ALEX HORNE (we had alex booked for the literary festival gig last september, but he cancelled because he was filming the wkd adverts which are currently on tv! we spoke to him on tuesday and he was still on then so hopefully it's all go for saturday! he tells amazingly constructed jokes with a brilliant underlining of silliness, wait for some great wordplay and fun audience participation! "a quick witted and genial comedian" - THE INDEPENDENT)
MERYL O'ROURKE (i haven't seen meryl before, but have heard she's really good. her cv boasts a friendly demeanour and various radio 4 writing credits so what can go wrong?!? "a well-spoken but confessedly insecure thirtysomething who chats easily and openly to her audience" - CHORTLE)
JIM GRANT (filling the open spot for the evening, jim is a great act based in eastbourne who comperes several of his own gigs in that region. not really an open spot comedian then? he's great!)
MC DAVE WARD (picking up the baton is our second resident compere, known as one of the greatest in the country. the number of times we've requested him back, it seems we agree!)
This is my site The Folkestone Gerald that I built in a fury of excitement when we first came to Folkestone sometime in 2004. I'd been a frequent visitor for a few years before that but I am technically one of those DFLs you get nowadays. The site was a lot more dynamic with a calendar of events and voting for favourite venues and stuff, and I hear it was a useful reference for those who were moving here. Now I've moved out of Folkestone again (though only to Hythe) it doesn't get as much attention as it used to. Ironic really as The town is becoming the exciting place we always thought it was about to become. I am not Gerald BTW, this comes from a fake newspaper in an episode of The Day Today or something, the Portsmouth Gerald, and how there is a local newspaper here called the Folkestone Herald. Puns like this are great aren't they? Do contact me if you have something to offer, email anythign @ this domain, or try @folkestone or @pauly on the twitter.