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Live Music in Folkestone

49 gigs · 20 venues · 1 tonight · 15 this weekend · 3 free

Live music in Folkestone at a glance

FolkAir is listing 49 live music gigs in Folkestone over the next three months, across 19 venues including The Ship Inn | Sandgate, Holy Trinity Church and The Old Cigar & Olive. Next up is Alex McNeice Live @ The Ship, Sandgate at The Ship Inn | Sandgate on Wed 26 Aug at 7:00pm. 1 gig is on tonight. 15 more fall this weekend. 3 of them are free to get into. Every date, venue and price comes straight from venue and promoter listings and is refreshed daily, so this is what is genuinely on sale right now rather than a fixed editorial round-up. Below the gig list are the 20 venues those gigs are at, busiest first, with a link to the venue's own page wherever it has one.

Gigs in Folkestone

Tonight

Alex McNeice Live @ The Ship, Sandgate — Wed 26 Aug at 7:00pm (3 dates) at The Ship Inn | Sandgate

This weekend

The Orb ft. Lee Harris & Dom Beken — Fri 28 Aug at 6:00pm at Quarterhouse · £37.50
Fortune Faded Glory — Fri 28 Aug at 8:00pm at The Blind Pig
The Orb ft. Lee Harris & Dom Beken — Fri 28 Aug at 8:00pm at Folkestone Quarterhouse
Jefferson James live — Fri 28 Aug at 8:00pm at The Nailbox · Free
Tu Casa — Fri 28 Aug at 8:00pm at The Old Cigar & Olive
THE ALTONES — Sat 29 Aug at 2:00pm at Folkestone Harbour Arm
On The Run – Pink Floyd Tribute Weekend — Sat 29 Aug at 2:30pm (2 dates) at The Bandstand
THE LIBERATORS — Sat 29 Aug at 6:00pm at Folkestone Harbour Arm
move — Sat 29 Aug at 7:00pm at Docker Brewery & Taproom
Like It Or Lump It DJs — Sat 29 Aug at 8:00pm at The Blind Pig
The Native Oysters Band live — Sun 30 Aug at 2:00pm at Folkestone Harbour Arm · Free
THE NATIVE OYSTERS BAND — Sun 30 Aug at 2:00pm at Folkestone Harbour Arm
Open Deck Sunday — Sun 30 Aug at 3:00pm at The Blind Pig
Lucy May Walker’s Writer’s Round — Sun 30 Aug at 4:00pm at The Music Workshop · £7
The Invictas @Skuba — Sun 30 Aug at 5:00pm at Skuba

Next 7 days

The Melody Makers Collective — Thu 27 Aug at 10:30am (4 dates) at Holy Trinity Church
Open jam — Thu 27 Aug at 6:00pm (7 dates) at The Old Cigar & Olive
THE SWINGTONES — Mon 31 Aug at 2:00pm at Folkestone Harbour Arm
THE BONES — Mon 31 Aug at 4:00pm at Folkestone Harbour | Harbourside Square
The Hot Takes @Skuba — Mon 31 Aug at 5:00pm at Skuba
Folkestone Singing Club — Tue 1 Sept at 10:00am (3 dates) at The Music Workshop · £8
Alex McNeice Live @ The Pullman, Folkestone — Wed 2 Sept at 7:00pm (3 dates) at The Pullman

Coming up

FUN HOUSE presented by aimate — Fri 4 Sept at 8:00pm at Folkestone Quarterhouse
THE DUSTBOWL SINNERS — Sat 5 Sept at 2:00pm at Folkestone Harbour Arm
Tontine Folk Festival — Sat 5 Sept at 2:00pm at Quarterhouse
Cold Shoulder — Sat 5 Sept at 2:30pm at The Bandstand
BAD ROSE — Sat 5 Sept at 4:00pm at Folkestone Harbour | Harbourside Square
Retroskin live — Sun 6 Sept at 2:00pm at Folkestone Harbour Arm
West Kent Concert Band — Sun 6 Sept at 2:30pm at The Bandstand
GUMBOOTS REGGAE DUO — Sun 6 Sept at 4:00pm at Folkestone Harbour | Harbourside Square
The Sinus Rhythm Boys @Skuba — Sun 6 Sept at 5:00pm at Skuba
Folkesound – The Grand Italian Session — Thu 10 Sept at 6:00pm at St Mary and St Eanswythe’s Church · £10
The Miles Cookman Band live — Sat 12 Sept at 2:00pm at Folkestone Harbour Arm · Free
Sugar Skulls — Sat 12 Sept at 2:30pm at The Bandstand
REV SUN ’26: Breakwater (The Finale) — Sat 12 Sept at 3:30pm at Mermaids Bar & Café · £15
THE MILES COOKMAN BAND — Sat 12 Sept at 4:00pm at Folkestone Harbour Arm
HIGH TIDE — Sat 12 Sept at 4:00pm at Folkestone Harbour | Harbourside Square
Indigo Stones @Skuba — Sun 13 Sept at 5:00am at Skuba
BIG ORANGE HEAD — Sun 13 Sept at 2:00pm at Folkestone Harbour Arm
Tu Casa — Sun 13 Sept at 2:00pm at Mermaids Bar & Café · £10
Dave Ferra Allstars — Sun 13 Sept at 2:30pm at The Bandstand
THOMAS ABRAHAMS — Sun 13 Sept at 4:00pm at Folkestone Harbour | Harbourside Square
The Red Cow – Blues Rock Jam — Fri 18 Sept at 7:00pm at The Red Cow
Miss Americana – A Tribute to Taylor Swift — Fri 18 Sept at 7:30pm at Leas Cliff Hall
Mrs H and The Sing-a-Long Band — Sat 19 Sept at 11:00am at Quarterhouse
Heroes — Sat 19 Sept at 2:15pm at The Bandstand
Oscillate – docker Brewery — Sat 19 Sept at 7:00pm at Docker Brewery & Taproom
Zombie killers + Rigormortoids — Sat 19 Sept at 7:30pm at The Dracula Parrot

