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Folkestone gig archive and nostalgia, gigs in Folkestone area for 1980, Folkestone gigs and concerts in the early 1980s, 1980s 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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- 1980 Elvis Costello @ Leas Cliff Hall (Mon 3 Mar 1980)
and the attractions
[leave a comment]- A review of Elvis in FolkestoneElvis Costello, from 1980... -
- 1980 Girl @ Leas Cliff Hall (Sat 24 May 1980)
NWOBHM
[leave a comment] - 1980 Girlschool @ Leas Cliff Hall (Sat 2 Aug 1980)
Actually says Leas Cliff Hotel here...
[leave a comment] - 1980 The Ramones @ Canterbury Odeon (Sun 12 Oct 1980) [leave a comment]
- Aha, found it nowGreat picture of The Ramones at Canterbury Odeon, looks like 12th October 1980. -
- 1980 Ozzy Osbourne @ Canterbury Odeon (Tue 21 Oct 1980) [leave a comment]
- 1980 The Comsat Angels @ Canterbury University (Tue 25 Nov 1980)
Some part of the uni anyway
[leave a comment]
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 K.C. and the Sunshine Band @ Leas Cliff Hall (Sat 12 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