Herne Bay Cartoon Festival
Information for 2027's Cartoon Festival will be announced in due course
We would like to say a massive thank you!
So many of you joined us this year for the Herne Bay Cartoon Festival, for our workshops, exhibition and LIVE cartoonist show at the band stand.
So much work and dedication goes on behind the scenes so to all of our Cartoonists, to the PCO team, and our lovely Mandy, thank you so much for making the 2026 Herne Bay Cartoon Festival such a success!
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Exhibition
Every year the Cartoon Festival bring artwork to exhibit in our Gallery Spaces, this year the exhibition will be shown Friday 31st July to 13th August. With a Preview on Friday 31st July, 6pm - 7pm. To find out more about this Exhibition please click the button below.
This Exhibition has now ended.
Workshops
On Saturday 1st August from 2pm we are running two Cartoon Workshops in Studio 7 and in the Rossetti Room, and you are all invited to join in for FREE!
These Workshops have now ended.
Live Event
Join the Cartoonists at Herne Bay Bandstand and see them create their masterpieces LIVE on Sunday 2nd August from 12 noon. We will be setting up around 20 easels in The Bandstand where the artists will be drawing/painting large cartoons and the caricaturists will be drawing and handing out adults and children's caricatures ...We hope people will be able to have a go themselves too.
2026 LIVE Event
Photos taken by Jason Hollingsworth
Herne Bay Cartoon Festival over the years...
