Steve Marks

Weekend Gig Guide

26th April – 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. 

In the week that “Seagull Boy” won a European championship in Belgium with his impersonation of the animal, there’s plenty to squawk about in THE WEEKEND GIG GUIDE!

Heavy metallers Spitroast will be rocking the garden stage at the Duke Of Marlborough on Saturday Night

Highlight - this weeks must see
Oskar Vilcrow
Oskar Vilcrow are a three piece alternative rock / post-punk band based in Maidstone. The band members are Charlie Henty: bass and vocals, Clive Austen: guitar and vocals, Gary Mandley: Drums. Their style is post-grunge infused with elements of punk which leads them to be compared to The Fall, Wire and Shellac. Catch them as part of a 3 band line up at the Flower Pot on Saturday.

Friday 26th April

Matt Brooks - The Early Bird, Grove Green, 8pm
  • 7pm – Musket Brewery, Linton – Gianna
  • 7.30pm – Babasheesh – Michael Bublé Tribute
  • 7.30pm – Hazlitt Theatre – Witness For The Prosecution
  • 8pm – Early Bird, Grove Green – Matt Brooks
  • 8pm – Royal Albion – Karaoke
  • 8.30pm – The Joiners, West Malling – The Itemize
  • 8.30pm – Chequers Inn, Loose – David Shepherd
  • 8.30pm – Bull Inn, Linton – The Borrowers
  • 8.30pm – Old House At Home – DJ & Karaoke
  • 9pm – Walnut Tree – Autumn Stoned
  • 9pm – Drakes Cork & Cask – The Collective
  • 9pm – Ovation – Friday Affair
  • 9.30pm – Druids Arms – The Joe Cox Band
  • 9.30pm – Market House – Luck & Trouble
  • 10pm – Source Bar – Icon Urban

Saturday 27th April

  • 12pm – Ballin’ – Buff Vikings Bottomless Brunch
  • 2pm – Royal Albion – Not The Shadows
  • 3pm (& 7.30pm) – Babasheesh – George Michael Tribute
  • 4pm – Walnut Tree, Loose – Saturday Sounds: Nick Eve (4pm), Starks Family Band (6pm)
  • 4pm – Bierkeller – Bravarian Bottomless Brunch
  • 6pm – Invicta Grammar School – Concert Of Favourite Music
  • 6.30pm – Kentish Lady – Ska & Reggae On The Boat
  • 7.30pm – Hazlitt Theatre – Witness For The Prosecution
  • 8pm – Flower Pot – Make Some Noise: Well ‘Ard, Oskar Vilcrow, Mondeo Club
  • 8pm – Social Chill Bar – Vinyl Countdown: Club Classics
  • 8pm – Studio 6 – Just Floyd
  • 8pm – Stone Street Club – The Dial
  • 8.30pm – Old House At Home – DJ & Karaoke
  • 8.30pm – Hook & Hatchet, Hucking – The Coda Kings
  • 8.30pm – Boathouse, Yalding – Studio 33
  • 8.30pm – White Horse – Project 5
  • 9pm – Coach House – Band Of Rogues
  • 9pm – Drakes Cork & Cask – Blues Brothers, Little Brother
  • 9pm – Duke Of Marlborough – Spitroast
  • 9pm – Druids Arms – Cher Tribute
  • 9.30pm – Market House – Reptilia
  • 10pm – Source Bar – Eats Everything
  • 10pm – Ovation – DRE23 B2B Ollie Weeks
The Coda Kings - Hook & Hatchet, Hucking, 8.30pm

Sunday 28th April

Dee & James - The Flower Pot, 3pm
  • 2.30pm (& 7.30pm) – Hazlitt Theatre – Dreamcoat Stars
  • 2.30pm – Stone Street Club – Karaoke Unique
  • 3pm – Flower Pot – Dee & James
  • 3pm – Royal Albion – Starks Family Band
  • 4pm – Babasheesh – Motown & Soul Live
  • 4pm – Duke Of Marlborough – Ska Tones
  • 5pm – Market House – The Dadgads
  • 5pm – Fox & Goose, Weavering – Acoustic Sundays w/ Fred Clark
  • 8.30pm – White Horse – Jam Night

Next Week

  • Tues 7pm – Hazlitt Theatre – Valley Park School: Spring Concert 2024
  • Tues 8.30pm – Drakes Cork & Cask – Jam Night
  • Weds 8pm – Hazlitt Theatre – Rich Hall: Shot From Cannons
  • Weds 8pm – Craft Brewed – Weekly Comedy Improv Class
  • Weds 8pm – Market House – Jam Night w/ The Paper Castles
  • Thurs 5.30pm – Drakes Cork & Cask – Lew Lewis & His All Star Trio
  • Thurs 7pm – Style & Winch – Maidstone Fringe: Factotum Poetry Night
  • Thurs 7.30pm – Market House – Maidstone Fringe: Another Day, Paper Castles, Defenders Of Fun, Fing Shoey
  • Thurs 8pm – Royal Albion – Jam Night w/ The LKG Trio
Lew Lewis & His All-Star Trio - Drakes Cork & Cask, Thursday from 5.30pm
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