Steve Marks

Weekend Gig Guide

3rd October: 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 where the US government went into shutdown again, there’s no shutting down your WEEKEND GIG GUIDE!

Joe Cox will be taking his band down to Drakes Cork & Cask this Friday

Friday 3rd October

The Venus Witch Blues band will be rocking the Walnut Tree on Friday night.
  • 6.30pm – Early Bird, Grove Green – Ebonie G
  • 7pm – Bull Inn, Linton – Rachel Gerring
  • 7.30pm – Hazlitt Theatre – The Drifters
  • 7.30pm – Duke Of Edinburgh – Karaoke
  • 8pm – Royal Albion – Karaoke
  • 8pm – The Beach Bar (inside Royal Star Arcade) – Karaoke
  • 8.30pm – Butchers Block, Bearsted – Brothers From Another Cover
  • 8.30pm – Bull Inn, East Farleigh – The Grey Tops
  • 8.30pm – Old House At Home – DJ & Karaoke
  • 9pm – Walnut Tree – Venus Witch Blues Band
  • 9pm – The Old Rectory, Leybourne – LKG Trio
  • 9pm – Drakes Cork & Cask – Joe Cox Band
  • 9.30pm – Market House – Grooveshack
  • 10pm – Ovation – Freq Fridays

Saturday 4th October

  • 11.30am – Ballin’ – Drag Bingo Bottomless Brunch
  • 3pm – Ovation – The ABBA Day Party
  • 4pm – Corn Exchange – Square Pegs: The Search for Treasure Planet
  • 6pm – Drakes Cork & Cask – House Utopia
  • 6pm – Flower Pot – Make Some Noise: Mother Lantern, Stacey & The Freeloaders, Lip Out
  • 6.30pm – Boathouse, Yalding – Northwood Duo
  • 7pm – Style & Winch – Smalltown Misfits EP Launch
  • 7.30pm – Hazlitt Theatre – The Elvis Years
  • 7.30pm – Ballin’ – Tropicana Nights Evening Party Brunch
  • 8pm – The Beach Bar (inside Royal Star Arcade) – Karaoke
  • 8pm – Old House At Home – DJ & Karaoke
  • 8.30pm – Stone Street Club – The Wannabes
  • 8.30pm – Tovil Working Mens Club – The Aerodynamics
  • 8.30pm – The Bull, Barming – Karaoke
  • 8.30pm – Duke Of Marlborough – Marylebone Jelly
  • 9pm – Drakes Cork & Cask – Tempo
  • 9pm – Duke Of Edinburgh – The Sonics
  • 9.30pm – Druids Arms – Beats Workin’
  • 9.30pm – Market House – The 77s
  • 10pm – Ovation – LoveJuice
Be sure to check out The Sonics at the Duke of Edinburgh on Barming Heath this Saturday

Sunday 5th October

Strings & Roses will accompany your Sunday evening at the Market House
  • 2pm – Boathouse, Yalding – Marlon
  • 3pm – Ballin’ – Raver Tots
  • 4pm – First & Last – Ian Ingles
  • 4pm – Hazlitt Theatre – Maidstone Lit Fest: Celia Imrie and Fidelis Morgan in Conversation
  • 4.30pm – Bull Inn, East Farleigh – Tall Trees
  • 5pm – Market House – Strings & Roses
  • 8.30pm – White Horse – Jam Night

Next Week

  • Mon 7.30pm – Hazlitt Theatre – Maidstone Film Society: I’m Still Here (2025)
  • Mon 8pm – Walnut Tree – Jam Night
  • Mon 8pm – Rifle Volunteers – Folk Night
  • Tues 7.30pm – Hazlitt Theatre – Most Haunted Live
  • Tues 7.30pm – Queens Head, Sutton Valence – Open Mic w/ Kelly Bourne
  • Tues 8.30pm – Drakes Cork & Cask – Jam Night
  • Tues 8.30pm – Flower Pot – Jam Night
  • Weds 7.30pm – Hazlitt Theatre – The Neil Diamond Story
  • Weds 8pm – Craft Brewed – Weekly Comedy Improv Class
  • Weds 8pm – Market House – Jam Night w/ The Paper Castles
  • Thurs 7.30pm – Hazlitt Theatre – Coldplace: Tribute to Coldplay
Its the monthly folk sing-a-round at the Rifle Volunteers on Monday
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