What's on in Maidstone for free?
10 upcoming events
We've rounded up 10 upcoming events in Maidstone for free — concerts, parties, theatre, exhibitions, family outings — sorted by hand. Pick a theme or just scroll.
Events in Maidstone for free
Fri18
Friday 18 September
Later
Thu 24 · 4:30 PMFree
💼Career🎒Students
SST Maidstone: Open Evening 2026
School of Science and Technology Maidstone
Fri 25 · 10 AM£0
netWALK THIS WAY #17 (357 days later)
Burning Ground Car Park, Mote Park
Tue 6 · 7 PM£0
Lighthouse Alpha Course – Explore Life, Faith & Meaning
Lighthouse Christian Centre, Maidstone
Wed 7 · 6 PM£0–5
Kent -Strategic Transport Priorities
DHA Planning,
Tue 13 · 9 AM£0–270
IR(ME)R Practitioner and Operator Course for Nuclear Medicine
Academic Centre
Sun 18 Oct · 10:30 AM£0
The Kent Wedding Show, Detling Showground
The Kent Event Centre
Tue 3 Nov · 6:45 PM£0–30
From Paper Trails to Digital Assurance
Village Hotel Maidstone
Fri 23 Jul · 11 AMFree
Blue Reef Festival
Loddington Farm Ltd
See also in Maidstone for free
Fri 18 · 6 PM
🎫Concert
Jason Lines at The Dirty Habit
The Dirty Habit, Hollingbourne
Sat 19 · 1:30 PM£22.38–65.71
🪕Folk / Acoustic💿DJ set
Kent Country Music Festival
Mercure Maidstone Great Danes Hotel
Thu 17 · 7:30 PM£28
🎸Rock🎫Concert
The Floyd Effect - Pulse of the Darkside
Hazlitt Theatre, Maidstone
Fri 18 · 7 PM£22
🎫Concert
The Specials Ltd
Mid Kent College, Gillingham
Fri 18 · 8 PM
🌴Reggae✨Pop
The Specials Ltd. 'Ghost Town' 45th Anniversary
Midkent College Medway Campus, Gillingham, ME7 1FN
Fri 18 · 7:30 PM
🌙Indie🎸Rock
Michael Starring Ben
Hazlitt Arts Centre, Maidstone
Fri 18 · 8 PMFree
🎤Karaoke
Piano-Oke
2 High St, Chatham
Fri 18 · 9 PM
🎸Rock🎉Club
Oculate @ the Dog House
Doghouse Record Store, Maidstone
Sat 19 · 4 PM£6.13
🌙Indie🎸Rock
CROWSFEST '26 #5 - MITCHELL LANE / VINYLGLASS / BARE POETS + MORE
The Ship Inn, Court Lodge Road, Gillingham, UK
Fri 25 · 6 PM£22
🎹Blues🎸Rock
The Alex Hamilton Band
The Oast House, Gillingham
Fri 25 · 7:30 PM£16–17.60
🎸Rock🎫Concert
Faux Fighters UK
The Swale Assembly, Sittingbourne
Sun 27 · 2 PM£10
🌙Indie🪕Folk / Acoustic
Antfest 20th Anniversary Party
Command House, Medway
Thu 1 · 7:30 PM£28.50
✨Pop🎫Concert
Forever Jackson
The Central Theatre, Chatham
Fri 2
🎸Rock🪕Folk / Acoustic
Evening of guitar led / classic soft rock covers
Bricklayers Arms, Aylesford
Sat 3 · 7:30 PM£6.60
🎫Concert
Adam Ross
Rainham Oast House Community Centre
Mon 12 · 7 PM£105
🎻Classical🎫Concert
Hans Zimmer concert in London
The O2 Arena, London
Sun 20 · 5:30 PM£0
🎻Classical🌳Outdoors
Proms at the Place
Nettlestead Place
Thu 24
🪕Folk / Acoustic🎫Concert
Scott Matthews
LV21 Lightship, Chatham
Sat 26 · 7:30 PM£27.80–76.55
🎻Classical🎫Concert
A Night at the Opera by Candlelight - Sat 26 September - Rochester
Rochester Cathedral
Fri 2 · 7 PM£22.40
🎫Concert
The Antarctic Monkeys
The Casino Rooms, Rochester
Fri 2 · 7 PM
🎸Rock🎫Concert
