Events
Events cancelled due to Covid 19.
Please note that due to the coronavirus outbreak, many previously advertised events have been cancelled. Please check directly with organisers for the latest information.
There are many fun family events across the borough each month.
Jane Austen’s Christmas
Wednesday 16 December 2020
Celebrate Jane Austen’s birthday
Start the Christmas celebrations with this wonderful talk about Georgian Christmases! Advent marked the start of Christmas but preparations would begin the week before on Stir Up Sunday. Houses were decorated with evergreens. There would be ‘mumming’ ‘wassailing’ spillikins, bilbocatch, bullet pudding and snapdragons.
The birthday address to be given by Dr Claire Walsh
Venue: Your House
Refreshments: Your own
Via: Zoom
Time: 6pm UK
Register: janeaustensbirthday@btinternet.com
A link will be sent a week before the address
Hosting an event
If you have any community events that you would like publicised please provide the details by emailing leisure.services@tmbc.gov.uk
If you are planning to hold any event, there are a number of organisations that you, as the event organiser, need to request permission from and consult.
If you are planning an event on a public open space owned by Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council please complete an Event application form for public open spaces
Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council cannot accept any responsibility for any errors, omissions or subsequent alterations.
Country Park events
Events take place in Haysden Country Park and Leybourne Lakes Country Park throughout the year.
View our Country parks events booklet.
Theatres
EM Forster Theatre
The Box Office, EM Forster Theatre, Tonbridge School, Tonbridge, TN9 1JP
For a full list of shows visp;www.boxoffice.tonbridge-school.co.uk/home/
Oast Theatre
London Rd Tonbridge Kent TN10 3AN
For a full list of show visit www.oasttheatre.com
Happy Tonbridge
A video has been made in Tonbridge to show off its thriving community and put a bit of happiness into the town. Inspired by Pharrell Williams' number one hit Happy, more than 2,000 happy films have been made worldwide and Tonbridge wanted a slice of the action. Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council recognised the film's worth and a Community Enhancement Grant was given to support the launch event. See the full video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEApL1fxZ-U
Jane Austen's Connections to Tonbridge
You can have an MP3 audio guided tour of the monuments in the Church of St Peter & St Paul; these include the tomb of Jane Austen's grandparents, other Austens and people they knew narrated by Louise Jameson. You may also download this guide.
A circular walk of Tonbridge includes local links to Jane Austen. Download a copy of the leaflet.
Farmers' Markets
There are a number of Farmers Markets across the borough.
Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council welcomes amateur photographers to our sites and we hope you will share your pictures of your visit with us on social media. If you are looking to use our site for commercial, corporate or professional photography please contact leisure.services@tmbc.gov.uk as soon as possible to check availability and acquire the relevant permissions and paperwork.