PLEASE CONTACT: veraneaves @ hotmail.com or tel: 01303 261876 with details of your
events for months of Jun, Jul, Aug 08. .
Farmers, Fishermen and Artists Market every Sunday from 10.00am to 4.00pm at
Folkestone Harbour, for more information, please tel. Terry: 01303 250906,
email: auev73 @ dsl.pipex.com.
Go Folkestone groups meet on the following dates monthly at Ward’s Hotel, 39
Earls Ave. Folkestone.
Main Committee Chair – Ann Berry 4th Wed. 7.30pm.
Community Arts Chair – Lynne Smith 1st Tue. 7.30pm.
Environment & Buildings Chair – Richard Wallace 2nd Wed. 8.00pm.
Tourism, Leisure , Transport Chair - Ann Berry 2nd Tues 7.30pm meets at The Hub
(Old Visitor’s Cent.) Harbour Car Park
March
Thu 6 Mar - Folkestone & District Family History Society
talk “Bridging Two Worlds - From Zulu Land to Kent & Back” - The remarkable
odyssey of Gregory Ngcobo - by Peter Ewart. Radnor Park Community Association
Hall, Castle Hill Avenue, Folkestone.
www.folkfhs.org.uk. Visitors always
welcome.19:30
Fri 21 Mar - Folkestone Choral Society Carl Jenkins - The Armed Man.
Vaughan Williams - Dona Nobis Pacem. Venue: Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone. Info:
www.folkestonechoral.org.uk 19:30
Sun 23 Mar – The FAC (Folkestone Artist Co-operative) will be back at the
Harbour Market on Easter Sunday with their arts & crafts for sale. Occasional
children’s art workshops in Summer.
April
Wed 2 Apr - Channel Chamber - Visit to Dungeness B Power
Station. There will be a safety briefing on arrival and Talk about the station
followed by a tour. Refreshments included. Cost: £10 Members; £20 Non Members.
To book call: 01303-270022.
Thu 3 Apr - Folkestone & District Family History Society talk “Birth &
Baptism in the 1800s” - by Tom Doig. Venue: Radnor Park Community Association
Hall, Castle Hill Avenue, Folkestone.
www.folkfhs.org.uk Visitors always
welcome. 7.30pm
Thu 10 Apr - Channel Chamber - visit to The Cube. Join a tour of The Cube
which is a new Adult Education facility in Tontine Street. Venue: The Cube,
Tontine Street, Folkestone. 5 – 7pm. Cost: TBA. To book call: 01303-270022.
Tue 15 Apr - Public lecture - Effects & benefits of regulation of the
non-medical health professions.
Anna Van der Gaag, President of the Health Professions Council. 6.00pm.
Admission free. Venue: Old Sessions House, North Holmes Campus, Canterbury.
Information: www.canterbury.ac.uk/events
Fri 18 Apr - 2008 Channel Chamber Annual Dinner and Business Awards. The
night the stars come out! Join over 250 other local business people in
celebrating the channel coast Business Success stories, 3 course meal, award
ceremony, entertainment and big networking opportunities. Time. 7pm –
12midnight. Venue: Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone. To book call: 01303-270022.
Sat 19 Apr - Kent County Photographic Association Audio Visual Competition
2008, hosted by Folkestone Camera Club as part of their Centenary celebrations.
Venue: St. Andrews Church Hall, Surrenden Road, Folkestone CT19 4DY. Further
information: www.folkestonecameraclub.co.uk Further information email help @ folkestonecameraclub.co.uk
Sat 19 Apr - Spirit of Dance. Come & try: salsa; street dance; lindy hop;
ballet; belly dance; tap dance; jazz; pole dance; line dance; Argentine tango -
all of these and many more will be here! Venue: Hawkinge Community Centre, Heron
Forstal Avenue, Hawkinge. Time. 10am – 6pm. Admission: £5, (U12 free). Info:
01303-891452 or 01797-362661.
www.spiritofdance.co.uk
Thu 24 Apr - Folkestone DFAS (Decorative & Fine Arts Society) "Hidden
Canterbury – from murdered Archbishops to the sailing of the Mayflower".
Lecturer and guide, Anthea Bryant at the Tower Theatre, North Road,
Shorncliffe,Folkestone CT20 3HL. Visitors welcome: £5, refundable if joining.
Time. 2.00pm. Afterwards, Anthea will lead a conducted walk for members around
Canterbury on May 8th. More info: e mail: folkestone @ nadfaskentarea.org.uk , or
telephone membership secretary 01303 237758.
www.nadfaskentarea.org.uk and
navigate to member society Folkestone.
