Free Range @freerangecommunity.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Tonight is the September edition of our Open Stage event (7pm Saturday 5th September at The Moorings Cafe, Water Lane, Canterbury). The theme this month is 'What we did on our Holidays' 000
Free Range @freerangecommunity.bsky.social · 27/07/2026"Sadly, Fruitworks, the co-working business that has provided the venue for Free Range events for almost 10 years, is closing at the end of this month. I found this out during our last event, the fabulous Treeline event with Graham Fitkin... Read more: mailchi.mp/freerangecan... 000
Free Range @freerangecommunity.bsky.social · 20/07/2026MONDAY 20/07: Treeline, 6pm Treeline is a creative musical project connecting communities across Europe to their environments, trees and forests. 🎫thegulbenkian.co.uk/events/treeline/ 000
Free Range @freerangecommunity.bsky.social · 24/06/2026THURSDAY 25/06: Led Bib / Brothers Bula Free Range are proud to present veteran jazz punksters Led Bib, who are touring to promote their new album, Hotel Pupik. freerangecanterbury.org/fr309freerangecanterbury.orgLed Bib / Brothers Bula | Free RangeFree Range are proud to present veteran jazz punksters Led Bib, who are touring to promote their new album, Hotel Pupik. 000
Reposted by Free RangeAlternative Classical @alterclassical.bsky.social · 24/06/2026"So many jobs are posted as "entry level" with salaries close to minimum wage, but still expect 3-5 years of experience." More of your comments about music jobs 👇 www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/features/cha...alternativeclassical.co.ukThe Challenges of Finding a Job in the Classical Music Industry — Alternative ClassicalYour comments on looking for jobs in the classical music industry. 102
Free Range @freerangecommunity.bsky.social · 11/06/2026THURSDAY 11/06: Gina Southgate, Hanna Mbuya, Neil Charles Gina curates an evening of live painting, performance and music and she has chosen two of the most extraordinary musicians in the UK: tuba player Hanna Mbuya and the double bassist Neil Charles. freerangecanterbury.org/fr307freerangecanterbury.orgGina Southgate, Hanna Mbuya, Neil Charles | Free RangeFree Range has invited Gina to curate an evening of live painting, performance and music and she has chosen two of the most extraordinary musicians in the UK: tuba player Hanna Mbuya and the double ba... 001
Free Range @freerangecommunity.bsky.social · 02/06/2026This week sees the June edition of our Open Stage event (7pm Saturday 6th June at The Moorings Cafe, Water Lane, Canterbury). The theme this month is SUN. All forms of adventurous performance practice are welcome. We find these events consistently funny, surprising and heart-warming. 010
Free Range @freerangecommunity.bsky.social · 28/05/2026THURSDAY 28/05: Seaming To (family band) / David Leahy solo ‘Whatever elusive or strange thing Seaming To might be, the experience she offers you is always a thrilling one’ (The Quietus) freerangecanterbury.org/fr305freerangecanterbury.orgSeaming To (family band) / David Leahy solo | Free Range‘Whatever elusive or strange thing Seaming To might be, the experience she offers you is always a thrilling one’ (The Quietus) 000
Free Range @freerangecommunity.bsky.social · 21/05/2026THURSDAY 21/05: BENCHES by Sam Loveless + Free Range Orchestra / FRØffshǒüt BENCHES is a multi-format, neurodivergent-focussed collaboration between composer Samuel D Loveless and artist Tim Hart, centred around Tim’s longstanding passion for photographing benches. freerangecanterbury.org/fr304 001
Free Range @freerangecommunity.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Our friends at Arctic Circle are have a challenging time getting the funding then need. Support them if you can. 011
Free Range @freerangecommunity.bsky.social · 07/05/2026THURSDAY 07/05/26: Phil Minton's Feral Choir / Leon Michener's Klavikon Since the first Feral Choir about 35 years ago, singer and vocal experimenter Phil Minton, has led them in Japan, Brazil, France, Belgium, Germany, United States, Netherlands and Poland. freerangecanterbury.org/fr302 000
Free Range @freerangecommunity.bsky.social · 04/05/2026It'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. 100
Free Range @freerangecommunity.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Tonight 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. 000
