Kent · 11 gigs · next 4 weeks
13 Nov – 11 Dec
Help keep grassroots venues open in Maidstone
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Updated 12 November 2026
4 weeks
| Venues with something on | 4 |
| Venues tracked | 22 |
| Open mics | 9 |
| Busiest night | Friday · 4 gigs |
11 gigs listed in Maidstone over the next 28 days across 4 venues. Friday is the busiest night with 4. In total we track 22 grassroots venues and 9 regular open mics here.
Only Friday to Sunday: the 2 gigs on in Maidstone this weekend. Among them: Gillingham Christmas Country Night at The Factory Bar And Grill (Friday) and Coda - Led Zeppelin Tribute, Coda at Ashford Revelation (Saturday). Tap a card for times and tickets. Anything from Monday on is in the four-week list further down.
Counting every upcoming date, not just the next four weeks, there are 33 gigs listed in and around Maidstone - sixth of 7 against its nearest places with live music, behind the Sutton area (55). Each row counts the gigs, venues and open mics our directories hold in and around that place, refreshed nightly; tap a town for its live music scene.
| # | Place | Gigs |
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| 01 | Sutton area 14 venues · 12 open mics | 55 |
| 02 | Basildon area 21 venues · 12 open mics | 42 |
| 03 | Tunbridge Wells area 10 venues · 9 open mics | 41 |
| 04 | Chelmsford area 13 venues · 8 open mics | 36 |
| 05 | Hastings area 24 venues · 15 open mics | 34 |
| 06 | Maidstone area This page 22 venues · 9 open mics | 33 |
| 07 | Billericay area 6 venues · 4 open mics | 3 |
Four weeks of Maidstone gigs, 13 Nov to 11 Dec: 11 listings from 4 rooms, with Fridays the busiest. Where This Weekend stops at Sunday, this keeps going - earliest date first.
Starts20:00 Gillingham Christmas Country NightThe Factory Bar And Grill · Watling · Maidstone 
Coda - Led Zeppelin Tribute, CodaAshford Revelation · Victoria 19:30Sat 14 Nov 
Live/Wire - The AC/DC ShowCasino Rooms · Rochester West & Borstal · MaidstoneTickets 19:00Fri 20 Nov 
The Yacht Rock ExperienceCentral Theatre · Chatham Central & Brompton · Chatham 19:30Fri 20 Nov 
Jim Davidson Live - Last Man Standing... Just!Casino Rooms · Rochester West & Borstal · MaidstoneTickets 19:00Sat 21 Nov 
Country Christmas At The Moat WrothamThe Moat · Pilgrims with Ightham · Maidstone 20:00Sat 21 Nov 
G4 ChristmasRochester Cathedral, UK · Rochester West & Borstal · Maidstone£19.50Tickets 19:30Wed 25 Nov 
Sittingbourne Xmas HoedownWoodcoombe Hall · Murston · Maidstone 19:30Fri 27 Nov 
Oasish 2026 TourCasino Rooms · Rochester West & Borstal · MaidstoneTickets 19:00Sat 28 Nov 
Moody Mare Xmas HoedownThe Moody Mare · East and West Peckham, Mereworth & Wateringbury · Maidstone 19:30Thu 3 Dec | Search every Maidstone gigEverything upcoming, not just the next four weeks |
Every grassroots venue we track in Maidstone - all 22, whether or not it has a gig listed right now - with its capacity, kit and opening times. Use it to find a room near you, then check its page for what is on.
Photo: Google 60 cap DrakesMaidstone 
Harmony HQTown Centre · MaidstoneHouse PA Cap tbc 
Hazlitt Arts CentreMaidstone town centre · Maidstone 350Cap 
Mote ParkMaidstone 5,000Cap 
Nellie GerkinsTown Centre · Maidstone Cap tbc 
The Flower PotMaidstone Cap tbc 
The Market HouseMaidstone Cap tbc 
The Moody MareMereworth · Maidstone Cap tbc 
The Walnut Tree234 Tonbridge Rd · Maidstone Cap tbc 
The White HorseBearsted · Maidstone Cap tbc | All 22 Maidstone venuesCapacity, backline and opening times |
Unlike the gigs above, these come round every week or month: 9 open mic nights in and around Maidstone. Put your name down at sign-up, or just go and listen - most charge nothing.