May
Thu 1 May -Public lecture - with the benefit of
hindsight: new approaches to old crimes. Dr Robin Bryant, head of the department
of Crime & Policing Studies. 6.00pm. Admission free.Venue: Old Sessions House,
North Holmes Campus, Canterbury. Information:
www.canterbury.ac.uk/events
Thu 1 May - Folkestone & District Family History Society talk “How Many
Skeletons are there in your Family History Cupboard?” - By Richard Ratcliffe.
7.30pm.Venue: Radnor Park Community Association Hall, Castle Hill Avenue,
Folkestone. www.folkfhs.org.uk. Visitors always welcome.
Sun 4 May - Sandling Park Woodland Garden - open day (recommencing for Summer
of 2008) A beautiful 25-acre woodland garden giving a magnificent floral
display. Admission: Adults £4. Children/car parking free. No Dogs allowed & the
garden is not suitable for wheelchairs. The garden is situated NW of Hythe –
Entrance off A20 only. From M20 – J11 turn E on to A20 – Entrance is 0.5 mile.
Post Code: CT21 4HN. Garden open, 10.00am -5.00pm. Please note the garden is
opened on the following dates during May. Sundays: 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th.
Wednesdays: 7th, 14th, 21st, & 28th.
Tue 13 May - public lecture - World Class Skills: The challenges &
opportunities of the National Skills Agenda. David Lammy MP, Parliamentary Under
Secretary of State for Skills, Department for Innovation, Universities & Skills.
Time, 6.00pm. Admission free. Venue: Old Sessions House, North Holmes Campus.
Canterbury. Information:
www.canterbury.ac.uk/events.
June
Fri 6 Jun – Fashion Show from recycled Material. A
project by the youth group at The Shed, showing how many types of materials can
be used to good advantage. The project takes place at The Leas Cliff Hall, The
Leas, Folkestone. Time 7pm. For more information & cost please contact Emma,
07841 701762 or email: emma.flower @ kent.gov.uk
Monthly Events
1st Sun - Antiques Fair at the Grand, The Leas, Folkestone.
9:00am to 4:00pm. Refreshments/Bar available. For further information please
call 01303 245542 or 01303 201764.
1st Wed - A Grand Folk Night for Grand Folk. Venue: Keppels Bar, The Grand, The
Leas, Folkestone, Time: 8:00pm. Admission: free. All welcome. Further
information please call Keppels on 01303 222244.
Last Thu. - Comedy Club Sandgate Hotel, The Esplanade, Sandgate. Tickets £5.
Tel: 01303 220444. 7:30
Last Sun - Tea Dance at the Grand Burstin Hotel, The Harbour, Folkestone 2:30pm
to 5:00pm.Enjoy a 3 course Sunday Carvery plus FREE entry to the Tea Dance.
Carvery price: £7.00 per person. Contact the Grand Burstin Hotel on 0854
8381005. www.britanniahotels.com
Weekly Events & Classes
Mon – Duplicate Bridge Club – The Grand, The Leas, Folkestone.
7.00 for 7.15pm Visitors are welcome with partners (except 1st Monday in month
when there is a club competition). Contact Tel: 01303 222222
Mon - Ceroc at The Pavillion. Beginner Class: 8pm Intermediate: 9pm. Freestyle;
9.30pm. The Pavillion, Wear Bay Road, Folkestone. Tel: 01303 226229
Mon - Folkestone Camera Club Meets every Mon September to May.St. Georges
Church, Audley Road, (on the corner of Shorncliffe Rd, (opposite West Station),
7.45pm. Lectures, Competitions, Battles, Practical evenings etc. New Members
always welcome. Details from Jenny 01303 245399 or visit our website
www.folkestonecameraclub.co.uk
Mon – Boogie at The Grand, Hot floor stompin’ sounds from the 40’s & 50’s.
Keppel’s Bar, The Grand, The Leas, Folkestone. Jive/swing. 7.30 – 8.30pm Dance
class. 8.30 – 11.30pm DJ’s from home & abroad playing the best vintage rhythms.
Including class £7. After 8.30pm £5. Details: revboogie @ hotmail.co.uk.
07896654571 or The Grand. 01303 222222.
Tues – Mature Movers Keep Fit. 10.30 – 11.30am, 11.45 -12.45pm. Ward’s Hotel, 39
Earl’s Ave. Folkestone. Fitness for the 50 with choreographed movement to music.
A balanced programme of low impact, exercises (no floor exercises). Contact
Vera: 01303 261876, email: veraneaves @ hotmail.com
Tues – Tea Dance – Grand Burstin Hotel, The Harbour, Folkestone. 2.30 – 5.00pm.
