insideKENT Magazine Issue 28 - July 2014 | Page 38
EVENTS
KentEvents
Margate's Summer
of Colour Festival
24 May – 21 Sep
The Life and Times of Anne Boleyn // 2014 – Ongoing
Inspired by the current
Mondrian and Colour
exhibition at Turner
Contemporary, this summer
Margate is to be
transformed into a festival
of colour. From 24th May to
21st September, hoards of
visitors will feel the joy of
being by the sea, while experiencing a colourful explosion of dance,
performance, theatre, art and activity in the town, and the surrounding area
of Thanet.
Various times and locations in Margate, CT9.
www.summerofcolour.org
Comedy Tours
// 7 June – 27 Sep
The Canterbury Tales’ first series of
Comedy Tours proved so popular that
the award-winning attraction relaunched this year for a new series.
Running from 7th June through to
27th September, with two
performances every Saturday at 3pm
and 6pm, join Nicholas the necromancer and his clumsy assistant Nigel on
a jaunt through the historic streets, while meeting the colourful characters
of Canterbury’s past. Suitable for ages 3+.
3pm & 6pm. Price: Adults £8, Children & Concessions £6. Combined
tickets inc. admission to The Canterbury Tales attraction and the Comedy
Tours are also available.
The Canterbury Tales, St. Margaret's Street, Canterbury CT1 2TG
www.canterburytales.org.uk / 01227 479227
A fascinating new permanent exhibition, The Life and Times of Anne Boleyn
is now on show in the Long Gallery, bringing 16th-century Hever Castle to
life with costumed wax figures. The exhibition has been put together for
Hever Castle by H&H Sculptors, and will replace the waxwork figures of
Henry VIII and his six wives that were returned to Angels the Costumiers
after entertaining visitors for over 20 years.
Gardens open 10.30am; Castle opens 12noon. Last admission
4.30pm; Final exit 6pm. Price: Castle & Gardens, Adults £15.50, Children
(5-15yrs) £8.70, Family ticket £39.70, Seniors £13.25.
Hever Castle and Gardens, Edenbridge, TN8 7NG
www.hevercastle.co.uk / 01732 865224
High Definition Festival
// 5 July
High Definition returns better than
ever for its fourth year with an
incredible line-up in its new stunning
location, Eridge Park, in Tunbridge
Wells. Having sold out all 15,000
tickets in advance last year, 2014’s
attendees can expect a huge line up
of electronic music’s finest acts
including Carl Cox, Marco Carola, The
Martinez Brothers, Gorgon City,
Mistjam, Route 94 and Mark Knight,
Prok & Fitch, plus a whole host of
newcomers on the Toolroom Knights
Stage. There will also be a new VIP
Arena, which is set to play host to some of Ibiza’s finest regulars.
11am-11pm. Price: Final release, £54.50.
Eridge Park, Eridge Green, Tunbridge Wells TN3 9JT
www.highdefinitionfestival.com
Your Last Chance
to See?
// 20 June – 5 Sep
The Powell-Cotton Museum
in Birchington is world
renowned for its dioramas and
galleries dedicated to
collections of natural history
and ethnography from Africa
and Asia. During Percy PowellCotton’s expeditions to Africa in the early 1900s, he saw the early effects
of humans on the world’s wild places and wild animals. In his book, In
Unknown Africa, he forecast that in the future some wildlife species might
only be seen in museums like Powell-Cotton. Wind the clock forward over
100 years and Powell-Cotton’s forecast is becoming a reality. The museum's
new exhibition, Your Last Chance to See?, was launched last month to
illustrate the plight of those wildlife species that are endangered or critically
endangered in the Powell-Cotton collection. This event is supported by its
new 2014 Conservation Heroes talks’ programme.
10am-5pm. Price: Museum, House and Gardens, Adults £8, Concessions
(OAP, disabled and under 16s) £6, Family ticket £24, Students £6. Under
5s go free.
Quex Park, Park Lane, Birchington CT7 0BH
www.quexmuseum.org / 01843 842168
WIN!
The organisers of High Definition Festival are giving away TWO
pairs of tickets to TWO lucky insideKENT readers. To be in with a
chance of winning, enter at www.insidekentmagazine.co.uk by
1st July 2014.
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