Tag - Folkestone Works

The Big Ideas Show

The BIG IDEAS Show hosts weekly guests from a variety of backgrounds and disciplines to talk community, inspiration, curiosity and goals. Location – Folkestone The BIG IDEAS Show hosts local Folkestone professionals and business with the aim of exploring topics that have impact in the local area – and also further afield. Liu chose...

Folkestone Book Festival

November 17-26, 2017 Featuring: Boris Akunin * Linda Blair * Vince Cable * Tracy Chevalier * Juno Dawson * A.C. Grayling * Viv Groskop * Miles Jupp * Francesca Martinez * Susie Orbach * Sarah Outen * Michael Pennington * Steve Richards * Peter Snow * Deyan Sudjic * James Thornton. Folkestone Book Festival returns […]

Folkestone Triennial 2017

September 2-November 5, 2017 Folkestone Triennial is one of the most ambitious public art projects presented in the UK. Artists are invited to use the town as their ‘canvas’, utilising public spaces to create striking new pieces. It takes place every three years and is one of the key projects of the Creative Foundation, an […]

Open Quarter

Folkestone’s Creative Quarter holds its annual Open Quarter event this weekend – Friday June 16th – Sunday June 18th – when you can enjoy arts, literature, performance, talks and food at more than 70 shops and studios around Tontine Street and The Old High Street. Open Quarter is an annual celebration of the vibrant creative quarter […]

Arts, culture and heritage investment

East Kent has been chosen as one of 16 places across England to receive a significant investment as part of the £20 million Lottery funded Great Place Scheme, a partnership between Arts Council England, Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and Historic England. £1,489.255 is to be invested to put the arts, culture and heritage at the […]