It's been a long four months since our Autumn season finished and we're really looking forward to being back in a room with curious people listening to adventurous music.

Tonight the May edition of our Open Stage event (7pm Saturday 2nd May at The Moorings Cafe, Water Lane, Canterbury). The theme this month is PERMISSIONS.

Kentronica Festival main line up is announced! Coastal Electronaut’s 4th annual event at The Gulbenkian Arts Centre, Canterbury on Saturday 16th May. Day tickets available now! thegulbenkian.co.uk/festivals/ke...

From our friends, a rather magical concert happening in June in London.

This week sees the May edition of our Open Stage event (7pm Saturday 2nd May at The Moorings Cafe, Water Lane, Canterbury). The theme this month is PERMISSIONS. All forms of adventurous performance practice are welcome. We find these events consistently funny, surprising and heart-warming.

Will you be here? We start with a fanfare at 5pm www.youarehere.xyz

Join us on the first of March when with the Hebridean label Lost Map we return to Kent with some welcoming wonder in the incredible space and relaxed setting of Canterbury’s Gulbenkian Art Centre as part of new grassroots festival *You Are Here*. thegulbenkian.co.uk/events/you-a...

In just under two weeks!

Let’s rewind to the evening of Thursday 28th March 2024. Where the audience at Free Range went on quite the sonic adventure!

The last episode of the Goodwin Sands Oral History project is up. This isn't your usual dull and worthy oral history ep - this is a hauntological radio feature doc about the sea and how it changes us. Broadcast from a wrecked ship in the Channel, it was recorded live in 2024.

A little 'You Are Here' interview

A little 'You Are Here' interview...

Not long now. thegulbenkian.co.uk/events/you-a...

You Are Here is a new, wildly eclectic independent music festival in East Kent taking place on 27th Feb, 28th Feb and 1st Mar at the Gulbenkian Arts Centre, Canterbury. Early bird tickets are £30 for all three days. This offer ends Today/31st January. thegulbenkian.co.uk/events/you-a...

Doing quite a bit of work today promoting You Are Here a new Kent festival which we're involved with directly on Day 3. There are £30 Early bird ticket across all 3 days till 31 Jan. More soon re Daylight. thegulbenkian.co.uk/festivals/yo...

It was a lovely surprise to stumble across this Robert Wyatt tribute in Canterbury several years ago. Created by Stewy (stewy.uk), it’s near the Kudos restaurant, which was formerly The Beehive Club where The Wilde Flowers and early line-ups of Caravan and Soft Machine played

You Are Here (a new, wildly eclectic, three-day independent music festival in East Kent.). Early bird £30 across all three day available till the end of January. thegulbenkian.co.uk/events/you-a...

You Are Here (a new, wildly eclectic, three-day independent music festival in East Kent.). Early bird £30 across all three day available till the end of January. thegulbenkian.co.uk/events/you-a...

We're big friends and fans of Daylight Music. Please consider supporting them at what is a near impossible time to be promoting grassroots music.

THURSDAY 11/12/25: Piano in the Woods In mid 2013 a piano was left outdoors in woodland near Canterbury, a community of audience members and artists grew around the project and by the end of the year over 50 different artists had interacted with the piano. freerangecanterbury.org/fr301

THURSDAY 04/12/25: Free Range Orchestra The first half will feature duos, trios and quartets with performers names drawn from a hat by the audience. The second half, the FR Orchestra reach into the coming ice of Winter and slowly thaw frozen Christmas songs. freerangecanterbury.org/fr300

My latest experiment in what a colleague called 'schizocartography' is available for sale. How would you like an imaginary London tubemap but of your favourite Kent towns?* *specifically Folkestone, that's the new one www.etsy.com/uk/listing/4...

For those of you unaware of the Goodwin Sands and how important they are, here's a quick explainer. They are a pair of hidden sandbanks off the coast of Kent that are hugely important in terms of the sociocultural history of the area. A map:

Three eps deep now for the oral history podcast I've been producing, if you want to find it on Spotify then here's the link, folks: open.spotify.com/show/1nSNely... #kent #kenthistory #englishchannel #shippingforecast #folklore #dover #deal #ramsgate #canterbury

TONIGHT! 20/11/25: Free Women / Bloody Men Rage through the Ages is the new show from Free Women exploring rage, and revolt. Doors at 7pm, Performance from 8pm, 🍷🍺🍰☕available. Free entry, donations welcome. Fruitworks Coworking, 1-2 Jewry Ln, Canterbury CT1 2NP freerangecanterbury.org/fr298

‪ TONIGHT! 18/11/25: Nist-Nah Gamelan ensemble at Gulbenkian Arts Centre Doors at 7pm, Performance from 7.30pm, 🍷🍺🍰☕available. £5 entry. University Of Kent, Gulbenkian, Canterbury CT2 7NB thegulbenkian.co.uk/events/ensem...

Saturday was wonderful. You can catchup/rewind the show for the forseeable future- www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iN3...

