FEBRUARY

2-3 White Cliffs Festival of Winter Ales, Dover Town Hall

3-4 Build It Live, Kent Showground, Detling, near Maidstone

16-18 Geek, Dreamland, Margate

18 Kent point to point season starts, Charing

24 The Selecter and The Beat, Dreamland, Margate

MARCH

1 Glow in the Park, Kent Showground, Detling, near Maidstone

11 Mother’s Day

15-18 Ramsgate International Film and TV Festival

16-17 GinFestival.com, Kent Event Centre, Kent Showground, Detling

24-25 Medway Comic and Screen Festival, Medway Park, Gillingham

30 Good Friday

31-2 Broadstairs Food Festival

31-2 Tattoo Extravaganza, Kent Event Centre, Kent Showground, Detling

APRIL

1 Easter Sunday

1-2 Festival of Steam and Transport, Historic Dockyard, Chatham

2 Easter Monday

7 Heritage Transport Show, Kent Showground, Detling, near Maidstone

7-8 British Touring Car Championship, Brands Hatch

13-14 Undercover Music Festival, Dreamland, Margate

14 Vaisakhi, Gravesend

21 English Festival, Riverside Country Park, Gillingham

23 St George’s Day

28-29 Mind Body Spirit Festival, Hop Farm, near Paddock Wood

MAY

5-7 Sweeps Festival, Rochester

5-7 Fringe Festival, Maidstone

6-8 Chiddingstone Castle Literary Festival

7 May Bank Holiday Monday

11-12 Prosecco Festival, Kent Showground, Detling, near Maidstone

12-13 Faversham Transport Weekend

12-13 West Kent Garden & Craft Show, Longmead Stadium, Tonbridge

12-13 Motors By The Moat, Leeds Castle

18-20 Tenterden Food Festival

20 Thornfest, Game of Thrones Festival, Quex Park, Birchington

27-28 Alfresco Festival, Hop Farm, near Paddock Wood

28 Spring Bank Holiday Monday

JUNE

1-3 Maidstone Food & Drink Festival, Mote Park

2-3 Rochester Dickens Festival

7 a-ha, Spitfire Ground, Canterbury

9 Steps, Spitfire Ground, Canterbury

9-10 American Speedfest VI, Brands Hatch

9-17 Medway Big Ride Cycling Festival, Medway Park, Gillingham

14 Fifa World Cup starts

16 Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott, Forest Live, Bedgebury Pinetum, near Goudhurst

17 Classic Car Show, Rare Breeds Center, Woodchurch, near Ashford

17 Father’s Day

22-1 Stour Music Festival, Boughton Aluph

22-24 Black Deer music festival, Eridge Park, near Tunbridge Wells

29-14 Deal Festival of Music & The Arts

30 Armed Forces Day

30-1 Battle of Britain Airshow, Headcorn Airfield

30-1 Ramblin’ Man Fair, Mote Park, Maidstone

JULY

1 Darling Buds Classic Car Show, Bethersden, near Ashford

5-15 Jam on the Marsh, Romney Marsh

6-8 Kent County Show, Kent Showground, Detling, near Maidstone

6-8 Pub in the Park, Dunloran Park, Tunbridge Wells

7-15 Hythe Festival of Arts and Heritage

13-15 Human Powered Vehicle World Championships, Betteshanger Country Park

14 Big Day Out, Mote Park, Maidstone

14 Leeds Castle Classical Concert

14-15 Faversham Nautical Festival

15 Fifa World Cup Final

20-21 Prosecco Festival, Mote Park, Maidstone

20-21 Vicar’s Picnic music festival, Yalding, near Maidstone

22 Little Mix, Kent Showground, Detling, near Maidstone

22-27 Ramsgate Week sailing regatta

24-28 War and Peace Revival, Hop Farm, near Paddock Wood

28 New Romney Country Fayre

AUGUST

2-5 Leefest: The Neverland, Hever

4 Simple Minds and The Pretenders, Kent Showground, Detling, near Maidstone

4-5 Sheppey Pirates’ Festival 25th Anniversary Bash, Sheerness

3-5 A New Day Music Festival, Mount Ephraim Gardens, Faversham

3-5 Margate Soul Festival

10-17 Broadstairs Folk Week

18-19 Biggin Hill Festival of Flight

18-19 Combined Ops, Headcorn Airfield

18-19 Tractorfest, Biddenden

18-19 Truckfest, Hop Farm, near Paddock Wood

25-27 Military Odyssey, Kent Showground, Detling, near Maidstone

27 Summer Bank Holiday Monday

27 Kent Chrome and Cruisers Show, Faversham

SEPTEMBER

1-2 Faversham Hop Festival

1-2 Napoleonic Re-enactment Weekend, Hole Park, Rolvenden

8 Will Adams Festival, Gillingham

13-16 Heritage Open Days, various venues across Kent

15-16 Paws in the Park, Kent Showground, Detling, near Maidstone

15-16 Salute to the 40s, Historic Dockyard, Chatham

29-30 British Touring Car Championship, Brands Hatch

OCTOBER

4-7 Tenterden Folk Week

12-14 British Superbikes Championship season finale, Brands Hatch

13-14 National Apple Festival, Brogdale, near Faversham

20-3 Canterbury Festival

NOVEMBER

2-4 Crafts for Christmas, Kent Showground, Detling, near Maidstone

3-4 Firework Spectacular, Leeds Castle

16-25 Folkestone Book Festival

DECEMBER

1-2 Rochester Dickens Christmas Festival