Registration for the 2026 edition has now closed. However, you can still apply to exhibit at our sister event, held in partnership with Docker Brewery.
Apply to Docker's exhibition Deadline: 19 July 2026
Open Art Folke
↓Open Art Folke is a community of 200+ artists and makers in Folkestone. Since 2024, we've run an open house-style festival to keep the creative energy alive, welcome people into our studios, and take over public spaces to share what we've been making.
Open Art '26 runs 9–11 October 2026
Open Art
The Festival
A free pass* to connect with talented local creatives, experience their work, and learn about how it’s made.
Find great art waiting to be discovered in studios, shops, parks, cafes, and upstairs in that pub you didn't even know had an upstairs.
There are 99 days until the next edition of Open Art Folke
Some things, as you know, just take time
Jan 2026 Oct 2026
Looking for the Festival Programme?
You’re early
We're still settting the stage for the 3rd edition of Open Art Folke: Art This Way, and we'll release the programme in the weeks leading up to the opening. Leave us your email and we'll tell you all about it* as soon as we can.