October 31 Haunted Trails, Smallhythe Place, Tenterden Scary stories and horrible hauntings after dark, if you dare. 6.30pm and 7.30pm. Normal admission charges apply, £5 per person. Booking recommended on 01580 762334.
October 31 HMS Pinafore,
Mote Hall, Maidstone Leisure Centre The Hospice Festival Choir and Orchestra present this Gilbert and Sullivan classic to raise funds for Heart of Kent Hospice. 7.30pm. Tickets: Circle — £16.00,
Stalls — £12.50 and Gallery £10.00 from 01622 790195.
October 31 - November 1 Detling International Antiques & Collectors Fair, Detling
Showground, Maidstone Up to 400 exhibitors offering antiques, collectables, vintage items including ceramics, glass, silver, jewellery, furniture, books, vintage clothing, and much more. Admission from £4-£6. 10am-4pm
NOVEMBER
November 3-28 From a Different Perspective,
Maidstone Museum, Maidstone An exhibition of photographs taken by members of Kent Association for the Blind, who have varying degrees of sight loss. The images are all
familiar items or places, taken from a different perspective. The aim is to get people to focus on the positives of what one can still do after sight loss — albeit in a different way.
November 6-8 Crafts for Christmas, Detling Showground, Maidstone Crafts for Christmas provides a unique opportunity to find special presents for special people — the perfect place to work your way enjoyably through your Christmas list. Indulge yourself, your
family and friends with stunning fashions and accessories, leather bags and belts, dazzling jewellery from sparkly fashions to graceful diamonds. Talented makers and
designers, together with fabulous food and drink, promise to fill you with Christmas spirit and get you in the party mood. 9am-5pm. Admission £7,
seniors £6, students and children free.
November 7 Aylesford & Eccles Craft Fair, The Brassey Rooms, Station Road, Aylesford Time to start your Christmas shopping and support your local craftsmen and women. 12noon-4pm.
November 7 Bonfire night display, Great Lines Heritage Park, Gillingham. Be part of Medway’s annual bonfire night. The event
wows thousands every year and is a great way
for families to celebrate. 7pm.
November 7 - December 20, (every weekend), The Dickens Country Experience
Join the fictional Elijah Puddlephat and his nemesis, Mr Charles Dickens on a unique tour back in time. The tour lasts about two
hours and starts and finishes at the Guildhall Museum, Rochester, at 10.30am and 2pm (except for Dickensian Christmas weekend) and includes visiting Cobham, Cooling, Cobham Hall, and Dickens' last home, Gads Hill Place, Higham. You’ll visit some of Dickens’
most loved places and see the inspiration behind some of his masterpieces. Tickets: £10, concessions:
£7.50 from
www.medwayticketslive.co.uk
November 14 - February 19 2016, Into the Trenches Chartwell, near Westerham To mark 100 years since Sir Winston Churchill made the decision to go and fight at
the Western Front in World War I, this exhibition explores his daredevil escapades at the last cavalry charge in military history and his experiences as an escaped prisoner of war. Admission to the exhibition
is free; normal admission fees to Chartwell apply.
November 20 The Elvis Years 1953-1977 Hazlitt Theatre, Maidstone Celebrate the King’s 80th birthday year with this concert production of the West End musical Jailhouse Rock, featuring original star Mario Kombou and his band. The show is packed with
more than 50 of Elvis’s greatest hits, from the early days of ‘That’s Alright Mama’ through the Hollywood years, culminating in the legendary Las Vegas concert, which featured In the Ghetto, Suspicious Minds and American Trilogy. 7.30pm, tickets £21.50
November 7 Leeds Castle Fireworks Spectacular, near Maidstone There will be lights, camera, action with this year’s incredible fireworks timed to music from the movies. Look out for scenes from the silver screen projected onto the side of the Castle during the display!
14 Mid Kent Living Images: Autumn leaves courtesy of Megan Taylor; Leeds Castle courtesy of Leeds Castle
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