• History Weekend
  • History Fair
  • As part of the History weekend the University Centre Folkestone Atrium will host a variety of stalls, with something for everybody to enjoy throughout the day.
  • Day Ticket - £20 / £15 Weekend Ticket - £40 / £35
  • These tickets do not included 7:30pm The Blitz Ball
  • [12PM]
  • Thousand Voices
  • Directed by Grenville Hancox
  • University Centre Folkstone
  • To commemorate the 90th anniversary of the end of World War I, take part in the Thousand Voices, singing melodies from the second decade of the 20th century whilst walking from the centre of Folkestone via the Road of Remembrance to the Harbour.

    For more information about the event and to download material visit:
    www.folkestonelitfest.co.uk/thousand-voices
  • [1.30PM]
  • Joshua Levine and Max Arthur
  • Forgotten Voices &
    Lest We Forget
  • University Centre Folkstone
  • With over a million casualties, the Somme was the most brutal battle of the First World War.Max Arthur and Joshua Levine give the definitive oral history of the most infamous and bloody conflict of the Great War through tales of courage, comradeship, sacrifice and heroism, as experienced by generations from war-torn Europe.
  • £7 / £6
  • [3PM]
  • Brian MacArthur
  • For King and Country: Voices from the First World War
  • University Centre Folkstone
  • Far more than an anthology, For King and Country is Brian MacArthur’s history of the First World War. Using letters, diary entries but also poems and songs Brian MacArthur creates a seamless and movingly immediate narrative of the First World War.
  • £6 / £5
  • [4.30PM]
  • ANNE PERRY
  • We Shall Not Sleep
  • University Centre Folkstone
  • Selected by The Times as one of the twentieth century’s 100 Masters of Crime, Anne Perry has also appeared in the New York Times Bestseller list and won an Edgar Award in 2000 with her short story Heroes. She will talk about her WWI series including her new book We Shall Not Sleep.
  • £6 / £5
  • [6PM]
  • neil hanson
  • First Blitz
  • University Centre Folkestone
  • Author of an acclaimed series of popular histories Neil Hanson turns his attention to the Great War in the Air with First Blitz, the never-before-told story of the German plan to raze London and Paris to the ground in 1918.
  • £6 / £5
  • [7PM]
  • the blitz ball
  • The Leas Club
  • Step back in time with the Blitz Ball. Dress to impress and dance the night away – listen to the swing band and sing-along with our very own Forces Sweetheart. With our authentic decor, come and join us for a 1940’s themed night to remember!
  • £15 / £12
  • (Ticket includes a cold buffet)