The Music Workshop

Live Music: 100 Dollar Stereo & Joe Mulroe
2025-07-12 19:00 - 23:00 (Europe/London)

Live Music: Alex McNeice
2025-07-10 19:00 - 23:00
Alex is a singer/songwriter performing a mix of covers and originals. His performance is theatrical, energetic, and full of humour. This event will take you through his music journey through his own songs and a mix of covers that have played a part in his journey. We’d love for you to join us at this event, and enjoy this unique performance.

Live Music: The Zombie Killers, Puppits & Fortune Faded Glory
2025-07-05 19:00 - 23:00
Live music from The Zombie Killers, Puppits & Fortune Faded Glory. Free entry/donations on the door. From 7pm!

Jimmy's Jam
2025-07-04 18:00 - 23:00, 2025-06-06 18:00 - 23:00, 2025-05-02 18:00 - 23:00
Jam Night hosted by Jimmy and the Riddles – first Friday of every month, free entry!

Live Music: Malcura (Australia)
2025-07-01 19:00 - 23:00
Malcura are Australia’s most exciting Flamenco-Fusion group. Honing their craft as buskers in Melbourne’s Bourke Street Mall, Malcura have since captivated the Australian public with their exceptional musicianship and distinctive sound, which fuses Flamenco instrumentation with Latin rhythms and a Rock’n’Roll mentality.
Malcura creates music for the soul; it’s a feeling as much as it is a sound.
Renowned for their busking performance of “Gerudo Valley” from Zelda (with over 11 million views on YouTube) and their lively audience participation, Malcura will be keeping dancefloors moving at Glastonbury Festival, the Montreux Jazz Festival and venues all across Europe this Summer and are sure to lift your spirits!
Web page: http://malcura.com
Facebook: http://facebook.com/malcura
Instagram: http://instagram.com/malcura
Bandcamp: http://malcura.bandcamp.com
Live Video (Keyzer Soze): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2nCBZCB2Y4

Lucy May Walker's Writer's Round
2025-06-29 16:00 - 18:00, 2025-05-25 16:00 - 18:00, 2025-04-27 16:00 - 18:00
Lucy May Walker’s monthly Writer’s Round is an afternoon of original music in the style of a Nashville writers round where 3 featured artists sit on the stage at the same time and take turns in playing their songs & telling the stories behind them. Discover your new favourite artist in an intimate, cosy setting by the seaside.

Musical Bingo hosted by AiMATE
2025-06-20 19:00 - 23:00, 2025-05-16 19:00 - 23:00, 2025-04-18 19:00 - 23:00
Join us for a lively night of Musical Bingo at The Music Workshop. Hosted by the brilliant AiMATE, this isn’t your average bingo night – expect great tunes, singing along, plenty of laughs, and some fun prizes up for grabs.
🎟 £5 per ticket (includes bingo cards)🎉 Music, prizes, and a full-on Friday night atmosphere⚠️ Not a quiet event – get ready to sing, cheer, and enjoy yourself!

Live Music: Xav Clarke
2025-06-12 19:00 - 23:00

Sand and Stone Sessions featuring SKIES
2025-05-31 19:00 - 23:00
Come and join us for our fifth Sand and Stone Sessions gig! These bi-monthly nights will feature performances from Sand and Stone and some of the amazing artists we have met along the way.
This month’s Sessions artist is SKIES (acoustic set), a fellow two piece band from Folkestone who’s music fuses pop, rock and emo. Ali and Jericho have had their music played on BBC radio 1, BBC Introducing as well as the ‘New Music Friday’ Spotify playlist and we are so excited to have them play the next Session show with us. Their debut album ‘Is It All In Our Heads?’ was released and taken on tour last year, so we highly recommend that you give it a listen before coming.
Where: The Music Workshop
Doors: 7pm
SKIES will be performing their acoustic set at 7.45pm, followed by Sand and Stone with their full band sound at 9pm.
Tickets are £8, with a third of all sales being donated to a UK based conservation charity who work help to protect the beautiful world we live on.
We hope to see some new and old faces coming down to enjoy the music and have a bit of a boogie!

Live Music: -4°
2025-05-29 19:00 - 23:00
Come See -4° Live!
Ready for a night of raw energy and nonstop music? -4° is here to bring the heat with high-energy punk rock and alternative covers from the ‘90s to today. We’re a group of friends who love music and know how to throw a show that’ll have you moving, singing, and feeling alive. Whether you’re reliving old favorites or discovering new anthems, we promise a set packed with passion, chaos, and pure fun.
Don’t miss out – grab your tickets now and let’s make some noise together!

Folkestone Jam Night
2025-05-24 18:00 - 23:00, 2025-04-19 18:00 - 23:00
Welcome to The Folkestone Jam, a space for musicians and singers to connect, collaborate, and create.The night flows naturally, blending structured performances with spontaneous jams. It’s a chance to meet fellow musicians, try something new, and enjoy making music together in a relaxed, welcoming environment.Bring your instrument, your voice, or just come along to enjoy the music.And don’t forget to try our handcrafted pizzas and signature cocktails while you’re here!#TheFolkestoneJam #WhereMusiciansMeetToPlay #FolkestoneMusic #JamSession

Live Music: ATHEeNA, Take Too, The Shindigs
2025-05-23 19:00 - 23:00

Live Music: Roxanne Hicks
2025-05-22 19:00 - 23:00
Singer Roxanne Hicks will be performing some of her favourite songs with a range of musicians and singers.
Special appearances include members of Pretty Crap, HotRox and Grooveshack, plus Charisma Hicks will be making her Folkestone debut.

