to get worse over time? Writer, activist and technology critic Cory Doctorow joins us to discuss...
Dr Eleanor Drage: The Fight for a Better AI Future
Mon 16 Nov 2026, 4pm
Are we asking the wrong questions about artificial intelligence? While headlines swing wildly between utopia and apocalypse, AI ethicist Dr...
Iain MacGregor: How War Changed the World
Mon 16 Nov 2026, 6pm
Why did some armies fight on when defeat seemed certain? How did leaders such as Alexander the Great, Robert the Bruce and Horatio Nelson...
Michael Taylor: The Original Conspiracy Theory
Mon 16 Nov 2026, 8pm
Where did conspiracy culture really begin? Long before QAnon, online rabbit holes and shadowy internet myths, there was the Illuminati: a...
WORKSHOP Rebecca Beattie: Winter, Witchcraft & Creative Renewal
Tue 17 Nov 2026, 10am
Step into the darker half of the year for a restorative and imaginative workshop with author Rebecca Beattie, inspired by her book The Season...
Hettie Judah: How to Enter the Art World
Tue 17 Nov 2026, 2pm
Can you make it as an artist without going to art school? Can you return to creativity after raising children, changing careers, illness or...
Wicked Enchantments with Viktor Wynd
Tue 17 Nov 2026, 4pm
Join Viktor Wynd, Britain’s high priest of the peculiar, for an hour of wicked enchantments, grotesque transformations and deliciously dark...
Emily Howes & Julie Owen Moylan: Dangerous Desires
Tue 17 Nov 2026, 6pm
What happens to women who become trapped inside other people’s myths? Acclaimed novelists Emily Howes and Julie Owen Moylan come together...
Victoria Bateman: The Hidden History of Money
Tue 17 Nov 2026, 8pm
What if we’ve been telling the story of global economic history all wrong? In Economica, economic historian and critically acclaimed author...