Upcoming events
Hop Yard Fridays: Funky, Underground & House
Every Friday night we hand the decks to different DJ’s with different sounds. House, Jungle, Garage and every dance genre inbetween. Free entry.
This week: ROOBY with funky, underground & deep house
Roast Dinners & Live Music
Join us every Sunday for The Sunday Joint. The Yard Kitchen serves the best roast dinners with perfectly cooked meats, golden potatoes and all the trimmings - paired with live music that sets the tone for a cozy afternoon.
Build your perfect kick start to the day at our Bloody Mary station and play board games with your family and friends.
Hop Jam: Jam Session
Every first Thursday of the month is Hop Jam. Local musicians come together and jam on the Hop Yard stage. Everyone is welcome - sign up on the night. Come join in or just come enjoy the music.
InSound: House, Techno, Electronica
InSound are back this Good Friday with House, Techno & Electronica!
Zak & Fwends: House and 140 Beats
Zak Mendoza is back on the decks this easter weekend and he’ll be bringing some special guests with him! House and 140 beats from 8 til late.
Roast Dinners & Live Music
Join us every Sunday for The Sunday Joint. The Yard Kitchen serves the best roast dinners with perfectly cooked meats, golden potatoes and all the trimmings - paired with live music that sets the tone for a cozy afternoon.
Build your perfect kick start to the day at our Bloody Mary station and play board games with your family and friends.
Wordsmash: Poetry & Spoken Word
Every second Wednesday of the month Stu Goodwin hosts a night of sharing through poetry & spoken word. Join us to share your words or just come and enjoy others.
The Hop Yard Pub Quiz
Every second Thursday of the month is The Hop Yard Pub Quiz hosted by our resident brainiac Adam.
Hop Yard Fridays: DJ Sets Every Friday
Every Friday night we hand the decks to different DJ’s with different sounds. House, Jungle, Garage and every dance genre inbetween. Free entry.
Collage Club
Join Seasons Change Workshops for an afternoon of collage, crafting & chatting! £12pp all material's provided.
Live at the Yard with Big Truck
We are excited to announce we will be joined by Big Truck for our launch of Live At The Yard!
A jazzer, metalhead, r&b man and a punk walk into a bar… and start a band. Big Truck is the result, they make life affirming abstract guitar pop. The Tunbridge Wells based band are fronted by Laurie Vincent (Soft Play) and completed by Sam Cox (Ladybird), Asa Thallon and Justin Myles.
£5 entry, it’s cheaper than a pint & goes towards continuing to be able to support grassroots music in our venue.
Roast Dinners & Live Music
Join us every Sunday for The Sunday Joint. The Yard Kitchen serves the best roast dinners with perfectly cooked meats, golden potatoes and all the trimmings - paired with live music that sets the tone for a cozy afternoon.
Build your perfect kick start to the day at our Bloody Mary station and play board games with your family and friends.
Second Sunday: Acoustic Jam Session
Born from our Hop Jam session - every Second Sunday of the month we come together for an acoustic jam session. Bring your instruments and join in - it’s a super relaxed vibe, everyone is welcome.
Folk Night
Every third Wednesday is Folk Night. Bring your instrument and join in or just come and enjoy the music.
Hop Yard Fridays: DJ Sets Every Friday
Every Friday night we hand the decks to different DJ’s with different sounds. House, Jungle, Garage and every dance genre inbetween. Free entry.
Roast Dinners & Live Music
Join us every Sunday for The Sunday Joint. The Yard Kitchen serves the best roast dinners with perfectly cooked meats, golden potatoes and all the trimmings - paired with live music that sets the tone for a cozy afternoon.
Build your perfect kick start to the day at our Bloody Mary station and play board games with your family and friends.
Hop Yard Fridays: DJ Sets Every Friday
Every Friday night we hand the decks to different DJ’s with different sounds. House, Jungle, Garage and every dance genre inbetween. Free entry.
Rum ‘n Reggae with Solo Banton
Rum ‘n Reggae is back! We’re excited to announce that Solo Banton will be returning to Hop Yard this April🤩🔉
Soundman, producer, and recording artist, Solo Banton is known for his distinctive deejay style and sharp lyrical content. Long term contributor to the UK soundsystem scene, he has collaborated with the likes of Mungo’s HiFi, Benny Page, & Macka B and has hosted some of the UK’s biggest festival stages. Including the main stages at Boomtown and Reggae Land.
Plus special guests: Artemis Roots and Gentleman’s Dub Club’s Johnny Scratch Lee. Free Entry!
Roast Dinners & Live Music
Join us every Sunday for The Sunday Joint. The Yard Kitchen serves the best roast dinners with perfectly cooked meats, golden potatoes and all the trimmings - paired with live music that sets the tone for a cozy afternoon.
Build your perfect kick start to the day at our Bloody Mary station and play board games with your family and friends.
Roast Dinners & Live Music
Join us every Sunday for The Sunday Joint. The Yard Kitchen serves the best roast dinners with perfectly cooked meats, golden potatoes and all the trimmings - paired with live music that sets the tone for a cozy afternoon.