TONIGHT! 30/10/25: I think it was a feeling / Bill Hawkes Doors at 7pm, Performance from 8pm, 🍷🍺🍰☕available throughout from Fruitworks cafe/bar. Free entry, donations welcome. Fruitworks Coworking, 1-2 Jewry Ln, Canterbury CT1 2NP freerangecanterbury.org/fr294

TONIGHT! 23/10/25: Right Here, Right Now / Nutter’s Corner Doors at 7pm, Performance from 8pm, 🍷🍺🍰☕available throughout from Fruitworks cafe/bar. Free entry, donations welcome. Fruitworks Coworking, 1-2 Jewry Ln, Canterbury CT1 2NP freerangecanterbury.org/fr293

TONIGHT! 09/10/25: Guts & Gluts: a harvest gathering Doors at 7pm, Performance from 8pm, 🍷🍺🍰☕available throughout from Fruitworks cafe/bar. Free entry, donations welcome. Fruitworks Coworking, 1-2 Jewry Ln, Canterbury CT1 2NP freerangecanterbury.org/fr291

FREE RANGE OPEN STAGE | 7.00 - 8.30pm Saturday 4th October: #14 HARVEST at The Mooring Cafe, Water Lane, Canterbury CT1 2NQ 10 min slots. If you’d like to take part, email [email protected]. Limited slots may be available on the night. Works in progress encouraged.

Surviving...but would love a podcast to produce (and happy to present). Just sending that out into the Bluesky data algo streamy #freelancepenguin

TONIGHT! 19/06/25: Safe Operating Space / Gracie Bassie Last show of the Summer! Doors at 7pm, Music from 8pm, 🍷🍺🍰☕available throughout from Fruitworks cafe/bar. Free entry, donations welcome. Fruitworks Coworking, 1-2 Jewry Ln, Canterbury CT1 2NP freerangecanterbury.org/fr290/ #canterbury

TONIGHT Free Range Open Stage: #9 RESISTANCE 7pm The Mooring Cafe, Water Lane, Canterbury CT1 2NQ Free entry - donations welcome freerangecanterbury.org/events/open-...

TONIGHT! 22/05/25: The Faversham Motorway Intersection Enthusiasts Club / Casbah Doors at 7pm, Music from 8pm, 🍷🍺🍰☕available throughout from Fruitworks cafe/bar. Free entry, donations welcome. Fruitworks Coworking, 1-2 Jewry Ln, Canterbury CT1 2NP freerangecanterbury.org/fr288/

STILL TO COME 29.05 FR#287 Spheric Totemic 05.06 FR#288 The Faversham Motorway Intersection Enthusiasts Club / Casbah 12.06 FR#289 Riddley Walker 19.06 FR#290 Safe Operating Space / Gracie Bassie freerangecanterbury.org/events/ Design by Ole Henrik Henriksen

TONIGHT! 22/05/25: A performance conversation with Evan Parker, Matt Wright and Filipe Gomes Doors at 7pm, Music from 8pm, 🍷🍺🍰☕available throughout from Fruitworks cafe/bar. Free entry, donations welcome. Fruitworks Coworking, 1-2 Jewry Ln, Canterbury CT1 2NP freerangecanterbury.org/fr286/

Free Range Needs Your Help - Since 2012 Free Range has been providing award-winning free-entry adventurous music events in Canterbury. But this could all stop. This year we didn’t receive Arts Council funding and we need your help to keep going. justgiving.com/campaign/freerange

The new Free Range Summer season is just around the corner and there is an exciting event happening this Saturday. 📰 Read All About It - mailchi.mp/freerangecan...

Unfortunately this event has had to be CANCELLED. Free Range Open Stage will return on Saturday 7th June.

Your favourite adventurous performance night continues! 7.00 - 8.30pm Saturday 3rd May: Free Range Open Stage #8:SYMBIOSIS at The Mooring Cafe, Water Lane, Canterbury CT1 2NQ | freerangecanterbury.org/events/open-stage/ 10 min slots. To take part, email Pascal at [email protected]

Much recommended industry talk in May in Canterbury

INDUSTRY TALK: MAKING A SCENE 10/05 2 - 4pm 'A panel Talk with Kent's premier Grassroots & DIY Music Events Producers' lu.ma/1m5vijns

We are excited to announce the Free Range 2025 Summer season! Over five at events at we bring you modern jazz, free improvisation, performance conversation, experimental theatre, foraging, poetry, motorways, dance music, a lost film and a dystopian future. mailchi.mp/freerangecan...

Your favourite adventurous performance night is back! 7.00 - 8.30pm Saturday 5th April: Free Range Open Stage #7: PLAYTIME at The Mooring Cafe, Water Lane, Canterbury CT1 2NQ | freerangecanterbury.org/events/open-stage/ 10 min slots. To take part, email Pascal at [email protected]

Your favourite adventurous performance night is back! This unique event is an open mic for all kinds of performance: devise something to one of our themes or bring your music/spoken text/video art/powerpoint presentation/mini drag opera/Nintendo sounds/multimedia mashup/whatever.

7.00 - 8.30pm 5th April: Free Range Open Stage #7: PLAYTIME at The Mooring Cafe, Canterbury CT1 2NQ freerangecanterbury.org/events/open-stage/ 10 min slots. If you’d like to take part, email [email protected]. Ltd slots may be available on the night. Works in progress encouraged.

Outside of our two main seasons, we run lots of events, workshops and other activities. 6.00 - 9.00pm Sunday 23rd March: Free Range Orchestra | @foundrysounds.bsky.social Sounds, Biggin Hall, Biggin Street, CT16 1BD, Dover - facebook.com/events/1550053575660402

London friends a recommendation of something from our friends Arctic Circle/Daylght Music next Saturday

Promoting or producing music events is a bonkers thing to attempt once let alone the near 500 times I've done it so far. Anyhow thank you the two kind anons who have kick started the 2025 Daylight Music crowdfunder. We're at 2% now! www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...