insideKENT Magazine Issue 87 - June 2019 | Page 28

EVENTS
29 JUN
SAM AVERY: THE LEARNER PARENT
Quarterhouse, Folkestone
www.quarterhouse.co.uk
Time: 8pm | Price: £17
30 JUN
SUMMER VINTAGE FAIR
Chiddingstone Castle, Chiddingstone
www.chiddingstonecastle.org.uk
Time: from 11am | Price: £6 (children £2)
Celebrating its fifth year, Chiddingstone Castle Summer
Vintage Fair will take place in the castle grounds on
Sunday 30th June. The event is truly a festival of vintage
with a large selection of vintage ware stalls from furniture,
kitchenalia and decorative items for the home to vintage
clothes, jewellery and much more. With delicious
refreshments from local food specialists a vailable
throughout the day, Chiddingstone Castle Summer Vintage
Fair is a perfect family day out this summer.
30 JUN
FAMILY DOG SHOW AT KENT LIFE
Parenthood is a crafty beast. The second you master
something it changes the game so you're rubbish at it
again. Standup comedian, viral blogger and bestselling
author Sam Avery (aka The Learner Parent) started his
award-winning blog when his twin boys were born. A
million nappies, Peppa Pig episodes and a head-full of hair
loss later, he shares all the lows, highs and hilarious in
betweens of his experiences of first-time parenthood. Sam's
honest, messy account of wrestling with sleep deprivation
and breast pumps, right through to his botched attempts
at discipline and pathetic bids to stifle various toddler
tantrums that definitely registered on the Richter scale -
will have you testing your pelvic floor with laughter.
Kent Life, Sandling
www.kentlife.org.uk
Time: from 12pm
Price: £9.95 (children 3-15 £8.25)
Enjoy a fun day out with the whole family including your
favourite dog on 30th June 2019 when Beth’s Dog Show
comes to Kent Life in Maidstone. Have a go at the agility
course and visit the doggy related stalls between classes,
and choose from various classes to see if you can win a
rosette with your four-legged friend. Enter the classes on
the day and just pay in the ring. Classes cost £1.50 each
to enter. The classes are raising money for the Brain
Tumour Charity. Judging commences at 12 noon with
judge Suzanne Crow.
COMING SOON
JAM ON THE MARSH
Romney Marsh TN28 8AS
4TH – 14TH JULY
JAM on the Marsh will light up Romney Marsh with music, beach art, exhibitions, theatre,
children’s events and two poetry recitals.
Stunning beach artist Jon Foreman, the festival’s first Artist in Residence, will create
daily, large-scale designs on Dymchurch beach, using only a rake and string. His ever-
changing exhibition will be a visual highlight of the festival, with the sea acting as a giant
Etch A Sketch!
Better known as head of brass at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and trombonist
of Onyx Brass, Amos Miller is also an extraordinary photographer. In his first solo
exhibition, he brings his unique eye to Dungeness, with a set of utterly beautiful images
that take the area and very slightly turns it on its head. His images are both striking and
challenging, though never alienating.
Nurturing future young artists, our weekly photography course for Romney Marsh students
exploring landscape, people, abstract and long exposure will culminate in a eye-catching
exhibition at The End of the Line Restaurant, Dungeness. Both photography exhibitions
will be in the carriages of the Romney Hythe & Dymchurch Railway.
Inspiring at grassroots, Jon Foreman will lead nature sculpting with twigs, leaves and
stones on Children’s Sunday.
The beach art and exhibitions are free of charge and on display every day of the festival.
Tie these into joining JAM for outstanding performances including the King’s Singers,
London Mozart Players and Changeling Theatre.
For info and tickets, please go to www.jamconcert.org/events.
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OPENING IN JUNE
AT PICTUREHOUSE,
ASHFORD
X-MEN: DARK PHOENIX
FROM JUNE 7TH
Jean Gr ey begins to de velop
incredible powers that corrupt and
turn her into a Dark Phoenix. Now
the X-Men will ha ve to decide if
the life of a team member is worth
more than all the people living in
the world
MEN IN BLACK:
INTERNATIONAL
FROM JUNE 14TH
The Men in Black ha ve al ways
protected the Earth from the scum
of the univ erse. In this new
adventure, they tackle their biggest
threat to date: a mole in the Men
in Black organization.
TOY STORY 4
FROM JUNE21ST
When a new toy called "Forky" joins
Woody and the g ang, a road trip
alongside old and new friends
reveals how big the w orld can be
for a toy.