RAY BEADLE & BAND
LIVE AT THE OLD BREWERY STORE, FAVERSHAM
Saturday 30th October 2027 | Doors 7pm
Advance Tickets £20 plus booking fee
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Tough, Texas-style blues rock from one of Australia’s finest blues guitarists. After a packed night at The Oast in Rainham in August 2026, Ray Beadle comes back to Kent with his full electric band for a Saturday night at The Old Brewery Store, Faversham.
About Ray Beadle
There are blues guitarists, and then there is Ray Beadle. Born in Sydney in 1978, Ray picked up the guitar at nine after hearing his father play at home, and he has been playing the blues ever since. His guitar and vocal styles call up the great blues legends, but nobody could mistake him for anyone else.
His pedigree is hard to beat: a three-month residency with the house band at BB King’s Blues Club in Memphis, three tours of the USA including Buddy Guy’s Blues Club in Chicago, and years performing and recording with the Foreday Riders, the band Australian musicians call “the University of the Blues”. He also finished in the top eight at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis.
His latest album, Bound To Get The Blues, is his fifteenth. Recorded live to tape at Studios 301 in Sydney with a band that has played together for twenty years, it is a gritty blues rock record built around seven Beadle originals. In Ray’s words: “We set out to do straight blues rock, tough Texas style.”
Albert King is the influence Ray names most often, and you will hear Texas, Chicago and jump blues in his playing. Fans of the Fabulous Thunderbirds, Gary Clark Jr and Doyle Bramhall II will feel right at home.
Awards & Accolades
★ Chain Blues Awards: Best Album, Best Song and Best Male Artist
★ Sydney Blues Society: Australian Blues Music Performer of the Year (2007)
★ Australian Blues Music Awards: Best Male Artist (1998)
★ Australian Blues Music Awards: Best New Male Artist (1997)
Highlights
★ Three-month residency with the house band at BB King’s Blues Club, Memphis
★ Played Buddy Guy’s Blues Club, Chicago
★ Three tours of the USA, including a run of Southern blues festivals
★ Years performing and recording with the Foreday Riders, Australia’s “University of the Blues”
★ Top-eight finish at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis
★ 15 albums, from acoustic Delta blues to hard-driving Texas blues rock
About The Show
A Saturday night of full-band electric blues in one of Kent’s best-loved live music rooms.
Ray Beadle brings his full electric band to Faversham for a loud, muscular and committed night of blues rock, with songs from Bound To Get The Blues and favourites from across his fifteen albums. Expect long, mostly improvised guitar solos and the feeling that every note matters.
“An exhilarating guitarist, an enthralling singer-songwriter, and an extremely talented performer. Ray Beadle is the genuine article.”
Check Out The Official Ray Beadle Website
Get to know Ray Beadle before the night: Ray Beadle's official website has his story, music and tour dates, and you can hear exactly why blues fans on both sides of the world rate him so highly on Bandcamp and Spotify.
THE VENUE : AN AUTHENTIC SETTING FOR LIVE MUSIC
Located within the historic site of Shepherd Neame — Britain’s oldest operational brewery, founded in 1698 — The Old Brewery Store carries more than three centuries of history in its walls. With its industrial charm, vaulted ceilings, and a character that no purpose-built venue can replicate, it provides the perfect atmospheric backdrop for a night like this.
With a capacity of 250, the room strikes that rare balance between grand and intimate — big enough to create real atmosphere, small enough that you’re never far from the stage. Whether you’re at the front of the room or grabbing a pint of locally brewed Shepherd Neame at the bar, you’re guaranteed an immersive experience in one of Kent’s most unique live music spaces.
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