Venue Insight
IN ASSOCIATION WITH
THE HARP RETRUNG
LIVE MUSIC FOLKESTONE
TASTES LIKE HEAVEN, BURNS LIKE HELL.
This month I looked at the Harp Restrung; Folkestones dirty little secret. Now of course I don’t mean dirty in the literal sense, the venue was very clean! But there’s a rock n roll rawness to the place, a real sense of gritty atmosphere that permeates through you when you walk in. It’s dark but not dingy, and decidedly “alternative”. The music playing through the speakers was Pearl Jam, and the walls were littered with stickers, logos and even printed set lists from gigs past. You understand quickly that this is another great live music venue the UK has to offer. One quick shift over to the bar and I notice a rare treat indeed – Motorhead’s very own branded IPA “Road Crew” which offers a refreshing and floral note to an otherwise incredible session beer. Behind the heavy metal beer pump the bar is stocked with an array of all sorts of varied spirits and liquors I’d never seen before. It seemed that if you possess the most acquired taste; the Harp Restrung is a venue that can quench your palate. The sound on the night of the gig we played was nigh on perfect, albeit a few teething issues early on in our first ever headline set as a band. The door count by the end was apparently 75,
8 FEBRUARY 2019
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Hi everyone, my name is Jordan Harris. I play guitar and sing in a professional touring band called Skiv, which plays gigs, shows, festivals and soirees in some of the most eclectic and unique pubs, clubs and venues all across the UK (and beyond).
The ambition of this monthly column is to provide an unvarnished “Venue Insight” giving my experiences of some of my favourite and most memorable places to play and visit up and down the country.
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