Find out what’s on in Kent with our 2023 events calendar
05:00, 30 December 2022
Start filling out your diary for 2023 with our list of events in the county over the next 12 months.
Also, don't forget to check out our pick of the top 10 events not to miss in 2023.
January
1: New Year’s Day
7: East Kent Wedding Fair at the Kent Cricket Ground, Canterbury
15: The Wedding Experience at the Kent Events Centre, Detling
22: Chinese New Year
February
4: Build It Live at the Kent Events Centre, Detling
4: Sonia Boyce Feeling Her Way exhibition opens at the Turner Contemporary, Margate
14: Valentine’s Day
19: Deal Half Marathon at Betteshanger Country Park, Deal
19: Dymchurch 10k near Romney Marsh
21: Pancake Day
26: Wedding Showcase at Hever Castle, Edenbridge
March
2: World Book Day
5: Dartford Half Marathon at Central Park Athletics
17: Red Nose Day
19: Mother’s Day
26: Run Whitstable and Herne Bay 5k
31-2: Medway Food and Drink Festival at Rochester Castle Garden
April
7: Good Friday
7-9: Broadstairs Food Festival
9: Easter Sunday
10: Easter Monday
15: Reef at Dreamland, Margate (rescheduled)
16: Kent Spring Marathon and Half Marathon at Charing, near Ashford
23: St George’s Day
29-1: Rochester Sweeps Festival
May
1: Early May bank holiday
1: BHP Show at the Kent Showground, Detling
8: Bank holiday for King Charles III coronation
20-21: Inflatable 5k at Brands Hatch, near Fawkham
20-21: Faversham Festival of Transport
27: Soul Town Festival at Mote Park, Maidstone
27-29: CSP in the Park at Dane John Gardens, Canterbury
27-29: Kent Garden Show at the Kent Events Centre, Detling
29: Late May bank holiday
June
2-4: The Soundcrash Funk and Soul Weekender at Dreamland, Margate
10-11: Kent Wellness Festival at the Kent Events Centre, Detling
16-18: Black Deer Festival at Eridge Park, Tunbridge Wells
18: Father’s Day
24: National Armed Forces Day
26: Sandwich Folk and Ale Festival
30: Spirit of Tenterden Festival
30-2: Battle of Britain Airshow at Headcorn Aerodrome, near Ashford
July
1: Bastille at Dreamland, Margate
6-9: Rochester Castle Concerts
7-9: Pub in the Park at Dunorlan Park, Tunbridge Wells
7-9: Kent County Show at the Kent Showground, Detling
8: Leeds Castle Concert, near Maidstone
8: N-Dubz at Dreamland, Margate
14-15: Revival in the Park at Mote Park, Maidstone
14-16: LoveFit Festival at St Clere Estate, Sevenoaks
21: The Human League with Marc Almond at Dreamland, Margate
25-29: War and Peace Revival at the Hop Farm, Paddock Wood
26: Hythe Food and Drink Festival at Holman’s Field
August
5: Primal Scream with Happy Mondays at Dreamland, Margate
5-6: Rock the Mote at Mote Park, Maidstone
11-8: Broadstairs Folk Week
18-20: A New Day Festival
26-28: Military Odyssey at the Kent Showground, Detling
27-28: Kent Country Show at Quex Park, Birchington
28: Canterbury Half Marathon at Merton Farm
28: Summer bank holiday
31: Deal Food and Drink Festival at Deal Castle
September
1-3: Faversham Hop Festival (TBC)
6: Isle of Thanet Food and Drink Festival at Fort Crescent, Margate
9-10: Salute to the ‘40s at the Historic Dockyard Chatham
16-17: Paws in the Park at the Kent Showground, Detling
23: Soultasia at Mote Park, Maidstone
24: Folkestone Rotary Half Marathon
29-1: Broadstairs Food Festival
October
1: The Port Lympne 5k at Port Lympne Reserve, Hythe
31: Halloween
November
5: Guy Fawkes Night
12: Remembrance Sunday
17: Children in Need (TBC)
December
24: Christmas Eve
25: Christmas Day
26: Boxing Day
31: New Year’s Eve
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