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Festivals and Special Events in Maidstone

Music

A passion for music is entrenched in the cultural fabric of Maidstone and there are a number of really great music festivals each year. Maidstone Fringe Festival is a fantastic event that seeks to showcase local bands as well as well-known artists. During the festival the town will be alive with music, with numerous venues across Maidstone playing host to concerts over the course of the May Bank Holiday weekend.

Unleash your inner rocker during the summer at Rock the Mote, a festival of the UK's best tribute bands and artists, in the beautiful setting of Mote Park. Build up a real appetite rocking out before visiting one of the many gourmet food stalls and the bars.

The Leeds Castle Concert is one of the finest events in the Kent calendar with a great tradition. The concert features a renowned international Orchestra and many other performers, with an epic firework finale.

Maidstone’s Summer of Food and Drink

The Hops ‘n’ Harvest Festival at Kent Life is an annual festival celebrating this deepest Kentish tradition, using the last working coal-fired oast house in Britain with hand-picked hops. There are over 60 varieties of real ales and ciders to sample, live music and much more entertainment besides.

The National Fruit Show has been showcasing the best of British fruit for over 80 years and is held each October at the Kent County Showground. At the heart of the show is the stunning display of competition entries - over 60 metres of the best of British top fruit!

If you love local produce, then be sure to pay a visit to one of the numerous Farmers' Markets held around the district every month.

Special Events

The Kent County Show is a showcase event for farming, countryside and rural life. The three day event, that happens every July at the Kent Showground in Detling, brings together the very best of Kent. Showcasing rural life there will be animals and food, fun and excitement and above all a sense of what ’The Garden of England’ has to offer.

As Christmas approaches, the town is lit up with festive lights. Discover an array of seasonal gift ideas, toys, decorations and, of course, plenty of food and drink!

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Lunar New Year Celebrations

Address

Jubilee Square, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 1SA

Maidstone

Come and enjoy Maidstone's Lunar New Year 2025 celebrations as the dotting of the eyes ceremony awakens the Chinese Lions who will then playfully prowl the town centre.

Dates

From:
1 Feb 2025Open 12:00 -

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Light Up Maidstone

Address

Maidstone Town Centre, Maidstone, Kent

Maidstone

Light Up Maidstone will include a lantern parade, street entertainers and more! Entertainment will begin in the town centre with a brass band from 5pm with the parade beginning at County Hall at 6.30pm culminating in a finale show in Julibee Square.

Dates

From:
7 Feb 2025Open 16:30 - 19:30

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Maidstone Road Run 2025

Address

Cornwallis Academy, Hubbard's Lane, Loose, Kent, ME17 4HX

Telephone
01622 792200

events@hokh.co.uk

Loose

Join us on Sunday 2 March 2025 for a 10k or 5k run to raise money for Heart of Kent Hospice!

Dates

From:
2 Mar 2025Open 09:00 - 12:00

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BHP Performance Car Show

Address

Kent Event Centre, Kent County Showground, Detling, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 3JF

Price
Price £24.50 to £28.50 Per Ticket

Detling, Maidstone

BHP Show is truly the variety. Whether you’re into cars old or new, time attack machines or drift monsters, air-bagged show machines or race trucks, there’s genuinely something for everyone.

Dates

From:
4 May 2025

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Rock the Mote

Address

Mote Park, Mote Road, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 7RN

customer@lucuslive.com

Price
Price £14.50 to £59.50 Per Ticket

Maidstone

Featuring some of the UK’s best tributes to Foo Fighters, Pink, Robbie Williams, Bon Jovi, Phil Collins, Slipknot, Alter Bridge, Sabrina Carpenter, Cher, Dolly, The Stone Roses, The Kinks, Royal Blood, The Darkness and many, many more.

Dates

From:

23 May 2025to25 May 2025Various Opening Times

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The Queen's Joust - Leeds Castle

Address

Leeds Castle, Leeds, Maidstone, Kent, ME17 1RG

Telephone
01622 765400

Maidstone

Join us for a bank holiday of exhilarating displays of combat and action, elegant and unusual equestrian, and medieval living and feasting.

Dates

From:

24 May 2025to26 May 2025

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Maid of Stone Festival

Address

Mote Park, Mote Avenue, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 7RN

customer@lucuslive.com

Price
Price £40.00 to £150.00 Per Ticket

Maidstone

Maid of Stone brings rock music back to Maidstone’s Mote Park with a three-day, hard-rocking, all-ages event featuring amazing rock, hard rock and blues rock bands from around the world.

Dates

From:

18 July 2025to20 July 2025

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Motors by the Moat - Leeds Castle

Address

Leeds Castle, Broomfield, Maidstone, Kent, ME17 1PL

Telephone
01622 765400

enquiries@leeds-castle.co.uk

Maidstone

Back by demand, the immensely popular Motors by the Moat returns to Leeds Castle this summer.

Dates

From:

9 Aug 2025to10 Aug 2025

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Sculpture Trail at Leeds Castle

Address

Leeds Castle, Leeds, Maidstone, Kent, ME17 1RG

Telephone
01622 765400

Maidstone

Leeds Castle’s Sculpture Trail promises to be an unforgettable experience for anyone who loves art, nature, or simply enjoys exploring the beauty of new places with friends and family.

Dates

From:

23 Aug 2025to5 Oct 2025

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Hops 'n' Harvest Beer Festival

Address

Kent Life Heritage Farm Park, Lock Lane, Sandling, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 3AU

Telephone
01622 763936

enquiries@kentlife.org.uk

Price
Price Free to £48.00 Per Ticket

Sandling, Maidstone

Enjoy the ‘festini’ atmosphere with live and local music! Sample a wide variety of beer and cider and pick our hops by hand!

Dates

From:

13 Sept 2025to14 Sept 2025Various Opening Times

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