ARTS + ENTERTAINMENT in the DIARY cont..
FROM
15
MAY 2026
SUNSET DINNER SERIES WITH POMUS Dreamland Cinema, Margate 15- 16 May
The Sunshine Café is set to open its doors this May to host a dinner party to remember. Created simply to bring people together over great food and including a welcome glass of fizz and a seasonal three-course set menu, this much-anticipated guest chef evening will be led by Ryan Jacovides. Holding over 25 years in the industry, Ryan is the visionary behind dining star Pomus, a wine bar and restaurant focused on hyper-seasonal cooking and warm hospitality based across the Kent coastline in locations he used to holiday in as a child.
16
MAY 2026
SPRING FAIR Godinton House & Gardens, Ashford
Join Godinton House & Gardens this spring for a joyous seasonal celebration of the best local food, drink and artisan craftspeople in Kent, sourced primarily within 40 miles of the beautiful estate in Ashford. Taste, browse, buy and explore exceptional fare, crafts and plants from a host of local businesses including Kingcott Dairy, Gilda Bakery, Wayfarer Wines, Hawkhurst Lavender, Pure Wix Candles and Spring Platt Snowdrops, and take part in fun activities from Dolly Mix Hook-a-Duck and Whizzbang Facepainting.
6.30pm £ 100pp dreamland. co. uk
11am- 4pm Included with garden entry godintonhouse. co. uk
FROM
22
MAY 2026
PLAYGROUND FESTIVAL Various locations across Kent 22- 31 May
© Architects of Air
Celebrating the creativity of babies, young children and their families, Kent’ s first international early years festival is set to offer more than 150 free events that will take place across a wealth of venues including family hubs and cultural spaces. Bringing together inspiring work from artists across the globe, the vibrant programme will feature performances, installations and workshops designed to spark imagination and creativity. Don’ t miss magical installation The Garden by Makers of Imaginary Worlds at The Beaney House of Art & Knowledge, and the marvellous structure Lumini by Architects of Air at Dartford Central Park.
Various times Free playgroundkent. co. uk
© Ollie Boughton
23
MAY 2026
AS YOU LIKE IT EM Forster Theatre, Tonbridge
A four-strong troupe of actors who pedal from venue to venue with their set, props and costumes on their bikes, join the HandleBards at EM Forster’ s Library Gardens for an outdoor production of Shakespeare’ s As You Like It. Rosalind and her cousin Celia flee to the Forest of Arden, where they bump into Rosalind’ s love interest Orlando. However, Rosalind is disguised as a young man. Cue some local shepherds getting involved and the stage is set for a wild ride of wooing, hilarious mistaken identity and the odd wrestling match
From 5pm From £ 21( adult), £ 12.50( under 21), £ 4.50( under 12), under 5s free emftheatre. com
ACROSS THE BORDER!
© Michael Spring Photography
FROM
23
MAY 2026
FREE FROM FESTIVAL 2026 Woolwich Works, London 23- 24 May
The UK’ s only gluten- and dairy-free food festival. Discover and sample a wide range of delicious gluten- and dairy-free products( with refined sugar-free and other free-from options available) and explore a wealth of incredible free-from brands from across the UK and beyond. You can also look forward to joining exclusive talks and demos from top experts in the field as you taste amazing food that you just won’ t find anywhere else!
From 10.30am £ 17( adult), under 12s free woolwich. works www. insidekent. co. uk • 19