Upcoming events in the district

Folkestone Parkrun

Parkrun takes place every Saturday morning between 9am and 10:30am on The Leas, Folkestone.

Radnor Junior parkrun takes place every Sunday morning between 9am and 10am on Radnor Park, Folkestone. (Children should be aged 4 and over to take part and can register junior parkrun performance until the day before their 15th birthday.)

Upcoming events

The table below shows upcoming events in the district.

Event Name Event Date Event Location 
Event Name: Folkestone Trawler Race Weekend Event Date: 08.08.25 – 10.08.25 Event Location : The Stade/Harbour
Event Name: Folkestone Lions Day Event Date: 09.08.25 - 10.08.25 Event Location : Radnor Park
Event Name: Sisterhood: Sweat, Stretch & Splash Event Date: 09.08.25 Event Location : The Leas
Event Name: Gumboots Event Date: 09.08.25 Event Location : Bandstand, The Leas
Event Name: Free Meditation Class Event Date: 09.08.25 Event Location : Amphitheatre
Event Name: Ashford Concert Band Event Date: 10.08.25 Event Location : Bandstand, The Leas
Event Name: Rock pooling with Kent Wildlife Trust Event Date: 10.08.25 Event Location : Coastal Park
Event Name: Super Car & Classic Show Event Date: 10.08.25 Event Location : Elham Square
Event Name: Hythe Albion 75th Diamond Jubilee Event Date: 11.08.25 Event Location : Albert Lane, Hythe
Event Name: Home-Start Shepway – Little Artists Event Date: 13.08.25 Event Location : Lower Leas Coastal Park
Event Name: VJ Day Service Event Date: 15.08.25 Event Location : Garden Of Remembrance
Event Name: VJ Day Event Date: 16.08.25 Event Location : Hythe High Street
Event Name: Music Festival Weekend Event Date: 16.08.25 – 17.08.25 Event Location : Bandstand, The Leas
Event Name: Home-Start Shepway – Imagination Station Event Date: 20.08.25 Event Location : The Leas Bandstand
Event Name: Steam Field Event Date: 22.08.25 - 24.08.25 Event Location : Sellindge Show Ground
Event Name: Pink Floyd Tribute Event Date: 23.08.25 Event Location : Bandstand, The Leas
Event Name: Pink Floyd Tribute Event Date: 24.08.25 Event Location : Bandstand, The Leas
Event Name: Sandgate Sea Festival Event Date: 23.08.25 – 24.08.25 Event Location : Sandgate
Event Name: We Love Hythe Life Food Festival Event Date: 23.08.25 – 25.08.25 Event Location : Hythe Green
Event Name: Tatebodyart Community Extravaganza Event Date: 24.08.25 Event Location : Hythe High Street
Event Name: Hythe Albion 75th Diamond Jubilee Event Date: 24.08.25 Event Location : Albert Lane, Hythe
Event Name: Old Timer Car Rally Event Date: 25.08.25 Event Location : The Leas and Bandstand
Event Name: Arte nei giardini Event Date: 29.08.25 – 31.08.25 Event Location : Kingsnorth Gardens
Event Name: Home-Start Shepway – Tiny Travellers Event Date: 29.08.25 Event Location : Radnor Park
Event Name: The Captains Beard Event Date: 30.08.25 Event Location : Bandstand, The Leas
Event Name: City of Canterbury Band Event Date: 31.08.25 Event Location : Bandstand, The Leas
Event Name: Rock the Marshes Event Date: 05.09.25 Event Location : Sycamore Farm, Old Romney
Event Name: Jump Up Fest Event Date: 06.09.25 – 07.09.25 Event Location : Sycamore Farm, Old Romney
Event Name: Evie Dove Foundation Walk Event Date: 06.09.25 Event Location : West Hythe
Event Name: 5 in the Bar Event Date: 06.09.25 Event Location : Bandstand, The Leas
Event Name: Railway Swing Band Event Date: 07.09.25 Event Location : Bandstand, The Leas
Event Name: The Breeze Event Date: 13.09.25 Event Location : Bandstand, The Leas
Event Name: Folkestone Community Swing Band Event Date: 14.09.25 Event Location : Bandstand, The Leas
Event Name: Battle Of Britain Wreath Laying Service Event Date: 15.09.25 Event Location : RAF Memorial, The Leas
Event Name: Love on the Leas Event Date:
20.09.25 – 21.09.25
(18.09 – 22.09)
Event Location : The Leas
Event Name: Sisterhood: Sweat, Stretch & Splash Event Date: 27.09.25 Event Location : Sunny Sands
Event Name: Fete of Folkestone Event Date: 27.09.25 Event Location :

Payers Park & Payers Park Upper Car Park

Event Name: Community Apple Pressing & Plant Swap Event Date: 27.09.25 Event Location : Town Square, Hythe
Event Name: Folkestone Rotary Half Marathon Event Date: 28.09.25 Event Location : The Leas
Event Name: Gurkha Memorial Fund Annual Service Event Date: 12.10.25 Event Location : Garden of Remembrance
Event Name: Freedom Parade – 1st Battalion Royal Gurkha Rifles Event Date: 12.10.25 Event Location : Town Hall Parading up to the Garden of Remembrance
Event Name: Dedication of the Garden of Remembrance Event Date: 02.11.25 Event Location : Garden of Remembrance
Event Name: Folkestone Rugby Club Fireworks Night Event Date: 05.11.25 Event Location : Folkestone Rugby Club
Event Name: Remembrance Sunday Service & Parade Event Date: 09.11.25 Event Location : War Memorial, Folkestone
Event Name: Dymchurch Remembrance Parade Event Date: 09.11.25 Event Location : Dymchurch
Event Name: Machine Gun Corps Event Date: 11.11.25 Event Location : Cheriton Road Cemetery
Event Name: South Kent Mind Mental Elf 5k Fun Run Event Date: 07.12.25 Event Location : The Leas
Event Name: Lydd Half Marathon & 20 Mile Event Date: 29.03.26 Event Location : Lydd
Event Name: Folkestone Coastal 10k Event Date: 31.05.26 Event Location : Lower Leas Coastal Park
Event Name: Romney Marsh 10K Event Date: 12.07.26 Event Location : St Martin’s Field, New Romney