Weekender Top Five

KOSMedia’s top five things to do in the county this weekend

Prince closes Hop Farm Festival 2011

#1 Top Music

Up to 50,000 fans are expected to head to the site of the Hop Farm tourist park for the star-studded three-day extravaganza.

Headlining the Friday night is Peter Gabriel, Bob Dylan stars on Saturday and Suede bring the event to an end on Sunday.

Deal Festival

Hop Farm, Paddock Wood

Friday – Sunday

hopfarmfestival.com

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Emma

#2 Top Festival

The opening weekend of the Deal Festival is a feast for all the senses and not to be missed.

WWI Bodiam train

The town’s Astor Theatre will be transformed into a bohemian dream world with music, magic, dance, poetry and feasting for 10 days.

The opening weekend includes entertainment from Dizzy O’Dare, The Galloping Cuckoos Street Theatre, opera star Darren Abrahams and Kent County Youth Orchestra.

Deal Festival, various venues

Friday, June 29-Sunday, July 8

01304 370220

www.dealfestival.co.uk

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#3 Top Stage

As part of its annual open-air garden-theatre tour, Chapterhouse Theatre Company is bringing Jane Austen’s Emma to the stage.

Known for its Kent tours, Chapterhouse brings a tale of matchmaking, marriage and merriment.

Grounds open for picnics at 5.30pm – please bring your own rugs or low-backed seating. Adults £13.50, children £8.

Goodnestone Park Gardens, near Canterbury

Saturday, June 30

01304 840107

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#4 Top Day Out

The Kent and East Sussex Railway will remember the First World War with a living history spectacular.

See how troops were massed in the South-East before being sent by train to fight in the first few days of the Battle of the Somme. Featuring military and civilian actors and authentic equipment at the station including a General Service Wagon, Lewis Machine Gun Cart and Period Photography Booth.

Tenterden and Bodiam

June 30 - 31

01580 765155

www.kesr.org.uk

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#5 Top Action

Get down to Brands Hatch to watch some of the best vehicles of yesteryear recreate the great motor racing battles of the past.

HSCC Superprix features Formula 2 cars while also on show is the Touring Car Championship contenders of Jaguars, Cortinas and mini Coopers. Around 350 cars have entered the show.

Brands Hatch, Fawkham

Saturday and Sunday

0843 453 9000