Faversham Hopfestival

29/10/2026

Very excited for this next month!

27/10/2026

Another spooktacular event in Faversham this weekend.

🎃🐾 🐶 HOWL-O-WEEN IS COMING TO FAVERSHAM THIS SATURDAY! 👻🎃

📍 Faversham Recreation Ground 10 - 1PM
📅 Saturday 31st October? 🐾

Get those tails wagging and costumes ready because our Howl-O-Ween Dog Parade and Woof Fest is bringing spooky fun to Faversham! 🧙‍♀️🐕‍🦺

And guess what? It’s not just fun for your furry pups… BRING THE WHOLE FAMILY! 🧡

✨ Here’s what’s in store…

🎪 Juggleitall - Children's Entertainer Kent will be entertaining us with amazing stilt walking, leading our fabulous dog parade and creating fantastic balloon models from 11am! 🎈

🧁 Sid & Nancy Bakery will be serving up some delicious Halloween treats for everyone to enjoy! 👻🍰

🎨 Fancy getting into the spooky spirit? Pop along to Cheeky Chops Face Painting and transform yourself into something frightfully fabulous! 🕷️

🐾 We’re also delighted to welcome Tels Pets & Accessories, Butternut Box and Enzo’s Emporium joining in the Howl-o-ween festivities!

🎶 And when the costumes are on and the tails are wagging, it’s time to turn up the tunes! Join Radio Faversham for our fabulous DOGGY DISCO — because every good pup deserves a boogie! 🪩🐶

🏆 Dress your dogs in their spookiest, silliest or most spectacular costumes and come along to celebrate our wonderful four-legged friends.

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Bring your family, invite your friends and spread the word — let’s make Faversham howl with excitement!

🧡🐾 PAWS, PUMPKINS & PARTY TIME!… WE’LL SEE YOU THERE! 🐾🧡

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13/10/2026

🎃 We're proud to support those who support us! 🎃

Our fantastic 150 Club members play a huge part in making the Hop Festival so special, and we love celebrating their businesses and sharing what they are up to!

This Halloween, our brilliant supporters at Joe's Bows have a spooktacular special offer you won't want to miss! 👻

☠️ THINK YOU’D SURVIVE THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE? ☠️

This Halloween, step into the darkness at Joe’s Bows… 🎃

🏹 1 HOUR OF ZOMBIE-SLAYING ARCHERY
🧟 Zombie targets
🔊 Atmospheric sounds & effects
🌑 A Halloween experience like no other!
Available 30th & 31st October + 1st November.
Think you’ve got what it takes to take down the undead? 😈

£25 per person, ages 8 and up!
Book your Zombie Attack experience now!
www.joesbows.co.uk

12/10/2026

Faversham Carnival takes place this Saturday 17th. The parade starts at 6.30pm on the Whitstable Road and if you have a few coins to spare then please make a donation into one of the collection buckets as it ensure that the Faversham Carnival Club can continue to bring us this traditional event each year.

Don't forget to buy your programme and get window spotting!

24/09/2026

Step back in time this Sunday in Faversham

Looking for something different to do this weekend? Medieval & Tudor Faversham is taking over Front Brents Green and Town Quay this Sunday courtesy of Faversham Town Council , 27th September, from 10am–3pm.

There’s loads happening throughout the day, including Henry VIII, medieval combat demonstrations, a living-history encampment, medieval dancing, live music, crafts, market stalls, food & drink and even FREE axe throwing - no booking required! 🪓

👑 Audiences with Henry VIII at 11am, 12pm & 1pm
⚔️ Medieval combat & weaponry demonstrations
🪓 FREE family-friendly axe throwing
🃏 Merryman the Jester
🪙 Strike your own medieval coin
🏰 Meet the Ladies of the Tudor Court
🎶 Live music & medieval dancing
🛍️ Market stalls, crafts, food & drink
⚔️ Plus a Kiddies’ Battle for younger warriors!

A brilliant day out for families and anyone who fancies seeing a little piece of Faversham transformed into the Middle Ages!

15/09/2026

📣 LOCAL BUSINESSES – JOIN THE 150 CLUB!

Did you know you can still join our 150 Club for just £150 for 12 months?

That works out at only £2.88 per week to put your business in front of our extensive audience and support the festival and the community at the same time. 🙌

As a 150 Club member, your business will:

⭐ Feature on the 150 Club page on our website
🎟️ Have your own digital voucher/offer on our website, which you can update throughout the year
📖 Feature in the 150 Club section of the programme at the next festival
📣 Get regular opportunities for shout-outs across our social media – just let us know about your upcoming offers, events, launches or news and we can help spread the word

It’s a simple and affordable way to promote your business throughout the year while being part of and supporting one of the town’s biggest events.

12 months. £150. Just £2.88 a week.

Interested in joining the 150 Club? Get in touch with us and we’ll tell you everything you need to know. 🍻🌿

Telephone: 01795 700132 or email [email protected]

08/09/2026

When the staff at Hop Fest HQ are a bit weary, footsore from the weekend and wondering (just teeny bit) if we can do it all again next year, something happens that just reminds us that not only does the festival bring a lot of joy but the sense of community in this town is fantastic. We'd like to send lots of love to Furlongs Ale House because the gentleman collecting for the Air Ambulance at the weekend was thrilled when the staff and customers had a whip round and gave him a generous donation. He also received another substantial donation from an individual member of the public, so if you can get in touch he would like to say thank you.

07/09/2026

We would have posted this last night but the bods at Hop Fest HQ were a bit pooped but that’s it for another year, time to say so long and thanks for all the fish, er? We mean fun. It was a pleasure to welcome so many people to the Hop Festival and we hope to see everyone again next year. Please don’t forget you can still donate to the festival via our website, everything goes towards making sure we can do this again in 2027. So on to some thank yous

Our magnificent sponsors, Shepherd Neame, TMS Automotive and Keith's Motors, Bridger's Law , Edward Vinson, Iliffe & Iliffe Estate Agents , Faversham Town Council and Swale Borough Council . All of our wonderful 150 Club supporters who can be found with offers throughout the year on our website.

https://www.favershamhopfestival.org/faversham-150/

Our suppliers and helpers in kind, SUEZ UK, Speedy Hire, Four Jays, Best In Tents, Kent Site Services, Medway Norse, The Abbey School, Brogdale Collections - Charity, Practical Car Hire, Medicar, YMS Travel, Candy Rock Entertainment, Solstice House, Sunbelt Rentals, Double R, The Abbey School, Newton Place Surgery, Hillton Dentistry, Faversham Market , Cene Media, South East Coachworks CJ’s Phone & Vapes, Kent Police and the ever patient Saturnalia Records.
A special thank you to Tony, Ian, Liz, Hannah and all the crew at Right Guard Solutions for your fantastic support and for keeping everyone safe.

Lots of love out to Bill Fowler for the backup and it was great to see you at the weekend. xx

And before we begin to sound like a bad Oscars speech, everyone that knows us and finally and this is a certainly last but not least, a HUGE thank you to all our volunteers who worked so hard over the weekend to make the festival such a success.

See you next year.