Build your perfect kick start to the day at our Bloody Mary station and play board games with your family and friends.
Forest Row Jazz Club with Heidi Vogel
The incredible Heidi Vogelwill be returning to Hop Yard for our Spring edition of Forest Row Jazz Club!
Vocalist Heidi Vogel has been singing with The Cinematic Orchestra for 15 years. Performing in some of the most esteemed venues such as The Royal Albert Hall & The Sydney Opera House, she has been described as ‘one of the great jazz voices of modern time’.
2026 Jazz Club dates:
Spring - 3rd May
Summer - 5th July
Autumn - 4th October
Winter - 6th December
Hop Jam: Jam Session
Every first Thursday of the month is Hop Jam. Local musicians come together and jam on the Hop Yard stage. Everyone is welcome - sign up on the night. Come join in or just come enjoy the music.
General Levy Live
Legendary Dancehall and Jungle MC, General Levy, famous for his original hiccup style, will be joining us at Hop Yard on Friday 8th May for a night of pure jungle music of the highest order.
Learning his trade in the UK soundsystem scene, he grew instantly to world fame in 1994 with M-Beat on their tune 'Incredible'. Lighting up dancefloors & radio airwaves ever since, collaborating with hundreds of artists including Chase & Status and Capleton.
He is a wholly unique musician with a special talent for connecting to any crowd, anywhere. Hop Yard - get ready🔥🔥🔥
Roast Dinners & Live Music
Join us every Sunday for The Sunday Joint. The Yard Kitchen serves the best roast dinners with perfectly cooked meats, golden potatoes and all the trimmings - paired with live music that sets the tone for a cozy afternoon.
Build your perfect kick start to the day at our Bloody Mary station and play board games with your family and friends.
Second Sunday: Acoustic Jam Session
Born from our Hop Jam session - every Second Sunday of the month we come together for an acoustic jam session. Bring your instruments and join in - it’s a super relaxed vibe, everyone is welcome.
Wordsmash: Poetry & Spoken Word
Every second Wednesday of the month Stu Goodwin hosts a night of sharing through poetry & spoken word. Join us to share your words or just come and enjoy others.
The Hop Yard Pub Quiz
Every second Thursday of the month is The Hop Yard Pub Quiz hosted by our resident brainiac Adam.
Roast Dinners & Live Music
Join us every Sunday for The Sunday Joint. The Yard Kitchen serves the best roast dinners with perfectly cooked meats, golden potatoes and all the trimmings - paired with live music that sets the tone for a cozy afternoon.
Build your perfect kick start to the day at our Bloody Mary station and play board games with your family and friends.
Folk Night
Every third Wednesday is Folk Night. Bring your instrument and join in or just come and enjoy the music.
Roast Dinners & Live Music
Join us every Sunday for The Sunday Joint. The Yard Kitchen serves the best roast dinners with perfectly cooked meats, golden potatoes and all the trimmings - paired with live music that sets the tone for a cozy afternoon.
Build your perfect kick start to the day at our Bloody Mary station and play board games with your family and friends.
BCUC: Live
We are thrilled to announce that BCUC - Bantu Continua Uhuru Consciousness - will be stopping by Hop Yard on their Spring tour!
For over 20 years, the seven-piece band has been mesmerising audiences globally with a sound that fuses indigenous funk, hip-hop consciousness, and punk rock energy into something totally original & deeply rooted.
Their upcoming album is described as a gospel sermon colliding with a punk concert - “guaranteed to touch untapped corners of your soul”.
Roast Dinners & Live Music
Join us every Sunday for The Sunday Joint. The Yard Kitchen serves the best roast dinners with perfectly cooked meats, golden potatoes and all the trimmings - paired with live music that sets the tone for a cozy afternoon.
Build your perfect kick start to the day at our Bloody Mary station and play board games with your family and friends.
Forest Row Jazz Club: Summer Edition
2026 Jazz Club dates:
Spring - 3rd May
Summer - 5th July
Autumn - 4th October
Winter - 6th December
Open Deck: Bring Your Own Vinyl Night
Love vinyl records? Bring down your favourites to hear on our sound system, sell the ones you don’t listen to anymore and find new gems!
Roast Dinners & Live Music
Join us every Sunday for The Sunday Joint. The Yard Kitchen serves the best roast dinners with perfectly cooked meats, golden potatoes and all the trimmings - paired with live music that sets the tone for a cozy afternoon.
Build your perfect kick start to the day at our Bloody Mary station and play board games with your family and friends.
Hop Yard Fridays: Post Punk, Arabic Disco & 1978 - 1992
Every Friday night we hand the decks to different DJ’s with different sounds. House, Jungle, Garage and every dance genre inbetween. Free entry.
This week: Mum From School with post punk, arabic disco & 1978 - 1992
Folk Night
Every third Wednesday is Folk Night. Bring your instrument and join in or just come and enjoy the music.
Roast Dinners & Live Music
Join us every Sunday for The Sunday Joint. The Yard Kitchen serves the best roast dinners with perfectly cooked meats, golden potatoes and all the trimmings - paired with live music that sets the tone for a cozy afternoon.
