Kent’s June calendar: all your need-to-know dates for the month

With June just around the corner, it’s time to start filling your calendar with plenty of sun-soaked days out and summer nights with loved ones.

Whether it’s meeting your mates for live music and beer festivals, taking the family to fairs and film screenings, or lining the streets for Pride celebrations, here’s everything going on in Kent in June…

JUNE CALENDAR

1: Breeze Festival at the Leas Bandstand in Rochester

4: This is Elvis at Rochester Cathedral

5: Abalicious at Live at the Pantiles in Tunbridge Wells

5: Picnic with Peter Rabbit at Knole in Sevenoaks

5-27: Maidstone Pride

6-7: CAMRA Real Ale and Cider Festival at the Kent and East Sussex Railway in Tenterden

6: Shrek film screening at Folkestone Harbour Arm

7: Alice Through the Looking Glass at Hall Place and Gardens, near Dartford

7: Canterbury Pride

7-8: Kent Wind Festival at Betteshanger Country Park in Deal

8: Faversham in the Forties at Faversham Market Place

8: Medway Vintage, Antiques and Collectables Fair at the Historic Dockyard Chatham

12: The Vince Dunn Big Band at Live at the Pantiles in Tunbridge Wells

13-15: Broadstairs Dickens Festival

13: Grease film screening at Folkestone Harbour Arm

13: Scooter at Dreamland in Margate

14: Rewind at Dreamland in Margate

14: Festability at Quex Park in Birchington-on-Sea

14: FOSTival at Betteshanger Country Park in Deal

14: Saviours of Soul at Live at the Pantiles in Tunbridge Wells

14-15: Cars at the Castle at Hever Castle in Edenbridge

14-15: World War II Weekend at Dover Castle

15: Eastern European Cultural Festival at Mote Park in Maidstone

15: Father’s Day

16-27: Guided Garden Tours: Scotney Castle's Roses at Scotney Castle in Tunbridge Wells

19: Dave Ital and Friends at Live at the Pantiles in Tunbridge Wells

20: Summer Wine Fayre at Macknade in Faversham

20: Supergrass at Dreamland in Margate

20-29: Stour Music Festival at All Saints Church, near Ashford

20: Wicked film screening at Folkestone Harbour Arm

21: Ashford Pride

21-22: Hever’s Home Front at Hever Castle in Edenbridge

21-22: Pop Up on the Pier at Gravesend Pier

22: West Kent Big Band at Tonbridge Castle

23 to July 6: Hever in Bloom at Hever Castle in Edenbridge

24: Public Image Ltd at Dreamland in Margate

26: Venn 5 (formerly Into The Blue) at Live at the Pantiles in Tunbridge Wells

27: HAIM at Dreamland in Margate

27: The Mummy film screening at Folkestone Harbour Arm

28: Armed Forces Day at the Historic Dockyard Chatham

28: ASHFOOD! Festival at Elwick Place in Ashford

28: Beer and BBQ Festival at Macknade in Faversham

28: Dartford Pride

28: Herne Bay Pride

28: Margate Drum and Bass Festival at Dreamland

28: Party in the Park at the Appleyard Sports Bar in Sittingbourne

28: Pop Up Model Railway Show at the Seaside Museum in Herne Bay

28: Steampunk Saturday at the Kent and East Sussex Railway in Tenterden

28: Taste of the Caribbean Food and Drink Festival at Mote Park in Maidstone

28: Tribute Takeover Festival at Betteshanger Country Park in Deal

29: Cliftonville Farmers Market at Walpole Bay, near Margate