📍 Location: Mote Park, Maidstone
📆 Date: Saturday, 19 July 2025
🕚 Gates Open: 11:00
🕥 Curfew: 22:30
🍺 Mood: 90% excitement, 10% “where’s my tent?”
If Friday was a warm-up, Saturday is where Maid of Stone explodes into a full-blown riff riot. Whether you’re riding high from Dirty Honey’s set the night before or crawling out of your tent like a hungover goblin, Saturday brings the fire, the flair, and probably a questionable sunburn.
🔥 INFERNO STAGE – THE BIG DOGS
This is the main stage – where legends reign and the air smells like hot chips and guitar sweat. Big names, bigger sounds, and singalongs that’ll echo across Kent till next week.
🎤 Saturday Inferno Line-Up:
⏰ 19:10 – Ugly Kid Joe
Yes butt, they still hate everything – and they’re bringing the 90s alt-rock chaos to the masses. Expect “Everything About You” to cause a proper nostalgia mosh.
⏰ 21:00 – Black Stone Cherry
These Southern rockers are tighter than your jeans after a campsite BBQ. They close Saturday with swagger, blues-laced bangers, and choruses that’ll make you shout louder than the lad next to you on his fifth Jägerbomb.
🎸 Tidy Tip: Bring a lighter or a phone torch. “Peace is Free” might just get emotional.
⚡ FIRESTARTER STAGE – THE LOUDER LITTLE SIBLING
You want riffs? You want rawness? You want to say “I saw them before they were huge”? This is the stage. It’s chaotic, it’s cheeky, and it’s full of bands that’ll punch you in the ears (in a nice way).
🎵 Full Saturday Firestarter Line-Up:
⏰ 11:30 – The Georgia Thunderbolts
Bluesy Southern rock that’ll have you two-stepping in the grass with your breakfast cider.
⏰ 12:10 – Jack J. Hutchinson
He’s like if Lemmy had a blues baby with Slash. Riffs galore.
⏰ 12:40 – Big River
Groove-heavy, riff-loving lads with proper pub-rock energy.
⏰ 13:25 – Fury
NWOBHM meets modern madness. Melodic and mighty.
⏰ 13:55 – Bobbie Dazzle
Yes that’s the name – and yes, they deliver. Theatrical hard rock with a glam-punk snarl.
⏰ 14:40 – Kim Jennett
A powerhouse voice with fire in her boots. If you’re not watching Kim, you’re doing Saturday wrong.
⏰ 15:10 – Rosalie Cunningham
Psychedelic, trippy, and stylish as hell. The stage turns into Woodstock for 30 minutes.
⏰ 15:55 – Florence Black
Welsh lads with riffs so heavy they register on the Richter scale.
⏰ 16:30 – South of Salem
Goth-glam meets sleaze metal. Bring your eyeliner and devil horns.
⏰ 17:10 – In Search of Sun
Alt-metal with prog twists – think Deftones on Monster energy.
⏰ 17:40 – Revenant
Modern UK metal with shredding solos and no nonsense.
⏰ 18:30 – The Raven Age
Epic, melodic metalcore. Expect fists in the air and necks sore by the end.
⏰ 21:00 – Beaux Gris Gris & The Apocalypse
Late-night soul-rock chaos to close out the Firestarter tent in full wig-out mode.
🧘 VIP & ACOUSTIC BITS (aka The Chill Zone)
If you’re posh enough to have a VIP wristband (or blagged one off a friendly steward), there’s some lush acoustic sessions happening in the shade:
🎤 Beth Blade & The Beautiful Disasters (Acoustic) – expect sassy lyrics, glam vibes and stripped-down bangers.
🎸 South of Salem (Unplugged) – because even the undead need to slow down sometimes.
Perfect for those moments when you need a break from the pit and want a cider that isn’t shaken to death in your backpack.
🧾 THE SATURDAY PLAN FOR LEGENDS:
- Start early! Grab a coffee (or lager) and hit up Georgia Thunderbolts at 11:30.
- Watch Kim Jennett. Seriously. Circle it. Tattoo it on your hand.
- Power nap / food refuel around 17:00 – before the Inferno stage ramps up.
- Double-whammy with Ugly Kid Joe then Black Stone Cherry.
- Stagger back to camp singing “Lonely Train.” Bonus points if you remember where your tent is.
🍻 SURVIVAL CHECKLIST FOR SATURDAY:
✅ Bucket Hat – for vibes and sunburn prevention.
✅ Hydration – Beer counts… kinda. Add water between pints, yeah?
✅ Phone Charger Brick – You’ll want battery for photos and finding your mate who got lost near the kebab truck.
✅ Merch Money – Saturday is PRIME time for band tee regret purchases.
✅ Earplugs – Not just for old rockers anymore. Save your hearing for BSC’s solos.
✅ Rain Poncho – Because it’s the UK, and clouds are always sus.
🗺️ HOW TO GET THERE & AROUND
🚂 By Train: Head to Maidstone East – then follow the sound of riffs and smell of chips.
🚗 By Car: Parking’s still available but don’t rock up 10 minutes before Black Stone Cherry and expect prime real estate.
🚌 Shuttles: Running throughout the day. Pre-book or risk walking home in flip-flops.
🎤 FINAL WORD FROM THE RIFF REPORT
Saturday at Maid of Stone 2025 is shaping up to be an absolute belter, mun. The perfect fusion of dirty riffs, glam sass, and face-melting solos. From rising stars to stadium giants, you’ll laugh, cry, mosh, and possibly eat a questionable hot dog at 10:30PM while singing “Peace Is Free.”
Whether you’re here for the headliners, the underdogs, or just here to escape the kids for a weekend, Saturday brings the fire. Proper job.
See you in the pit, legends.
– @theriffreportuk 🖤
