Hythe
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Holman's Field Canal Bank
17-21 Jul
Hythe Food & Drink Festival 2024 - Plus Hythe-Live Stand-Up (ticketed) Comedy Evenings
Hythe's Food and Drink Festival returns, bringing its quirky blend of food focused fun wrapped in the tranquil setting of Holman's Field alongside the iconic Royal Military Canal. Food for thought and food for fun as this great community gathering celebrates its 9th year in a most relaxed and convivial way
An eclectic gathering of grocery food, craft and art stalls is complimented by a range of entertainments for the whole family including two live music stages, children's workshops and funfair rides together with an author's tent, cooking demos and comedy. Add to this two alfresco dining areas served by bars of distinction and international pop up kitchens, Hythe's Food and Drink Festival is the perfect starter to the freedom of the summer holiday season.Opening times for Food and Drink Festival:
Wednesday 12pm – 7pm
Thursday 10am – 7pm
Friday 10am – 7pm
Saturday 9am – 7.30pm.
Sunday 10.00am until 6pm
Children’s Entertainment
Sandal Sticks Theatre – Grethe Jenson (Saturday and Sunday)
Adaption of classic fairytales and stories and maybe even some bespoke puppetry alongside the storytelling. Website
World of Magic – Chris Mayne (Saturday and Sunday)
Watch out for exciting magic on stilts and big bubbles as you walkaround. Website
Froggle Parties (Saturday and Sunday)
Entertainment with walkabout and designated shows, offering a variety of the following, comedy magic, puppet shows, bubbles and touchable bubbles (bubbles that don’t pop when you touch them), rocket balloons, balloon modelling, music and games. Website
Fairy in a Pop Can – Suzan Ruben-Alderton (All Days)
Suzan is an author who has written her own book, with proceeds going to charity. If you are lucky enough you will hear the author read her story for you.
Children’s Rides (All Days)
A selection of children’s rides for our younger visitors to enjoy.
Cooking Stage
The Cooking Stage will be returning to Hythe this year on Saturday, where compere; Damian Caudwell will be introducing chefs who will be demonstrating some interesting dishes from around the world.
- 11:30am – Trent Rogers, Thermomix Ltd Website
- 12:45pm – Madoka Davis, Petit Roll Website
- 2:00pm – Mark O’Brien, Oil Snake Website
- 3:00pm – Ian, Bear N Mind Catering Website
- 4:15pm – The Elvises Facebook
Check back for further updates on the feature packed event
Enjoy our Town-Live! events running alongside Hythe Food & Drink Festival – tickets for our stand up comedy evenings on Friday and Saturday (7.30-9.30pm) are available in the online shop now!
OUTSTANDING STAND-UP
Hilarious performances at Hythe-Live from a superb list of stand-up comedians.
Friday 19th July Line up
MC: Mat Wills Info / Biog →
Headline: Dimitri Bakanov Info / Biog →
Wilson Milton Info / Biog →
Matt Price Info / Biog →
Saturday 20th July Line up
MC: Mat Wills Info / Biog →
Headline: Josh Baulf Info / Biog →
Lateef Lovejoy Info / Biog →
Darren Walsh Info / Biog →
Please note: Artists are confirmed and contracted to appear on the event date, however, all line-ups are subject to change. If an act cancels their performance, or cannot make their agreed time slot, the even organiser will make every effort to find a suitable replacement to perform in their place. The replacement act will be chosen at the sole discretion of the event organiser and, if possible, communicated via social media.
Get Your Hythe-Live Tickets Online - Limited Numbers Available
Hythe-Live events accompany our Free to enter Hythe Food and Drink Festival.
Status
Traders/Acts - Book your place
For trader/act registration and event information please visit:
Market Square Group
Visitor Info
Sitting on the English Channel, Hythe’s charismatic and tranquil charm is now recognised by a growing number of summertime visitors. The Hythe Food and Drink Festival similarly attracts a great selection of local, national and international stalls to its idyllic location alongside the iconic Royal Military Canal.
