Deal Music & Arts Festival 2025 - Coastlines

Welcome to Deal Music and Arts Festival 2025

Get ready for 11 days of culture in Deal, Sandwich and Dover. The information below gives details of all the exciting events taking place. You’ll find ticket prices and all you need to book your festival visit.

Do book your tickets in advance as some events are starting to sell out!

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“World-class culture on the doorstep”

Festival Calendar

View all this year’s events or click on the drop down menu below to browse by category.

Festival Exhibition

Festival ExhibitionFree

This group exhibition of selected artists invited to respond to the 2025 festival’s Coastlines theme will be on show throughout the festival on Tuesday - Saturday.
Event details
Saturday, 19 July
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Linden Hall Studio
32 St George’s Road, Deal, CT14 6BA
Podcast: Sonic Postcards Hoda Jahanpour cello and DMA Young Artist in Association

Podcast: Sonic Postcards

Deal Radio will be broadcasting sonic postcards recorded in some of Deal and its surrounding area’s favourite natural spaces by Hoda Jahanpour, cellist and DMA's Young Artist in Association. Listen in at 8pm on Wednesdays in July!
Event details
Wednesday, 23 July
nb
8:00 pm
Podcast: Sonic Postcards Hoda Jahanpour cello and DMA Young Artist in Association

Podcast: Sonic Postcards

Deal Radio will be broadcasting sonic postcards recorded in some of Deal and its surrounding area’s favourite natural spaces by Hoda Jahanpour, cellist and DMA's Young Artist in Association. Listen in at 8pm on Wednesdays in July!
Event details
Wednesday, 30 July
nb
8:00 pm
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Past Events

Festival Exhibition

Festival ExhibitionFreeThis event has finished

This group exhibition of selected artists invited to respond to the 2025 festival’s Coastlines theme will be on show throughout the festival on Tuesday - Saturday.
Event details
Friday, 18 July
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Linden Hall Studio
32 St George’s Road, Deal, CT14 6BA
Podcast: Sonic Postcards Hoda Jahanpour cello and DMA Young Artist in Association

Podcast: Sonic PostcardsThis event has finished

Deal Radio will be broadcasting sonic postcards recorded in some of Deal and its surrounding area’s favourite natural spaces by Hoda Jahanpour, cellist and DMA's Young Artist in Association. Listen in at 8pm on Wednesdays in July!
Event details
Wednesday, 16 July
nb
8:00 pm
Pilgrimage - Sound Installation

Pilgrimage – Sound InstallationFreeThis event has finished

Experience the myriad, and unexpected, sounds of a wild walk along the coast path from Deal to Dover as captured in this immersive 360° sound installation.
Event details
Sunday, 13 July
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Hollingworth Hall, Landmark Centre
129 High Street, Deal, CT14 6BB
Chaps Choir

Chaps Choir – PerformanceThis event has finished

Welcome back to Chaps Choir, a male voice choir like no other. Their joy-inducing repertoire has been delighting audiences around the UK since 2013.
Event details
Saturday, 12 July
7:00 pm
St Mary’s Parish Church
Walmer, Deal, CT14 7QA
Chaps Choir

Chaps Choir – WorkshopThis event has finished

After their sell-out Deal performance in 2024, this joyful gang of singers returns with a community singing workshop open to all. Selling out fast so book soon!
Event details
Saturday, 12 July
4:00 pm
Trinity Church
Union Road, Deal, CT14 6EA
Norma Winstone - Coastlines

Coastlines – Sea StoriesThis event has finished

Our final performance created around the theme of Coastlines, with a performance by jazz singer Norma Winstone and her trio, and DMA’s Creative Jazz Orchestra.
Event details
Saturday, 12 July
1:00 pm
The Astor Theatre
Stanhope Road, Deal, CT14 6AB
Pilgrimage - Sound Installation

