Folkestone’s unofficial guide to what’s going on.
Venue
1-2 Guildhall St, Folkestone
A free local museum in Folkestone’s historic Town Hall that showcases the town’s history.
1-2 Guildhall St, Folkestone
A free exhibition at Folkestone Museum exploring the lives and deaths of an Early Medieval community from the Folkestone area. It features grave goods from four people buried in the fifth and sixth centuries, including a sixth-century ring sword with a silver-gilt hilt, alongside finds featured on Digging for Britain in 2025 and 2026. Produced in partnership with the Parish Meeting, University of Lancashire, Isle Heritage CIC and Dana Goodburn-Brown. Includes images of human remains.
A free summer holiday workshop programme at Folkestone Museum with themed craft and activity sessions inspired by Anglo-Saxons, sea life, shells, Romans and dinosaurs. Activities across the run include making an Anglo-Saxon brooch, sword and shield, rockpool, seahorse dreamcatcher, funky fish artwork, shell picture frame, mosaic coaster, Roman crafts and fossil pudding. Sessions last one hour. Timed tickets must be collected from reception, and donations towards materials are welcome.
1-2 Guildhall St, Folkestone
A relaxed beginner-friendly bead-making evening at Folkestone Museum with conservator Dana Goodburn-Brown. Participants will make their own polymer clay beads with step-by-step guidance. Tickets are £15 plus booking fee and include all materials and a first drink; additional drinks will be available to buy during the session.
1-2 Guildhall St, Folkestone
A hands-on archaeology event at Folkestone Museum exploring how conservation science helps reveal the past. Conservator Dana Goodburn-Brown and colleagues involved with the Anglo-Saxon sword and other finds demonstrate post-excavation investigation through practical exploration, craft activities, experimental archaeology, and insight into conservation methods and the science behind them. Sessions are free, last one hour, and timed tickets are available from reception. Donations towards materials are welcome.
Steve Friedrich’s Fossil Roadshow visits Folkestone Museum for a special day in the summer holiday programme, giving visitors the chance to see fossils up close. Sessions are free, last one hour, and timed tickets should be collected from reception. Donations towards materials are welcome.
Rentadinosaur brings baby dinosaurs to Folkestone Museum for a special dinosaur-themed day as part of the summer holiday programme. Sessions are free, last one hour, and timed tickets should be collected from reception. Donations towards materials are welcome.