Event Calendar 2026
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Review this year’s key milestones with the following calendar, which also serves as a helpful preview for upcoming events in 2027.
EVENT CALENDAR 2026
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| JANUARY – see What’s on in Ramsgate – January 2026 blog for more information |
| ❄️ Ramsgate Winter Festival |
| 🏊♀️ New Year’s Day Dip (Ramsgate Main Sands) |
| 💡 Light Up Ramsgate Trail (part of the Ramsgate Winter Festival) |
| 🙏 Holocaust Memorial Day |
| ❄️ Ramsgate Winter Festival Finale |
| FEBRUARY – see What’s on in Ramsgate – February 2026 blog for more information |
| 🙏 Channel Dash Memorial |
| ♥️ Valentines Day and Galentines Day celebrations |
| 🚸 February Half Term : School Holidays – see 10 Things to do with Kids. |
| MARCH – see What’s on in Ramsgate – March 2026 blog for more information |
| 🎬 Ramsgate International Film & TV Festival |
| ♀️ International Women’s Day |
| 🚮 The Great Ramsgate Spring Clean |
| 🛍️ Addington Street Vintage Fair |
| APRIL – see What’s on in Ramsgate – April 2026 blog for more information |
| 🛍️ Handmade & Vintage Fair (First of the Season) |
| 🛍️ Eco Market |
| ⛪ St George’s Day Parade & Pride in Place Launch |
| 👄 Ramsgate Through the Senses |
| 🚸 Easter : School Holidays – see 10 Things to do with Kids. |
| MAY – see What’s on in Ramsgate – May 2026 blog for more information |
| 🛍️ Handmade & Vintage Fair |
| 🎩 Mad Hatter’s Tea Party |
| 📒 Local History Day (Tunnels) |
| 🎉 Eurovision Party |
| 🎪 Ellington Park May Fair |
| 🫶 UNESCO Diversity Day |
| ✝️ St Augustine’s Week |
| 🛟 Dunkirk Little Ships – Return to Ramsgate |
| 📚 Book Hotel Literary Festival |
| 🤸♀️ Active Ramsgate Week |
| 🛍️ Addington Street Vintage Fair |
| 🚸 May Half Term : School Holidays – see 10 Things to do with Kids. |
| JUNE – see What’s on in Ramsgate – June 2026 blog for more information |
| 🛍️ Handmade & Vintage Fair |
| 🏴☠️ Pirates Day |
| 🛺 The Great Bucket & Spade Run |
| 🦹♀️Comicon at the Museum (RAF Manston History Museum). |
| 🛻 Motorfest and Monster Truck Shows (Manston Airport) |
| 🎶 Montefiore Day Concert |
| 🪖 Armed Forces Day |
| JULY – see What’s on in Ramsgate – July 2026 blog for more information |
| 🛍️ Handmade & Vintage Fair |
| 🌸 Pegwell & West Cliff Open Gardens |
| 🛍️ Eco Market |
| 🎪 Circus (Government Acre) |
| 🚌 Thanet Vintage Bus Road Running Day |
| Skirmish at the Museum (RAF Manston History Museum) |
| 👸 Costumed Walks (Town Centre, East Cliff & West Cliff) |
| ⛵ Ramsgate Week Regatta |
| 🎡 Ramsgate Fair & Carnival |
| 🛍️ Addington Street Vintage Fair |
| 🚸 Summer : School Holidays – see 10 Things to do with Kids. |
| AUGUST – see What’s on in Ramsgate – August 2026 blog for more information |
| 🛍️ Handmade & Vintage Fair |
| 🎪 Ramsgate Day |
| 🔊 Ramsgate Blitz Commemoration |
| 👸 Costumed Walks (Town Centre, East Cliff, West Cliff and Ellington Park) |
| 🎪 Circus (Lord of the Manor Roundabout) |
| 🎭 Outdoor Theatre in Ellington Park |
| 🧷 Punk & Cider Festival |
| 🚸 Summer : School Holidays – see 10 Things to do with Kids. |
| SEPTEMBER – see What’s on in Ramsgate – September 2026 blog for more information |
| 🛍️ Handmade & Vintage Fair |
| 🚂 Trains & Tractions @ the Tunnel Festival |
| 🛥️ Ramsgate Vikings Model Boat Club Open Day (Ramsgate Boating Pool) |
