Sunday, 5th October 2025
16°C, few clouds
Facebook Instagram Youtube
Login/Register

Welcome to Folkestone

The World's First Music Town!

Learn More
Login/Register

Gig Guide

Your guide to music events in Folkestone!

Directory

Venues, Artists, Services and much more

Music in May

1st - 31st May 2025

Marketplace

BandMates

Requests

Meetups

1st - 31st May 2025

Music in May

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!

More Information

The Folkestone Gig Guide

Coming up in Folkestone Music Town

View All
Submit a Gig
IMG 3592 768x1365

Art Rock with Jim Hapax

New
Favourite
4 October 2025, 3:00 pm
-
5:00 pm
Location: The Blind Pig
Sunday the 5th of October – Art Rock with @jameshapax – if you’re a fan of Nick Drake, José Gonzalez, Radiohead or Tool, you might enjoy something a little different and refreshing on a Sunday afternoon. If you’re bored, restless, curious or just looking for a change of scene, bring a friend and join us for the show he’s been Read more…
wide profile pic 1 768x432

Lucy May Walker @ The Tasting Rooms

New
Favourite
4 October 2025, 3:00 pm
-
5:00 pm
Location: The Tasting Rooms
Join Lucy May Walker perform an acoustic set at The Tasting Rooms on the Harbour Arm. Lucy will be performing a mix of cover songs that you know and love in her unique style as well as some of her own originals, as heard on BBC Radio 2, BBC 6 Music & Love Island UK. Book a table for a Read more…
IMG 3984 768x455

The Melody Makers Collective

Favourite
8 October 2025, 9:30 am
-
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…
Picture1 5

Ensemble Renard

Favourite
8 October 2025, 5:30 pm
-
8:45 pm
Location: The Green Room
Ensemble Renard comprises five of the country’s most outstanding young musicians. Their programme, which celebrates the centenary of the Italian composer Luciano Berio, is built around four of his Sequenzas for solo wind instruments. Each sequenza ‘is a compositional love-letter from Berio to the repertoires and possibilities of each instrument.’ Wherever you start with Berio, you won’t want to end, Read more…
Oct 9th v1 768x960

Nemo presents Live Music @ The Music Workshop

New
Favourite
8 October 2025, 5:30 pm
-
9:00 pm
Location: The Music Workshop
A live music session hosted by Nemo Events with up and coming musicians and bands from the Folkestone area. This is held at or favourite venue – The Music Workshop. Read more…
e8485d257dc29308614dcbf3595f0076 20250812222749660 20250812223927711 20250812224510462 20250812225141754 20250812230655375 20250819190413805 768x1264

ELECTRIC CARNIVAL

New
Favourite
9 October 2025, 6:00 pm
-
10:00 pm
Location: 20th Century Speedway
A night of dark music, ambient, industrial, electronic, and synth from some of Folkestones best know acts. Free Entry Read more…
jive 768x586

Swing & Jive in The Clearing

New
Favourite
9 October 2025, 6:00 pm
-
11:00 am
Location: Quarterhouse
Folkestone has a new FREE monthly night of 1920’s to 1950’s music and dance. Each month our guest DJs will bring you a great mix of 1920’s Charleston, 1930’s and 40’s Swing, Jump Jive and Western Swing, 1950’s Rock’n’roll , Rockabilly, Doowop, along with vintage Latin, Lounge and Calypso The evening starts at 7pm with an optional fun basic jive Read more…
Kingsize Oct 768x768

Kingsize Slim

New
Favourite
9 October 2025, 7:00 pm
-
9:00 pm
Location: The Blind Pig
Award winning artist Toby Barelli aka King Size Slim has performed somewhere near 1500 shows over the last decade. Taking his unique rootsy sound across the UK and Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. “Going under his stage name King Size Slim he is full of that effortless flowing musicality that the blessed few possess.The band seethe and sway Read more…

Community

Folkestone’s thriving music community can use our site to connect! Our platform is community-sourced and open to everyone – free of charge, forever.

Whether you’re selling a preloved amplifier, looking to form a band, or have a last-minute gig opening… if it’s to do with music in Folkestone, you can post it here!

Find New Bandmates

Use our new Bandmates feature to connect with other musicians.

Latest Marketplace

View All

Latest Requests

View All

About Folkestone Music Town

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.

Our team continues its work to nurture, grow and maintain Folkestone’s unique music ecosystem.

Find Out More
What is a Music Town?
Get Involved

Our Projects

Community is at the heart of Folkestone Music Town’s mission.

We run a range of projects throughout the year

Workshops

Musical education in Folkestone and beyond

Heritage Project

Cataloguing Folkestone's rich musical history

Schools

Your guide to music events in Folkestone!

Future Sounds

Funding & Support for promoters, venues & acts

Audience Survey

Building a picture of Folkestone's music scene in 2025

Latest News from Folkestone Music Town

  • All
  • Articles
  • FMT News
  • Music in May
View All

Lost your password?

Register

Click the button below to register an account.

Register

Search

{"hide_search_input":"0","hide_near_input":"1","show":"","filters_pos":"","input_size":"","bar_flex_wrap":"","bar_flex_wrap_md":"","bar_flex_wrap_lg":"","input_border":"","input_border_opacity":"","input_rounded_size":"","btn_bg":"","btn_rounded_size":"","btn_rounded_size_md":"","btn_rounded_size_lg":"","bg":"","mt":"","mr":"","mb":"3","ml":"","pt":"","pr":"","pb":"","pl":"","border":"","rounded":"","rounded_size":"","rounded_size_md":"","rounded_size_lg":"","shadow":"","css_class":""}

What would you like to submit?

Gig Guide & Directory

Event
Place
Artist
Service

Community

Marketplace
Request
BandMates
Meetup

All Submissions are manually reviewed by our moderation team and are not guaranteed.

For further information, please review our Terms of Service.

My Listings

Groups

Groups function coming soon.

My Favourites

Notification Settings
Email Bulletins

My Gigs

Development ROADMAP

This platform is currently in open beta phase, and as such bugs and discrepancies will be present. We are working continually to resolve issues, improve user experience and add functionality.

We welcome user feedback – if you encounter any issues whilst using the site, please email su*****@****************co.uk – Please include as much detail as you can, preferably with screenshots.

Completed:

  • Roadmap added! Hello!
  • Gig Guide – Date Search
  • Basic account functionality in place
  • Spotify “magic embed” from URL
  • Showcase Youtube video on artist profile
  • Resolved issue with login failing on first attempt
  • Implemented duplicate listing checker on submission
  • Resolved issue with pagination on search results
  • Resolved issue with scrolling Gig Guide on iOS devices
  • Resolved issue with Event Video display
  • Improved caching engine configuration for increased performance sitewide (+ additional flux capacitors)

In progress:

  • Gig Guide – Calendar View
  • Gig Guide – List View
  • Groups function – Final stage. Awaiting vendor confirmation
  • Social login (FB/Google)
  • Bandcamp embed from URL

Planned:

  • Facebook Event import
  • Gig Guide – Venue filter
  • Gig Guide – Artist filter
  • Enhanced user profiles
  • Email alerts for favourited venues/artists
  • Improvements to mobile menu

Known issues:

  • Misc bugs and visual enhancements – we’re working through these, promise!

Please log in to access profile features

Login/Register

© 2025 Folkestone Music Town CIC. All Rights Reserved.

If you have any support queries, please contact
su*****@****************co.uk

By using this app, you agree to our Terms of Service