SPRINGING INTO EASTER!
With a hop, skip and a jump, spring is springing and Easter is just round the corner! Daffodils, bird song, blossom and hopefully some sunshine to go along with the Easter Bunny are all on our wish list, so we’ve put together some of the activities going on round us at this time of year.
DOCKER BAKERY SPRING FESTIVAL
Kicking things off on Saturday 29th March from 12noon-5pm, Docker Bakery is hosting Spring Festival – a day dedicated to celebrating the season with food, live music, and independent producers.
Co-hosted with Kent Food Hubs, the event will bring together some of the best local producers, artists, and businesses for a vibrant community gathering. The festival will feature live performances from Jim Riddles and Liberty, locally brewed craft beer from Docker Brewery, and a seasonal food market curated by Kent Food Hubs.
Alongside the bakery’s much-anticipated hot cross buns and other spring bakes, visitors can enjoy wood-fired pizza from Alkham Valley Pizza and other hot food offerings. In addition to food and drink, the event will host a variety of market stalls, including local produce, vintage clothing, and antiques, as well as spring-themed children’s workshops designed to get young visitors involved in creative and nature-inspired activities.
Docker Bakery, Unit F, Kingsmead, Park Farm Road, Folkestone, CT19 5EU
For more information, visit: https://fb.me/e/2JuDpCJjt
WILD SCIENCE EASTER ADVENTURE AT THE QUARTERHOUSE
Easter-themed science adventures abound at the Quarterhouse in Folkestone on Tuesday 15th April – a great way to amuse the kids in the first week of the holidays before the chocolate kicks in.
This interactive Easter-themed workshop is led by expert entertainers and gives children the chance to meet fascinating creatures up close and personal. A chance to touch, hold and learn about a variety of amazing creatures, from mammals and reptiles to invertebrates!
Quarterhouse, Mill Bay, Folkestone, Kent CT20 1BN
Tue 15 Apr 2025, 11am
HARBOURING EASTER MUSIC
Free gigs on the Harbour Arm on Easter Saturday and Sunday? Sign us up!
Four piece Kent band Heroes play tribute to late 70s and early 80s New Wave, Ska and Mod revival on Saturday 19th April from 1400 to 1600. Time to dig out your chelsea boots and sharp tailoring or your pirate shirts, legwarmers and lycra!
Solo acoustic performer and former busker Lucy May Walker plays the Harbourside Square from 1600 to 1800 on Sunday 20th April. Lucy has supported Wet Wet Wet, Texas and Tony Hadley. She is followed by local all female band Pretty Crap from 1600 to 1800 with classic, easygoing rock hits from the 70s to the 20s. Find their socials at www.Instagram.com/prettycrapuk
EASTER IN CHURCH
Folkestone, Hythe and the Romney Marsh is home to some of the country’s finest churches, many dating back to Norman times and even earlier. Over the past 1000 plus years there have been many changes, as religion ebbed and flowed, the impact of Henry VIII’s Reformation and Mary I’s return to Catholicism, the Victorian era and perhaps more secular times nowadays.
Yet our churches still stand strong, and Easter will, of course be celebrated in them all! You can read more about some of our favourite churches here: Favourite Five Churches