Broadstairs Events

Broadstairs has a strong tradition of festivals and events, celebrating music, literature and its historical background.

Charles Dickens is celebrated in June with a DIckens Festival Week. Explore authentic room settings in the Dickens House museum on Victoria Parade.

Thomas Crampton, the renowned engineer, is showcased in the Crampton Tower Museum, Broadway, High Street.

Enjoy a walk through time with the much-awarded St. Peters Village Tour

Music lovers can revel in the streets and pubs throughout the town in August when the Folk Week is held, or again in February with the Blues Festival

Sea-side events included Sea Sunday in July and Water Gala in August.

Firework displays are held on the Viking bAy SAnds during the summer, on Wednesday evenings accompanied by music at the bandstand.

Throughout the summer, on Sunday afternoons, an assortment of local and visiting bands play traditional Sunday concerts on the bandstand - -relax in a deck chair with a cream tea while they entertain you.

For full details of these and other local attractions, visit Thanet's / What's On page