Tickets are on sale now for next week’s 23rd All Stars charity concert, when the stage will be packed to the edges with former Royal Marine musicians.

It first began as a one-off event to raise cash in the wake of the IRA bombing of the School of Music in Walmer in 1989.

The concert immediately became a once a year reunion and performance, with former Royal Marines travelling to east Kent from around the country and the world.

Mike Scurfield and Kerry Wilton of Cinque Port Music now administer the event, which takes place at the Winter Gardens, Margate, on Sunday, March 11, at 7.30pm.

She said: "As ever, it is an evening not to be missed and there is an exciting programme of music."

Tickets cost £10, £11 and £12. For more information or to book, call Mike Scurfield on 01304 210600 or Kerry Wilton on 01304 827391.

* For full story see page 23, East Kent Mercury, March 1.