Kent’s November calendar: all the dates you need, including fireworks displays, Christmas lights switch-ons and festive markets

From dazzling fireworks displays to twinkling light trails, November is certainly going off with a bang this year.

It’s almost time to start lighting those Bonfire Night sparklers, stocking up at festive markets and booking trips to Santa’s Grotto. If you need some help remembering all the essential dates, here’s our monthly Kent calendar…

NOVEMBER

1: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice film screening at Folkestone Harbour Arm

1: Festival of Remembrance at Rochester Cathedral

1: Fireworks at Ashford Rugby Club

1: Fireworks at Central Park, Dartford

1: Fireworks at Dunorlan Park, Tunbridge Wells

1: Fireworks at Quex Park, Birchington-on-Sea

1: Fireworks at Rare Breeds Centre, near Ashford

1: Fireworks at Upchurch Cricket Club, near Sittingbourne

1: The Thing film screening at Folkestone Harbour Arm

1-2: Detling Antiques and Vintage Fair at the Kent Event Centre, near Maidstone

1-2: Fireworks at Brands Hatch, near Sevenoaks

2: Fireworks at Racecourse Sports Ground, Tonbridge

2: Hocus Pocus film screening at Folkestone Harbour Arm

5: Fireworks at the Ship Inn, near Gravesend

5: Fireworks at the Spitfire Ground St Lawrence, Canterbury

5: Fireworks at Viking Bay, Broadstairs

7: Fireworks at the Elizabeth Harvie Field, near Maidstone

7: Fireworks at Great Farthingloe Farm, Dover

7: Fireworks at Hampton Primary School, Herne Bay

7: Fireworks at Hextable Park, near Swanley

7: Fireworks at Radnor House, Sevenoaks

8: Fireworks at Benenden School, Cranbrook

8: Fireworks at Bridge Recreation Ground, near Canterbury

8: Fireworks at the Clarendon Royal, Gravesend

8: Fireworks at Cornwallis Academy, Maidstone

8: Fireworks at Deal Town Football Club

8: Fireworks at Edenbridge Recreation Ground

8: Fireworks at the 3rd Sevenoaks Scout Hut

8: The Polar Express Train Ride opens at Spa Valley Railway, Tunbridge Wells

8: Winterland opens at Bluewater, near Dartford

8-9: Fireworks at Kent Life, Maidstone

8-9: Fireworks at Leeds Castle, near Maidstone

8-9: Fireworks at Lydden Hill Race Circuit, near Canterbury

8-9: Fireworks at Reuthe’s Lost Garden, Sevenoaks

8-15: Jazz and Blues Festival at Rochester Cathedral

9: Remembrance Day parade, Dover

9: Remembrance Day parade, Faversham

9: Remembrance Day parade, Tenterden

12: Canterbury Christmas Market opens at Whitefriars and Canterbury Cathedral

12: Fireworks at Copperfield Academy, near Gravesend

14: Christmas lights switch on, Canterbury

14: Christmas lights switch on, Tenterden

14: Festive Marketplace opens at Folkestone Harbour Arm

14-16: Kent Festive Gift and Food Show at the Kent Event Centre, near Maidstone

15: Christmas lights switch on, Gravesend

15: Christmas lights switch on, Tunbridge Wells

15: Fireworks at Stoke Medway Airfield, near Rochester

15-16: Christmas Gift Market at Rare Breeds Centre, near Ashford

15-16: Model Railway Exhibition at Crampton Tower Museum, Broadstairs

20: Christmas lights switch on, Maidstone

20: Jock Saves Christmas trail opens at Chartwell, Westerham

20-23: Christmas Fair at Chartwell, Westerham

21: Christmas at Bedgebury light trail opens at Bedgebury National Pinetum and Forest, Goudhurst

21: Christmas at Leeds Castle light trail opens at Leeds Castle, near Maidstone

21: Land of Oz light trail opens at Hever Castle, near Edenbridge

22: Beatrix Potter's Christmas Card trail opens at Knole, near Sevenoaks

22: Carnival of the Baubles, Ashford

22: Christmas lights switch on, Deal

22: Cover to Cover Christmas trail opens at Scotney Castle, near Tunbridge Wells

22: Crafterama at the Kent Event Centre, near Maidstone

22: Family Winter Wander trail opens at Emmetts Garden, near Sevenoaks

22: Kent MS Therapy Centre Christmas Market at Bradbury House, near Canterbury

22: Pilgrims Hospices Christmas Fair at Grosvenor Hall, near Ashford

22: Santa’s Grotto opens at Leeds Castle, near Maidstone

22: Santa’s Grotto opens at Rare Breeds Centre, near Ashford

22: A Timeless Christmas opens at Ightham Mote, near Sevenoaks

22-23: Elf Trail and Festive Market at Demelza, near Sittingbourne

28: Port Lympne Illuminated light trail opens at Port Lympne Hotel and Reserve, Hythe

28: Rochester Christmas Market opens at Rochester Castle

28: Santa’s Grotto opens at Westwood Cross, Broadstairs

28: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs opens at the Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury

29: Christmas lights switch on, Faversham

29: Christmas lights switch on, Sevenoaks

29: Dick Whittington and His Cat opens at the Hazlitt Theatre, Maidstone

29: Mission Christmas opens at the Historic Dockyard, Chatham

29: Santa Specials Train Rides open at the Kent and East Sussex Railway, Tenterden

29: Santa Specials Train Rides open at the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway, New Romney