Events

There is a lot happening in 2025 over 3 days of the Broadstairs Dickens Festival between 13-15 June 2025.

Festival Timetable 2025

Friday 13th June 2025
10.00am	Schools at Bandstand
10.00am onwards	Take coffee with the Dickensians at the Bandstand and Lillyputt
11.00am	Dickensian Mini Golf at Lillyputt
11.00am – 4.00pm	Barrie Wootton Exhibition at Holy Trinity Church
12.00pm onwards	Dickensian menu @ the Charles Dickens
2.00pm	Beach Party on Viking Bay
7.30pm	Festival Play at Sarah Thorne Theatre The Mystery of Edwin Drood - Buy tickets
Saturday 14th June 2025
10.00am	Grand Parade from Pierremont to Victoria Gardens
10.00am – 5.00pm	Bleak House Gardens – Victorian Fete
10.00am – 5.00pm	Stalls, music and novelty acts on Victoria Gardens
11.00am – 4.00pm	Barrie Wootton exhibition @ Holy Trinity Church
12.00pm onwards	Dickensian menu at the Charles Dickens,
2.00pm	Dickens Declaimers perform in Nuckells Gardens The Eatanswill Election from the Pickwick Paper
3.00pm	Coastal Choir on the Bandstand
3.00pm & 7.30pm	Festival Play at Sarah Thorne Theatre The Mystery of Edwin Drood - Buy tickets
Sunday 15th June 2025
10.00am – 5.00pm	Bleak House Gardens – Victorian Fete
10.00am – 5.00pm	Stalls, music and novelty acts on Victoria Gardens
11.30am	Open Air Service Church Service at Peachers Knoll
6.30pm	Victorian Songs of Praise at Holy Trinity Church
7.30pm	Festival Play at Sarah Thorne Theatre The Mystery of Edwin Drood - Buy tickets

Booking the Festival Play at Sarah Thorne Theatre.

If you would like to book tickets for the festival play, The Mystery of Edwin Drood at Sarah Thorne Theatre on 13-15 Jun 2025:

• Call the box office on 0333 666 4466
• Book online at www.sarahthornetheatre.co.uk/book