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Folkestone gig archive and nostalgia, gigs in Folkestone area for 1979, Folkestone gigs and concerts in the late 1970s, 1970s Folkestone and Kent... To see more classic gigs, please click on a year below.
Part of Folkestone's gig history, where there is a page for each year. For a current Folkestone gig guide, see Folkestone Gerald.
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- 1979 The Cure @ Canterbury Odeon (Sat 17 Mar 1979)
Was pencilled for Canterbury Uni but moved to the Odeon... Support from Joy Division, HOLY FUCKING SHIT, what a lineup!
[leave a comment] - 1979 Magazine @ Canterbury Odeon (Thu 3 May 1979)
+ Simple Minds
[leave a comment] - 1979 The Cure @ Gulbenkian Theatre (Sat 16 Jun 1979)
Some part of the uni again, anyone know for sure? Not sure these online gigographies I'm cribbing from are reliable...
[leave a comment] - 1979 After The Fire @ Leas Cliff Hall (Sat 29 Sep 1979) [leave a comment]
- 1979 Samson @ Leas Cliff Hall (Sat 8 Dec 1979)
+ Denigh + Tomahawk... Final date of the "Survivors" Tour. Power cut in 1st song
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Clearly I don't have that many historical gigs here right now, can you help? Add an event to this page, or go back to the Folkestone gigs page... If you have any general Folkestone memories to share though please post them here...
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If you have any gig specific memories you'd like to add to these pages, please click on the add a gig / event link, or email them to fg at folkestonegerald.com.
Here's a list of gigs that happened this week in the area's history... if you can offer any extra information, or any corrections, please leave a comment below...
- 1975 Fumble @ Leas Cliff Hall (Sat 5 Jul 1975) [leave a comment]
- 1983 TNT @ Springfield Hotel (Thu 7 Jul 1983) [leave a comment]
- 1988 Ozzy Osbourne @ Leas Cliff Hall (Thu 7 Jul 1988)
Postponed, returned two weeks later.
[leave a comment] - 1989 Rory Gallagher @ Leas Cliff Hall (Sun 9 Jul 1989)
Part of the Jazz and Blues festival
[leave a comment] - 2003 Polyphonic Spree @ Leas Cliff Hall (Tue 8 Jul 2003)
with Mull Historical Society, Hope of the States and The Hokum Clones
[leave a comment] - 2003 Tony Hadley @ Leas Cliff Hall (Wed 9 Jul 2003) [leave a comment]
Folkestone history bookmarks
- Folkestone gig history
- Folkestone on Wikipedia
- Mackie's "Folkestone and its neighbourhood"
- Tales from the Tap Room
- More Tales From The Tap Room
- Kent gig history from kentgigs.com
- Geograph photos of Folkestone
- History from This Is Folkestone
- Folkestone Family History Society
- Folkestone Through the Ages