Kents comprehensive guide to whats on by colin sawyer

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What Where When: Big Guide 01303 863050

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May / June 2012

CONTENTS 4

FOOD & DRINK Glorious Food reviews and choice eating, Pubs, Restaurants, Cafes & Beer festivals around the County

22 THEATRE & COMEDY

A Comprehensive selection of Kent Theatres with great entertainment & variety plus listings of shows, comedy, musicals and bands this May & June

39 VISIT KENT

Diamond Jubilee Supplement

40 THINGS TO SEE & DO

Diamond Jubilee Events, Festivals, spectacular events Tourist attractions, markets & family entertainment

48 W3 KENT GIGS The Best Gigs featuring top live bands and musicians playing at the best venues Kent has to offer

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Food & & Drink Food Drink

Oak, Charing A warm welcome for some locally-sourced, seasonal goodness.. The Oak can be found right in the heart of the pretty village of Charing. Well patronised by locals and visitors, the country inn offers a warm welcome to all guests. Whether you turn up there ravenous after a healthy walk in the beautiful countryside, or just want to meet friends there for a relaxed get-together meal, there’s plenty to choose from on the menu. Dishes range from the classic and unpretentious to something a little more elaborate for those feeling adventurous. Only the best and freshest ingredients are used at the Oak, and whenever possible are sourced locally. The fish comes from independent suppliers in both Rye Bay and Hythe, and the meat from local award-winning butchers. Because of being right in the heart of the Garden of England, a huge array of wonderful locally-grown fruit and vegetables are always available to be transformed into mouth-watering meals. Starters include delicious choices like: baked mushroom with melted goats cheese, baby leaves and basil oil; chef’s seasonal soup with home-made soda bread; and steamed mussels in a white wine garlic cream sauce. Prices range from £3.95-£5.50. Main courses are created using seasonal ingredients, so are always changing. Popular with diners recently were dishes such as: grilled fillet of bass served over a warm salad of braised fennel, finger beans and crushed potatoes and caper butter; apricot and garlic stuffed ballantine of chicken, poached and sliced over mustard crushed potatoes, with mange tout and lemon and tarragon sauce; and roasted pork tenderloin wrapped in pancetta, sliced and served over black pushing croutons, baby wedges and Savoy cabbage. Prices range from £7.95-£11.25. If you fancy some honest-to-goodness hearty pub classics, there’s scampi, steak and kidney suet pudding, homemade Oak burgers, or gammon, eggs and chips. Those with a sweet tooth can ponder over a selection of homemade desserts, puddings, ice creams and sorbets which change daily and can be found on the large dessert chalk board. And if you’d like to linger longer at the Oak, ask about their rooms. The bonus then is that you get to experience their popular breakfast as well! The Oak is in the High Street, Charing, Kent TN27 0HU, phone number 01233 712612

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Hythe Bay Seafood Restaurant, Dover Straight from the sea, right by the sea ‘What a wonderful location. You can see Dover Castle, the White Cliffs, the French coast – you can watch some of the world’s finest and largest cruise ships and you can watch the ever evolving English Channel. Some days you will see swimmers training for that elusive cross-channel swim and you will be seeing youngsters learning to sail and develop their sea sport skills from the modern centre located beneath the restaurant. There are no lorries, cars or motor cycles and no pollution’ – these are the thoughts and observations of Turrloo Parrett as he takes coffee at his latest local venture, the branded Hythe Bay Seafood Restaurant on The Esplanade at Dover. He believes that this new restaurant has the finest location not only in Dover but anywhere on the South coast. He has now transformed the original café into a quality seafood restaurant similar to his existing restaurant of the same name in Hythe. This area of Dover has been significantly improved and beautified over the past months and has other good quality restaurants situated on this stretch of the sea front. There is plenty of free parking in the evenings and this area of shoreline provides a pleasant and accessible area for a stroll at any time of day. Locally grown fruit and vegetables will be used and the majority of fish served will also be locally sourced wherever possible. The menu also has non-fish and vegetarian options plus a children’s menu. Folkestone born, Turrloo Parrett who was educated at The Harvey Grammar School in Folkestone and now lives in Hythe, is no stranger to quality establishments. He bought Eastwell Manor in Ashford in 1995 when deteriorating eyesight forced him to relinquish a City career. There is a wonderful balcony area for al fresco dining and this has been fitted with external heating so that al fresco dining can take place most evenings whilst listening to the waves gently rolling in. The restaurant will be open seven days a week for breakfast, lunch and dinner and there will be a facility for private functions. In addition to the Dover Restaurant, Turrloo Parrett owns and operates the original Hythe Bay Seafood Restaurant in Hythe. Once again this venue is in a prime location on the seafront in this delightful seaside town. Since opening in 2007 this has proved to be a very popular venue all year round as you can dine inside or outside according to the weather and view the ever changing vista over the sea and beach. It is the perfect place to relax and watch the world go by. Both restaurants offer the finest and freshest seafood, other quality products and an excellent wine list. One of the local producers is Simply Ice Creams which offers an amazing range of flavours. The best way to sample some of these is to order the Magnificent Seven – a platter of seven flavour ice creams chosen by the guest. It should be shared by two but it’s not compulsory! Hythe Bay Seafood Restaurant, The Esplanade, Dover, CT17 9FS Telephone: 01304 207740 - www.hythebay.co.uk 8

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Age & Sons, Ramsgate Great food at the right price Age & Sons may be one of the most talked about restaurants in Ramsgate, but it is also one of the least known. Despite being in the centre of town, the charming converted Victorian warehouse is tucked away in a secluded leafy courtyard, and is one of Ramsgate’s best-kept secrets. Glowing reviews in The Independent, Sunday Telegraph and Evening Standard have spread the word though, and led to a growing number of diners seeking out the family-run restaurant, café and bar. Age & Sons prides itself in serving delicious seasonal food prepared by one of the UK’s most talented emergent young chefs, Toby Leigh. Wherever possible, locally-sourced produce is used. Fruit and vegetables are bought from nearby allotments, and the fish is collected straight off the boats bobbing in the harbour. Toby started his career at Kensington Place 12 years ago, before moving on to work for Alistair Little at his Notting Hill restaurant. He gained experience later in his training in a number of top restaurants, two of the most memorable being the Anchor and Hope in Waterloo -- where slow cooked food was shared by all the table -- and later at the Hinds Head, where he glimpsed the precision of Heston Blumenthal’s revolutionary style at first hand. Although Toby enjoys cooking meat and game, the heart of the menu at Age & Sons is the fish from the English Channel. There aren’t many restaurants in Britain that are able to say that the fish on the menu at lunch was still swimming at breakfast! Whet your appetite by checking out some of the dishes featured on the menu: Fennel, mozzarella & pea leaves salad £6.50; wild garlic risotto £6.50; scallops, cauliflower purée, chicory and curry butter £7.50; gnocchi with radicchio, butternut squash and mushrooms £11.00; Ramsgate Sea bass with salsify, spinach and Granville sauce £16.50; new season Kentish marsh lamb rack with samphire, sea kale, flageolet beans and sweet breads £19; and locally landed turbot with tagliatelle, cucumber, purple sprouting broccoli and oyster beure blanc £21.50. Discover Age & Sons, in Charlotte Court, Ramsgate, for yourself. It’s just off York Street, and is one minute from the sea front. Ring 01843 851515 for more details, or check out their website.

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Food & Drink

Old Dairy Brewery, Rolvenden Old Dairy Brewery is a traditional ale microbrewery with a custom-designed brew house, based in the weald of Kent. Set up at the end of 2009, the vision was, and still remains, to create “the perfect pint”. With capacity to brew up to 35 brewer’s barrels per week (a brewer’s barrel being 36 gallons / 288 pints) Old Dairy Brewery produces real, hand-crafted ale. What makes our beer so delicious is very simple; a passion for beer and never compromising on quality. And we care about our environment, so like to recycle, ensuring that our four-legged neighbours, the cows, benefit from the spent grain as fodder and the farmer gets to fertilise the land with the spent hops as well.

OLD DAIRY BREWERY

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Quality Cask Ale

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“...you won’t want any udder bitter!” Although archetypically English and made Quality Alc. from recipes that are unique to Old Dairy Cask Ale BEST BITTER 3.8% vol. Brewery, our beers have a retro-rustic twist and the labels echo this with their light-hearted and eye-catching illustration of three cows standing in a row. The repertoire of bitters, ales and stouts is impressive with a core range of four beers - a Best Bitter; a Golden Ale; a Premium Bitter and an India Pale Ale, as well as seasonal ales. For details on where in the south east to sample these refreshing tipples, go to http://www.olddairybrewery.com/ where/ or make sure you come and find us, this summer, on stands, at both the Kent CAMRA beer festival 2012 in July or Canterbury Food Festival in September. CASK CONDITIONED

Old Dairy Brewery, Rawlinson Farm, Hole Park, Rolvenden, Kent, TN17 4JD - Tel: 01580 243185 - www.olddairybrewery.com

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The Chambers, Folkestone Fabulous meals ~ quaffable Kentish ales & ciders ~ world class music ~ like minded people Discover The Chambers in Folkestone for yourself…It’s a whole new scene just waiting for you to find it! Quietly nestled on the corner of Sandgate Rd & Cheriton Place in Folkestone town centre is where you’ll find The Chambers. A lovely original turn of the century art deco style ground floor coffee roastery & shop that boasts a fabulous panoramic vista on the passing world. A perfect spot for the perfect freshly roasted, ground & brewed coffee! Not immediately obvious though, is the secret treasure that hides away in the basement below & stretches a whole parade of shops underground. That treasure is the Chambers Bar, Restaurant & Music venue. Offering lovingly prepared & presented regional seasonal cooking lunch & evening, alongside a great Mexican menu all made with in house prepared ingredients. We are Folkestone’s premier ale & cider bar with inclusion in every CAMRA good beer guide since 2003 & are also listed in the current CAMRA Good Cider guide. We were regional pub of the year for 2008 for our branch & always boast a range of draught Kentish ales & ciders. Every Thursday evening showcases some the best live music from home & the international circuit. With artistes from North & South USA, Australia, France, Holland, Belgium, New Zealand as well as the best in UK artistes too. Specializing in quality folk & blues based artistes, you can guarantee a Thursday night is a sound bet for appreciators of original, brilliantly played acoustic guitar based music. www.facebook.com/thechambers Bar 01303 223333 Office 01303 258566

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Food & Drink A Beer Fest is Best The combination of steam trains and beer sounds like the type of event some blokes dream about. And the dream becomes reality for two days in June when the Kent and East Sussex Rail Beer Festival takes place. Tenterden Station is the place to be on Friday and Saturday 15/16 June. Friday evening is for those who don’t want anything to spoil their concentration on the fine brews on offer, and is music-free. But Saturday is for the party people, and offers live music, Morris Dancers and other jollities -- and well as overflowing tankards! Check out festival@camra-afrm.org.uk for more details. Of course the other good place for beer festivals is your local…. and over the next few weeks of early summer there are a number of excellent beer and music festivals taking place. Jubilee weekend in June sees two local pubs - The George Hotel in Ashford, and the Duck Inn at Pett Bottom near Bridge - holding their beer and live music festivals, both featuring local bands and ales. The Lower Bell on Bluebell Hill A228 Maidstone stages its own music and beer festival in July, featuring an outdoor stage with three days of live music, and The Farriers Arms in Mersham holds its monster beer festival later in August. Real ale fans should also make a note of one of the best beer fests in Kent. The 38th Kent Beer Festival is on from Thursday July 19 - Saturday July 21 at the Barn at Merton Farm, Merton Lane, Canterbury. With more than 130 varieties of beer, cider and foreign beers, the CAMRAorganised event is an essential date in the real ale lovers’ calendar. There’s more to it than just beer though -- good food, live music and CAMRA merchandise make it one of the most popular summer fun occasions. Free shuttle buses will take you from Canterbury bus station to the event -- or why not get your sleeping bag out of mothballs and camp on the farm? For more information, see www.kentbeerfestival.com Keep an eye on next issue of W3 to check out more beer festivals across our region.

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Surin, Ramsgate Diners in Ramsgate’s popular Thai restaurant, The Surin, were thrilled to spot one of Britain’s most popular and highly-respected actors, Timothy Spall, enjoying a meal in the Harbour Street eatery recently. The Surin specialises in three exotic Asian cuisines: Thai, Cambodian & Lao, and has had many highly complimentary reviews in both the local and national press. The restaurant is named after the hometown of the chef and owner, Miss Damrong, who has worked in gourmet restaurants in London for many years including the Nipa Thai at Lancaster Gate Hotel near Hyde Park and Chaopraya near Bond St which is England’s oldest Thai restaurant. In June 2003 Surin restaurant was recommended by The Guardian newspaper as the best restaurant on the Kent coast. Surin, 30 Harbour Street, Ramsgate, CT11 8HA. 01843 592001

Cafe G, Margate With the popularity of Margate rising and rising, it’s important you know the best places to go relax and unwind. And here’s one of them.. Café G located in Margate’s Old Town is a fully licensed Café bar specialises in fresh pastries, light bites and a great range of Fairtrade products. The day at Café G begins at 8am with the glorious aroma of freshly ground coffee. Café G boasts a full range of speciality coffee including Café Latté, Cappuccino, Café Americano, Mocha. There is also a fine array of teas, including herbal and fruit teas, hot chocolate served with creammarshmallows and topped with chocolate sprinkles, as well as milkshakes and soft drinks. Café G if fully licensed stocking a carefully chosen wine list, a range of bottled beers and lagers, spirits and liqueurs. Also now open on a Friday night, Friendly Fridays are a fun and chilled out night, a time to unwind from your week at work and get yourself set-up for another busy weekend in this rejuvenated seaside town. Café G, 1 High Street, Margate, CT9 1DL. 01843 225600

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Sounds New Festival - 1 May to 15 May

Canterbury’s Sounds New strives to provide excellence - and excitement and fun! Sounds New is about Contemporary Music, Sounds New is about excitement and freedom of artistic expression, Sounds New is about creating dynamic and challenging programmes, Sounds New is about the promotion of the Art of our Time. Sounds New’s programming includes visual events, films, installations, talks, education and outreach projects, newly commissioned works as well as many other UK and World Premieres.

Sevenoaks Summer Festival - 23 June to 8 July

Among the celebrities coming to Sevenoaks this year are Ray McVay’s Glenn Miller Orchestra, the National Youth Jazz Orchestra, Buster Keaton (on film, accompanied by the Buster Birch jazz quartet), guitarist John Etheridge, iconic folk-singer Julie Felix, classical clarinettist Emma Johnson and amazing blind autistic pianist Derek Paravicini.

As always, Festival Fair opens proceedings, this year on Saturday 23 June and will feature continuous jazz, rock and blues music, the ever-popular Longnose Puppets, Bobbo the Clown, and the Schools Music Stage, as well as exciting innovations, including (in the Vine Gardens) the first-ever appearance in Sevenoaks of Colourscape, an amazing visual and auditory experience. Special thanks are due to the Town Council and local firms for their generous support, without which there’d be no Festival.

The Deal Festival 29th June – 8th July

There’s something irresistible about the combination of summer, the seaside and wonderful music in the air. The Deal Festival is a unique celebration of all three – great classical and contemporary music from some of the world’s finest music-makers, as well as theatre, opera, cinema and dance – in the beautiful and historic surroundings of Deal and Dover on England’s south coast. Festival 2012 promises to be very special. International soloists and world-beating bands like Freddy Kempf and Lau; dynamic, innovative orchestras; leading and local chamber ensembles illuminating old and new works in totally compelling ways; for opera, theatre and new music lovers, three totally entrancing yet contrasting garden settings; and a very special treat as part of the Charles Dickens Bicentenary celebrations, Miriam Margolyes’ marvelous one woman show comes to the town that Dickens himself knew so well. Deal and Dover are special places – with wonderfully varied communities, sights to see and fascinating history - and our festival celebrates that uniqueness.

The Sandwich Folk & Ale Festival 13th – 15th July

2012 sees the second year of Sandwich Folk & Ale Festival; A weekend of live music, Morris dancing, great food and most importantly great local ales! Together with Old Wood Events Management, Sandwich Community Events Association has put together a programme of live music to come to each and every pub in the town along with 4 main events at St Mary’s Arts Centre. The music that has been chosen is a mixture of traditional English and Irish folk, Americana, Acoustic and some ‘off the wall’ original folk from up and coming bands in East Kent. With the support of the community in Sandwich and some donations from local breweries and businesses; there will be an outdoor stage at The Guildhall presenting a full programme on Saturday and Sunday. Morris sides will fill the town with their vibrant tunes and dances and every pub will be hosting live music and traditional sessions throughout. All tickets for events will be available from www.wegottickets.com, and Smoke on the Water, Market St, Sandwich 01304 611 600. For more information see www.sandwichevents.org.uk

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WINTER GARDENS, MARGATE Wildboyz

The Full Monty meets Ibiza SUNDAY 13TH MAY Ladies, get your cameras out & get ready for a night you’ll NEVER forget! For the first time ever hunks Alex Reid (reality TV star) Marcus Patrick (Hollyoaks) Danny Young (Coronation Street/ Dancing on Ice) and Dale Howard (Big Brother), will be getting hearts racing and making ladies blush at theatres up and down the land in their hilarious new show - Wildboyz!

