Events

Discover what’s on in Folkestone, every month there are things to do: Autumn brings us the Folkestone Songwriting Festival, and the Folkestone Book Festival. The Living Advent Calendar starts its workshops in October and November, leading up to the big door openings in December. There’s the annual Boxing Day Dip for those brave enough! Charivari Day, Folkestone’s carnival is on in July. Pride Folkestone has been building momentum to the march in July, and the Harbour Market is in full swing over the warmer months. We’ve got Sandcastle Competitions,Trawler and raft races and lots more to do in Folkestone!

What’s On Around Folkestone

Folkestone Book Festival – International to Local

Festive Folkestone Harbour – Plan Your Visit

Get Into The Spirit – Folkestone’s Living Advent Calendar

Wűnder Harbour – A Bavarian Celebration

Waverley Paddle Steamer Docks at Folkestone

Brace yourself! – Boxing Day Dip

The Marketplace – Folkestone Harbour Arm

Folkestone Documentary Festival – Watch, Develop, Explore

Under The Moon Market – The Glassworks

What Is A Triennial? – Alastair Upton CEO Creative Folkestone

Open Art 2025 – Accessible Art Across Folkestone

Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever – Folkestone

Folkestone Sandcastle Competition – join in!

A Noisy Mock Serenade – Charivari Day

Support our fishing heritage – Folkestone Trawler Race!

Son et Lumière Remembrance Walk

Shapeshifter Productions – Open Your Mind To Music

Stride – Turner Schools Triennial Film

Folkestone’s Air Display – Everyone Gets The Best Seat In Town

Hythe Venetian Fete – Historic Floating Festival!

Walking With Ghosts – Folkestone’s History Remembered

Love Is Love – Folkestone Pride

Sound Emergence Pilgrimage

Smoking Apples Theatre – We Are More Alike

Eskander’s Journey – Migrant Help 3D Artwork

Salt + Earth – Festival of Landscape, Seascape and the Environment

Caridade – Looking Through The Lens

Changeling Theatre – Twelfth Night

Fly With Me – Good Chance Theatre