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Adult £10 Under 25 £5 10.30am. Duration: 60 mins
Meet at Deal Pier Entrance
Join local tour guide and character George Chittenden as he conjures up Deal’s colourful history. Journey back to the Roman landings, meet the notorious smuggle...
Adult £15 Under 25 £7.50 1pm. Duration: 60 mins
St George’s Church, Deal
This lunchtime concert highlights the soulful voice of the oboe in a sparkling programme featuring Poulenc’s much-loved Oboe Sonata...
Adult £15 Under 25 £7.50 7.30pm Duration: 105 mins approx (incl. interval)
St George's Church, Deal
A rousing evening from the National Brass Band Championships award winners, this concert mixes brass band favourites w...
Adult £30 Under 25 £15 10am Duration: 10am-5pm
St George's Church, Deal
Calling all keen choral singers! A fantastic chance to work with Joanna Tomlinson, Artistic Director of the Military Wives Choir, who has also sung with...
Free event, no tickets 10.30am-2.30pm
Spot artists at their easels, painting all around town: in front of St George’s, in the Astor bar, at the seafront by Deal Castle, on the beach by the Royal Hotel and near Deal Pier and at the Gallery on ...
Free event, no tickets 10.30am-2.30pm
Deal High Street is hijacked by roving musicians, with Whitstable’s brilliant Native Oysters Band leading the way! Follow the music to the gardens in front of St George’s Church where you’ll enjoy perf...
Free event, donations welcome 3pm and 4pm
Deal Beach, near the pier
Single-Material Performance
Joshua uses sculpture, installation, and performance to stage intimate experiences exploring the relationship between...
Saturday 4th July - 19.30 (Doors 18.30) £24.50
A Tribute to Buddy Holly & The Crickets
Get ready to rock ‘n’ roll with Danny Gill rocking the iconic Fender Stratocaster, the glasses and with his full band they bring back the...
Adult £25 Under 25 £12.50 7.30pm Duration: 105 mins approx
St George's Church, Deal
The warm, spacious acoustic of St George’s Church makes a perfect setting for a choral programme celebrating the wonder of the star...
Free event, no tickets 10am-2pm
Following 2025’s popular event, this is another chance to bring the family to a celebration of music, storytelling, dance and poetry in this beautiful community garden. The day starts with a storytelling walk ...
Adult £15 Under 25 £7.50 3pm Duration: 60 mins approx
The Astor Theatre, Deal
This tapestry of music and text is inspired by Dickens’ female characters and musical muses, including his sister Fanny, a notable composer and ...
Adult £25 Under 25 £12.50 7pm Duration: 105 mins approx
The Astor Theatre, Deal
Last year’s Young Artist in Association, Hoda Jahanpour, won hearts with her energy, invention and virtuosic cello playing. She returns to ...
Free concert(with retiring collection), no ticket required 11am Duration: 60 mins approx
St Andrew's Church, Deal
A programme pairing two glorious Britten song collections celebrating Britain’s culture and landscape with Mahler...
Adult £5 Child Free 1pm Duration: 60 mins approx
Charlton Church, St Alphege Rd, Dover CT16 2PU
One World Orchestra is a ground-breaking professional ensemble drawing players from diverse musical traditions. Joined by sp...
Adult £13 Under 25 £6.50 5pm Duration: 60 mins approx
The Astor Theatre, Deal
Gawain Douglas recounts the extraordinary history of pugilism, from the sport of ancient Greeks and the bare-knuckle bouts of the 18th and 19th...
Adult £25 Under 25 £12.50 7.30pm Duration: 110 mins approx (inc. interval)
St George's Church, Deal
This is a chance to hear one of the UK’s most compelling string quartets at their peak. Celebrated at their annual Folke...
Adult £15 Under 25 £7.50 1pm Duration: 60 mins approx
Trinity Church, Union Road, Deal
DMA’s Young Artist in Association, pianist Xiaowen brings a programme inspired by another great pianist, Harriet Cohen, in whose footste...
Adult £25 Under 25 £12.50 6.45pm(support) 7.30pm(main) Duration: ends 9.15pm (inc. interval)
The Astor Theatre, Deal
Gary Crosby bass Denys Baptiste saxophone, Rod Youngs percussion, Andrew McCormac...
Adult £10 Under 25 £5 10.30am. Duration: 60 mins
Meet at Deal Pier Entrance
Join local tour guide and character George Chittenden as he conjures up Deal’s colourful history. Journey back to the Roman landings, meet the notorious smuggle...
Adult £15 Under 25 £7.50 1pm Duration: 70 mins approx
Trinity Church, Deal
A concert from Versa Winds, a dynamic young saxophone quartet formed at the Royal College of Music in 2021. After recent performances at Kings Place and S...
Premium £42 Standard £37 Upstairs (pews) £28 Upstairs (very restricted view) £!5
Under 25 All half price
St George's Church, Deal 7pm
Sheku Kanneh-Mason first came to prominence winning BBC Young Musician...
