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3rd May – 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. 

It’s Maidstone Fringe Festival weekend, so the town is overwhelmed with loads of great original artists, The best place to find out what’s on where is right here with THE WEEKEND GIG GUIDE!

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Upcdownc headline the Fringe Festival line up at Drakes Cork & Cask on Friday night

Highlight - this weeks must see
Maidstone Fringe Festival
Maidstone Fringe Festival is returning to the County Town of Kent in 2024, over the Mayday Bank Holiday period, and is scheduled to run from Thursday 2nd May – Monday 6th May at various venues. Confirmed venues include: The Style & Winch, Market House, Frederic, The Rifle Volunteers, The Flower Pot, Drakes, The Druids Arms, Craft Brewed, Lockmeadow Food Court, The Skull Bar, The Royal Star Arcade & Fremlin Walk. A wide variety of live music will be programmed, with an emphasis on original homegrown / Kent based talent, alongside various different genres, including: Indie, Alternative Rock, Ska, Acoustic / Folk, Blues, Pop amongst others.

Friday 3rd May

Queen Phosphene headline the Fringe festival line up at the Style & Winch tonight
  • 6pm – Craft Brewed – DJ Rhu Fful
  • 7pm – Musket Brewery, Linton – Kelly Bourne
  • 7.30pm – Style & Winch – Oskar Vilcrow, Vaughan Batchelor (8.45pm), Queen Phosphene (10pm)
  • 7.30pm – Babasheesh – Iconic Divas
  • 7.30pm – Studio 6 – Reggae + Ska Ambush
  • 8pm – Royal Star Arcade – Free Improv Comedy
  • 8pm – Drakes Cork & Cask – Shedding Velvet, Smile You S.O.B (9.15pm), Upcdownc (10.15pm)
  • 8pm – Flower Pot – David James Rumsey, Unit 48 (9pm), The Delta Sound (10pm)
  • 8pm – Royal Albion – Karaoke
  • 8.30pm – Bull Inn, Linton – Fred Clark
  • 8.30pm – Old House At Home – DJ & Karaoke
  • 8.30pm – Little Gem, Aylesford – Blue Magpie Duo
  • 9pm – Walnut Tree – DT3
  • 9pm – Ovation – Friday Affair
  • 9.30pm – Druids Arms – Beats Workin’
  • 9.30pm – Market House – Gianni Scalera & The Jury
  • 10pm – Source Bar – Locked Down DNB Presents: Turno + Dreps

Saturday 4th May

  • 12pm – Ballin’ – Old Skool Anthems vs UK Garage Bottomless Brunch
  • 12pm – Royal Star Arcade – Maidstone Fringe: Spoken Mic
  • 1pm – Social Chill Bar – Hearts & Minds
  • 1pm – Druids Arms – LKG, Russ Kearton Trio (3.30pm), Joe Cox Band (5pm)
  • 2pm – Drakes Cork & Cask – Fringe Fest All-Dayer: Floor 14, Smalltown Misfits (3pm), Harry Evans (4pm), Debdepan (5pm), Echoes (6pm), Mr. E & The Clues (7pm), House Utopia (8pm), No TV (9pm), The Lost Search Party (10pm)
  • 2pm – Market House – Esk Forte, Holly Henderson (3pm), The Hysterics (4pm), Karobela (5pm)
  • 2pm – Babasheesh – Old Skool R’n’B Brunch
  • 2pm – The Pippin – Ian Ingles
  • 4pm – Bierkeller – 90s Themed Bottomless Brunch
  • 5pm – Royal Albion – Looking Back
  • 6pm – Lockmeadow Entertainment Centre – Fred Clark, Rosie Bow (7pm), Luke Bury (8pm)
  • 6pm – Hazlitt Theatre – Kent School Of Dance Presents: Take A Chance & Dance
  • 7pm – Style & Winch – Dead Kites, The Next Agenda (8pm), My Everest (9pm), One Day Elliot (10pm)
  • 7pm – Craft Brewed – Entertaining Mr. Stone, Tener Duende (9pm)
  • 7pm – Flower Pot – Coor Brow-Obles, Esk Forte (8pm), Estelle Mey (9pm), Rowsie (10pm)
  • 7.30pm – Bull Inn, Linton – Comedy Night
  • 7.30pm – Babasheesh – Rock Iconic
  • 7.45pm – Rifle Volunteers – Anoushka, Kyle Rodriguez (8.15pm), Rob Wicks (9pm)
  • 8pm – Skull Bar – Jet Black Bees
  • 8pm – Social Chill Bar – May The 4th: Paradox FM Takeover
  • 8pm – Early Bird, Grove Green – KB4
  • 8pm – Stone Street Club – The Great Mates
  • 8.30pm – Old House At Home – DJ & Karaoke
  • 8.30pm – The Joiners, West Malling – Freedom Cage
  • 8.30pm – Duke Of Edinburgh – Modraphenia
  • 9pm – Coach House – The Zillas
  • 9pm – Duke Of Marlborough – Some Kind Of Metallica
  • 9pm – Druids Arms – Avanzi
  • 9pm – White Horse – Joe Cox Band
  • 9.30pm – Market House – Reyes
  • 10pm – Source Bar – Moxy Muzik: Darius Syrossian & Friends
  • 10pm – Ovation – All Out Saturday
The Lost Search Party headline a Fringe Festival All-Dayer at Drakes Cork & Cask