Bob The Builder

In The Fixham Theatre SUNDAY 20TH MAY Local talent Dickie Olivier needs Bobs help to fix up the stage for his brand new musical. But when Spud decides he wants to be the star of the show, the job doesn’t go exactly to plan. Will the theatre be ready? Will the show go on? Bob’s going to need help from his friends. With well-known songs and three new exclusive songs, join Bob and help him fix it in his big theatre

Showtime 2012 TUESDAY 5TH - SATURDAY 9TH JUNE MOS returns to the Winter Gardens stage again in June with their musical extravaganza ‘Showtime 2012’. With a vast range of music from Lady Gaga through a Tap-Dancing spectacular to a selection of West End favourites, this summer’s offering promises to be their best variety show yet. Costumes, as always with this company, promise to be first rate. This highenergy, fast-moving show will have the audience tapping and clapping along with their huge production numbers

THEATRE ROYAL, MARGATE The Fureys and Davey Arthur

SATURDAY 19TH MAY - 7.30PM We welcome back legends of Irish Music, the Fureys & Davey Arthur who bring their show of music, songs and stories to us They have been entertaining audiences all over the world for 34 years and their audiences have included former Australian Prime Minister John Howard, Irish President Mary McAleese and the late Pope John Paul while Tony Blair has publicly stated that his favourite peace song of all time is the Fureys “Green Fields of France”. They are responsible for some of the most stirring music ever to capture the public imagination. Their folk / middle of the road based music has received standing ovations in some of the biggest concert halls of the world. There is nothing we can say about these legends of Irish Music that people don’t already know so don’t miss this concert and an opportunity when you can hear them sing all their hits including ‘When you were sweet 16’, ‘The Green fields of France’, ‘The old man’, ‘Red rose café’, ‘From Clare to here’, ‘Her father didn’t like me anyway’, ‘Leaving Nancy’, ‘Steal away’, I will love you’ etc. Early booking advised.

Courtney Pine

FRIDAY 22ND JUNE - 8.30PM In the live set of his new work EUROPA, Courtney Pine creates a powerful statement that reflects the vibrancy, innovation and spirit of the continent of his birth. In 1987 Courtney Pine arrived on the British music scene with one plan, to take jazz music to a wider audience. His selfdetermination, drive and research took him beyond British shores and deep into the European continent where the seeds of this project began to take root. His latest recording and live show incorporates the life travelling experiences of this relentless road warrior drawing back in time to Gregorian Chant, Scandinavian, Celtic, Spanish, Hungarian, Mediterranean melodies and rhythms that show like a geographical map, the scope, width and growth of the Continent

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Theatre, Comedy, Music & Dance Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre on Tour

As you Like It

THURS 5TH - SAT 7TH JULY 7.30PM For the second year running, The Globe Theatre opens its national tour in Margate. A reprisal of the Globe’s much loved 2011 production, As You Like It runs the glorious gamut of pastoral romance: cross-dressing and love-notes; poetry and brilliant conversation; gentle satire, slapstick and passion. Rosalind, the daughter of a banished duke, falls in love with Orlando at a wrestling match, but her usurping uncle, jealous of her popularity banishes her from court. Disguised as a boy she seeks out her father and his friends in the Forest of Arden. Here she meets Orlando again and, under the guise of a young man, counsels him in the arts of love. Performed on an Elizabethan inspired stage, a small troupe of travelling players breathes new life into this firm favourite among Shakespeare’s comedies. ‘Summer is all the sweeter for a Shakespeare road trip’ Daily Telegraph

GRANVILLE THEATRE, RAMSGATE C’Mon Everybody Show

SATURDAY 9TH JUNE - 7.30PM The biggest and best Rock ‘n’ Roll MUSIC tribute show in Britain is coming back to the Granville Theatre on Saturday 9 June at 7.30pm, when visitors are invited to take their drape jackets and circle skirts out of the back of the wardrobe for an evening of unashamed 50’s nostalgia. The music of legends like Bill Haley, Eddie Cochran, Jerry Lee Lewis, Buddy Holly and Chuck Berry will be celebrated along with tributes to Brenda Lee and Connie Francis in the fast moving revue C’Mon Everybody. The show, will have you believing that you are back in the days of big finned cars and coffee bars when there were no Mods, just Rockers. “This is the slickest, fastest moving non-stop revue ever seen in the UK and is doing completely live what TV shows like Oh Boy and Dreambeat attempted back in the fifties UK Rock Magazine

ASTOR THEATRE, DEAL Talking Books FRIDAY 18TH MAY

‘Talking Books’ provides a regular Friday night slot for authors and their readers to get together and explore the world of books – where they come from, what’s in them, how to make them, their afterlife and our relationship with books and their authors. . Tonight The Astor welcomes a criminally good combination of locally resident and nationally known writers: Mark Billingham, Tania Carver (aka Martyn Waites), Frances Fyfield and Val McDermid ….to show us how to make Crime pay. Later, in June, John Harrison invites you on a journey to the end of the earth: Forgotten Footprints takes audiences into the heads and hearts of those who were driven to explore this unknown land of Antarctica, led by a man who can’t keep away himself. We’ll hear incredible stories of explorers and scientists plus first-hand accounts of John Harrison’s own experiences, along with stunning images and atmospheric soundscapes.

The Wonder Stuff Miles & Erica THURSDAY 24TH MAY

Join the Wonder Stuff’s Miles Hunt & Erica Nocktails as they celebrate the launch of their latest album with an intimate acoustic performance. Already being hailed as their most accomplished work to date, Miles and Erica will also entertain with a mixture of old songs, stories and banter.

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Theatre, Comedy, Music & Dance

Shakatak

SATURDAY 16TH JUNE Shakatak have enjoyed a level of success and career longevity rarely paralleled in contemporary music-but then Shakatak is a particularly unusual group. After a number of successful top-twenty singles in the UK,the band went on to score unprecedented international success with the release of the classic ‘Nightbirds” recording and the title track has now become a standard in the popular music repertoire.

LEAS CLIFF HALL FOLKESTONE ELO Experience

SATURDAY 19 MAY The Electric Light Orchestra Greatest Hits Tour featuring the fabulous ELO Experience. In 1970 in a city called Birmingham in England a musical super power was established. Jeff Lynne and the Electric Light Orchestra became one of the world’s best known and greatest recording bands. Packing stadiums throughout the world ELO played sell out tours such as the Face the Music tour, Out of the Blue tour and Time tour to name just a few. A seemingly endless list of hit records stormed the charts throughout the world. Radio broadcasts worldwide played hits such as Living Thing, Telephone Line, Wild West Hero, Sweet Talking Woman, and perhaps their most famous - Mr Blue Sky. Come and hear their greatest hits reproduced by the exciting and incredible ELO Experience.

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Barry & Stuart: Show & Tell SUNDAY 27TH MAY

Stars of BBC1’s The Magicians and winners of the World Magic Awards: Best Comedy Illusionists, twisted warlocks Barry & Stuart will be stunning audiences with their amazing new show, Show & Tell. In the first half of the show, expect their trademark innovative tricks and devious illusions, then in the second half, be prepared to have your minds blown as they exclusively reveal all the secrets behind the magic, in showing you, for the first time ever, exactly how those tricks were done! ***** ‘A triumph of astonishing illusions’ Time Out ***** ‘Darkly brilliant… pure magic’ The List **** ‘Delighting and horrifying in equal measure’ Metro ‘Genuinely remarkable’ Sunday Telegraph ‘Undeniably inventive’ Sunday Times

Mumford and Sons THURSDAY 31ST MAY

Their debut album, Sigh No More, reached number one in Ireland, Australia and New Zealand and peaked at number two on the UK Album Chart. Mumford & Sons gained popularity throughout 2010, performing for larger audiences and making their first network television appearances in the US. In 2010, the band received two Grammy Award nominations, one for Best New Artist and the other for Best Rock Song Little Lion Man. They won the ARIA Music Award for Most Popular International Artist in 2010, and the Brit Award in 2011 for Best British Album. The band said ‘There will be a host of our friends playing too, and the vibe falls somewhere between ‘travelling Victorian circus’ and ‘Victorian travelling circus’. It should be a whole lot of fun.’

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Keane

MONDAY 4TH JUNE In the first of a series of Keane announcements, the band are pleased to release their UK tour dates beginning in May 2012. This will be their first UK tour in three years, the last of which culminated in two sold out O2 Arena shows. On finishing the recording of the new album in February Keane announced two special shows at the De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill, a location close to their hearts as it was both their teenage haunt and near to where the album was recorded. They announced the dates in the local paper only and within 5 minutes they were sold out. This will be the first time fans will hear new material. Highly anticipated and years in the making the band recorded the album in the UK at Sea Fog, Ivor Novello Award winner Tim Rice-Oxley’s studio and are calling it their most personal record yet. Release details to be announced soon

HAZLITT THEATRE, MAIDSTONE Comedy Night:Miles Jupp Fibber in the heat WED 16 MAY 8.00PM Back in 2006, suddenly finding himself disillusioned with acting and comedy, former Perrier ward nominee Jupp decided to pack it all in and pursue a new dream of becoming a cricket journalist. After pulling a few strings and telling some little lies, he headed off to India in the company of the English press pack, under-prepared and under-qualified, to embark on what turned out to be a month-long, sun-soaked disaster (with the occasional minor triumph). This is the sorry tale of how a man attempted to become a cricket journalist by the unlikely, ill-thought out and dishonest method of pretending to be one. Miles Jupp, Nigel in the BAFTA winning Rev, is an award winning stand up and actor whose many television appearances include a memorable meeting In The Thick Of It with Malcolm Tucker, Have I Got News For You ,Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow, Argumental, Mock The Week, Just A Minute on television and radio, and an award winning appearance on Celebrity Mastermind. On film his appearances include Johnny English and Made In Dagenham.

Ballet Theatre UK presents

Sleeping Beauty THURSDAY 31ST MAY

Join Ballet Theatre UK’s internationally acclaimed company of gifted dancers for a performance of sheer magic complete with new beautifully designed, handcrafted costumes and glittering stage sets. This spectacular production uses Tchaikovsky’s glorious music and spectacular new classical choreography to reawaken the magic of the world’s favourite fairy tale in an enchanted world of castles, curses, forests and fairies. ‘Glittering costumes, expressive dancers...a pleasure to witness a production of this calibre’- Dance Europe Magazine

The Blues Band

THURSDAY 21ST JUNE Join The Blues Band featuring: Paul Jones, Dave Kelly, Rob Townsend, Gary Fletcher & Tom McGuinness for an evening of unforgettable blues and stunning soulful performances. Their new studio album FEW SHORT LINES, released on Repertoire Records, is collecting rave reviews everywhere. Includes special guests: Al Kooper, famed for his work with Dylan, who adds keyboards to six tracks; whilst Springsteen’s old mate Southside Johnny plays harp on one and sings on another. Expect a great collection of classics along with some new album tracks.

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GULBENKIAN THEATRE, CANTERBURY Jimeoin

SATURDAY 26TH MAY Irish/Australian super-star Jimeoin presents his hilarious show of world-class stand-up. Internationally hailed as one of live comedy’s masters and multi-award winner, presents his stunning new tour ‘Lovely’ across the UK in 2012. No gimmicks, purely and simply just great craic. He has previously featured on the biggest TV shows in UK, Europe and Australia including ‘Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow’, ‘The Royal Variety Performance’, ‘Live at the Apollo’ as well as ‘The Very Best of the Edinburgh Comedy Festival’, ‘The Best of Just for Laughs’ and ‘Conan O’Brien’.

David Copperfield SATURDAY 2ND JUNE

Mad Dogs & Englishmen bring Charles Dickens’ classic tale to the stage with a twist and a flourish in their new adaptation. Touring nationally as part of the Dickens bicentennial, this fast-paced and dynamic production is faithful to the book and captures all the hilarity and pathos of Dickens’ writing. With a cast of two this will be an evening of pure theatre.

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly. I don’t know why she swallowed a fly... But The People’s Theatre Company do! SUNDAY 17TH JUNE And now you can too as they bring one of the world’s best loved nursery rhymes to life for the very first time. Presented by the team behind How The Koala Learnt To Hug, this magical new show has been written especially for parents to enjoy with their children, so come and relive the delights of this most charming of tales with a feast of first class games, colourful animal characters and heart warming family fun.

MARLOWE THEATRE, CANTERBURY Jethro

THURSDAY 22ND MAY Cornwall’s ambassador of comedy is crossing the county line to once again take you on a fun and wild journey, Jethro style. Hold onto your seats, hats and horses as you are entertained by one of the country’s funniest storytellers. His unique irreverent style of delivery provides the perfect platform from which to regale audiences with his stories and mischievous repertoire of material. Age advisory 15+. Contains adult themes and language.

Jools Holland Rhythm and His Blues Orchestra WEDNESDAY 23RD MAY

The undisputed King of boogie-woogie Jools Holland plays at our brand-new theatre for the very first time. A genuine British musical legend, Jools will be joined by his renowned Rhythm & Blues Orchestra for a night of brilliant entertainment and stunning musicianship.

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Legally Blonde.. The Musical TUES 5 – SAT 16TH JUNE

Starring Les Dennis & Ray Quinn . The international award-winning hit Legally Blonde The Musical is coming to The Marlowe Theatre after three triumphant years in the West End. Winner of seven major awards including the coveted Best Musical 2011 (Olivier Awards) this all-singing, all dancing romantic comedy is about knowing who you are and showing what you’ve got!

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CENTRAL THEATRE, CHATHAM Jimmy Carr – Gagging Order MONDAY 25TH JUNE

Brand new show, brand new jokes, same old Jimmy. Gagging Order promises to be an hilarious night out... let’s see shall we. Just leave your conscience, sense of common decency and moral compass at home and come on out for a laugh.

The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark SUNDAY 20TH MAY

Based on the classic children’s book by Jill Tomlinson, this funny, gentle and reassuring tale is written especially for children aged three to seven years. With an irresistible blend of live music, puppetry and storytelling, this beautiful new show introduces an old friend to a new generation of theatre-goers. “Packs charm in bucketloads.”

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BROOK THEATRE, CHATHAM Jaipur Maharaja Brass Band SATURDAY 23RD JUNE

Listen to a mix of Indian melodies, driving brass rhythms and traditional Rajasthani folk music with popular themes from Bollywood, jazz, funk, pop, reggae and even a touch of Hindustani classical music. All enhanced by their gypsy dancer, famous all over India for her cobra dance, and the fire-eating fakir who juggles with knives and walks barefoot on nails and broken glass. A dazzling display not to be missed.

ORCHARD THEATRE, DARTFORD Stewart Francis

Outstanding In His Field SUNDAY 20TH MAY

The star of Mock The Week, Michael McIntyre’s Roadshow and Live At The Apollo, embarks on a brand new tour with a fantastic and hilarious new show! “A brilliant comic brain… this stand-up cracks some of the best one liners I’ve ever heard” Guardian “Perfectly crafted gags” Sunday Times

Alfie Boe FRIDAY 25TH MAY, & THURSDAY 19TH JULY West End, Broadway and recording superstar Alfie Boe has brought all genres of music including classical and musical theatre to new audiences around the world. For one night only, accompanied by his superb band, Alfie performs at The Orchard. His Dartford performance follows the phenomenal success of his two latest albums Bring Him Home and Alfie. Both albums have been in the top 10 best-seller list and between them, sold over half a million records already. Alfie Boe’s triumphant performances as Jean Valjean earned him relentless standing ovations in the West End production of Les Misérables and on the globally televised 25th anniversary concerts of the musical at the O2 arena. This is a very special opportunity to hear one of the finest, most powerful and versatile tenor voices of our time

Mugenkyo Taiko Drummers WED 23 MAY | 7.45PM Thundering rhythms on huge taiko drums interweave with layers of percussive soundscapes and delicate bamboo flute in a spellbinding display of precise choreography and sheer athleticism. Mugenkyo Taiko Drummers are the UK’s longest established taiko ensemble, and Europe’s only professional touring company of this thrilling and energetic performing art. With over 1,000 performances across the UK, Japan and Europe over the last decade, Mugenkyo have established a solid reputation for their gritty passionate style, setting themselves firmly at the forefront of Taiko drumming. ‘Drumming as an almost religious experience… exhilarating to behold’ The Glasgow Herald

Dreamboats And Petticoats MON 11 - SAT 16 JUNE The record breaking musical returns to Dartford by phenomenal public demand Inspired by the smash hit million selling albums Dreamboats and Petticoats One, Two and Three, West End sell out sensation Dreamboats And Petticoats The Musical, features some of the greatest hit songs of the Rock ‘n’ Roll era. With classic tracks from Roy Orbison, The Shadows, Eddie Cochran, Billy Fury, and many more, including Let’s Dance, Shaking All Over, Bobby’s Girl, Three Steps To Heaven, Only Sixteen, Runaround Sue, Happy Birthday Sweet 16, Let It Be Me, Great Pretender, C’mon Everybody, Let’s Twist Again and more hits from music’s golden era! 28