Adult £18 Under 25 £9 10.30am Duration: 5.5 hours approx.
Meet in front of the Royal Cinque Ports Yacht Club, 4-5 Waterloo Crescent, Dover CT16 1LA, by 10.20am.
A glorious ramble along the White Cliffs, this architecture...
Adult £15 Under 25 £7.50 1pm Duration: 60 mins approx
Trinity Church, Deal
A triumphant return to the Festival for Jack Hancher, one of the UK’s finest young classical guitarists. Jack’s debut album The Memory Garden was de...
Adult £13 Under 25 £6.50 3pm Duration: 60 mins approx.
The Astor Theatre, Deal
Pomp and Circumstance
Gavin welcomes Dame Penny Mordaunt, former Conservative Cabinet Minister and famously the sword-beare...
Adult £30 Under 25 £15 7pm Duration: 150 mins approx (inc.interval)
Dover Castle
Join us in the spectacular surroundings of Dover Castle for Changeling Theatre’s bold and unapologetically fun Much Ado About Nothing...
Adult £24 Under 25 £12 8pm Duration: 105 mins approx (inc. interval)
The Lighthouse, Walmer, Deal
Alto sax talent Donovan Haffner and his quartet play selections from his acclaimed debut album Alleviate, which draws on influ...
Adult £15 Under 25 £7.50 1pm Duration: 60 mins approx
St George's Church, Deal
A lunchtime concert from an exciting young Italian piano talent, Andrea Molteni, who in a short time has built up an international profile and rele...
Adult £13 Under 26 £6.50 3pm Duration: 60 mins approx.
The Astor Theatre, Deal
Gavin Esler’s second guest is Sir Jeremy Hunt MP, formerly Conservative Health Secretary, Foreign Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer. As...
Adult £30 Under 25 £15 7.30pm Duration: 130 mins approx (incl. interval)
St George's Church, Deal
"Their collective elan has a forceful presence unmatched in British folk" The Guardian
Gigspanner Big Band is a u...
Adult £20 Under 25 £10 10.30am Duration: 10.30am-4.30pm
The McKellen Studio, Astor Theatre, Deal.
Please note that unfortunately this room does not have wheelchair access.
The Music of Language
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Adult £10 Under 25 £7
Deal Parochial (C of E) School, Deal
From the creator of last year’s ingenious and enjoyable human croquet, comes another breath-taking, beautiful show of physical dexterity, Sokol. Named after a C...
Adult £10 Under 25 £7
Deal Parochial (C of E) School, Deal
From the creator of last year’s ingenious and enjoyable human croquet, comes another breath-taking, beautiful show of physical dexterity, Sokol. Named after a C...
Adult £15 Under 25 £7.50 1pm Duration: 60 mins approx
The Astor Theatre, Deal
Classical music with a swagger…..and a generous helping of eyeshadow and mascara! Will Clark, a classically trained young violinist from the Roy...
Adult £13 Under 25 £6.50 3pm Duration: 60 mins approx
The Astor Theatre, Deal
Can Britain be better than this?
To round off his series, Gavin Esler welcomes Neil Kinnock, one of the giants of the Labo...
Adult front row £60, Adult standard £50, Adult back £40, Under 25 All half price
7pm Duration: 160 mins approx (inc. interval)
St Mary's Arts Centre, Sandwich
Wild Arts returns to the festival with The Marriage of Figaro...
This is a free event but please book a ticket Duration: 75 mins approx
Deal Library
A chance for those who have attended one or more of Gavin’s Esler’s talks to come together, with coffee and cake, to chew over their themes. This w...
Adult £10 Under 25 £5 11am-4pm
The Astor Theatre, Deal
This year’s festival comes to an end with a day-long celebration of local music-making
at Deal’s gem of a community theatre. Two talented Kent singer-songwriters ...
Adult £10 Under 25 £5 Duration: 60 mins approx
The Captain's Garden, opposite Deal Castle
Imagine yourself sitting in the Captain’s Garden on a summer’s day, with the bees buzzing and the gentle sea breeze moving the...
Adult £10 Under 25 £5 Duration: 60 mins approx
The Captain's Garden, opposite Deal Castle
Imagine yourself sitting in the Captain’s Garden on a summer’s day, with the bees buzzing and the gentle sea breeze moving the...
Adult £10 Under 25 £5 Duration: 60 mins approx
The Captain's Garden, opposite Deal Castle
Imagine yourself sitting in the Captain’s Garden on a summer’s day, with the bees buzzing and the gentle sea breeze moving the...
Thursday 16th July at 7.30pm - Doors at 6.30pm - Tickets £17.50
Legendary double act “Fiasco Job Job”, Arthur Smith and Phil Nice are reuniting for one riotous final time with their hit show “OOF!” Described by critics as “a ...
Tickets - £24.50
Celebrating the incredible music of Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton & Cream - Voodoo Room are a stunning high energy ‘Power Trio’ featuring some of the U.K.’s finest musicians whose credits include: Steve Winwood, Massive A...
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