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Leas Cliff Hall
Leas Cliff Hall, The Leas, Folkestone, Kent CT20 2DZ
01303 862130
Folkestone's biggest music venue, Official site here. Seems to get called the Leas Cliffe Hall quite a bit, like it is ye olde venueueue... See mentions of Leas Cliff Pavillion too, a mix up with this and the East Cliffs Pavillion I think.
UPDATE from the venue:
. We find that people don't realise what we are so at least they might recognise it at street level. Could post this on the website instead of the current one?
The bar is far too busy when there's any sort of event on, have a drink before you go. They will try and stop you taking drinks from the bar into the performance too.
It's on The Leas, overlooking the channel, though you'd not realise that when you're inside at a gig.
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Events
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Elvis on Tour - The Legend Continues 15 May (tickets)
The Zombies & The Yardbirds 28 May (tickets)
Brainiac Live 29 May (tickets)
Jimmy Carr - Repeat Offender 30 May (tickets)
Jimmy Carr - Repeat Offender - SINGLE SEATS AVAILABLE 30 May (tickets)
Sooty's Magic Wand Factory 31 May (tickets)
Simply Ballroom 02 Jun (tickets)
Remember When 04 Jun (tickets)
Frankie Boyle Live 05 Jun (tickets)Him from Mock The Week
Hed Kandi 07 Jun (tickets)HD Promotions present Hed Kandi
The Australian Pink Floyd Show 13 Jun (tickets)
Chas n Dave 26 Jun (tickets)
Chas n Dave 28 Jun (tickets)
One Night of Queen 02 Jul (tickets)
American Superstar Wrestling 04 Jul (tickets)
All Star Wrestling 04 Jul (tickets)
The Band of the Grenadier Guards 16 Aug (tickets)
Joe Pasquale 23 Aug (tickets)
An Evening of Clairvoyance with Tony Stockwell 25 Sep (tickets)
One Night of Queen 09 Oct (tickets)
LEVEL 42 26 Oct (tickets)Not a tribute band, blimey!
Paddy McGuiness - Plus You Live 06 Nov (tickets)
American Superstar Wrestling 20 Nov (tickets)
The Lady Boys of Bangkok 22 Nov (tickets)
Pantomime - Jack & the Beanstalk 20 Dec (tickets)Leas Cliff Hall, The Leas, Folkestone. Tel: 0870 4000 890.
History
Selected events from Leas Cliff Hall history, use the link above if you can contribute any more.
Rolling Stones 04 Apr 1964
Jeff Beck Group 9 26 Aug 1967 Featuring Jeff Beck (duh) Ron Wood, Rod Stewart, and Aynsley Dunbar.... guessing it's the Leas Cliff Hall.
The Moody Blues 10 Feb 1968
Fleetwood Mac 01 May 1968 + Kilroy. Some time this month, not the 14th, 24th or 25th though, anyone know for sure? Might not even have been the LCH...
Skid Row 31 Jan 1970 Gary Moore (also of Thin Lizzy's band of this name (nothing to do with Sebastian Bach et al) played Folkestone some time this month, not sure what day...
Mungo Jerry 01 Aug 1970 10/- before day 12/- on day
Ten Years After 15 Aug 1970 left [the Derek and the Domino's gig] very early to go see Ten Years After at the Leas. They were excellent, having stood in for Jethro Tull at short notice. - Nick Ashman
- so, guessing that makes it this date!
Van Der Graaf Generator 16 Aug 1970
Yes 19 Dec 1970 Listed as being at "Heathcliff Hall" by some sources...
Van der Graaf Generator 05 Feb 1972
Jimi Plays Berkeley 02 Apr 1972 + Gentle Giant
Van der Graaf Generator 13 May 1972
Uriah Heep 10 Jun 1972
Thin Lizzy 10 Feb 1973 Got bottled off possibly, though their manager to be was in the audience.
Caravan 23 Jun 1973 Caravan Express Tour with Gordon Giltrap and Sundance
Thin Lizzy 10 Apr 1974
Badfinger 18 Oct 1974 On their final tour
Billy Cobham 21 Jun 1975
K.C. and the Sunshine Band 12 Jul 1975
Judas Priest 02 Aug 1975 They played Camden Roundhouse the next day with Babe Ruth and Stray. Nope, me either.
Roger Chapman 29 May 1976
AC/DC 1 11 Sep 1976 Looks like it was cancelled...
