insideSUSSEX Magazine Issue 15 - May 2016 | Page 33

ARTS+ENTERTAINMENT JAM On The Marsh // Kent // 7-17 July Whitstable Oyster Festival // Kent // 21-31 July JAM is a creative, dynamic, forward-thinking music organisation, regularly collaborating with some of the most important composers, performers and other likeminded organisations. Since 2000 they have commissioned, enabled and performed over eighty new pieces of music. In 2016, JAM will be involved with 27 events around the UK, with 24 being part of JAM on the Marsh in July. JAM on the Marsh is an annual, multi-arts festival built around Kent’s magnificent Romney Marsh and its famous medieval churches. The Marsh churches are true beacons of culture and history and are the heart of the festival, which features music, arts and photography and poetry and theatre. The Whitstable Oyster Festival is the premier oyster festival in the UK, offering not only the oysters themselves but also plenty of entertainment. The entire festival opens with the traditional blessing of the water, and continues for 10 days of oyster related events, demonstrations, tastings and the music hub called The Shuck. For those who want to attend from further afield, a campsite will be set up specifically for Oyster Festival attendees. www.whistableoysterfestival.co.uk www.jamconcert.org Create Festival // Kent // 23 July Lewes Live // Sussex // 8-9 July 11.30am – 9pm Create Music Festival, one of the South East’s biggest free music festivals, is back for its 21st birthday in Ashford’s Victoria Park. With an impressive line-up of local, regional and national headline acts across four stages, visitors will enjoy a packed programme of music spanning from rock, pop, dance and singer-songwriters. Last year saw outstanding headline performances from Adam Ant, Mark Morriss (Bluetones) and Gaz Coombes (Su