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

Payers Park & Payers Park Upper Car Park

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