8 Feb – 17 Jun

Animal Guising & the Hooden Horse

Maidstone Museum

Maidstone Museum

8 Feb – 17 Jun

Secret Stash – Discovering a Bronze Age hoard

Maidstone Museum

Maidstone Museum

4 – 6 Apr

Easter themed craft activities

Maidstone Museum

Maidstone Museum

8 Apr

Medieval Fayre

Brenchley Gardens

Pelican in her Piety; Happening History; Heathcliff Heroics, etc

11 – 13 Apr

Treasure themed craft activities

Maidstone Museum

Maidstone Museum

22 Apr

Wild Escape (Earth Day)

Maidstone Museum

Maidstone Museum

24 Apr – 1 May

Funfair

Mote Park

Forrest Amusements

26 Apr – 1 May

Fringe Festival

Town centre (various)

Make Some Noise

27 Apr – 14 May

MaidFest

Town centre (various)

One Maidstone

29 Apr – 1 May

May Day Celebrations

Kent Life

Kent Life

1 – 14 May

Cocktail Week

Town centre (various)

5 May

Coronation Street Party

Lockmeadow

MBC (Comms team)

14 May

Charity Run

Mote Park

Heart of Kent Hospice

20 May

MSO Concert

Mote Hall

Maidstone Symphony Orchestra

22 – 26 May

Vegetarian Week

Lockmeadow

Love Food businesses

25 – 29 May

Small World Festival

Headcorn

26 – 29 May

Glitterbomb; Summer Love; Raver Tots

Mote Park

Lucus Live

27 May

Hooden Horse Fun Day

Maidstone Museum

James Frost

27 May

Proms in the Park

Whatman Park

MBC; Parkwood Theatres

27 – 29 May

The Queen’s Joust

Leeds Castle

Leeds Castle

30 May – 1 Jun

Half Term craft activities

Maidstone Museum

Maidstone Museum

2 – 4 Jun

We Love 80s – Ibiza Classical

Mote Park

Lucus Live

10 Jun

Climb the Observatory

Maidstone Museum

Maidstone Museum

11 Jun

Bubble Rush

Mote Park

Demelza Children’s Hospice

17 June (TBC)

Street Festival*

Town Centre

Cohesion Plus

24 Jun

Bronze casting & sword making

Maidstone Museum

Maidstone Museum

24 Jun

Armed Forces Day

Headcorn Aerodrome

30 Jun – 2 Jul

Open Air Cinema

Whatman Park

Adventure Cinema

30 Jun – 2 Jul

Battle of Britain Air Show

Headcorn Aerodrome

1 Jul – 14 Oct

NHS 75 Exhibition

Maidstone Museum

Maidstone Museum

1 – 2 Jul

Pretty Muddy/Race for Life

Mote Park

Cancer Research UK

7 – 9 Jul

Kent County Show

Detling Showground

Kent County Agricultural Society

8 Jul

Classical Concert

Leeds Castle

Leeds Castle

8 Jul

Bandstand concert

Brenchley Gardens

Make Some Noise

14 – 15 Jul

Revival Weekender

Mote Park

Lucus Live

15 Jul

Arts Carnival & parade: ‘Wild About Maidstone’

Lockmeadow, Town Centre, Brenchley Gardens

Emergency Exit Arts; Steering Group made up of local creatives

15 Jul

Festival of Archaeology

Maidstone Museum

Maidstone Museum

16 Jul

Bandstand concert

Brenchley Gardens

MAAP

21 – 22 Jul

Blue Reef Festival

Loddington Farm, Linton

Blue Reef Festival

21 – 23 Jul

Maid of Stone Festival

Mote Park

Lucus Live

27 – 30 Jul

Chickenstock Festival

Stockbury

Chickenstock Festival

28 Jul

Art in the Park

Brenchley Gardens

Art Moves

29 Jul

Maidstone River Festival

Riverside, Lockmeadow

Maidstone River Festival Committee

29 Jul

Steampunk Fair

Maidstone Museum

Maidstone Museum

29 Jul

Abode (music)

Mote Park

Lucus Live

30 Jul

Bandstand concert

Brenchley Gardens

MAAP

Aug (TBC)