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Theatre, Comedy, Music & Dance Listings FRIDAY 11TH MAY Drama, Hazlitt Theatre Maidstone, Elizabeth SATURDAY 12TH MAY Music, Astor Theatre Deal, Hatton Hootenanay in aid of Pilgrims Hospice Gulbenkian Theatre Canterbury, The Searchers Tribute, Orchard Theatre Dartford, The Magic Of The Beatles SUNDAY 13TH MAY Classical, Astor Theatre Deal, Sunday Classics Stag Theatre Sevenoaks, May Orchestral Concert Music, Gulbenkian Theatre Canterbury, Worldwide Musical Mothers Day 11am Gulbenkian Theatre Canterbury, Julian Joseph Trio Hazlitt Theatre Maidstone, Talon The Best Of The Eagles Theatre, Winter Gardens Margate, Wildboyz The Full Monty meets Ibiza Tribute, Central Theatre Chatham, Rumours Of Fleetwood Mac MONDAY 14TH MAY Comedy, Brook theatre Chatham, Comedy Club Orchard Theatre Dartford, Miles Jupp Drama, Gulbenkian Theatre Canterbury, The Dumb Waiter & The Lover TUESDAY 15TH MAY Classical, Marlowe Theatre Canterbury, The Kings Singers Music, Orchard Theatre Dartford, Chris Difford Gulbenkian Theatre Canterbury, Spiers & Boden Brook theatre Chatham, Live Jazz and classic film Buster plays Buster Opera, Granville Theatre Ramsgate, Ramsgate Operatic present Marguerite WEDNESDAY 16TH MAY Music, Gulbenkian Theatre Canterbury, Lunasa Comedy, Hazlitt Theatre Maidstone, Miles Jupp Opera, Stag Theatre Sevenoaks, Die Fledermaus THURSDAY 17TH MAY Drama, Orchard Theatre Dartford, Bugle Boy Comedy, Gulbenkian Theatre Canterbury, Monkeyshines Last Stand Dance, Marlowe Theatre Canterbury, Spires Academy East Kent Dance Showcase Music, Brook theatre Chatham, Jim Causley Astor Theatre Deal, Smugglers Session Hazlitt Theatre Maidstone, Elkie Brooks Stag Theatre Sevenoaks, Gerry McAvoys band of friends tribute to Rory Gallagher

Opera, Stag Theatre Sevenoaks, Die Fledermaus Psychic, Central Theatre Chatham, Sally Morgan Psychic Sally FRIDAY 18TH MAY, Comedy, Gulbenkian Theatre Canterbury, Monkeyshines Last Stand Music, Gulbenkian Theatre Canterbury, Laurie Kay Trio jazz 5-pm Hazlitt Theatre Maidstone, Temperance Seven Stag Theatre Sevenoaks, Heidi Talbot Opera, Stag Theatre Sevenoaks, Die Fledermaus Theatre, Astor Theatre Deal, Talking Books How To Make Crime Pay feat 4 top crime writers Brook theatre Chatham, Cabaret Of Curiosities Tribute, Marlowe Theatre Canterbury, Jive Talking SATURDAY 19TH MAY Classical, Central Theatre Chatham, City Of Rochester Symphony Orchestra Marlowe Theatre Canterbury, Kent Grand Concert feat Kents finest concert bands Drama, Gulbenkian Theatre Canterbury, Crave Music, Astor Theatre Deal, The Barcodes feat Nick Newell Brook theatre Chatham, Coco Xpress latin band Leas Cliff Hall Folkestone, ELO Experience Theatre Royal Margate, The Fureys and Davey Arthur Winter Gardens Margate, Once Upon A Dream Opera, Stag Theatre Sevenoaks, Die Fledermaus SUNDAY 20TH MAY Antiques, Astor Theatre Deal, Antiques and Collectors Market Comedy, Orchard Theatre Dartford, Stewart Francis Dance, Gulbenkian Theatre Canterbury, So You Want To Dance Stag Theatre Sevenoaks, The D2 Dance Debut Show Family, Brook theatre Chatham, The Owl Who Was Afraid Of The Dark Winter Gardens Margate, Bob The Builder in the Fixham Theatre Winter Gardens Margate, YU Gi Oh world championship qualifier 10am MONDAY 21ST MAY Tribute, Marlowe Theatre Canterbury, Beyond The Barricade Psychic, Orchard Theatre Dartford, Tony Stockwell TUESDAY 22TH MAY Comedy, Marlowe Theatre Canterbury, Jethro Music, Stag Theatre Sevenoaks, Carl Palmer Band

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Theatre, Comedy, Music & Dance Listings Cabaret, Orchard Theatre Dartford, A Right Royal Knees Up FRIDAY 1ST JUNE Comedy, Astor Theatre Deal, Private Widdle Music Club Gulbenkian Theatre Canterbury, Three Half Pints Drama, Brook theatre Chatham, David Copperfield Hazlitt Theatre Maidstone, The Virginia Monologues Musical, Orchard Theatre Dartford, The Westenders Tribute, Leas Cliff Hall Folkestone, Symphonic Beatles SATURDAY 2ND JUNE Drama, Central Theatre Chatham, Guilty Pleasures Gulbenkian Theatre Canterbury, David Copperfield Comedy, Marlowe Theatre Canterbury, Marlowe Comedy Cabaret Martial Arts Winter Gardens Margate, Killacam The Uprising Music, Astor Theatre Deal, Keith James the Great Canadian Songbook Theatre , Theatre Royal Margate, 24 Hour Musical Biding Time Tribute, Leas Cliff Hall Folkestone, Buddy Holly & the Cricketers Orchard Theatre Dartford, No Jacket Required Phil Collins Tribute SUNDAY 3RD JUNE Music, Astor Theatre Deal, John Cage Gulbenkian Theatre Canterbury, Classics For Charity Marlowe Theatre Canterbury, Queens Diamond Jubilee Concert Tribute, Orchard Theatre Dartford, Dancing Queen MONDAY 4TH JUNE Music, Whatman Park Maidstone, Diamond Jubille Proms Leas Cliff Hall Folkestone, Keane TUESDAY 5TH JUNE, Musical, Marlowe Theatre Canterbury, Legally Blonde The Musical Winter Gardens Margate, Showtime 2012 WEDNESDAY 6TH JUNE Comedy, Brook theatre Chatham, Life & Times Of Stanley Crumpet & It’s Only A Game Hazlitt Theatre Maidstone, Pat Cahill & Roger Monkhouse Music, Gulbenkian Theatre Canterbury, Lunchtime concert Gulbenkian Theatre Canterbury, Big Band Gala Music Hall, Astor Theatre Deal, Music Hall Theatre, Marlowe Theatre Canterbury, Puppetry Workshop Tribute, Orchard Theatre Dartford, Brit Floyd THURSDAY 7TH JUNE Music Astor Theatre Deal, Smugglers Session with Joe Driscoll Dance, Hazlitt Theatre Maidstone, Directions Performing Arts presents Accelerate

Comedy, Orchard Theatre Dartford, Dave Gormans Powerpoint Presentation FRIDAY 8TH JUNE Tribute, Theatre Royal Margate, American Dream Comedy, Gulbenkian Theatre Canterbury, Chris Addison Dance, Leas Cliff Hall Folkestone, Strictly Presents Dance To The Music Drama, Marlowe Theatre Canterbury, The Virginia Monologues Folk, Astor Theatre Deal, Clare Teal Wrestling, Orchard Theatre Dartford, LDN Wrestling SATURDAY 9TH JUNE Family, Astor Theatre Deal, Papa George Music, Granville Theatre Ramsgate, C’Mon Everybody Show Drama, Gulbenkian Theatre Canterbury, There’s No Business Like Showbusiness Tribute, Stag Theatre Sevenoaks, Hells Bells AC/DC Tribute MONDAY 11TH JUNE Comedy, Brook theatre Chatham, Comedy Club Edinburgh Special Musical, Orchard Theatre Dartford, Dreamboats & Petticoats TUESDAY 12TH JUNE Classical, Brook theatre Chatham, Derek Paravicini WEDNESDAY 13TH JUNE Drama, Gulbenkian Theatre Canterbury, The Crucible Hazlitt Theatre Maidstone, The Best little Whorehouse In Texas THURSDAY 14TH JUNE Comedy, Marlowe Theatre Canterbury, Andrew Lawrence Stag Theatre Sevenoaks, Outside The Box comedy Music Brook theatre Chatham, Hobo Jones and the Junkyard Dogs Granville Theatre Ramsgate, Jubilee Music Hall FRIDAY 15TH JUNE Music, Gulbenkian Theatre Canterbury, Laurie Kay Trio jazz 5-pm Tribute, Leas Cliff Hall Folkestone, Super Trouper Abba tribute show Stag Theatre Sevenoaks, Fleetwood Bac SATURDAY 16TH JUNE Music Astor Theatre Deal, Shakatak Theatre Theatre Royal Margate, Scratch & Sniff SUNDAY 17TH JUNE Antiques fair, Astor Theatre Deal, Antiques and Collectors Market Family, Gulbenkian Theatre Canterbury, There Was An Old Lady Who Swalled A Fly Hazlitt Theatre Maidstone, Hairy Maclary Classical Orchard Theatre Dartford, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Last Night Of the Proms

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Theatre, Comedy, Music & Dance Listings MONDAY 18TH JUNE Comedy, Gulbenkian Theatre Canterbury, Michael Winslow TUESDAY 19TH JUNE Music, Marlowe Theatre Canterbury, Jake & Elwood & the Blacvk Rhino Band Family, Orchard Theatre Dartford, Horrible Histories WEDNESDAY 20TH JUNE Opera, Astor Theatre Deal, Deal Savoyards presents The Mikado Music, Gulbenkian Theatre Canterbury, Railway Swing band Comedy, Marlowe Theatre Canterbury, Gervase Phinn THURSDAY 21ST JUNE Music, Hazlitt Theatre Maidstone, The Blues Band FRIDAY 22ND JUNE Festival, Stag Theatre Sevenoaks, Sevenoaks Summer Festival Starts Comedy, Hazlitt Theatre Maidstone, Andrew Lawrence Music, Leas Cliff Hall Folkestone, Magic Of Motown Theatre Royal Margate, Courtney Pine SATURDAY 23RD JUNE Theatre, Central Theatre Chatham, Jaipur Maharaja Brass Band Music, Hazlitt Theatre Maidstone, Bootleg Shadows Exchange Studio at the Hazlitt Theatre Maidstone, The Big fat Jazz lock In Family, Marlowe Theatre Canterbury, Peppa Pig’s Treasure Hunt Classical, Marlowe Theatre Canterbury, Rachmaninov Vespers SUNDAY 24TH JUNE Classical, Astor Theatre Deal, Sunday Classics Family, Brook theatre Chatham, The Ugly Duckling Theatre, Hazlitt Theatre Maidstone, School Daze Comedy, Marlowe Theatre Canterbury, Opera Tottie Orchard Theatre Dartford, Crissy Rock Jubilee, Winter Gardens Margate, Diamond Jubilee Afternoon Tea

Dance TUESDAY 26TH JUNE Theatre, Gulbenkian Theatre Canterbury, Summer Holiday Classical, Orchard Theatre Dartford, Dartford Choral Outreach A Royal Prom WEDNESDAY 27TH JUNE Opera, Marlowe Theatre Canterbury, The Gershwins Porgy & Bess THURSDAY 28TH JUNE Music, Astor Theatre Deal, Smugglers Session Granville Theatre Ramsgate, A Right Royal Knees Up starring Leah Bell Orchard Theatre Dartford, That’ll Be The Day FRIDAY 29TH JUNE Deal Festival , Astor Theatre Deal, Arcadia - Fabulous Festival Opening Night Music, Hazlitt Theatre Maidstone, An Evening Of Dirty Dancing Orchard Theatre Dartford, Boogie Fever Disco Night SATURDAY 30TH JUNE Deal Festival, North Deal Community Centre , The Galloping Cuckoos - Street Theatre 11:00 am North Deal Community Centre, Darren Abrahams & Jack Ross perform songs from the shows North Deal Community Centre - 1:00 pm Astor Theatre Deal, Young Performers Platform 1:00 pm St Georges Church Deal, Kent County Youth Orchestra Astor Theatre Deal, ZRI - ‘Zum Roten Igel’ 9:30 pm Comedy, Marlowe Theatre Canterbury, Marlowe Comedy Cabaret Music, Orchard Theatre Dartford, The Edge Vibe 2012 SUNDAY 1ST JULY Deal Festival, The Pines Calyx, St Margaret’s, Kerry Andrews & Sound Collective 3:00 pm St George’s Church, Deal, LAU - 7:30 pm MONDAY 2ND JULY Deal Festival, St Andrew’s Church, Deal, Festival Fringe Coffee Concert 11:00 am Nye Hall, Duke of Yorks School, Dover, Little Book of Monsters 4 & 6 pm

THEATRE BOX OFFICE NUMBERS

Assembly Hall Theatre Tunbridge Wells - 01892530613/532072 Astor Community Theatre,Deal - 01304 370220 Brook Theatre,Chatham,Kent - 01634 338338 Central Theatre Chatham - 01634 338338 Granville Theatre Ramsgate - 01843 591750 Gulbenkian Theatre Canterbury - 01227 769075 Hazlitt Theatre Maidstone - 01622 758611 Horsebridge Community Theatre Whitstable - 01227 281174 Leas Cliff Hall Folkestone - 01303 228600 Marlowe Theatre Canterbury - 01227 787787 Medway Little Theatre Chatham - 01634 400322 Orchard Theatre Dartford - 01322 220000 Quarterhouse Folkestone - 01303 858500 Revelation St Marys Ashford - 01233 330316 Sinden Theatre,Ashford Rd,Tenterden - 01580 764222 ext;223 Theatre Royal Margate - 0845 130 1786 Winter Gardens Margate - 01843 296111 34

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In this year of celebration, there’s plenty to look forward to in Kent this summer. Her Majesty the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations in June marks the beginning of a packed summer of festivals, events and celebrations for you to enjoy in the Garden of England. Enjoy many of the ongoing events for Dickens’ bicentenary year by downloading our new Dickens app free for iPhone and Android smartphones. Simply search ‘Dickens Kent’ in iTunes or Google Play stores to download the app.

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Rochester Dickens Festival Rochester Dickens Festival (8 – 10 June) Dickens spent five of his childhood years in Medway, returning as an international legend for the last 13 years of his life. This festival is a spectacular event of colour, costume and entertainment celebrating the works of the famous author. www.rochesterdickensfestival.org.uk She Lay Down Deep Beneath The Sea, Turner Contemporary (26 May – 23 September) Tracey Emin’s first major solo exhibition at Turner Contemporary is conceived specially for Margate, where Emin grew up and which has provided inspiration for many of her most famous art works. The exhibition will explore the themes of love, sensuality and romanticism in Emin’s oeuvre, featuring both new and existing works. www.turnercontemporary.org

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WWII Weekend, Dover Castle (2 – 4 June) Experience the atmosphere of the castle at war as soldiers set up camp and re-enact an explosive WWII battle. Discover the austerity of the war years, watch skirmishes, have a go at the WWII obstacle course and enjoy the sounds of the 40’s. www.english-heritage.org.uk Billy Childish, The Historic Dockyard Chatham (1 June – 30 September) As a young man Childish spent six months working as an apprentice Stonemason in Chatham’s Dockyard, and in 2011 he returned to the Dockyard as its first official Artist in Residence. The culmination of this residency will be an exhibition of new paintings, drawings and prints at the Dockyard’s gallery - No.1 Smithery. www.thedockyard.co.uk

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2FOR1 OFFERS IN THE GARDEN OF ENGLAND With so much to see and do across the county, there’s never been a better time to explore the Garden of England. What’s more, in partnership with Southeastern, Stagecoach and Arriva we’ve teamed up to offer you, your friends and family 2FOR1 entry into a huge number of Kent’s top venues when you travel by train or by bus! Go to www.visitkent.co.uk/offers for a full list of offers and to download your vouchers now! Not only will you be getting great value on your day out in Kent by using your 2FOR1 voucher, you can also be in with a chance of winning a fantastic family holiday to Broadstairs. This fantastic prize consists of: n One week’s stay for a family of up to five at Broadstairs House n Exclusive use of a Broadstairs Beach Hut n A week’s cycle hire from Downlands Cycle Hire, Canterbury n Entrance tickets to some of Kent’s top attractions. To enter, all you have to do is visit one of the many participating venues with your voucher and travel ticket and you will automatically be entered into the competition prize draw. The more places you visit, the more entries you will have and so the greater chance you have of winning this great prize!

