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The bicentenary of Charles Dickens
Kent 2012
In 2012, Kent will be celebrating the bicentenary of the birth of Charles Dickens. The year will bring many activities and events to commemorate the 200th anniversary of one of Britain's best loved authors.
Some of these events are:
8th - 10th June 2012 -
Medway Dickens Festival
A spectacular event of colour, costume and entertainment. Thousands of visitors soak up the Victorian atmosphere, while parades make their way through central historic Rochester. Each day there will be newly commissioned theatrical and creative content to mark the bicentenary in Rochester.
16th - 22nd June 2012 -
Broadstairs Dickens Festival
Charles Dickens visited Broadstairs in Kent regularly from 1837 until 1859 and immortalised the town as "Our English Watering Place". In 1937, to commemorate the centenary of the author's first visit, Gladys Waterer, the then owner of Dickens House, conceived the idea of putting on a production of 'David Copperfield' and of having people about the town in Victorian dress to publicise it. Thus the festival was born and, with the exception of the years of World War II, has been held annually in the third week of June ever since.
Contact us to find out more about other events, and please take a look at our Charles Dickens itinerary suggestion under Arts & Literature on the website.