£3.50 non-residents, £2.50 hotel guests. Details, call hotel on 0845 8381005,
www.britanniahotels.com
Tues - Salsa Dance for any age, any size, single or with partner. The Grand, The
Leas, Folkestone, 7:00pm to 8:00pm: Salsa Dance Class, cost £6. 8:00pm to
9:00pm: Salsa Dance, cost £6. Friendly, patient, qualified instructor. For
further information please call 0790 4091 946.
Tues - European Folk Dancing (term time only). 7.30pm at United Reformed Church,
Castle Hill Avenue, (near Folkestone Central Station), Folkestone. Enquiries:
01227 709 557 or on 01303 249199.
Tues during term time- 1/2 price hot drinks at Kidz Planet, Folkestone's only
children’s indoor Family Entertainment Centre. Children aged 0 to 11 are
welcome, and we are open 7 days a week. Kidz Planet, Units 1 & 2 Centurion Park,
Caesars Way, Folkestone. CT19 4AH. Tel. 01303 277773.
Tues- Farmer’s Market,Capel-Le-Ferne Village Hall. Local Produce:- Vegetables,
Fruit, Meat, Fish, Eggs, Cheese, Delicatessen,Bread, Cakes, Pies, Chocolates,
Preserves, Speciality Olives, Fair Trade Coffee, Fruit Juices, Smoothies,
Crafts, Plants, Flowers. Also Refreshments + Post Office. Infomation: 07899
082356, www.capelleferne.info or
www.clubshare.co.uk/capelleferne
Weds - Salsa Classes – Burlington Hotel,Earls Ave, Folkeatone, 8.30 – 9.30pm,
cost £6. contact Nelson on 07941 436 927, Daniel on 01303 255 301 or visit the
web site www.theburlingtonhotel.com
Weds - Sequence Dance Evening organised by Cheriton Sequence Dance Club. St.
Andrew's Church Hall, Surrenden Road, Cheriton. 6:45pm to 7:15pm: Beginners
Sequence Dance lesson. 7:30pm to 10:00pm: Sequence Dance Evening including
lesson for improvers. Cost: £2.50. Contact Kay. 10303 248778 or email:
kay.holley @ ntlwortd.com
Weds - Folkestone Rock n Roll Club. Everyone welcome, come along and enjoy the
Rock 'n' Roll tunes of our resident DJ's. 8 – 11.00pm Details: 01303 245683
.
Weds - Hawkinge Farmers Market - Many stalls selling locally produced fruit, veg,
home made jams, preserves, embroidery, handmade soft furnishings, cards, & much
more. Refreshments also available from reception. Hawkinge Community Centre,
Herons Forstal Avenue, Hawkinge, Kent. 2 – 4pm.
Weds - Yoga for Pregnancy, Venue: St. Andrews Church, Surrenden Road, Cheriton.
Bookings: 07754 074884.
Weds - Line dancing class for beginners. Community Centre, Heron Forstall
Avenue, Hawkinge. Details: 01303-274178. 10:15-11:45am
Thurs - Folkestone Classic Film Club - Silver Screen Cinema, Folkestone.- Time:
doors open at 10:30am for 11:00am screening.- Admission: £4.50, members £3.-
Membership enquiries tel 01303 245812.
Thurs - Jazz Club – Keppel’s Bar, The Grand. The Leas. Folkestone. 8.00pm.
contact Tel: 01303 222222
Thurs - Leaderboard Pool Challenge at The Earl Grey, The Old High Street,
Folkestone. Trophy & cash prizes, £5 registration fee.
Thurs- Teas from Two - Capel le Ferne Village Hall. Book/Video/Jigsaw Hire plus
Advice surgeries. Meet friends over a cup of tea and hire a book or two or
video, play a game of cards or Scrabble or knit! Now also incorporating Bridge.
2 – 4 pm. For more information Tel: 01303 245399 or visit our website
www.capelleferne.info
Fri - Oxygen Fridays, Venue: The Leas Club, Folkestone. Club Classics & Urban
Anthems. Free admission. Over 18's. 8pm – 11.55pm. Info:
www.myspace.com/oxygen_uk
Sat - Showbiz Academy Musical, Theatre, Dancing, Sing, Acting. Boys & Girls aged
6-16. Folkestone School for Girls, Coolinge Lane,
Folkestone. 2 – 5.00pm. Details & bookings: 01233 650045.
Visit – www.discoverfolkestone.co.uk – for more events
Visit – www.folkestone-racecource.co.uk
– for details of race dates
