Find out what’s on in Kent in 2024 with our events calendar
It’s time to start making plans for the next 12 months with our list of unmissable events in Kent in 2024.
From national holidays to music festivals and family days out, you’ll want to start filling our diary now so you don’t miss a thing…
January
1: New Year’s Day
25: Burns Night
26-27: Gravesham Winter Light Festival
28: Bromley 10k at Norman Park
February
10: Chinese New Year
11: The Vaccines at Dreamland, Margate
13: The Vaccines at Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone
13: Pancake Day
14: Valentine’s Day
18: Deal Half Marathon at Betteshanger Country Park
25: Dartford Half Marathon at Central Park
27: Kent & Medway Food & Drink Awards at the Spitfire Ground, Canterbury
March
7: World Book Day
10: Mother’s Day
15: Red Nose Day
29: Good Friday
29-31: Broadstairs Food Festival
31: Easter Sunday
April
1: Easter Monday
13: Kaiser Chiefs at Dreamland, Margate
14: Kent Spring Marathon and Half Marathon at Sandyacres Sports Club in Ashford
23: St George’s Day
May
4-6: Sweeps Festival, Rochester
6: Early May bank holiday
18: Inflatable 5k at Brands Hatch, near Fawkham
18-19: Faversham Festival of Transport
25: Hever Festival launches at Hever Castle, Edenbridge
27: Late May bank holiday
31-2: Rock the Mote at Mote Park, Maidstone
June
7-9: Medway Food and Drink Festival at Rochester Castle
8-9: Canterbury Pride
13: Bryan Adams at Dreamland, Margate
14: Madness at Dreamland, Margate
14-16: Black Deer Festival at Eridge Park, Tunbridge Wells
15: Sausage and Cider Festival at Dunorlan Park, Tunbridge Wells
16: Father’s Day
29: National Armed Forces Day
July
5: Jack Savoretti at Dreamland, Margate
5-7: Kent County Show at the Kent Showground, Detling
5-7: The Spirit of Tenterden Festival
12-14: Revival at Mote Park, Maidstone
13: Nile Rodgers and CHIC at Dreamland, Margate
13: Leeds Castle Concert, near Maidstone
13: Mind Over Muscle Festival at Betteshanger Country Park in Deal (TBC)
14-15: CAMRA Real Ale and Cider Festival at Kent and East Sussex Railway, Tenterden
17-21: Hythe Food and Drink Festival
19: Manic Street Preachers at Dreamland, Margate
19-21: Maid of Stone at Mote Park, Maidstone
20: IDLES at Dreamland, Margate
26: Jess Glynne at Dreamland, Margate
26-27: Blue Reef Festival at Loddington Farm, near Maidstone
27: Pete Tong’s Ibiza Classics at Mote Park, Maidstone
27: Sausage and Cider Festival at Quex Park, Birchington-on-Sea
August
2: Craig David at Dreamland, Margate
9-16: Broadstairs Folk Week
10: Margate Pride
12-17: Medway Pride
15: Status Quo at Dreamland, Margate
16: Paloma Faith at Dreamland, Margate
16-18: A New Day Festival at Mount Ephraim, near Faversham
17-18: Deal Folk and Beer Festival at Betteshanger Country Park
23: Busted at Dreamland, Margate
26: Summer bank holiday
31: Becky Hill at Dreamland, Margate
31-1: Faversham Hop Festival
September
6-15: Heritage Open Days
7-8: Salute to the ‘40s at the Historic Dockyard, Chatham (TBC)
20-22: Canterbury’s Cooking at Dane John Gardens
21: Maidstone Comic Con at Mote Park
28: Oktoberfest at Mote Park, Maidstone
October
3-6: Tenterden Folk Festival
11: Scouting For Girls at Dreamland, Margate
31: Halloween
November
5: Guy Fawkes Night
10: Remembrance Sunday
15: Children in Need (TBC)
21: Squeeze at Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone
December
5: Christmas Jumper Day
24: Christmas Eve
25: Christmas Day
26: Boxing Day
31: New Year’s Eve
