Sea Festival

Sea Festival and Events Committee Agenda 25-07-2025

Sea Festival and Events Committee Agenda 25-07-2025

The agenda for the Sandgate Parish Council Sea Festival and Events Committee meeting, to held on 25th July 2025 at 11am.

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The Sea Festival Committee meeting is open to press and public. If any member of the public wishes to attend, please can they notify clerk@sandgate-pc.gov.uk in advance. This allows us to ensure we have sufficient seats and allow reasonable spacing.

Previous Sandgate Parish Council Sea Festival Committee Agenda and Minutes. We publish agendas a few days before a meeting. We then post draft minutes in the week after a meeting.

Most of our meetings will be broadcast live on our Facebook page. Recordings of the meetings will be left on Facebook for a few months after the meeting so they can be watched back later. Comments left on Facebook broadcasts during the meeting are not be monitored and are not a way of feeding back to the Council.

Minimum Notice

We issue agendas at least three clear days before a meeting. We display them on the noticeboard in the library, Parish noticeboards on the Village Green and by Enbrook Valley shops, and on our website.

The minimum three clear days for notice of a meeting does not include:

  • the day of issue of the agenda, or;
  • the day of the meeting, or;
  • a Sunday, or;
  • a day of the Christmas break, or;
  • a day of the Easter break, or;
  • of a bank holiday, or;
  • a day appointed for public thanksgiving or mourning.

Meeting in Public

All meetings of our Council are open to the public, except in limited defined circumstances. We can only decide, by resolution, to meet in private when discussing confidential business or for other special reasons where publicity would be prejudicial to the public interest.

Those reasons might include, for example, discussing the conduct of employees, negotiations of contracts or terms of tender, or the early stages of a legal dispute.

Posted by Tim Prater in Agenda, Sea Festival
Sea Festival and Events Committee Agenda 11-07-2025

Sea Festival and Events Committee Agenda 11-07-2025

The agenda for the Sandgate Parish Council Sea Festival and Events Committee meeting, to held on 11th July 2025 at 10am.

Sea-Festival-Agenda-11-07-25

The Sea Festival Committee meeting is open to press and public. If any member of the public wishes to attend, please can they notify clerk@sandgate-pc.gov.uk in advance. This allows us to ensure we have sufficient seats and allow reasonable spacing.

Previous Sandgate Parish Council Sea Festival Committee Agenda and Minutes. We publish agendas a few days before a meeting. We then post draft minutes in the week after a meeting.

Most of our meetings will be broadcast live on our Facebook page. Recordings of the meetings will be left on Facebook for a few months after the meeting so they can be watched back later. Comments left on Facebook broadcasts during the meeting are not be monitored and are not a way of feeding back to the Council.

Minimum Notice

We issue agendas at least three clear days before a meeting. We display them on the noticeboard in the library, Parish noticeboards on the Village Green and by Enbrook Valley shops, and on our website.

The minimum three clear days for notice of a meeting does not include:

  • the day of issue of the agenda, or;
  • the day of the meeting, or;
  • a Sunday, or;
  • a day of the Christmas break, or;
  • a day of the Easter break, or;
  • of a bank holiday, or;
  • a day appointed for public thanksgiving or mourning.

Meeting in Public

All meetings of our Council are open to the public, except in limited defined circumstances. We can only decide, by resolution, to meet in private when discussing confidential business or for other special reasons where publicity would be prejudicial to the public interest.

Those reasons might include, for example, discussing the conduct of employees, negotiations of contracts or terms of tender, or the early stages of a legal dispute.

Posted by Tim Prater in Agenda, Sea Festival
Sea Festival and Events Committee Minutes 27-6-2025

Sea Festival and Events Committee Minutes 27-6-2025

The minutes of Sandgate’s Parish Council Sea Festival and Events Committee meeting, held on 27th June 2025, in Sandgate Library.

