Live Music — Pubs in Maidstone
Discover live music pubs in Maidstone. Browse our directory to find the perfect pub.
Found 28 live music pubs in Maidstone
Royal Paper Mill
39 Tovil Hill, Maidstone ME15 6QS
Situated in Tovil on the outskirts of Maidstone close to Goacher's brewery. A wide selection of fine Goacher's beers are available and most are served direct from the cask.
Cherry Tree
437 Tonbridge Road, Maidstone ME16 8NJ
Strong on sports, there are a number of TV screens around the pub showing various sports simultaneously. There is a pool table at one end of the pub and a dart board in the middle, both popular with the local clientele. Runs darts, pool and quiz teams and a football team is based out of the pub. Music also features regularly.
Drakes
9 Fairmeadow, Maidstone ME14 1JP
An old building in a sea of modernity, this pub used to be called the Lamb. Completely refurbished internally following the floods in December 2013. There is a light feel to the interior and a fireplace was been revealed during the renovations. It has a large rear courtyard that may be used for smoking. A function room is being made ready for use. Popular for music. See Facebook for latest information and current band list.
Stag
11 Middle Row, Maidstone ME14 1TG
Run by Rockin' Robin since August 2019 when it was renamed the Stag. An historic pub in the town centre. Decorated in mid-grey with beams stripped to their original colour. May be entered from either the High Street or via Bank Street to the room at the rear. Pavement tables and chairs outside if internal rooms not available. Three steps down to the toilets from front room. Up to three handpumps are available on bar in front room. A fire in each room may be lit in winter.
Duke of Marlborough
27 Union Street, Maidstone ME14 1ED
Just off the main shopping area and mainly used by locals. There is a dart board and pool table with a team in the local league. Four screens on the various walls show BT Sport and Sky Sport. There are two electronic machines for amusment. Doom Bar is the regular but there is a changing guest. To the rear there is a car park and several picnic benches on a patio. Benches covered by a large umbrella are provided for smokers.
Eagle
56 Brewer Street, Maidstone ME14 1RZ
Small side street pub with L-shaped bar with flat-screen TVs and juke-box connected to the internet. A lower area contains a dartboard and large-screen TV showing BT Sport. Pool table and darts area Steps lead down to rear yard, toilets and smoking area. Real ale is available from two pumps. Painted light grey inside in 2019 giving a brighter appearance than previously. New licensees took over in May 2019 and are putting some life back into the pub. Takeaway food may be ordered on 07874 146296
Market House
30 Earl Street, Maidstone ME14 1PS
A recently (2018) extended town-centre pub with live music on Friday to Sunday evenings. Now has an enlarged kitchen with an extensive menu and also serves breakfast at the weekend. Upstairs there are toilets, a function room and terrace. There is a large smoking area with an awning outside at the front.
First & Last
40 Bower Place, Maidstone ME16 8BH
A wedge-shaped street-corner local off the Tonbridge Road, dating from 1857, it was originally called the Cradle and Coffin! There are no noisy machines to ruin the art of conversation in this friendly pub. Shove ha'penny and cribbage are played. Some fishing and shooting paraphenalia are displayed in cabinets on the wall. Acquired by ;ocal brewers Isherwood, Stacey & Foster it was later taken over by Fremlins in 1958.
Flower Pot
96 Sandling Road, Maidstone ME14 2RJ
Street-corner alehouse. The upper bar has nine handpumps with the ales mainly from microbreweries. Up to four ciders and perries are served directly from the container and there is a small selection of KeyKeg beers. Beers and ciders are displayed on video screens. Maidstone United football ground is nearby. There are music nights on some Saturdays, jam nights on Tuesdays and monthly vinyl nights on Fridays. It stages an annual beer festival and was voted Kent CAMRA Pub of the Year 2017.
Fox
85 Hartnup Street, Maidstone ME16 8LT
A welcoming, back-street, community-focused local with a cottage aspect, lying south of the Tonbridge Road. Beer prices are kept low. Three TV screens show Sky Sports. Smokers have the benefit of a covered & heated shelter at the rear where a large decked area provides additional space. A BBQ in the garden is in frequent use. Snacks available.
Grange Moor Hotel
4-8 St Michaels Road, Maidstone ME16 8BS
Reasonably priced hotel licenced for weddings and civil ceremonies in the garden or inside. Spacious air-conditioned, Tudor style conference room with own bar and dance floor. Smaller function rooms with flexible seating arrangements for business meetings and other events.
Hare & Hounds
47 Lower Boxley Road, Maidstone ME14 2UY
The central bar faces towards Maidstone Prison and is close to the County Council offices, To the rear are a pool table, dartboard and jukebox. Also to the rear is a large garden with a covered area including a further pool table. The interior decorated in Maidstone United's colours of Black & Gold.
Druids Arms
24 Earl Street, Maidstone ME14 1PP
A town centre pub opposite the Hazlitt theatre that is popular for food during the day and mainly with the younger generation in the evening, Close to the Fremlin Walk shopping centre. Owned by Greene King but it usually offers some interesting local guest beers. There is live music on Friday and Saturday in the covered and heated courtyard to the side.
