Venue Insight


which was not bad for a smallish, elongated public house with a capacity probably no bigger than 100. Especially considering it was the third week in January and everyone is usually too skint to come out – historically this has always been a moot point for publicans and venue owners alike for generating revenue. The point here is this seems proof that people still want to come to live gigs and enjoy the entertainment on offer. Even in Folkestone which could be considered somewhat isolated, from more built up areas like London around an hour and a half up the M20.


The more gigs I play and experience up and down the country, the more I come to realise it’s the venues in these more out-of-the- way parts of the UK that really have a local pull and generally better turnouts. Why is this? Lack of other alternatives first springs to mind but I feel this cheap excuse is somewhat of a discredit to the venue owners that put in the work bringing in the bands people want to hear, and in the process book them with acts they might never have heard before. Everyone’s new favourite band has to start somewhere after all. The fact that the Harp can pull such a big crowd on a “bad month” is justification that the UKs venues need to do more now than ever to bring in the punters.


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