Biddenden Dole
One of England's oldest surviving charitable customs, this Easter Monday distribution of bread, cheese, and twin-stamped biscuits from the Old Workhouse on Sissinghurst Road commemorates the legendary 12th-century conjoined Chulkhurst twins who bequeathed their land to the village poor.
A handsome Wealden cloth village whose half-timbered High Street, Grade I medieval church, long-standing Michelin-recommended restaurant, and a 15th-century pub make it one of the more rewarding short stops in rural Kent.
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"Kent's largest line-up of traction, wagon, roller and showman engines works a threshing and saw-bench area beside a Victorian carousel at Little Engeham Farm."
Weald of Kent Steam & Country Show
"Eight days, 400 events, 20 venues across a Kentish coastal town. Concerts, ceilidhs, a parade and over 160 free events. The kind of week that makes a modest seaside town briefly essential."
Broadstairs Folk Week
"A beloved volunteer-run community show at Holden Farm gathering up to 300 vintage and classic tractors alongside family entertainment, live music and rural crafts to raise funds for local causes."
Biddenden Tractorfest
"A Surrey and Kent border show that runs across August Bank Holiday weekend with genuine character: horses, cattle, show jumping, and the Weald at its most golden."
Edenbridge and Oxted Agricultural Show
"Set in the grounds of the historic Quex Park estate, this established two-day country show celebrates British countryside traditions with main-ring displays, crafts and family entertainment."
Kent Country Show
"Hop-picking made this Kentish market town. Every September the harvest reclaims the streets: real ale, folk dancing, a parade, stalls and the smell of hops in the air. Free to attend."
Faversham Hop Festival
"Fairport Convention host a vast folk-rock reunion in a field beside this Oxfordshire canal village each August."
Fairport's Cropredy Convention
"A small, inclusive festival that feels like a weekend-long party, with daily singarounds, sessions and workshops where everyone is invited to play a part."
White Horse Folk Festival
"The folk family behind sixty years of Towersey start again on the Claydon Estate, the same dances and singarounds in a new Buckinghamshire field."
Found Festival
"A friendly small scale singing festival in the Surrey countryside where everyone learns a cappella harmonies entirely by ear and ends the weekend performing them around a campfire."
SingFest
"Organised by the community group The Olney Group, this annual display by an award-winning pyrotechnics company draws the whole market town together on the Sunday nearest bonfire night, with funfair rides and food stalls."
Olney Town Fireworks
"One of England's most spectacular May Day folk revivals, this four-day festival sees a giant leaf-covered Jack lead a thundering procession of Morris sides, giants and drummers through Hastings Old Town before being slain on West Hill to release the spirit of summer."
Hastings Jack in the Green