August Bank Holiday weekend, 2026
Sandgate Sea & Food Festival 2026
A seafront festival of live music, stalls and a fireworks display along Granville Parade and Sandgate Castle, 29-30 August 2026.
29-30 August 2026 · Granville Parade & Sandgate Castle, Sandgate, Kent
Sandgate's annual seafront festival runs across the August Bank Holiday weekend, with a free fireworks display and live music along Granville Parade from 7pm on the Saturday evening, followed by a full family day on the Sunday with stalls, entertainment and an Arts & Crafts Fair at Chichester Hall. Stalls also run on the Village Green for the first time in 2026.
Sandgate sits right next to Folkestone, and a free seafront festival with fireworks pulls visitors from across the district, not just the village itself. For owners with a property in Sandgate, Folkestone or Cheriton, this Bank Holiday weekend is one of the more reliable short-notice demand spikes of the summer, on top of the general Bank Holiday bump.
Because it lands the week after the Hythe Venetian Fete, late August is worth treating as a single high-demand stretch when pricing a Folkestone-area let, rather than two separate one-off dates.
Staying in Folkestone for this?
If you own a property here, this kind of demand is exactly what a well-managed listing is built for.