Kick-off20:00 The White HorseLondon Road · MaidstoneNo fee The Walnut TreeMaidstoneNo fee1st Mon of the month 18:30Mon DrakesFairmeadow · MaidstoneNo fee 20:30Tue The Flower PotSandling Road · MaidstoneNo fee 20:30Tue The Market House30 Earl Street, ME14 1PS · MaidstoneNo fee 20:00Wed Nellie GerkinsTown Centre · MaidstoneNo feeMonthly TBCWed Harmony HQTown Centre · MaidstonePaidFortnightly 18:30Thu The Queen's HeadSutton ValenceNo fee2nd Tue of the month 19:30Tue The Dog House MicropubEvegate, Smeeth · AshfordNo fee3rd Thu of the month 19:30Thu | All 9 Maidstone open micsSign-up times, slots and kit for every night |
Grassroots venues are where every act you have ever paid to see started out. Maidstone still has 22 of them.
Maidstone is a pub town for live music: The Market House's Wednesday jam, The Flower Pot's weekend bands and open mic, Drakes most nights, and the Hazlitt Arts Centre for theatre shows.
Two pubs a day closed across the UK in the first quarter of 2026, and over the year to July 2025 78 grassroots music venues stopped putting on live music - 30 of them shut for good. Those are the rooms where new acts learn to hold an audience, where a first support slot happens, and where a Tuesday night can still turn into something.
Everything here comes from the venues and promoters themselves, refreshed every day: 11 gigs in Maidstone over the next four weeks, plus the 22 grassroots venues and 9 regular open mic nights we track. Nothing is ranked or sponsored - if we know it is on, it is listed. Casino Rooms, Ashford Revelation and The Factory Bar And Grill have the most on, and the sound leans country and rock.
The single most useful thing anyone can do is turn up. Buy a ticket, buy a drink at the bar, and go to a night you have not been to before. If you would rather be told than remember, the sign-up below sends Maidstone listings straight to your inbox. If you run a venue here, claim your page so people can find you. Start small: The White Horse hosts an open mic each Sunday.
Between now and 11 Dec there are 11 gigs in Maidstone, and 22 grassroots venues and 9 regular open mic nights. One night out this month keeps a room's diary full. If you only go out once, Fridays have the most choice.
Help keep grassroots venues open in Maidstone
—A UK venue stops hosting live music every 5 days — and turning up is what keeps a room open. Get a free weekly email of gigs in Maidstone. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.
What you get. A Monday-noon email for Maidstone only: the week's gigs, drawn from the 11 listed on this page for the next four weeks, two a night at most (Friday is the busiest, with 4 dates). When fewer than four Maidstone gigs fall in the week, the email reaches on to the next fortnight, then the month, so you still have something to choose from.
Why sign up. Casino Rooms has the most coming up here, with 3 dates - the email means you see them in time to go. Expect plenty of country in Maidstone, with rock close behind. One click unsubscribes, any time.
Planning ahead? Gigs in Maidstone come and go each week; festivals are planned months ahead. One festival timeline holds the UK music festivals we have date-checked, by month, region and genre, and flags clashing weekends.
| All Maidstone gigsEverything upcoming, sorted by date | |
| Maidstone venues22 grassroots rooms | |
| Maidstone open mics9 regular nights | |
| The Maidstone sceneVenues, promoters, local rates and members near you | |
| Every city we coverThe same page for every city, updated daily | |
| UK gig directoryEvery upcoming grassroots gig | |
| UK open mic finderStage time near you | |
| UK venue directoryThe rooms behind the gigs |
Every What's On page, A–Z140 pages
What's On across the UKNearby: Tunbridge Wells, Leigh-on-Sea, Basildon, Canterbury
List a gig free, claim your venue, or join as an act - 11 Maidstone gigs are already on GigXchange this month.
What's On in Maidstone
Live music in Maidstone over the next four weeks — 13 Nov – 11 Dec. 11 gigs listed in Maidstone over the next 28 days across 4 venues. Friday is the busiest night with 4. In total we track 22 grassroots venues and 9 regular open mics here.
Two pubs a day are closing, and last year 78 grassroots venues stopped putting on live music. Get Maidstone gigs in your inbox — and go to one.
Help keep grassroots venues open in Maidstone
—A UK venue stops hosting live music every 5 days — and turning up is what keeps a room open. Get a free weekly email of gigs in Maidstone. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.
