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BBC News
19-07-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Outdoor art festival returns to Folkestone
A prestigious outdoor contemporary art festival is returning to a Kent town after being delayed for a sixth edition of the internationally renowned Folkestone Triennial starts on Saturday and runs until 19 year's event was delayed after local officials secured £20m Upton, chief executive of Creative Folkestone, said: "Over the last two decades, the Folkestone Triennial has been instrumental in reimagining the town as a hub for artistic innovation." This year's Triennial will see 18 artists from 15 countries create "ambitious new commissions that will transform Folkestone's urban and coastal landscapes", organisers said. The commissions will take over some of the town's most striking and unusual locations, including a church built for the fishing community, a former customs house, a Martello Tower, a lookout point across the Channel, and a disused railway bridge. Sorcha Carey, the exhibition's curator, said: "All the artworks are created and presented in response to the specific context and landscape of Folkestone. "But the questions they explore are universal." Organisers say the outdoor exhibition has brought in £100m to the local area over the years. Previous exhibitions have included new works by Tracey Emin, Mark Wallinger and Yoko 2014 a Banksy mural appeared on a park wall during the most recent Folkestone Triennial, in 2021, welcomed more than 220,000 visitors, according to its organisers.
Yahoo
20-04-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Residents' views sought on new park play area
A council in Kent is asking for residents' views on a play area that will be in a new park. Folkestone and Hythe District Council said the play area would be in a public park in Bouverie Square, which is part of the government-funded Folkestone – A Brighter Future programme. The park would be constructed when the new bus stops are created along Shellons Street, the council added. A survey on the play area, which arts charity Creative Folkestone has been commissioned to deliver, is open until 16:00 BST on 28 April. The council said Folkestone – A Brighter Future would provide a boost to the regeneration of the town centre. Work has started on the £20m-scheme and is expected to finish in the summer of 2026. Follow BBC Kent on Facebook, on X, and on Instagram. Send your story ideas to southeasttoday@ or WhatsApp us on 08081 002250. Scheme to transform town centre given start date Plans to move library into former Debenhams store Multi-million-pound seafront revamp plans refused Folkestone and Hythe District Council Creative Folkestone
BBC News
20-04-2025
- General
- BBC News
Folkestone residents' views sought on new park play area
A council in Kent is asking for residents' views on a play area that will be in a new park. Folkestone and Hythe District Council said the play area would be in a public park in Bouverie Square, which is part of the government-funded Folkestone – A Brighter Future park would be constructed when the new bus stops are created along Shellons Street, the council added.A survey on the play area, which arts charity Creative Folkestone has been commissioned to deliver, is open until 16:00 BST on 28 April. The council said Folkestone – A Brighter Future would provide a boost to the regeneration of the town centre. Work has started on the £20m-scheme and is expected to finish in the summer of 2026.
