Talks, Music and Events

Each season we will bring you a range of talks and events including our now regular art talks with Richard Dean alongside community led talks and events. These have included historical talks, bee talks and there are so interesting talks and event coming up. You'll find all the booking information in the detail pages for each event.

Upcoming talks

Art and Artists 4 (2025) with Richard Dean MA

Monday Multiple dates The popular fourth series of talks returns for anyone who missed it the first time. Combining art history, biography and critical analysis you will learn about the lives and works of some important artists and topics.

Art Decades

Thursday Multiple dates Art Decades series of talks look to unveil the hidden lives of rock artists outside the recording studio and finds out how they coped when they were really tested to the limit.

Upcoming music, comedy and events

Jazz at The Horsebridge

Sunday Multiple dates Jazz at The Horsebridge celebrates the best of live jazz in all its forms. Featuring top notch vocalists and musicians from across the county and beyond, an exciting addition to the Whitstable music scene led by Artistic Director of Broad Reach Records, Kai Hoffman.

Folk Week Presents

Sunday Multiple dates Folk Week Presents is a new monthly event featuring high quality folk singers and musicians. Sunday evenings each month will feature a different performer from the world of folk music, from traditional to modern, including English, Celtic and international sounds.

The Whitstable Children's Festival of Books

Saturday 8 March 2025 In conjunction with Tales from Moon Lane, The Whitstable Children's Festival of Books is taking place throughout the Horsebridge Centre in this exciting one day event, to inspire children to see themselves as readers, writers and artists.

Whitstable Wine Club

Thursday Multiple dates This is not a wine school or a “serious” way to learn about wine. This will be a social, fun way to discover your palate and try things you may not have drunk before.

Comedy at The Horsebridge

Sunday Multiple dates We are excited to announce that we are working in partnership with Off the Kerb comedy agency to bring you a monthly comedy club featuring the best of established and up and coming stand up talent.

Talks and events timetable

Don't miss our film screenings

London, 1934. Jimmy Erskine (McKellen) is the most feared theatre critic of the age. He lives as flamboyantly as he writes and takes pleasure in…
Bob Marley: One Love celebrates the life and music of an icon who inspired generations through his message of love and unity. On the big screen for…
Squibb, who did most of her own stunts in the film, plays Thelma Post, a feisty 93-year-old grandmother who gets conned by a phone scammer pretending…