Sea-Festival-minutes-for-27.06.25

You can find previous Sandgate Parish Sea Festival and Events Committee Agendas and Minutes on this website. We publish agendas a few days before a meeting. The Clerk then posts draft minutes in the week after a meeting.

We broadcast our meetings live on our Facebook page. Those meeting recordings are then left live for a few months after the meeting, giving you the chance to watch it back later!

The next suitable meeting will formally approve the draft minutes of this meeting. When approved, the Chairman of that meeting then signs them.

The signed minutes of the meeting serve as the legal record of what has taken place at the meeting. Before a meeting approves the draft minutes of a preceding meeting, the meeting may, by resolution, correct any inaccuracies in the draft minutes. The attendance (or otherwise) of the Chairman or those voting in favour to amend or approve of the minutes is irrelevant.

Only if meeting minutes are found to be inaccurate after they have been signed can they then be altered. Inaccuracies in signed minutes can only be amended by resolution at a subsequent meeting.

Posted by Tim Prater in Minutes, Sea Festival
Sea Festival and Events Committee Agenda 27-06-2025

Sea Festival and Events Committee Agenda 27-06-2025

The agenda for the Sandgate Parish Council Sea Festival and Events Committee meeting, to held on 27th June 2025 at 11am.

Sea-Festival-Agenda-27-06-25

The Sea Festival Committee meeting is open to press and public. If any member of the public wishes to attend, please can they notify clerk@sandgate-pc.gov.uk in advance. This allows us to ensure we have sufficient seats and allow reasonable spacing.

Previous Sandgate Parish Council Sea Festival Committee Agenda and Minutes. We publish agendas a few days before a meeting. We then post draft minutes in the week after a meeting.

Most of our meetings will be broadcast live on our Facebook page. Recordings of the meetings will be left on Facebook for a few months after the meeting so they can be watched back later. Comments left on Facebook broadcasts during the meeting are not be monitored and are not a way of feeding back to the Council.

Minimum Notice

We issue agendas at least three clear days before a meeting. We display them on the noticeboard in the library, Parish noticeboards on the Village Green and by Enbrook Valley shops, and on our website.

The minimum three clear days for notice of a meeting does not include:

  • the day of issue of the agenda, or;
  • the day of the meeting, or;
  • a Sunday, or;
  • a day of the Christmas break, or;
  • a day of the Easter break, or;
  • of a bank holiday, or;
  • a day appointed for public thanksgiving or mourning.

Meeting in Public

All meetings of our Council are open to the public, except in limited defined circumstances. We can only decide, by resolution, to meet in private when discussing confidential business or for other special reasons where publicity would be prejudicial to the public interest.

Those reasons might include, for example, discussing the conduct of employees, negotiations of contracts or terms of tender, or the early stages of a legal dispute.

Posted by Tim Prater in Agenda, Sea Festival
Sea Festival and Events Committee Minutes 28-3-2025

Sea Festival and Events Committee Minutes 28-3-2025

The minutes of Sandgate’s Parish Council Sea Festival and Events Committee meeting, held on 28th March 2025, in Sandgate Library.

Sea-Festival-minutes-for-28.03.25

You can find previous Sandgate Parish Sea Festival and Events Committee Agendas and Minutes on this website. We publish agendas a few days before a meeting. The Clerk then posts draft minutes in the week after a meeting.

We broadcast our meetings live on our Facebook page. Those meeting recordings are then left live for a few months after the meeting, giving you the chance to watch it back later!

The next suitable meeting will formally approve the draft minutes of this meeting. When approved, the Chairman of that meeting then signs them.

The signed minutes of the meeting serve as the legal record of what has taken place at the meeting. Before a meeting approves the draft minutes of a preceding meeting, the meeting may, by resolution, correct any inaccuracies in the draft minutes. The attendance (or otherwise) of the Chairman or those voting in favour to amend or approve of the minutes is irrelevant.