Last updated: 12 November 2026
This Weekend in Maidstone
Only Friday to Sunday: the 2 gigs on in Maidstone this weekend. Among them: Gillingham Christmas Country Night at The Factory Bar And Grill (Friday) and Coda - Led Zeppelin Tribute, Coda at Ashford Revelation (Saturday). Tap a card for times and tickets. Anything from Monday on is in the four-week list further down.
How Maidstone Compares
Counting every upcoming date, not just the next four weeks, there are 33 gigs listed in and around Maidstone - sixth of 7 against its nearest places with live music, behind the Sutton area (55). Each row counts the gigs, venues and open mics our directories hold in and around that place, refreshed nightly; tap a town for its live music scene.
- #1 Sutton area 14 venues · 12 open mics 55
- #2 Basildon area 21 venues · 12 open mics 42
- #3 Tunbridge Wells area 10 venues · 9 open mics 41
- #4 Chelmsford area 13 venues · 8 open mics 36
- #5 Hastings area 24 venues · 15 open mics 34
- #6 Maidstone area This page 22 venues · 9 open mics 33
- #7 Billericay area 6 venues · 4 open mics 3
Gigs in Maidstone
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Venues in Maidstone
Every grassroots venue we track in Maidstone - all 22, whether or not it has a gig listed right now - with its capacity, kit and opening times. Use it to find a room near you, then check its page for what is on.
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Unlike the gigs above, these come round every week or month: 9 open mic nights in and around Maidstone. Put your name down at sign-up, or just go and listen - most charge nothing.
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Support grassroots music in Maidstone
Grassroots venues are where every act you have ever paid to see started out. Maidstone still has 22 of them.
Maidstone is a pub town for live music: The Market House's Wednesday jam, The Flower Pot's weekend bands and open mic, Drakes most nights, and the Hazlitt Arts Centre for theatre shows.
Two pubs a day closed across the UK in the first quarter of 2026, and over the year to July 2025 78 grassroots music venues stopped putting on live music - 30 of them shut for good. Those are the rooms where new acts learn to hold an audience, where a first support slot happens, and where a Tuesday night can still turn into something.
Everything here comes from the venues and promoters themselves, refreshed every day: 11 gigs in Maidstone over the next four weeks, plus the 22 grassroots venues and 9 regular open mic nights we track. Nothing is ranked or sponsored - if we know it is on, it is listed. Casino Rooms, Ashford Revelation and The Factory Bar And Grill have the most on, and the sound leans country and rock.
The single most useful thing anyone can do is turn up. Buy a ticket, buy a drink at the bar, and go to a night you have not been to before. If you would rather be told than remember, the sign-up below sends Maidstone listings straight to your inbox. If you run a venue here, claim your page so people can find you. Start small: The White Horse hosts an open mic each Sunday.
Go to one this month
Between now and 11 Dec there are 11 gigs in Maidstone, and 22 grassroots venues and 9 regular open mic nights. One night out this month keeps a room's diary full. If you only go out once, Fridays have the most choice.
Help keep grassroots venues open in Maidstone
—A UK venue stops hosting live music every 5 days — and turning up is what keeps a room open. Get a free weekly email of gigs in Maidstone. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.
What you get. A Monday-noon email for Maidstone only: the week's gigs, drawn from the 11 listed on this page for the next four weeks, two a night at most (Friday is the busiest, with 4 dates). When fewer than four Maidstone gigs fall in the week, the email reaches on to the next fortnight, then the month, so you still have something to choose from.
Why sign up. Casino Rooms has the most coming up here, with 3 dates - the email means you see them in time to go. Expect plenty of country in Maidstone, with rock close behind. One click unsubscribes, any time.
Planning ahead? Gigs in Maidstone come and go each week; festivals are planned months ahead. One festival timeline holds the UK music festivals we have date-checked, by month, region and genre, and flags clashing weekends.
What's on in Maidstone — FAQs
Common questions about live music in Maidstone, answered with this week's live data.
Every What's On page, A–Z140 pages
What's On across the UKNearby: Tunbridge Wells, Leigh-on-Sea, Basildon, Canterbury
Play or put on gigs in Maidstone?
List a gig free, claim your venue, or join as an act - 11 Maidstone gigs are already on GigXchange this month.