Follow @folkestonetriennial for more like this... the pumpkin carving sounds good!
Missed Jonathan Wright's Free103point9's broadcast? The programme built on the idea of 'The Quiet & The Still' and included selected works by other UK artists Jez riley French, Sian Gledhill and Gerry Kelly. You read more and listen again here >>
First Transmission Arts Colloquium... Over the weekend 12-14 October an impressive international roster of participants with expertisein the issues informing the transmission arts genre gathered in Wave Farm in upstate New York. Part of these discussions were broadcast live and you can listen again here >> Read more about this event >>
And Finally.... FOLKESTONE's PUMPKIN CARVING COMPETITION No excuses...2 entry, bring your carved pumpkin along to Googies on on 29th & 30th October to enter All Hallow's Eve competition. Seriously amazing prizes include meals for 2 at many of our favourite Folkestone resturants, all the trimmings Sunday lunch for 4 at The Grand and 2 tickets to Chez Moi at Quaterhouse. Terms & conditions apply...read more >> This event will be raising funds for local charity Fur & Feather Wildlife Trust.
This is part of my website The Folkestone Gerald that I built in a fury of enthusiasm when we first moved here sometime in 2004. I'd been a frequent visitor for a while previous to that so I am technically one of those DFLs you get nowadays. The site was a lot more dynamic with a gig calendar and voting for favourite places and stuff, and I know it was a useful resource 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 love 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 pretend newspaper in an episode of The Day Today or something, the Portsmouth Gerald, and how there is a local paper here called the Folkestone Herald. Puns like this are GRATE aren't they? Do get in touch if you have something to offer, email anythign @ this domain, or try @folkestone or @pauly on Twitter.