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Brickwrecks: Sunken Ships in LEGO® Bricks
8th March-31st August 2025
Venue: The Historic Dockyard
Website: https://thedockyard.co.uk/events/brickwrecks
Beyond the LEGO® models, Brickwrecks offers interactive elements and multimedia exhibits that delve into the science of maritime archaeology, shipwreck exploration, and their environmental impact. Try...
Be Yourself, Be Amazing at Pauline Quirke Academy of Performing Arts
12th May-6th July 2025
Venue: Various locations
Website: www.pqacademy.com
Your child will get hands-on with professional filmmaking equipment in their Film & TV classes, and write their own monologues and comedy sketches in their Comedy & Drama module.PQA offer everyone the...
Capstone Farm Alpaca Experiences
12th May-6th July 2025
Venue: Capstone Farm Alpacas
Website: www.capstonefarmalpacas.com
Meet and Greets are only £6 per person and include getting up close during feeding time. This takes up to an hour and is suitable for all ages. Alpaca Trekking is £25 each and includes walking a resident...
Children's Parties
12th May-6th July 2025
Venue: Mad Play
Website: www.madplay.co.uk
Book a party that the kids will never forget at Mad Play soft play centre. Party packages include play, a choice of hot and cold food, and entertainment! With a café and an extensive seating area, you...
Foal Farm Mini Market
12th May-6th July 2025
Venue: Foal Farm Animal Rescue
Website: www.foalfarm.org.uk
Last Sunday of every month 1.30-4.30pm, entrance by donation. There are a wide variety of stalls including toys, bric-a-brac, plants, gifts, tea room, pet shop, emporium and charity shop.
Hastings Adventure Golf
12th May-6th July 2025
Venue: Hastings Adventure Golf
Website: www.hastingsadventuregolf.com
Hastings Adventure Golf features three 18-hole courses. Each course is filled with surprises, including two magnificent pirate ships, cannon fire, explosions, splashes, talking tiki poles, landscaped gardens,...
Junior Zookeeper
12th May-6th July 2025
Venue: Wildwood Kent
Website: www.kent.wildwoodtrust.org
Aimed at children with a keen interest in becoming a zookeeper or working with animals later in life. Participants will go behind the scenes for an introduction to the world of the zookeeper and will learn...
Kids for a Quid
12th May-6th July 2025
Venue: Bluebell Railway
Website: www.bluebell-railway.com
Any child (aged between 3-15 years old) can travel on the railway for just £1 with any fare paying Adult. This ticket would allow you to travel on the railway as many times as your like throughout your...
Mysterious Marsh Adventure Trail
12th May-6th July 2025
Venue: Rare Breeds
Website: www.rarebreeds.org.uk
Negotiate wooden bridges, swing from the tyres, clamber around trees, fly through the air holding on to the ropes, and keep your cool as you tiptoe across balancing bars! Set in the woodland, this brilliant...
One-to-one Learn to Ride
12th May-6th July 2025
Venue: Cyclopark
Website: www.cyclopark.com
These sessions take place in the sports zone, away from other areas of the park to give riders privacy to work with the in house coaches to get you riding in no time! Designed to give people of all ages...
Swimming Nature
12th May-6th July 2025
Venue: Various venues
Website: www.swimmingnature.com
As soon as pupils understand that water is their friend, they’re ready to learn the correct mechanics of each stroke. Swimming Nature teachers are passionate about this and all trained the Swimming Nature...
Spring Butterfly Spotter Trail
17th May-15th June 2025
Venue: Scotney Castle
Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/kent/scotney-castle
Venture on a Butterfly Expedition at Scotney Castle. This Spring, dive into the enchanting world of butterflies with an exciting spotter trail around the stunning Scotney Castle Gardens.This event is free,...
Brake's Kids Walk
11th June 2025
Venue: Nationwide
Website: www.brake.org.uk
Take part in Brake’s Kids Walk to learn important road safety messages and shout out for children to have the right to make safe and healthy journeys. Sign up to take part in 2025 and receive your FREE...
Adult & child gong healing session
14th June 2025
Venue: The Alex
Website: www.thealex.org.uk
Join Lynne, a gong practitioner with eight years of experience, for a gong session designed for both adults and children. Lynne has worked with children with special needs and is now offering a session...
Father's Day Weekend: Stomp Rocket Making (and launching)
14th June-15th May 2025
Venue: Riverhill Himalayan Gardens
Website: www.riverhillgardens.co.uk
Stomp rockets: make then, personalise them, launch them. Perfect for kids….big and small! Drop-in activity, all welcome, and no additional charge after usual entry fee.