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Things to See & Do Listings SATURDAY 12TH MAY Sandwich, Sandwich Celebrations Shepherd Neame Brewery Faversham, Faversham Model Railway Exhibition Historic Dockyard Chatham, Opening Of Steam, Steel & Submarines Oxford St Whitstable, Whitstable Farmers Market Assembly Rooms, Faversham, Remember the 60s Dance 7.30pm Blean Ancient Woodlands, Thornden Wood & the Wildart Trail 2pm Fleur de Lis Heritage Centre, Faversham, Heritage Town Walk 10.30am Heritage Museum, Canterbury, Death of the Pharoah 6pm Horsebridge Centre, Whitstable, Exhibition: Made in Whitstable Macknade Fine Foods, Faversham, Farmers’ Market 10am Museum, Herne Bay, The Art of Print: a collectors view til 27/05/12 Museum, Whitstable, Exhibition: Warzone to the Red Carpet til 10/06 Old Brewery Store, Faversham, Faversham Model Rail 2012 10am Our Lady Immaculate Parish Social Centre, Whitstable, Children’s Irish Dancing Classes 10.30am Red Lion Inn, Bridge, Farmers’ Market 9am St Mary’s Hall, Whitstable, Farmer’s Market 9.30am Wildwood, Herne Common, Birdsong Walk 10am

SUNDAY 13TH MAY Quex Park Birchington, Quex Spring Wedding Showcase Standard Quay, Faversham, Flea Market and unique shopping + Farmers Market 10am Wildwood, Herne Common, Bee Day 11am + 2pm MONDAY 14TH MAY Fleur de Lis Heritage Centre, Faversham, May Exhibition: Animals in Acrylics WEDNESDAY 16TH MAY Creek Creative, Faversham, Exhibition: The Big Picture Horsebridge Centre, Whitstable, Exhibition: Be at the Beach Village Hall, Boughton, Remote Control Car Club 7pm THURSDAY 17TH MAY Village Hall, Chartham, Farmers’ Market 2.30pm Broadstairs Various Venues, Big Broadstairs Weekend SATURDAY 19TH MAY Ramsgate, Seal and Wildlife Tour Leeds Castle, Home and garden Weekend Faversham, Transport Weekend Fleur de Lis Heritage Centre, Faversham, Heritage Town Walk 10.30am Macknade Fine Foods, Faversham, Farmers’ Market 10am Old Brewery Store, Faversham, Model Road Transport Exhibition 10.30am The Old Wine Vaults, Faversham, Classic Car Show 11am SUNDAY 20TH MAY East Kent Railway Shepherdswell, Classic car Rally

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Things to See & Do listings Whitstable Castle, Poppy Walk For British Legion Creek Creative, Faversham, Exhibition: The Big Picture Faversham,Transport Weekend Horsebridge Centre, Whitstable, Exhibition: Be at the Beach Old Brewery Store, Faversham, Model Road Transport Exhibition 10.30am Standard Quay, Faversham, Flea Market and unique shopping + Farmers Market 10am The Old Wine Vaults, Faversham, Classic Car Show 11am Whitstable Castle, Whitstable, Poppy Walk for the Royal British Legion 9am Wildwood, Herne Common, Be Nice to Nettles 11am MONDAY 21ST MAY Alexander Centre, Faversham, Charity Dance in aid of The Fynvola Foundation 7.30pm Fleur de Lis Heritage Centre, Faversham, May Exhibition: Animals in Acrylics THURSDAY 24TH MAY Village Hall, Chartham, Farmers’ Market 2.30pm FRIDAY 25TH MAY Shepherd Neame Brewery Faversham, Beer and Food Evening Horsebridge Centre, Whitstable, Horsebridge Comedy Club - Will Hodgson & Guests 7pm Whitefriars, Canterbury, Food, Arts & Craft Market 9.30am SATURDAY 26TH MAY St Georges St canterbury, Artisan market Canterbury Cathedral, Cathedral Open gardens Weekend

Kings Wood Ashford, Stour Valley Arts Weekend Belmont House, Throwley, Specialist Clock Tour 1.30pm Canterbury Cathedral, Open Gardens 11am Macknade Fine Foods, Faversham, Farmers’ Market 10am Museum, Herne Bay, The Art of Print: a collectors view til 27/05/12 Museum, Whitstable, Elderflower Extravaganza! 10am Red Lion Inn, Bridge, Farmers’ Market 9am St Georges, Canterbury, Artisan Market 9am St Mary’s Hall, Whitstable, Farmer’s Market 9.30am SUNDAY 27TH MAY Folkestone, Multi Cultural Festival Whitstable Castle, Antiques Fair Quex Park Birchington, Archery Event Cliftonville, Cliftonville Farmers Market RAF Manston, Wings and Wheels Military Vehicle Display Canterbury Cathedral, Open Gardens 2pm Horsebridge Centre, Whitstable, Paintings by Michael Hutchison Standard Quay, Faversham, Flea Market and unique shopping + Farmers Market 10am Umbrella Centre, Whitstable, Past & Present Fair 10.30am Whitstable Castle, Whitstable, Antiques Fair 9am Wildwood, Herne Common, Tree Walk 1.30pm

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Things to See & Do listings WEDNESDAY 30TH MAY Merton Farm Canterbury, Circus Starr Performance THURSDAY 31ST MAY Civic Square Gravesend, Queens Jubilee Party JUBILEE BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND EVENTS, FRIDAY 1ST JUNE, Crabble Corn Mill Dover, Beer Festival Fort Burgoyne Dover, Dover tattoo feat massed bands motorcyle displays etc Duck Inn Pett Bottom nr Bridge, Jubilee Real Ale Food and Music festival Heritage Museum, Canterbury, The Beadecker Blitz 10am Horsebridge Centre, Whitstable, David Mitchell Original Art + FOUR Mixed Media Artwork Phoenix, Faversham, The Great Phoenix Beer Festival SATURDAY 2ND JUNE Folkestone, Jubilee Air Show Various Venues Medway, Diamond Jubilee River festival Folkestone The Leas, Diamond Jubilee Air Show Smallhythe Place Tenterden, Jubile Fete Penshurst Place Tonbridge, Glorious Jubilee Gardens Knole House Sevenoaks, A Royal Visit to Knole Leeds Castle, Diamond Jubilee 1950s Weekend Shirley Hall Canterbury Cathedral, Gala Anniversary Concert Smallhythe Place Tenterden, Jubilee Fete Museum Of Kent Life Maidstone, Jubilee Half Term Old Brewery tavern Canterbury, Real Ale Festival Duck Inn Pett Bottom nr Bridge, Jubilee Real Ale Food and Music festival Swallows Leisure Centre Sittingbourne, Summer ball East Kent Railway Shepherdswell, Teddies Weekend Hever Castle, Tudor Jubilee Celebrations Dover Castle, WWII Weekend

Tenterden, Jubilee Market Opposite Mountain Farm hamstreet, Hamstreet Country Show Bearsted Green Maidstone, Music on The Green feat music clowns magicians fun for all the family over 2 days Old Brewery Tavern, Canterbury, Real Ale Festival Phoenix, Faversham, The Great Phoenix Beer Festival SUNDAY 3RD JUNE Folkestone, Vintage Market Leeds Castle, Diamond Jubile Fireworks and open air cinema George Hotel Ashford, Beer & Food Festival plus live music Duck Inn Pett Bottom nr Bridge, Jubilee Real Ale Food and Music festival Beauty Of Bath Sittingbourne, Diamond Jubilee Celbrations Leeds Castle, Diamond Jubilee Fireworks Margate Old Town, Queens Jubilee Party Folkestone Town Centre, Vintage Market Tenterden, Big Lunch Picnic Concert Old Brewery Tavern, Canterbury, Real Ale Festival Phoenix, Faversham, The Great Phoenix Beer Festival Standard Quay, Faversham, Flea Market and unique shopping + Farmers Market 10am Monday 4th June Tonbridge Castle, Jubile Beacon Duck Inn Pett Bottom nr Bridge, Jubilee Real Ale Food and Music festival Margate Old Town, Beacon Lighting Herne bay, Italian Market Museum Of Kent Life Maidstone, Jubilee Celebrations Hythe, Party In The Park Carpenters Arms, Eastling, Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee - period music, hog roast & BBQ

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Things to See & Do listings Farming World, Faversham, Picnic in the Park for the Queen’s Jubilee + Sheep Shearing & Wool Week Old Brewery Tavern, Canterbury, Real Ale Festival Phoenix, Faversham, The Great Phoenix Beer Festival Plough, Lewson Street, All Day Charity Festival Red Lion, Hernhill, Bug Day TUESDAY 5TH JUNE Duck Inn Pett Bottom nr Bridge, Jubilee Real Ale Food and Music festival Kent and East Sussex Railway tenterden, Jubilee Celebrations Farming World, Faversham, Sheep Shearing & Wool Week 1pm Old Brewery Tavern, Canterbury, Real Ale Festival Phoenix, Faversham, The Great Phoenix Beer Festival WEDNESDAY 6TH JUNE Hever Castle, Royal Half term Fun Farming World, Faversham, Sheep Shearing & Wool Week 1pm + Invicta Arachnids Day Horsebridge Centre, Whitstable, East Kent Art Society Summer Show Red Lion, Hernhill, Morris Dancing 8pm THURSDAY 7TH JUNE Farming World, Faversham, Sheep Shearing & Wool Week 1pm + Sponge Bob Horsebridge Centre, Whitstable, East Kent Art Society Summer Show Village Hall, Chartham, Farmers’ Market 2.30pm FRIDAY 8TH JUNE Rochester, Medway Dickens Festival Folkestone Town Centre, Annual Multi Cultural Festival various events Sandwich, Le Weekend Duke of Cumberland, Barham, Barham Beerfest & Family Funday Farming World, Faversham, Sheep Shearing & Wool Week 1pm + Have a Go Falconry Day Horsebridge Centre, Whitstable, East Kent Art Society Summer Show Share and Coulter, Herne Bay, Bike Rally Waterfront Club, Whitstable, Aerobic and Fitness Class 10am Whitefriars, Canterbury, Food, Arts & Craft Market 9.30am SATURDAY 9TH JUNE Gravesend, Town Regatta Belmont House, Throwley, Outdoor Theatre - The Sword in the Stone Duke of Cumberland, Barham, Barham Beerfest & Family Funday Macknade Fine Foods, Faversham, Farmers’ Market 10am Museum, Herne Bay, Cartoonists at the Olympics Red Lion Inn, Bridge, Farmers’ Market 9am Share and Coulter, Herne Bay, Bike Rally SUNDAY 10TH JUNE Duke of Cumberland, Barham, Barham Beerfest & Family Funday Standard Quay, Faversham, Flea Market and unique shopping + Farmers Market 10am MONDAY 11TH JUNE Fleur de Lis Heritage Centre, Faversham, Display of Abbey School Students’ Artwork ‘til 26/06/12 Horsebridge Centre, Whitstable, East Kent Art Society Summer Show

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WEDNESDAY 13TH JUNE Horsebridge Centre, Whitstable, Canterbury Society of Art Summer Exhibition THURSDAY 14TH JUNE Hever Castle, Best Of Britsh Garden Festival Tonbridge Castle, Festival Of Music Heritage Museum, Canterbury ,little Ruperts Storytime - Minibeast Hunt 10.30am Village Hall, Chartham, Farmers’ Market 2.30pm FRIDAY 15TH JUNE Tonbridge Town Centre, Tonbridge Arts Festival SATURDAY 16TH JUNE Folkestone, Charivari Faversham, Faversham Festival Pilgrims Hospice Canterbury, Summer Fair Quex Park Birchington, Craft Fair Kent and East Sussex Railway tenterden, CAMRA Beer Festiavl Folkestone, Charivari Faversham, Secret Gardens 1pm Faversham, Faversham Festival Fleur de Lis Heritage Centre, Faversham, Heritage Town Walk 10.30am Horsebridge Centre, Whitstable, Canterbury Society of Art Summer Exhibition Kings Hall, Herne Bay, Jive Hive ‘Ascot’ Summer Ball Macknade Fine Foods, Faversham, Farmers’ Market 10am Pilgrims Hospice, Canterbury, Summer Fair 12pm SUNDAY 17TH JUNE Kent and East Sussex Railway tenterden, Classic Buses & Commercial Vehicles Belmont House, Throwley, Open Farm Sunday Farming World, Faversham, Dads go Free for Father’s Day Faversham,Secret Gardens 1pm Faversham, Faversham Festival TUESDAY 19TH JUNE Margate Harbour Arm, Thanet Classic Car Meet SATURDAY 23RD JUNE Leas Cliff Hall Folkestone, International Arts & Crafts Exhibition St Georges St Canterbury, Artisan market Margate Main Sands, Carnival Raft race Tankerton Slopes, Whitstable, Whitstable Classic Car & Motor Show 10.30am SUNDAY 24TH JUNE Margate Various Venues, Margate Jazz Festival Mote Park Maidstone, Kent Kite festival Brogdale Farm, Faversham, Soft Fruit Day Faversham, Faversham Festival Standard Quay, Faversham, Flea Market and unique shopping + Farmers Market 10am Umbrella Centre, Whitstable, Past & Present Fair 10.30am MONDAY 25TH JUNE Gravesend, Armed Forces Day WEDNESDAY 27TH JUNE Charlton Place Bishopsbourne, Open Air Shakespeare As You Like It Horsebridge Centre, Whitstable, Exhibition: Forty Years On Huntsman & Horn, Broomfield, Classic Car Night 8pm

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Folk, Roots & Jazz Listings FRIDAY 11TH MAY, Duke of Cumberland, Whitstable, The Chapter Rhythm Boys Two Brewers, Whitstable, Burt Butler’s Jazz Pilgrims 12.30pm Orpington Liberal Hall, Steve Suffet & Anne Price Rainham Oast Community Centre, Moore or Less Folk Club Royal Marine Club Deal, Vicky Swan & Jonny Dyer SATURDAY 12TH MAY St Edith Hall Kemsing, Belshazzar’s Feast SUNDAY 13TH MAY Phoenix, Faversham, Jazz in the Bar 4.30pm Eagle High St Rochester, Kelvin Christiane Quartet True Briton Folkestone, Ian Shawcross and Friends Hever Castle Festival Theatre, Fairport Convention Unicorn Bekesbourn Canterbury, Celtic session, Fordwich Arms Canterbury, Blues and Country MONDAY 14TH MAY Barnaby Rudge Broadstairs, Pierre Vincent Minster Working Mens Club Sheppey, Sheppey Folk & Blues Club Open Mic TUESDAY 15TH MAY, Ship Inn, Conyer, Traditional Folk Night WEDNESDAY 16TH MAY Chimney Boy, Faversham, Faversham Folk Club - Steve Ashley Chimney Boy Faversham, Steve Ashley Deal Hoy Deal, Hot Rats Man of Kent Rochester, Pierre Vincent Rainham Oast Community Centre, ROOTS session George Inn Molash Canterbury, Celtic session THURSDAY 17TH MAY, Chimney Boy, Faversham, Open/Informal Folk Night Change of Horse Orpington, John & Di Cullen Drum Inn Stanford North Nr Hythe, Cloudstreet FRIDAY 18TH MAY Duke of Cumberland, Whitstable, The Chapter Rhythm Boys Two Brewers, Whitstable, Burt Butler’s Jazz Pilgrims 12.30pm Red Lion Hythe, Jazz with DJ Djangles Black Robin Kingston Canterbury, Girlyman Preview Night Orpington Liberal Hall, Crownstreet Rainham Oast Community Centre, Rainham Folk Club Rock Plaza Sevenoaks, Heidi Talbot Royal Marine Club Deal, Singaround SATURDAY 19TH MAY Kingston Barn Canterbury, Girlyman Queens Arms Nr Edenbridge, Nellies Folk Club with Les Onions SUNDAY 20TH MAY Phoenix, Faversham, Jazz in the Bar 4.30pm Eagle High St Rochester, Nigel price Trio True Briton Folkestone, Harbourside Jazz MONDAY 21ST MAY Barnaby Rudge Broadstairs, Selki Foresters Arms Tonbridge, Phil Drane

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Minster Working Mens Club Sheppey, Sally Ironmonger Trio WEDNESDAY 23RD MAY Chimney Boy, Faversham, Faversham Folk Club - Mary Humphreys & Anahata Chimney Boy Faversham, Happy Trails Man of Kent Rochester, Alister Atkin Trio George Inn Molash Canterbury, Celtic Session THURSDAY 24TH MAY Chimney Boy, Faversham, Open/Informal Folk Night Change of Horse Orpington, Ken & Mike Drum Inn Stanford North Nr Hythe, Singers’ Night FRIDAY 25TH MAY Duke of Cumberland, Whitstable, The Chapter Rhythm Boys Labour Club, Whitstable, Folk in the Backroom Two Brewers, Whitstable, Burt Butler’s Jazz Pilgrims 12.30pm Orpington Liberal Hall, George Wilson Royal Marine Club Deal, Singaround SATURDAY 26TH MAY Kingston Barn Canterbury, Chris & Kellie While Three Mariners Hythe, Mick and Nicks Traditional Music SUNDAY 27TH MAY Phoenix, Faversham, Jazz in the Bar 4.30pm Eagle High St Rochester, Matt Wates Quartet Fordwich Arms Canterbury, Blues and Country MONDAY 28TH MAY Barnaby Rudge Broadstairs, The Train Gang Minster Working Mens Club Sheppey, Sheppey Folk & Blues Club Singaround TUESDAY 29TH MAY Ship Inn, Conyer, Traditional Folk Night Three Mariners Hythe, Mick and Nicks Traditional Music WEDNESDAY 30TH MAY Chimney Boy, Faversham, Faversham Folk Club - Keith Person’s Coup de Grass Chimney Boy Faversham, Singers’ Night Man of Kent Rochester, Skinners Rats George Inn Molash Canterbury, Celtic Session THURSDAY 31ST MAY Chimney Boy, Faversham, Open/Informal Folk Night Change of Horse Orpington, Open Mike/Singers & Musicians’ Night Drum Inn Stanford North Nr Hythe, Singers’ Night Man of Kent Rochester, Tener Duende FRIDAY 1ST JUNE Duke of Cumberland, Whitstable, The Chapter Rhythm Boys Two Brewers, Whitstable, Burt Butler’s Jazz Pilgrims Red Lion Hythe, Jazz with Jo Francis Orpington Liberal Hall, Acoustic/Singaround Rainham Oast Community Centre, Rainham Folk Club Royal Marine Club Deal, Singaround Tom Thumb Theatre Cliftonville, Richard Digance

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The stuff of legends. In the past issue, little under two months ago, we were musing at just what may be in store for Kentish gig goers in 2012, as our wealth of local music festivals readied the press wires and rounded up the troops ahead of their first line-up announcements. And what a series of announcements it has been. In the absence of Glasto 2012 it would appear the market for heritage and prestigious acts has been blown wide open, and as a result many of these classic acts will be making their way across the English Channel to our very own county fayres.. Hop Farm are now well-versed in the arts of major musical announcements, and have hit us with not just bands but a whole additional event too.. Obviously not content with (the return of!) Bob Dylan, Primal Scream, Peter Gabriel, Suede and many more for their annual shindig at the start of July, Hop Farm have a new event in September, with the only UK date of the 2012 World tour of the one and only Leonard Cohen. Rock royalty does not get much cooler than that. Never to be outdone, Lounge On The Farm have announced the long awaited return of Dexys (Midnight Runners) and The Charlatans; in true alt fashion Hevy have gone for the legendary party-starter that is Andrew WK; and Quex Park have taken things to the next level organising a whole day of ‘retro’ indie - James, Echo & the Bunnymen & more.. It’s worth remembering that it’s not just about the big names and the bright lights however, and with plenty of music events going on from town to town across the county over the coming months, including the Deal Festival, Sandwich Festival, Smugglers Festival, Tonbridge, Sevenoaks, Hythe etc etc, there’s plenty around to keep you entertained. So now’s the time. Stop waiting and start packing the wellies. Festival season 2012 is truly here, and the earlier you get involved the better your tent pitch. Our facebook page is the place to follow all the info as it happens (W3 Gigs&Festivals 2012 calendar) and will be sharing the most tastiest bits of festival-related gossip on these very pages throughout the Summer.