The Real Thing 11 Sep 1976 Last minute replacement for AC/DC
Steve Hillage 18 Dec 1976 Part of the Canterbury scene. Plus Nova
XTC 17 Sep 1977 Leas Cliff Hotel maybe?
The Dubliners 19 Sep 1977
Whitesnake 04 Mar 1978
Steve Hillage 01 May 1978 Part of the Canterbury scene. Plus National Health
After The Fire 2 16 Sep 1978
After The Fire 29 Sep 1979
Samson 08 Dec 1979 + Denigh + Tomahawk... Final date of the "Survivors" Tour. Power cut in 1st song
Elvis Costello 03 Mar 1980 and the attractions
Girlschool 02 Aug 1980 Actually says Leas Cliff Hotel here...
Steve Hacket 22 Aug 1981 ex Genesis. Actually listed as "Leas Cliff Pavillion" is there such a place?
The Dubliners 22 Feb 1982
Diamond Head 10 Feb 1984
Petula Clark 30 May 1984
Hanoi Rocks 30 Jun 1984
Europeans and how we live 05 Oct 1984 Something to do with John Otway and also Steve Hogarth - the same one who took over from Fish in Marillion?
Twelfth Night 03 Nov 1984
Wall of Voodoo 13 Nov 1984
Motorhead 28 Sep 1987 Rock'n'Roll tour
The Rainmakers 01 Feb 1988 Don't know what day in February this was yet... Very poor turnout though apparently.
Wishbone Ash 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
Ted Hawkins 06 Apr 1988 Plus Tanita Tikaram
Hawkwind 07 Apr 1988 this page about Hawkwind support acts:The Hippy Slags supported at Folkestone in 1988(ish), with another band maybe the Ozrics?
Ozzy Osbourne 07 Jul 1988 Postponed, returned two weeks later.
Ozzy Osbourne 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..?
Hawkwind 16 Sep 1988 Cancelled
Tanita Tikaram 13 Dec 1988 Back again as headliner this time...
Little Angels 18 Feb 1989 Looks like the first of three visits to the Leas Cliff Hall for Toby Jepson, Bruce Dickinson (not that one), Jimmy Dickinson (later of the Younger Younger 28s et al...
Motorhead 27 Feb 1989 No Sleep At All tour
Celtic Frost 01 Mar 1989 + Destruction
Big Country 03 May 1989
Rory Gallagher 09 Jul 1989 Part of the Jazz and Blues festival
Faith No More 25 Oct 1989 Plus Scat Opera, according to this scan 
from www.nirvanaguide.com. Via www.anaussiemusicfan.com/fnm/, though they don't have the Metronome show, maybe t
Little Angels 27 Oct 1989 Looks like one of three visits to the Leas Cliff Hall for Toby Jepson, Bruce Dickinson (not that one), Jimmy Dickinson (later of the Younger Younger 28s et al...
Dr Feelgood 9 30 Nov 1989
Motorhead 18 Dec 1989 Silent Night tour
The Notting Hillbillies 09 Apr 1990 Mark Knopfler, of Dire Strates
John Martyn 24 May 1990
Little Angels 31 May 1990 Looks like one of three visits to the Leas Cliff Hall for Toby Jepson, Bruce Dickinson (not that one), Jimmy Dickinson (later of the Younger Younger 28s et al...
Ian Gillan 29 Aug 1990 Him from Deep Purple on a solo outing...
Dr Feelgood 12 Dec 1990
The Almighty 20 Jun 1991 Think I saw them on this tour, in Cambridge on the 24th...
Carter USM 14 Oct 1991 + The Senseless Things
Taylor Made 07 Feb 1992 Mick Taylor, sometime Rolling Stone...
Barclay James Harvest 22 Feb 1992
Ride 21 Mar 1992 + Mercury Rev, and not Verve who I originally said...
The Prodigy 21 Nov 1992 I didn't know that, until I saw a bootleg of the gig on ebay. See tour flyers here too.
Big Country 18 May 1993
The Stranglers 13 Dec 1993
Toyah Wilcox 27 Apr 1994
John Martyn 02 Nov 1994
Gary Numan 08 Nov 1994 The Sacrifice Tour. Full Show comprising of.
INTRO (PRAY), A question of faith, I dream of wires, Noise noise, Listen to the sirens, Everyday i die, Desire, Friends, Scar, Magic, M.E, Replicas, Mean street, Stormtrooper in drag, Deadliner, Bleed, The dre
The Fall 09 Oct 1996 CANCELLED
Ian Hunter 09 May 1997
Chas n Dave 30 Aug 1997
Dr Feelgood 10 22 Dec 1998 + The Hamsters
Terrorvision 28 Apr 1999
Embrace 17 Sep 1999 + Delakota, featuring one of the Senseless Things!
