insideKENT Magazine Issue 87 - June 2019 | Page 70

ARTS+ENTERTAINMENT
Kent’s Top 100 ARTS & CULTURE HOTSPOTS
CONT.
SALUTE TO THE 40S
TUNBRIDGE WELLS PUPPETRY FESTIVAL
DICKENS FESTIVAL
92. Tunbridge Wells Puppetry Festival
Tunbridge Wells
www.twpuppetryfestival.org 94. Dickens Festival
Broadstairs
www.broadstairsdickensfestival.co.uk 96. Margate Soul Festival
Margate
www.margatesoulfestival.co.uk
Tunbridge Wells Puppetry Festival is a biennial
event for the people of Tunbridge Wells and Kent.
The programme showcases puppetry in all of its
forms and is designed for the whole family to enjoy. Charles Dickens visited Broadstairs in Kent regularly
from 1837 until 1859 and immortalised the town as
‘Our English Watering Place’. In 1937, to
commemorate the centenary of the author's first
visit, Gladys Waterer, the then resident of Dickens
House conceived the idea of putting on a production
of David Copperfield and of people wandering about
the town in Victorian dress to publicise it. Margate Soul Festival is the ultimate soulful festival
experience.
93. Salute To The 40s
The Historic Dockyard, Chatham ME4 4TZ
www.thedockyard.co.uk
Be transported back to the 1940s with one of
Britain’s best vintage festivals at The Historic
Dockyard Chatham.
95. Neverworld by Leefest
John Darlings Farm, Wilderness Lane,
Hever, Edenbridge TN8 7LP
www.neverworld.co.uk
So many people seem to stop growing because they
grow old. The organisers of Neverworld believe that
festivals can be life-changing experiences because of
the sense of curiosity and wonder they inspire in
anyone attending.
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97. UNFEST Fringe Music Festival
Tunbridge Wells
www.unfest.org
UNFEST is an annual local music and arts fringe
festival for Tunbridge Wells and the South East
region.