Linden Hall Studio, Deal - Tickets £7.00 - under 25's half price
Winners of the Tony Nandi ARPS Photography Award are announced and presentations made, with an exhibition of paintings by members of the Royal Watercolour Society, curated by Myles Corley.
The Astor Theatre, Deal - Tickets £15.00, Friends of DMA £13.00, under 25s half price
A delightful lunchtime concert by the winner of the Audience Prize at the Birmingham International Piano Competition, with works by French composers Debussy, Ravel, Rameau and DM...
Dracula Bite Size - Jon Iles Narrator, Sarah Watts Low Clarinets
The Astor Theatre, Deal - Tickets £15.00 under 25s half price
Dracula Bite-Size is a new collaboration between Jon Iles (from ITV's The Bill) and Sarah Watts. This adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula is contemporary, dark and leaves the audience dying for more.
Smugglers Stage - Gamelan Lila Cita and Baque Luar - World music
St George's Church, Deal - Tickets £18.00 under 25s half price
In collaboration with Smugglers Festival, performances from two exciting world music groups. Gamelan Lila Cita ("happiness") perform a wide range of traditional and contemporary Balinese music. Baque Lu...
The Koala Who Could - Dance Workshop - based on the book by Rachel Bright - suitable for children aged 3-8
The Astor Theatre, Deal - Tickets £6.00 adult £3.00 children
Dance graduates of Canterbury Christchurch University give a lively, interactive dance workshop and short performance based on the book by Rachel Bright. Aimed at children aged 3-8. No experience needed....
The Cleary Hall, Landmark Centre, Deal - Tickets £8.00 under 25s half price
Hosted and curated by Jacob Sam-La Rose, poets working at the forefront of contemporary poetry perform their work across the day. Poets include former and current members of the Barbican Yo...
The Koala Who Could - Dance Workshop - Based on the book by Rachel Bright - suitable for children aged 3-8
The Astor Theatre, Deal - Tickets £6.00 adult £3.00 children
Dance graduates of Canterbury Christchurch University give a lively, interactive dance workshop and short performance based on the book by Rachel Bright. Aimed at children aged 3-8. No experience needed....
Linden Hall Studio, Deal - Tickets £8.00 under 25s half price
Hosted and curated by Jacob Sam-La Rose, poets working at the forefront of contemporary poetry perform their work across the day. Poets include former and current members of the Barbican Young...
Linden Hall Studio Deal - Tickets £8.00 under 25s half price
Hosted and curated by Jacob Sam-La Rose, poets working at the forefront of contemporary poetry perform their work across the day. Poets include former and current members of the Barbican ...
National Youth Jazz Orchestra Latin Collective - A 14 piece NYJO collective
St George's Church, Deal - Tickets £25.00 under 25s half price
A 14 piece National Youth Jazz Orchestra collective performing a high-tempo, Latin-infused programme, exploring everything from Salsa to Afro-Cuban Jazz. To kick start the evening, we are entertai...
Smugglers Stage - Drinkpen - Everywhen and Phil Self's Dau
The Astor Theatre, Deal - Tickets £15.00 under 25s half price
In our second collaboration with Smugglers Festival, two unique bands, Joe Inkpen, composer and guitarist performs a set of exciting new works with a five-piece band playing in multiple simultaneou...
Circo Rum Ba Ba's The Whale - Puppets, comedy and music
Near Deal Bandstand Memorial, Walmer Green, Deal - Tickets Adult £6.00 Children £3.00
With the use of exquisite puppets, comedy and music, Circo Rum Ba Ba explore the tale of sea creatures and their battle to survive in an ocean full of rubbish. Taking place insid...
Circo Rum Ba Ba's The Whale - Puppets, comedy and music
Near Deal Bandstand Memorial, Walmer Green, Deal - Tickets Adult £6.00 Children £3.00
With the use of exquisite puppets, comedy and music, Circo Rum Ba Ba explore the tale of sea creatures and their battle to survive in an ocean full of rubbish. Taking place insid...
Tom Service - Listening in Paris - French Connections
The Astor Theatre, Deal - Tickets £12.00 Under 25s half price
Journalist and presenter Tom Service takes up the themes of James H Johnson's book, Listening in Paris to set the scene for this year's festival - French Connections.
Circo Rum Ba Ba's The Whale - Puppets, comedy and music
Near Deal Bandstand Memorial, Walmer Green, Deal - Tickets Adult £6.00 Children £3.00
With the use of exquisite puppets, comedy and music, Circo Rum Ba Ba explore the tale of sea creatures and their battle to survive in an ocean full of rubbish. Taking place insid...
