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4th July 2018FIREWORKS: Kent Life announces dates for annual spectacular
Popular Maidstone tourist attraction Kent Life stages a fireworks spectacular this bonfire season. Held on November 3 and 4, the annualdisplay will feature fire-eaters igniting the ...
3rd July 2018Open air Shakespearean theatre comes to Leeds Castle
FANS of open air theatre can enjoy an evening away from the football to see Shakespeare's The Tempest at Leeds Castle on July 4. The Lord Chamberlain's Men return to the castlein ...
GALLERY: Thousands turn out for Bearsted & Thurnham Carnival and Fayre
Thousands turned out for Bearsted Carnival and Fayre on Saturday in soaring temperatures on The Green. The village was alive with music and colour as the event sprang into life. Organisers, who ...
Maidstone pubs report business as usual despite carbon dioxide shortage
PUBS in the Maidstone area have largely been left untouched by the Europe-wideshortage of carbon dioxide used to put fizz into drinks like lager. A number of inns we spoke to were getting ...
GALLERY: Record audience for Leeds drama evenings
Leeds Amateur Dramatic Society hosted its annual Plays & Picnics event at the weekend to bumper crowds. More then 100 people turned up for the performances of two short, one act ...
AM DRAM: Plays & picnics returns to Leeds village
Plays & Picnics returns to Leeds village this evening and tomorrow. Leeds Amateur Dramatic Society (LADS) will perform two short plays in the gardens of the Old Vicarage near the ...
BREAKING: Hazlitt Theatre to undergo major renovation work
THE Hazlitt Theatre in Maidstone is to undergo extensive refurbishment this summer. The 350-seat Earl Street venue – which stages the town’s annual pantomime – need work ...
Ice cool at Kent Life this summer
Kent Life in Maidstone is getting set for summer with the annual Ice Cream Festival on August 27! Organisers say that there will be over 20 fabulous flavours of ice cream available at the festival ...
Jazz starlet to perform at special Maidstone event
JAZZ music will be back at a Maidstone hotel with the return of a popular event next weekend – and a local star is to headline it. Jazz on the Lawn will be at the Tudor Park Marriott Hotel ...
Medieval jousting return to Leeds Castle this bank holiday weekend
Medieval Jousting is back at Leeds Castle this Bank Holiday Weekend. Spectators will be able to watch England compete against France in four new competitions in the combat arena. The Grand ...