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ARTS+ENTERTAINMENT
it’s festival season! cont.
Eastbourne Feastival // Sussex // 18-19 June

Goodwood Festival of Speed
// Sussex // 23-26 June

This weekend-long show brings
together people from all over the globe
mixing culture, food and music in a
great setting near Eastbourne’s
beautiful seafront at Princes Park.
There are ethnic dance groups, street
artists, international and local music,
and much more, all on the main stage.
And as for food… International and
local vendors will be selling a variety
of food and drink from all over the world including Spanish, Thai, Chinese,
Japanese, French, American, Mexican, Italian, English, Eastern European,
Greek, African, Portuguese and Turkish.

An intoxicating mix of cars, stars and
motorsport royalty come together over four
superb days for the Festival of Speed. The
largest event of its kind in the world, the
festival gathers together the planet’s rarest and most glamorous cars.
In the summer of 1936, Freddie March – the 9th Duke of Richmond
– hosted a private hill climb for the Lancia Car Club in the grounds of
Goodwood House. In 1993, his grandson, the present Earl of March, hosted
his own hill climb and created the Festival of Speed. The weekend sees
heritage cars taking on the 1.16-mile hill climb, which challenges the world's
greatest drivers and riders, including today's Formula 1 and Moto GP stars.
www.goodwood.com/grrc/event-coverage/festival-of-speed

www.eastbournefeastival.co.uk

Love Supreme Jazz Fest // Sussex // 1-3 July

Sevenoaks Festival
// Kent // 18 June – 3 July

The Love Supreme Jazz Festival is a three-day greenfield jazz festival held
in the first weekend of July at Glynde Place in East Sussex. The current
line-up is a fantastic one including luminaries such as Grace Jones, Burt
Bacharach, Kelis, The Milk and Average White Band. It is the first full
weekend camping jazz festival in the UK but also welcomes day trippers
and non-camping weekend visitors.

Dating back to 1970, the Sevenoaks
Festival has become an integral and
anticipated part of the town’s summer
season. Festival Fair once again opens
the programme, including
entertainment, performances and
activities for all. There will also be
treasure hunts, the Youth Music Stage,
stilt-walkers, jugglers, musicians,
walkabout entertainers, and the grand
prize draw. This all takes place in
Bligh’s, but elsewhere in Sevenoaks
there is the kids’ art tent, Wishworks’
Interactive Puppet Shows at the Stag
Plaza, and a nursery rhyme singalong in The Shambles. And that’s just the
first day!
Events will take place across the Sevenoaks district in venues such
as Sevenoaks School’s recital room, Sevenoaks library, Sevenoaks railway
station, the Ship Theatre at Walthamstow Hall School, The Woodman Pub
in Goathurst Common and The White Rock Inn in Underriver to name just
some. Acts range from children’s events to folk music to poetry readings
and everything in between.

www.lovesupremefestival.com

Deal Festival
// Kent // 1-15 July
Deal Festival runs from the 1st July,
bringing two weeks of amazing music,
drama, visual art and dance to an area
of great beauty and historical
relevance. Artists and works include: European Union Chamber Orchestra
with soloist Guy Johnston; international pianist Freddy Kempf performing
Beethoven, Chopin and Tchaikovsky; Academy of Ancient Music with
students from Guildhall School of Music and Drama presenting A Bach
Portrait; Messiaen's seminal 'Quartet for the End of Time' with real time
visual art; OperaUpClose performing La Traviata; Changeling Theatre
Company presenting All’s Well that End’s Well; National Youth Jazz Orchestra
of Great Britain bringing the festival to a dynamic conclusion.
Two weeks packed with delights including children’s concerts, walks
and lunchtime recitals. Performances will be in Deal, Dover and
Sandwich. Turner Contemporary Margate will be host for a day of
contemporary dance and music with percussionist Joby Burgess.

www.sevenoaksfestival.org.uk

Festival of Chichester // Sussex // 18 June – 17 July

www.dealfestival.co.uk

Tentertainment
// Kent // 3-5 July

The Festival of Chichester is delighted to announce a truly exciting and
varied line-up of over 200 events for summer 2016, combining a brilliant
programme of classical music with the best in jazz, blues, folk, rock, pop
and world music. Add thrilling theatre, book events, talks and poetry,
exhibitions, walks, tours, cinema, open days and galas and there really is
something for everyone. Grounded in the Chichester community, the festival
aspires to the stars.

Tentertainment started as a
one-day event, but has
blossomed into the
spectacular, confetti-gunned
success it is today. It works
beautifully in very simple
terms as a summer weekend
© Richard Gadsby
of entertainment for the
whole town and surrounding areas. But it also serves a unique role in
promoting Tenterden as a great place to live, work, visit and invest time,
energy and money into. Last year’s acts included Coco and the Butterfields,
The Soundcasters and The Floodgates.

www.festivalofchichester.co.uk

www.tentertainment.co.uk

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