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What's on in Kent 2017? Calendar of shows, gigs and main events

MARCH

11: The Winter Social, Kent Showground, Detling

24: Red Nose Day

24-26: Ramsgate International Film Festival

25-26: British Truck Racing Championship, Brands Hatch

26: Mother's Day

APRIL

1: Heritage Transport Show, Kent Showground, Detling

1: Medway Comic and Screen Festival

1-2: Kent Big Weekend, various venues across Kent

14: Good Friday

15-17: Broadstairs Spring Fair

15: Vaisakhi, Gravesend

16-17: Festival of Steam and Transport, Chatham Historic Dockyard

17: Easter Monday

22: English Festival, Riverside Country Park, Gillingham

22: Hanami Festival, Brogdale, near Faversham

27: Maidstone Fringe Festival starts

29-30: Sweeps Festival, Rochester

Brogdale's Hanami Festival
Brogdale's Hanami Festival
The Vaisakhi festival in Gravesend
The Vaisakhi festival in Gravesend
Morris dancers outside Rochester Cathedral at the Sweeps Festival
Morris dancers outside Rochester Cathedral at the Sweeps Festival

MAY

1: Sweeps Festival, Rochester

1: May Bank Holiday Monday

2: Maidstone Fringe Festival finishes

13: Margate Rock and Blues Festival, Margate Winter Gardens

27: Gig For Life, Hop Farm, near Paddock Wood

27-28: Historic Masters Festival, Brands Hatch

27-29: Kent Garden Show, Kent Showground, Detling

28-29: Napoleonic Re-enactment Weekend, Hole Park, Rolvenden

29: Spring Bank Holiday Monday

JUNE

3: UB40 featuring Ali Campbell, Astro and Mickey Virtue, Spitfire Ground, Canterbury

3: World Custard Pie Championships 50th anniversary, Coxheath, near Maidstone

9-11: Dickens Festival, Rochester

10: American Speedfest V, Brands Hatch

10: Demon Dayz Festival with Gorillaz, Dreamland, Margate

16: Rick Astley, Forest Live Concert, Bedgebury Pinetum, near Goudhurst

17: Elbow, Forest Live Concert, Bedgebury Pinetum, near Goudhurst

17: Dover Regatta*

17: Medway in Flames - the climax to the 350th anniversary Battle of Medway commemoration - River Medway, Chatham

17-23: Broadstairs Dickens Festival

18: Father's Day

16-25: Stour Music Festival, Boughton Aluph, near Ashford

24: Armed Forces Day, Great Lines Heritage Park, Gillingham

24-25: Kent Country and Game Fair, Hole Park, Rolvenden

30: Tentertainment, Recreation Ground, Tenterden

A firework finale at the Leeds Castle Classical Concert
A firework finale at the Leeds Castle Classical Concert
Ramsgate Week takes place in late July
Ramsgate Week takes place in late July

JULY

1-2: Tentertainment, Recreation Ground, Tenterden

2 KM Dragon Boat Challenge, Mote Park, Maidstone

6-16: Jam on the Marsh, events across Romney Marsh

7: Olly Murs, Spitfire Ground, Canterbury

7-9: Kent County Show, Kent Showground, Detling

8: Charivari Festival, Folkestone

8: Leeds Castle Classical Concert

8: Tom Jones, Spitfire Ground, Canterbury

8-9: Battle of Britain Airshow, Headcorn Aerodrome

12-16: Castle Concerts, Rochester Castle Gardens

22: Create Music Festival, Victoria Park, Ashford

22-24: Whitstable Oyster Festival

24-28: Ramsgate Week, Royal Temple Yacht Club

25-29: War and Peace Revival, Hop Farm, near Paddock Wood

28-30: Ramblin' Man Fair, Maidstone with ZZ Top and Saxon

29: New Romney Country Fayre, Romney Marsh

Hythe Venetian Fete
Hythe Venetian Fete
Crowds enjoy the air show in Herne Bay
Crowds enjoy the air show in Herne Bay

AUGUST

4-6: Margate Soul Festival

5-6: Open water swim and triathlon, Bewl Water, Lamberhurst

5-6: Sheppey Pirates Festival, Barton's Point Coastal Park, Sheerness

5-6: Weald of Kent Steam Rally, Little Engeham Farm, Woodchurch

10-12: Leefest, venue TBC

12: Madness, Kent Showground, Detling

16: Hythe Venetian Fete, Royal Military Canal, Hythe

11-18: Broadstairs Folk Week

19: Southeast Air Show, Herne Bay*

19: Biggin Hill Festival of Flight

19-20: Biddenden Tractorfest and Country Fair

19-20: Combined Ops, Headcorn Aerodrome

25-27: A New Day Music Festival, Mount Ephraim, Hernhill, Faversham

26-28: Military Odyssey, Kent Showground, Detling

28: Summer Bank Holiday Monday

SEPTEMBER

2: Truckfest, Hop Farm, near Paddock Wood

2-3: Faversham Hop Festival

7-10: Heritage Open Days, various venues across Kent

8-9: Undercover V music festival, Dreamland, Margate

8-10: Leeds Castle Food Festival

9: Will Adams Festival, Gillingham Park

9-10: Southern Model Show, Headcorn Aerdrome

16-17: Paws in the Park, Kent Showground, Detling

16-17: Salute to the 40s, Chatham Historic Dockyard

24: Capstone Festival (outdoor pursuits), Capstone Farm Country Park, Chatham

29: Summer Social, Kent Showground, Detling

29-30: Broadstairs Food Festival

Paws in the Park at the Kent Showground
Paws in the Park at the Kent Showground
The Summer Social - one of the biggest dance music events around
The Summer Social - one of the biggest dance music events around
Screamland at Dreamland
Screamland at Dreamland

OCTOBER

1: Broadstairs Food Festival

5-8: Tenterden Folk Festival

13-28: Screamland, Dreamland, Margate

14: Canterbury Festival starts

14-15: National Apple Festival, Brogdale, near Faversham

NOVEMBER

4: Canterbury Festival finishes

4: Giant free fireworks display, Great Lines Heritage Park, Medway

4-5: British Truck Racing Championship and fireworks, Brands Hatch

4-5: Leeds Castle Firework Spectacular

DECEMBER

2-3: Dickensian Christmas, Rochester High Street

* To be confirmed

PLUS DON'T MISS...

One of the biggest events of 2017, the Folkestone Triennial. Nine weeks of art will run from Saturday, September 2 to Sunday, November 5. The fourth event of its kind, the last triennial in 2014 attracted 135,000 people to the area.

The Folkestone Artworks
The Folkestone Artworks
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