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If you like helping out in the kitchen you can cook up a storm with The Community Chef who will be with us all week. On Monday, join in the silliness as Professor Des Turner brings back his good old-fashioned Punch and Judy show. Come along to the library on Thursday for some spooky (and not so spooky!) tales with Scandalmongers storyteller, Emily Parrish and don’t miss the Whitstabubble Beach Party on Tankerton Slopes - get ready for some giant bubbles and plenty of party games!

Finally, the finale! Before the sun sets on this year’s festival there will be a BBQ and music on the beach at our Mardi Gras to get the whole family in the mood for the fantastic firework display that closes our week.

Full family listings are on the opposite page, please check for prices, special instructions and age guidelines.

Festival Workshops at the Yacht Club, 10am to 11.30am Monday to Friday

Innovative and exciting new theatre company WrongSemble present a week of workshops filled with all things crafty, creative and colourful, each with a unique theatrical feel. Each day is different with puppets, kites, seaside games, pirates and carnival on the menu. Tickets £3.50 a day or £15 for the full week.

Beach Hut Tales – About Storyteller Emily Guille-Marrett of ReadingFairy.com

Founder Emily Guille-Marrett lives in Whitstable and over the past 12 years has worked with leading educationalists, authors and illustrators to create print and digital books to help children learn to read and love reading. She has commissioned and published these works for world-leading reading programmes, including Oxford Reading Tree with Biff, Chip and Kipper, Ruth Miskin’s Read Write Inc and a range of home learning materials for Ladybird books.

Get Involved!

It’s nearly time for the summer holidays, which means it’s nearly time for the Whitstable Oyster Festival! We have so much to tell you about what we have planned for all the family in this year’s newsletter!

If you have been to the festival before, you’ll know that the celebrations start with the Landing of the Oysters on Long Beach. Watch the ‘catch’ being brought ashore in a special ceremony where they are blessed before being taken

through the town by the Lord Mayor of Canterbury and distributed to local restaurants at the head of the Oyster Parade.

Before the landing begins, we’re holding a children’s camp on Long Beach at 11am – come join us and bring your enthusiasm and your creativity! Have you heard what the parade theme is this year? ‘Fishing in the Deep Blue Sea’, which means you should look out for oystermen, Rainbow Fish and maybe even the odd sea monster!In

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We hope you’ve remembered your swimming costume because, whatever the weather, you can enter our Pearl Dive contest at Whitstable Swimming Pool on Saturday afternoon. If you think your dog’s got talent, don’t miss the novelty Scallywags Dog Show in Marine Crescent on Sunday!

Our Crabbing Competition on Monday promises to be as silly as ever with lots of prizes to be won and if you’ve never flown a kite before, you’ll get your chance on Tuesday after the kite-making workshop so let’s hope it’s windy!

You’ll need your detective skills for the treasure hunt on Wednesday afternoon - find the clues fast to be first past the post!

Get Competitive!Get Creative! Our friends at The Horsebridge invite you to design and make your own plaster cast tile on Monday and you can create a chalky masterpiece outside the library with Stephen Hall’s Pavement Art. Then it’s back to The Horsebridge for a spot of jewellery-making on Tuesday followed by an hour of painting to create your finest collage on Wednesday.

We know where we’ll be on Friday afternoon - building a grotter on Reeves Beach! Collect your bucket of shells and get all the family to help make a wonderful oystershell castle.

Get Involved!

Saturday11am to 3pm Children’s Parade Camp, Long Beach Free12 noon to 1pm Pearl Dive: Whitstable Swimming Pool £ book ahead3pm to 5.30pm Landing and parade Free

Sunday11am to 4pm Scallywags Dog Show, Tankerton Slopes Free

Monday10am to 11.30am Festival workshop: The Puppet Parlour, Yacht Club £ book ahead10am to 1pm Seaside tile-making workshop, The Horsebridge £ book ahead12 noon to 1pm The Community Chef @ the Harbour Free, book on the day12 noon to 2pm Beach Hut Tales, West Beach Free1pm to 2.30pm Pavement art at the Library Free2.30 and 3.30pm Punch and Judy, Whitstable Umbrella Centre Free4.30pm to 5.30pm Crabbing, Reeves Beach Book on the day

Tuesday10am to 11.30am Festival workshop: Wind and Waves, Yacht Club £ book ahead10am to 1pm Driftwood jewellery making workshop, The Horsebridge £ book ahead12 noon to 1pm The Community Chef @ the Harbour Free, book on the day12 noon to 2pm Beach Hut Tales, West Beach Free2pm to 3.30pm Kite-flying, Tankerton Slopes Free

Wednesday 10am to 11.30am Festival workshop: All Aboard! Yacht Club £ book ahead10am to 1pm Seaside collage workshop, The Horsebridge £ book ahead12 noon to 1pm The Community Chef @ the Harbour Free, book on the day12 noon to 2pm Beach Hut Tales, West Beach Free2pm to 3.30pm Oystercatchers Treasure Hunt, Castle FreeAll day Paul Bommer screenprinting workshops, the Print Block £ book ahead

Thursday10am to 11.30am Festival workshop: A Day at the Seaside!: Yacht Club £ book ahead10am to 10.45am Library story-telling Creepy Tales with Scandalmongers Free11am to 1pm Pinch pot workshop, Whitstable Museum Free, book on the day12 noon to 1pm The Community Chef @ the Harbour Free, book on the day2pm to 3.30pm Whitstabubble Beach Party, Tankerton Slopes Free

Friday10am to 11.30am Festival workshop: Carnival Time, Yacht Club £ book ahead12 noon to 1pm The Community Chef @ the Harbour Free, book on the day12 noon to 2pm Beach Hut Tales, West Beach Free3pm to 5pm Grotters! Free, book on the day9.45pm Finale Fireworks Free

Free: all welcome – just turn up!Free, book on the day: places limited so you can book half an hour before the event starts£ book ahead: Buy tickets in advance at The Horsebridge Box Office (call in or phone 01227 281 174)* Paul Bommer workshops: tickets £15; book ahead at info@theprintblock.com

Family events take place all week – don’t miss out!