28th July 2010 – Wednesday « Whitstable Oyster Festival

Shanty Night

Shanty Night with Dead Horse Morris and the Shipwright Shanty Crew The Ship Centurion (Public House), High Street. 8pm – 11pm Whitstable based Dead Horse Morris and The Shipwright Shanty Crew will be holding a night of shanties, sailors songs, sea songs and traditional tunes, featuring

OyOyster Comedy!

OyOyster Comedy! Whitstable Playhouse Theatre, High Street 7.45pm Russell Kane – ‘His New Show’ Comedian, writer, actor and TV presenter – a twice if.comedy award nominee, voted Laughing Horse New Comedian of the Year 2004. Markus Birdman – ‘Happy Ever After’ More brilliant ramblings from the genuine son

Carmina Avium

Carmina Avium Methodist Church, Argyle Road 7.30pm Light and classical music that delights the ear and soothes the soul, in the beautiful surroundings of

Sheds on the Seashore

Sheds on the Seashore Horsebridge Arts & Community Centre 7.00pm to 8.30pm Historian and author Kathryn Ferry reveals how the diminutive painted structures lining our coast have evolved over the centuries. In her illustrated talk the nation’s beach hut expert

Native Eyes – Poetry in Motion

Native Eyes – Poetry in Motion Tennis Courts by West Beach 7.00pm to 8.30pm Becky Towner and David Milton have been conducting poetry workshops with Whitstable children, taking Whitstable itself as inspiration. Join David, Becky and hopefully some of Whitstable’s budding

‘Knockout!’

‘Knockout!’ Whitstable Swimming Pool 4.00pm Fun and games in the swimming pool fun for eight to 14 year olds. Team races, relays, inflatable

A Trail of Talk with Tea

A Trail of Talk with Tea Whitstable Harbour South Quay – meeting point 2.00pm Join celebrated local historian Geoffrey Pike for an enjoyably informative walking tour of Whitstable. Presented with the

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

Escape to Create at the Horsebridge Arts Centre

Escape to create pretty beach hut purses Horsebridge Arts and Community Centre 2.00 pm to 4.00 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

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

Random Kites

Random Kites Tankerton Slopes 11.30am A kite flying competition with no rhyme or reason. A blindfolded judge will take a digital

From Whitstable with Love

From Whitstable with Love Caxton Contemporary, High Street 10.30 am to 5.00pm In this contemporary arts project, artists have been invited to makes works, revisiting and reinterpreting

Little Oysters – Rupert’s Undersea Adventure

Little Oysters – Rupert’s Undersea Adventure Session 1 – 10.00am to 11.00am (Ages 2 to 5) Session 2 – 11.30am to 12.30pm (All ages) Whitstable Museum, Oxford Street A fun storytime and art/craft activity for the under fives and their carers. Materials and

Fish Slab Anonymous

Fish Slab Anonymous Fish Slab Gallery, Oxford Street 10am to 5pm An exhibition of anonymous works donated to raise funds for the Fish Slab Gallery. Pick up a masterpiece

Deep Sea Diver! Science and Craft Activity

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

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

Beside the Seaside: the great British holiday!

Beside the Seaside: the great British holiday! (exhibition) Whitstable Museum, Oxford Street 10.00pm 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

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

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