Super Furry Animals 24 Oct 1999 + The Llamas...
Travis 8 29 Oct 1999 + Remy Zero
Dr Feelgood 23 Dec 2000 Naughty Rhymes tour
Uriah Heep 14 Mar 2001 With support from Nazareth
Rick Wakeman 25 Mar 2001
Toploader 26 Mar 2001 TOSSLOADER more like, ha ha do you see what I did there..?
Queens of the Stone Age 06 Jun 2001 + King Adora
Super Furry Animals 27 Sep 2001
All About Eve 01 Nov 2001
Wheatus 13 Nov 2001 Someone on the onfolkestone forum says "i just remember luis lozano on stage! and throwing wheatos at wheatus... we were a sad sad bunch... hmmm
Status Quo 07 Dec 2001 + Nicole Lacy
So Solid Crew 1 17 Dec 2001 The tour was cancelled after a shooting at a London show
Dr Feelgood 19 Dec 2001 Naughty Rhymes tour
Paul Weller 03 Jul 2002
Status Quo 13 Nov 2002
Levellers 27 Nov 2002 + Goatboy
The Blockheads 20 Dec 2002
Dr Feelgood 21 Dec 2002 + Eddie & The Hot Rods & John Otway
Dr Feelgood 21 Dec 2002
John Otway 21 Dec 2002
Bowling For Soup 23 Feb 2003
Turin Brakes 14 Mar 2003 + I Am Kloot
The Wildhearts 29 Apr 2003
Polyphonic Spree 08 Jul 2003 with Mull Historical Society, Hope of the States and The Hokum Clones
Tony Hadley 09 Jul 2003
Blazin' Squad 23 Jul 2003
Fun Lovin' Criminals 14 Sep 2003
The Mavericks 1 02 Nov 2003
The Levellers 01 Dec 2003
Status Quo 08 Dec 2003
Status Quo 09 Dec 2003
The Darkness 9 08 Feb 2004 plus Goldie Lookin' Chain
Lemar 01 Mar 2004 Pop Idol chap, "Best Urban Act" at the Brits, lovely voice apparently...
Steve Winwood 09 Mar 2004
Derek Acorah 11 Mar 2004 Medium type from the "Most Haunted" TV show. I'm a medium, it says so on my vest.
Derek Acorah 12 Mar 2004 A second night, who is buying these tickets?
CKY 17 Mar 2004 Camp Kill Yourself, featuring Jackass Bam Margera's brother
Electric Six 02 Jun 2004 Fire in the Disco! Fire in the Leas Cliff Hall!
Charlatans 03 Jun 2004 Very nice to see contemporary bands coming to town, two in two days, how will people afford it, bit steep!
Eamon 19 Jul 2004 Genuine spat with his ex-girlfriend? Or a couple of stage school brats put up to it by the label? You decide... Only 17.50 to you squire! He's opening for Britney Spears in the US of States you know...
Dio 10 13 Aug 2004 Crazy hobbit loving one time front man of Black Sabbath -Folkestone, are you READY TO ROCK???
Embrace 07 Oct 2004 + Dogs Die In Hot Cars
Space 13 Oct 2004 They still going? The Female of the Species, and all that... I think the ginger one might have left.
Jimmy Greaves 14 Oct 2004 An audience with Greavesie, plus Ron 'Chopper' Harris and compere Terry Baker.
Howard Marks 10 19 Oct 2004 Drugs-TASTIC, you and me and the guy from Sparks, hanging out with Howard Marks!
Best Of The 80's 23 Oct 2004 Nick Heyward, Toyah, Curiosity Killed The Cat and Altered Images. CLARE GROGAN!!! NOING!
Uriah Heep & Manfred Mann 02 Nov 2004
The Thrills 09 Nov 2004 Plus The Kooks and The Dead 60s
Amy Winehouse 15 Nov 2004 FOLKESTONE KENT.
Whitesnake 24 Nov 2004
Status Quo 05 Dec 2004 XS All Areas
Goldie Lookin' Chain 22 Feb 2005 CANCELLED!!! Do you remember howling them off the stage when they supported The Darkness last January? Well, they're BACK! You knows it. Update: oh no they're not, it's cancelled...