Circo Rum Ba Ba's The Whale - Puppets, comedy and music
Near Deal Bandstand Memorial, Walmer Green, Deal - Tickets Adult £6.00 Children £3.00
With the use of exquisite puppets, comedy and music, Circo Rum Ba Ba explore the tale of sea creatures and their battle to survive in an ocean full of rubbish. Taking place insid...
St Andrew's Church, Deal - Tickets £15.00 Under 25s half price
Say goodbye to the male voice choir most would recognise. Chap's joy-inducing, heart-string pulling repertoire delights audiences with pop song re-hashes and heartfelt ballads.
Circo Rum Ba Ba's The Whale - Puppets, comedy and music
Near Deal Bandstand Memorial, Walmer Green, Deal - Tickets Adult £6.00 Children £3.00
With the use of exquisite puppets, comedy and music, Circo Rum Ba Ba explore the tale of sea creatures and their battle to survive in an ocean full of rubbish. Taking place insid...
Circo Rum Ba Ba's The Whale - Puppets, comedy and music
Near Deal Bandstand Memorial, Walmer Green, Deal - Tickets Adult £6.00 Children £3.00
With the use of exquisite puppets, comedy and music, Circo Rum Ba Ba explore the tale of sea creatures and their battle to survive in an ocean full of rubbish. Taking place insid...
The Astor Theatre, Deal - Tickets £12.00 Under 25s half price
In a new biography, the distinguished conductor and writer Jane Glover travels with Mozart on his three journeys to Italy. The young prodigy conquers late 18th century audiences from Milan to Naple...
Jeremy Sassoon's MOJO - Jeremy Sassoon Vocals/Piano, Charlie Pyne Bass and Joel Barford Drums
The Astor Theatre, Deal - Tickets £20.00 Under 25s free
Jeremy Sassoon, one of the UK's most in-demand singer-pianists, mesmerises audiences with his stunning arrangements of Jazz, Blues, Groove and Soul classics.
Deal Town Hall - Tickets £15.00 Friends of DMA £13.00 Under 25s free
Inspired by nautical travel and both the benign and stormy sounds of the sea, the concert includes works by Sören Sieg, Jean Françaix, Torü Takemitsu and former Walmer resident Althea Talbot-H...
The Astor Theatre, Deal - Tickets £12 Under 25s half price
In a sequence of sharply observed comic novels that include The Rotters' Club, Middle England and most recently Bournville, Jonathan Coe has deftly taken Middle England's cultural temperature. In conv...
The Fidelio Trio - Darragh Morgan Violin, Tim Gill Cello, Mary Dullea Piano
The Astor Theatre, Deal - Tickets £24.00 Friends of DMA £22.00 Under 25s free
The multiple award-winning Fidelio Trio give a concert that includes Fauré’s Piano Trio in D Minor, Sally Beamish’s arrangement of Debussy’s La Mer and works by Luke Styles and TJ...
Meet at Deal Pier Entrance - Tickets £7.50 Under 25s half price
Deal's colourful history is illuminated during this walk by local expert George Chittenden taking in the arrival of the Romans, the treacherous Goodwin Sands, castles and smuggling.
St Mary's Church, Dover - Tickets Adults £5.00 Children free
Chineke! was founded to provide career opportunities for Black and ethnically diverse classical musicians. This concert showcases their work with young players from local schools, alongside a performance ...
The Astor Theatre, Deal - Tickets £12.00 Friends of DMA £10.00 Under 25s free
A concert of music from the early and high baroque periods for recorders and keyboards from both sides of the English Channel, interspersed with contemporary interludes.
The Astor Theatre, Deal - Tickets £12.00 Under 25s half price
Gawain Douglas, poet and musician, suggests that while the once and future king may have been a warrior chief who fought against Saxon invaders, in Arthur's case myth is mightier than fact. Revisit...
St Andrew's Church, Deal - Tickets £15.00 Friends of DMA £13.00 Under 25s free
Following a short talk hosted by Luke Styles with two of the featured composers, John Woolrich and Composer-in-residence Florence Anna Maunders, this prizewinning quartet also perform w...
The Astor Theatre, Deal - Tickets £12.00 Under 25s half price
Historian and novelist Alison Weir has made the Tudors her own. Now she takes up the story of Mary, only child of Henry ViII and Katherine of Aragon. But Mary is a daughter and the King wants a son. The ...
Lucy Crowe Soprano and Anna Tilbrook Piano - Leading British Soprano
The Astor Theatre, Deal - Tickets £25.00 Under 25s half price
Leading British Soprano Lucy Crowe gives a ravishing programme of Handel and Schubert songs and arias, followed by a French-flavoured serving of Gounod, Debussy and Fauré topped with a select...
