04/09/2026
Its Time for a special edition of The Friday Drive Whats On Guide, telling you whats happening in Faversham this weekend at The annual Hop Festival.
Friday 4th September 2026
🍺🎶 FAVERSHAM HOP FESTIVAL 2026
Saturday 5th & Sunday 6th September
The annual Faversham Hop Festival returns this weekend, celebrating Faversham's hop-growing and brewing heritage with live music, street entertainment, Morris dancing, parades, family entertainment and plenty more throughout the town centre. The main festival is free to attend.
This section is whats happening just in all the pubs around Faversham
Here is your Friday 4th September night lineup in chronological order.
*5pm, The Anchor (Abbey Street), Lucy Rose, solo acoustic pop covers.
*5pm, Leo Lounge (Market Street), Adam Green, solo acoustic multi-genre pop covers and originals.
*6pm, Market Inn, (East Street), Sean Pout, solo acoustic country/soul covers.
*6pm, The Quay (Conduit Street) Mark Lees, solo acoustic pop covers.
*6pm, Standard Quay Stage, The Starks Family Band, 5-piece, multi-genre covers band.
*7pm, The Bank (Court Street), DJ Stu K.
*7pm, The Phoenix Tavern (Abbey Street), Los Magos 5-piece indie rock+ covers band.
*8pm, The Anchor (Abbey Street), UNIT 48, 6-piece pop/soul/funk covers/originals band.
*8pm, The Bear Inn (Market Place), Matt Brooks, solo acoustic pop covers.
*8pm, The Cow Shed at The Ship Inn (A2, Ospringe), Creek, 5-piece pop/rock covers band.
*8pm, Market Inn (East Street), Paragraph 1, 5-piece pop/rock covers band.
*8pm, The Quay (Conduit Street), COCO, 5-piece '70s and '80s soul and club classics covers band.
*8pm, Railway Hotel (Preston Street), The Last Orders, 4-piece rock covers band.
*8pm, Standard Quay Stage, Loose Change, 8-piece covers showband.
*8pm, The Vaults, (Preston Street), Paul Cantara 'Mercury', solo Freddie Mercury tribute.
*8.30pm, The Sun Inn (West Street), Project F, 6-piece soul/funk covers band.
your Saturday 5th September line-up in chronological order.
*11am, Albion Taverna, (Front Brents), Sean Pout, solo country/soul covers-singer/acoustic guitarist.
*11.30am, Standard Quay Stage, Blues Bandits, invitational multi-genre covers band.
*12 noon, Alexander Centre (Preston Street), Kelly Bourne, solo pop singer/songwriter.
*12 noon, The Anchor, (Abbey Street), Evelyn Cornell, country singer/songwriter.
*12 noon, Market Inn (East Street), The Choos, funk/soul band with brass section.
*12 noon, The Quay (Conduit Street), Freak 90, 4-piece '90s RnB band.
*12 noon, Railway Hotel (Preston Street), Paragraph 1, 4-piece pop/rock covers band.
*12 noon, The Vaults (Preston Street), DJ Lee
*12.25pm, Alexander Centre (Preston Street), JP Oldfield, blues/jazz singer/guitarist.
*1pm, Alexander Centre (Preston Street), The Claras, folk duo inc. harp.
*1pm, The Sun Inn (West Street), Fabulous Fezheads, comedy music act.
*1.15pm, The Vaults (Preston Street), Sunset Alley, country covers duo.
*1.30pm, Albion Taverna (Front Brents), Meltin' Joel, 4-piece rock and roll covers band.
*1.30pm, Railway Hotel (Preston Street), High Tide, 3-piece acoustic pop covers band.
*1.30pm, Standard Quay Stage, Marylebone Jelly, 5-piece pop/rock covers band.
*2pm, Alexander Centre (Preston Street), Ethan Rocco, solo pop/rock/folk covers and originals-singer/guitarist.
*2pm, The Anchor (Abbey Street), Phoenix Fires, 4-piece pop/rock covers band.
*2pm, Market Inn (East Street), The Riflemen, 5-piece indie/alt covers band.
*2pm, The Quay (Conduit Street), The Last Orders, 4-piece rock covers band.
*2.30pm, The Vaults (Preston Street), Two Tone Pirates, 4-piece rockska band.
*3pm, Alexander Centre (Preston Street), Amber Rhiannon, indie/alt-singer/songwriter.
*3pm, Railway Hotel (Preston Street), Miles Cookman Band, 4-piece '70s jam band/americana band.
*3.30pm, The Quay (Conduit Street), Shiva, 5-piece dance and club floorfillers covers band.
*3.30pm, Standard Quay Stage, Unit 48, 6-piece soul/funk-covers and originals band.
*3.45pm, Albion Taverna (Front Brents), Hollie Firmin, solo pop covers singer.
*4pm, Alexander Centre (Preston Street), Matt Laidlaw, indie/folk-singer/songwriter.