Old House at Home
10 Pudding Lane, Maidstone ME14 1LN
This pub lies just off the High Street and gets very busy when live football matches are shown. Dark walls and wooden fittings indicate its early heritage. It has an upstairs room for meetings and buffets. Children are allowed in the bar before 3pm. There is a small outside drinking/smoking area below attractive hanging baskets.
Paper Makers Arms
129 Upper Stone Street, Maidstone ME15 6HJ
Just south of town, on a busy road, up a steep hill. Exterior has old blue tiles.
Coach House
11 Queen Anne Road, Maidstone ME14 1HA
Former coaching inn with large open area and central bar. A pool table and electronic machine occupy an area to the right of the door and there is a juke box opposite the bar, towards the rear. The large rear patio has a covered area. There is also a barbeque and a large banana plant.
Royal Albion
23 Havock Lane, Maidstone ME14 1QE
A refurbished pub opposite Maidstone Museum and Art Gallery, convenient for Fremlin Walk shopping centre. There is a split-level bar with pictures of old Maidstone in the upper section, which also has a pool table. There is a pleasant outdoor drinking area for those warm summer days. Regular music sessions, karaoke, theme nights and quiz nights are held.
Style & Winch
72 Union Street, Maidstone ME14 1ED
This town centre local community pub has a central bar with a variety of games including darts, pool and backgammon. The quiet, secluded rear garden has tables. The function room holds up to 40 and used to be the police shooting range and is well sound proofed. Sunday lunches must be booked. Live music sessions are held monthly.
Swan (Loose Rd)
437 Loose Road, Maidstone ME15 9UJ
Attractive white weather-boarded former coaching inn south of Maidstone on A229. Friendly local with comfortable seating in four delineated areas. The interior has wooden beams and floors. The area in front of pub is enclosed and has artificial grass and pub benches. The large south facing garden has a play area for children at the top. Food provision has been franchised out to a local pizza business which offer good deals if you have your pizza delivered to the pub.
Olde Thirsty Pig
4a Knightrider Street, Maidstone ME15 6LP
Reputedly the third-oldest building in the town, it dates from around 1430 and has massive timber beams, sloping floors with curious nooks and crannies on two storeys. It was originally a farmhouse within the estate of the Archbishop’s palace. There is a heated and covered courtyard area. The bar contains four hand pumps dispensing ales mainly from Kent microbreweries. Draught cider is stocked, and it sells many bottled beers, including several foreign ones. Two small meeting rooms are available.
Walnut Tree
234 Tonbridge Road, Maidstone ME16 8SR
A cosy L-shaped local with regular live music on Friday evenings and popular Thursday comedy nights weekly. A quiz is held on Bank Holiday Sundays and a Live Band Music Quiz on the 3rd Monday of the month. Juke box provided. A popular regular outlet for the locally brewed Goacher's Fine Light. Comfortable green furnishings used throughout. Discounted student meals Monday to Friday. Private functions catered for Monday to Thursday 12-3.
White Horse
46 London Road, Maidstone ME16 8QL
At the western entrance to the county town this large, single bar pub has a cosy two-level area at the far end of the bar. Roasts available on Sunday. Live music on Saturday evenings. Quiz night first Tuesday in month.
Nellie Gerkins
108-110 Week Street, Maidstone ME14 1RH
Part of the Mu Mu complex in which the main building has a restaurant and various music areas for hire. The Nellie Gerkins Irish pub the long bar in the building to the right and is popular with young people where music is played frequently. Night club upstairs. Keg beer and bottles sold.
Maidstone WMC
17 Brewer Street, Maidstone ME14 1RU
The club is affiliated to the CIU. Bingo on Wednesday in the lounge and Sunday evenings in the concert hall. Quiz nights are held in the main bar. Modern and Old Time dancing with live music. Occasional live music events and race nights.
Maidstone Rugby Club
Willow Way, Maidstone ME15 7RN
Large cricket pavilion with a bar, dating from 1905. It has a function room and garden area with lovely views. Cricket is played from April to September and rugby from August until April. Non members welcome to watch the rugby and have a beer or two.
Cellars Alehouse
The Old Brewery, Buckland Road, Maidstone ME16 0DZ
Entry is via steps down from the old Style and Winch brewery yard and through double doors. The room is stone flagged and has a vaulted ceiling with original cast iron supports. Wooden pews, seating and tables around the room. The corner bar stands in front of the glazed door through to the cool room which houses the racking for 20 casks and cider/perries dispensed by gravity. Over ten Kentish beers, ciders and perries will always be available. Five tap ales. Long list of canned and bottled beers. Gin, vodka, soft drinks and snacks are stocked. Clipboards on the tables show which of drinks are currently available. Lots of board games are available to use. Kent Cider Pub of the Year 2018
Tovil Working Mens Club
Tovil Hill, Maidstone ME15 6QS
Completely redecorated with new furniture and improved facilities during COVID-19 lockdown period.
Bierkeller
73 Bank Street, Maidstone ME14 1SN
Very large former night club now fitted out as a Bavarian Bierkeller serving draught beer. Tables must be booked but drinking is allowed at the bar. German and other food available.