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: Mayday Celebrations Event Date: 03.05.25 Event Location : Hythe High Street
Event Name: Bayle VE Picnic Event Date: 05.05.25 Event Location : The Bayle Pond & Gardens
Event Name: VE Day Beacon Lighting Event Date: 08.05.25 Event Location : Princes Parade, Hythe
Event Name: VE Day Beacon Lighting Ceremony Event Date: 08.05.25 Event Location : The Greens, Littlestone
Event Name: VE Day 80th Anniversary Event Date: 08.05.25 Event Location : Bandstand and Beacon on Leas
Event Name: V E Day Service Event Date: 08.05.25 Event Location : Garden of Remembrance
Event Name: Morris dancing in Hythe Event Date: 10.05.25 Event Location : Hythe High Street
Event Name: East Kent Relays 25 Event Date: 13.05.25 Event Location : Sandgate Sea Front
Event Name: Folkestone Street Market Event Date: 17.05.25 Event Location : Outside FOLCA
Event Name: Sisterhood: Sweat, stretch & splash Event Date: 17.05.25 Event Location : Sunny Sands
Event Name: Folkestone Coastal 10K Event Date: 25.05.25 Event Location : The Leas
Event Name: Dunkirk Service 85th Anniversary Event Date: 25.05.25 Event Location : Garden of Remembrance
Event Name: Stelling Minnis Fun Run Event Date: 25.05.25 Event Location : Bossingham and area
Event Name: Surfers against Sewage Event Date: 25.05.25 Event Location : Seapoint Canoe Centre
Event Name: Annual Folkestone Rowing Club Regatta Event Date: 25.05.25 Event Location : Sandgate
Event Name: Rock pooling with Kent Wildlife Trust Event Date: 26.05.25 Event Location : Coastal Park
Event Name: Rock pooling with Kent Wildlife Trust Event Date: 27.05.25 Event Location : Coastal Park
Event Name: East Kent Day of Dance Event Date: 31.05.25 Event Location : Various places in Folkestone Town
Event Name: Music in May Closing Party Event Date: 31.05.25 - 01.06.25 Event Location : Bandstand
Event Name: Military & Country Fair Event Date: 31.05.25 – 11.06.25 (inc set up) Event Location : Hope Farm, Sellindge
Event Name: Hythe Bay Tri Event Date: 01.06.25 Event Location : Hythe pool
Event Name: William Harvey Sunday Event Date: 01.06.25 Event Location : Langhorne Gardens to FTC
Event Name: Normandy Veterans D Day Service Event Date: 06.06.25 Event Location : Garden of Remembrance
Event Name: Fossil hunt study day Event Date: 07.06.25 Event Location : Folkestone Beach
Event Name: Race for Life Event Date: 08.06.25 Event Location : The Leas
Event Name:
Elham Summer Food and Craft Festival
Event Date:
08.06.25
Event Location :
Elham Square
Event Name: Paws for Thought (FHDC event) Event Date: 08.06.25 Event Location : Radnor Park
Event Name: Manning & Thurstone fun fair (12 noon - 10 pm) Event Date: 10.06.25 - 23.06.25  Event Location : Radnor Park
Event Name: UK Paper Band Event Date: 14.06.25 Event Location : Bandstand, The Leas
Event Name: Something Else Band Event Date: 15.06.25 Event Location : Bandstand, The Leas
Event Name: Turmoil Band Event Date: 21.06.25 Event Location : Bandstand, The Leas
Event Name: Lydd Club Day Event Date: 21.06.25 Event Location : The Rype, Lydd
Event Name: Evie Dove Bike Rise Event Date: 21.06.25 Event Location : Barham
Event Name: Sisterhood: Sweat, stretch & splash Event Date: 21.06.25 Event Location : Sunny Sands
Event Name: 1st Whitstable Brass Band Event Date: 22.06.25 Event Location : Bandstand, The Leas
Event Name: Joe Swing Rat Pack Event Date: 28.06.25 Event Location : Bandstand, The Leas
Event Name: Shepway Brass Academy Event Date: 29.06.25 Event Location : Bandstand, The Leas
Event Name: Blessing of the Fisheries Event Date: 29.06.25 Event Location : The Stade
Event Name: Sandcastle Competition Event Date: 06.07.25 Event Location : Sunny Sands
Event Name: Amy Winehouse Tribute Event Date: 05.07.25 Event Location : Bandstand, The Leas
Event Name: World in Tent Multicultural Festival Event Date: 06.07.25 Event Location : Baker Road, Cheriton
Event Name: Abba Chique Event Date: 06.07.25 Event Location : Bandstand, The Leas
Event Name: Charivari Event Date: 12.07.25 Event Location : Various places in Folkestone
Event Name: Romney Marsh 10K Event Date: 13.07.25 Event Location : St Martins Field, New Romney
Event Name: The Altones Event Date: 13.07.25 Event Location : Bandstand, The Leas
Event Name: Hythe Food & Drink Festival Event Date: 16.07.25 – 20.07.25 Event Location : Holmans Field, Hythe
Event Name: Folkestone Triennial Opening Party Event Date: 18.07.25 Event Location : Mill Bay, Payers Park
Event Name: The Heroes Event Date: 19.07.25 Event Location : Bandstand, The Leas
Event Name: Sevenoaks & Tonbridge Band Event Date: 20.07.25 Event Location : Bandstand, The Leas
Event Name: Country Fayre Event Date: 26.07.25 Event Location : New Romney
Event Name: Folkestone Pride Event Date: 26.07.25 Event Location : Folkestone ending at the Bandstand
Event Name: Cold Shoulder Event Date: 27.07.25 Event Location : Bandstand, The Leas
Event Name: International Circus (1.00 pm - 5 pm) Event Date: 28.07.25 - 05.08.25 Event Location : Radnor Park
Event Name: Rock pooling with Kent Wildlife Trust Event Date: 28.07.25 Event Location : Coastal Park
Event Name: Rock pooling with Kent Wildlife Trust Event Date: 29.07.25 Event Location : Coastal Park
Event Name: Rock pooling with Kent Wildlife Trust Event Date: 30.07.25 Event Location : Coastal Park
Event Name: Invicta Concert Band Event Date: 02.08.25 Event Location : Bandstand, The Leas
Event Name: Sisterhood: Sweat, stretch & splash Event Date: 02.08.25 Event Location : Sunny Sands
Event Name: Michael Buble Tribute Event Date: 03.08.25 Event Location : Bandstand, The Leas
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: Gumboots Event Date: 09.08.25 Event Location : Bandstand, The Leas
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: VJ Day Service Event Date: 15.08.25 Event Location : Garden Of Remembrance
Event Name: Music Festival Weekend Event Date: 16.08.25 – 17.08.25 Event Location : Bandstand, The Leas
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: Old Timer Car Rally Event Date: 25.08.25 Event Location : The Leas and Bandstand
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: Folkestone Rotary Half Marathon Event Date: 28.09.25 Event Location : The Leas
Event Name: South Kent Mind Mental Elf 5k fun run Event Date: 07.12.25 Event Location : The Leas