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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.
[leave a comment] - 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
[leave a comment] - 1988 Ted Hawkins @ Leas Cliff Hall (Wed 6 Apr 1988)
Plus Tanita Tikaram
[leave a comment] - 1988 Hawkwind @ Leas Cliff Hall (Thu 7 Apr 1988)
this page about Hawkwind support acts:
[leave a comment]The Hippy Slags supported at Folkestone in 1988(ish), with another band maybe the Ozrics?
- 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.
[leave a comment] - 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..?
[leave a comment] - 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.
[leave a comment] - 1988 Hawkwind @ Leas Cliff Hall (Fri 16 Sep 1988)
Cancelled
[leave a comment] - 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...
- 1968 The Moody Blues @ Leas Cliff Hall (Sat 10 Feb 1968) [leave a comment]
- 1973 Thin Lizzy @ Leas Cliff Hall (Sat 10 Feb 1973)
Got bottled off possibly, though their manager to be was in the audience.
[leave a comment] - 1984 Diamond Head @ Leas Cliff Hall (Fri 10 Feb 1984) [leave a comment]
- 1992 Taylor Made @ Leas Cliff Hall (Fri 7 Feb 1992)
Mick Taylor, sometime Rolling Stone...
[leave a comment] - 2004 The Darkness @ Leas Cliff Hall (Sun 8 Feb 2004)
plus Goldie Lookin' Chain
[leave a comment]- Goldie Lookin' ChainBBC says Goldie Lookin' Chain are supporting The Darkness on their Portsmouth and Folkestone dates, got to get in! - pauly
- man, to see AC/DC there...Only been to one gig there, I am new to the area, that was The Darkness earlier this year, with the might Goldie Lookin' Chain in support... my girlfriend's from the area, she's seen loads there. How'd you find this site then? -
- BBC says Goldie Lookin' Chain are supporting The Darkness on their Portsmouth and Folkestone dates, got to get in! In other news, the flat I've put an offer in on in Earl's Avenue -
- 2006 Jethro @ Leas Cliff Hall (Wed 8 Feb 2006)
Rude comedy
[leave a comment] - 2006 The Mighty Boosh @ Leas Cliff Hall (Fri 10 Feb 2006)
Top notch cult TV comedy! Returns only now I think. Looking forward to this one a lot
[leave a comment]- The Mighty BooshNot sure how this hasn't come up on the listings yet but cult TV extravaganza The Mighty Boosh is coming to the LCH in February... Most other dates on the tour have already sold out, so get in quick! Come with us now on journey through time and space to the world of The Mighty Boosh. See all the characters from the cult BBC show as they parade about in front of your naked eyes for a small fee. Witness Mr. Susan the cloth beast as he brandishes his miraculous mirror balls for your enjoyment. Re -
- Weekend reportSuper weekend, starting with The Mighty Boosh at the LCH, funny, good, we felt a bit old though, they do attract a young audience, lots of whom were dressed up. I maybe enjoyed the show a bit more than my companions, though it did feel a bit like a cobbled together string of all the funny characters from the show. It felt like that because it was that, like the TV show and the radio show before it. A few drinks after this in The Clifton, and then home to our massive telly - sorry no pictures of -
- 2006 The Mighty Boosh @ Leas Cliff Hall (Fri 10 Feb 2006)
The live stage show, in our humble town...
[leave a comment] - 2008 Open Mic night at the Whole World Cafe @ Home Ground (Fri 8 Feb 2008)
A Tony King production, details here
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