Lounge On The Farm

The Hop Farm

6 - 8 July 2012 Merton Farm, Canterbury

29 June - 1 July 2012 Hop Farm, Paddock Wood

Joining Chic, Emile Sande and The Wombats on Merton Farm this summer will be the young soul rebels Dexys, and Tim Burgess’ indie stalwarts The Charlatans. Add in the customary selection for the kids (Zingzillas!) and some fantastic local food demos and LOTF looks nicely set for 2012. Emile Sande / The Wombats / The Charlatans / Chic ft. Nile Rodgers / David Rodigan / Goldie / Dexys www.loungeonthefarm.co.uk

You could write a book on the size and quality of the 2012 line-up at the Hop Farm. So we’ll let the names do the talking.. Bob Dylan / Peter Gabriel / George Clinton / Suede / Richard Ashcroft / Patti Smith / Damien Rice / Ray Davies / The Stranglers / Primal Scream / Dr John / Billy Ocean / Kool & The Gang and of course, Sir Bruce Forsyth.. www.hopfarmfestival.com

Hevy Festival

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3 - 6 August 2012 Port Lympne, Folkestone

28 & 29 July 2012 Quex Park, Margate

There is no-one or no-thing on this earth more symbolic of partying hard than new annoucement Andrew WK. This is a festival lineup that just keeps on giving.. Descendents / Andrew WK / Glassjaw / Meshuggah / Converge / Municipial Waste / Will Haven & many more..

Get down with the kids of today on the Sunday for Olly Murs & Rizzle Kicks & more tba, or act like a kid from yesteryear with the flashback festival line-up of James, Echo & the Bunnymen, Cast, Inspiral Carpets, The Farm & Space on Saturday 28 July.. Either way, a fantastic day in Thanet beckons..

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W3 Kent Gigs listings

W3 Kent Gigs Listings FRIDAY 11TH MAY, Angel Inn, Addington Green, A&M Retro Covers Show Christies Wine Bar Birchington, Andy Mac Lower Bell Blue Bell Hill Aylesford, As Is Now Prince of Wales, Herne Bay, Bad Dog 8.45pm Windmill Ashford, Bad Pennies Style and Winch Maidstone, Ben Jones and the Rifle Volunteers Chimney Boy, Faversham, Blackshot 21 Two Brewers, Whitstable, Burt Butler’s Jazz Pilgrims 12.30pm Hampton Inn, Herne Bay, Crowman Druids Arms Maidstone, DJ Junior Mac Northwood Club Ramsgate, Electric Beatles Divers Arms, Herne Bay, Eyelash Guilt Chill Nightclub, Canterbury, Friday Escape Club Chemistry, Canterbury, Friday Flashback Jolly Sailor, Canterbury, Friday Night Club DJ Bar Chocolate Maidstone, Fridays at Chocolate With DJ Tom Foundry, Canterbury, Funkin’ Up Fridays with DJ Neil Early Bird Grove Green Maidstone, Get Carter George Hotel Ashford, Heroes Number 23 Broadstairs, Hillbilly Rockers

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W3 Kent Gigs listings Tartar Frigate, Broadstairs, The Jives Lower Bell Bluebell Hill Aylesford Maidstone, The Kix Canterbury Cathedral, The Veil of the Temple 7.30pm Three Horseshoes, Staplestreet, Train Set 8pm Red Lion King St Ramsgate, Vivid Nation Beer Cart Arms, Canterbury, Welcome to the Weekend with DJ Josh or Andy Walker Market Inn, Faversham, Wildfire 8.30pm Bower Inn Maidstone, Zeus Chambers Folkestone, Mum’s Old Vinyl Frenchman Folkestone, Goodbye Eric Kazzbar at the Imperial Hythe, Tener Duende David Ellis Ben Millberry Keppels Music Room at the Grand Folkestone, Gig at the Grand - Jaeger Jones Noel Blackman Tripping over Air Basement People Jack Burton OnyxNightclub Folkestone, Friday Glam big tunes £2 drinks all night 10 -3am Royal George Folkestone Harbour, Latest Flame Royal Norfolk Hotel & Gee’s Bar Sandgate, TBC Grand The Leas Folkestone, GIG At The Grand Office Folkestone, Funk Fever-Dj Cedrik Park Ladywell Dover, Skatacus True Briton Folkestone Harbour, Dianne Dunn/& Her guitar-9pm White Horse Dover, Brad Pittence & The Pirates

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Windmill Inn Hythe Rd Ashford, Bad Pennies George Hotel Ashford, Heroes SATURDAY 12TH MAY Bricklayers Arms, Barkin Mad Earls - Earl St Maidstone, Billy Wears Dresses White Horse Cranbrook, Bitten By Monkeys Age and Sons Ramsgate, Blow Powell Arms Birchington, Brad Pittence and the Pirates Red Lion King St Ramsgate, Breed Westgate Hall Canterbury, Brendan Power Royal George Folkestone, Bruise Christies Wine bar, Bubbleband Kings Head Deal, Charlie Lord Nelson Broadstairs, Chrome Horse Caseys, Canterbury, DJ Night Duke Of Edinburgh Barming Maidstone, Dr Jeddler Bradstow Mill Broadstairs, Electric Beatles Market Inn Faversham, Get Carter Horse and Groom Ramsgate, Hang 10 Royal British Legion Minster, Hey Rudi Clarendon Hotel Deal, Interseptoirs Barnaby Rudge Broadstairs, Jed Bull, Faversham, Karaoke Two Brewers, Whitstable, Karaoke

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W3 Kent Gigs listings Elephant and castle Ramsgate, Karaoke Disco with Muffer Mill Inn Deal, Kellys Heros Old Neptune, Whitstable, Kevin Richardson & Guest 9pm Chimney Boy, Faversham, Left of the Dial White Horse, Chilham, Life of Reilly 9pm Wrotham Arms Broadstairs, Little Devils Carpenters Arms, Canterbury, Live Music Dog & Bear, Rough Common, Live Music Pearsons, Whitstable, Live Music Britannia Margate, Live N Kickin Flying Dutchman Tunbridge Wells, Melonhead Man Westcourt Arms Gillingham, Mr Lazy Legion Sports Club Aylesham, Nic Bennet Beer Cart Arms, Canterbury, Nice ‘n’ Cheesy with DJ Josh Club Chemistry, Canterbury, No Attitude Clubbing

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Lower Bell Bluebell Hill Aylesford Maidstone, Reptilia Number 23 Broadstairs, Rock Candy Coach and Horses, Whitstable, Roy Brown 9pm Ocean Inn Dymchurch, Scandal Bar Chocolate Maidstone, Sean Mooney & Ryhon on the 1’s and 2’s till late Divers Arms, Herne Bay, Soul by the Sea Swan, Teynham, The Assorted 9pm Railway Tavern Longfield Dartford, The Blox Huntsman & Horn, Broomfield, The Boogie Men 8.30pm White Horse Maidstone, The Hoochies Canterbury Cathedral, The New Planets 7.30pm Chill Nightclub, Canterbury, The Sound of Saturday Foundry, Canterbury, The Sugar Club with DJ Ross Westgate Hall, Canterbury, Tim Edey & Brendan Power 7pm Druids Arms Maidstone, Tortilla Army

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W3 Kent Gigs listings Ballroom, Canterbury, Tuesday Bluesday 8.30pm Churchill Tavern Ramsgate, Tundra Boars Head Dover, User Friendly Archer Whitfield Dover, Zero Tolerance Boars Head Eaton Rd Dover, User Friendly Bull Inn Dover, DJ Dangerous Dave

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Cheriton Oddfellows Cheriton, Cut Loose Diamond Heathfield Dover, Gizmos Karaoke Folkestone Rowing Club Sandgate, Eds Open Stage 7.30 Frenchman Folkestone, A Thousand Lights OnyxNightclub Folkestone, Contrast 2 rooms of music 10pm -3am

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W3 Kent Gigs listings Oranges Ashford, Uncle Monty Park Inn Folkestone, The Kingsdown Band Prince Of Wales Hythe, Phoenix Karaoke Priory Hotel Dover, Boneyard Royal George Folkestone Harbour, Bruise Park Ladywell Dover, D.I.S.C.O Windmill Inn Hythe Rd Ashford, Push The Boundaries George Hotel Ashford, Electric River SUNDAY 13TH MAY White Horse, Chilham, Alister Atkin 5pm The Queens, Boughton, Crossways 6pm Number 23 Broadstairs, David Shepherd Two Brewers, Whitstable, Electric Tortoise Horse and Groom Ramsgate, Great Mates 4pm Eagle Tavern Deal, Heroes 2pm Admiral Keppel Deal, Heroes 7.30pm Port Arms Deal, Interseptors Tartar Frigate Broadstairs, Jazz Piano bar Coach and Horses, Whitstable, Jim Leverton 4pm Swan, Teynham, Karaoke Labour Club, Whitstable, Karaoke 3.30pm Neptunes Hall Broadstairs, King Size Slim Earls - Earl St Maidstone, MOD Bell and Crown, Canterbury, Nick Bennett Duke of Cumberland, Whitstable, Nigel Hobbins 3.30pm Black Griffin, Canterbury, Pic ‘n’ Mix 8.30pm Churchill Tavern Ramsgate, Rosco levee Market Inn, Faversham, Standard 5 2.30pm Old House At Home Maidstone, Starks Family band Cricketers, Canterbury, Sunday Night Free Jukebox Little Albion St Peters Broadstairs, tbc Dog and Gun Maidstone, TBC

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Druids Arms Maidstone, tbc Ypres Castle Rye, Tener Duende Anchor, Faversham, The Blues Bandits 7pm New Inn Deal, User Friendly Lion Of Kent Bearsted Maidstone, Vertigo (great party band) Lord Nelson Broadstairs, Vintage Jazz with Veronica and guests Old Neptune, Whitstable, Wasabi 5.30pm Pilot Maidstone, White Pepper Admiral Keppel Deal, Heroes OnyxNightclub Folkestone, Party Rock Night shot girls and champagne showers Park Inn Ladywell Dover, Carlos Fandango Karaoke 2pm til late Royal George Folkestone Harbour, Radio Riot Sandgate Hotel Sandgate, Sam Spade Park Ladywell Dover, Karaoke/Carlos Fandango True Briton Folkestone Harbour, Ian Shawcross and Friends play Jazz-3pm MONDAY 14TH MAY Ballroom, Canterbury, Bombo Chill Nightclub, Canterbury, Fuzzy Logic Farmhouse, Canterbury, Jack Hues & The Quartet Bar Chocolate Maidstone, Monday Madness Bank holiday special, £1 drinks till 4am! Barnaby Rudge Broadstairs, Pierre Vincent Club Chemistry, Canterbury, Pop Ya Cherry Black Griffin, Canterbury, Standard 5 View and Bar Below Folkestone, Karaoke/Curry/Drink Mondays £5 TUESDAY 15TH MAY Wrotham Arms Broadstairs, Blues Roots Club with Del Bromham and support from Billy Chong Cherry Tree, Canterbury, Ellerayenne & Brothers at Heart Churchill Tavern Ramsgate, Jam Night Swan, Teynham, Karaoke

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W3 Kent Gigs listings Pearsons, Whitstable, Live Music Ballroom, Canterbury, Tuesday Bluesday 8.30pm Royal Norfolk Hotel & Gee’s Bar Sandgate, Bingo Night White Horse Dover, Open Mic all Genres of music WEDNESDAY 16TH MAY Chill Nightclub, Canterbury, Alphabeats Bar Chocolate Maidstone, Dj Sean Mooney playing the best in house 7 clubs classics Chimney Boy, Faversham, Faversham Folk Club - Steve Ashley Pilot Maidstone, Jam Night Eagle Tavern Rochester , Jam Night Club Chemistry, Canterbury, Juice Seven Stars, Canterbury, Karaoke 8.30pm Church, Davington, Music - Opera, Operetta Melodies & Instrumental Music Ballroom, Canterbury, Open Mic Night

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Two Sawyers, Canterbury, Open Mic Night Smack, Whitstable, Open Stage Bell and Crown, Canterbury, The Hoots OnyxNightclub Folkestone, Ministry Of Pound monster tunes £1 drinks all night 10 --2am Royal Norfolk Hotel & Gee’s Bar Sandgate, Open mic 1 Free drink/performers THURSDAY 17TH MAY, Bar Chocolate Maidstone, Ministry of chesse, £1 Drinks 9pm till late Earls, Ben Jones and the Rifle Volunteers Old Wine Vaults faversham, Brad Pittence and the Pirates Club Chemistry, Canterbury, Indicate: Indie Night Dolphin Broadstairs, Karaoke Beer Cart Arms, Canterbury, Live Music Cricketers, Canterbury, Live Music Seven Stars, Canterbury, Live Music Ship Centurion, Whitstable, Live Music

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Gig Listings Thomas Beckett, Canterbury, Luke Smith Earls - Earl St Maidstone, Make Some Noise Eagle Tavern Rochester , Medusa Chimney Boy, Faversham, Open/Informal Folk Night Carpenters Arms, Canterbury, Solo/Duo Live Music Chill Nightclub, Canterbury, Vibe Urban Music Butt Of Sherry Hythe, Jack Pounds Open Stage Chambers Folkestone, Tinqui8-French version of HolloBelly with cigar box guitars!!.. Lord Morris Guildhall St Folkestone, Karaoke with Jock and Joe Windmill Inn Hythe Rd Ashford, Richard Navano FRIDAY 18TH MAY Angel Inn, Addington Green, Michelle Bar Chocolate Maidstone, Fridays at Chocolate With DJ Tom Bar Ellie Dover,Karaoke- 3rd Friday/month Barnaby Rudge Broadstairs, Breed Beacon Court Gillingham, The Upstarts Beer Cart Arms, Canterbury, Welcome to the Weekend with DJ Josh or Andy Walker Cambridge Arms Deal, Your Shout Caseys, Canterbury, Live Music Chambers Folkestone, Kev Jones-Dj collective/Night of dancing House Chill Nightclub, Canterbury, Friday Escape Chimney Boy, Faversham, Kelly’s Heroes Christies Wine Bar Birchington, Blow

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W3 Kent Gigs listings City Of London Dymchurch, D.I.S.C.O Downstairs Club Chemistry, Canterbury, Friday Flashback Coach and Horses, Whitstable, Blues Fusion 9pm Divers Arms, Herne Bay, Karaoke Disco Druids Arms Maidstone, tbc Duke of Cumberland, Whitstable, The Chapter Rhythm Boys 12.30pm + Syd Arthur 9pm Earls - Earl St Maidstone, Crowman East Kent, Whitstable, Brad Pittance & the Pirates Elephant and castle Ramsgate, Karaoke Disco with Muffer Farmhouse, Canterbury, Famous James & the Monsters w/Colonel Mustard, Ukulelee + Mama Feelgood Foundry, Canterbury, Funkin’ Up Fridays with DJ Neil Fountain Sittingbourne, Get Carter Foy Boat Ramsgate, Karaoke with Bobby Allen Frenchman Folkestone, Radio Riot Heron, Herne Bay, Karaoke Horsebridge Centre, Whitstable, Jazz with The Blue Rhythm Kings 7pm Jolly Sailor, Canterbury, Friday Night Club DJ Kazzbar at the Imperial Hythe, Phoebe Warden Craig Sheridan The Intermission Project Lower Bell Bluebell Hill Aylesford Maidstone, The Ronnies Mariners Ramsgate, Delay Room New Inn Deal, The Outcome

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W3 Kent Gigs listings Northwood Club Ramsgate, Mr Lazy Number 23 Broadstairs, Funke and the Two Tone Baby Office Bar Folkestone, Funk Fever 2nd & 3rd Friday + Free Tapas w/cocktail 5.30-7.30pm Old Neptune, Whitstable, The Lucky Ones 9pm OnyxNightclub Folkestone, Friday Glam big tunes £2 drinks all night 10 -3am Park Inn Ladywell Dover, Heroes Plough Inn Swalecliffe, Hey Rudi Railway Hotel Bromley, Reptilia Red Lion Hythe, DJ Djangles Red Lion King St Ramsgate, tbc Royal George Folkestone Harbour, Lauren Stag Deal, Moments Sun Inn, Faversham, Those Distant Voices Tartar Frigate, Broadstairs, Wilson Ford Two Brewers, Whitstable, Burt Butler’s Jazz Pilgrims 12.30pm Westcoast Margate, Vivid Nation Westcourt Arms Gillingham, Interseptors Windmill Ashford, Tortilla Army Wrotham Arms Broadstairs, Big Blue Royal Norfolk Hotel & Gee’s Bar Sandgate, Karaoke with Alan

