🎉 Whoop is today! 🎉
The wait is over — the Hoo Peninsula is buzzing with creativity as Whoop Heritage Festival kicks off!

📍 Slough Fort, ME3 9QF
📅 Saturday 17th May - TODAY!
⏰ 10am–4pm
💥 Totally free and for all ages!

Get ready for a day of glowing kelp forests, sailor’s knots, fresh juice, dance, games, shadow puppets, live music, wildflowers, workshops and full-on festival magic.
The artists are here. The sun is out (we hope). The fort is ready.
Bring your energy, your curiosity — and a big whoop of joy!

Don’t forget to tag us in your pics — we’d love to see your Whoop moments! 📸✨

#WhoopFestival #HooPeninsula #SloughFort #KentFestivals #ArtOutside #FamilyFun #LetsWhoop ...

🎥 How do the birds know spring?
By We Live Here

📍 Slough Fort, ME3 9QF
📅 Saturday 17 May | 10am–4pm
🎟️ Free entry! Free parking!

This video installation is a brief reflection on landscape, migration and memory. It was created with five women who left homes elsewhere in the UK and Europe to make new homes on the edge of the Thames Estuary. What remains in our memories of the landscapes we left? How do we experience the landscapes through which we travel? And how do we experience the vivid colours and sounds of nature in the here and now?

The video was made as part of Common Grounds, a new collaboration between We Live Here and award-winning photographer Allie Crewe. The project connects local and refugee/asylum seeker communities in Medway and Essex through themes of landscape, nature and belonging.

It explores women’s experiences of landscape and nature as places of solace and health, but also places of risk, danger and threat — both real and symbolic.

📍 Look out for the exhibition of photographs coming to Riverside Country Park, Gillingham, in June.

🎬 Concept: Tim Harrison
🎤 Facilitation: Jade Anderson
📹 Videography: Rich Berry
👥 Participants: Philly Rose Scott, Yuliia Savchenko, Heike Nwagbo, Tetiana Vorobyova, Yana Turzhanskaya

\#HowDoTheBirdsKnowSpring #WeLiveHere #CommonGrounds #ThamesEstuary #MigrationStories #NatureAndBelonging #AllieCrewe #MedwayArts #RiversideCountryPark #RefugeeVoices #ArtsAndNature

Whoop Heritage Festival is part of the wider Whose Hoo partnership project ...

🚨 Play On Words Theatre presents…Light Vessel 21

Step aboard history at Whoop Heritage Festival this Saturday!
Meet the historic lightship LV21 and her Master on a rare visit to dry land.

👀 Peer through the porthole, join the crew, and discover the story of this magnificent Lady in Red — from her days as a floating lighthouse protecting mariners off the Kent coast to her new life as a beacon for arts in Medway.

📍 Slough Fort, ME3 9QF
📅 Saturday 17 May | 10am–4pm
🎟️ Free entry! Free parking!

🚢 More info:
🔗 playonwordstheatre.com
🔗 lv21.co.uk
📸 @playonwordstheatre
📸 @lightvessel21
📘 facebook.com/LightVessel21

\#WhoopFestival #LightVessel21 #FloatingLighthouse #MaritimeHeritage #PlayOnWordsTheatre #KentArts #MedwayCulture #FamilyFestival #FreeFestival #LV21

Whoop Heritage Festival is part of the wider Whose Hoo partnership project ...

🌼 Wayside weeds — Flowers on the edge 🌼

Artist and author Cas Holmes invites you to take a closer look at the often overlooked edges of our landscape — the places in between, where wildflowers grow and nature quietly thrives 🌾
Working with recycled textiles and found materials, Cas creates delicate, layered artworks inspired by the verges, woods and wild paths of the Hoo Peninsula. These `weeds` — so often dismissed — are in fact vital habitats and beautiful reminders of resilience.

See her work at Whoop Heritage Festival this Saturday and discover the hidden beauty of the wild things growing just out of sight 🌱

📅 Saturday 17 May
📍 Slough Fort, ME3 9QF
⏰ 10am–4pm
🎟️ Free!

#whoopfestival #casholmes #waysideweeds #hoopeninsula #wildflowers #textileart #natureonourdoorstep #artandecology #recycledart #flowersontheedge #kentartist

Whoop Heritage Festival is part of the wider Whose Hoo partnership project ...

🎪 Temple of Kulture presents... 🎪
Join us at Whoop Heritage Festival this Saturday for a full day of joyful movement, creativity, and community vibes with Temple of Kulture.

🌀 Hula hoop workshop
🕚 11am & 3pm (45 minutes)
A high-energy, music-filled session with colourful hoops and playful learning for all ages.

💃 Dance workshop
🕐 1pm (1 hour)
Led by a professional facilitator, this celebratory session builds rhythm, confidence, and pure good vibes.

📝 Poetry workshop
Drop in any time to explore spoken word and creative writing inspired by themes of community, belonging, and identity across the Hoo Peninsula.

🍉 Free refreshments
Fresh-pressed juice and fruity ice lollies available throughout the day (while stocks last) — stay cool while you move!

📍 Slough Fort, ME3 9QF
📅 Saturday 17 May | 10am–4pm - THIS SATURDAY!
🎟️ Free! Free parking!

✨ Follow @templeofkulture for more:
🌐 [www.templeofkulture.co.uk](http://www.templeofkulture.co.uk)
📸 instagram.com/templeofkulture
📘 facebook.com/templeofkulture

\#WhoopFestival #TempleOfKulture #HooHeritage #HulaHoopFun #DanceWorkshop #PoetryWorkshop #FamilyActivities #FreeFestival #KentEvents

Whoop Heritage Festival is part of the wider Whose Hoo partnership project ...

THIS WEEKEND: Our Reflections ✨🌊

Get hands-on with art!

Join artist Wendy Daws from the MESS ROOM and make your own tactile drawing inspired by the rich history of the Peninsula. We’ll provide all the special materials—just bring your creativity!

Add your piece to our growing tactile tapestry or take it home to keep.

Drop in and make your mark!

🗓️ Part of Whoop Heritage Festival 2025 for the Whose Hoo partnership project
📍 Slough Fort – Saturday 17th May

#CommunityArt #TactileArt #AccessibleCreativity #MESSROOM #WendyDaws #FamilyFriendlyFun ...