Everything on in Folkestone this week

Free live music in Folkestone

Fri 28 Aug 2026 — Jefferson James live at The Nailbox — Jefferson James live in concert at The Nailbox, Shorncliffe, Folkestone on Friday, 28 August 2026 starting at 20:00.
Sun 30 Aug 2026 — The Native Oysters Band live at Folkestone Harbour Arm — The Native Oysters Band live in concert at Folkestone Harbour Arm, Folkestone on Sunday, 30 August 2026 starting at…
Sat 12 Sept 2026 — The Miles Cookman Band live at Folkestone Harbour Arm — The Miles Cookman Band live in concert at Folkestone Harbour Arm, Folkestone on Saturday, 12 September 2026 starting at…

Live music venues in Folkestone

Folkestone Harbour Arm — 7 upcoming gigs; next: THE ALTONES (Sat 29 Aug at 2:00pm)
The Bandstand — 6 upcoming gigs; next: On The Run – Pink Floyd Tribute Weekend (Sat 29 Aug at 2:30pm)
Folkestone Harbour | Harbourside Square — 5 upcoming gigs; next: THE BONES (Mon 31 Aug at 4:00pm)
Skuba — 4 upcoming gigs; next: The Invictas @Skuba (Sun 30 Aug at 5:00pm)
The Blind Pig — 3 upcoming gigs; next: Fortune Faded Glory (Fri 28 Aug at 8:00pm)
Folkestone Quarterhouse — 3 upcoming gigs; next: The Orb ft. Lee Harris & Dom Beken (Fri 28 Aug at 8:00pm) — 49 Tontine Street, Folkestone
Folkestone Harbour Arm — 3 upcoming gigs; next: The Native Oysters Band live (Sun 30 Aug at 2:00pm) — Harbour Approach Road, Folkestone, CT20 1QH
The Old Cigar & Olive — 2 upcoming gigs; next: Open jam (Thu 27 Aug at 6:00pm)
Quarterhouse — 2 upcoming gigs; next: The Orb ft. Lee Harris & Dom Beken (Fri 28 Aug at 6:00pm)
Docker Brewery & Taproom — 2 upcoming gigs; next: move (Sat 29 Aug at 7:00pm)
The Music Workshop — 2 upcoming gigs; next: Lucy May Walker’s Writer’s Round (Sun 30 Aug at 4:00pm)
Mermaids Bar & Café — 2 upcoming gigs; next: REV SUN ’26: Breakwater (The Finale) (Sat 12 Sept at 3:30pm)
The Ship Inn | Sandgate — 1 upcoming gig; next: Alex McNeice Live @ The Ship, Sandgate (Wed 26 Aug at 7:00pm)
Holy Trinity Church — 1 upcoming gig; next: The Melody Makers Collective (Thu 27 Aug at 10:30am)
The Nailbox — 1 upcoming gig; next: Jefferson James live (Fri 28 Aug at 8:00pm) — Coolinge Lane, Shorncliffe, Folkestone, CT20 3QE
The Pullman — 1 upcoming gig; next: Alex McNeice Live @ The Pullman, Folkestone (Wed 2 Sept at 7:00pm)
St Mary and St Eanswythe’s Church — 1 upcoming gig; next: Folkesound – The Grand Italian Session (Thu 10 Sept at 6:00pm)
The Red Cow — 1 upcoming gig; next: The Red Cow – Blues Rock Jam (Fri 18 Sept at 7:00pm)
Leas Cliff Hall — 1 upcoming gig; next: Miss Americana – A Tribute to Taylor Swift (Fri 18 Sept at 7:30pm)
The Dracula Parrot — 1 upcoming gig; next: Zombie killers + Rigormortoids (Sat 19 Sept at 7:30pm)

Live music in Folkestone: the essentials

Where is live music in Folkestone tonight?

1 gig is on in Folkestone tonight: Alex McNeice Live @ The Ship, Sandgate at The Ship Inn | Sandgate (Wed 26 Aug at 7:00pm).

What live music is on in Folkestone this weekend?

15 gigs fall this weekend, including The Orb ft. Lee Harris & Dom Beken at Quarterhouse (Fri 28 Aug at 6:00pm), Fortune Faded Glory at The Blind Pig (Fri 28 Aug at 8:00pm) and The Orb ft. Lee Harris & Dom Beken at Folkestone Quarterhouse (Fri 28 Aug at 8:00pm).

Which Folkestone venues have the most live music?

Folkestone Harbour Arm (7 upcoming gigs), The Bandstand (6 upcoming gigs) and Folkestone Harbour | Harbourside Square (5 upcoming gigs) — 20 venues have live music listed in Folkestone over the next three months.

Is there free live music in Folkestone?

Yes — 3 of the 49 listed gigs are free to get into, including Jefferson James live at The Nailbox at The Nailbox (Fri 28 Aug at 8:00pm) and The Native Oysters Band live at Folkestone Harbour Arm at Folkestone Harbour Arm (Sun 30 Aug at 2:00pm).