What's On in Kent

Markets, festivals, shows and family days out. See what's happening across Kent and find something to look forward to this week.

Festivals, Heritage & History

Rochester Dickensian Christmas Festival

Sat 5 and Sun 6 Dec 2026, 10am to 6pm

Historic Rochester town centre, Rochester

Family, Heritage & History

Festive Fun and Father Christmas at Dover Castle

Weekends 5 to 20 Dec 2026, 10am to 4pm

Dover Castle, Castle Hill, Dover

Father Christmas £12 per child (£9.50 members); castle entry extra

Family, Heritage & History

Mr Scrooge & Co at Eastgate House

Sat 5 and Sun 6 Dec 2026, 11am to 5pm

Eastgate House, Rochester

Included with admission (adult £7)

Family, Heritage & History

Santa Specials, Sittingbourne and Kemsley Light Railway

Sat 5 to Wed 23 Dec 2026, from 11am

Sittingbourne Viaduct station, Sittingbourne

£18 (over 3s)

Community, Heritage & History

Christmas Drop-in at Medway Archives Centre

Wed 9 Dec 2026, 10am to 12pm

Medway Archives Centre, 32 Bryant Road, Strood

Family, Heritage & History

Unwrapping the Past: Christmas Exhibition

Selected days, 10 to 23 Dec 2026, mostly 10am to 4pm

St George's Arts Centre, Gravesend

Heritage & History, Music

Canterbury Cathedral Carol Services 2026

Wed 23 to Thu 24 Dec 2026, from 5.30pm

Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury

Family, Heritage & History

Steam into the New Year, Kent and East Sussex Railway

31 Dec 2026 and 1 and 2 Jan 2027; check timetable

Tenterden Town Station, Station Road, Tenterden

Heritage & History, Theatre & Comedy

Greg Chapman’s Paranormal Frauds, Fakes, and Flim-Flam

Sat 13 Feb 2027, 12pm to 3.30pm

Eastgate House, High Street, Rochester

£14

Community, Heritage & History

The Wigmore Lectures: The History of the British Circus

Wed 17 Feb 2027, from 7.30pm

Wigmore Library, 208 Fairview Avenue, Wigmore, Gillingham

£5

Family, Heritage & History

Keeps and Castles: Storytime and Craft at Twydall Library

Mon 22 Feb 2027, 2pm to 4.30pm

Twydall Community Hub, 13-15 Twydall Green, Gillingham

Heritage & History

War Winning Engineering exhibition

Sat 28 Jun 2025 to Sun 20 Dec 2026, from 10am

Royal Engineers Museum, Prince Arthur Road, Gillingham

Included with museum admission (adult £17.50)

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