20-07-2025
Wuthering Heights Day in Folkestone aims to spread joy
Over 1,000 people are expected to flock to Folkestone on Sunday for an annual dance tribute to Kate The Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever, events across the UK see people wear wigs and red dresses to recreate the iconic music video for the 1978 hit Wuthering Cotton, one of the organisers, previously told BBC Radio Kent it was "something that everybody really enjoys."Dances have been scheduled at midday and 16:00 BST on The Harbour Arm.
'Glastonbury meets flash mob'
The Folkestone event, now in its fifth year, is part of a global phenomenon inspired by a world record attempt from Brighton-based dance troupe Shambush! in 2013.A spokesperson from the Folkestone version, which began in 2018, has described it as "Glastonbury meets flash mob meets cult classic fandom"."When it came back after Covid, people really got involved and I think it was just the experience of doing something with a huge group of people - everybody enjoying the same moment together - that was really powerful," Mr Cotton have made an instructional dance video and are encouraging participants to learn it in song from Kate Bush, who grew up in Kent, was based on the novel of the same name by Emily Brontë, first published in 1847 under her pen name Ellis Bell.