Reposted by Free RangePeter Coyte @petercoyte.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Kentronica 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... 001
Free Range @freerangecommunity.bsky.social · 01/05/2026From our friends, a rather magical concert happening in June in London. 001
Free Range @freerangecommunity.bsky.social · 01/05/2026This 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. 111
Free Range @freerangecommunity.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Will you be here? We start with a fanfare at 5pm www.youarehere.xyz 010
Reposted by Free RangeArctic Circle @arcticcircle.bsky.social · 21/02/2026Join 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... 001
Free Range @freerangecommunity.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Let’s rewind to the evening of Thursday 28th March 2024. Where the audience at Free Range went on quite the sonic adventure! 001
Reposted by Free RangeDr Ben Horner @theaudiosphere.bsky.social · 11/02/2026The 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. 012
Reposted by Free RangeArctic Circle @arcticcircle.bsky.social · 10/02/2026A little 'You Are Here' interview... 102
Free Range @freerangecommunity.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Not long now. thegulbenkian.co.uk/events/you-a... 021
Free Range @freerangecommunity.bsky.social · 31/01/2026You 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... 032
Reposted by Free RangeArctic Circle @arcticcircle.bsky.social · 29/01/2026Doing 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...thegulbenkian.co.ukYou Are Here Festival - GulbenkianGrassroots music promoters from across East Kent take over every space in the Gulbenkian Arts Centre presenting artists from a huge range of genres. Whether you’re into West African griot mixed with B... 023
Reposted by Free RangeBirmingham 81 @birmingham81.bsky.social · 28/01/2026It 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 16212
Reposted by Free RangeFree Range @freerangecommunity.bsky.social · 23/01/2026You 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...thegulbenkian.co.ukYou Are Here - Weekend Pass - GulbenkianGrassroots music promoters from across East Kent take over every space in the Gulbenkian Arts Centre presenting artists from a huge range of genres. Whether you’re into West African griot mixed with B... 024
Free Range @freerangecommunity.bsky.social · 23/01/2026You 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...thegulbenkian.co.ukYou Are Here - Weekend Pass - GulbenkianGrassroots music promoters from across East Kent take over every space in the Gulbenkian Arts Centre presenting artists from a huge range of genres. Whether you’re into West African griot mixed with B... 024
Free Range @freerangecommunity.bsky.social · 20/01/2026We're big friends and fans of Daylight Music. Please consider supporting them at what is a near impossible time to be promoting grassroots music. 000
Free Range @freerangecommunity.bsky.social · 10/12/2025THURSDAY 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/fr301freerangecanterbury.orgPiano in the Woods | Free RangeIn mid 2013 a piano was left outdoors in private woodland near Canterbury, A community of audience members and artists grew around the project and by the end of the year over 50 different musicians, d... 001
Free Range @freerangecommunity.bsky.social · 03/12/2025THURSDAY 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/fr300freerangecanterbury.orgFree Range Orchestra | Free RangeThe first half will feature duos, trios and quartets with performers names drawn from a hat by the audience .For the second half, the Free Range Orchestra reach into the coming ice of Winter and slowl... 100
Reposted by Free RangeDr Ben Horner @theaudiosphere.bsky.social · 03/12/2025My 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... 111
Reposted by Free RangeDr Ben Horner @theaudiosphere.bsky.social · 26/11/2025For 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: 141
Reposted by Free RangeDr Ben Horner @theaudiosphere.bsky.social · 26/11/2025Three 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 #canterburyopen.spotify.comEpisode 3: Tom Brown 012
Free Range @freerangecommunity.bsky.social · 20/11/2025TONIGHT! 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/fr298freerangecanterbury.orgFree Women / Bloody Men | Free RangeRage through the Ages is the new show from Free Women exploring rage, and revolt. 000
