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7th September - 26 November: 9.30-5.30 Seven days a week Textile exhibition: Textile exhibition featuring beautiful and amazing pieces of artwork including, batik, silk paintings, embroidery, felt work, and even jewellery. Price: Admission free Venue: arthouse Gallery Oad street Centre Oad Street Borden Nr Sittingbourne Kent
ME9 8LB Contact: 01795 842244 www.arthousegallery-kent.co.uk
7th - 30th September: Times vary
Hidden Passages - Ashford Visual Arts and Architecture Festival: Exploring Ashford's history and visual appeal with unique installations created by artists and public participation. Hidden Passages, spaces rediscovered and redefined, their history and uses overlaid with alternative definitions of the word 'passage'. Times and locations very, see website. Price: Free Venue: Ashford Town Centre TN23 1QG Contact: www.hiddenpassages.org.uk
19, 19,20,26,27 September 2009: All day
Meet Thomas the Tank Engine at the Kent & East Sussex Railway. Enjoy a 1 hour train ride, enjoy “Thomas & Friends” station scenarios, a daily fun packed programme of children’s events with Uncle Myles and Charlie the Clown. Also enjoy face painting, balloon modelling, roundabout rides and a bouncy castle. Other dates include 20, 26 and 27 September 2009 Price: Adult £12 Child £9.50 Venue: Kent & East Sussex Railway Tenterden Town Station Tenterden Kent TN306HE Contact: 01580 765155 www.kesr.org.uk
22nd - 26th September: 7.30pm, Wed & Sat 2.30pm also
Porridge: Starring Shaun Williamson. With the same creative team behind Dad's Army and ‘Allo ‘Allo! return to the Orchard Theatre with a real 'coup de theatre' – the first ever professional stage adaptation of the BBC's hit comedy Porridge. Price: from £14.50 Venue: The Orchard, Home Gardens, Dartford, Kent DA1 1ED Contact: 01322 220000 www.orchardtheatre.co.uk
23rd - 26th September: 7.30pm
Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing: Set in the 1940s, what is considered one of Shakespeare's best plays is presented in Shoreham Church. Colourful authentic fashion and British army uniforms, make this great entertainment. The Village Players' 85th anniversary celebration and a tribute to the beginning of WW2. Tickets/ 01959 524451. Price: £7 (£6 concession on Wednesday) Venue: Shoreham Church, Church Street,Shoreham, Sevenoaks, Kent. Contact: 01959 524451 www.shorehamvillage.co.uk
23rd to 26th September : 7.45pm
Steel Magnolias: The Avenue Theatre Production Company Presents, "The Funniest play to make you Cry", made famous by the award winning film starring Julia Roberts & Dolly Parton. We have a fantastic cast & when performed 10 years ago sold out, so don't delay - GET YOUR TICKETS TODAY! Price: £5.00 - £7.00 Venue: Avenue Theatre Avenue of Remembrance Sittingbourne Kent ME10 4DN Contact: 01795 471140 www.avenuetheatre.co.uk
24th September: 10am - 5pm
Friends Tea Shop: Wisdom Hospice charity tea shop now open. For more info on prices admission prices please contact Restoration House on 01634 848520. Price: for admission prices please check with Restoration House Venue: Restoration House, Crow Lane, Rochester, Kent. ME1 1RF Contact: 01634 831163 www.friendsofthewisdomhospice.org.uk
24th September 2009: 7.15pm doors open Flower Arranging Demonstration by Mig Kimpton: Shorne Flower Arrangers present award winning flower arranger Mig Kimpton. His achievements include gold medals at the Chelsea Flower Show. With a busy florists business in London, his celebrity clients, mainly drawn from the world of television and theatre, have included Graham Norton, Sting and Trudy Styler, Sir Ian McKellen and Janet Street-Porter. Mig has a fund of entertaining stories about his life working in the theatre to tell, too. Price: £7 guests, £5 SFA members Venue: Shorne Village Hall, The Street, Shorne, Near Gravesend, Kent DA12 3EA Contact: 01474 824177
24th September: 7.30 p.m.
