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Premium £42 Standard £37 Upstairs (pews) £28 Upstairs (very restricted view) £15 Under 25 All half price
St George's Church, Deal 7pm SOLD OUT
Revised programme:
Pianist Isata Kanne...
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. - THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT
A glorious ramble along the White Cliff...
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 - THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT
Alto sax talent Donovan Haffner and his quartet play selections from his acclaimed debut album Allevia...
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
THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT
Can Britain be better than this?
To round off his series, Gavin Esler welcom...
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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