Welcome to the 2025 Deal Festival, an annual celebration of music, creativity, and cultural heritage. This year's programme of over 50 events brings together world-class performances spanning classical, jazz, folk, opera and community music, alongside theatre, film, literature, visual arts and family and community events. Returning favourites like Wild Arts, Changeling Theatre and Chaps Choir join exciting new partnerships with Tomorrow's Warriors, the Fantasia Orchestra, festival President Lucy Crowe and a performance by folk legends Spiers & Boden.
The festival is held in a range of venues in Deal, Sandwich and Dover including The Astor Theatre, Deal Castle, St George's Church and Linden Hall Studio, St Mary's Arts Centre in Sandwich and Dover Town Hall.