message query for folkestone creative quarter

This page only gets responded to every few months, but I could run a poll on the home page if you're interested... Who should play Folkestone?

Who I would like to come to Folkestone (again in some cases):The Cure (ha!)The Magic NumbersSuper Furry AnimalsDavid Devant and his Spirit WifeBelle and SebastianSuede (maybe they'll get back together soon)This is not for Zoo Thousand / ZOO9 is it? T...

Folkestone is in Country Life this month

A little feature on the regeneration. What regeneration? Sounds like this article was written a few years ago, they even have a quote from the long departed The Quarter magazine... Nice to see anyway, hope to see some more progress to live up to the ...

Google mapping cars in Folkestone?

Tesselate says google mapping cars (that they're using to do the street view on google maps) are "about", not sure if that means Folkestone. Just wondered if she was a Google employee, as we have the google mapping cars about now, and I guess it woul...

Some market research for a new bar in town

What would you like to see in a new bar in the creative quarter? Email rbailey@netbox5.com with your thoughts, he's planning on opening a bar aimed at the over 25s with different events on different nights and is looking for some feedback....

Open Mic night at the Whole World cafe this Friday

And every two weeks after that, message from Tony KingHi Everyone!! I am now running the Open Mic Night at the Whole World Cafe, the Old High St, Folkestone. This is a lovely venue which specialises in Ethical, Homemade Wholefood. The surroundings ar...

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Folkestone triennial

Bit of a tongue in cheek story here in the Guardian about the launch of folkestone triennial (is that an art festival every three years?). Particularly hilarious is their attempt to compare Folkestone with Venice towards the end of the article... I r...

What's happening to The Usual Suspects?

Long closed bar The Usual Suspects seems to be in the process of renovation / conversion at last:We do need more good pubs in that area, The Creative Quarter does need a fine landmark defining local, but I'm not convinced that's what it'll become, if...

Here's who invented Folkestone's Creative Quarter!

Surprisingly it's not any of the creative foundation or anyone connected with Roger De Haan, it's the boy who writes this blog, he invented it for a laugh while he was at school....

Folkestone Creative Quarter

Someone's been having some fun with the Folkestone entry in wikipedia... it says:The Creative Foundation is a new charitable organisation which is acquiring a large number of run-down properties in the Creative Quarter of Folkestone (the oldest part ...

Here's that Creative Players news in full

The Creative Players is an amateur dramatics group forming as part of the creative renaissance of Folkestone. At the moment we need help, idea's and feedback from like-minded souls who believe as we do that Folkestone can sustain, indeed heartily sup...

Folkestone in the London papers

The property supplement in today's Evening Substandard has a double page spread on how great Folkestone is. It's mostly about the bloody artists in the Creative Quarter, but it's better than nothing. They make Folkestone sound more expensive than I t...

A Bit Like A Duck

Not read much of folkestonenet.org.uk, didn't think there was a lot to it, and the broken links seem to back this up. However here's an interest essay about the creative quarter, and regeneration of the town in general."Folkestone's Creative Quarter ...

Other people's blogs

It's time for a roundup of things I've lazily ripped off www.casino-avenue.co.uk before heading home, first this piece about metblogs, interesting. I am trying REALLY HARD to read something rude into "soliciting... advertising" but I can't quite make...

Stoke Newington by the sea

Had a great weekend in Folkestone, only a few tiny disappointments. First, a visit to the Nostalgia Bar, a fifties theme restaurant and bar in what was The Front down Folkestone Harbour. No sign of the promised Kylie Minogue tribute, an oppressive ai...

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