Pilgrimage – Sound InstallationFreeThis event has finished

Experience the myriad, and unexpected, sounds of a wild walk along the coast path from Deal to Dover as captured in this immersive 360° sound installation.
Event details
Saturday, 12 July
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Hollingworth Hall, Landmark Centre
129 High Street, Deal, CT14 6BB
Deal Pride

Deal PrideThis event has finished

Deal Music and Arts Festival is delighted to share its final weekend with Deal Pride, now in its third year.
Event details
Saturday, 12 July
nb
All Day
Venues around town
Lucy Crowe

BirdsongThis event has finished

The festival welcomes its President, leading soprano Lucy Crowe OBE, with the brilliant young Fantasia Orchestra, with music inspired by the beauty of birdsong.
Event details
Friday, 11 July
7:00 pm
St George's Church
High Street, Deal, CT14 6ED
Pilgrimage - Sound Installation

Pilgrimage – Sound InstallationFreeThis event has finished

The launch of this immersive 360° sound installation. Experience the myriad, and unexpected, sounds of a wild walk along the coast path from Deal to Dover.
Event details
Friday, 11 July
5:00 pm
Hollingworth Hall, Landmark Centre
129 High Street, Deal, CT14 6BB
In Search of Beethoven

In Search of BeethovenThis event has finished

Hear John Suchet talk about his new book In Search of Beethoven, a deeply personal account of Suchet's relationship with the great composer.
Event details
Friday, 11 July
3:00 pm
The Astor Theatre
Stanhope Road, Deal, CT14 6AB
Players of One World Orchestra

Lunchtime concertThis event has finished

Join musicians from One World Orchestra, a ground-breaking professional ensemble with players from diverse musical traditions and music from around the world.
Event details
Friday, 11 July
1:00 pm
Charlton Church
St Alphege Road, Dover, CT16 2PU
Solis Ensemble

Solis EnsembleThis event has finished

End your week with an inspiring lunchtime string trio programme of Schubert, Beethoven, Sibelius and a piece by Blasio Kavuma.
Event details
Friday, 11 July
1:00 pm
St George's Church
High Street, Deal, CT14 6ED
Maddy Coombs

Maddy Coombs QuartetThis event has finished

Tipped as a rising talent by Jazz Wise, Maddy Coombs is one of the most exciting young musicians to have emerged from leading jazz educators Tomorrow’s Warriors.
Event details
Thursday, 10 July
Sold Out
8:00 pm
The Lighthouse
50 The Strand, Walmer, Deal CT14 7DX
Black Eyed Susan by Douglas Jerrold

Black Eyed SusanThis event has finished

Robert Poulter’s ingenious new model theatre is the setting for this classic play, capturing Deal landmarks and using music from Jonathan Blewitt’s 1829 score.
Event details
Thursday, 10 July
5:00 pm
Kent Museum of the Moving Image
41 Stanhope Road, Deal, CT14 6AD
A Bird in Winter - Louise Doughty in conversation with Christopher Cook

A Bird in WinterThis event has finished

Novelist Louise Doughty talks to culture writer and broadcaster Christopher Cook about her most recent novel A Bird in Winter.
Event details
Thursday, 10 July
3:00 pm
The Astor Theatre
Stanhope Road, Deal, CT14 6AB
Black Eyed Susan by Douglas Jerrold

Black Eyed SusanThis event has finished

Robert Poulter’s ingenious new model theatre is the setting for this classic play, capturing Deal landmarks and using music from Jonathan Blewitt’s 1829 score.
Event details
Thursday, 10 July
2:30 pm
Kent Museum of the Moving Image
41 Stanhope Road, Deal, CT14 6AD
Hiding in Plain Sight: an architectural walk from Dover to Deal

Hiding in Plain Sight: an architectural walk from Dover to DealThis event has finished