Annual charity concert: This year's concert, performed by members and friends of Canterbury Musicians in aid of Cancer Research UK (registered charity number 1089464), will feature a wide ranging miscellany of songs, piano solos and duets, and solos for flute, clarinet and french horn. Price: £5 Venue: Dominican Priory, St. Peter's Lane, Canterbury, CT1 2BP Contact: 01227 762547 www.e-canterbury.co.uk/organisations.php?id=91&area
25 September: 9.30am to 5.30pm
World's Biggest Coffee Morning at Hadlow College: On the 25th September Macmillan Cancer research holds ‘The world’s biggest coffee morning’. Broadview Tearooms at Hadlow College is holding coffee morning in order to raise money for Macmillan. Visitors purchasing tea or coffee and cakes or biscuits will result in a donation to this excellent cause. Broadview Tearooms is situated at Hadlow College, Hadlow, Tonbridge, Kent. TN11 OAL: 01732 853211 Price: Special price for coffee or tea and cake Venue: Broadview Tearooms at Hadlow College, Hadlow, Tonbridge, Kent. TN11 0AL Contact: www.hadlow.ac.uk
25th September 2009: 10.30 am
Living in Safety Event 2009: Stalls offering free help and advice to over 60's and/or disabled persons. Free samples, demonstrations, fitness, sport, security, clubs and groups, benefit assessments, free swimming vouchers, cookery, health and housing advice. Have a free cuppa & scone & see what you are missing out on. Price: Free Venue: Sheppey Leisure Centre, off the Broadway, Sheerness, Sheppey ME12 1HH Contact: 01795 417131 www.swale.gov.uk
25th September: 7.30 pm
Andrew Motion: The Cinder Path: Outgoing Poet Laureate Andrew Motion presents his latest collection of poetry at the Sevenoaks Literary Celebration opening event Price: £12 Venue: Ship Theatre, Walthamstow Hall School, Hollybush Lane, Sevenoaks TN13 3UL Contact: 01732 452055 www.sevenoaksliterarycelebration.com
25th September 2009: 8pm
Blue Rhythm Kings: BRK have gained a reputation as one of the few bands in the country performing jazz in an authentic 20’s style and are influenced, in particular, by the great jazz masters of that era.Come visit us for a great night out! Price: Tickets £8 / £6 concs Venue: Horsebridge Arts & Community Centre, 11 Horsebridge Road, Whitstable, Kent CT5 1AF Contact: 01227 281174 www.horsebridge-centre.org.uk
26th September: 2.30 pm
Book groups tea: The art of the short story: Carys Davies and Vanessa Gebbie talk about short story writing at a special event for book groups, part of the Sevenoaks Literary Celebration Price: £5 Venue: The Bradbourne School, Bradbourne Vale Road, Sevenoaks TN13 3LE Contact: 01732 452055 www.sevenoaksliterarycelebration.com
26th September: 7pm
Jazz in the Church: Friends of Aylesford Church invite you to an evening of Jazz music, with The Blue Arcadians. Ticket price includes coffee/glass of wine Price: £8, concessions £6 Venue: Church of St Peter and St Paul, Aylesford, Kent ME20 7BB Contact: 01622 674947 (Sally)
26th September: 7pm-10pm
1940's evening: An evening of 1940's music, dance, food with licensed bar. 1940's dress code optional. Ticket entry only. Price: £15 Venue: Halstead Village Hall, Knockholt Road, Halstead, Sevenoaks, Kent. TN14 7EX Contact: 01732 462215 www.halsteadscouts.org.uk
26th September 2009: doors open 7.30pm for 8pm start Horses Brawl in concert: Part early, part folk, part precision, part wild abandon, 'magpie musicians’ Horses Brawl revisit and reinvent early European music using traditional & contemporary instruments. Licensed bar. Part of the 'Continuing Traditions' concert series, this is a not-for-profit event run by the voluntary group BASH and supported by funding from KCC. Price: £8 in advance / £10 on the door Venue: St Mary's Church, Strand Street, Sandwich, Kent. CT13 9HN Contact: box office The Sandwich Bookshop 01304 620404 www.B-A-S-H.org.uk
26th September: 8 p.m.
BILLY EBELING CONCERT: Bluesy guitarist/singer/songwriter from Kansas accompanied by Brendan Power on harmonica Price: £8 Venue: the liberqal club, 7, station road, orpington, kent Contact: 07801089375 www.billyebeling.com
27th September: 9am-1pm
Boot & Indoor Craft Fair: Time: Public 9am-1pm, Boots and stall holders from 8pm
Cost: £5 for sellers (cars only and no vans please) and 50p per person or £1 for a family Refreshments available, and all proceeds go towards Len Valley Girl Guides Centenary Celebrations as we mark our 100th birthday. Price: Venue: Kingswood Primary School Cayser Drive Kingswood Maidstone ME17 3QF Contact: 01622 850948 - Sue Morris
27th September: 10am to 4pm
Hempstead Valley Craft and Memorabilia Fayre: There will be over 30 stalls inside the shopping centre selling a wide variety of quality arts, crafts and collectable memorabilia. Subsequent fayres will be held on the last Sunday of every month.
