Name: Maidstone Fringe Festival 2015
Start: 2015-04-30
End: 2015-05-04
Location: multiple venues

Maidstone Fringe Festival 2015

Thursday 30th April to Monday 4th May 2015
multiple venues, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 1HP, England MAP
most events are FREE admission

Daily capacity: 3,000

Last updated: Mon 23rd Mar 2015

Maidstone Fringe Festival, now in its fifth year, takes place over multiple venues in Maidstone, Kent over 5 days from Thursday 30th April until Monday 4th May 2015. The majority of events are FREE, with some cover charge events.

Line-up

The first acts confirmed are Annie Mac, Nine Below Zero, Shadow Child, The Keytones, Upcdownc, Sally Ironmonger, The Devils Prefects, The Soundcasters, Van Susans, Salvation Jayne, The Slytones, Black Lion Courtiers, Funke & The Two Tone Baby, Theatre Royal, Migden & Gibson, Rhonda & The Great Unknown, Masterclass, Ben Russell & The Charmers, The Florescents, Jackal Pack, Mark Morriss, Cut The Funk, Knights Of Hoodoo, The Dredgermen, The Parade, Broken Banjo, Fred Clark, Native People, Dead Bears, Lithodrone, Oskar Vilcrow, David James Rumsey, The Black Waterside, Toby Starks & Friends, Flawless Carbon, As Worlds Collide, One Day Elliott, First Family, Audiowhores, with more to be announced.

What's on?

Focused predominately on music, but also including comedy & street entertainers, the festival, and the musical focus is from rock, indie and pop-punk, through to acoustic and blues acts, contemporary folk, funk, soul, dance and hip-hop. Though a large percentage of the acts are from the South East & Kent, they do welcome performers from across the UK.

Venues

Venues confirmed to date include: The Style & Winch, Earls, The Druids Arms, The Flowerpot, The Source Bar, The Rafters, The White Horse, The Art Lounge, The Music Room - Pizza Express, The Art Lounge, The Royal Albion, The Pilot, Frederic, The Bowerhouse and an open air stage, the Festival Folly in Jubilee Square.

Accommodation

This event does not have camping but there are a number of hotels, hostels and guest houses in the area.

More info

Incorporated within the festival are a number of all-day events and dance all-nighters, as well as family friendly entertainment in Jubilee Square and cafes and coffee shops in the Town Centre, with much of the music being free to attend!

For more information, see the Maidstone Fringe Festival website.

The town is within easy walking distance of mainline railway stations: Maidstone West and Maidstone East, and Arriva bus routes.

More information will be here when available.