Alastair Upton @al_upton
chief executive of Creative Folkestone creativefolkestone.org.uk Folkestone Joined December 2009-
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🗣️ We are delighted to share the dates for the 2025 Folkestone Triennial and to reveal the themes and ideas behind the sixth edition! 📅 Folkestone Triennial 2025 will take place from Sat 19 Jul to Sun 19 Oct 2025 Read the full press release here 👉 creativefolkestone.org.uk/news/folkeston…
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Did you hear @TheoPadnos (plus a cheeky mention for Folkestone Book Festival) on BBC Radio 4 last night? 📻📻📻 Skip to about 42 minutes to listen again here 👇👇👇 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…
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Visit the link to find out more: creativefolkestone.org.uk/prospect-cotta…
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Happy New Year! 🎉 Celebrate the new year in style with a visit to Prospect Cottage, the former home of Derek Jarman. We have recently opened up bookings from 31 January - 3 March. We are proud to offer you the opportunity to enter the cottage. creativefolkestone.org.uk/prospect-cotta…
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A special thanks to all of our members, supporters and sponsors for making 2021 great. A big thanks to Saga, The Roger De Haan Charitable Trust, Arts Council England, Kent County Council, Folkestone & Hythe District Council, NewsNow and CUPIDO. youtu.be/o_M4AOla52s
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What a year! Come rain or shine, we have danced on the beach, welcomed refugees, turned Folkestone into a giant art exhibition, celebrated our community and so much more. We couldn’t have done it without you. Thank you ❤️ youtu.be/o_M4AOla52s
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Be utterly charmed this Yuletide by a unique live score played to the 1982 animation of Raymond Briggs’s magical story The Snowman featuring contributions from your good elves... sorry, selves! 📅 Wed 22 Dec & Thu 23 Dec 📍 Quarterhouse creativefolkestone.org.uk/whats-on/the-c…
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We are proud to announce that Folkestone, as part of Kent's Heritage Coast, has placed fourth, in the Lonely Planet's list of World's Best Regions to Visit in 2022! 🎉🌍 creativefolkestone.org.uk/news/2021/10/f…
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Culture on the high street make our local areas even better places to live! 🌟 Today we’re highlighting the difference culture and creativity makes to our high streets with our new report ‘A High Street Renaissance’, thanks to @BOP_Consulting Take a look at what we’ve found ⬇️
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The Staves are coming to Folkestone 📢 We're so excited to be hosting @thestaves at the @Quarterhouse_UK on the 25th September! Tickets on sale now → creativefolkestone.org.uk/whats-on/melti… #CreativeFolkestone
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Have you visited @FstoneTriennial 2021? Let us know what you think in this quick survey 👇 uk.culturecounts.cc/s/4DyFiF/quest… It takes 2 minutes and helps to shape the future! 🙌
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What a fantastic first week! ☀️ Folkestone now boasts 28 new artworks by internationally acclaimed artists waiting to be discovered across the town! Free and open to everyone! creativefolkestone.org.uk/folkestone-tri… 📷 Thierry Bal
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Check out this fantastic podcast from @1059AcademyFM discussing this years Creative Folkestone Triennial 👇 spreaker.com/user/academy_f… Featuring HoyCheong Wong, Simon Davenport, Jyl Bradley, @MoragMyerscough, Jacqueline Ponsolet, @al_upton & @lewisbiggs
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Thank you so much to @MoragMyerscough and @CreativeFstone for allowing us to take part in this project. We feel so proud to be involved. Pictures by @andyaitchison
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Eid al Adha Mubarak to Folkestone Mosque & the Muslim community @MosqueKent HoyCheong Wong, Simon Davenport and Shahed Saleem, Nūr. Creative Folkestone Triennial 2021 The Plot 📸 Thierry Bal
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Creative Folkestone notes with great sadness the passing of Christian Boltanski, one of the most significant European artists of his generation.
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This was huge fun - thanks to those who came along or watched online
This was huge fun - thanks to those who came along or watched online
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Top night out in Folkestone speaking at the book festival then sitting outside a pub eating pizza with @al_upton hearing about @CreativeFstone which sounds a really innovative way to build a creative economy
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Discover what Condé Nast Traveller had to say about the Creative Folkestone Triennial 2021 👉 “The Folkestone Triennial ... will offer the ultimate physically distanced cultural experience...” Read the article at: cntraveller.com/article/best-c… 📆 22 Jul → 2 Nov #triennial21
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