Deal Town Hall - Tickets £15.00 Friends of DMA £13.00 Under 25s half price
A rising star of the classical guitar, Jack's programme features Satie, Debussy, Ravel and a piece by DMA's Composer-in-Residence Florence Anna Maunders.
The Astor Theatre, Deal - Tickets£12.00 Under 25s half price
Unhappy families, wayward children and the heart's disappointments weave an often-comic path through Deborah Moggach's nineteen novels. A screenwriter too, having adapted Pride and Prejudice for the cin...
St Mary's Arts Centre, Sandwich - Tickes £40.00 Under 25s half price
Critically acclaimed opera company Wild Arts (****Opera Now**** The Guardian) perform their third summer season with a new production of Mozart's classic opera, with chamber ensemble, directed by ...
Sultan Stevenson Trio - Sultan Stevenson Keyboard, Jacob Gryn Bass and Joel Waters Drums
The Lighthouse Pub, Walmer. Doors open 7.00pm, music from 8.00pm
Tickets £20.00 Under 25s half price
Following a sell-out at London's Jazz Cafe, one of the UK's most exciting young jazz stars perform sets from his latest album Faithful One with his Trio.<...
Meet at Deal Pier Entrance - Tickets £7.50 Under 25s half price
Deal's colourful history is illuminated during this walk by local expert George Chittenden taking in the arrival of the Romans, the treacherous Goodwin Sands, castles and smuggling.
Deal Town Hall - Tickets £15.00 Friends of DMA £13.00 Under 25s half price
Following her acclaimed Wigmore Hall debut last year, Chinese pianist Junyan Chen gives a performance including works by Schubert, Liszt and Composer-in-Residence Florence Anna Maunders
The Astor Theatre, Deal - Tickets £10.00 Under 25s half price
The performance showcases pieces by Making Tracks (young people from the Prince's Trust) and Sounding Out (former prisoners). They will perform with DMA's Community Band, including a piece by Composer-in...
St Andrew's Church, Deal - Tickets £12.00 Under 25s half price
In a year leading up to a General Election, Gavin Esler probes what he argues are the failures at the heart of Britain's democracy. From Brexit to the brief premiership of Liz Truss, Esler lays bare a f...
Barbara - La Solitude - Jessica Walker Singer and Joseph Atkins Piano-arranger
The Astor Theatre, Deal - Tickets £20.00 Under 25s half price
Following the film 'Franz' a theatrical homage exploring the extraordinary life and works of Barbara, one of the greatest singer-songwriters of the 20th century. Known for her interpretations of the song...
A Walk in the Woods - Emily Varney Soprano/Facilitator and Jack Redman Keyboard
St George's Hall, Deal - Tickets Adults £6.00 Children £3.00 Family of Four (2 adults & 2 children) £15.00
Emily leads and informal interactive concert for young people and their families, including arrangements of music by Debussy and Ravel. Most suited for 5-10...
Times and Seasons: Bach and the Organ - Paul Stubbings Organ
St Clement's Church, Sandwich - Tickets £12.00 Under 25s half price
Performed by one of Kent's leading organists, Paul Stubbings, the incomparable atmosphere of St Clement's provides the backdrop for a concert exploring music Bach wrote for specific seasons of t...
Brandenburg Concertos 4, 5 and 6 - Chamber Domaine Part 2, Conductor Thomas Kemp
St George's Church, Deal - Tickets £30.00 Under 25s half price
Chamber Domaine complete their performance of Bach's famous six concerto cycle. Hosted by BBC Radio 3 journalist Tom Service, the evening's concert includes conversations with composers and musicians al...
The Astor Theatre, Deal - Tickets £12.00 Under 25s half price
Young musicians from our learning projects and bursaries perform a range of pieces of their choice showcasing their talent and commitment to music. The programme reflects their interests and a wide range...
Kuljit Bhamra Indian tabla/percussion and Kadialy Kouyate Senegalese Kora/singer - Interactive workshop for all age groups
The Astor Theatre, Deal - Tickets £12.00 Under 25s half price
Two internationally renowned artists share their combination of Senegalese and Indian music-making through an interactive workshop for all age groups. No experience needed to take part.
Kuljit Bhamra Indian tabla/percussion and Kadialy Kouyate Senegalese Kora/singer - A celebratory performance
The Astor Theatre, Deal - Tickets £18.00 Under 25s free
A celebratory duo performance of Senegalese and Indian music. Kuljit, the UK's leading proponent of classical and popular forms of Indian music is joined by Kadialy, a celebrated performer of West African musi...