Sing Folk
2025-05-20 18:30 - 22:30
Join us for a joyful evening 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. Come and share your favourite traditional song from anywhere in the world or bring an original folk song. We look forward to meeting you at the first session of what we hope will become a regular community event.
Venue: Music Workshop, 1B Town Walk, Folkestone CT20 2AD
Timings: Doors open at 6.30pm for a 7pm start. Music finishes at around 9pm with a break halfway. 11pm close.
Free entry with cash donations welcomed.
If you have any questions about access or anything else please contact: thesingfolk@gmail.com
Come join the throng!

Live Music: Manband, Rhino Tranq, Oscar, Tom Alldritt
2025-05-17 18:30 - 23:00
LOWTIDE 01: We bringing live music back to Folkestone babyyyy— Expect BEAUTIFUL noise and indeed the unexpected, all under one roof.
On the bill: Manband, closing the night are chaotic noise rockers from Margate – not one to miss; Rhino Tranq, Folkestone’s own alt-rock juggernauts; Oscar, serving up a mix of Midwest emo with a folk-punk twist in their Folkestone debut; and Tom Alldritt, opening the night with a soulful indie acoustic set.
It’s a night where anything can happen, and probably will.
Expect a bit of everything: heavy, soft, loud, quiet, and everything in between. Get in early, stay late, and let’s dance people.

Live Music: Elevator Duo, Relton & Iona McBain
2025-05-15

Live Music: Samuel Ashton & The Instincts + Rudy Warman & The Heavy Weather
2025-05-10 19:30 - 23:00
A very special occasion as two of Folkestone’s favourite bands come together for a night of soulful music at The Music Workshop on Saturday May 10th.
Samuel Ashton & the Instincts + Rudy Warman & the Heavy Weather
Samuel Ashton and Rudy Warman are old school mates who go back 25 years and both share a passion for creating music.
This one is not to be missed as they appear with their bands in their hometown.
Doors : 7:30pm Tickets £10 in Advance / £14 On the Door

SupaJam presents: Oakley Osmond, stardum & more
2025-05-08 18:30 - 23:00
Students from SupaJam Canterbury are hosting and performing at this special show. Find out more info about who they are and what they do: https://www.semmuk.com/canterbury

Live Music: Matt Bawtree, Oliver, Colin Chambers & Charlie Burton
2025-05-03 19:00 - 23:00
Matt Bawtree has exploded onto the music scene with his first single “Starting Line” in March. After supporting Frank Turner at the Leas Cliff Hall in April he is bringing the full band to the music workshop for his first ever headline show on May 3rd! Oliver Futcher (oliver) is also playing his first originals show as support for Matt as well as Folkestone Legends Colin Chambers and Charlie Burton performing songs from pre 1940. Come on down for a variety of talent with songs written from 120 years ago to songs written last week. Tickets are very limited!

Live Music: Longfall supported by grassmell
2025-05-01 19:00 - 23:00
Longfall are a Kent-based alt-rock band playing original music with powerful melodies and provocative storytelling.
Grassmell is a Kent based solo artist whose genre can best be described as alternative pop-rock. With a signature sound distinguished by its captivating melodies and distinctive flair, grassmell captivates audiences with his natural and authentic approach to music

Live Music: Hidden Bittern, Miss-Fit Sisters and SHE-BITE plus DJ NICONICO
2025-04-26 19:00 - 23:00
Hidden Bittern and Unglam Folkestone present…

The chance to catch three of Folkestone’s finest, catchiest, noisiest, most fun, most female bands TOGETHER on one Saturday night bill, plus DJ NICONICO (Bimbeaux Collective).

This is an absolute celebration of Folkestone’s grassroots music scene. All three bands started playing less than 18 months ago. Boom.

Hidden Bittern are Folkestone’s premier bird-based punk band. Their catchy indie pop will ruffle yr feathers, take you through the Twilight movies in three minutes, and leave you spinning like you’re on a wheely chair.

Miss-Fit Sisters and SHE-BITE came roaring out of the Unglamorous Music movement in Folkestone. These all-women bands play post-punk and garage punk, where the only rules are: make music and have fun!

Come and experience some proper local energy and inventiveness.

There will be: shouting, bad dancing, silly lyrics, fashion rebellion, songs about IVF, teen vampires and fat.

There will be no: twiddling your thumbs between bands.

Oh, and DJ NICONICO has been given one word to go on after the bands: ‘BANGERS’.

£8, £6 concs. Get tickets while you can.

Live Music: ALMAHATA
2025-04-24 19:00 - 23:00
Almahata (loosely translating to ‘the souls natural sound’) is the musical project of singer/songwriter Phoebe Warden. Having taken time away from this project over the past year whilst touring internationally with friend and fellow songwriter, Bess Atwell, Phoebe is returning to the stage for an intimate, hometown show in Folkestone.
What to expect from the evening? Connection, honesty and creating community through vulnerability. A short soundbath in lieu of a support act. The experience behind each song. Songs from 2014 and songs from 2025. Hopefully a few laughs along the way too.
‘What’s the music like?’ – https://lnkfi.re/IYEQcy4v

Live Music: Pleistocene Megafauna & PSQ
2025-04-17 19:00 - 23:00
Step into an immersive night of live electronic music and ambient soundscapes at The Music Workshop, Folkestone, on 17th April. Featuring the enigmatic Pleistocene Megafauna, known for expansive synth work and experimental layering, alongside veteran 90s pirate radio DJ PSQ (Paddy), a regular on Bloop London and a resident DJ for Folkestone Techno Social who showcases new and recent moody electronic releases, championing lesser known artists and labels from around the world.
