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OyOyster Comedy!

OyOyster Comedy! Whitstable Playhouse Theatre, High Street 7.45pm Stewart Lee – “Vegetable Stew”. The acclaimed writer and comedian presents a vegetable stew of brand new work in preparation for his 2011 TV series. See it live so you


Whitstable Delectable

Whitstable Delectable The Crab & Winkle Fish & Seafood Restaurant, Whitstable Harbour 7.30pm Come dine with the Canterbury Laureate Patience Agbabi and the Laureate Squad as they serve up a menu of mouth-watering food-themed words à la carte. Let Whitstable whet your appetite as you


The Oyster Singers

The Oyster Singers Methodist Church, Argyle Road 7.30pm to 9.45pm An evening of songs from far and near, mainly for the mature audience.


An Audience with Tom Hart Dyke

An Audience with Tom Hart Dyke Horsebridge Arts & Community Centre 7.30pm Tom Hart Dyke talks about his Panamanian kidnap experiences, and how this inspired The World Garden at his ancestral home, Lullingstone Castle. Tom has appeared on radio and


Poetic Taste – with Canterbury Laureate Patience Agbabi

Poetic Taste – a unique masterclass with Canterbury Laureate Patience Agbabi Deco 5, Oxford Street 3pm to 5pm Canterbury Laureate Patience Agbabi invites you to the table to explore the poetic palette/palate and stimulate sumptuous verses. Expert in poetic taste and technique, Patience will take you through the ingredients to create completely satisfying work. If [...]


Walk in Time

Walk in Time Meet Keam’s Yard car park, Island Wall 3.00pm to 4.00pm In this gentle amble around old Whitstable Brian Baker connects yesterday to


Terracottas Mini Are Me

Terracottas Mini Are Me Horsebridge Arts & Community Centre 2pm to 4pm Get creative with clay and make your own mini-me to join our army. Your creation will be fired in a kiln and added to the ranks of warriors in the Horsebridge windows. After the Festival collect and


Whitstable Week

Whitstable Week Whitstable Yacht Club / Whitstable Bay 1.00pm to 6.30pm Enjoy the relaxing sight of other people working hard. Every week-day afternoon a selection of single and double handed


Beside the Seaside: the great British holiday!

Beside the Seaside: the great British holiday! (exhibition) Whitstable Museum, Oxford Street 1.00pm to 4.00pm Discover the story of the seaside holiday from Victorian times to the present, through the memories of local people. Including art, photos, postcards and


Pavement Art : Strictly Chalk

Pavement Art : Strictly Chalk Whitstable Library forecourt 12 noon to 2.00pm Sign-up for a flagstone and creative ‘Talk & Chalk’ session for young aspiring artists. No scribblers but careful, considered creations in chalk, by children, encouraged


Little Blue Hut

Little Blue Hut 139 Tankerton Slopes 12 noon to 4.00pm Join the Laureate Squad to sample some great writing by the seaside! Enjoy a poetry picnic and a story spread on


Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Assemble at Tower Hill Tea Gardens 11.00am and 3.00pm Sit back while Alice delights you with her tales, play hide and seek with the White Rabbit, be challenged to a game of flamingo croquet with the Queen


Open Studios at the Fish Slab

Two Open Studios at the Fish Slab Fish Slab Studio (behind Gallery) Oxford St 11am to 5pm Liz Shedden shows a selection of new works and works in progress from 11.00am to 5.00pm. Ann Diggens: Ann studied at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston and has shown her


Escape to Create at Whitstable Harbour

Escape to create your own landscape oil painting masterpiece Whitstable Harbour 10.30 am to 12.30pm All workshops are run by local people with a passion for their subject and for


Escape to Create at the Horsebridge Arts Centre

Escape to create and bring your writing to life Horsebridge Arts and Community Centre 10.30 am to 12.30 pm All workshops are run by local people with a passion for their subject and for Whitstable too. Not only will you create a unique souvenir from your escape


Plot to Page

Plot to Page Whitstable Improvement Trust garden, Tudor Tea Rooms, Howard’s Kitchen, Whitstable Library square. All day July has long, warm summer days so why not make each day special and discover the perfect book? We have taken hand-picked books from the plot and


Relic! Join the Quest

Relic! Join the Quest Whitstable Museum, Oxford Street 10.00 am to 4.00pm Explore the galleries with clues from the ghost of tour guide Agatha in a fun family quest inspired by the popular Children’s BBC


Deep Sea Diver! Science and Craft Activity

Deep Sea Diver! Science and Craft Activity 10am to 12.30pm Whitstable Museum, Oxford Street Find out about Whitstable’s historic divers, take part in fun experiments and make your own


Odd Bods at Sea

Odd Bods at Sea Horsebridge Centre 10am to 10.45 (18 months to 3 years) 11am to 11.45 (3 to 5 years) Amuse your children with these magical music sessions from


Oyster Lacemakers

The Oyster Lacemakers Whitstable Improvement Trust, Harbour Street – outside. 10am to 4pm (weather permitting) See the craft of lacemaking at first hand, and chat to


A1 Open Art Exhibition

A1 Open Art Exhibition Horsebridge Arts and Community Centre 9am to 6pm Diversity rules. An exhibition of artists with only one thing in common: no work is larger than A1. As an added bonus