
Easter Round-Up
By Courtney Knowles
Happy Easter weekend Folkestone, here's what’s happening in Folkestone and the surrounding areas.
It's the thirteenth Cider and Ale festival for Chambers happening all weekend with fantastic selection of ales & ciders from Kent plus live music, read more about it here
Firstly for Good Friday, the Community Network along Cheriton High Street will be hosting a fun day for everyone. From 11am-3pm there’ll be Family fun with the Easter Bunny who’s doing an Easter Egg Hunt (50p per child) - weather permitting, also a tombola, colouring completion, Face painting, music, lot’s more fun and of course refreshments!
Back to Friday and to set off your dancing vibes into the bank holiday weekend head down to the Harbour Arm for all day live music. Starting with Kotchin & the Kings Evil at 2pm, followed by Green Diesel, then from 7pm until 10pm will be the Cuban Russ DJ Set. For more music, head to the Lime Bar Café on Tontine Street for live acoustic session with Steven Munar. If you prefer a more refined evening out then the Folkestone choral society present the Amberly Symphony Orchestra production of Mendelssohns Elijah at the Leas Cliff Hall at 7.30pm. For anight out in Hawkinge; ‘Heroes Band’ will be playing at the Hawkinge cricket and Social club from 7.30pm. Or maybe you'd prefer Funky drummers and hot horns...Bollywood Brass Band are performing at half 7 down the Quarterhouse. Perfect selection to begin your bank holiday weekend.

A set of early films on at the Silver Screen Cinema, both on at 12.20pm are Kung Fu Panda 3 and Batman V Superman. If you can’t make these showings, do not worry as Batman V Superman will be showing again later on in the evening at half 7 and Kung Fu Panda will be showing Saturday along with Alvin and the Chipmunks and Goosbumps. Not able to watch them Saturday? There are showings on Sunday too including Zootropolis, which you can check out on our calendar on our events page.
The Easter Bunny is going to be up nice and early Saturday morning in Bouverie Place at 10.30am but make sure you see him (or is it a her?) before he/she disappears again at 3.30pm. Maybe after meeting the bunny you might want to take the little ones along to the Leas Lift Tours to join in a Treasure Hunt, tour times are 11am, 12pm, 1pm... Other days and times are available, head over to their facebook page
At Strange Cargo there is a free bunny twirling workshop from 10.30 - 12.30 and at Westenhanger Castle there is a Easter Wonderland Fair on all day. From 10am - 4pm there will be a funfair, sensory soft play, entertainment for all the family, Easter Egg hunt, plus they will have the Alice in Wonderland experience.
There’s another lovely day planned down the Harbour Arm for you with music from ‘Glasshouse’ at 1pm and other sets, not forgetting the wonderful food and drinks on offer too.