Woohoo Clare has just pointed out this, and that it's fathers day weekend, and that she will drive me to it!
Celebrate the arrival of summer with a visit to the Kent & East Sussex Railway in Tenterden on Saturday 16 June 2012 for the annual CAMRA's Real Ale & Cider Festival.
This popular social event takes place between 11:00am and 10:30pm (or until the beer runs out!) and is organised with the Ashford, Folkestone and Romney Marsh Branch of CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale.
It's a great event and an online video of last year's festival can be seen on the railway's website under video lounge www.kesr.org.uk
On the day visitors can partake in a wide range of activities, from trying a diverse range of some of the finest Ale, Cider and Perry in the exclusive beer tent, or relaxing and listening to an eclectic mix of live music. This will all be complemented with a delicious selection of food from a BBQ or the stations licenced refreshment room.
The festival will get into full swing from midday when the first of five bands take to the stage, which is built across the railway track.
This year's band line-up is confirmed as;
12.30 pm - Stone Junction
3 pm - Colby Rivers Blues Band
4 pm - Bluezy Toonz
6 pm to 8 pm - Peoples Republic of Mercia
9 pm to 11 pm - The Swinging Sixties
Morris dancers will also be performing during the festival at around 5.30pm.
This is my website The Folkestone Gerald that I set up in a fury of excitement when we first moved here sometime in 2004. I had been a frequent visitor for a while before that but I am technically one of those Down From Londons you get nowadays. This site was updated more frequently with a gig calendar and voting for favourite venues and things, and I know it was a useful reference for those who were moving to the area. Now I've moved out of Folkestone again (though only a couple of miles) it doesn't get as much attention as it used to. Ironic really as The town is now becoming the exciting place we always thought it was about to become. My name is not Gerald by the way, this comes from a fake paper in an episode of Brasseye or something, the Portsmouth Gerald, and how there is a local paper here called the Folkestone Herald. Puns like this are great aren't they? Do get in touch if you have something to offer, email anythign @ this domain, or try @folkestone or @pauly on the twitter.