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Multi-Genre, Multi-Venue Festival

Folkestone’s month-long, multi-genre, multi-venue festival is back and bigger than ever with over 170 events in 30 venues and over 150 artists!

Our participating venues have really pulled out all the stops this year, with an incredible selection of gigs, workshops, jam sessions, screenings and much more!

For more information on all the happenings, check out our Music in May page!

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Compass Music Festival ’25

17 October 2025, 5:30 pm
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19 October 2025, 1:00 am
Location: 20th Century Speedway
🎶 Compass Festival 2025 📅 Friday 17 – Saturday 18 October 2025 📍 Folkestone’s Creative Quarter 🎸 Kent’s biggest alt music festival is back! After a triumphant debut, Compass Festival returns for its second edition this October — bringing two nights and an afternoon of high-energy, genre-spanning, independent live music to Folkestone’s quirkiest grassroots venues. 🔥 What to expect: – Read more…
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Michel Faber’s Music Box

New
18 October 2025, 5:00 pm
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8:00 pm
Location: Kollectiv
Back by popular demand! Sunday 19 October: Join us for an ear opening evening with author Michel Faber on a musical journey across genres, styles and languages. We are absolutely thrilled to have Michel back at Kollectiv to hear extraordinary music from his collection. Played via turntable – is there any other way to really listen to music? It is Read more…
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Compass Music Festival ’25

17 October 2025, 5:30 pm
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19 October 2025, 1:00 am
Location: 20th Century Speedway
🎶 Compass Festival 2025 📅 Friday 17 – Saturday 18 October 2025 📍 Folkestone’s Creative Quarter 🎸 Kent’s biggest alt music festival is back! After a triumphant debut, Compass Festival returns for its second edition this October — bringing two nights and an afternoon of high-energy, genre-spanning, independent live music to Folkestone’s quirkiest grassroots venues. 🔥 What to expect: – Read more…
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Michel Faber’s Music Box

New
18 October 2025, 5:00 pm
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8:00 pm
Location: Kollectiv
Back by popular demand! Sunday 19 October: Join us for an ear opening evening with author Michel Faber on a musical journey across genres, styles and languages. We are absolutely thrilled to have Michel back at Kollectiv to hear extraordinary music from his collection. Played via turntable – is there any other way to really listen to music? It is Read more…
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Sing Folk

New
20 October 2025, 6:00 pm
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8:00 pm
Location: The Mariner
Join us for joyful evenings of folk and shanty singing led by local performer Anna Braithwaite. Whether you are a first-timer or a seasoned pro, you are invited to lead a song, sing along or simply listen at this informal, acoustic session. Read more…
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Vlad Maistorovici – concert and talk

New
20 October 2025, 6:00 pm
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8:00 pm
Location: Kollectiv
Folkestone New Music Presents: Vlad Maistorovici. ‘makes sparks fly’ -Musicweb International ‘strikes a different note’ -The Daily Telegraph ‘full of atmosphere, a wonderful swirl of sounds’ – The Classical Reviewer The Romanian composer and violinist Vlad Maistorovici talks about and plays his music. Vlad appears internationally in repertoire ranging from Bach to contemporary. His music is championed by world-class ensembles Read more…
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The Illusion Of One Hand – Robert Mitchell (Talk)

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21 October 2025, 6:30 pm
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8:30 pm
Location: Kollectiv
This talk will consider several composers who have contributed to the repertoire of music for left-hand-only piano, both from the Classical and Jazz/Improv areas, and examine why it is important for not only pianists, but also music education and creativity. To accompany his talk, Mitchell will include historic video and audio recordings, perform some of his original LH-only piano music Read more…
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The Melody Makers Collective

22 October 2025, 9:30 am
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11:00 am
Location: Holy Trinity Church
The Melody Makers Collective is a singing group for ANYBODY! We meet weekly, and have fun singing. ​ Singing is wonderful for so many reasons. Joining a session with us leaves you feeling uplifted and happy. That is our aim. We sing songs from all times and styles, mostly chosen by the singers themselves! ​ No experience is needed, no Read more…

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In 2019 Folkestone became The World’s First Music Town after a large community collaboration which spread over a period of years and was headed by Found in Music.

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