Youth drama workshops with finale performance

Amphitheatre

Parkwood Theatres

4 Aug

Art in the Park

Brenchley Gardens

Art Moves

4 – 5 Aug

Children’s Theatre (Wizard of Oz)

Leeds Castle

Leeds Castle

4 – 6 Aug

Rock the Mote Weekender

Mote Park

Lucus Live

5 Aug

Bandstand concert

Brenchley Gardens

Make Some Noise

11 Aug

Art in the Park

Brenchley Gardens

This Art of Mine

12 – 13 Aug

Military Vehicle Show

Headcorn Aerodrome

13 Aug

Bandstand concert

Brenchley Gardens

MAAP

14 – 18 Aug

Science Fair

Kent Life

Kent Life

18 Aug

Art in the Park

Brenchley Gardens

This Art of Mine

20 Aug

Bandstand concert

Brenchley Gardens

MAAP

24 – 28 Aug (TBC)

Small World Festival

Headcorn

Small World Solar Stage

25 Aug

Art in the Park

Brenchley Gardens

Maidstone Art Centre

27 Aug

Bandstand concert

Brenchley Gardens

MAAP

Aug/Sep

Outdoor theatre

Amphitheatre; Cobtree Manor Park; Little Fant Farm; Bearsted Green; Marden & Staplehurst

Parkwood Theatres

1 – 30 Sep

Design Month & Sculptures

Leeds Castle

Leeds Castle

1 Sep

Art in the Park

Brenchley Gardens

Maidstone Art Centre

2 Sep

Bandstand concert

Brenchley Gardens

Make Some Noise

2 -3 Sep

Southern Model Air Show

Headcorn Aerodrome

8 – 10 Sep

Hidden Histories fieldwork project

Mote Park

KCC Archaeology Team; Maidstone Area Archaeological Group

9 Sep

Heritage Open Days event (TBC)

Amphitheatre

MBC

9 Sep

Memory Walk

Mote Park

Alzheimer’s Society

9 – 10 Sep

Hops n Harvest Festival

Kent Life

Kent Life

10 Sep

Bandstand concert

Brenchley Gardens

MAAP

10 Sep

Maidstone Community Mela

Mote Park

Cohesion Plus; Maidstone Cultural Group

16 – 17 Sep

Café Mambo – Big Raver Tots

Mote Park

Lucus Live

16 – 17 Sep

Paws in the Park

Detling Showground

MDS Shows Ltd

23 Sep

Soultasia

Mote Park

Lucus Live

30 Sep

Oktoberfest

Mote Park

Lucus Live

Oct

Black History Month activities

Lockmeadow

Lockmeadow

2 - 8 Oct

Literary Festival

Locations throughout town centre

Jodi Eeles, Inky Frog, local authors

6 – 8 Oct

Fun Palaces Weekend

Town centre (various)

MAAP; KAAW

21 – 28 Oct

Scarecrow Festival

Town Centre

MBC, One Maidstone, local businesses

21 Oct – 16 Dec

The Moon Exhibition

Maidstone Museum

Maidstone Museum

23 Oct – 3 Nov

Mote Park Art Competition Exhibition

Mote Park Visitor Centre

MBC

4 – 5 Nov

Fireworks Spectacular

Kent Life

Kent Life

4 – 5 Nov

Fireworks Spectacular

Leeds Castle

Leeds Castle

16 Nov

Christmas Lights Switch On

Town Centre

One Maidstone

25 Nov – 24 Dec

Christmas at Kent Life

Kent Life

Kent Life

25 Nov – 31 Dec

Christmas Pantomime

Hazlitt Theatre

Parkwood Theatres

25 Nov – 2 Jan

Christmas & Lights

Leeds Castle

Leeds Castle

2 – 16 Dec

Father Christmas’ Fireplace

Maidstone Museum

Maidstone Museum

2 Feb (TBC)

Light Up Maidstone**

Town Centre

One Maidstone; Cohesion Plus

10 Feb (TBC)

Lunar New Year

Town Centre, Jubilee Square

Cohesion Plus, Maidstone Cultural Group

22 – 30 Mar

Heart of Kent Walking Festival

Various

MBC led;  MVCP, Explore Kent, Kent Downs AONB, SUSTRans, Community Rail Partnership, etc.