What's On
May Listings
1 Heavy Horse & County Show, South of England Showground, Haywards Heath
2 Leeds Castle Joust, Leeds Castle, Maidstone
1 – 2 Foodies Festival, Preston Park, Brighton
5 Wilder Kent Safari: West Blean & Thornden Woods, Canterbury
6 – 5 June Brighton Fringe
7 – 8 See Peppa Pig, Spa Valley Railway, Groombridge
7 – 29 Brighton Festival, Brighton
8 Classic Motorcycle Show, Amberley Museum
8 Specialist Spring Plant Fair, Borde Hill Garden, Haywards Heath
11 Wilder Kent Safari: West Blean & Thornden Woods, Canterbury
12 – 15 Spring Craft Fair, Hever Castle
13 Sussex Art Fair, Goodwood
13 – 14 Decorative Living Fair, Eridge Park, Tunbridge Wells
13 – 27 Bee Keeping Course, Brogdale, Faversham
14 Castle Night Trek, Chestnut Tree House charity event, Herstmonceux Castle Estate, Herstmonceux
14 Strictly Dan – Playing the music of Steely Dan, St Mary in the Castle, Hastings
14 – 15 Firle Place Country Show and Horse Trials, Lewes
14 – 21 Hay Fever by Noël Coward, Lewes Little Theatre, Lewes
15 NGS Open Day, Godinton House & Gardens, Ashford
16 Wheat Weaving for Beginners, Belmont House, Faversham
18 – 29 Spring Sounds, Leonardslee Lakes & Gardens, Horsham
19 Swan Lake (ROH), The Picture House, Uckfield
19 – 29 Charleston Festival, West Firle, Lewes
20 – 22 International Composers Festival, De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea
21 The world’s largest inflatable obstacle run, Brands Hatch
21 – 22 Surrey Hills Artisan Festival, Dorking
22 Craft and Gift Fair, Field Place, Worthing
22 Marvel and DC-themed comic-con, Quex Park, Birchington
24 Pissarro: Father of Impressionism (PG), The Picture House, Uckfield
24 – 12 June Gaia at Rochester Cathedral, Rochester
25 Spring Sounds, Leonardslee House, Horsham
28 Heathfield Agricultural Show, Little Tottingworth Farm, Heathfield
28 Specialist Clock Tour, Belmont House, Faversham
28 The Tina Turner and Aretha Franklin Stories, tribute performances, Hever Castle, Edenbridge
28 – 29 Medieval Weekend, Lullingstone Castle, Eynsford
28 – 29 Tonbridge Food and Drink Festival, Tonbridge Castle, Tonbridge
31 The Three Inch Fools’ Twelfth Night, Hever Castle, Edenbridge
June Listings
2 – 5 Platinum Jubilee bank holiday weekend
2 Summer Cocktail Evening, Balfour Winery, Staplehurst
2 Jubilee Bank Holiday House Party, Leeds Castle
3 – 19 South East Open Studios
4 Loxwood Village Fête and Fun Dog Show, Loxwood
4 First Night of the Hever Proms, Hever Castle, Edenbridge
4 – 5 Dickens Festival, Rochester
7 – 9 London Wine Fair, Olympia, London
9 – 11 Wealden Times, Midsummer Fair, Hole Park, Rolveden
10 – 12 The South of England Show, Ardingly, West Sussex
Farmer’s Markets
Ashford: 4th Saturday every month,
10am – 2pm, Elwick Place
Aylesford: 3rd Sunday every month,
9.30am – 1.30pm, Aylesford Priory
Bearsted: 1st Sunday every month,
9.30am – 1.30pm, The Village Green
Bexhill: Every Friday, 9am – 1pm,
Devonshire Square
Cranbrook: 4th Saturday every month,
9.30am – 1pm, Vestry Hall
Crowborough: 4th Saturday every month,
9am – 12.30pm, Social Club
Hailsham: 2nd Saturday every month,
9am – 12.30pm, Hailsham Cattle Market
Hastings: Every Thursday and
2nd & 4th Sunday, 9am – 3pm, Wellington Place
Headcorn: 2nd Saturday every month,
10am – 2pm, New Village Hall
Heathfield: Every Saturday, 9am –
12.30pm, Co-op car park
Herne Bay: 2nd Sunday every month,
10am – 2pm, Wimereux Gardens
Hildenborough: Every Tuesday, 9am – 11am,
St John’s Church Centre
Lenham: 2nd Sunday every month, 9am – 1pm, Lenham Square
Lewes: Every Friday, 9.30am – 12.30pm,
Market Tower
Penshurst: 1st Saturday every month,
9.30am – 12 noon, Penshurst Place car park
Rochester: 3rd Sunday every month,
9am – 1pm, Blue Boar Lane car park
Tunbridge Wells: 1st & 3rd weekend
every month, 10am – 4pm, The Pantiles
Rye: Every Wednesday, 10am – 12 noon,
Clinque Port Pub
Staplehurst: 3rd Sunday every month,
10am – 1pm, The Village Centre
Tenterden: Every Friday, 8am – 2pm,
Market Square
Tonbridge: 2nd Sunday every month,
9.30am – 1.30pm, Sovereign Way
Uckfield: 1st Saturday every month,
9am – 1pm, Luxford car park
Wadhurst: 3rd Saturday every month,
9.30am – 12.30pm, Commemoration Hall
Wallington: 3nd Saturday every month,
9am – 1pm, Old Town Hall
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