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Vasa 4 Esplanade, Sandgate, near Folkestone, Kent CT20 3DX 01303 243956

Rolling Stones The 'Stones came to Folkestone a few times, and at least a couple of different venues. Leas Cliff Hall The Leas, Folkestone, Kent CT20 2DZ 01303 228600 [Saturday 4 April 1964]

Manic Street Preachers CANCELLED, rescheduled for a week later? Quite a few people now say they were there, so looks like it was! Last day on the Generation Terrorists tour possibly. The Metronome 1 Grace Hill, Folkestone, Kent [Tuesday 22 March 1994]

Dogs D'Amour plus Under Neath What... went to London to see UNW a few days later, probably the Marquee... Portsmouth Guildhall Portsmouth [Sunday 8 October 1989]

Suede MTV Five Night Stand, would have been a few other bands on the bill... broadcast on MTV from May 17 to May 23, 1999. Shepherds Bush Empire Shepherds Bush Green, London W12 8TT [Sunday 9 May 1999]

The Beta Band NME Brats show, lovely write up: [quote]Flash forward a few years to the Beta Band in January 2000, at an NME Brats show. I don't really remember much, other than that I was with a big group of my gigging mates in the upstairs bit, we were all trolleyed o Astoria 157 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H 0EN 020 7434 9592 [Tuesday 25 January 2000]

Under Neath What + Chunk + We Are Going To Eat You. I was in the queue for this gig and bought a fanzine off someone. Did I know Metallica were doing a secret gig just a few doors down at the Marquee club? Why on earth did I stay at the Astoria? Bah... Astoria 157 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H 0EN 020 7434 9592 [Friday 11 May 1990]

Bush plus Placebo. Not sure I actually went to this, I remember feeling really ill at the previous day's gig, think I was out for a few days with something like flu or glandula fever... The Wedgewood Rooms 147b Albert Rd, Southsea, Hampshire PO4 0JW 023 9286 3911 [Tuesday 21 November 1995]

David Devant and his Spirit Wife My favourite band of the time, one of my few visits to Kent "before". Tunbridge Wells Forum Fonthill, The Common, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN4 8YU 08712 777101 [Saturday 21 December 1996]

Folkestone Literary Festival Event - Terry Jones Terry Jones - Was Richard II a Tyrant? Venue: Folkestone Academy. Tickets: £12/£11. Best known as a member of the Monty Python comedy team and medieval historian, Terry Jones explodes a few myths about Richard II... Folkestone Academy Academy Lane, Folkestone, Kent CT19 5FP 01303 241972 [Thursday 8 November 2007]

The Bluetones Think I was at this anyway, lunchtime gig for Japanese TV, did a few of these... Mean Fiddler 157 Charing Cross Road, London WC2 0EN [Saturday 29 April 2000]

Noodles IN safeways [Thursday 15 February 2001]

PRIZES for the next few weeks Supa, and also Funky... [Friday 12 April 2002]

The Joy of Hoovers [Saturday 10 May 2003]

No sign of Nigel [Saturday 10 May 2003]

Cosmopolitan is now booked [Sunday 11 May 2003]

REM tickets [Friday 17 September 2004]

1030 curfew!! [Friday 17 September 2004]

I think I'm going to save my money for KISS [Friday 17 September 2004]

Whoa! [Friday 17 September 2004]

KISS [Tuesday 21 September 2004]

Full On Food (BBC2 Wed 1 Dec) [Thursday 2 December 2004]

Safeways [Monday 13 December 2004]

The Pogues - alright [Wednesday 22 December 2004]

Some mates of mine went and were planning to start their night in Stockwell's famous Irish boozer, The Swan, at five - I daren't ring to check to s... [Wednesday 22 December 2004]

A few years ago Folkestone was on its uppers [Monday 19 September 2005]

Ride, Verve, Mercury Rev, and The Manics in Folkestone [Thursday 30 March 2006]

Not much to say for a few days [Wednesday 12 July 2006]

I've done a bit of video stuff [Wednesday 12 July 2006]

That's brilliant, of course, the line in is what I wanted [Wednesday 12 July 2006]

Good luck ! [Wednesday 12 July 2006]

Oh yeah, just realised [Thursday 13 July 2006]

The TV card is DVB-T and analogue [Thursday 13 July 2006]

You know I said there was no-where to log-in? [Thursday 13 July 2006]

bizarre, cheers for that [Friday 14 July 2006]

Testing [Friday 14 July 2006]

Did it work? [Friday 14 July 2006]

Ultimate Glastonbury ticket [Friday 22 June 2007]

RE: Ultimate Glastonbury ticket [Monday 25 June 2007]

I don't personally [Monday 25 June 2007]

RE: I don't personally [Tuesday 26 June 2007]

We have a few recommendations already [Tuesday 26 June 2007]

Site's been away for a few hours The blog is back, dressed in black... [Friday 21 September 2007]

Been quiet for a few days [Monday 31 December 2007]

RE: Ride, Verve, Mercury Rev, and The Manics in Folkestone [Thursday 7 February 2008]

Thanks for that, think it's the Metronome you mean [Thursday 7 February 2008]

RE: Thanks for that, think it's the Metronome you mean [Tuesday 19 February 2008]

now all we need is the date... [Tuesday 19 February 2008]

Quiet few days [Monday 25 February 2008]

RE: now all we need is the date... [Monday 25 February 2008]

Thanks for chipping in on the site anyway [Monday 25 February 2008]

RE: Quiet few days [Friday 29 February 2008]

A response, hurrah! [Friday 29 February 2008]

RE: Quiet few days [Saturday 1 March 2008]

For a bit, for Canterbury [Saturday 1 March 2008]

RE: For a bit, for Canterbury [Saturday 1 March 2008]

If the high speed rail link is even finished by then, that sounds about right [Saturday 1 March 2008]

RE: now all we need is the date... [Wednesday 26 November 2008]

Thanks for this Chris, love this gig history [Wednesday 26 November 2008]

RE: Thanks for chipping in on the site anyway [Friday 28 November 2008]

This page only gets responded to every few months, but I could run a poll on the home page if you're interested... Who should play Folkestone? [Friday 28 November 2008]

New opening times for Karl's (Canterbury) Open until 9.30 Thursday and Friday nights now. [Thursday 30 April 2009]

Sorry for spamming this a few times, been having a few technical issues... [Saturday 2 May 2009]

Moving day Knackered today though, disturbed sleep for a few nights... [Wednesday 24 February 2010]

Alexei Sayle, Germaine Greer, Dan Cruickshank, Martina Cole, Steven Berkoff and Arthur Smith are just a few of the well-known authors taking part in t [Thursday 23 September 2010]

RE: Alexei Sayle, Germaine Greer, Dan Cruickshank, Martina Cole, Steven Berkoff and Arthur Smith are just a few of the well-known authors taking part [Friday 24 September 2010]

Just stumbled across this post about The Goose, Brixton again It's been renamed a few times since then and is now "The Rest Is Noise" [Tuesday 21 December 2010]

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