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New Year - New Hobby Event Saturday 17 January 2026

By Andy Howard-Grigg Temple Ewell

Thursday, 4 December 2025

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FREE EVENT: New Year New Hobby - 17 January 2026

Come along and meet our creative and cultural groups and try out some hobbies for free.

  • 10am-4pm, Saturday 17 January 2026, Maison Dieu, Biggin Street, Dover CT16 1DL

Groups taking part

  • Adult Craft Group
  • Artists Dover
  • Battered Hat Productions
  • Card making, Riverside
  • Christian Music Ministries
  • CJs Dance and Fitness
  • Community Arts and Crafts Club
  • Community Rail Partnership
  • DDC Community Team
  • Dover Amateur Radio Club
  • Dover Big Local
  • Dover Community Radio
  • Dover Flower Club
  • Dover Fringe Festival
  • Dover Greeters
  • Dover Operatic and Dramatic Society
  • Dover Society
  • Dover Tales
  • Dover Transport Museum
  • Friends of the Maison Dieu
  • Fuddlers Dance Group
  • Good Vibrations
  • Involve Kent
  • London Philharmonic Orchestra
  • KCC Libraries
  • Kent Coast Volunteering
  • Kent Wildlife Trust
  • Knit and natter, Riverside
  • Knit and Natter, St Martin’s
  • Maison Dieu Ambassadors
  • National Trust
  • Riverside Community Hub
  • Samphire Project
  • Social ballroom
  • Sound Waves Community Choir
  • Temple Ewell Players
  • This and That
  • White Cliffs Countryside Partnership
  • White Cliffs Modern Jive

Timetable of performances and workshops – all are free!

10-10.20amLondon Philharmonic Orchestra-percussions jam10.25-10.45amSeated exercise class with the London Philharmonic Orchestra10.50-11amThis and That drama performance11.05-11.25amDover Operatic and Dramatic Society performance11.30-11.40amBattered Hat Productions drama performance11.45-12.05pmLondon Philharmonic Orchestra-percussions jam12pm-1pmCreative workshop with Battered Hat Productions12.10-12.20pmFuddlers Dance Group performance12.30-12.55pmSound Waves Community Choir performance1-1.15pmGood Vibrations music and poetry performance1.15-1.45pmSing a song workshop with Sound Waves Community Choir1.20-1.35pmChristian Music Ministries performance1.40-1.50pmFuddlers Dance Group performance2-2.20 pmTemple Ewell Players performance2.25-2.35pmThis and That drama performance2.45-3.05pmLine dancing class3.10-4pmSocial ballroom and modern jive class

And throughout the day, you could encounter Dover Tales and the hoodening horse!

Contact Information

Andy Howard-Grigg

  • 01304 361774
  • 07511 304843

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Located in the picturesque chalk downland valley at the start of the river Dour, approximately 3 miles from the busy International port of Dover. The village is surrounded by areas of outstanding natural beauty.