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Prospect Cottage: Public Visits 2026
Wed 18 Mar 2026, 9.30am - Sun 6 Dec 2026, 4pm
Discover the Creative Heart of Derek Jarman’s World.Step inside Prospect Cottage, the extraordinary home and artistic sanctuary of renowned...
Connecting Creatives
Wed 19 Aug 2026, 3pm
Join us to welcome the newest creative community at Club, found at Glassworks! Come and explore this exciting new space, meet our 20 new creative...
The Orb ft. Lee Harris & Dom Beken
Fri 28 Aug 2026, 8pm
The Orb ft Lee Harris / Dom Beken (Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets) present Metallic Spheres. A world premiere brought to you by Floyd...
FUN HOUSE presented by aimate
Fri 4 Sep 2026, 8pm
1 house band and 4 up and coming artists - FUN HOUSE is a brand new night where some of the industry’s hottest musicians collaborate with...
Tontine Folk Festival
Sat 5 Sep 2026, 2pm
Tontine Folk Festival is here to celebrate the generations of folk music that defined our listening whilst curating a new wave of artists...
Folkestone is a Library: Book Lovers' Quiz
Fri 11 Sep 2026, 6.30pm
We're sorry this event is now fully booked!ONE BOOKING IS FOR A TEAM OF 6Join us for the first Folkestone is a Library Book Lovers Quiz Night...
Neon Autumn Term 2026: Reception and Year 1
Tue 15 Sep 2026, 3.45pm
Reception and Year 1, 3.45pm- 4:30pmOur popular Neon After School workshops explore a variety of art forms, techniques and styles for children...
Neon Autumn Term 2026: Years 2, 3 & 4
Tue 15 Sep 2026, 4.45pm
for Years 2, 3 & 4, 4.45pm – 5:45pmOur popular Neon After School workshops explore a variety of art forms, techniques and styles for children...
Neon Autumn Term 2026: Years 5 & 6
Tue 15 Sep 2026, 6pm
Years 5 & 6, 6pm – 7pmOur popular Neon After School workshops explore a variety of art forms, techniques and styles for children and young...
Neon Autumn Term 2026: for Years 7-11
Tue 15 Sep 2026, 7.15pm
Years 7-11, 7.15pm – 8:30pmOur popular Neon After School workshops explore a variety of art forms, techniques and styles for children and...
Exhibition on Screen - James McNeill Whistler
Tue 15 Sep 2026, 7.30pm
In an era of great change and great beauty emerged the character of James McNeill Whistler. Considered by some to be one of the great innovators...
Andy Parsons: Please #@!$ off to Mars
Thu 17 Sep 2026, 7.30pm
Life is hard. Come and have a laugh about it. After his nationwide critical-smash sellout 2023/24 Tour, Andy is back with a brand-new show....
Folkestone is a Library Meet the Author: A Home Education Event. Daryna Kucheruk
Fri 18 Sep 2026, 10am
Daryna Kucheruk is an author, journalist, and former television news reporter from Ukraine. Since relocating to the United Kingdom, she has...
Folkestone is a Library Meet the Author: A Home Education Event. Ann Morgan
Fri 18 Sep 2026, 1pm
Meet Ann, and her how she read a Book from Every Country. Ann Morgan is an author and speaker based in Folkestone. Her first book, Reading...
Mrs H and The Sing-a-Long Band
Sat 19 Sep 2026, 11am
Get ready to sing, dance, and laugh with Mrs H & the Sing-along Band as they bring their joyous music back to Folkestone! Designed for all...
Chump's Comedy: Autumn Comedy Club
Thu 24 Sep 2026, 7.45pm
Chump's Comedy is back at QuarterhouseIf you're looking for a fun night with pals, this is it.This September's show features three Edinburgh...
NOEMA
Fri 25 Sep 2026, 8pm
NOEMA is an immersive, improvised audiovisual journey featuring, André Verissimo (gongs, shruti box, monochord, singing bowls and percussion),...
The Quarter Sessions
Sat 26 Sep 2026, 7pm
The Quarter SessionsLive at The Quarterhouse, FolkestoneThe Quarterhouse, Folkestone Music, and Seaview Studio are proud to launch The Quarter...
Drawing into Print
Wed 30 Sep 2026, 6pm
Join us for seven fun and friendly sessions where you can learn new skills, try different techniques and develop your own creative style.This...
Rhys James – Chop Logic
Wed 30 Sep 2026, 7.30pm
Rhys has made a discovery that could fix everything. It’s been staring him in the face thewhole time, in a mirror held behind his head....
Jacob Hawley: Fighting Age Man
Thu 1 Oct 2026, 8pm
Jacob Hawley brings a bold new hour of blistering stand-up to the Quarterhouse this October, packed with sharp observations, questionable...
The Joe Bulley Band Presents: Rockaoke
Sat 3 Oct 2026, 7pm
Ever dreamed of fronting a live rock band? Now's your chance. Join the Joe Bulley Band for Rockaoke – karaoke backed by a full live rock...
There’s a Monster in Your Show
Wed 7 Oct 2026, 12pm
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 ‘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...
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...
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....
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....
Claytime by Indefinite Articles
Tue 27 Oct 2026, 11am
Claytime by Indefinite ArticlesThe award-winning Indefinite Articles present their work for the very young: Claytime, a play with clay, where...
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...
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...
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...
WORKSHOP Substack Success with Claire Venus
Wed 18 Nov 2026, 10am
What if you could build a thriving audience around your work without relying on social media algorithms? Join creative business mentor Claire...
Natasha Carthew & Hazel Sheffield: Landscapes of Belonging
Wed 18 Nov 2026, 2pm
Why do some places get under our skin? And what changes first – you, or the place you call home? Journalist Hazel Sheffield and writer Natasha...
Matthew Sweet & Tara Parker: Barbara Cartland, My Grandmother
Wed 18 Nov 2026, 4pm
She wrote more than 700 novels, sold hundreds of millions of books and became one of the most recognisable women in Britain. But who was Barbara...