Hempstead Valley is located just off junction 4 of the M2. FREE parking. Price: FREE admission Venue: Hempstead Valley Shopping Centre, Hempstead, Gillingham, Kent ME7 3PD Contact: 01634 387076 www.hempsteadvalley.com
27th September: 10.30am - 4pm
Charity Classic Car Show: Folkestone Automobile Club are holding their annual Charity Car Show at the Neptune Pub in Dymchurch on 27th September. Cars welcome on the day at £5 each. Charity is the local branch of Alzheimer's Society. Price: Venue: Neptune Pub Dymchurch Road
Dymchurch Contact: 01303 243644
27th September: 2.30pm
calverley park gardens bandstand: A concert in support of Calverley Park Bandstand.On the terrace by the bandstand in Calverley Park Gardens. Music provided by East Peckham Silver Band. Price: Collection on behalf of Mayor's Charties Venue: Calverley Park Gardens, Mount Pleasant Road, Tunbridge Wells, TN1 2SH TN1 2SH Contact:
27th September: 2.30 pm
Ian Kelly: Casanova - Food Writer: Actor and historian Ian Kelly presents his biography of Casanova, a man whose appetites for food and sex were closely linked. Price: £8 Venue: Ship Theatre, Walthamstow Hall School, Hollybush Lane, Sevenoaks TN13 3UL Contact: 01732452055 www.sevenoaksliterarycelebration.com
27th September: 7.30pm
That'll Be The Day: Often referred to as the hottest show in town, the legendary That’ll Be The Day, the nation’s most successful touring production returns with a brand new 2009 show, featuring back to back non-stop nostalgia and classic gold hits from the ’50s through to the ’70s. Price: £20.50 Venue: The Orchard, Home Gardens, Dartford,
Kent DA1 1ED Contact: 01322 220000 www.orchardtheatre.co.uk
27th September 2009: 8 a.m. to Noon
INDOOR BOOT FAIR: Large variety of Stalls. Price: by donation to village hall funds Venue: Village Hall Lancaster Avenue Capel-le-Ferne Near Folkestone Kent CT18 7LX Contact: 01303 243514 www.capel-le-ferne.org
28th September : 7.30 pm
Shena Mackay: The Atmospheric Village: Novelist Shena Mackay talks about her Shoreham childhood in the 1950s. Price: £8 Venue: St Nicholas Undercroft, Rectory Lane, Sevenoaks TN13 1JA Contact: 01732452055 www.sevenoaksliterarycelebration.com
29th Sept - 3rd October: 7.30pm, Wed & Sat 2.30pm also
Annie: Starring Sue Pollard. Annie is the heart-warming rags-to-riches tale of Annie’s adventure – from a New York orphanage to the luxurious home of Oliver Warbucks. Sue Pollard plays Miss Hannigan in this show which features a cast of over 40 talented artistes. Price: From £15 Venue: The Orchard, Home Gardens, Dartford, Kent DA1 1ED Contact: 01322 220000 www.orchardtheatre.co.uk
30th September: 11am
Maidstone Health Walk: Guided riverside walk Price: Free Venue: Starts at St Faith's Church, Brenchley Gardens, Maidstone ME14 Contact: 01424 446395 www.btcv.org/kent
30th September: 7.00pm
Patrick Hennessey: Patrick Hennessey, a young Guards officer, formed a reading club to relieve the tedium of serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. Patrick will be talking about his book The Junior Officer's Reading Club at Tunbridge Wells library.
Price: 2.50 Venue: Tunbridge Wells Library Mount Pleasant Road Tunbridge Wells TN1 1NS Contact: 01892 522352 www.kent.gov.uk/libs
30th September: 7.30pm
Rochester Film Salon: Harold And Maude (1971) Director: Hal Ashby. Harold is a death-obsessed 20-year-old who spends his free time attending funerals and simulating suicides. His life if changed however when he meets Maude, a free-spirited 79-year-old who teaches him the joys of life in this moving and very funny tale. Price: £5, £4.50 concs; plus £1 m'ship Venue: Rochester Independent College's Gainsborough Conference Centre, 154 St Margarets Bank, High Street, Rochester, Kent. ME1 1HY Contact: 01634 838691 www.rochesterfilmsalon.org.uk