Free Range @freerangecommunity.bsky.social · 18/11/2025 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...thegulbenkian.co.ukEnsemble Nist-Nah - GulbenkianEnsemble Nist-Nah is a eight-piece hybrid Gamelan / percussion group led by Nantes-based Australian drummer and percussionist Will Guthrie. Their music is influenced by traditional music from Indonesi... 010
Reposted by Free RangeArctic Circle @arcticcircle.bsky.social · 17/11/2025Saturday was wonderful. You can catchup/rewind the show for the forseeable future- www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iN3...youtube.comDaylight Savings Stream: Nightports with Matthew BourneYouTube video by Daylight Music 011
Free Range @freerangecommunity.bsky.social · 30/10/2025TONIGHT! 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/fr294freerangecanterbury.orgI think it was a feeling / Bill HawkesA performance experiment about self voyeurism, shame and sensation. It’s also about pissing yourself: what it feels like when you can’t control it, and when you can. 000
Free Range @freerangecommunity.bsky.social · 23/10/2025TONIGHT! 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/fr293freerangecanterbury.orgRight Here, Right Now / Nutter’s CornerA messy emporium of raw, raucous realness by the quartet Right Here, Right Now led by the gifted trumpeter Charlotte Keefe. 000
Free Range @freerangecommunity.bsky.social · 09/10/2025TONIGHT! 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/fr291freerangecanterbury.orgGuts & Gluts: a harvest gatheringWhat happens if we put care and community at the centre of our climate crisis response? What small, creative acts of repair can we enact locally and daily? What does food security mean and how do we s... 001
Free Range @freerangecommunity.bsky.social · 04/10/2025FREE 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 freerangeopenstage@gmail.com. Limited slots may be available on the night. Works in progress encouraged.freerangecanterbury.orgFree Range Open StageCanterbury's monthly showcase for music/spoken text/video art/powerpoint presentations/mini drag operas/Nintendo sounds/multimedia mashups/whatever 011
Reposted by Free RangeArctic Circle @arcticcircle.bsky.social · 05/08/2025Surviving...but would love a podcast to produce (and happy to present). Just sending that out into the Bluesky data algo streamy #freelancepenguin 001
Free Range @freerangecommunity.bsky.social · 19/06/2025TONIGHT! 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/ #canterburyfreerangecanterbury.orgSafe Operating Space / Bassie GracieSafe Operating Space is about the beauty of unrepeatable moments. Composer, electronic musician, improviser and field recordist Tullis Rennie with mixes recorded and live music. 000
Free Range @freerangecommunity.bsky.social · 07/06/2025TONIGHT Free Range Open Stage: #9 RESISTANCE 7pm The Mooring Cafe, Water Lane, Canterbury CT1 2NQ Free entry - donations welcome freerangecanterbury.org/events/open-...freerangecanterbury.orgFree Range Open StageCanterbury's monthly showcase for music/spoken text/video art/powerpoint presentations/mini drag operas/Nintendo sounds/multimedia mashups/whatever 000
Free Range @freerangecommunity.bsky.social · 05/06/2025TONIGHT! 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/freerangecanterbury.orgThe Faversham Motorway Intersection Enthusiasts Club / CasbahThe Faversham Motorway Intersection Enthusiasts Club is a multimedia rhythm band rooted in repetition, drawing from the rhythms of motorway travel and dance music, finding a shared pulse between mecha... 000
Free Range @freerangecommunity.bsky.social · 28/05/2025STILL 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 022
Free Range @freerangecommunity.bsky.social · 22/05/2025TONIGHT! 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/freerangecanterbury.orgA performance conversation with Evan Parker, Matt Wright and Filipe GomesWhen you’ve lived such a rich musical life as 80-year old saxophone legend Evan Parker the stories pour out. But what happens if you blur the boundary between anecdote and musical improvisation? 000
Free Range @freerangecommunity.bsky.social · 17/05/2025Free 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 002
Free Range @freerangecommunity.bsky.social · 09/05/2025The 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... 001