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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.wealdenliteraryfestival.co.uk
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