Whitstable Oyster Festival - Art, Heritage, Family, Food and Drink.

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


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


Let’s Look At Boats

Let’s Look At Boats
Reeves Beach
10.00 am to 12 noon
Whitstable Yacht Club invite parents to bring children beachside to examine a variety of sailing


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


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


Belly Babes – Kids’ Bellydance

Belly Babes – Kids’ Bellydance
Horsebridge Arts and Community Centre
12.15pm to 1.15pm
Children who like to dance will love belly dancing. Sixty


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


Prof. Des Turner’s Punch & Judy Show

Prof. Des Turner’s Punch & Judy Show
Umbrella Centre (St Mary’s Hall), Oxford Street.
1.30pm , 2.30pm & 3.30pm
Professor Des Turner returns with the most authentic and entertaining Punch & Judy in South East England. The shows will take place in


Whitstable Purls

Whitstable Purls
St Alphege Church, High Street
2pm to 4pm
A drop in and learn to knit session for 6 to 11 year olds. Lessons are free and small projects


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


Sea Shanties

Sea Shanties
The Duke of Cumberland Hotel, High Street
6pm to 8pm
Sea shanties in the courtyard (weather permitting).
Free event


Sunset Saunter

Sunset Saunter
Meeting point: Middle Wall Car Park
6.30pm to 8.30pm
Come and enjoy a leisurely, looped walk around Whitstable towards Seasalter and back again. Discover


A Place to Write

A Place to Write
Horsebridge Arts & Community Centre
7pm to 9pm
Author Danny Rhodes was living in Whitstable when he wrote the first of his published novels. Join Danny on a walkabout workshop as he revisits some of the scenes of his book ‘Asboville’ and shares how they shaped


100 Years of Whitstable in Film

100 Years of Whitstable in Film with Tony Blake
Horsebridge Arts & Community Centre
7.30pm
Tony Blake makes a welcome return to the Horsebridge with a selection of rare archive footage showing Whitstable as it used to be.
A must see event for all those who love Whitstable whether residents or visitors.
Entry £6 (£4 concessions)


Oyster Festival Quiz

Oyster Festival Quiz
ALL TABLES NOW BOOKED*
Whitstable Umbrella Community Centre /St Mary’s Hall, Oxford Street
7.30pm
This year’s Oyster Festival Quiz will be hosted by a new quizmaster, Lance Lupton, but the fun is just the same. As well as prizes there will be a trophy honouring the memory of the ebulient Lesley Bhola


OyOyster Comedy!

OyOyster Comedy!
Whitstable Playhouse Theatre, High Street
7.45pm
Jarred Christmas – ‘Stands Up’
Following a starring role in a BBC2 sitcom, winning awards, dancing like Beyonce for pot noodle, returns to do what he does best…stand-up
Henning When – ‘My Struggle’
Life as German Comedy Ambassador to the UK