Build your perfect kick start to the day at our Bloody Mary station and play board games with your family and friends.
Six Nations Live Screening
We will be screening all of the Six Nations England games on our big screen!
Don’t Lick the Frog: Live Band
Live band Don’t Lick The Frog explore dance music from across the decades.
Hop Yard Fridays: Soul, Funk & Disco
Every Friday night we hand the decks to different DJ’s with different sounds. House, Jungle, Garage and every dance genre inbetween. Free entry.
This week: Tim Draper with Soul, Funk & Disco
The Hop Yard Pub Quiz
Every second Thursday of the month is The Hop Yard Pub Quiz hosted by our resident brainiac Adam.
WordsMash: Poetry & Spoken Word
Stu Goodwin hosts an evening of sharing through poetry and spoken word. Join us to share your words or just come and enjoy the words of others.
Anyone and everyone is welcome to speak, sign up on the night.
Free entry.
Second Sunday: Acoustic Jam Session
Born from our Hop Jam session - every Second Sunday of the month we come together for an acoustic jam session. Bring your instruments and join in - it’s a super relaxed vibe, everyone is welcome.
Roast Dinners & Live Music
Join us every Sunday for The Sunday Joint. The Yard Kitchen serves the best roast dinners with perfectly cooked meats, golden potatoes and all the trimmings - paired with live music that sets the tone for a cozy afternoon.
Build your perfect kick start to the day at our Bloody Mary station and play board games with your family and friends.
Allergies: DJ SET
Since forming in 2012 The Allergies have made it their mission to reshape funky vintage sounds for the modern dancefloor.
Both skilled turntablists in their own right, and known for their 45 only vinyl sets, the duo of DJ Moneyshot & Rackabeat first bonded over their love of classic hip-hop and beats, then decided to pool their knowledge and skills into making their own music.
“We like breaks, funky basslines, horns, and dancefloor grooves. We’re inspired by the golden eras of funk, soul, disco and hip-hop, and we try and cram that into three and a half minutes”.
Six Nations Live Screening
We will be screening all of the Six Nations England games on our big screen!
Hop Yard Fridays: House, Garage & D’n’B
Every Friday night we hand the decks to different DJ’s with different sounds. House, Jungle, Garage and every dance genre inbetween. Free entry.
This week: Who The F is Alice and Bangers & Ash with House, Garage and Drum ‘n Bass
Hop Jam: Jam Session
Every first Thursday of the month is Hop Jam. Local musicians come together and jam on the Hop Yard stage. Everyone is welcome - sign up on the night. Come join in or just come enjoy the music.
Roast Dinners & Live Music
Join us every Sunday for The Sunday Joint. The Yard Kitchen serves the best roast dinners with perfectly cooked meats, golden potatoes and all the trimmings - paired with live music that sets the tone for a cozy afternoon.
Build your perfect kick start to the day at our Bloody Mary station and play board games with your family and friends.
Garage Rhythm: Best of UKG
Join us for a free night of the best uk garage from past to presence.
Hop Yard Fridays: Johnny’s Post Covid Jukebox
Every Friday night we hand the decks to different DJ’s with different sounds. House, Jungle, Garage and every dance genre inbetween. Free entry.
This week: Johnny Scratch Lee
Genres: The best of current music
The Sunday Joint: Roast Dinner & Live Music
Join us every Sunday for The Sunday Joint. The Yard Kitchen serves the best roast dinners with perfectly cooked meats, golden potatoes and all the trimmings - paired with live music that sets the tone for a cozy afternoon.
Build your perfect kick start to the day at our Bloody Mary station and play board games with your family and friends.
Unlocked: For The Love Of House
Join Clara De Luna for Unlocked: For The Love Of House, a night of uplifting house music!
Six Nations Live Screening
We will be screening all of the Six Nations England games on our big screen!
Hop Yard Fridays: Liquid FUnk, Jungle & D’n’B
Every Friday night we hand the decks to different DJ’s with different sounds. House, Jungle, Garage and every dance genre inbetween. Free entry.
This week: Treeman
Genres: Liquid Funk, Jungle & D’n’B
Folk Night
Every third Wednesday is Folk Night. Bring your instrument and join in or just come and enjoy the music.
Second Sunday: Acoustic Jam Session
Born from our Hop Jam session - every Second Sunday of the month we come together for an acoustic jam session. Bring your instruments and join in - it’s a super relaxed vibe, everyone is welcome.
The Sunday Joint: Roast Dinner & Live Music
Join us every Sunday for The Sunday Joint. The Yard Kitchen serves the best roast dinners with perfectly cooked meats, golden potatoes and all the trimmings - paired with live music that sets the tone for a cozy afternoon.
Build your perfect kick start to the day at our Bloody Mary station and play board games with your family and friends.
Valentines Dinner: candlelit Evening With Live Music
Enjoy a candlelit steak night for two this Valentines Day accompanied by a live harpist. Have a welcome drink on arrival, followed by Sussex-bred grass fed steak perfectly cooked, followed by a delicious dessert.
Pre-bookings only - limited availability.