Make the most of the summer with Kent’s July calendar

It’s officially summertime, and lots of us will be desperate to grab those balmy summer days with both hands and make the most of them while we can.

Kent’s July calendar is packed with brilliant outdoor theatre, film screenings, live music, food festivals, family activities and more. Here’s all your need-to-know dates…

JULY CALENDAR

3-13: Deal Music and Arts Festival in Deal, Sandwich and Dover

3-13: JAM on the Marsh in New Romney, Lydd and Hythe

3: Derek Nash Funk Experience at Live at the Pantiles in Tunbridge Wells

4: Changeling Theatre tour opens at Boughton Monchelsea Place near Maidstone

4: The Devil Wears Prada film screening at Folkestone Harbour Arm

4: A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Penshurst Place near Tonbridge

4-6: Kent County Show at the Kent Showground in Detling

4-6: Spirit of Tenterden Festival at Tenterden Recreation Ground

5: Canterbury Medieval Pageant and Trail

5: Gravesham Riverside Festival at Gravesend Promenade

5: The Libertines at Dreamland in Margate

5: A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Godinton House and Gardens near Ashford

5: Sausage and Cider Festival at Quex Park in Birchington-on-Sea

5: Sense and Sensibility at Westwell Wines in Charing

5: Women’s Euros: France v England at Folkestone Harbour Arm

5-6: Sandwich Folk and Ale Festival

6: Tom Jones at Dreamland in Margate

9: Women’s Euros: England v Netherlands at Folkestone Harbour Arm

10: Jive Aces at Live at the Pantiles in Tunbridge Wells

11: Bend It Like Beckham film screening at Folkestone Harbour Arm

11: Billy Ocean at Dreamland in Margate

11-13: Canterbury Children’s Literature Festival

12: Deal Pride

12: Leeds Castle Concert near Maidstone

12: Margate Reggae Festival at Dreamland in Margate

12: Sense and Sensibility at Godinton House and Gardens near Ashford

12: Summer jousting starts at Hever Castle in Edenbridge

13: Chiddingstone Castle Vintage Fair near Edenbridge

13: Faversham Pirate Festival at Faversham Marketplace

13: Women’s Euros: England v Wales at Folkestone Harbour Arm

17: Nouveau Lounge at Live at the Pantiles in Tunbridge Wells

18: A Cinderella Story film screening at Folkestone Harbour Arm

18: The Greatest Showman film screening at Leeds Castle near Maidstone

18: Texas at Dreamland in Margate

18-20: Diesel Gala 2025 at the Kent and East Sussex Railway in Tenterden

18-20: Maid of Stone Festival at Mote Park in Maidstone

19: Folkestone Triennial opening day

19: Grease film screening at Leeds Castle near Maidstone

19: Sausage and Cider Festival at Eridge Park in Tunbridge Wells

19: Summer games start at Dover Castle

19: Swale Pride in Sheerness

20: Bridget Jones film screening at Leeds Castle near Maidstone

20: The Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever at Folkestone Harbour Arm

20: The Wind in the Willows at Tonbridge Castle

23: Seas of Time opens at Hever Castle in Edenbridge

24: Dino and Darby at Live at the Pantiles in Tunbridge Wells

25: 50 First Dates film screening at Folkestone Harbour Arm

25: Pride and Prejudice at The Friars in Aylesford

25-27: Blue Reef Festival at Loddington Farm near Maidstone

26: Audacity Funk and Soul Band at Live at the Pantiles in Tunbridge Wells

26: Basement Jaxx at Dreamland in Margate

26: Cafe Mambo Ibiza Classics in the Park at Mote Park in Maidstone

26: Folkestone Pride

26: Much Ado About Nothing and Macbeth at Tonbridge Castle

26-27: Detling Antiques and Vintage Fair at the Kent Events Centre near Maidstone

27: Hamlet at Mount Ephraim Gardens near Faversham

27: Pride and Prejudice at Emmetts Gardens near Sevenoaks

30: Broadstairs Water Gala at Viking Bay

30: Pride and Prejudice at St Margaret's Church in Horsmonden near Tunbridge Wells

31: Force 10 Big Band at Live at the Pantiles in Tunbridge Wells

31: The Tempest at Emmetts Garden near Sevenoaks