*4pm, Market Inn (East Street), Creek, 5-piece pop/rock covers band.
*4.30pm, Railway Hotel (Preston Street), Meltin' Joel, 4-piece rock and roll covers band.
*4.45pm, The Vaults (Preston Street), Penny Skint, 3-piece original indie rock band.
*5pm, Alexander Centre (Preston Street), Callum Sutton, solo soul/roots/blues originals and covers-guitarist, singer and harmonica player.
*5pm, The Anchor (Abbey Street), Fit 2 Funk, 5-piece funk/soul/Motown band
*5pm, The Quay (Conduit Street), Indi-3, 3-piece party/rock covers band.
*6pm, Market Inn (East Street), Loose Change, 8-piece party pop covers band.
*6pm, Phoenix Tavern (Abbey Street), The Bones, 5-piece multi-genre covers band.
*6pm, Railway Hotel (Preston Street), Decades Showband, 8-piece party pop covers band.
*6pm, Standard Quay Stage, Gentlemen of Few, 6-piece indie rock/alt folk-covers and originals band.
*6pm, The Vaults (Preston Street), Polo Lounge, 4-piece original indie/alt band.
*7pm, Leo Lounge (Market Street), Adam Green, solo acoustic multi-genre covers/originals-singer/guitarist.
*7pm, The Quay (Conduit Street), High Tide, 3-piece acoustic pop covers band.
*7.30pm, The Bank (Court Street), Random Band, 4-piece rock and roll covers band.
*8pm, The Anchor (Abbey Street), Bad Pandas, 5-piece rock covers band.
*8pm, Market Inn (East Street), Hullabaloo, 4-piece rock and roll+ covers band.
*8pm, Railway Hotel (Preston Street), Double Or Nothing, pop covers duo.
*8pm-10pm, Standard Quay Stage, Aiden's Disco.
*8pm, The Sun Inn (West Street), aKadem, 5-piece indie/hard rock covers/originals band.
..and here’s your Sunday chronological gigs list.
*12 noon, Alexander Centre (Preston Street), Ceol Na Mara, Irish folk duo.
*12 noon, The Anchor (Abbey Street), Gone Country, 5-piece country party covers band.
*12 noon, Market Inn, The Skastards, 8-piece ska/reggae/2 Tone covers band.
*12 noon, Railway Hotel (Preston Street), Studio 33, 4-piece party pop covers band.
*12 noon, The Quay (Conduit Street), The Gamblers, 4-piece country covers band.
*12 noon, Standard Quay Stage, ABBA Inferno, ABBA tribute band.
*12 noon, The Vaults (Preston Street), Abi Webling, pop singer and guitarist-acoustic covers.
*12.25pm, Alexander Centre (Preston Street), Eliot Smart, pop; finger-style acoustic guitarist.
*12.30pm, Phoenix Tavern (Abbey Street), Ivan’s Allstars, 7-piece funk/soul covers band with brass section.
*12.30pm, The Sun Inn (West Street), Paragraph 1, 5-piece pop/rock covers band.
*1pm, Alexander Centre (Preston Street), Delphis, original indie/folk band.
*1.15pm, The Vaults (Preston Street), Southbound, 6-piece original folk-fusion band.
*1.30pm, Railway Hotel (Preston Street), The Someday Band, 5-piece party pop covers band.
*2pm, Alexander Centre (Preston Street), George Pelham, independent pop singer/songwriter.
*2pm, The Hot Tin (Whitstable Road), Dox, original 3-piece jazz fusion band, tickets £10 (plus 62p booking fee).
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*2pm, Market Inn (East Street), Dirty Martini, 6-piece party pop covers band.
*2pm, The Quay (Conduit Street), Soundcasters, 4-piece party pop covers band.
*2.30pm, The Vaults (Preston Street), Tanga Pasi, Zimbabwean Nu-Afrow music and roots reggae band.
*3pm, Alexander Centre (Preston Street), The Traveller Project, solo multi-instrumentalist Josh Chalfen, original indie/alternative rock.
*3pm, Railway Hotel (Preston Street), Paper Castles, 3-piece party pop band.
*3pm, The Anchor (Abbey Street), The Ricotta Layer, americana covers trio.
*3.30pm, Standard Quay Stage, GrooveZoo, 6-piece+ multi-genre covers band.
*3.30pm, Albion Taverna (Front Brents), Red Welly, pop covers duo.
*3.45pm, The Vaults (Preston Street), Voodoo Tweed Cult of Your Mum, 6-piece folk/bluegrass/ska covers band.
*4pm, Alexander Centre (Preston Street), Maisy Beth, folk/indie rock-singer/songwriter.
*4pm, Market Inn (East Street), Dune, club classics+ duo.
*4pm, Phoenix Tavern (Abbey Street), Get Carter, 6-piece rhythm and blues/funk band.