The quality of the shopping experience is complimented by a range of entertainments for the whole family and an alfresco dining area, together with street foods and bars of true distinction.
Two live music stages together with the author’s tent, children’s entertainment and funfair rides are just some of the attractions that make this an event for the whole family.
Downloads
Download the A Format Poster here and A5 Flyer with Comedy Line Up Here
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Location & Parking
Market Location
Holman's Field Canal Bank
Hythe
Kent
CT21 6JN
Parking
A listing of local car parks can be found here on the Parkopedia website. Please check times.
Other Information
Live Music Schedule
Music Line up
Please note that performance timings may vary slightly up to and during the event.
Wednesday
1:00pm
Ian Fox
Thursday
Time
TBC
Friday
5:00pm
Rudy Warman and The Heavy Weathers
Saturday Stage 1
12:45pm
Deep River Blues
2:30pm
Phat Gandalf
Saturday Stage 2
11:30am
Pete Smith
12:45pm
Lock & Carter
Sunday
3:30pm
Harripaul
Traders
PLEASE CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES
The list of traders is continually updated as the event approaches.
Clothing
7ukuilla
Traditional South American handcrafted products and other products made by third parties.
Emporium
Italian clothing, Indian rugs and accessories.
SUMAK
Adults Nepalese & Indian clothing, childrens Peruvian cardigans, handmade dreamcatchers, friendship bracelets, handmade bags, summer hats, bandanas, bottle top decorations and kid’s entertainment.
Arts and Crafts
DW2010ART
Contemporary art, local scenes, floral canvases, watercolours on high quality paper, a range of high quality prints in various sizes, amazing range of greetings cards and notelets, handmade books, bookmarks, fridge magnets. All totally unique and of the highest quality.
Hand made by Ausra
Handmade toys from yarn, keychains from plywood with a laser cutter, bracelets and hair elastic.
Margate Glass
Handmade one of a kind stained glass pieces, with designs inspired by a mix of fantasia and nature.
R Hills Woodturning
Everything is made by hand to our designs; these include wooden bowls, platters, trinkets, pens, pencil and resin turned items, resin and button turned items, wooden decorated letters, felt hand sewed letters in different designs, gnomes crotched items.
Romney Marsh Wools Ltd
British made wool products created using the fleeces from our own flock of Romney ewes. Based on our family farm on the beautiful Romney Marsh, Kent.
Lime Locket
Handmade sterling silver jewellery. The jewellery is inspired by a life outdoors travelling of hiking. The focus is on the natural world, so lots of forests, trees, mountain and bird designs.
Home and Garden
Charles Taylor
Handcrafted outdoor wooden garden furniture. Manufactured in the UK and delivered fully assembled to customer houses. All furniture products are made from high-quality sustainable Scandinavian redwood.
Staffordshire Pottery
A beautiful array of Staffordshire Pottery pieces, sets and individual items.
Hot Food
Crepeexpectations
Delicious sweet & savoury crepes, freshly cooked to order with seasonal, fair-trade and organic ingredients.
Farmhouse Foods
Wood burner smoker oven. 100% British beef burger, pork, beef, gammon, chicken wings and ribs. Chips, cold soft drinks.
Jaffna Kitchen
Serving quality Sri Lankan food that has been loved by our customers. Our recipes are authentic, our ingredients are sourced with care, and each dish is crafted with passion.
Mexitaco
Mexican street food including burrito, fajita, nachos, chilli con carne and tacos.
Nori Pan Asia
Japanese Food Chicken Katsu Curry with rice, Korean style house spicy chicken, Teriyaki chicken with rice, Veg teriyaki with rice.
Sicilian Food Suppliers Ltd / Don Arancini
Specialises in authentic Sicilian cuisine
Thainese Street Food
Thai and Chinese street food including dishes such as Thai green curry, black bean, sweet & sour, kung po and spring rolls.
