Date |
Event |
Location(s) |
Delivered by |
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. |
*We are not organising a Fusion Festival this year as the Arts Carnival will be our headline event for summer. However Cohesion Plus have indicated they may look to organise another Fusion event themselves, if we can provide a contribution towards costs
**Subject to successful re-ballot by One Maidstone and successful bid to Arts Council England