insideKENT Magazine Issue 50 - May 2016 | Page 45

ARTS+ENTERTAINMENT Camp Wildfire // Kent // 17-19 June The Wealden Literary Festival // Kent // 18-19 June Half adventure camp, half music festival, this adult experience is only for the curious! By day, Camp Wildfire is a bustling adventure camp full of expeditions, bushcraft, artistry, engineering and adventure sports. Over 80 amazing activities are included in your ticket such as life drawing, totem pole carving, sword play, secret code cracking, astronomy, dark room workshop, drumming, raft building and trap setting. By night, the forest transforms into a wild music festival, with music from a secret line-up of varied, exciting bands and artists. Discover new music, and be thrilled at old surprises. Wildfire Adventure Camp takes place in a stunning forest location in the Kent countryside. The location is secret, and will only be revealed to ticket holders! The first Wealden Literary Festival – a two-day event celebrating landscape, nature and place – is being held in the renowned gardens and woodland at Boldshaves, Woodchurch, near Tenterden. Authors taking part include TV Time Team’s expert Francis Pryor and Patrick Barkham whose book, Coastlines: The Story of our Shore, includes Kent. Other attractions include the works of Kate Beaugie, artist in residence, author, broadcaster, naturalist and environmentalist Mark Cocker. www.campwildfire.co.uk www.wealden ƗFW&'