Tony Hadley vs Martin Fry 23 Feb 2005 The voices and the songs of Spandau Ballet and ABC
Thunder 09 Mar 2005 I don't need your dirty love...
Doves 10 Mar 2005 A "campaign for real indie" night, they're quite good, if a bit mellow
One Night Of Queen 02 Apr 2005 Queen tribute show... Is this the one with the chap from Stars in their Eyes in it?
Idlewild 15 Apr 2005 Plus Sons and Daughters it says here...
DONOVAN 12 May 2005 FOLKESTONE.
EUROPE 17 May 2005 TUESDAY EVENING 19:30.
Morcheeba 25 May 2005 Local types made good! Well, quite good. They're from Hythe I think
The Keith Barret Show 28 May 2005 Contemporary comedy, award winning to I'm sure
Chas n Dave 30 Jun 2005 Gertcha!
Funeral for a Friend 03 Jul 2005
ROSS NOBLE 13 Oct 2005 Crazy hair, crazy guy. Comedy.
Puppetry of the penis 14 Oct 2005 Eye watering. Would you try something like this..?
Supergrass 20 Oct 2005
Starsailor 10 Nov 2005 Contemporary indie, not all that exciting though.
Motorhead 10 18 Nov 2005 30th anniversary tour! Seen them before..?
The Big Chris Barber Band 10 05 Dec 2005 Shifted from the Tuesday to make room for Primal Scream. Fantastic jazz apparently.
Primal Scream 06 Dec 2005 One off show to introduce the new album, you lucky lucky people!
Hard-Fi 16 Dec 2005 Lawks, proper contemporary pop, you are spoiling us!
Jethro 08 Feb 2006 Rude comedy
The Mighty Boosh 10 10 Feb 2006 Top notch cult TV comedy! Returns only now I think. Looking forward to this one a lot
The Mighty Boosh 8.5 10 Feb 2006 The live stage show, in our humble town...
DEREK ACORAH 1 15 Feb 2006 TV "psychic"... we get too much of this at the LCH if you ask me.
Alkaline Trio 21 Feb 2006 Indie pop rock type stuff. I think the fans would call them punk...
Voulez Vous 05 Mar 2006 The ABBA story - so actually a story, or just a tribute show? We have tickets for this, if you want them I would think you can have them for free...
Forbach Orchestra 15 Mar 2006 Award winning French Orhchestra, look at the price of those tickets!
Trivium 21 Mar 2006 From Florida, looks a bit hard metal to me, are they? Plus God Forbid + Bloodsimple
The Ordinary Boys 26 Mar 2006 SOLD OUT
Think Floyd 07 Apr 2006 Have a guess which band this is a tribute to...
Roy "Chubby" Brown 26 Apr 2006 SWEARING
La Sylphide 27 Apr 2006 Rhapsody In Blue - Vienna Festival Ballet
Jimmy Carr 29 Apr 2006
The Charlatans 04 May 2006 + The Feeling
Colin Fry 12 May 2006 Another day of mediumship
One Night Of Queen 13 May 2006 Seems to alternate visits to the LCH with rival tribute act "Magic - A Kind Of Queen"
G4 18 May 2006 Operatic reality show runners up.
Ocean Colour Scene 24 May 2006 Is there some kind of indie pop revival? Not my cup of tea, but sure to join the recent trend of LCH sell outs...
The Zutons 25 May 2006 Contemporary pop again... some reports that it's sold out, but NO!
Clare Teal 11 Jun 2006 Award winning jazz vocalist
CHAS N DAVE 29 Jun 2006 THURSDAY EVENING 20:00
The Gruffalo 02 Jul 2006 SUNDAY MATINEE 16:30
THE GRUFFALO 03 Jul 2006 MONDAY MORNING 10:30
Jim Davidson 11 Aug 2006 Please, no!
The Kooks 19 Aug 2006 Cheeky tiny warmup tour of seaside resorts, and they picked us! Sold out very fast indeed.
Joe Pasquale 28 Aug 2006 Hmm...
Tractor Tom 09 Sep 2006 2pm Matinee
Paddy McGuinness 8 25 Sep 2006 Yes, him from "Phoenix Nights" and "Max and Paddy"
Jane McDonald 27 Sep 2006
Joe Brown 28 Sep 2006 Plus guest Sam Brown, that's his daughter, she's great
Joe Brown with Sam Brown 28 Sep 2006
Embrace 9 02 Oct 2006 Do we need reminding of the World Cup again already? Tickets are ON SALE NOW, 2nd of October it is then...