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Vasa Sandgate, Funk night with DJ Shane George Hotel Ashford, Raw SATURDAY 19TH MAY Age and Sons Ramsgate, TBC Arden Theatre, Faversham, Under the Spotlight Variety Show 7.30pm Bar Chocolate Maidstone, Sean Mooney & Ryhon on the 1’s and 2’s till late Beauty Of bath Sittinbourne, As Is Now Beck Theatre, Shychlo Beer Cart Arms, Canterbury, Nice ‘n’ Cheesy with DJ Josh Birchington United services, Interseptors Boars Head Eaton Rd Dover, Tortilla Army Bower Inn Maidstone, Get Carter Bradstow Mill Broadstairs, EK1 Bull Inn Dover, Karaoke Carpenters Arms, Canterbury, Live Music Caseys, Canterbury, DJ Night Cheriton Oddfellows Cheriton, Bruce Winters Chill Nightclub, Canterbury, The Sound of Saturday Christies Wine Bar Birchington, Jed Churchill Tavern Ramsgate, Right Hand Drive Club Chemistry, Canterbury, No Attitude Clubbing

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W3 Kent Gigs listings Coach and Horses, Whitstable, The Session 9pm Divers Arms, Herne Bay, Geoff Everett Band Druids Arms Maidstone, Hard tail Duke of Cumberland, Whitstable, Skinny Lister (ticket only) Duke Of Edinburgh Barming Maidstone, Spitroast Eagle tavern Deal, Henrys Rock band Earls - Earl St Maidstone, Reptilia East Kent, Whitstable, At It Again Elephant and castle Ramsgate, Karaoke Disco with Muffer Farmhouse, Canterbury, RPM 10pm Flowerpot Maidstone, King Bees Foundry, Canterbury, The Sugar Club with DJ Ross Frenchman Folkestone, Fuzz On back together again George Hotel Ashford, Feedback Horse and Groom Ramsgate, Phatt Bâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Stards Horsebridge Centre, Whitstable, Rock for Africa Benefit Gig 7pm Huntsman & Horn, Broomfield, Beggars Belief 8.30pm Kingston Barn, Canterbury, Girlyman 7.15pm Lord Nelson Broadstairs, Migden and Gibson Lower Bell Bluebell Hill Aylesford Maidstone, The List Market Inn, Faversham, Rubber Biscuit 8.30pm Mill Inn Deal, Tony Johnson Band New Inn Deal, Kevin Iverson Number 23 Broadstairs, Hang 10 Old Neptune, Whitstable, Big Orange Head 9pm OnyxNightclub Folkestone, Contrast 2 rooms of music 10pm -3am Oranges Ashford, tbc Park Inn Ladywell Dover, Eyelash Guilt Pearsons, Whitstable, Live Music Pilot Maidstone, Zeus

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Prince Of Wales Hythe, Martin Matcham Prince of Wales, Herne Bay, The Colin Boulter Trio 8.45pm Priory Hotel Dover, Your Shout Queen Victoria, Herne Bay, DJ Ray Red Lion King St Ramsgate, tbc Red Lion Sittingbourne, Kulpritts Red Lion St Peters Broadstairs, Karaoke Royal George Folkestone Harbour, Kellys Heros Share and Coulter, Herne Bay, Special Event Six In One Club Tonbridge, Bitten By Monkeys Swan, Teynham, Rockstox 9pm The Berry Deal, King Size Slim Two Brewers, Whitstable, Karaoke Vasa Sandgate, Sideways Recordings White Horse Dover, Steve Morrison Blues White Horse Maidstone, Mama Roux White Horse, Chilham, Greg McDonald 9pm Windmill Inn Hythe Rd Ashford, Fat Badger Wrotham Arms Broadstairs, Bubbleband SUNDAY 20TH MAY Admiral Keppel Deal, Steve Adams Anchor, Faversham, The Radlers 7pm Arden Theatre, Faversham, Under the Spotlight Variety Show 7.30pm Bell and Crown, Canterbury, Ron Trueman Chimney Boy, Faversham, KD Jazz Band Churchill Tavern Ramsgate, Emily and the Beats Clarendon Hotel Deal, Mr Lazy Cricketers, Canterbury, Sunday Night Free Jukebox Deal seafront Spring Music Event, Interseptors Dog and Gun Maidstone, The Grandads Druids Arms Maidstone, tbc Duke of Cumberland, Whitstable, Live Music 3.30pm

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W3 Kent Gigs listings Earls - Earl St Maidstone, Electric Fence Folkestone Rowing Club Sandgate, Live music with Guest band supported by Afterbrooke 2.30pm Horse and Groom Ramsgate, Andy mac 4pm Ivy House, Tyler Hill, Leigh Highwood & Gary Hobley 5pm Lion Of Kent Bearsted Maidstone, The Pepperset (moody blues, beatles, jethro tull) Little Albion St Peters Broadstairs, Robb Johnson Lord Nelson Broadstairs, Mary Rose Market Inn Faversham, Old Country Crows Neptunes Hall Broadstairs, Brad Pittence and the Pirates Number 23 Broadstairs, Banu Old House At Home Maidstone, Noel and Friends Old Neptune, Whitstable, Ben Mills 5.30pm OnyxNightclub Folkestone, Party Rock Night shot girls and champagne showers Park Inn Ladywell Dover, Carlos Fandango Karaoke 2pm til late Royal George Folkestone Harbour, Back To The 80’s band Sandgate Hotel Sandgate, Adam Piggot and Jayne Freeman 4pm Swan, Teynham, Karaoke Tartar Frigate Broadstairs, Chrome Horse The Old Wine Vaults, Faversham, Acoustic Night hosted by Labyrinth Three Mariners Hythe, Chis from As Is Now True Briton Folkestone Harbour, Harbourside Jazz-3pm Two Brewers, Whitstable, Alister Atkin White Horse Chilham canterbury, King Size Slim White Horse Dover, Joe Jones & Al Clarke Pocket Blues Band 3pm White Horse, Chilham, Toby Barelli 5pm MONDAY 21ST MAY Ballroom, Canterbury, Bombo Barnaby Rudge Broadstairs, Selkie Black Griffin, Canterbury, Live Music Chill Nightclub, Canterbury, Fuzzy Logic

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Club Chemistry, Canterbury, Pop Ya Cherry Farmhouse, Canterbury, Lab Rat Records presents…… Sheppey Folk & Blues Club Sheppey, Sally Ironmonger TUESDAY 22TH MAY Ballroom Canterbury, King Size Slim Cherry Tree, Canterbury, Ugly Love & Slaves Dog and Gun Maidstone, Pete Turners Music Quiz Pearsons, Whitstable, Live Music Swan, Teynham, Karaoke WEDNESDAY 23RD MAY Ballroom, Canterbury, Open Mic Night Bell and Crown, Canterbury, Boogeymen Chill Nightclub, Canterbury, Alphabeats Chimney Boy, Faversham, Faversham Folk Club - Mary Humphreys & Anahata Club Chemistry, Canterbury, Juice Diamond Heathfield Dover, Mick Rogers Eagle Tavern Rochester , Jam Night OnyxNightclub Folkestone, Ministry Of Pound monster tunes £1 drinks all night 10 --2am Plough, Lewson Street, The Chillbillies 9pm Seven Stars, Canterbury, Karaoke 8.30pm Smack, Whitstable, The Humble The Old Wine Vaults, Faversham, Rock Club Two Sawyers, Canterbury, Jam Night THURSDAY 24TH MAY Beer Cart Arms, Canterbury, Live Music Carpenters Arms, Canterbury, Solo/Duo Live Music Chambers Folkestone, GroanBox Chill Nightclub, Canterbury, Vibe Urban Music Chimney Boy, Faversham, Open/Informal Folk Night Club Chemistry, Canterbury, Indicate: Indie Night Cricketers, Canterbury, Live Music Dolphin Broadstairs, Karaoke Eagle Tavern Rochester , Skadekat Earls - Earl St Maidstone, Forgotten Toyz

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W3 Kent Gigs listings Horse and Groom Ramsgate, Brad the duo Lord Morris Folkestone, Karaoke with Jock and Joe Seven Stars, Canterbury, Live Music Ship Centurion, Whitstable, Live Music Thomas Beckett, Canterbury, Luke Smith View and Bar Below Folkestone, Vivid Nation + Moccasins & more Windmill Inn Hythe Rd Ashford, TBC FRIDAY 25TH MAY Admiral Keppel Deal, Ian Harris SKA Dj Angel Inn, Addington Green, Wilson Ford Barrel and Horn Bromley, Fate The Juggler Beer Cart Arms, Canterbury, Welcome to the Weekend with DJ Josh or Andy Walker Belgium Bar Ramsgate, Mr Lazy Bowling Green Tavern Deal, Your Shout British Queen Maidstone, Old Country Crows Caseys, Canterbury, Live Music Chambers Folkestone, Dj Stevo Chill Nightclub, Canterbury, Friday Escape Chimney Boy Faversham, Interseptors Christies Wine Bar Birchington, Joe Cool Cinque Ports Rye, King Size Slim City Of London Dymchurch, D.I.S.C.O Downstairs Club Chemistry, Canterbury, Friday Flashback

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Coach and Horses, Whitstable, The Blue Devils 9pm Crown Inn Finglesham, Tony Johnson Band Divers Arms, Herne Bay, Dub 3 Druids Arms Maidstone,tbc Duke of Cumberland, Whitstable, The Chapter Rhythm Boys 12.30pm + Live Music 9pm Earls - Earl St Maidstone, Metropolis East Kent, Whitstable, Cellar 39 Elephant and castle Ramsgate, Karaoke Disco with Muffer Farmhouse, Canterbury, Willy Mason w/ support Foundry, Canterbury, Funkinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Up Fridays with DJ Neil Fountain Sittingbourne , Bad Pennies Foy Boat Ramsgate, Karaoke with Bobby Allen Frenchman Folkestone, Dead Reckonin George Hotel Ashford, Cold Shots GoldenArrow Sandgate, The Fix Heron, Herne Bay, Karaoke Hope Inn St Margarets, Barkin Mad Horse and Groom Ramsgate, Karaoke with Kate Jolly Sailor, Canterbury, Friday Night Club DJ Kazzbar at the Imperial Hythe, Katie Bradley Jazz & Blues Kings Hall, Herne Bay, The Delays Labour Club, Whitstable, Folk in the Backroom

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W3 Kent Gigs listings Lower Bell Bluebell Hill Aylesford Maidstone, Primitive Instinct Market Inn, Faversham, The Hoots 8.30pm Mickeys Rock Café Detling Maidstone, Moments Number 23 Broadstairs, Jaeger Old Neptune, Whitstable, Canary Wolf 9pm Orange Tree Dartford, The Blox Oranges Ashford, Tortilla Army Platform 5 Ashford, Shychlo Plough, Swalecliffe, Live Music Red Lion King St Ramsgate, Running With Scissors Royal George Folkestone Harbour, Brad Pittance & The Pirates Royal Norfolk Hotel & Gee’s Bar Sandgate, Steve Bolton + DJ Knight owl Sutton Vale Country Club Deal, Zero Tolerance Tartar Frigate, Broadstairs, Break Thru Two Brewers, Whitstable, Burt Butler’s Jazz Pilgrims 12.30pm Vasa Sandgate, Funk night with DJ Shane White Horse Dover, Up Yaws White Horse Maidstone, Projestc 5 Windmill Inn Hythe Rd Ashford, Up All Night SATURDAY 26TH MAY Age and Sons Ramsgate, Mark Taylor Archer Whitfield Dover, User Friendly Arden Theatre, Faversham, Captain Patch & the Mermaid Mollies + The Old Country Crows 7.30pm Beer Cart Arms, Canterbury, Nice ‘n’ Cheesy with DJ Josh

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Boars Head Eaton Rd Dover, Boneyard Bradstow Mill Broadstairs, Barkin Mad Bull Inn Dover, Karaoke Bull, Faversham, Karaoke Carpenters Arms, Canterbury, Live Music Caseys, Canterbury, DJ Night Chambers Folkestone, FiddleFit (Stomping boots !) Cheriton Oddfellows Cheriton, Marty Russell Chill Nightclub, Canterbury, The Sound of Saturday Chimney Boy, Faversham, Top Guns (80s showband) Christies Wine Bar Birchington, Hang 10 Churchill Tavern Ramsgate, Coco Club Chemistry, Canterbury, No Attitude Clubbing Deal Bandstand , Electric Beatles midday Divers Arms, Herne Bay, Emma Jane Dog & Bear, Rough Common, Live Music Dog and Gun Maidstone, Northern Soul Night Druids Arms Maidstone, Skadekat Duke Of Edinburgh Barming Maidstone, Ian Ingles Earls - Earl St Maidstone, Vince Vortex and the Cucumbers Elephant and castle Ramsgate, Karaoke Disco with Muffer Elephant, Faversham, The Boogiemen 8.30pm Farmhouse, Canterbury, Smugglers Records presents… The Bucket Boyz w/Lappis Lazuli Foundry, Canterbury, The Sugar Club with DJ Ross Frenchman Folkestone, Live n Kickin

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W3 Kent Gigs listings George Hotel Ashford, Centaur Parting Horse and Groom Ramsgate, In Demand Huntsman & Horn, Broomfield, After Hours 8.30pm Kingston Barn, Canterbury, Chris & Kellie While Lord Morris Guildhall St Folkestone, Jock and Joe Disco Roadshow Lord Nelson Broadstairs, Star Lane Lower Bell Blue Bell Hill Aylesford, Contraband Number 23 Broadstairs, Jed Old Brewery Store, Faversham, Hats Off to Led Zeppelin + Carters Blues 7pm Old Neptune, Whitstable, The Mercurials 9pm OnyxNightclub Folkestone, Contrast 2 rooms of music 10pm -3am Oranges Ashford, Tortilla Army Park Inn Hotel Folkestone, Radio Riot Park Inn Ladywell Dover, The Kingsdown Band Plough, Swalecliffe, Karaoke Prince Of Wales Hythe, Bill Douglas Priory Hotel Dover, Geoff Everett Band Quarterhouse Folkestone, Battle Of The Bands Final Red Lion King St Ramsgate, Supersonic Red Lion, Badlesmere, Electric River 9pm Rodneys Sports Bar Herne Bay, Brad Pittence and the Pirates Royal George Folkestone Harbour, Mr Lazy Sid James rally Sheerness, Skadekat Swalecliffe Community Centre Whitstable, Jason Leigh Swan, Teynham, Mick Kenton 9pm Three Horseshoes, Staplestreet, Roland Chadwick 8pm Two Brewers, Whitstable, Karaoke Valiant Sailor Capel le Ferne, Vox Deluxe Vasa Sandgate, Sideways Recordings White Horse Dover, Dr Jones Medicine Show White Horse Maidstone, tbc White Horse, Chilham, Andy Price & Steve Chrise 9pm Windmill Inn Hythe Rd Ashford, The Crossfire Wrotham Arms Broadstairs, Earl Green and The Right Time

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SUNDAY 27TH MAY Admiral Keppel Deal, Kevin Iverson Anchor, Faversham, Felix Fables 7pm Bell and Crown, Canterbury, Ben Russell Black Griffin, Canterbury, Pic ‘n’ Mix 8.30pm Bowling Green Tavern Deal, Heroes Churchill Tavern Ramsgate, Mercurials Clarendon Hotel Deal, Tony Johnson Band Cricketers, Canterbury, Sunday Night Free Jukebox Divers Arms, Herne Bay, Open Mic Night Dog and Gun Maidstone, B Sharp Druids Arms Maidstone, tbc Duke Of Cumberland Whitstable, King Size Slim 3pm Earls - Earl St Maidstone, The Blox Labour Club, Whitstable, Steve Bolton 3.30pm Little Albion St Peters Broadstairs, Tobias Ben Jacob Lord Nelson Broadstairs, Sally Ironmonger Market Inn, Faversham, Rough Common 2.30pm Neptunes Hall Broadstairs, Rosco Levee New Inn Deal, Scandal Number 23 Broadstairs, Spyplane Old House At Home Maidstone, Cut The Funk Old Neptune, Whitstable, Who Shot Sheriff 5.30pm OnyxNightclub Folkestone, Party Rock Night shot girls and champagne showers Park Inn Ladywell Dover, Carlos Fandango Karaoke 2pm til late Plough, Lewson Street, Goosebumps Port Arms Deal, Heroes eve Royal George Folkestone Harbour, Jason Leigh Swan, Teynham, Karaoke Tartar Frigate Broadstairs, Temple Jazz Band The Queens, Boughton, Chrome Horse Band 6pm True Briton Folkestone Harbour, Mr Lazy Two Brewers, Whitstable, Sneaking Sally White Horse, Chilham, James Evans 5pm MONDAY 28TH MAY Ballroom, Canterbury, Bombo

