66 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
2 Nov 2026 – 12 Nov 2026
Folkestone Harbour Arm

Beyond Text Innovative Poetry Festival
10 Nov 2026 – 12 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)

Remembrance Exhibition
11 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)

Jarred McGinnis: The Art of Writing Together
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)

Christine Dawood: A Journey to the Titanic
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)

Marina Warner: Shelter in an Unsettled World
14 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)

Paul Sinton-Hewitt: The parkrun Revolution
14 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)

RNC: England vs Japan @ The Pilot
14 Nov 2026
Folkestone Harbour Arm

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)

Raphael Mead The Tasting Rooms
15 Nov 2026
Folkestone Harbour Arm

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, Yvvette Edwards and Jennie Godfrey
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)

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 and Carol Woolton: The Lost Fabergé Egg
20 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)

Tessa Hadley: The Books That Changed My Life
20 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)

Tessa Hadley: Turning Ordinary Lives into Fiction
20 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)

Astrid Goldsmith and Wendy Holden: The Holocaust and the Next Generation
21 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)

Bamboozle
21 Nov 2026
Folkestone Harbour Arm

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)

RNC: England vs New Zealand @ The Pilot
21 Nov 2026
Folkestone Harbour Arm

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 & 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 & Naomi Ishiguro: The Future of Fantasy
22 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)

Sara Wheeler: The Many Lives of Jan Morris
22 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)

Quiz night at The Board Room
24 Nov 2026
Folkestone Harbour Arm

Ian Stone is 'Looking for the Wow'
26 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)

Geoff Mason @ The Tasting Rooms
27 Nov 2026
Folkestone Harbour Arm

Quarterhouse
29 Nov 2026 – 7 Dec 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)