Life is Good in Dorking this September

From Saturday 12th – Sunday 27th September 2026 Dorking will be having its first Festival of Good Living.  This will include: –

• Food and Drink Day – with a show kitchen to celebrate our amazing restaurants, cafes and producers, plus a Food and Drink Market
• Grape and Grain Trail – to celebrate the amazing pubs in Dorking
• Artisan and Vintage Indoor Market
• Walking Festival

And more events to be announced!

It promises to be 2 weeks of Flavour, Fresh Air and Feeling Good so why not get involved!

We’d love to have businesses and community groups involved in the Festival of  Good Living. The only criteria is an event or activity has to take part in Dorking Town Centre and celebrate why it is a great place to live and visit. It could be a workshop, class, tasting, talk, social event – the possibilities are endless. It could be something you already run or something new.

Fill out the form, or if you want to chat some ideas through contact us at info@hellodorking.com. We love to help turn ideas into a plan!

We are looking for local, quality food and drink traders/producers to be at our Food and Drink Market on Sunday 13th September. Fill out the form to express your interest.

We are planning an indoor maker’s Market in the centre of Dorking on Sat 12th September.

Our award winning Walking Festival returns as part of the Festival of Good Living from 19th – 27th September. If you have a walk you would like to submit please read through the details and fill out a submission form.