We all need something to look forward to and 2021 has it all.

Here's our diary of events for the year so far:

January

24: Wedding Experience, Kent Event Centre at Detling near Maidstone

February

6-7: Build It Live, Kent Event Centre, Detling, near Maidstone

12: Chinese New Year

14: Valentine's Day

15-19: Spring half term school holiday

16: Pancake Day

19-21: Broadstairs Blues Bash

March

3: Farm Expo, Kent Event Centre at Detling

14: Mother's Day

April

2-5: Easter weekend

10: Heritage Transport Show, Kent Showground, Detling

TBC: Kent Big Weekend

TBC: Festival of Steam and Transport, Chatham Historic Dockyard

17: English Festival, Gillingham

23: St George’s Day

25: The Wedding Experience, Kent Event Centre at Detling

May

1-3: Rochester Sweeps Festival

TBC: Chiddingstone Castle Literary Festival

3: Early May bank holiday

28-31: Margate Mods & Sixties Festival

29-31: Chatham Maritime Food and Drink Festival

31: Spring May bank holiday

June

5-6: Rochester Dickens Festival

12: World Custard Pie Championships, Coxheath, Maidstone

13: Open Farm Sunday

18-20: Black Deer Festival, Eridge

20: Father's Day

TBC: Changeling Theatre 20th anniversary tour

26: National Armed Forces Day

25-27: Battle of Britain Air Show, Headcorn Aerodrome

July

2-4: Skagate Margate

3: Canterbury Medieval Pageant

8-10: Castle Concerts, Rochester Castle

11-18: The Open Championship, Sandwich

18: Big Monster Truck Slam, Quex Park, Birchington

9-11: Kent County Show, Kent Showground, Detling, near Maidstone

10: Leeds Castle Concert

16-18: Ramblin’ Man Fair, Mote Park, Maidstone

22-25: 3rd Chickenstock Music Festival, Stockbury

23: Medway Mile, Rochester Castle

TBC: War and Peace Revival, Hop Farm, Paddock Wood

29-31: Neverworld, Hever

August

6-13: Broadstairs Folk Week

20-22: A New Day Festival, Mount Ephraim Gardens, Hernhill

21-22: Combined Ops Airshow, Headcorn Aerodrome

21-22: Biddenden Tractorfest, Woolpack Corner

TBC: Military Odyssey, County Showground, Detling

30: Summer Bank Holiday Monday

September

4: Let's Rock Kent, Mote Park, Maidstone

TBC: Camp Wildfire, near Sevenoaks (to be either 27-30 August or 3-6 September

4-5: Faversham Hop Festival

TBC: Folkestone Triennial

TBC: Heritage Open Days, venues across Kent

TBC: Salute to the 40s vintage festival, Chatham Historic Dockyard

TBC: Paws in the Park, Kent Showground, Detling near Maidstone

30-3 October: Tenterden Folk Week

October

TBC: Broadstairs Autumn Food Festival, a fundraising campaign is underway

TBC: Canterbury Festival

31 Halloween

November

5 Guy Fawkes Night

TBC: Leeds Castle Firework Spectacular

14: Remembrance Sunday

TBC: Rochester Christmas Markets start

December

Rochester Dickensian Christmas dates to be confirmed.

25: Christmas Day

For more events and days out across Kent click here.