Only if meeting minutes are found to be inaccurate after they have been signed can they then be altered. Inaccuracies in signed minutes can only be amended by resolution at a subsequent meeting.

Posted by Tim Prater in Minutes, Sea Festival
Sea Festival and Events Committee Agenda 28-03-2025

Sea Festival and Events Committee Agenda 28-03-2025

The agenda for the Sandgate Parish Council Sea Festival and Events Committee meeting, to held on 28th March 2025 at 11am.

Sea-Fesitval-Agenda-28-03-25

The Sea Festival Committee meeting is open to press and public. If any member of the public wishes to attend, please can they notify clerk@sandgate-pc.gov.uk in advance. This allows us to ensure we have sufficient seats and allow reasonable spacing.

Previous Sandgate Parish Council Sea Festival Committee Agenda and Minutes. We publish agendas a few days before a meeting. We then post draft minutes in the week after a meeting.

Most of our meetings will be broadcast live on our Facebook page. Recordings of the meetings will be left on Facebook for a few months after the meeting so they can be watched back later. Comments left on Facebook broadcasts during the meeting are not be monitored and are not a way of feeding back to the Council.

Minimum Notice

We issue agendas at least three clear days before a meeting. We display them on the noticeboard in the library, Parish noticeboards on the Village Green and by Enbrook Valley shops, and on our website.

The minimum three clear days for notice of a meeting does not include:

  • the day of issue of the agenda, or;
  • the day of the meeting, or;
  • a Sunday, or;
  • a day of the Christmas break, or;
  • a day of the Easter break, or;
  • of a bank holiday, or;
  • a day appointed for public thanksgiving or mourning.

Meeting in Public

All meetings of our Council are open to the public, except in limited defined circumstances. We can only decide, by resolution, to meet in private when discussing confidential business or for other special reasons where publicity would be prejudicial to the public interest.

Those reasons might include, for example, discussing the conduct of employees, negotiations of contracts or terms of tender, or the early stages of a legal dispute.

Posted by Tim Prater in Agenda, Sea Festival
The Sandgate Sea and Food Festival 2025

The Sandgate Sea and Food Festival 2025

The Sandgate Sea and Food Festival will return on August bank holiday weekend (Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th).

Saturday 23rd August

Live music, stalls, food, drink and our annual free firework display from the beach.

  • Neka Wellbeing (100 SHS) open for the first time on Saturday 23rd from 11am-4pm: all welcome to pop in and see what they do!
  • Live music in Sandgate
    • GEE’S BAR @ THE ROYAL NORFOLK HOTEL
      • Broke by Friday (6.30pm).
  • Live music on our two outdoor stages from 8-10pm
    • GRANVILLE PARADE RDH CHARITABLE TRUST STAGE
      • Big Flava Band (8-10pm)
    • CASTLE ROAD CAR PARK ACOUSTIC STAGE
      • Duncan Moris (8-9pm)
      • Alex McNeice (9-10pm)
  • Free fireworks display from Sandgate’s Granville Parade beach 9pm
    • Our spectacular firework display provided by Jubilee Fireworks and sponsored by the Roger De Haan Charitable Trust will take place at 9pm.
  • Market stalls / food vendors along Granville Parade and in Castle Road Car Park from 8pm

Sunday 24th August

  • Live music from 10am-4pm on two outdoor stages and in venues throughout Sandgate
    • GRANVILLE PARADE RDH CHARITABLE TRUST STAGE
      • Gumboots Reggae Duo (10am)
      • Diane Dunn Duo (11.30am)
      • Heroes Duo (1pm)
      • Soul Thing (2.30pm)
    • CASTLE ROAD CAR PARK ACOUSTIC STAGE
      • Lucy May Walker (10am)
      • Flo Glen (11am)
      • Sophia Stutchbury (Noon)
      • Nick Lawrence (1pm)
      • Megan Wardroper (2pm)
      • Ayla Schofield (3pm)
    • THE SHIP INN
      • Steel And Strings Steel Band right on the seafront next to the restaurant (from 4pm til the party ends!).
    • GEE’S BAR @ THE ROYAL NORFOLK HOTEL
      • The Heroes (4pm).
    • THE PROVIDENCE
      • Swing Rat Joe singing live in the pub from 5pm.
    • SANDGATE MEMBERS CLUB
      • Donna Sings from 7pm.
  • Three FREE Under 10’s disco in Sandgate Library
    Advance booking required as numbers limited. Each disco lasts around 45 minutes. Please only book tickets for one disco for each child. Get free tickets: learn more and book here.