| 🌸 Ramsgate Open Gardens |
| 🛩️ Model Fest at the Museum (RAF Manston History Museum) |
| 🕊️ Vigil for International Peace (Town Centre) |
| 🎶 Festival of Sound |
| 🏠 Pugin Week |
| 🏠 Heritage Open Days Festival |
| 🏳️🌈 Ramsgate Pride |
| 🛍️ Addington Street Vintage Fair |
| OCTOBER – see What’s on in Ramsgate – October 2026 blog for more information |
| 🛍️ Handmade & Vintage Fair |
| 🛍️ Eco Market |
| 🏄♀️ GB SUP National Paddle Racing Champions Final |
| 🎨 East Kent Artists Open House |
| 🎃 Halloween Events (Various locations) |
| 🎃 Halloween Monster Truck & Firework Festival (Manston Airport) |
| 🍂 Ramsgate Autumn Festival |
| 💡 Newington Lights Festival |
| 🚸 Autumn Half-Term : School Holidays – see 10 Things to do with Kids. |
| NOVEMBER – see What’s on in Ramsgate – November 2026 blog for more information |
| 🛍️ Handmade & Vintage Fair |
| 🏵️ Remembrance Sunday Parade |
| 🏵️ Remembrance Day |
| 💡 Christmas Lights Switch On |
| ❄️ Ramsgate Winter Festival |
| DECEMBER |
| 🚸 Christmas : School Holidays – see 10 Things to do with Kids. |
| SEE CHRISTMAS HIGHLIGHTS BELOW |
| SEE TWIXMAS HIGHLIGHTS BELOW |
| CHRISTMAS HIGHLIGHTS 2026 |
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| ❄️ Ramsgate Winter Festival. |
| 🗓️ Advent Doors (Charity Event) from the 1st to the 24th of December. |
| 💡 Royal Harbour Illuminations from the 1st to the 31st of December (part of the Ramsgate Winter Festival). |
| 💡 Light Up Ramsgate Trail launch on the 11th of December (part of the Ramsgate Winter Festival). |
| 🎅 Ellington Park Christmas Fayre on the 5th of December. |
| 🎅🚁 Santa at the Museum on the 5th and 6th of December (RAF Manston History Museum). |
| 💡 Weekend of Wonder from the 11th to the 13th of December (part of the Ramsgate Winter Festival). |
| 🎄 Christmas Tree Festival from the 11th to the 20th of December (part of the Ramsgate Winter Festival). |
| 🎶 Christmas Baroque Concert on the 17th of December at St George’s Church. |
| 🎅🛥️Santa arriving in the harbour on an RNLI lifeboat. |
| 🎅🛶 Santa Kayaks in the Harbour on the 19th of December (a 6th Ramsgate Royal Harbour Sea Scouts Christmas event). |
| 🎅 Santa at the Ice House Grotto from the 28th of November to the 20th of December with the Grinch takeover on the 5th & 12th of December (6th Ramsgate Royal Harbour Sea Scouts Christmas events). |
| 🎅🏴☠️Santa in the Pirate Grotto at Plunder from the 21st to 23rd of December. |
| 🎶 Carols in the Park (Ellington Park). |
| Shopping :- |
| 🎁 Christmas Markets and Fairs in November and December. |
| 🌛 Late Night Shopping on the 11th of December. |
| 🛍️ Eco Market on the 12th of December. |
| TWIXMAS HIGHLIGHTS 2026 |
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| ❄️ Ramsgate Winter Festival |
| 💡 Royal Harbour Illuminations (part of the Ramsgate Wint9er Festival) |
| 💡 Light Up Ramsgate Trail (part of the Ramsgate Winter Festival) |
| 🏊♀️ Winter Dip (Western Undercliff Beach) |
| 🧊 Chill on the Hill (Micro Museum) |
| 🎊 New Year’s Eve Parade |
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The following interactive Map also provides an Event Calendar for events scheduled over the course of the year. It is updated regularly as event information becomes available.
What’s on in Ramsgate 2026
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