Grocery Food
A.j fruits
Fresh fruit
Emaya Pure Life
Turmeric and moringa chai teas and smoothie blends with anti-inflammatory properties. 7 mushroom nectar, elixir award winning olive oil with amazing health benefits, and aware winning raw acacia honey with well being benefits bee products such as propolis and various DR honey jam and honey Nutella.
field of cheese
Sale of a selection of waxed cheddar cheese truckles, along with crackers, crisps, chutney and a selection of chilli jams.
Granny Sally’s Confectionery
A wide variety of old English fudge from bars to custom made jars. A huge range of flavours including classic vanilla, rum & raisin, chocolate, rocky road and many more.
Hormony Drinks Ltd
Hormony Drinks provides powders to produce drinks to assist with Digestive System
Lavin Limited
Olives, baklava, Turkish delight and nuts.
Little Sugar & Co
Little Sugar Cakes is a start-up bakery and sells what is arguably the most artistic, contemporary and delicious line of baked goods in the Medway Towns. Broad variety of cakes, brownies, cupcakes, cookies and desserts.
O’Donnell Moonshine
Unique bottled alcohol for off-site consumption: ‘Tough Nut’ , ‘Roasted Apple’ , ‘Wild Berry’ and ‘High Proof’.
Passion Du Fromage
Spanish and French saucisson, French cheese and more continental fine foods.
Tastycakes
Brownies, cakes, cookies and millionaire shortbread.
The Biltong Station
Biltong, drywors, bites, red & white wine and prosecco.
The Great British Cheese Company
Award winning, flavoured, waxed cheese truckles.
The Michael Group trading as Nimi & Nosh
A variety of sauces: Sweet and Hot Pineapple Pepper sauce, Sweet and Hot Mango Guava Pepper Sauce, Ginger Pepper Sauce, Crushed Pepper Sauce, Scotch Bonnet Pepper Sauce, Hot Curry Sauce, Jerk BBQ Sauce, Hot and Spicy Jerk Sauce, Marinades: Pineapple Marinade, Paste Spicy Jerk Marinade, Paste Curry Jerk Marinade, Paste Ginger Marinade, Paste: All-purpose Green Marinade paste.
Weymouth51
Chilli sauces and chilli related products, salt dry, mustard, kimchi, oil.
Beverages
Blooming Beans
Hot drinks: Latte, Cappuccino, Espresso, Hot chocolates, Mocha, Flat white, Cold drinks: Fruit shoots, cans of coke, Pepsi, Fanta, lemonade. Croissants and sweet pastries.
Devils Bridge Rum
Spiced Rum, Liqueurs, tinned cocktails
Amen Catering Limited
Pina Coladas
Famous Last Stand
A selection of beer, ale, lager, cider, prosecco, wine and gin.
Freeze Zone
Slush puppy drinks.
Moswick Wines & Spirits
WP Showcase an exciting, fun range of wines and spirits in a wide range of delicious flavours.
To Tipsy and Beyond
Mocktails on site for consumption, non- alcoholic beverages with sweets and candy floss on them. Our main product is alcoholic beverage cans for off-site consumption, we sell them separately or in gift packs.
Vintage Shakes
Refreshing milkshakes in a variety of different flavours.
Willobeans Espresso Bar
Barista style coffee, speciality teas, lush hot chocolate, iced coffee, our own bags of Willoblend coffee beans. Option of addition of Baileys or Brandy in coffee or espresso Martini and Jamaican Americano. Non-alcoholic Lumumba and non-alcoholic Fruit Sangria.
Ice Cream
Snow White Catering
Fresh whippy ice cream and a selection of iced lollies.
Other
Butternut Box
At Butternut Box, we believe that dogs deserve better. That’s why we’re putting the food back into dog food. We make freshly prepared dog food – cooked like you would at home and delivered in perfect portions.
Demelza
Raising Money for Children’s Hospice.