    Disco made possible by the generous support of the PPL PRS Charity & Community Discount Scheme. Learn more about TheMusicLicence.
  • Market stalls from 10am-4pm along Granville Parade Seafront and in Castle Road Car Park
  • Arts & Craft Market from 10am-4pm in the Chichester Hall (70 Sandgate High Street)

Barrow of Booze:

A key part of the Sandgate Sea and Food Festival each year is the draw to win a “barrow of booze”. That’s an eclectic collection of bottles, cans and more donated from across the village and conveniently served in a wheelbarrow to one lucky ticket buyer! All proceeds from ticket sales will go to the RNLI.

If you have a bottle or two you could donate to fill our barrow this year (unopened bottles only please!) then please drop them to Sandgate Library during opening hours or contact clerk@sandgate-pc.gov.uk to arrange delivery. Thank you!

THROUGHOUT:

Please visit the shops, pubs, restaurants & cafes in the High Street, and the Boat House on Granville Parade. Mimosa, Nepali Kitchen, The Ship Inn, Royal Norfolk Hotel & John Dory offer drinks and food menus Saturday & Sunday.

Providence Inn (47 Sandgate High St), Docker Bar (96 SHS), Sandgate Members Club (70 SHS) and Folkestone Rowing Club (Granville Parade) open throughout the Festival and all welcome.

On Saturday and Sunday, Natalina’s Italian Deli (97 SHS) & The Sandgate Deli (88 SHS) are open 10am-4pm with delicious food & drink to eat in or take-away, and Workshop 29 (99 SHS) and Noyce (90 SHS) open for shopping and browsing.

Coffee shops and cafes Yaps (31 SHS), LOAF (61 SHS), Orchard Lane (80 SHS), Mr Whippets (72 SHS) and The Dog House (92 SHS) open Saturday and Sunday through the day for great coffee and more!

FREE PARKING IN ENBROOK PARK

Courtesy of Saga, free parking in the main SAGA car park from 7-10.30pm on Saturday 23rd, 9-5pm on Sunday 24th. Please ONLY park in the car park NOT approach roads.

Sponsored by The Roger De Haan Charitable Trust, Prater Raines & Sandgate Parish Council. Disco made possible by the generous support of the PPL PRS Charity & Community Discount Scheme.

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Posted by Tim Prater in News, Sea Festival
Sea Festival and Events Committee Agenda 4-11-2024

Sea Festival and Events Committee Agenda 4-11-2024

The agenda for the Sandgate Parish Council Sea Festival and Events Committee meeting, to held on 4th November 2024 at 11am.

Sea-Fesitval-Agenda-04-11-24

The Sea Festival Committee meeting is open to press and public. If any member of the public wishes to attend, please can they notify clerk@sandgatepc.org.uk in advance. This allows us to ensure we have sufficient seats and allow reasonable spacing.

Previous Sandgate Parish Council Sea Festival Committee Agenda and Minutes. We publish agendas a few days before a meeting. We then post draft minutes in the week after a meeting.

Most of our meetings will be broadcast live on our Facebook page. Recordings of the meetings will be left on Facebook for a few months after the meeting so they can be watched back later. Comments left on Facebook broadcasts during the meeting are not be monitored and are not a way of feeding back to the Council.

