63 shows and exhibitions in Folkestone
This month, a dash of art, a splash of nostalgia and a healthy dose of competitiveness converge in Folkestone's thriving cultural scene.
501 Darts for £5.01
1 Nov 2026 – 12 Nov 2026
Folkestone Harbour Arm
Beyond Text Innovative Poetry Festival
1 Nov 2026 – 3 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Quarterhouse
2 Nov 2026 – 7 Dec 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Remembrance Exhibition
6 Nov 2026 – 11 Nov 2026
Folkestone Harbour Arm
Folkestone Through Writers’ Eyes: A Literary Walking Tour
7 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Quiz night at The Board Room
10 Nov 2026
Folkestone Harbour Arm
Festival History
12 Nov 2026 – 22 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Folkestone Book Festival 2026
12 Nov 2026 – 22 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Opening Night: Sir Tony Robinson
12 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Jarred McGinnis & Nell Stevens: Who Do You Think You Are?
13 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Jem Calder: The Debut Everyone is Talking About
13 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Philippa Perry: When Psychology Meets Murder
13 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
WORKSHOP Jarred McGinnis: The Art of Writing Together
13 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Christine Dawood: A Journey to the Titanic
14 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Dame Marina Warner: Shelter in an Unsettled World
14 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Dominic Gregory: Courage, Crisis & the Kent Coast
14 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Ian McEwan: What We Can Know
14 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Juliet Sargeant: The Hidden Foundations of Life
14 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Paul Sinton-Hewitt: The parkrun Revolution
14 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
AL Kennedy: Mercy and Memory
15 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Esther Ghey: Raising Children in the Digital Age
15 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Felicity Cloake & Claire Cohen: Dogs and Dinners
15 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Poorna Bell & Helen Thorn: Reinvention, Rage & Reclamation
15 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Sajid Javid: The Making of Modern Britain
15 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Cory Doctorow: The Internet Is Broken. Now What?
16 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Dr Eleanor Drage: The Fight for a Better AI Future
16 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Iain MacGregor: How War Changed the World
16 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
London Writers’ Salon: Find Your Voice, Build Your Practice
16 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Michael Taylor: The Original Conspiracy Theory
16 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Emily Howes & Julie Owen Moylan: Dangerous Desires
17 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Hettie Judah: How to Enter the Art World
17 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Rebecca Beattie: Winter, Witchcraft & Creative Renewal
17 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Victoria Bateman: The Hidden History of Money
17 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Wicked Enchantments with Viktor Wynd
17 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Alison Weir: Secrets, Queens and Tudor Power
18 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Hazel Sheffield: Landscapes of Belonging
18 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Matthew Sweet & Tara Parker: Barbara Cartland, My Grandmother
18 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Siri Hustvedt: Life After Paul Auster
18 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
WORKSHOP Substack Success with Claire Venus
18 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Family Secrets: Laura Barnett and Yvvette Edwards
19 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Folkestone Voices
19 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
James Bailey: Muriel Spark, Rewritten
19 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Sarah Perry: What Makes a Life Extraordinary?
19 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
WORKSHOP Selina Barker: How to Start Your Own Podcast
19 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Amy Abdelnoor: Women Rewriting the Map
20 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Harriet Tyce: Guilty Until Proven Innocent
20 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Serena Kutchinsky & Carol Woolton: The Lost Fabergé Egg
20 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Tessa Hadley: The Books That Changed My Life
20 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
WORKSHOP Tessa Hadley: Turning Ordinary Lives into Fiction
20 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Astrid Goldsmith & Wendy Holden: The Holocaust & the Next Generation
21 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Ben Okri & Rosemary Clunie: The True Artist Breaks Out of Jail
21 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Bill McGuire: The Future of Humanity
21 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Lynda La Plante: Prime Suspect
21 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Marina Wheeler: Beyond Brexit – What Comes Next
21 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Robert Peston: The Political Thriller of the Future
21 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Alasdair Gill: Knives, Spoons and Survival
22 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Festival Finale: Billy Childish
22 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Gus Casely-Hayford and Sonia Solicari: What Will We Leave Behind?
22 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Robin Yassin-Kassab: Syria After Assad
22 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Saara El-Arifi and Naomi Ishiguro: The Future of Fantasy
22 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Sara Wheeler: The Many Lives of Jan Morris
22 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Ian Stone is 'Looking for the Wow'
26 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
National Theatre Live: Golden Boy (Encore)
29 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)