In this week's What's On, we chat to CBeebies presenter Cerrie Burnell, who is playing Alice Fitzwarren in Dick Whittington at Maidstone’s Hazlitt Theatre.

We also catch up with EastEnders and Dancing on Ice star Matt Lapinskas, currently starring as Prince Charming in Cinderella at Bromley's Churchill Theatre.

More festive fun is on offer in our three page round-up of Christmas events around the county, including the Rochester Dickensian Christmas Festival this weekend.

Don't miss the chance to see rising folk stars Gentlemen of Few at Deal's Astor Theatre. The talented group of teenagers, from Dover and Deal, have been shortlisted for this year's Radio 2 Young Folk Award.

We chat to Kent's own Plant Hunter, Tom Hart Dyke of Lullingstone Castle, who is to appear in new BBC2 show The Great British Garden Revival.

Fans of boyband Union J won't want to miss their concert at Margate's Winter Gardens.

And British glam rockers the Darkness will be rocking Folkestone's Leas Cliff Hall with a special show to celebrate 10 years since the release of their debut album.

PLUS: Every reader can sail to France with P&O Ferries from £3.

And we have a bumper bundle of prizes to be won, including:

- A Sony PS4

- Six family Christmas experiences at Dickens World

- Five luxury hampers worth £100 from The East India Company

- 10 copies of children's book Santa is coming to Kent by Steve Smallman

- The Secret Life of Walter Mitty movie merchandise