Magic - A Kind Of Queen 05 Oct 2006 Alternates visits to the LCH with rival tribute act "One Night Of Queen". HEY, this is the band we saw at the Zurich Rugby final!
Magic - A Kind Of Queen 5 05 Oct 2006
Ross Noble 9 13 Oct 2006 Crazy hair, crazy guy. Very funny comedy btw, will there be young people dressed up again?
Level 42 16 Oct 2006 80's revival
That'll Be The Day 19 Oct 2006
Puppetry of the Penis 20 Oct 2006 Another bizarrely recurring event at Folkestone. We like blue comedy, psychics, and cocks apparently.
Tony Stockwell 1 24 Oct 2006 Psychic... is it time for me "I'm a medium" joke again already?
Anderson & Wakeman 26 Oct 2006 Bruford and Howe couldn't get babysitters. Yes acoustic, and LOOK OUT the date has changed from the 3rd...
John Mayall's Bluesbreakers 7 27 Oct 2006 + Chicken Shack, a welcome return for this UK blues legend and Clapton collaborator.
Orson 6.5 30 Oct 2006 POP, from the Americas I think, also I think the singer used to be a Broadway showtunes type
TIM VINE 7 04 Nov 2006 Quickfire Cooperesque stand up
Film Screening: Death of a President 13 Nov 2006 Assembling a vast array of recent media, manipulated and subtly altered, the film, which opened the Toronto Film Festival this year amid much controversy, is chilling in its believability and power. Through the lens of the future, Death of a President add
Red Carpets and Other Banana Skins: Rupert Everett 14 Nov 2006 An element of drama has always attended Rupert Everett, even before he swept to fame with his outstanding performance in 'Another Country'. He was in Moscow during the fall of communism; in Berlin the night the wall came down; and in downtown Manhattan on
Kevin Bloody Wilson 16 Nov 2006 Rude comedy songs
David Essex 6 19 Nov 2006 Howd, me clowse, down't let me gow, ow now. Hmm, am I making him sound brummy? How long before Leo Sayer is back at the LCH that's what I want to know...
The Hitmakers 7 23 Nov 2006 "Groundbreaking" '80s acts, Martin Fry and ABC, Howard Jones and Toyah Wilcox...
Motorhead 24 Nov 2006 Back again on their annual visit \m/
Dragonforce 8 29 Nov 2006 with Protest the Hero and Sanctity
Rockin' on Heaven's Door 08 Dec 2006 I SEE DEAD PEOPLE!
The Dirty Pretty Things 9.5 15 Dec 2006 Carl Barat of The Libertines, and his new band, they're very good... Plus Hot Club de Paris and Mando Diao. Hey, we went to this one!
BLOC PARTY 03 Feb 2007 Sold out far too quickly :-(
Voulez Vous 17 Feb 2007 Uh-huh take it now or leave it... ABBA tribute.
Kings of Leon 9 22 Feb 2007 warmup, excellent!
Jimmy Carr 02 Mar 2007 Gag Reflex
Colin Fry & Tony Stockwell - Extra Matinee show added 01 Jun 2007 www.tonyyouens.com/colinfry.htm
Roy "Chubby" Brown 05 Jun 2007 Rude comedy, June next year but on sale already...
Megadeth 9.5 14 Jun 2007 One of my favourites from when I was a youth, I must go...
Bugsy Malone 1.04 23 Aug 2007
Lee Hurst 21 Oct 2007 Back again so soon? I've seen him quite a lot, recommended, he used to compere at my local comedy club
Ian Brown 23 Oct 2007 Bit of an intimate show for him, and he will do Stone Roses tunes...
Local Heroes 16 Nov 2007 New local band night, lots of acts on, go along and support it...
Derek Acorah 05 Dec 2007 Is it the same people going to see him every year?
David Gray 21 Mar Thirty odd quid a ticket!!!
Tribute band - Think Floyd 04 Apr All the atmosphere, visual magnitude and musical excellence of PINK FLOYD, re-created live onstage. This extraordinary band, dubbed “THE DEFINITIVE PINK FLOYD EXPERIENCEâ€, make a welcome return to Folkestone with their 2008 tour, with a speci
OCEAN COLOUR SCENE 11 Apr
SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 15 Apr Sold out! get tickets here, good luck!
JETHRO TULL 19 Apr THE JETHRO TULL 40TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR
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