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by Aspect County

What's On

What’s On – July and August 2022

July Listings

1 – 3 Love Supreme, Jazz Festival, Glynde, Lewes

116 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.