A gorgeous ramble over the White Cliffs, this architecture walk from Dover to Deal is led by architect and writer Charles Holland. Update: This event has had to be cancelled due to unavoidable circumstances. We hope to schedule it in a future festival.
Event details
Thursday, 10 July
Cancelled
10:30 am
Meet in front of the Royal Cinque Ports Yacht Club
4-5 Waterloo Crescent, Dover CT16 1LA
Podcast: Sonic Postcards Hoda Jahanpour cello and DMA Young Artist in Association

Podcast: Sonic PostcardsThis event has finished

Deal Radio will be broadcasting sonic postcards recorded in some of Deal and its surrounding area’s favourite natural spaces by Hoda Jahanpour, cellist and DMA's Young Artist in Association. Listen in at 8pm on Wednesdays in July!
Event details
Wednesday, 9 July
nb
8:00 pm
Spiers & Boden

Spiers & BodenThis event has finished

One of the most loved duos on the folk scene, Spiers and Boden’s infectious, uplifting music will raise the roof of St George’s Church.
Event details
Wednesday, 9 July
7:45 pm
St George's Church
High Street, Deal, CT14 6ED
Film - A Late Quartet

Film – A Late QuartetThis event has finished

This 2012 film about a world-renowned string quartet after its cellist Peter Mitchell (Walken) is diagnosed with Parkinson's disease is inspired by Beethoven's music.
Event details
Wednesday, 9 July
5:00 pm
Linden Hall Studio
32 St George’s Road, Deal, CT14 6BA
Sarah Gristwood

Secret VoicesThis event has finished

Sarah Gristwood shares with us the secret lives of women from her “sizzling and addictive” anthology of diary entries by women throughout history.
Event details
Wednesday, 9 July
3:00 pm
The Astor Theatre
Stanhope Road, Deal, CT14 6AB
Hoda Jahanpour cello and DMA Young Artist in Association and Vitas Li piano

Across the ChannelThis event has finished

A delightful recital given by our Young Artist in Association, Hoda Jahanpour and the pianist Vitas Li, including works by Debussy, Boulanger and Bridge.
Event details
Wednesday, 9 July
1:00 pm
Trinity Church
Union Road, Deal, CT14 6EA
Deal’s Historic Walking Tour

Deal’s Historic Walking TourThis event has finished

Join local tour guide and character George Chittenden as he plunges you into Deal’s colourful history. Book early as George always sells out!
Event details
Wednesday, 9 July
Sold Out
10:30 am
Meet at Deal Pier entrance
Beach Street, Deal, CT14 6HY
Magic Lantern

Magic Lantern PerformanceThis event has finished

This performance thrillingly brings to life the early cinema as pioneered by the Victorians with early film “projectors”.
Event details
Tuesday, 8 July
Sold Out
5:30 pm
Kent Museum of the Moving Image
41 Stanhope Road, Deal, CT14 6AD
The Nazi Mind

The Nazi MindThis event has finished

Broadcaster and author Gavin Esler interviews historian and Bafta-winning film-maker Laurence Rees about his book The Nazi Mind – 12 Warnings from History. LAST FEW TICKETS AVAILABLE - BOOK IN ADVANCE
Event details
Tuesday, 8 July
Sold Out
3:00 pm
The Astor Theatre
Stanhope Road, Deal, CT14 6AB
Filippo Tenisci - Piano

Filippo Tenisci – PianoThis event has finished

Award-winning pianist Filippo Tenisci takes time out from recording a double album of Wagner and Liszt transcriptions, to play some of these thrilling pieces.
Event details
Tuesday, 8 July
1:00 pm
Deal Town Hall
High Street, Deal, CT14 6TR
Magic Lantern

Magic Lantern WorkshopThis event has finished

A unique opportunity to get hands-on experience with a traditional magic lantern machine under the expert guidance of two international film historians.
Event details
Tuesday, 8 July
Sold Out
11:00 am
Kent Museum of the Moving Image
41 Stanhope Road, Deal, CT14 6AD
LENsemble

