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  • Passport to Leisure in Medway

    By jayenolan at 14:26 on 25/01/12
    The swimming pool at Medway Park
    Following the £11million transformation of the Black Lion Leisure Centre into Medway Park, Medway Council have introduced a discount card, Passport to Leisure, which offers reduced prices or free access to some facilities in Medway at certain times It's aimed at people who may otherwise not have the facilities available to them, such as those with disabilities. For everyone, Medway Park offers an unlimited swimming only...
  • What's on in Rochester and Medway in 2012!

    By jayenolan at 17:35 on 01/01/12
    Armed Forces Day
    Happy New Year! 2012 will be a year of celebration in Medway and Rochester (whether we achieve city status or not) as apart from the usual fantastic festivals, more celebrations will take place to commemorate the bicentenary of Dickens' birth, the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, the Olympics Games and the bicentenary of the Royal Engineers residence in Medway. There is a draft schedule in place, so grab your diaries, pull the calender you...
  • Medway 2012 FUSE Festival Open for Applications

    By jayenolan at 13:51 on 27/12/11
    Dizzy O'Dare at last year's Fuse Festival
    The FUSE Medway Festival is a free, outdoor arts festival for the people of Medway and beyond. The festival draws on the best talent Medway has to offer and gives the area a link to the newest and most innovative arts from the rest of the UK and Europe. For one weekend in June, Medway's public spaces are transformed, creating exciting, unexpected happenings and spectacular events. FUSE Medway Festival is part of Medway Council's...
  • Vanilla Ice Switches on Rochester Christmas Lights

    By jayenolan at 21:42 on 30/11/11
    Rochester High Street is now lit!
    American rapper, Vanilla Ice, this evening switched on the Christmas Lights in Rochester Castle Gardens.  On a stage outside the entrance to the castle keep, the star guest held a ten second countdown to 4.30pm, before flipping the switch that turned on not only the Dickens Christmas Market lights in the castle gardens, but also those in the high street. And amid the twinkling lights, snow began to fall - looking remarkably...
  • Composer call out for Maidstone Olympic Torch Event

    By jayenolan at 15:34 on 22/10/11
    Composer Call Out for Maidstone Olympic Torch Event
    Kent Arts Development in Maidstone are seeking an exciting musician/composer to create a 20 minute work as part of the Cultural Olympiad 2012. The work will be premiered at Leeds Castle Olympic Torch event on the 19th July 2012, to celebrate Maidstone being only one of two locations in Kent hosting the torch relay. The given theme for the composition is 'Maidstone' and while the Olympic Games themselves need not directly influence...

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