Minimum Notice

We issue agendas at least three clear days before a meeting. We display them on the noticeboard in the library, Parish noticeboards on the Village Green and by Enbrook Valley shops, and on our website.

The minimum three clear days for notice of a meeting does not include:

  • the day of issue of the agenda, or;
  • the day of the meeting, or;
  • a Sunday, or;
  • a day of the Christmas break, or;
  • a day of the Easter break, or;
  • of a bank holiday, or;
  • a day appointed for public thanksgiving or mourning.

Meeting in Public

All meetings of our Council are open to the public, except in limited defined circumstances. We can only decide, by resolution, to meet in private when discussing confidential business or for other special reasons where publicity would be prejudicial to the public interest.

Those reasons might include, for example, discussing the conduct of employees, negotiations of contracts or terms of tender, or the early stages of a legal dispute.

Posted by Tim Prater in Agenda, Sea Festival
Sea Festival and Events Committee Minutes 9-9-2024

Sea Festival and Events Committee Minutes 9-9-2024

The minutes of Sandgate’s Parish Council Sea Festival and Events Committee meeting, held on 9th September 2024, in Sandgate Library.

Sea-Festival-minutes-for-09.09.24

You can find previous Sandgate Parish Sea Festival and Events Committee Agendas and Minutes on this website. We publish agendas a few days before a meeting. The Clerk then posts draft minutes in the week after a meeting.

We broadcast our meetings live on our Facebook page. Those meeting recordings are then left live for a few months after the meeting, giving you the chance to watch it back later!

The next suitable meeting will formally approve the draft minutes of this meeting. When approved, the Chairman of that meeting then signs them.

The signed minutes of the meeting serve as the legal record of what has taken place at the meeting. Before a meeting approves the draft minutes of a preceding meeting, the meeting may, by resolution, correct any inaccuracies in the draft minutes. The attendance (or otherwise) of the Chairman or those voting in favour to amend or approve of the minutes is irrelevant.

Only if meeting minutes are found to be inaccurate after they have been signed can they then be altered. Inaccuracies in signed minutes can only be amended by resolution at a subsequent meeting.

Posted by Tim Prater in Minutes, Sea Festival
Sea Festival and Events Committee Agenda 9-09-2024

Sea Festival and Events Committee Agenda 9-09-2024

The agenda for the Sandgate Parish Council Sea Festival and Events Committee meeting, to held on 9th September 2024 at 6pm.

Sea-Festval-Agenda-09-09-24

The Sea Festival Committee meeting is open to press and public. If any member of the public wishes to attend, please can they notify clerk@sandgatepc.org.uk in advance. This allows us to ensure we have sufficient seats and allow reasonable spacing.

Previous Sandgate Parish Council Sea Festival Committee Agenda and Minutes. We publish agendas a few days before a meeting. We then post draft minutes in the week after a meeting.

Most of our meetings will be broadcast live on our Facebook page. Recordings of the meetings will be left on Facebook for a few months after the meeting so they can be watched back later. Comments left on Facebook broadcasts during the meeting are not be monitored and are not a way of feeding back to the Council.

Minimum Notice

We issue agendas at least three clear days before a meeting. We display them on the noticeboard in the library, Parish noticeboards on the Village Green and by Enbrook Valley shops, and on our website.

The minimum three clear days for notice of a meeting does not include:

  • the day of issue of the agenda, or;
  • the day of the meeting, or;
  • a Sunday, or;
  • a day of the Christmas break, or;
  • a day of the Easter break, or;
  • of a bank holiday, or;
  • a day appointed for public thanksgiving or mourning.

Meeting in Public

All meetings of our Council are open to the public, except in limited defined circumstances. We can only decide, by resolution, to meet in private when discussing confidential business or for other special reasons where publicity would be prejudicial to the public interest.

Those reasons might include, for example, discussing the conduct of employees, negotiations of contracts or terms of tender, or the early stages of a legal dispute.

Posted by Tim Prater in Agenda, Sea Festival