Steve Marks

Weekend Gig Guide

19th September: Steve Marks’ Weekend Gig Guide

Steve Marks’ presents his weekly Weekend Gig Guide, for a roundup of local music events happening in and around Maidstone. 

Hang on, it feels like summer is back! Celebrate with your WEEKEND GIG GUIDE!

Gianni Scalera & The Jury will be sworn in at Drakes Cork & Cask this Saturday!

Friday 19th September

Shake a tail feather to Drakes Cork & Cask for Blues Brothers Little Brother
  • 7pm – Kentish Lady – Neon Waves 80s Night
  • 7pm – St.Mary’s Church, West Malling – Oscar Peterson 100 w James Pearson & Friends
  • 7pm – Boathouse, Yalding – The Hysterics
  • 7.30pm – Royal Albion – Kinetic
  • 7.30pm – RBLI Capel Morris Centre – Hospital Radio Maidstone Quiz Night
  • 7.30pm – Hazlitt Theatre – The Best of Queen Performed by Majesty
  • 7.30pm – Corn Exchange – Can’t Stop Carrying On
  • 8pm – Maidstone Museum – Improv Comedy Night
  • 8pm – The Beach Bar (inside Royal Star Arcade) – Karaoke
  • 8pm – Walnut Tree – Amalgam
  • 8pm – Oak On The Green, Bearsted – Donna Wilson
  • 8.30pm – Bull Inn, East Farleigh – Camden Shades
  • 8.30pm – Hook & Hatchett, Hucking – Music Quiz
  • 8.30pm – Old House At Home – DJ & Karaoke
  • 9pm – Old Rectory, Leybourne – Brad Pittance & The Pirates
  • 9pm – Drakes Cork & Cask – Blues Brothers Little Brother
  • 9.30pm – Market House – Joe Cox Band
  • 10pm – Ovation – Freq Fridays

Saturday 20th September

  • 10am – Hazlitt Theatre – Maidstone Improv Festival 2025: Kids Improv Comedy Workshop
  • 11am – St.Mary’s Church, West Malling – War Embers: Peter Donohoe (Parts I & II)
  • 11.30am – Ballin’ – Throwback R’n’B & Hip Hop Bottomless Brunch
  • 1pm – Red Bull, Eccles – Bottomless BBQ & Afternoon Anthems
  • 1pm – Hazlitt Theatre – Maidstone Improv Festival 2025: Improv Comedy Workshop
  • 2pm – The George, Trottiscliffe – Daytime Country Party
  • 2pm – The Yeoman, Bearsted – …& Ya Don’t Stop DJs
  • 2pm – Social Chill – Oh So Sexy: Inferno
  • 2pm – Freemasons Arms, Snodland – Country & Western Events Daytime Party
  • 4pm – Plough, Langley – Jayne Snow
  • 6.30pm – Boathouse, Yalding – Denquar
  • 7pm – St.Mary’s Church, West Malling – Baroque Classics Chamber Domaine
  • 7pm – Maidstone Museum – Argentinian Tango: Dance Classes (tickets via Hazlitt box office)
  • 7pm – Corn Exchange – Maidstone Improv Festival 2025: Gala Night
  • 7pm – Tovil Working Mens Club – Elvis Tribute
  • 7.30pm – Style & Winch – Make Some Noise: Theatre Royal, Flaws, Estelle Mey
  • 7.30pm – Hazlitt Theatre – The Best of Queen Performed by Majesty
  • 7.30pm – Ballin’ – Pop Party Evening Bottomless Brunch
  • 8pm – Walnut Tree, Loose – Karaoke Night
  • 8pm – Stone Street Club – Paul James
  • 8pm – The Beach Bar (inside Royal Star Arcade) – Karaoke
  • 8pm – Old House At Home – DJ & Karaoke
  • 8.30pm – Queens Head, Sutton Valence – Miles Cookman Band
  • 9pm – White Horse – The Itemize
  • 9pm – Duke Of Marlborough – Some Kind Of Metallica
  • 9pm – Duke Of Edinburgh – Paper Castles
  • 9.30pm – Druids Arms – Avanzi
  • 9.30pm – Drakes Cork & Cask – Gianni Scalera & The Jury
  • 9.30pm – Market House – Meltin’ Joel
  • 10pm – Ovation – Elevate Saturdays
Estelle Mey is part of a 3 band Make Some Noise originals night at the Style & Winch on Saturday

Sunday 21st September

Local hero Vic Payne returns to the Market House this Sunday
  • 11am – Craft Brewed – Improv Comedy Brunch
  • 2pm – Spitfire, Kings Hill – Russ Kearton
  • 3pm – Royal Albion – Sapphire
  • 4pm – Butchers Block, Bearsted – Beer Pressure
  • 5pm – Market House – Vic Payne
  • 7pm – Craft Brewed – Steven Melia
  • 8.30pm – White Horse – Jam Night

Next Week

  • Mon 1pm – St.Mary’s Church, West Malling – Music To Picture Tippett String Quartet
  • Mon 7.30pm – Hazlitt Theatre – Maidstone Film Society: La Chimera (2023)
  • Tues 1pm – Malling Abbey, West Malling – Songs Reimagined and Transformed: Hugh Webb & Anne Beilby
  • Tues 7pm – Drawing Room, Ightham Mote – The Mendelssohns in England Talk & Fidelio Trio
  • Tues 7.30pm – Hazlitt Theatre – Psychic Sally
  • Tues 8.30pm – Drakes Cork & Cask – Jam Night
  • Tues 8.30pm – Flower Pot – Jam Night
  • Weds 1pm – Malling Abbey, West Malling – Baroque & Connaught Brass
  • Weds 7.30pm – Hazlitt Theatre – Psychic Sally
  • Weds 8pm – Craft Brewed – Weekly Comedy Improv Class
  • Weds 8pm – Market House – Jam Night w/ The Paper Castles
  • Thurs 1pm – Malling Abbey, West Malling – Vision: The Imagined Testimony Of Hildegard Of Bingen
  • Thurs 7pm – St.Mary’s Church, West Malling – Brahms +
Theres classical music filling the air in West Malling this week as part of the Music@Malling festival, including Connaught Brass
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