Nine Oaks Vineyard
Small artisan family run vineyard based in the village of Hothfield in Kent. Two still wines; Chardonnay and Rose both from our 2022 vintage. All wines are from our local vineyard and they will come in a variety of gift wrapping options.
Silver Crescent
Sterling silver jewellery.
Tunbridge Wells Dog Biscuit Company
Homemade dog biscuits.
CF Fundraising.co.uk
We will be raising awareness and support for Raystede, There will be a opportunity for interested parties, to become long term givers to the charity via a month DD donation. No cash will be taken.
Zane’s Magic Shop
Beginners Magic Tricks with demonstrations.
Mat Wills
Biography/Info
A short engaging mini man, who puts audiences at ease with his deft crowd and cheeky East End vibe. “He’s got ‘Impressive quick thinking’.”
Wilson Milton
Biography/Info
Cheeky Londoner and rising star of the comedy club scene. Stand-Up Comedian Wilson Milton charms and delights with clever observation, curve ball one-liners, pin-point accents and hilarious anecdotes.
“His style reminds us of Micky Flanagan back in the day.” – LAUGH OUT LOUD COMEDY CLUB
Matt Price
Biography/Info
Comedian Matt Price may look like the bloke who has been sent over to fix your radiator, but he’s also a craftsman of funny stories and a master of friendly audience banter. He tells the sort of jokes you’ll be trying to tell your work mates the following day! Once Matt’s on stage, you know you’re in safe and funny hands – although your radiator may never be fixed!
“Price is a terrific comedian and wonderful storyteller” KATE COPSTICK – THE SCOTSMAN
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Dimitri Bakanov
Biography/Info
Dimitri is winning hearts with his brutally honest and cleverly dark humour. A rising star in comedy, making his mark in his debut year, quickly reaching the finals of the Leicester Square Theatre New Act and Laughing Horse New Act competitions.
“Dark, charming and never far from a quality punchline” MIKE MANERA – PICADILLY COMEDY CLUB
Tiziano La Bella
Biography/Info
Tiziano La Bella discusses his Catholic childhood, the incoherence of the Italian fascists and his challenges as an immigrant in the UK. Tiziano loves to touch the nerves of the audience, to get them involved and generate a reaction. He offers his surreal points of view to his audience who get the chance to laugh with him – or to beat him up right
after show!
Michael Hackett
Biography/Info
The Mega tall (6’7”) world touring Manchester born comedian and outrageous new dad, lets loose his overwhelmingly funny literary account of life as a practising dentist. In his previous life Michael quit French clown school to join the circus as a trapeze artist, which inevitably ended badly! He shares his hilarious antics in a no-holds-barred comedy style
with wit charm and honesty… are you ready for this!
Russell Arathoon
Biography/Info
Russell Arathoon – explodes onto the stage delivering a rollercoaster of high energy, one liners, double entendrés with his hilarious everyday observations.
Finalist for Edinburgh Fringe’s ‘So you think I’m Funny’, Russell won both Hastings ‘New Comedian of the Year’ award’, and King Gong at London’s Comedy Store. Do not miss this!!!
Nelson Gomakomba
Biography/Info
Nelson Gomakomba is widely regarded as the best stand-up comedian with the name Nelson Tinashe Gombakomba Jr the 2nd!! 2020 Finalist in the prestigious Amused Moose National New Comic Award, Nelson shares his endearing yet insightful experiences – with side splitting consequences! Catch him while you can!
Joseph Emslie
Biography/Info
Joseph Emslie has been the number one go-to gluten-free comic on the circuit since he started gigging in 2016. His easy conversational manner, anecdotal, and sometimes self-deprecating, style of comedy has helped him secure him some early critical acclaim by taking the runner up place in the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2021. In 2022, Joseph was a finalist in the Musical Comedy Awards.
