Venues in East Kent?

[Hugh Barnes]

All these postings about gigs and jam sessions have caused me to ask this question. I find myself travelling to
Kent on a fairly regular basis nowadays and am struggling to find any decent music venues - in fact it seems a
complete desert! Poking around on the web has lead me to find something called the 'Soul Cafe' in Maidstone that
would appear to have occasional nights of interest, but nothing else has shown up. ANy one know of any venues
Canterbury way that might host decent music?

thanks

Hugh

[Rick Booth]

Hugh Barnes <hb1...@cus.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
> ANy one know of any venues Canterbury way that might host decent music?

The Cornford Club specialises in guitar music, and is, I think, in
Whitstable.

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[clive murray]

"Rick Booth" <richar...@umist.ac.uk> wrote in message
news:b73ddf$amkv8$3...@ID-147234.news.dfncis.de...

> Hugh Barnes <hb1...@cus.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
> > ANy one know of any venues Canterbury way that might host decent music?
>
> The Cornford Club specialises in guitar music, and is, I think, in
> Whitstable.

quoting paul cornford hisself from the guitarist forum:

Venue:The Cornford Waterfront Club, Beach Walk, Whitstable, Kent. Tel #
01227 265500

Directions:

If travelling round the M25 clockwise:

M25, Dartford Bridge
A2 / M2 - Ramsgate, Dover, Margate, Maidstone

The M2 will split into A2 - Canterbury, A299 - Margate, Ramsgate - stay in
right hand lane and take A299.
B2209 - Whitstable
At 2nd roundabout (Beefeater & Travel Inn - Longreach on right) take 1st
exit B2205
Stay on this road, down the hill, through the high street which will then
bring you on to the map.
You will go past the harbour (on your left), followed shortly after by a
garage and bowling alley also on your left. As soon as you go over the
pedestrian crossing take your 1st left into Beach Walk. The Waterfront Club
is on your left.

If travelling round the M25 anti-clockwise:

M25
Jct 5 take the M26
M20 - Maidstone, Ashford, Dover
Jct 7 take A249 - Margate, Ramsgate, Canterbury
Follow signs to M2 Margate, Ramsgate, Canterbury
M2
The M2 will split into A2 - Canterbury, A299 Margate, Ramsgate - stay in
right hand lane and take A299

B2209 - Whitstable
At 2nd roundabout (Beefeater & Travel Inn - Longreach on right) take 1st
exit B2205
Stay on this road, down the hill, through the high street which will then
bring you on to the map.
You will go past the harbour (on your left), followed shortly after by a
garage and bowling alley also on your left. As soon as you go over the
pedestrian crossing take your 1st left into Beach Walk. The Waterfront Club
is on your left.

Accomodation:

The Hotel Continental - 29 Beach Walk, Whitstable. Tel # 01227 280280
(opposite The Waterfront Club)

The Marine Hotel - Marine Parade, Tanketon Tel # 01227 272672
(5 minute walk)

Longreach, Beefeater and Travel Inn - Thanet Way, Whitstable Tel # 01227
272459
(5 minute taxi ride)

--c.

[Hugh Barnes]

In article <b73hhj$ajg9t$1...@ID-56037.news.dfncis.de>,

clive murray <earth...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>"Rick Booth" <richar...@umist.ac.uk> wrote in message
>news:b73ddf$amkv8$3...@ID-147234.news.dfncis.de...
>> Hugh Barnes <hb1...@cus.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
>> > ANy one know of any venues Canterbury way that might host decent music?
>>
>> The Cornford Club specialises in guitar music, and is, I think, in
>> Whitstable.
>
>quoting paul cornford hisself from the guitarist forum:
>
>Venue:The Cornford Waterfront Club, Beach Walk, Whitstable, Kent. Tel #
>01227 265500

Messrs Booth and Murray, I thank you!!

Hugh

[Abdul Tom]

you're right, Hugh, Kent is largely a desert. There has, apparently,
been some work to try and rectify this. A new veue opened in Dartford
in 2000 but has basically hit the skids; there's also been some work
in Medway.

bung an email to my mate Mark who organises stuff down there:
mark...@hooba.fsnet.co.uk

I think there's also a venue listing on the South East Arts webshite.

[Mike O'Donnell]

hb1...@cus.cam.ac.uk (Hugh Barnes) wrote in message news:<b73pps$ff8$1...@pegasus.csx.cam.ac.uk>...

> >Venue:The Cornford Waterfront Club, Beach Walk, Whitstable, Kent. Tel #
> >01227 265500
>
> Messrs Booth and Murray, I thank you!!
>
> Hugh

Hugh, whereabouts are you in kent?
There is a pub on the lovely ashford ring road called oranges which I
think does a sunday jam session.

I live in Ashford and will accept that that part of kent is a bit of a
musical void. But things are getting better. One of the local clubs
(NV - dance type music) has bands in on some nights now.

Mike