Saturday 28th February
Discovery stage 12.30-19.00 The Platform
Promoters: The Rockstar Experience / Big Cheese Co.
The Discovery stage provides a platform for young musicians. Six exciting new bands and a Q&A session curated by The Rockstar Experience and Jack Coleman's Big Cheese Co.
12.30 New Custodians
1.30 Kingfisher
2.30 Gombo
3.15 Q&A: What is a music promoter and why should I care?
4.30 Brothers Bula
5.30 Choruses From The Rock
6.30 Thing Detector Collective
Deep Listen 16.00 Colyer-Fergusson Hall
Promoter: Deep Listen
Deep Listen create intimate evenings of ambient, minimal and experimental music in Canterbury. For this event they present short sets featuring the flautist Paul Cheneour, Ethics Gradient, Day for Night and Ragged Zen. Lose yourself in sonic explorations and cinematic soundscapes.
Coastal Electronauts 17.00 Gulbenkian Theatre
Promoter: Coastal Electronauts
Coastal Electronauts are a Kent-based collective and record label dedicated to experimental electronic music. At the heart of their activities are their monthly open Synth & Electronic Music Sessions (SEMS), held at the Umbrella Centre in Whitstable. Today's event features sets from John Gallen, Tim Horne, Sophie Sirota, Shape Navigator, Ghostyhed and Eggcups of Vermouth
Josh Magill 19.00 Colyer-Fergusson Hall
Promoter: Crash of Moons Club
Josh Magill is a dynamic solo artist known for his soulful melodies and heartfelt lyrics. Born and raised in Canterbury, Josh's music is characterised by a mix of pop, soul and an anthemic song-writing style. The first single from his highly anticipated debut album, ‘Punching Bag’, was released in January 2026 and can be found on all major streaming platforms.
Paddy Steer 20.00 Gulbenkian Theatre
Promoter: Coastal Electronauts
Who is this alien with a golden cape and papier-mâché space helmet? Is he really playing wobbly racks of analog synthesisers, a keyboard, drum kit, shakers, a glockenspiel and a vocoder, all at the same time? Can he even see what he’s doing? Sonic tinkerer Paddy Steer dives into the realms of lo-fi pop, new age, acid jazz and cosmic funk like a kid with a new box of crayons.
Splink Promoter: Crash of Moons Club
21.00 Colyer-Fergusson Hall
Influenced by Frank Zappa, the Canterbury Scene, Hawkwind and Fairport Convention, Splink create what they call NO RULES MUSIC. If it sounds good and touches the soul, then why not? Should they wish to dip into a section of Holst, Dub Reggae, Space Funk / Disco, an Arabian Tarantella or create an entire Neo-Gothic Cowboy Waltz (!)... all can and will be included in the music of SPLINK!
Chewy She 22.00 Gulbenkian Theatre
Promoter: Smugglers/Free Range
Chewy She is an electro-disco-punk band from London, blending glittery disco grooves with punk rock energy. Known for wild, immersive live shows that mix humour, absurdity, and feminist themes, their performances feel like a chaotic, campy fairytale where the audience is part of the action.
‘An absolutely mind blowing show, I am a big fan’ (Cerys Matthews, BBC Radio 6)
Avalanche Kaito 23.00 Colyer-Fergusson Hall
Promoters: Smugglers/Free Range
Ancestral griot music from Burkina Faso mixed with punk combining a seductive trance power with a wicked experimental side.
‘Like all the best punk, Avalanche Kaito's music is confrontational and abrasive, but also playful and with a great sense of fun’ (Songlines)
'Avalanche Kaito is a fully functional hardcore transmission, channelling solid state spirits in abrasive, glitching tongues. Winse yelps and declaims refixed elder scrolls, Chaval and Gitto initiate the launch phase on broken mech-punk rockets, and the whole affair gives the impression of exigent new rituals being improvised at the edge of panic’ (The Wire)