Father’s Day at the Museum: Dino Day
14th June 2025
Venue: Maidstone Museum
Website: https://museum.maidstone.gov.uk
Join Maidstone Museum for the Big Weekend and an early Father's Day special. Explore this free museum, and take part in the various Dinosaur related crafts. Face painting by Busy Bodies for £3 per child....
Father’s Day Weekend – Cars at the Castle
14th-15th June 2025
Venue: Hever Castle
Website: www.hevercastle.co.uk
Show your dad just how much you love him with a wonderful family day out to Hever Castle on Father’s Day Weekend for the Cars at the Castle event. Please note that not all car displays will be on site...
The Gruffalo
14th-15th June 2025
Venue: Bluebell Railway
Website: www.bluebell-railway.com
Venturing out from the deep dark wood, the mythical and much-loved monster will be making its way around Bluebell Railway this June at Sheffield Park. Test your nerves, put on your brave face and seek...
World War II Weekend at Dover Castle
14th-15th June 2025
Venue: Dover Castle
Website: www.english-heritage.org.uk
Step back in time and experience the atmosphere and action of the 1940s at Dover Castle at War. Visit for a Father’s Day special as they commemorate the 80th anniversary of VE Day, marking the end of...
Wind in the Willows - Outdoor Theatre
15th June 2025
Venue: The Festival Theatre At Hever Castle
Website: www.illyria.co.uk/shows
Mole yearns to explore the wide world. Badger enjoys peace and quiet. Rat likes just messing about in boats. Their idyllic lives on the Riverbank are turned upside down when Toad reveals his latest obsession:...
In The Night Garden Live
18th June 2025
Venue: Assembly Hall Theatre
Website: www.assemblyhalltheatre.co.uk
Igglepiggle, Upsy Daisy, Makka Pakka and friends are back in their fun-filled live show Igglepiggle's Busy Day! Join Igglepiggle as he looks for his friends in the Night Garden by following their funny...
Alice In Wonderland
21st June 2025
Venue: The Alex
Website: www.thealex.org.uk
In this magical, fifty-minute stage version of the tale you’ll journey down the rabbit-hole with Alice as she meets the Mock-Turtle, the Queen of Hearts, the Mad March Hare, the grinning Cheshire Cat...
Hever’s Home Front 2025
21st-22nd June 2025
Venue: Hever Castle
Website: www.hevercastle.co.uk
Step back in time to wartime Britain at Hever’s Home Front at this 1940s event. Experience the sights and smells of the time with authentic cooking along with displays of military vehicles. Browse stalls...
Bubble Rush
22nd June 2025
Venue: Mote Park
Website: www.demelza.org.uk/support-us/events/bubble-rush-maidstone-2025
Join Demelza for a sudsy spectacle in June with your friends and family. Bubble Rush is back for it's 10th year in Maidstone. Burst through a rainbow of bubbles up to four feet high in this frothy fun...
Armed Forces Day
28th June 2025
Venue: Historic Dockyard Chatham
Website: https://thedockyard.co.uk/
Enjoy colourful military parades, displays, bands and singers celebrating the bravery of those who have answered the call of duty. Prepare to be captivated by a range of immersive experiences – from...
Matilda the Musical Jr.
28th-29th June 2025
Venue: Hazlitt Theatre
Website: www.parkwoodtheatres.co.uk
Packed with high-energy dance numbers and catchy songs, Matilda JR. is a joyous girl power romp. Children and adults alike will be thrilled and delighted by the story of the special little girl with an...
RSN Family Drop-in Workshop: Illuminated Leaf Motif
28th June 2025
Venue: Canterbury Cathedral
Website: www.canterbury-cathedral.org
Create your own beautiful leaf motif with Royal School of Needlework Tutor, Helen Stevens, inspired by the illuminated leaves of the James I Charter issued to the City of Canterbury. Free with admission....
Kent County Show
4th-6th July 2025
Venue: Kent Showground
Website: www.kcas.org.uk/kent-county-show/visit
The region’s showcase event for farming, agriculture and countryside life. For three days a year, animals, horses, vintage vehicles, retail stands and much more converge on the stunning surroundings...
Maidstone Pretty Muddy Kids
5th July 2025
Venue: Mote Park
Website: www.raceforlife.cancerresearchuk.org
Pretty Muddy® Kids is a fun-packed muddy obstacle course for children aged 6-12 (over 1.2m tall). The young fundraisers climb, crawl and slide their way around the course at their own pace, accompanied...
Schools Triathlon Days 2025
8th-10th July 2025
Venue: Hever Castle
Website: www.hevercastle.co.uk
On 8–10 July pre-registered primary schools are being given the chance to bring students along to take part in a unique cross curriculum day of sport and history. Students will have the opportunity to...