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Folkestone Music Town Meet-Up and Pre Fesitval Party

IMPORTANT UPDATE – THE FMT MEET- UP HAS BEEN MOVED TO THE DRACULA PARROT BAR ON 20.4.26.

All venues, creatives, music lovers and community are welcome.

This is a pre-festival get together and we will have the shiny new festival programmes for you to collect your free copies.

A BIG thanks to The Dracula Parrot Bar for hosting us last min due to change in unfortunate circumstances.

If you haven’t been to the Dracula Parrot Bar yet then come along and say Hi and support this new venue and share some music love and pre festival vibes with like-minded people.

See you there 🙂
#folkestonemusictown
#musicinmayfestival
#draculaparrot

Genres

Pop 85
Jazz 41
Blues 37
Funk 28
Country 27
R&B 17
Electronica 12
Reggae 10
Metal 4

Venue

The Dracula Parrot

98a Basement, Cheriton Place, Folkestone, Kent
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