Sunday 5th May

David Migden & The Twisted Roots headline the Fringe Festival All-Dayer at The Market House
  • 11.30am – Ballin’ – Chocolate Men Bottomless Brunch
  • 1pm (& 6pm) – Hazlitt Theatre – Kent School Of Dance Presents: Take A Chance & Dance
  • 1pm – Druids Arms – Next Agenda, Phat Gandalf (2.30pm), The Hysterics (5pm)
  • 2pm – Royal Albion – Hullabaloo
  • 2pm – Drakes Cork & Cask – Mondeo Club, High Frequency (3pm), Crostpaths (4pm), Green Witch (5pm), Ode To Sleep (6pm), Disco Drug Store (7.15pm)
  • 2pm – Market House – Fringe Fest All-Dayer: Lucid Fox & Sean Caney, Chris Hunter (3pm), Pip Bowers (4pm), Pastel Waves (5pm), The Measures (6.15pm), Suncharmer (7.30pm), Stacey & The Freeloaders (8.15pm), David Migden & The Twisted Roots (9.30pm)
  • 2pm – Royal Star Arcade – Harmonix (drop-in youth music session)
  • 3pm – Flower Pot – The Lowly Strung
  • 3pm – Rifle Volunteers – Ian Ingles
  • 3pm – Craft Brewed – The Rock Music School, Mark Johnson (5pm), Strings & Roses (6pm), Mallery & Nash (8pm)
  • 5pm – Fox & Goose, Weavering – Acoustic Sundays: Olivia Cooper
  • 5pm – Duke Of Marlborough – Toot’n’Skamen
  • 5pm – Spitfire, Kings Hill – Decades Showband
  • 6pm – Royal Albion – Luck & Trouble
  • 7.30pm – Druids Arms – Gianni Scalera & The Jury
  • 8.30pm – White Horse – Jam Night

Next Week

  • Mon 2pm – Market House – Crazy Water Common
  • Mon 3pm – Duke Of Marlborough – The Skastards
  • Tues 1.30pm – Hazlitt Theatre – Dear Zoo
  • Weds 10.30am (& 1.30pm) – Hazlitt Theatre – Dear Zoo
  • Tues 8.30pm – Drakes Cork & Cask – Jam Night
  • Weds 8pm – Craft Brewed – Weekly Comedy Improv Class
  • Weds 8pm – Market House – Jam Night w/ The Paper Castles
  • Thurs 7.30pm – Hazlitt Theatre – Go Your Own Way: The Fleetwood Mac Legacy
  • Thurs 8pm – Royal Albion – Jam Night w/ The LKG Trio

 

 

Please note all times and artists may be changed at short notice. All information provided here is correct at the time of posting.

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