LENsemble VilniusThis event has finished

This lively Lithuanian chamber ensemble presents a programme including Beethoven’s Trio in B flat major, Elgar’s Piano Quintet and exciting new music from Lithuania.
Event details
Monday, 7 July
7:30 pm
Trinity Church
Union Road, Deal, CT14 6EA
Eroica

Film – EroicaThis event has finished

Eroica, ‘the day that changed music forever’, is a BBC television film dramatising the first performance of Beethoven's Third Symphony, the Eroica.
Event details
Monday, 7 July
4:00 pm
The Astor Theatre
Stanhope Road, Deal, CT14 6AB
Nathan Williamson

Nathan Williamson – PianoThis event has finished

This inventive British pianist gives a lunchtime concert of suites by Bach and Webern along with a new suite by Kent-born Christopher Brown.
Event details
Monday, 7 July
1:00 pm
Trinity Church
Union Road, Deal, CT14 6EA
The Manwood Singers

The Manwood SingersThis event has finished

Leading Sandwich choir The Manwood Singers will perform a concert of popular choral music under the baton of David Smith.
Event details
Sunday, 6 July
nb
4:00 pm
St Mary's Arts Centre
59 Strand Street, Sandwich, CT13 9HN
The Smeds and the Smoos

The Smeds and the SmoosThis event has finished

Children can throw themselves into this family-friendly dance workshop inspired by Julia Donaldson’s book The Smeds and the Smoos. With an alternative time of 10am too!
Event details
Sunday, 6 July
11:15 am
The Astor Theatre
Stanhope Road, Deal, CT14 6AB
The Smeds and the Smoos

The Smeds and the SmoosThis event has finished

Children can throw themselves into this family-friendly dance workshop inspired by Julia Donaldson’s book The Smeds and the Smoos. There is also an alternative time of 11.15am!
Event details
Sunday, 6 July
10:00 am
The Astor Theatre
Stanhope Road, Deal, CT14 6AB
Max Height and Mo_Min_Ti (Aka Paul Cheneour and Dave Robinson)

A Moment In Time – LateThis event has finished

Experience a late-night musical journey at this popular Dover venue featuring Max Height and Mo_Min_Ti (Paul Cheneour and Dave Robinson).
Event details
Saturday, 5 July
nb
11:00 pm
Vinoteq Jazz Bar
1 Cannon Street, Dover, CT16 1BY
Deal’s Historic Walking Tour

Deal’s Historic Walking TourThis event has finished

Join local tour guide and character George Chittenden as he plunges you into Deal’s colourful history. Book early as George always sells out!
Event details
Friday, 4 July
Sold Out
10:30 am
Meet at Deal Pier entrance
Beach Street, Deal, CT14 6HY
Anna Phoebe - photo by Patty Owen

SubmergedThis event has finished

Enjoy an immersive performance in the basement of Deal Castle with dance, mesmerising visuals and music from Canterbury Christ Church University & Anna Phoebe. Or come to the earlier 6.30pm showing if you prefer. Selling out fast so book soon!
Event details
Thursday, 3 July
Sold Out
8:15 pm
Deal Castle
Marine Road, Walmer, CT14 7BA
Anna Phoebe - photo by Patty Owen

SubmergedThis event has finished

Enjoy an immersive performance in the basement of Deal Castle with dance, mesmerising visuals and music from Canterbury Christ Church University & Anna Phoebe. Or come to the 8.15pm showing if you prefer. Selling out fast so book soon!
Event details
Thursday, 3 July
Sold Out
6:30 pm
Deal Castle
Marine Road, Walmer, CT14 7BA
Podcast: Sonic Postcards Hoda Jahanpour cello and DMA Young Artist in Association

Podcast: Sonic PostcardsThis event has finished

Deal Radio will be broadcasting sonic postcards recorded in some of Deal and its surrounding area’s favourite natural spaces by Hoda Jahanpour, cellist and DMA's Young Artist in Association. Listen in at 8pm on Wednesdays in July!
Event details
Wednesday, 2 July
nb
8:00 pm
No event found!