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What's On in Sandwich Kent -
Wednesday 9th February - 9:45am
Pettmans Auctions Auctioneers and Valuers of Fine Art at St. Mary's Arts Centre, Sandwich.
Viewing Day - the Tuesday prior from 9:00am to 4:00pm Regular Valuation Days.
Insurance and Probate Valuations.
see St. Mary's Arts Centre website
Thursday 10th February at 7:30pm in the Jury Room, Guildhall, Sandwich.
Sandwich Local History Society lectures / talks
Dr. Emma Hanna
"The Sounds of War"
see Sandwich Local History Society website
Saturday 5th March - doors 7:00pm for 8.00pm start
Zoot Alors Promotions Presents
The Marrakesh Express
a tribute to the Byrds and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
at St. Mary's Arts Centre, Sandwich.
Tickets: £18.00 from St. Mary's Arts Centre or On-Line £19.80
(includes the booking fee)
see St. Mary's Arts Centre website
2022 event
Sandwich Salutes the 40s & Celebrates the 50s
Holiday Weekend - Saturday 30th April to Monday 2nd May
Re-enactments all over the town with many dressed in authentic military and civilian costumes of the time.
Street Party 40s & 50s Song and Dancing.
More details to follow - please look again
2022 event
The Sandwich Food Fayre
Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th May 2022
Stalls at The Guildhall Forecourt, Market Street & St. Peter's Church Gardens selling locally sourced fresh produce breads, cheeses, wines, hot food.
Global foods from Portugal; Russia; Mexico; Thailand and Italy.
Foods to eat on the go, foods to buy and take home, healthy options, vegetarian and gluten free. Street Entertainment
Click Here for Past event photographs
2022 event
Le Weekend 2022 - Sandwich goes French weekend
Saturday 12th and Sunday 12th June 2022
It is hoped to hold our traditional French Market on the Guildhall Forecourt with genuine Normandy products and foods plus street music, Can Can dancing and the popular cycling event - Le Tour de Sandwich
Click here for the last event - 2019 programme and photographs
2022 event
Sandwich Folk & Ale Festival 2022
Monday 27th June to Sunday 3rd July 2022
With the main events on Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd July
The Sandwich Folk Festival, is a multi-arts festival that highlights traditional and contemporary folk-life and folk arts, in a beautiful medieval town.
Many Sandwich Pubs put on Folk music and extra Ales throughout the weekend.
Street Entertainment over the weekend from groups of Morris Men Dancing.
The Pub events are free to enter with events at St. Mary's Arts Centre ticketed.
More details to follow - please look again
2022 event
Sandwich Festival Bank Holiday Weekend
Friday 26th to Monday 29th August 2022
Most events free to enjoy in pubs and on the outdoor stage on the Guildhall Forecourt, with a small number of ticketed events to complete the line up.
More details to follow - please look again
2022 event
Sandwich Arts Week
Saturday 17th to Saturday 24th September 2022
Events throughout Sandwich Town
More details to follow - please look again
2021 event CANCELLED
Little Gardens of Sandwich 2020
Sunday 7th June - 2:00 to 5:00pm
An eclectic group of eight gardens and an allotment is sure to provide all sorts of inspiration to garden-lovers looking for novel and different ideas to try out in their own gardens or on their vegetable patch - in this year's Little Gardens of Sandwich.
After taking in the gardens, visitors can make their way to the nearby St Clements Church Hall for a traditional cream tea and wander around the churchyard where a number of local nurseries will be offering a variety of specialist plants and shrubs.
There will also be a garden-themed raffle and for the first time this year, a second-hand garden book stall where all sorts of plant and botanical books can be picked up at bargain prices.
The "Little Gardens of Sandwich" is once again supported by local estate agents Colebrook Sturrock, SPC design & print and The Co-Op Sandwich.
Entry tickets for all nine locations are priced at £7.50 per person whilst children under 16 are free as long as they are accompanied by an adult. Cream teas will be priced at £3.50 each.
Tickets can be bought in advance from the Sandwich Tourist Office at the Guildhall and will also be available on the day at each garden.
All proceeds from the event go to the upkeep of St Clement's Church in Sandwich
Sandwich Christmas Lights Switch On 2021
Saturday 4th December 2021
Christmas Parade, Stalls, music, indoor market with Santa’s Grotto, lights switch on
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Tours of Sandwich Town by The Sandwich Local History Society
Let the local History Society Guides inform and entertain you as they personally conduct you around the narrow twisting streets of our medieval town, one of the original Cinque Ports.
Whether you are organising a trip for schools, societies or groups, or if you are a family on holiday, History Society tours are a great way to see the sights and appreciate some of Sandwich's history.
Tours can take around two hours and cost £2 per person, with a minimum charge of £12.
see The Sandwich Local History Society website
For bookings and more details please contact:Mike Elmes - 07773 335 612 also through the Visitor Information Office at The Guildhall, Sandwich
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Event Posters from organisations concerned - other photos by Open Sandwich and/or Rosie Anton
Other Useful Websites
- Guildhall paintings collection online:
ART UK project website - Aerial Photos of Sandwich 1920s - 1940s
- The Aerofilms Collection - Britain From Above
Other Local Media
- Sandwich has its own Radio Station
- https://www.facebook.com/Coastal-Radio-1532560976995327/
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