Compass Festival

Compass Festival takes place in Folkestone, Kent, in the Creative Quarter, where it uses several small venues. This showcase festival for alternative independent music, rooted in a DIY ethos, highlights emerging and unsigned artists from Kent, Sussex and the South Coast, with a programme spanning indie, alt pop, folk, post-punk, indie rock and live electronic music; it has hosted Amelie Roden, Bugeye and Idioteque.