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The Telling Unchained
2023-05-26 19:30 - 21:00 (Europe/London) | The Parish Church of St Mary and St Eanswythe, Church Street,, Folkestone, CT20 1SW
A relaxed jamming session of mixed repertoire ranging from medieval to folk. Sit back & enjoy the show, make requests or join in with your own instrument! Anything could happen & probably will! informal, unrehearsed, unexpected CLARE NORBURN voice JOY SMITH harp & percussion EMILY BAINES recorders GILES LEWIN
£10 Full Price / £8 Concession / £5 Under 30s from www.thetelling.co.uk/events/unchained-folkestone or on the door

WORLD JAZZ LIVE SESSIONS AT THE TOWER – Hosted by Maiuko
2023-06-22 19:30 - 22:00 | The Tower Theatre, North Road Shorncliffe, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 3HL
Roots 8 – Caribbean & Afro Jazz

A Sam Kelly and Gregg Kofi Brown concept, members of two legendary bands. Sam is a founding member and drummer with one of the most sampled bands in history ‘CYMANDE’. Gregg is a forty-year veteran of the Godfathers of afrobeat & jazz and afro-rock, OSIBISA.
Roots 8 bring a world tropical brand of music. This multi-national eight-piece “All Star” band boasts a wealth of super talented musicians creating a sound that draws on rare groove rhythms combined with Caribbean / Afro Jazz, African back beats and Soulful melodies.
With an international tour, festival bookings and many performance shows booked throughout 2023, Roots 8 are much in demand. They look forward to bringing their music to the World Jazz Live Sessions to The Tower.
ROOTS 8
Sam Kelly – drums
Gregg Kofi Brown – lead vocals/ rhythm guitar
Maiuko – lead vocalist
Phil Ramacon – piano/lead vocals
Richard Sadler – bass
Tony Qunta – guitar/ violin/ bvs
Clare Hirst – sax/clarinet/ bvs
Claude Deppa – trumpet
Tickets £15 | Doors from 6.30pm
Unreserved seating
A PortCaia Production in association with The Tower Theatre

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Sacconi Residency 2023 – DANCES with STRINGS!
2023-10-07 16:30 - 18:00 | The Grand
Promoter
Sacconi Residency Weekend – 6-8 Oct 2023
Live music with guided dance
Artists
Sacconi Quartet
Floriane Peycelon – violin, Kathy Shave – violin, Adrian Smith – viola, Julia Vohralik – cello
Eréndira – dancer
Programme
DANCES with STRINGS is a brand new and exciting event with live music from the Sacconi Quartet joined by local musicians. Local improvisational dancer Eréndira will guide the audience through movement and dance in response to the music. Great fun for all ages and abilities and set in the fabulous surroundings of the Great Rooms of The Grand.
The Grand, The Leas, Folkestone, CT20 2XL. Please use the North Entrance on Metropole Road East.
Ticket Prices
FREE, but there is a limit on space at the venue so please book your places via the link below.

Booking
Book here

KAI HOFFMAN QUARTET
2024-02-29 19:30 - 22:00 | The Tower Theatre, North Road Shorncliffe, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 3HL
EVENT DETAILS

WORLD JAZZ LIVE SESSIONS AT THE TOWER – Hosted by Maiuko
“There is no denying that Hoffman has a very special voice: rich, super smooth and full of old time sparkle… It is a joy to listen to her sing.” – Broadway Baby
Originally from Boston, MA, USA, Kai Hoffman is a jazz, swing and blues singer, as well as a songwriter, bandleader and recording artist. Based in the United Kingdom, Kai’s international shows have included Don’t Tell Mama and the Metropolitan Room in New York City, The Blue Note in Milan and the European Jazz Expo, with further performances in countries as varied as Bangladesh, the Netherlands and Russia.
In London, Kai is a favourite performer across the city, including an eight-year residency at Europe’s oldest jazz venue, Ronnie Scott’s, shows at the Elgar Room of the Royal Albert Hall, the London Jazz Festival, City of London Festival, Southbank Centre, 606 Club, the Hideaway Jazz Club and more.
Kai Hoffman – Vocals
Roger Lewin – Piano
Alex Keen – Double Bass
Simon Lea – Drums
Tickets £15
Doors 6.30pm | Unreserved seating
A PortCaia Production in association with The Tower Theatre

Folkestone Choral Society
2024-03-23 19:30 - 21:30 | Leas Cliff Hall
Consisting of 70 voices and growing, Folkestone Choral Society is one of the largest choirs in the area and draws members from as far afield as Deal, Canterbury, Ashford and Romney Marsh. We exist as a charitable organisation to bring the enjoyment of choral music sung to a high standard to the community of the Folkestone and Hythe District in Kent and to the many visitors to the area. Folkestone Choral Society rehearses every week during term time to prepare for at least three concerts a year always accompanied by professional orchestras and soloists. Our programmes range from the great oratorios to more modern composers. Some concerts also include popular concertos and orchestral pieces to complement the choral works. The Society aims to cover over a number of years the major classical works for choir and orchestra from the 17th to 21st centuries.
Affiliated to Making Music
Registered Charity No. 275075
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Our Next Concert
23rd March 2024 at 7.30pm, Leas Cliff Hall Folkestone
Jenkins – The Armed Man
Fauré – Cantique de Jean Racine
Fauré – Requiem

Music at the Bandstand on The Leas
2024-07-20 14:30 - 16:30 | Kent
The Runaways – Shadows Tribute band

Talk & Concert: Howard Skempton (accordian)
2025-04-11 19:00 - 21:30 | Kollectiv, 69 Old High Street, CT20 1RN
Distinguished composer Howard Skempton introduces and performs his ‘austerely beautiful, sparse, decidedly enigmatic music.’ (The Guardian).

The melodies and chord patterns he uses may be commonplace, familiar, or even banal, but once we step into his world, we don’t hear them like that any more. By stripping everything away except what is essential, Skempton’s music clears a space for us to hear sound as sound, letting the gentle play of pattern seep deeply into our consciousness. At this point, simplicity becomes marvellous, complex, astonishingly beautiful. We see familiar objects in a new light, as we’d never seen them before, transformed. (The Guardian)
Skempton works for accordion
Part of Folkestone New Music’s Music Club.

General Admission £10 but pay what you can.
