Welcome to your weekly What's on in Kingston.  

Every Thursday we round up all the eye-catching events occurring in your area over the weekend. 

Read on for Kingston's not to be missed outings this week, and remember, you can add your FREE event using the Nub It button! 

The Box Hill Beer Festival

The Cock Inn Headley, Friday 23 August - 26 August

The Box Hill Beer and Cider Festival 2024 will be a celebration of handcrafted ales and cider's from all over the Surrey Downs and beyond into Hampshire, Sussex and Kent.

Ticket prices will include :

A FREE Commemorative glass to use and keep

2 FREE half pint of beer/ale or cider of your choice on arrival

A mini bus shuttle service will be available from Epsom, Tadworth, Leatherhead, Ashtead and Dorking

A selection of hot Food will be available to purchase on the day and there will be a bar serving a selection of wines, spirits and soft drinks.

Live music

Information about the beers on offer and music will be published here after the 1st of August

Beers already confirmed:

Tilford Brewery - Rushmoor Ripper & 7empest

Three Acre Brewery - Golden Spring

Hawaiian Shirt Party With IMPERIUM / URIDIUM / THEM BLOODY KIDS

The Fighting Cocks, Friday 23 August, 7.30pm-11.30pm

Join us this August for a night of epic proportions! Showcasing IMPERIUM's 20th TFC show and a triple whammy bill with all bands hailing Metal 2 The Masses winner victory!

Grab your Hawaiian shirts and head to the pit!

IMPERIUM

Hailing from South-West London, IMPERIUM are an ambitious 5-piece heavy metal band. Each growing-up with pre 2000 thrash metal. We've moved around the uk with blistering thrash riffs and neck breaking groove sections providing pure head-banging satisfaction. With our first single (Here Comes The Night) released in 2020 and our physical EP release dropping and playing Bloodstock Open Air for the first time in august 22, it feels like nothings stopping this band showing the world what it's capable of!

FFO: Testament, Metallica, Pantera

Uridium

Hailing from the vibrant city of Norwich, Uridium emerges as a relentless force in the realm of hard-rocking metal. Defiantly eschewing trends, this powerhouse band embodies the raw essence of true metal, forging their own path through the sonic landscape.

Them Bloody Kids

4-piece Alt-Metal band hailing from London, UK, bending boundaries between sub-genres to create hard-hitting, energetic, and catchy bangers for you to mosh your heart out to. From Punk to Groove Metal, tinged with World-influenced riffs and melodies, their music has something for every Rock and Metal fan to enjoy.

FFO: Megadeth System of a down Queens Of The Stone Age

Karl Phillips & The Rejects

The Fighting Cocks, Saturday 24 August, 7.30pm-11.30pm

Known for their hard-hitting, skank-like-you-mean-it live shows, Karl Phillips and the Rejects promise genre-bending musical madness.

Karl's refreshingly honest lyrics test the boundaries of the human mind and the English etiquette, coming from a place most people can relate to but never dared to mention!

This vibe has carried the band from London's legendary underground haunts to the UK's leading music festivals such as Boomtown, Bestival and Secret Garden Party and even across Europe to Montaurock Festival in France and Latvia's Summer Sound.

FFO: The Clash, The Specials, Mike Skinner

Save The World Club Eco-Workshop: Natural Dye Making

18 Southsea Road, Sunday 25 August, 1.30pm-4.30pm

Join us for a wonderful afternoon creating natural dyes from plant-based sources.

We will provide the material to dye – but if you would like to bring your own to work with, it will be need to be cotton, linen or silk.

The event runs from 1.30pm to 4.30pm. Find us at: 18 Southsea Road, Kingston upon Thames, KT1 2EH.

On-street parking is available for up to four hours from ticket machines. There is no parking in the charity car park.

To book your place visit the Events page on our website: https://www.savetheworldclub.org/events

Save The World Club is a local charity that promotes positive environmental action and self-empowerment in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames.

For more local events, please check our What's On section here.