insideKENT Magazine Issue 80 - November 2018 | Page 24

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KENT TATTOO CONVENTION // 9-11 NOV GRUFF RHYS + SPECIAL GUESTS // 10 NOV
2018 sees the launch of a brand new event to the UK. The Kent Tattoo
Convention promises to be a truly unique spectacle where seeing is
believing! Set in the historic Dreamland vintage theme park, and
featuring breathtaking stage shows, walk around entertainment, live
tattooing from around 100 top artists from the UK, Spain and many
other countries, tattoo modelling, live art, food, drink, trade stands and
much, much more. A family-run and family-friendly weekend or day
out not to be missed!
From 10am. Price: from £14.50 (pus booking fee)
Dreamland, Marine Terrace, Margate CT9 1XJ
www.dreamland.co.uk / 01843 295887 Mercury nominated Welsh singer-songwriter Gruff Rhys, will visit
Folkestone Quarterhouse this autumn. With a career spanning twenty
years of top-selling albums and sold-out tours, both as a solo act and
as frontman of the Super Furry Animals, BBC 6 music favourite, Gruff
Rhys, returns with his new solo album Babelsberg. In a career that’s
spanned three decades, two languages, multiple bands, offshoots,
collaborations and one boundless imagination, Babelsberg is arguably
Gruff’s finest set of songs to date.
8pm. Price: £18 (£22 on the door)
Quarterhouse, Mill Bay Folkestone CT20 1BN
www.quarterhouse.co.uk / 01303 760750
CUPCAKE DECORATING WORKSHOP // 10 NOV RUSSELL WATSON: CANZONI D’AMORE // 14 NOV
Join Melissa from Fairy Dust Bakery for a morning of cupcake craft in
Neptune’s spacious Suffolk kitchen. Melissa will show you how to make
decorative toppers, delicious buttercream icing, and will demonstrate
piping techniques. She will help you put all of these skills into practice
to decorate your very own box of 12 vanilla cupcakes, which you can
then take home! Neptune will keep everyone well fuelled with nibbles,
Buck's Fizz, tea and coffee throughout the morning. Spaces are limited,
so book early to avoid disappointment.
10am. Price: £49
Neptune, The Oast, Wincheap, Canterbury CT1 3TY
www.neptune.com / 01227 209300 Having sold more than
seven million albums
worldwide, Russell
Watson is firmly
established as the UK’s
best-selling classical
crossover artist of all
time. To date, his
illustrious career has
included
performances for Her
Majesty The Queen,
The Pope and two US
Presidents. Following
a series of sell-out
performances in 2015-
16, ‘The People’s Tenor’
returns to the stage
with his brand-new
show Canzoni
d’Amore. Captivating
to watch and
enchanting to listen to,
Russell Watson continues to wow audiences with his enigmatic and
entertaining live performances.
7.30pm. Price: from £31.25
The Marlowe Theatre, The Friars, Canterbury CT1 2AS
www.marlowetheatre.com / 01227 787787
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