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W3 Kent Gigs listings Black Griffin, Canterbury, Live Music Chill Nightclub, Canterbury, Fuzzy Logic Club Chemistry, Canterbury, Pop Ya Cherry TUESDAY 29TH MAY Ballroom, Canterbury, Tuesday Bluesday 8.30pm Cherry Tree, Canterbury, Captain Bastard & the Scallywags Churchill Tavern Ramsgate, Jam Night Pearsons, Whitstable, Live Music Swan, Teynham, Karaoke White Horse Dover, Open Mic WEDNESDAY 30TH MAY Ballroom, Canterbury, Open Mic Night Bell and Crown, Canterbury, Coco & the Butterfields Chill Nightclub, Canterbury, Alphabeats Chimney Boy, Faversham, Faversham Folk Club - Keith Person’s Coup de Grass Eagle Tavern Rochester , Jam Night OnyxNightclub Folkestone, Ministry Of Pound monster tunes £1 drinks all night 10 --2am Prince Harry Ramsgate, Karaoke with Jerry Seven Stars, Canterbury, Karaoke 8.30pm Smack, Whitstable, Open Stage Two Sawyers, Canterbury, Open Mic Night THURSDAY 31ST MAY Beer Cart Arms, Canterbury, Live Music Carpenters Arms, Canterbury, Solo/Duo Live Music Chambers Folkestone, John Crampton Chill Nightclub, Canterbury, Vibe Urban Music Chimney Boy, Faversham, Open/Informal Folk Night Club Chemistry, Canterbury, Indicate: Indie Night Cricketers, Canterbury, Live Music Dolphin Broadstairs, Karaoke Eagle Tavern Rochester , Kit Curtis & The B3s Earls - Earl St Maidstone, Kick Lord Morris Guildhall St Folkestone, Karaoke with Jock and Joe New Flying Horse Wye, Chillbillies Seven Stars, Canterbury, Live Music Ship Centurion, Whitstable, Live Music Thomas Beckett, Canterbury, Luke Smith Vigo Inn Vigo Village Brands hatch, The Outcome Windmill Inn Hythe Rd Ashford, TBC FRIDAY 1ST JUNE Admiral Keppel Deal, As Is Now Angel Inn, Addington Green, Crew of Two Beer Cart Arms, Canterbury, Welcome to the Weekend with DJ Josh or Andy Walker Bower Inn Maidstone, Rockstox Bowling Green Tavern Deal, The Outcome Carpenters Arms, Eastling, Fate the Juggler Chambers Folkestone, Alien Fm Chimney Boy, Faversham, Dakota Christies Wine Bar Birchington, Jaeger and Andy mac Churchill Tavern Ramsgate, tbc

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Crabble Corn Mill Dover, Old Country Crows Divers Arms, Herne Bay, Aint Misbehaving Druids Arms Maidstone, Skatacus Duke of Cumberland, Whitstable, The Chapter Rhythm Boys 12.30pm + The Filthy Boozehounds 9pm Earls - Earl St Maidstone, Clintstones East Kent, Whitstable, Crispy Duck Combo Enotcea Ramsgate, Bread and Butter Foundry, Canterbury, Funkin’ Up Fridays with DJ Neil Fountain Sittingbourne, Archive Foy Boat Ramsgate, Karaoke with Bobby Allen Frenchman Folkestone, Latest Flame George Hotel Ashford, Live n Kickin Heron, Herne Bay, Karaoke Jolly Sailor, Canterbury, Friday Night Club DJ Kazzbar at the Imperial Hythe, tbc Lord Nelson Broadstairs, Jeff Barker Band Louis Armstrong Dover, Get Carter Lower Bell Bluebell Hill Aylesford Maidstone, Joe Cool Band Market Inn, Faversham, Nightwatch 8.30pm Number 23 Broadstairs, tbc Old Neptune, Whitstable, Adidas Kebabs 9pm OnyxNightclub Folkestone, Friday Glam big tunes £2 drinks all night 10 -3am Park Inn Ladywell Dover, M’Larki Pizza Express Maidstone, Nic Bennet supporting Gareth Gates Plough, Swalecliffe, Live Music Prince of Wales, Herne Bay, One Love 8.30pm Red Lion Hythe, Jo Francis Red Lion King St Ramsgate, tbc Royal George Folkestone Harbour, Kent Sounds Karaoke Tartar Frigate, Broadstairs, Smiler The Old Wine Vaults, Faversham, Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Celebrations Tom Thumb Theatre Cliftonville, Sally Ironmonger Two Brewers, Whitstable, Burt Butler’s Jazz Pilgrims 12.30pm Vasa Sandgate, Funk night with DJ Shane White Horse Maidstone, Soundcasters Windmill Inn Hythe Rd Ashford, Sicknote Blues Band SATURDAY 2ND JUNE Age and Sons Ramsgate, Jaeger Barnaby Rudge Broadstairs, Your Shout Bearsted Green nr Maidstone, Music On the green feat. Little Big band Strumbums Leroy & the Rockets Rock Choir Muddy River Beer Cart Arms, Canterbury, Nice ‘n’ Cheesy with DJ Josh Birchington United services, Barkin Mad Boars Head Eaton Rd Dover, Nagasaki 3 Bower Inn Maidstone, Hi Jets Bradstow Mill Broadstairs, Blow Bull Inn Dover, Hey Rudi 3pm outside stage with Tartan Billy Disco eve

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W3 Kent Gigs listings Carpenters Arms, Canterbury, Live Music Caseys, Canterbury, DJ Night Chequers Beer Festival Smarden, Live N Kickin Cheriton Oddfellows Cheriton, Just Joe Chill Nightclub, Canterbury, The Sound of Saturday Christies Wine Bar Birchington, Surf Dude Grandad Churchill Tavern Ramsgate, Groove Junction Club Chemistry, Canterbury, No Attitude Clubbing Diamond Heathfield Dover, Gizmos Karaoke Divers Arms, Herne Bay, Paul Zeus Druids Arms Maidstone, Timmy Moore & friends Duke Of Edinburgh Maidstone, Big Gig feat Kings Eyes Spitroast The Moore Brothers Briony May Duo Fox Force 5 Earls - Earl St Maidstone, Spitroast Eight Bells Hawkhurst, Goodbye Eric Elephant, Faversham, Tony & his Strumpets 8.30pm Flowerpot Maidstone, Midnight Flyers Folkestone Rowing Club Sandgate, Beer festival starts Foundry, Canterbury, The Sugar Club with DJ Ross Frenchman Folkestone, Supersonic George Hotel Ashford, Webbos Dustys Years Disco Hampton Inn, Herne Bay, Chopper Nostril Hamstreet Country Show, Kulpritts Horse and Groom Ramsgate, Elvis is in the building Paul Starr entertains Huntsman & Horn, Broomfield, Countdowns 8.30pm Lion Of Kent Bearsted Maidstone, Jubilee Party with Lee Highwood Lord Byron Margate, Brad Pittence and the Pirates 3pm Lord Nelson Broadstairs, Hang 10 Lower Bell Bluebell Hill Aylesford Maidstone, Regrade Mariners Bar Ramsgate, Moments Mill Inn Deal, Henrys Rock band New Inn, Whitstable, Jo Francis + Piano Northwood Club Ramsgate, Brad Pittence and the Pirates Number 23 Broadstairs, Kevin Malloy Old Neptune, Whitstable, Centurion Sect 9pm OnyxNightclub Folkestone, Contrast 2 rooms of music 10pm -3am Oranges Ashford, Horns High Park Inn Folkestone, The Outcome Park Inn Ladywell Dover, Electric Beatles Prince Of Wales Hythe, Phoenix Karaoke eve Queen Victoria, Herne Bay, Tortilla Army Red Lion King St Ramsgate, Job Nockey Red Lion St Peters Broadstairs, Karaoke Red Lion, Badlesmere, Pass the Cat 9pm Royal George Folkestone Harbour, Apache Swan, Teynham, Richard Phillips 9pm The Old Wine Vaults, Faversham, Queen’s Diamond Jubilee

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Celebrations Two Brewers, Whitstable, Karaoke Unicorn Marden Maidstone, Archive Valiant Sailor Capel le Ferne, Karaoke/Zoeke-8pm Vasa Sandgate, Sideways Recordings Viewpoint Club Gravesend, As Is Now Vigo Inn Vigo Village Brands hatch, Reptilia White Horse Cranbrook, Geoff Everett Band White Horse Maidstone, tbc Windmill Inn Hythe Rd Ashford, Scandal SUNDAY 3RD JUNE Admiral Keppel Deal, Heroes 4pm Anchor, Faversham, Live Music 7pm Angel Inn, Addington Green, Jazz Archer Whitfield Dover, Heroes Bearsted Green nr Maidstone, Music On the green feat Rosie pennie Gambler Contraband Bell and Crown, Canterbury, Tiggatt & Freeman Bellevue Ramsgate, Skadekat Bradstow Mill Broadstairs, Magic Bus Brogdale Farm, Faversham, Apple Tarts Music Festival Bull Inn Dover, Johnny B 3pm Chimney Boy Faversham, Funke & The Two Tone Baby Churchill Tavern Ramsgate, Electric Experience Divers Arms, Herne Bay, Nagasaki 3 Dog and Gun Maidstone, Blues Bandits Druids Arms Maidstone, The Kix Duck inn Petts Bottom Bridge, Chillbillies Duke of Cumberland, Whitstable, Ivan’s Allstars 3.30pm Duke Of Edinburgh Barming Maidstone, The Big Gig Earls - Earl St Maidstone, Masterclass Folkestone Rowing Club Sandgate, Jacuzzi Soup George Hotel Ashford, Fat Badger and start of 3 day Beer Festival! Hole In The Roof Deal, The Outcome Horse and Groom Ramsgate, Terry solo guitarist 4pm Huntsman & Horn, Broomfield, Kevin Jones 8.30pm Lion Of Kent Bearsted Maidstone, Velvet Glove (70s, 80s, pop, rock) Market Inn, Faversham, Live Music 2.30pm Number 23 Broadstairs, tbc Old Brewery Store, Faversham, Goosebumps + The Groovechasers 7pm Old House At Home Maidstone, The Erics Old House At Home Queenborough, Bad Pennies Old Neptune Whitstable, Bruise OnyxNightclub Folkestone, Party Rock Night shot girls and champagne showers Park Inn Ladywell Dover, Carlos Fandango Karaoke 2pm til late Phoenix, Faversham, Under the Wood Port Arms Deal, Mr Lazy

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Folkestone Rowing Club Sandgate, Jubilee Street Party on the sefront with live music and BBQ Four Horseshoes, Graveney, Keith & Ian Lounge Entertainers Horse and Groom Ramsgate, Sam entertains 4pm Huntsman & Horn, Broomfield, After Hours 8.30pm Layzell tavern Club Minster, Brad Pittence and the Pirates Lesters Margate, Interseptors Plough Lewson Street Faversham, Chillbillies Quarterhouse Folkestone, The Pigeon Detectives Royal George Folkestone Harbour, Jason leigh Source Bar Rose Yard Maidstone, Ska Fest Party in the Yard feat Toot n Skamen P45 The Estimators Skatacus & loads more Stumble Inn Sittingbourne, Skadekat The Old Wine Vaults, Faversham, Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Celebrations + Quiz Night Woolpack Smeeth nr Ashford, Heroes TUESDAY 5TH JUNE Ballroom, Canterbury, Tuesday Bluesday 8.30pm Broadstairs Bandstand, Interseptors Cherry Tree, Canterbury, The Good Stuff Dog and Gun Maidstone, Pete Turners Music Quiz Horse and Groom Ramsgate, tbc Kings Head Deal, Tony Johnson Band Pearsons, Whitstable, Live Music Swan, Teynham, Karaoke

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WEDNESDAY 6TH JUNE Angel Inn, Addington Green, Innocent Bystanders Ballroom, Canterbury, Open Mic Night Bell and Crown, Canterbury, Standard 5 Chimney Boy, Faversham, Faversham Folk Club - Anthony John Clarke Dover Castle, Teynham, Derek Hawkes & his Jazz Friends 8pm Eagle Tavern Rochester , Jam Night Market Inn, Faversham, Open Mic Night OnyxNightclub Folkestone, Ministry Of Pound monster tunes £1 drinks all night 10 --2am Seahorse Greatstone, Tortilla Army Seven Stars, Canterbury, Karaoke 8.30pm Smack, Whitstable, Funke & the Twotone Baby Two Sawyers, Canterbury, Jam Night THURSDAY 7TH JUNE Beer Cart Arms, Canterbury, Live Music Carpenters Arms, Canterbury, Solo/Duo Live Music Chambers Folkestone, TBC Chimney Boy, Faversham, Open/Informal Folk Night Cricketers, Canterbury, Live Music Dolphin Broadstairs, Karaoke Eagle Tavern Rochester, Bitten By Monkeys Earls - Earl St Maidstone, Make Some Noise Lord Morris Guildhall St Folkestone, Karaoke with Jock and Joe Man Of Kent Rochester, Tener Duende Old Wine Vaults faversham, Davey Ralph Road Band Seven Stars, Canterbury, Live Music Ship Centurion, Whitstable, Live Music Thomas Beckett, Canterbury, Luke Smith Windmill Inn Hythe Rd Ashford, Charity Music Contest Grand final FRIDAY 8TH JUNE Angel Inn, Addington Green, Andybad Robinson Beer Cart Arms, Canterbury, Welcome to the Weekend with DJ Josh or Andy Walker British Queen Maidstone, Nic Bennet Chambers Folkestone, M.O.V ChimneyBoy, Faversham, Chillbillies Christies Wine Bar Birchington, Kellys Eye City Of London Dymchurch, D.I.S.C.O Downstairs Coach and Horses, Whitstable, Jim Leverton 9pm Divers Arms, Herne Bay, The Fecks Druids Arms Maidstone, Crossfire Duke of Cumberland, Whitstable, The Chapter Rhythm Boys 12.30pm Earls - Earl St Maidstone, Assorted Frenchman Folkestone, Left Of The Dial George Hotel Ashford, Soarbins retreat Heron, Herne Bay, Karaoke Hussar Hotel Garlinge, Funke & The Two Tone Baby Kazzbar at the Imperial Hythe, Kelly Bourne Lord Nelson Broadstairs, Hang 10 Lower Bell Bluebell Hill Aylesford Maidstone, Sociology

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Number 23 Broadstairs, Jobnockey Office Bar Folkestone, Funk Fever 2nd & 3rd Friday + Free Tapas w/cocktail 5.30-7.30pm Old Neptune, Whitstable, Bobby Valentino & Paul Anstell 9pm OnyxNightclub Folkestone, Friday Glam big tunes £2 drinks all night 10 -3am Park Inn Ladywell Dover, Hey Rudi Plough, Swalecliffe, Live Music Prince Albert Dover, Brad Pittence and the Pirates Railway longfield dartford, Get Carter Red Lion King St Ramsgate, Boogie Men Royal George Folkestone Harbour, Goodbye Eric Share and Coulter, Herne Bay, Bike Rally Sun Inn, Faversham, The Chrome Horse Band Tartar Frigate, Broadstairs, Mel Harris Three Horseshoes, Staplestreet, Cultured Pearl 8pm Two Brewers, Whitstable, Burt Butler’s Jazz Pilgrims 12.30pm Vasa Sandgate, Funk night with DJ Shane White Horse Maidstone, Adam Piggot & Jayne Freeman Windmill Inn Hythe Rd Ashford, Centaur Parting SATURDAY 9TH JUNE Age and Sons Ramsgate, TBC Barnaby Rudge Broadstairs, Moments Boars Head Eaton Rd Dover, Electric River Bower Inn Maidstone, Zeus Britannia margate, Barkin Mad Bull Inn Dover, Cultured Pearl Bull, Faversham, Karaoke Cheriton Oddfellows Cheriton, Gary Dean Chimney Boy, Faversham, Brad Pittance & the Pirates Christies Wine Bar Birchington, Mental Block Churchill Tavern Ramsgate, Aurora Coach and Horses, Whitstable, Mac’s Diner 9pm Dartford Demelza Hospice Charity Gig, The Blox Divers Arms, Herne Bay, Coco Dog & Bear, Rough Common, Live Music Druids Arms Maidstone, Top Guns Duke Of Edinburgh Maidstone, tbc Earls - Earl St Maidstone, Barbed East Kent Whitstable, Get Carter Folkestone Railway Club, Mr Lazy Frenchman Folkestone, Your Shout George Hotel Ashford, Metropolis Golden Arrow Cheriton Folkestone, Turmoil the return gig Harbour Garden Café Whitstable, Interseptors Huntsman & Horn, Broomfield, Smiler 8.30pm Kentish Horse Edenbridge, Sally Ironmonger Lord Nelson Broadstairs, Green Diesel Lower Bell Blue Bell Hill Aylesford, Skatacus Mariners Ramsgate, Bread and Butter Mill Inn Deal, Zero Tolerance

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Valiant Sailor Capel le Ferne, Nic Bennet Vasa Sandgate, Sideways Recordings White Horse Maidstone, tbc White Horse, Chilham, Crossfire Duo 9pm Windmill Inn Hythe Rd Ashford, TBC SUNDAY 10TH JUNE Admiral Keppel Deal, Tony Johnson Anchor, Faversham, Live Music 7pm Bell and Crown, Canterbury, CJ & Nick Black Griffin, Canterbury, Pic ‘n’ Mix 8.30pm Black Robin Inn, Kingston, Benji Kirkpatrick 6.30pm Bull Dover, Hey Rudi afternoon Churchill Tavern Ramsgate, 706 Union Avenue Clarendon Hotel Deal, Brad Pittence and the Pirates Dog and Gun Maidstone, Cellar 39

