Folkestone Gerald :: History :: Folkestone 1988

Folkestone gig archive and nostalgia, gigs in Folkestone area for 1988, Folkestone gigs and concerts in the late 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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• 1988 The Rainmakers @ Leas Cliff Hall (Mon 1 Feb 1988)

  Don't know what day in February this was yet... Very poor turnout though apparently.

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• 1988 Wishbone Ash @ Leas Cliff Hall (Sat 27 Feb 1988)

  [quote]The original Wishbone Ash perform onstage for the first time since February 1974, playing the first concert of their reunion at Folkestone Leas Cliffe Hall on February 27th 1988. Due to a late arrival from Chicago due to immigration problems, Ted T

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• 1988 Ted Hawkins @ Leas Cliff Hall (Wed 6 Apr 1988)

  Plus Tanita Tikaram

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• 1988 Hawkwind @ Leas Cliff Hall (Thu 7 Apr 1988)

  this page about Hawkwind support acts:

  The Hippy Slags supported at Folkestone in 1988(ish), with another band maybe the Ozrics?

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• 1988 John Martyn @ The Metronome (Thu 28 Apr 1988) [leave a comment]

• 1988 Ozzy Osbourne @ Leas Cliff Hall (Thu 7 Jul 1988)

  Postponed, returned two weeks later.

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• 1988 Ozzy Osbourne @ Leas Cliff Hall (Thu 21 Jul 1988)

  Scheduled for the 7th and then played back on the 21st... 17 years later to the day(s) the two terrorist attacks on the London underground. Coincidence..?

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• 1988 Faith No More @ The Metronome (Sun 24 Jul 1988)

  Setlist: Chinese, Faster, R'n'R, Crab, Care, Sweet, Blood, Spirit, Bowen, War Pigs, Grade, Anne, Bother, Jungle... not sure where this gig took place.

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• 1988 Hawkwind @ Leas Cliff Hall (Fri 16 Sep 1988)

  Cancelled

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• 1988 Tanita Tikaram @ Leas Cliff Hall (Tue 13 Dec 1988)

  Back again as headliner this time...

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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.

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• 1989 Rory Gallagher @ Leas Cliff Hall (Sun 9 Jul 1989)

  Part of the Jazz and Blues festival

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• 2003 Polyphonic Spree @ Leas Cliff Hall (Tue 8 Jul 2003)

  with Mull Historical Society, Hope of the States and The Hokum Clones

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• 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