insideKENT Magazine Issue 39 - June 2015 | Page 26

EVENTS KentEvents Four Seasons in the Garden: Summer // 2 Jun Mànran // 6 Jun Mànran has quite literally rocketed to the top of the Scottish music scene with its powerful combination of Gaelic/English songs underpinned by driving accordion, fiddle, flute and a backline of drum and bass. Mànran are also the only band to host Highland and Uilleann pipes together in one lineup to create a sound like no other! 8pm. Price £14 (£16 on the door). The Quarterhouse, 49 Tontine Street, Folkestone CT20 1BN www.quarterhouse.co.uk / 01303 760750 Enjoy four seasons in the garden, a new series of workshops for 2015 at Godinton House and Gardens. Viv Hunt and Fiona Abrahams combine their knowledge and continue with summer. With the garden looking its best, take stock and look at ways to keep the show going. 9.30am. Price: £55. Godinton House, Godinton Lane, Ashford TN23 3BP www.godintonhouse.co.uk / 01233 643854 Margate Winter Garden Tea Dance // 2 & 23 June The Margate Winter Garden Tea Dance is a mixed social and sequence ballroom and Latin event inclusive of all ages and dance styles. Come along for a mid-week twirl with or without a dance partner, and enjoy traditional strict tempo music from the classic ballroom age of the 1940s, '50s and '60s. Miss Tequila Slammer Anna is your hostess and DJ, spinning infectious tunes that will carry your feet away. While tea and coffee is available from the bar, do bring your own cakes! 2.15pm. Price: £3. Winter Gardens, Fort Crescent, Margate CT9 1HX www.margatewintergardens.co.uk / 01843 292795 The Ultimate Grease Experience // 6 Jun Calling all Pink Ladies and T-Birds to Bridgewood Manor’s Ultimate Grease Experience, which is set to include dance lessons, American-style refreshments, movies throughout the day, and a Grease tribute night in the evening! Price: Day £19.95 per person, evening £29.95 per person, day and evening £39.95 per person. Bridgewood Manor Hotel, Bluebell Hill , Walderslade Woods, Chatham ME5 9AX www.qhotels.co.uk/our-locations/bridgewood-manor-chatham-kent / 01634 201333 South East Open Studios // 5-21 Jun During the event of South East Open Studios, don't miss the opportunity to watch how things are thrown on the wheel at Aylesford Pottery, the only commercial pottery in Kent. Chat to the potters and browse the gallery of their work featuring domestic and garden ware. On show will be the ‘Aylesford Blue’ range of work. The pottery has a long history of famous makers from the Arts and Crafts movement through to the present day, and set in the grounds of Aylesford Priory, a trip here makes for the p W&fV7@