Kent County Show
| Published: 3rd July 2008 17:02 |
Planning for the largest outdoor event in Kent, the Kent County Show, is well underway and making significant progress. There is a whole host of new attractions and displays being lined up for this year's Show. The Kent County Show will have The Band of the Corps of Royal Engineers performing in the main arena over the three days, and also the famous ‘Dancing Diggers', an amazing mix of sequenced dance with the awesome power of a group of JCB's! Also new this year will be a larger Countryside Area that will include Fly-fishing, Ferret Racing, Birds of Prey, Otters, Hounds and other countryside pursuits such as working Gun Dogs. The Forestry section will feature both traditional and modern methods of timber extraction from the Murrain Wood, as well as many traditional crafts skills.
There will be a large interactive area in the Agricultural Zone called 'Why Farming Matters' that will focus on the importance of farming in Kent. The main theme of this area will be showing how food gets to the fork and will include cookery demonstrations on how local produce can be used to make a variety of tantalising meals.
It is expected that there will be an even greater number of entries in livestock this year featuring Cattle, Sheep, Pigs, Goats, Llamas, Alpacas and Rabbits. This year will also see the welcome return for many years of the Donkey classes on the Sunday.
There will also be the traditional mix of shopping trade-stands where you can buy anything from a car to tractor, a conservatory to an overseas property or quality food to luxury clothing items. There will also be a large number of catering outlets that will be using local farm produce, once again supporting the Kent Farmers.
The Kent County Show will be on 11th, 12th and 13th July. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased by clicking here . As an added bonus Kent Showground has frozen last year's advance ticket prices for this year to allow you to save even more on the gate price. Prices are Adults £14 (on the gate £17), Children £6 (on the gate £7.50), Senior Citizens £10 (on gate £12) and a Family Ticket (2 Adults & 2 Children) £35 (on gate £43).