*4pm, The Quay (Conduit Street), Indigo Stone, 4-piece pop/rock covers band.
*4pm, The Sun Inn (West Street), Ozzie and the Uglies, 4-piece multi-genre covers band.
*4.30pm, Railway Hotel (Preston Street), Phat Gandalf, 3-piece rock covers band.
*5pm, Alexander Centre (Preston Street), Lily Wolfe, singer/songwriter-guitarist.
*5pm, The Vaults (Preston Street), The Captain’s Beard, 4-piece pirate folk rock band.
*5.30pm, Standard Quay Stage, Decades Showband, 8-piece party pop covers band.
*6pm, The Anchor (Abbey Street), The Last Orders, 4-piece rock covers band.
*6pm, Calabria Mia formerly Castella French W**e Bar (Market Street), Hoo Has, 4-piece blues rock band plus special guests, £10 /ticket available at the bar.
*6pm, Market Inn (East Street), The Moles, 5-piece ‘70s and ‘80s alternative/new wave/post punk covers band.
*6.15pm, The Vaults (Preston Street), Timeless Tina, Tina Turner tribute.
*6.30pm, The Quay (Conduit Street), Loose Change, 8-piece party pop covers band.
*8pm, Standard Quay Stage, High Tide, 3-piece acoustic pop covers band.
N:ow onto the stage section
🎵 MARKET PLACE STAGE
Saturday:
1000 – Abbey Capers & Friends
10:55 – Ragged Bandits
12:00 – Pearly Kings & Queens
13:00 – Henty & English
13:55 – April Blood
14:50 – BarnFire
15:50 – Raspberry Moon
Sunday:
10:00 – Christine Adams
11:00 – Pearly Kings & Queens
11:55 – Swingtime Sweethearts
12:55 – Shanti Mor
13:50 – Green Diesel
14:45 – Bellibone Rig
15:45 – Faversham Mission Brass
🎤 HOPPERS COMMUNITY STAGE – STONE STREET
Saturday:
11:05 – Southern Roots
12:00 – Market Strummers
13:45 – Faversham Community Choir
14:15 – Raven Drummers
15:15 – Henry Sparks & The Circuitbreakers
16:15 – John Daddio Clarke
Sunday:
11:00 – Doddington Ukulele Movement
12:45 – Faversham Musical Theatre Choir
13:40 – Faversham Folk Club
15:25 – Upping The Shanty
15:45 – Lowering The Tone
16:15 – The Ashen Keys
🎸 HOPPERS MARKET STAGE – CENTRAL CAR PARK
Saturday:
11:00 – Tom Wilson
12:00 – Sunset Alley
13:00 – Southern Roots
14:00 – Hurly Burly
15:15 – JP Oldfield
16:15 – Section 8
Sunday:
11:00 – Tanga Pasi
12:00 – The Cassis Collective
13:10 – The Andy Bennett Quintet
14:05 – The Lucky 13s
15:15 – The Blue Moon
16:15 – The Live 45s
🤘 PRESTON STREET STAGE
Saturday:
10:40 – Nethersole
11:50 – Clockwork Kingfisher
12:55 – IO
14:00 – Puppits
15:05 – Gianni Scalera & The Jury
16:10 – Big River
Sunday:
10:40 – Strangeways
11:40 – The SuperMicks
12:50 – HOO Has
14:05 – The Self Titled
15:10 – Ella Morgan
16:15 – The RYK MEAD Band
🍺 BREWERY STAGE – COURT STREET
Saturday:
10:35 – Lizopation
11:15 – Owen The Only Saxophone
11:55 – Gentlemen of Few
12:55 – Taking Care of Vegas
14:00 – Paragraph 1
15:15 – Curb Pilots
16:30 – High Tide
Sunday:
10:00 – Forged Steal
10:45 – Hop Blessing & Hop Pocket
11:15 – Sold On Soul
12:35 – Rock Lobsters
13:45 – Dune
15:05 – FNKHAUS
16:20 – Marylebone Jelly
🎶 HOPPERS BUSK STOP – WEST STREET
Saturday:
11:00 – Bob Kenward
11:30 – Dani Osoba
12:15 – Raven Drummers
12:45 – Busker Slot
13:15 – Busker Slot
13:45 – Hayley Erin
14:00 – LCWills
14:30 – Ragged Bandits
15:15 – Patrick Killeen
16:00 – Angie Stocker
16:30 – Fiato Band (TBC)
Sunday:
11:00 – Relton (TBC)
11:30 – Owen The Only Saxophone
12:00 – Busker Slot
12:45 – Clive Sherwood (TBC)
13:30 – Busker Slot
14:15 – Raven Drummers
15:30 – Mark Stefanicki
15:45 – Busker Slot
16:00 – Caroline Beevis
16:30 – Busker Slot
That is The Wasson Guide for this week back same time same place next Friyay at 5:15pm 🥐
