I’ve been here a few times to see events as I live locally. The Acoustics are not so good to be honest but hey, It’s better than having nowhere. The bar inside is warm & friendly If you do wish to buy an alcoholic drink(My daighter & I didn’t) & It’s a comfortable place top be! I’ve seen events as diverse as the Royal Marines to the Ballet. It’s along the seafront too so spoilt for choice.
Natspl
Rating des Ortes: 4 Folkestone, United Kingdom
I have been to this venue for both business and pleasure. The channel suite can easily accomodate your needs for conferences and award ceremonies. The food served here is good and well presented. The main venue is amzing for music gigs and this year it started holding ‘dance’ events for Cream and Gatecrasher. Only critism of these is the queue for the bars of which they could do with more, but the same can be said for many venues for this kind of event. Easily serviced by taxi and a short walk from the town centre. The views from the terrace on top(accessable directly from the Leas promenande) are amazing. They let you view the whole bay, across to France and the Lower Leas Park.
Famous
Rating des Ortes: 3 Folkestone, United Kingdom
Large venue, which I have booked for business on quite a few occasions. We used the hall for a business-to-business show in September and hire out the upstairs grand hall and the channel suite. The views from the Channel Suite are stunning with a walk around balcony area over the whole of Folkestone Bay. The technical and catering staff are always helpful and knowledgable and will make sure your event goes off without a hitch. Stuart the Head Chef is very talented and the quality of the meals we have had(300+ black tie dinner) have been exceptional, well presented, tasty and good use of local produce. They succeed in attracting a number of good acts, including a recent Hed Kandi gig, The Stranglers, Status Quo and many many more. Parking is underneath the block opposite and only down side is the smelly tunnel you have to walk through to get to the halls, so I would suggest parking somewhere else!