Indie rock, 80s ska and soul-inspired pop are all on the agenda for Kingston gig-goers this week.

Local heroes Kurran and the Wolfnotes headline Skive, the all-ages night at Kingston College on Saturday, and, on the same evening, Kingsmeadow Live hosts 80s two-tone specialists The Beat, giving the young indie upstarts a run for their money with a show in support of the Love Music Hate Racism cause.

These gigs are followed next Tuesday by a show from the Robin Bibi Band at the Grey Horse, with guest, rising star Rachel Rabin, joining them for a number of songs. Rabin is well known on the Kingston circuit, a scene she is proud to be part of.

“There is a really supportive network of artists in Kingston and I spend a lot of my time performing in blues jams and open mic nights because it is what makes us tick,” she says.

Rabin, who will be performing on the main stage at the Glastonbudget Festival in Leicester this summer, is looking forward to playing with bluesman Bibi and his group, although she says her own style is harder to pin down.

“My music has elements of rock and I have got a folky voice and blues background,” Rabin says. “There is a lot of pressure to pick a genre but there is a big movement to break those rules because people who like an artist don’t mind whether their songs fit one style.”

Skive, which is organised by Kingston record label Our Friends Records in association with the International Youth Arts Festival, will also feature sets from The Wild Mercury Sound and Let’s Get Science.

The Love Music Hate Racism Gig at Kingsmeadow Live should also be a night to remember thanks to a headline set from The Beat.

Along with their contemporaries The Specials and Madness, the Brummie band became one of the most influential bands of the British ska and two-tone movement.

The Beat, Kingsmeadow Live, Kingsmeadow Stadium, March 27, 7.30pm, £15, kingsmeadowlive.com Skive, Arthur Cotterell Theatre, Kingston College, March 27, 7.30pm, £3, myspace.com/ourfriendsrecords The Robin Bibi Band, The Grey Horse, 46 Richmond Road, March 30, 8.30pm, £5, grey-horse.co.uk