Antarctic Monkeys 2026 Tour - Friday 2nd October 2026
Casino Rooms, Medway-Rochester
Sat 10 · 6:30 PM£20
🎻Classical🎶Singer-songwriter
Candlelight: Tribute to Coldplay
Rochester Corn Exchange
Thu 17 · 7:30 PM£28.62
🎸Rock🎫Concert
The Alter Eagles
St Mary Magdalene Church, Cobham
Thu 17 · 7:45 PM£22
🎹Blues🎸Rock
Ally Venable
The Old Brewery Store, Faversham
Fri 18 · 6 PM£0–50
🎪Street party
Corps Memorial Weekend 2026
Brompton Barracks, Chatham
Fri 18 · 9 PM
🎉Club🔊Techno
Pure Science x A.M.C presents Grassroots Energy
Social Maidstone
Sat 19 · 4 PM£18.04–25.63
🎉Club🕺Disco
Soul Daze - Maidstone's 80's Soul, Jazz funk & Disco Day Party
BALLIN' Maidstone
Sun 20 · 5:45 PM£22
🎉Club💿DJ set
Back To The 80s Cruise
Kentish Lady Mooring, Maidstone
Fri 25 · 7:30 PM£5.50
🎉Club💿DJ set
Post Plague Presents Dark Dance
Poco Loco, Chatham
Sat 26 · 8 PM£22.38
🎉Club💿DJ set
The White Affair
Smiles Lounge, Chatham
Fri 2 · 4 PM£15
🎪Street party🌳Outdoors
St Margaret's Green Hop Beer Festival
St Margaret's Church, Rainham
Sat 3 · 4 PM
🎉Club💿DJ set
Random End of Summer Ibiza Street Party
Social Chill Bar
Sat 10£25.85
🎪Street party
Extreme Robots 2026 - Maidstone
Maidstone Leisure Centre
Fri 25 · 7:30 PM
🎤Stand-up
Jason Manford: A Manford All Seasons
Central Theatre, Chatham
Sat 19
🎤Stand-up
Stewart Lee vs The Man-Wulf
The Central Theatre, Chatham
Fri 25 · 7:30 PM
🎤Stand-up
Jason Manford
The Central Theatre, Chatham
Wed 30 · 7:30 PM
🎤Stand-up
Fin Taylor
The Central Theatre, Chatham
Sun 11 · 2 PM£31
🩰Classical🎭Shows
Crown Ballet presents The Nutcracker
The Central Theatre, Chatham
Sun 11 · 7 PM£31
🎭Theatre🩰Classical
Crown Ballet presents Swan Lake
The Central Theatre, Chatham
Fri 25 · 8 PM
🗣️Talk🔬Science
Mid-Kent Astronomical Society meeting and observing
Bredhurst Village Hall
Tomorrow
🖼️Exhibition📸Photography
Enchanted Ink - Halpern Gallery
Nucleus Arts Centre & Cafe Nucleus
Fri 18 · 7 PMFree
🗣️Talk
A talk on Chatham House and the Lion Brewery
351 High St, Rochester
Thu 1
🗣️Talk📚Literature
Maidstone LitFest
Maidstone, Various Venues
Tue 6 · 9:30 AMFree
🗣️Talk
WE HEAR YOU - Conference and Celebration Day
Royal Dockyard Church, Chatham
Tomorrow · 10:30 AM
🍽️Food🌳Outdoors
Afternoon Tea at The Commissioner's House
The Historic Dockyard Chatham
Tomorrow · 5:30 PM
🗣️Talk
Everyday Histories - University of Greenwich, Medway campus
University of Greenwich, Chatham
Wed 30 · 11 AM£27.80–44.04
🗣️Talk
Symposium
Huguenot Museum, Rochester
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Venues in Maidstone for free
Maidstone Community Support Centre
8 events
The Business Terrace
3 events
ORIDA Hotels Maidstone
3 events
The Mall Maidstone
3 events
BALLIN' Maidstone
12 events
Doghouse Record Store
2 events
Hazlitt Theatre
21 events
Village Hotel Maidstone
5 events
Detling Showground
2 events
Mercure Maidstone Great Danes Hotel
4 events
Dog collar museum
14 events
The Wishful Thinker
3 events