What's On
What’s On – July and August 2022
July Listings
1 – 3 Love Supreme, Jazz Festival, Glynde, Lewes
1– 16 Deal Music & Arts Festival, Deal
2 Brogdale Cherry Walks, Brogdale Collections, Faversham
2 – 3 The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny, Bateman’s, Burwash
3 Foraging and Fire Cookery Workshop, Chelwood Gate, East Sussex
3 Alice’s Adventures in Aerialand, De La Warr Pavilion
3 The Eridge Fair, Eridge Park, Tunbridge Wells
3 Windmill Hill open afternoon, Windmill Hill Windmill, near Hailsham
5 – 5 Sept South Pacific, Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester
6 The Human League, Rochester Castle, Rochester
7 – 8 Queen’s Baton Relay starts in Tonbridge, Kent
8 – 10 Pub in the Park, Dunorlan Park, Tunbridge Wells
8 – 10 Kent County Show, The Kent Showground, Detling
8 – 18 Sept Nourish, art installations, Wakehurst
9 Leeds Castle Concert, Leeds Castle, Maidstone
9 St Leonards Festival
9 Sussex Gin Fest, Borde Hill Garden, Haywards Heath
9 – 10 Ice cream Festival, Kent Life, Maidstone
9 – 10 Pub in the Park, Dunorlan Park, Tunbridge Wells
9 – 16 A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare, Lewes Little Theatre, Lewes
10 Summer Market, Manor Barn, Bexhill
10 Sussex Gin Fest, Borde Hill Garden, Haywards Heath
10 – 11 Medieval Weekend, Arundel Castle, Arundel
13 – 30 Petworth Festival, various venues
14 – 18 Brighton Comedy Park, Preston Park, Brighton
15 – 17 Craft & Quilt Festival, Lullingstone Castle, Eynsford
15 – 17 Blue Reef Festival, Loddington Farm, Maidstone
16 Wing Walk Day, Headcorn Aerodrome, Headcorn
16 – 17 Beach Life Music Festival, Princes Park & Eastern Seafront, Eastbourne
17 Classic Car Show, Amberley Museum, Amberley
19 – 24 South Downs Summer Music International Festival
20 Open Air Shakespeare – Othello, Great Comp Garden
21 – 22 Dragons and Mythical Beasts, Congress Theatre, Eastbourne
22 Twelfth Night, Scotney Castle, Lamberhurst
22 The Hug, Long Nose Puppets family production, Hever Castle, Edenbridge
23 Katherine Jenkins, Mote Park, Maidstone
23 – 24 Locally Sauced Festival, Haywards Heath
23 – 24 Open Air Opera, Borde Hill Garden, Haywards Heath
24 The Simon and Garfunkel Story, Hever Castle, Edenbridge
26 – 30 War and Peace Revival, Hop Farm, Paddock Wood
27 – 29 Knights Tournament, Dover Castle, Dover
29 A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Scotney Castle, Lamberhurst
30 Music Nights at the Mote, Ightham Mote, Sevenoaks
30 Reggae Festival, The Oval, Hastings
August Listings
5 Q The Music, the Music of James Bond, Hever Castle, Edenbridge
5 – 6 Children’s Theatre: Rapunzel, Leeds Castle, Maidstone
5 – 12 Broadstairs Folk Week, Broadstairs
6 – 7 Rock the Mote, Mote Park, Maidstone
6 – 7 Teddy Bears’ Picnic, Bluebell Railway, East Sussex
6 – 7 Beaulieu Supercar Weekend, Beaulieu, New Forest
7 The Bewl Water Triathalon, Bewl Water, Lamberhurst
7 NGS Linton Park Open Day, Linton
With summer festival season in full swing, here are just some of the amazing events taking place this month across Kent and Sussex.
1 – 17 Deal Music & Arts Festival
8 – 10 Pub in the Park, Dunorlan Park, Tunbridge Wells
9 St Leonards Festival
9 Sussex Gin Festival, Borde Hill
9 – 10 Ice Cream Festival, Kent Life, Maidstone
15 – 17 Craft and Quilt Festival, Lullingstone Castle
20 – 24 Hythe Food & Drink Festival, Holman’s Field, Hythe
23 – 24 Kent Gin Festival, Tonbridge Castle
23 – 24 Locally Sauced Festival, Victoria Park, Haywards Heath
25 Blue Reef Festival, Loddington Farm
29 Summertime Live, Mote Park, Maidstone
30 Hastings Reggae Festival, The Oval, Hastings
30 – 31 Firle Beacon Supercar Festival, Lewes
To advertise your event (£35.00 + VAT) in our Aspect County What’s On listings, please email us at
mail@aspect-county.co.uk, or call 01424 777444, for further details.
