upcoming events
Would you like to hire kollectiv? We offer very reasonable rates for you to hold any event, workshop, party or anything else you can imagine.
we’ve got it all:
+ skilled and friendly staff
+ license until 11pm
+ a fully stocked bar
+ food options
+ help if you are looking for live music for your event
All our upcoming events together in a lovely calendar. Scroll on to book tickets and for all the information.
If you’re looking for a different, inspiring and distinctive venue, we are here and ready to help!
recurring events
We run a weekly writing workshop keeping our ticket prices low to encourage as many people as possible to participate. We’ve been meeting for over a year, accepting new writers every week.
The group has been described as ‘life changing’ and ‘the best thing in Folkestone’ by some of the participants. We strive to make sure all voices are heard and the group keeps its intimate and friendly atmosphere.
Poems on all subjects are welcome, whether your own work or a favourite poet.
Our May open mic was dazzling, with humour, love, deep emotion, all shared to an enthralled gathering, proving Wordsworth's comment below to be true.
Performance slots are up to 5 minutes. Or just come to listen.
£5 on the door.
Please arrive promptly at 7pm
info and tickets
Tuesday 23 June
Doors: 5.30pm, Event: 6-8pm
Join Us For An Informal, Intimate, Evening Event Built Around Art, Conversation And Community.
The session will open with short presentations from four local artists, each of whom will share their recent and current work.
Hettie Judah then takes a seat at the centre for an open, hour-long conversation, taking questions about the art world, about her work, about navigating a creative life. Bring whatever's on your mind.
Afterwards, we invite you to stay for a drink and a chat. Hettie will also be selling and signing copies of her new book, How to Enter the Art World …After — a myth-busting guide for artists whose lives are complicated and human.
"Vital guidance for all artists. Empowering, encouraging and enlightening." — Robert Diament, Talk Art
About HettieJudah:
HettieJudah is a writer and curator. She is a regular contributor to The Guardian, Frieze and The Times Literary Supplement, and writes a monthly column for Apollo magazine. Between 2016 and 2024 she was the chief art critic for the British daily newspaper The i. She was the curator of the acclaimed Hayward Gallery touring exhibition Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood.
Thursday 25 June 6pm
Join us for an informal and friendly evening with our new Artist of the Month: Deborah Crofts.
Folkestone artist, Deborah Crofts, predominantly uses inks and watercolours.
She graduated in a BA Fine Art at UEL in 1996; practiced art at the Bow Arts Trust, London; and relocated to Kent in 2006. She takes inspiration from the natural world and approaches creativity as on-going experimentation, including acts of 'spontaneous painting', holding onto fleeting moments and a love of nature. Exhibitions include: Folkestone Museum; Folkestone Art Gallery; Pie Factory in Margate; Devon’s House Gallery, St Katharine Docks, London; Candid Arts Trust, Islington; and the Nunnery Gallery, East London.
Friday 26 June
7PM for 7:30PM Start
An intimate film screening and discussion with filmmakers Sharon Burrell and Darren Lee Murphy
Join us at Kollectiv for an exclusive evening of tantalising insights into the making of two very different but very sexy short films.
The Folkestone Ladies’ Erotic Fiction Club, written and produced by Sharon with Darren as Intimacy Coordinator, is a comedy drama following the adventures of three women who find their writing unleashes hidden desires.
Glitched, written by Sharon and Darren (who also directed the film), is a sci-fi comedy about two lonely hearts seeking comfort in the arms of an eager-to-please robot.
The evening will include a screening of both films, followed by a discussion and Q&A with Ben Barton, Director of the Folkestone Film Festival.
Please note that both films have been rated certificate 15 by Folkestone & Hythe District Council and contain sexually explicit language / scenes of a sexual nature.
Sunday 28 June 4pm
Join us for a performance by artist Elodie Merland as part of her solo show at kollectiv - Beyond Borders.
Beyond Borders is a project developed through a decade-long artistic dialogue between Folkestone (UK) and Dunkirk (France). This project reflects on how artistic relationships form, evolve and endure across national, linguistic and cultural borders.
Positioned between two coastal cities facing each other across the Channel, the project brings together video, photography, and performance produced between 2016 and 2026. Anchored in language and gesture, these works explore what quietly persists between places, moments of silence, absence and attention, allowing personal experience to open onto shared, resonant space.
Thursday July 2
7PM
Join artist Elodie Merland in conversation about her new solo show at kollectiv - Beyond Borders. Find out how the exhibition came together and peak behind the scene of Elodie’s numerous performances traced of which you can still find in Folkestone.
Beyond Borders is a project developed through a decade-long artistic dialogue between Folkestone (UK) and Dunkirk (France). This project reflects on how artistic relationships form, evolve and endure across national, linguistic and cultural borders.
Positioned between two coastal cities facing each other across the Channel, the project brings together video, photography, and performance produced between 2016 and 2026. Anchored in language and gesture, these works explore what quietly persists between places, moments of silence, absence and attention, allowing personal experience to open onto shared, resonant space.
Talk by Monica Feria-Tinta
Thursday 9th July 7pm (doors 6.30pm)
Can a planet have legal rights? Could it be defended in a court of law? How do we redefine a ‘right to life’? A revolution is taking place. Around the world, ordinary people are turning to courts, seeking justice for environmental wrongs and nature protection: rivers, forests, endangered species. Monica Feria-Tinta, barrister and author of the critically acclaimed book A Barrister for the Earth explores these ideas in this talk. Join the discussion on novel efforts to protect the Earth and the diversity of life. Described as a book that is "radically rethinking our way of inhabiting the Earth”, A Barrister for the Earth was finalist for the Westminster Book Awards.
The book was named to Forbes Magazine's list of selected climate books to read for 2026 in December 2025, and is now being developed into a TV legal drama by Eleventh Hour Films, a Sony-owned production company.
Author’s Biography
Monica Feria-Tinta is an award-winning barrister and the author of the critically acclaimed book A Barrister for the Earth, referred to as ‘a vital book for our times’. Monica acted in the seminal Rights of Nature case Los Cedros - a world precedent on an eco-centric approach to nature protection, and on landmark climate cases globally. Her work has contributed to systemic changes addressing climate change and the protection of the natural world. Monica was a ‘Barrister of the Year’ finalist at The Lawyer Awards 2025, Woman of the Year at the Women & Diversity in Law Awards 2025, and The Times’ first “Lawyer of the Week” in 2025. She has been referred to as 'one of Britain's most dazzling legal minds’ and her work has been featured in The Times, The Guardian, Prospect Magazine, Vogue, Vanity Fair Italia, and BBC Radio 3 (Private Passions) and 4 (Start the Week).
Wednesday 22 July 1pm
Back by popular demand!
It’s time to have real fun with your little one(s). Join us for a jazz concert with excellent musicians - Katie Bradley and Mick Bishop in a relaxed environment. Playpen out, babies welcome, comfortable chairs for feeding all around. It’s jazz for adults with babies!