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Druids Arms Maidstone, tbc Duke of Cumberland, Whitstable, Dub 3 3.30pm Earls - Earl St Maidstone, Dos Tortillas Horse and Groom Ramsgate, EK1 Labour Club, Whitstable, Happy Trails 3.30pm Lion Of Kent Bearsted Maidstone, Sociology (pop, rock, blues) Lord Nelson Broadstairs, Jazz with Veronica and guests Market Inn, Faversham, Pepper Set 2.30pm Neptunes Hall Broadstairs, Sally Ironmonger Number 23 Broadstairs, Fruit Group Old House At Home Maidstone, Hi Jets Old Neptune, Whitstable, Mark Taylor 5.30pm OnyxNightclub Folkestone, Party Rock Night shot girls and champagne showers Park Inn Ladywell Dover, Carlos Fandango Karaoke 2pm til late Port Arms Deal, Scandal Royal George Folkestone Harbour, Think Lizzy Share and Coulter, Herne Bay, Bike Rally Swan, Teynham, Karaoke Tartar Frigate Broadstairs, Dave Ferra The Queens, Boughton, Talking Book 6pm Two Brewers, Whitstable, Kelly’s Heroes White Horse, Chilham, Mambo Jambo 5pm MONDAY 11TH JUNE Black Griffin, Canterbury, Lapis Lazuli TUESDAY 12TH JUNE Cherry Tree, Canterbury, Funke & the Twotone Baby Churchill Tavern Ramsgate, Jam Night Swan, Teynham, Karaoke WEDNESDAY 13TH JUNE Ballroom, Canterbury, Open Mic Night Barge Gillingham, Sally Ironmonger Bell and Crown, Canterbury, Matt Brookes Chimney Boy, Faversham, Faversham Folk Club - Singers Night Eagle Tavern Rochester, Jam Night Man Of Kent Rochester, Fate The Juggler Seven Stars, Canterbury, Karaoke 8.30pm Smack, Whitstable, Open Stage The Old Wine Vaults, Faversham, Rock Club Two Sawyers, Canterbury, Open Mic Night THURSDAY 14TH JUNE Beer Cart Arms, Canterbury, Live Music Chambers Folkestone, Bruise-Nu-Folk Chimney Boy, Faversham, Open/Informal Folk Night Dolphin Broadstairs, Karaoke Eagle Tavern Rochester , tbc Earls - Earl St Maidstone, Los Desperados Lord Morris Guildhall St Folkestone, Karaoke with Jock and Joe Thomas Beckett, Canterbury, Luke Smith FRIDAY 15TH JUNE Angel Inn, Addington Green, Run VT Assembly Rooms, Faversham, Tania Holland - Operetta Bar 10 Maidstone, Mr Lazy

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Birchington United services, Nic Bennet Chimney Boy, Faversham, Jacuzzi Soup Christies Wine Bar Birchington, Matt Brooks Divers Arms, Herne Bay, King Size Slim Duke of Cumberland, Whitstable, The Chapter Rhythm Boys 12.30pm + Live Music 9pm Earls - Earl St Maidstone, Breed East Kent, Whitstable, Orange Spine Frenchman Folkestone, Shameful Behaviour George Hotel Ashford, Monsters of Rock Hole In The Roof Deal, Nightwatch Horsebridge Centre, Whitstable, Jazz with The Blue Rhythm Kings 7pm Kazzbar at the Imperial Hythe, tbc Lower Bell Bluebell Hill Aylesford Maidstone, Boneyard Junction Nags Head Rochester, Ben Jones and the Rifle Volunteers Number 23 Broadstairs, Jaeger Office Bar Folkestone, Funk Fever 2nd & 3rd Friday + Free Tapas w/cocktail 5.30-7.30pm Old Neptune, Whitstable, Great Mates 9pm OnyxNightclub Folkestone, Friday Glam big tunes £2 drinks all night 10 -3am Park Inn Ladywell Dover, Up Yaws Red Lion Hythe, The Groove Chasers Red Lion King St Ramsgate, Self Titled Royal George Folkestone Harbour, Centaur Parting Sun Inn, Faversham, 706 Union Avenue Tartar Frigate Broadstairs, A & M Retro Show Two Brewers, Whitstable, Burt Butler’s Jazz Pilgrims 12.30pm Vasa Sandgate, Funk night with DJ Shane Westgate Social Club Westgate, Brad Pittence and the Pirates White Cliffs Weekender, As Is Now Windmill Inn Hythe Rd Ashford, Grandads SATURDAY 16TH JUNE Age and Sons Ramsgate, Brad Pittence and the Pirates Archer Whitfield Dover, Skatacus Boars Head Eaton Rd Dover, Your Shout Bull Inn Dover, Karaoke Cheriton Oddfellows Cheriton, Geoff Stevens Christies Wine Bar Birchington, Phil and The Locals Churchill Tavern Ramsgate, Chess Unplugged Concorde Rainham, Kulpritts Divers Arms, Herne Bay, Soul by the Sea Dog and Bone Gillingham, Interseptors Druids Arms Maidstone, Elev8 Duke Of Edinburgh Maidstone, Forgotten Toyz Earls - Earl St Maidstone, Chosen Few Frenchman Folkestone, Glam Slam George Hotel Ashford, Henrys Rock Band Horse and Groom Ramsgate, Billy Chong Huntsman & Horn, Broomfield, Kevin Reynolds 8.30pm Lord Nelson Broadstairs, Beggars Belief

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Lower Bell Bluebell Hill Aylesford Maidstone, Vertigo New Inn Deal, Kevin Iverson New Inn, Whitstable, Steve Bolton Number 23 Broadstairs, Broken Banjo Old Neptune, Whitstable, Coco & the Butterfields 9pm OnyxNightclub Folkestone, Contrast 2 rooms of music 10pm -3am Oranges Ashford, Blacken The Name + Guests Park Inn Folkestone, Mr Lazy Park Inn Ladywell Dover, Live n Kickin Priory Hotel Dover, The Relics Queen Victoria, Herne Bay, DJ Ray Red Lion Ramsgate, Tortilla Army 9pm Red Lion St Peters Broadstairs, Karaoke Rodneys Sports Bar Herne Bay, Barkin Mad Royal George Folkestone Harbour, Paradigm Royal Oak Lydd, Heroes Spitfire Kingshill Maidstone, Bitten By Monkeys Swan, Teynham, The Voice 9pm Two Brewers, Whitstable, Karaoke Two Sawyers, Canterbury, Live Music Valiant Sailor Capel le Ferne, Funke & the Two Tone Baby View & Bar Below Folkestone, Tortilla Army 5pm View and Bar Below, Shychlo Vigo Inn Vigo Village Brands hatch, Fate The Juggler White Cliffs Weekender, Hey Rudi White Horse Chilham canterbury, Bruise White Horse Maidstone, Sonny Ray Band Windmill Inn Hythe Rd Ashford, Floyd In The Flesh SUNDAY 17TH JUNE Alexander Centre, Faversham, Urban Soul Orchestra 3pm + 7pm Anchor, Faversham, Live Music 7pm Assembly Rooms, Faversham, Canterbury Girl’s Choir & Canterbury Girl’s Chamber Choir 1.30pm Bell and Crown, Canterbury, Spade & Archer Churchill Tavern Ramsgate, Gracie and the Vandals Clarendon Hotel Deal, Archive Dog and Gun Maidstone, Bad Influence Duke of Cumberland, Whitstable, Djangos Mangoes 3.30pm Earls - Earl St Maidstone, Davey ralph Roadband Horse and Groom Ramsgate, Sam entertains 4pm Lion Of Kent Bearsted Maidstone, Lee & the Hotrods (rock and roll, rockabilly ) Market Inn, Faversham, Dubsonic 2.30pm Neptunes Hall Broadstairs, Funke & The Two Tone Baby New Inn Deal, As Is Now Number 23 Broadstairs, Star Lane Old House At Home Maidstone, MOD Old Neptune, Whitstable, Wildfire 5.30pm Royal George Folkestone Harbour, Mr Lazy Sandgate Hotel Sandgate, Jason Leigh 4pm

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Swan, Teynham, Karaoke Tartar Frigate Broadstairs, Piano bar Two Brewers, Whitstable, Barkin’ Mad Vale tavern Ramsgate, Interseptors 4pm White Horse, Chilham, Scarlett Rae & the Cherry Reds 5pm MONDAY 18TH JUNE Barnaby Rudge Broadstairs, Fate The Juggler Black Griffin, Canterbury, Goosebumps TUESDAY 19TH JUNE Cherry Tree, Canterbury, My Third Leg Dog and Gun Maidstone, Pete Turners Music Quiz Alexander Centre, Faversham, Hullabaloo & Friends + KD Jazz Band & Louise Cookman Ballroom, Canterbury, Open Mic Night Bell and Crown, Canterbury, Ben Russell Chimney Boy, Faversham, Faversham Folk Club - Singers Night Eagle Tavern Rochester, Jam Night Smack, Whitstable, Live Music Two Sawyers, Canterbury, Jam Night THURSDAY 21ST JUNE Alexander Centre, Faversham, Invicta Jazz Orchestra Beer Cart Arms, Canterbury, Live Music Chambers Folkestone, Lorraine Lucas & a Couple of Cowboys Chimney Boy, Faversham, Open/Informal Folk Night Dolphin Broadstairs, Karaoke Eagle Tavern High Street Rochester , Substitutes Earls - Earl St Maidstone, Make Some Noise Lord Morris Guildhall St Folkestone, Karaoke with Jock and Joe The Old Wine Vaults, Faversham, Live Music 8pm Thomas Beckett, Canterbury, Luke Smith Alexander Centre, Faversham, Bowstring 8pm Angel Inn, Addington Green, Fluke Carpenters Arms, Eastling, Happy Trails Chimney Boy faversham, Reptilia Christies Wine Bar Birchington, EK1 Coach and Horses, Whitstable, Led Gremlins 9pm Divers Arms, Herne Bay, The Sharpees Druids Arms Maidstone, tbc Duke of Cumberland, Whitstable, The Chapter Rhythm Boys 12.30pm + Live Music 9pm Eagle Dover, Nic Bennet Earls - Earl St Maidstone, Elev8 East Kent, Whitstable, Metropolis Frenchman Folkestone, Final Cut George Hotel Ashford, User Friendly Kazzbar at the Imperial Hythe, ‘Fiddle Fit’ Judith & Bill Lower Bell Bluebell Hill Aylesford Maidstone, The M.O.D Number 23 Broadstairs, Andy Mac Old Neptune, Whitstable, Steve Bolton 9pm OnyxNightclub Folkestone, Friday Glam big tunes £2 drinks all night 10 -3am

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W3 Kent Gigs listings Park Inn Ladywell Dover, Monsters Of Rock Plough Swalecliffe Whitstable, Plenty Poco Loco Chatham, The Upstarts Red Lion King St Ramsgate, Mental Block Royal George Folkestone Harbour, Gary Dean Band Stag Walmer Deal, Geoff Everett Band Sun Inn, Faversham, The Weekenders Tartar Frigate, Broadstairs, Kev Reynolds Duo Two Brewers, Whitstable, Burt Butler’s Jazz Pilgrims 12.30pm White Horse Maidstone, Unlucky Fried Kitten Windmill Inn Hythe Rd Ashford, Sobering Retreat SATURDAY 23RD JUNE Alexander Centre, Faversham, Henry Dagg & Friends Boars Head Eaton Rd Dover, Back 2 Back Bower Inn Maidstone, Contraband Bradstow Mill Broadstairs, The Outcome Bull Inn Dover, Zero Tolerance Bull, Faversham, Karaoke Canterbury Cathedral, Rachmaninov: Vespers 7.30pm Cheriton Oddfellows Cheriton, Shambles Chislehurst Rock Festival, Vivid Nation Christies Wine Bar Birchington, Ann Marie Churchill Tavern Ramsgate, tbc Crown & Sceptre Dover, Mr Lazy Divers Arms, Herne Bay, The Fruit Group Dog & Bear, Rough Common, Live Music Druids Arms Maidstone, Deepfix Duke Of Edinburgh Maidstone, The Quays Earls - Earl St Maidstone, Rockstox Earls Maidstone, Tortilla Army East Kent, Whitstable, Lost Weekend Frenchman Folkestone, Hard Tail George Hotel Ashford, Crossfire Horse and Groom Ramsgate, Hang 10 Huntsman & Horn, Broomfield, Happy Daze 8.30pm Long Hop Sittingbourne, As Is Now Lord Nelson Broadstairs, Macs Diner Lower Bell Bluebell Hill Aylesford Maidstone, Runblefish Mill Inn Deal, Broken New Inn Deal, Barkin Mad Number 23 Broadstairs, The Locals Old Brewery Store, Faversham, Cameo Opera 7.30pm Old Neptune, Whitstable, Nagasaki 3 Oranges Ashford, Centaur Parting Park Inn Folkestone, Hey Rudi Park Inn Ladywell Dover, Joe Swing Rat pack Prince Albert Dover, Nic Bennet Priory Hotel Dover, User Friendly Red Lion King St Ramsgate, Slug Pixies

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Red Lion, Hernhill, 1st Birthday Party with Paella & Coco the band 6pm Rodneys Sports Bar Herne Bay, Heroes Royal George Folkestone Harbour, Cultured Pearl Swan, Teynham, Paul One Love 9pm Two Sawyers, Canterbury, Live Music Valiant Sailor Capel le Ferne, Cloud Guru White Horse Maidstone, tbc White Horse, Chilham, Fiddlefit 9pm Windmill Inn Hythe Rd Ashford, Top Guns SUNDAY 24TH JUNE Alexander Centre, Faversham, Faversham Mission Brass 7.30pm + Bardcore Bell and Crown, Canterbury, Sophie Luckett Black Griffin, Canterbury, Pic ‘n’ Mix 8.30pm Bull Inn Dover, Your Shout 2pm in the garden Chimney Boy, Faversham, Happy Daze Churchill Tavern Ramsgate, Ivans All Stars Cliftonville bandstand, Chillbillies Divers Arms, Herne Bay, Open Mic Night Dog and Gun Maidstone, Archive Duke of Cumberland, Whitstable, Bill Clift 3.30pm Earls Maidstone, As Is Now Horse and Groom Ramsgate, Zara Ivy House Canterbury, Sally Ironmonger Lion Of Kent Bearsted Maidstone, Skatacus (full on ska) Market Place, Faversham, Faversham Festival Concerts 10am New Inn Deal, Scandal Number 23 Broadstairs, Anthony Downes Old House At Home Maidstone, Cut The Funk Old Neptune, Whitstable, Ben Mills 5.30pm Port Arms Deal, Counterfeit Notes Royal George Folkestone Harbour, Metropolis Tartar Frigate Broadstairs, Sarah Lucy Dole The Queens, Boughton, Labyrinth 6pm True Briton Folkestone Harbour, Mr Lazy Two Brewers, Whitstable, Boneyard Junction Westcourt Arms Gillingham, Interseptors 2pm White Horse, Chilham, Live Music 5pm MONDAY 25TH JUNE Black Griffin, Canterbury, Live Music City Of London Dymchurch, D.I.S.C.O Downstairs Old Neptune, Whitstable, Kevin Richardson & Guest 9pm TUESDAY 26TH JUNE Cherry Tree, Canterbury, Live Music Churchill Tavern Ramsgate, Jam Night Old Neptune, Whitstable, Polly Phonic & the Downbeats 9pm WEDNESDAY 27TH JUNE Bell and Crown, Canterbury, Funke & the Twotone Baby Chimney Boy, Faversham, Faversham Folk Club - Singers Night Eagle Tavern Rochester , Jam Night

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Smack, Whitstable, Open Stage The Old Wine Vaults, Faversham, Rock Club Two Sawyers, Canterbury, Open Mic Night THURSDAY 28TH JUNE Arden Theatre, Faversham, Rory McCleod 7.30pm Astor Theatre Deal, Cocos Lovers + Melodica + melody & me Chambers Folkestone, Blues Bandits Chimney Boy, Faversham, Open/Informal Folk Night Dolphin Broadstairs, Karaoke Eagle Tavern Rochester, Kudos Earls - Earl St Maidstone, The Kix Thomas Beckett, Canterbury, Luke Smith FRIDAY 29TH JUNE Angel Inn, Addington Green, Mel Harris Chimney Boy, Faversham, Where’s My Thing Christies Wine Bar Birchington, Yellow House Divers Arms, Herne Bay, Trip Hazard Duke of Cumberland, Whitstable, The Chapter Rhythm Boys 12.30pm + Live Music 9pm Earls - Earl St Maidstone, Dirty Bertie East Kent, Whitstable, Those Distant Voices Elephant, Faversham, Crooked Style 8.30pm Frenchman Folkestone, Slug Pixies George Hotel Ashford, AKA Hampton Inn, Herne Bay, Eyelash Guilt Hole In The Roof Deal, Interseptors Horse and Groom Ramsgate, Karaoke with Kate Kazzbar at the Imperial Hythe, Fri 29 June – World Music Night Labour Club, Whitstable, Folk in the Backroom Lower Bell Bluebell Hill Aylesford Maidstone, Pepperset Market Inn, Faversham, Leigh Highwood Band 8.30pm Number 23 Broadstairs, Stardust and Sequins Park Inn Ladywell Dover, A Thousand Lights Plough Stalisfield Green Charing, Chillbillies Plough Swalecliffe Whitstable, As Is Now Plough, Stalisfield Green, The Chillbillies 9pm Powell Arms Birchington, Bread and Butter Red Lion King St Ramsgate, Captain Mildred Red Lion St Margarets Dover, Kulpritts Royal George Folkestone Harbour, Trliogy Tartar Frigate Broadstairs, Drew and The Crew Two Brewers, Whitstable, Burt Butler’s Jazz Pilgrims 12.30pm White Horse Bridge, Mr Lazy White Horse Maidstone, tbc Windmill Inn Hythe Rd Ashford, Gherkin Ypres Castle Rye, Geoff Everett Band SATURDAY 30TH JUNE Arden Theatre, Faversham, The Cedars + Armer & Beckett 6.30pm Boars Head Eaton Rd Dover, Hey Rudi Bower Inn Maidstone, Forgotten Toyz

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