“A hilarious walk down memory lane” THE HERALD
“A fun examination of nostalgia and nerdiness” WIRED MAGAZINE
Adam Morrison
Biography/Info
Headline act Adam Morrison grew up on the Isle of Sheppey and dreamed of a life beyond working-class Kent. Now he’s bringing up his own kids…in working-class Kent.
“Very funny!” PATRICK MONAHAN
“One to watch” STEPHEN K AMOS
Josh Baulf
Biography/Info
Get ready to laugh your socks off with the fantastic UK stand-up comedian, Josh Baulf!
His witty, charming, and hilarious observations about moving in with his girlfriend and her addiction to the discount website Groupon won over Britain’s Got Talent judges David Walliams and Amanda Holden describing him as a natural comedic talent. Josh is a rising star who knows how to bring the funny, so grab your popcorn sit back and get ready for a comedy experience like no other !!
“A cross between Micky Flanagan and Russell Howard” – CHORTLE
“Very Funny. A unique voice in comedy” – DAVID WALLIAMS
Lateef Lovejoy
Biography/Info
A truly gifted entertainer, with tremendous comedic talent. One of the most unique and distinctive acts wowing audiences with his society observations and killer improv. Lateef is gaining the reputation of becoming The force to reckoned with, both on the Black, Mainstream, and international comedy circuits. Most recently Lovejoy made International Stand-up debuts in Belgium, Nigeria, Jersey, Sweden, Norway, and South Africa, finally taking New York by storm performing at the legendary Comic Strip at the Times Square Comedy Club.
“Magnetic Stage Presence” – TIME OUT
“A charismatic comedy maestro” – THE METRO
“An exhilarating performer with a contemporary style the oozes star quality” – EVENING STANDARD
Darren Walsh
Biography/Info
Join award-winning pun-slinger Darren Walsh for some new jokes. Winner of Dave’s Joke of the Fringe, Winner of Leicester Comedy Festival best joke, Top 10 jokes of the fringe lists Guardian, Telegraph, Mirror & The Scotsman. Seriously, there’s a lot of puns. Stuff like: “My dog is a Rottweiler cross with a Bulldog. Because he doesn’t like Bulldogs” and “I was gonna quit my job as a shepherd, but then I made a ewe turn” or “Just told my boss at the observatory that I’ve had enough. No more mister night sky”.
“Unstoppable tsunami of stupid puns.” – CHORTLE.
Katie Bradley
Biography
Kent singer-songwriter Katie Bradley came into the spotlight with her 2012 iTunes Blues hit “I hear the river” which received a nomination for Best original song in the British Blues Awards.
Katie continues to ascend celebrating a highly acclaimed career supporting and collaborating with artists across the world formerly Luther Allison, Suzanne Vega and most recently Rhythm and Blues greats: Lucky Peterson, Taildragger, Georgie Fame, Geno Washington to mention a few.
Katie’s love for many different styles of Blues reveals her to be a very exciting artist who can cover and write in a myriad of different Blues disciplines. Her range can haunt you deep down into the spirit of the Delta Blues or raise your spirits when she leads a full band of many musicians. Katie extends her musicality, rhythm and love for rich melody in the Blues by playing Blues harp.
Broadstairs Live!
We are excited to welcome Katie to Broadstairs Live where she will be playing an extensive set at our special jazz evening.
Dave Ferra
Biography
Dave Ferra is a blues guitarist and singer nominated for the UK Blues Awards in 2020. On his recent collection, “Starting Something,” his work thrives in the blues universe, supported by his sterling fingerstyle guitar and rack harp work. Ferra penned all 11 tracks, an array of Delta blues, Chicago blues, folk blues, jump blues, the walking blues and the talking blues.
Ferra’s compositions suggest that resilience and a sense of humor can perhaps get us all through just about anything. This album may be the model elixir we require as we emerge – much like cicada Brood X singing their plaintive songs of love – from the pandemic.
Broadstairs Live!
We are excited to welcome David Ferra performing an evening of blues in the Broadstairs Live marquee on Saturday 4th June.
