insideKENT Magazine Issue 90 - September 2019 | Page 20

EVENTS 9 SEP NO FIXED ABODE 14 SEP WESTERHAM COUNTRY FAYRE Macknade Foods, Faversham https://macknade.com/event/ no-fixed-abode Time: 7pm | Price: £40 St Mary’s Church, Westerham www.whs.btck.co.uk Time: from 11am | Price: FREE Join Macknade on Monday September 9th for a five course supper from Chef Ben Hughes. Ben is part of the experimental pop-up restaurant team ‘No Fixed Abode’, who produce seasonal tasting menus in amazing spaces across Kent. All ingredients are sourced within Macknade, or from carefully selected growers and suppliers. Seating is supper club style and a selection of wine, beer, cider and spirits will be available to purchase on the night to compliment the meal. 13 SEP ASTRONOMY EVENING Bore Place, Chiddingstone www.boreplace.org Time: 7pm | Price: £8 (children £6) Join the Edenbridge and District Astronomers for an evening looking at the night sky in the farmyard! Fingers crossed for a clear night so you can look through powerful telescopes to search out deep sky objects. The team will talk you through the observations and give hints and tips about other key astronomical objects or events you can look out for over the coming months. The team will be on hand to answer questions about how you can get into astronomy at home. Sheppey Little Theatre, Sheerness www.sheppeylittletheatre.co.uk Time: 7.30pm | Price: £4 Daf Charman tell tales of old Sheppey. Isle of Sheppey stories from all over the island with a selection of less known, forgotten and not-so-famous tales. Maritime disasters and sea sagas – romantic, tragic, dramatic, horrific and comic - all with a connection to the Isle of Sheppey. 13-15 SEP AW19 LAUNCH EVENT Neptune, Canterbury www.neptune.com Time: from 9am | Price: FREE Neptune are inviting you to embrace autumn with them! Come in for a first look at the new seasonal colours, textures, fabrics and pieces. They will be sharing the story of their AW19 season – the inspiration behind the new tones and textures, and offering advice on how to easily embrace these into your own home. 14-15 SEP WESTGATE LITERARY FESTIVAL Westgate-On-Sea www.westgatelitfest.co.uk Time: Various | Price: Various The Westgate-on-Sea Literary Festival 2019 is a new two-day event to celebrate literature for all, embracing established and new authors and works across all genres for all age groups. The festival comprises talks and activities delivered by writers and experts from the industry. 14-19 SEP FESTIVAL OF FLOWERS Leeds Castle, Leeds www.leeds-castle.com Time: from 10am | Price: £26 (children 4-15 £17.50) Leeds Castle invites you to celebrate its 900th anniversary with a spectacular ‘floral party’ throughout the principal Castle rooms for the popular Festival of Flowers. “The loveliest castle in the world” has been celebrating 900 years of history throughout 2019 and the ‘Festival of Flowers’ is a floral fanfare to this landmark year. 15 SEP ARCHBISHOP’S PALACE TOUR Maidstone www.visitmaidstone.com Time: Various | Price: FREE Enjoy a full tour and discover the fascinating history of this iconic Maidstone building and access areas not normally open to the public. Tour takes approximately 45 minutes. Gain access to more of the rooms in this beautiful building usually only reserved for brides and grooms. A tour will explain the fascinating history of this part of Maidstone and reveal the inhabitants of this wonderful building. Tours must be booked in advance; please email [email protected]. 17-21 SEP MATTHEW BOURNE’S ROMEO AND JULIET The Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury www.marlowetheatre.com Time: 7.30pm (Thursday and Saturday matinees 2.30pm) Price: from £15 Matthew Bourne’s “ROMEO AND JULIET” is a passionate and contemporary re-imagining of Shakespeare’s classic love story. Bursting with youth, vitality and Matthew Bourne’s trademark storytelling, Britain’s brightest young dance talent join the New Adventures company for this World Premiere production. 13 SEP STORIES OF OLD SHEPPEY Westerham Town Partnership is at its best bringing together the community, with its latest event, Westerham Country Fayre, celebrating all that is country crafts, activities and produce, alongside local vintage, retro and fashion stalls. Westerham Horticultural Society will also be holding its Autumn Show in St Mary’s Church. mirror (and a penchant for shopping) – before midnight! Join Really Big Pants Theatre Company on their return to the Hazlitt for a fast, fun twist on traditional tales. Help with a very special spell, ride on a flying carpet and battle some bad manners! 15 SEP PEAR DAY Brogdale Collections, Faversham www.brogdalecollections.org Time: from 11am | Price: £12 (children 3-15 £5.50) Enjoy a small display of the pears in season from the 550 varieties in the National Fruit Collection at Brogdale. Discover the fruit display of pears in all shapes, sizes and colours plus fact filled information on the history of pears and the varieties in the National Fruit Collection at Brogdale. Try to buy some of the delicious pears and other fruits from the Brogdale Fine Fruits shop while exploring the Brogdale marketplace. 15 SEP SUDDENLY Hazlitt Theatre, Maidstone www.parkwoodtheatres.co.uk/hazlitt-theatre Time: 2.30pm | Price: £11.50 Red loves bedtime stories with Grandma. As well as reading them from a book, they make up their own too. But one evening, as they settle down with ‘Once upon a time…’, they are interrupted by their wily neighbour, Mr Wolfe, and a race begins to save their treehouse from a faulty genie and a wicked stepmother with a magic MATTHEW BOURNE’S ROMEO AND JULIET 20