TROLLS BAND TOGETHER (U)
Palace cinema Broadstairs
The Trolls gang are back for an action-packed, all-star, rainbow-colored reunion like no other as Anna Kendrick and Justin Timberlake return for more animated family musical mayhem. Brilliant eye-popping, toe-tapping fun for all the family.
Now to Sunday 29 October. Details here
Party with the Pixies
October 27, The Jungle at Quex Park, open 9.30am 4.30pm with entertainment 11am- 3pm
Calling all little goblins and mischievous pixies!
Get ready for a Halloween adventure
Adult and Child £10, Additional Child £6.50, Additional Adult £5, Under 1’s £2.50
*Booking online will guarantee your ticket to party with the Pixies*
Halloween Adult Soft Play
October 27, UNDER 1 ROOF, Pysons Road
Doors open at 8pm with guests required to vacate the building by 11pm.
Featuring killer tunes, deadly dancing, spooky themed cocktails, vodka slushies, soft play and more… don’t miss out on Under 1 Roof’s first ever halloween Adult soft play event!
Grab your friends and dress to impress
For 18 years plus only
Tickets from £2.50 Book now
GLOK
Where Else? The Centre, Margate, October 27 followed by an after show party at Libertines venue the Albion Rooms in Cliftonville.
Musician Andy Bell, best known as the guitarist in band Ride and formerly the bassist of Oasis, will be at WhereElse? tonight.
The singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, and DJ is going on a 16-date tour following the release of new live album – Gateway Mechanics: Live Electronic Sound under his solo brand GLOK.
The album was recorded in session at the Electronic Sound magazine studio earlier in 2023 and has an exclusive Electronic Sound release first edition of just 500 units pressed on transparent yellow vinyl.
Margate Got Soul
October 27, Olby’s Soul Café, Margate. 8pm-1am
A night of Northern Soul, Modern, Motown, Funk & Reggae. With Eli, Dr Robert, plus special guests.
With oul Food available from 5pm (BOOK A TABLE).
Free Entry Book now
Ramsgate Festival of Remembrance 2023
October 27, Granville Theatre Ramsgate, starts at 7.45pm (doors open 7pm)
Featuring… Snowdown Colliery Welfare Band, Swingtime Sweethearts, Queen’s Regiment Corps of Drums, Act of Remembrance
The Ramsgate Branch Royal British Legion are proud to announce that this year’s Festival of Remembrance will be held at the 600 seater Granville Theatre in Ramsgate.
There will be live music and Military band displays, plus traditional service.
Contact 07711928469 or 01843593114 to purchase tickets £10 per person
Nocturnal at Quex
28th-29th October, 11am to 3pm
Watch incredible owl displays from Wide-Eyes Falconry at 12 pm – 12:30 pm and 2 pm – 2:30 pm
Challenge your grown-up to a dance-off in the silent disco
Get creative and add your art to our night sky table
Have some fun playing with Nocturnal-themed card games
Follow the Big Hoot trail throughout the museum. Find all the owls and become a star
Fancy dress is absolutely encouraged!
11 am – 12 am – SEND friendly hour. The silent disco lights will be turned on but not flashing or moving. If you have any questions regarding SEND suitability of the overall event, get in touch via email [email protected].
Please note that lighting will be at normal levels in all galleries apart from Gallery 6 where the light will be low for the disco.
12 pm – 3 pm – General opening.
One Window Two Views: Michael Newth & Bunny James
October 27-November 1, Pie Factory Margate, 11am – 4pm Daily
Exhibition by artists Michael Newth & Bunny James at the Pie Factory Gallery
Private View: Saturday 28th October 2pm – 4pm
Falling Leaves at the Garden Gate Project
October 28, noon until 3pm, the project is based in Northdown Park, Margate
Annual Arts & Crafts open day returns with llots of creative activities for all ages and abilities. There will also be wood fired pizzas, teas and cakes, pumpkin soup, press your own apple juice and plant stall
Cliftonville Walk
October 28, 2pm
Robin Colyer will be leading a local history walk on behalf of Margate Civic Society – discovering the history of a Victorian seaside suburb which was developed for more genteel holiday makers.
The walk starts at the Droit House (Thanet Visitor Information Centre), The Stone Pier, Margate Harbour Arm.
There is a donation charge of at least £3 for the walk, which lasts approximately an hour and a half.
For further details please phone 07878 537448
Ramsgate’s Charlotte Court Market
CANCELLED
Lost In Music
October 28, Granville Theatre Ramsgate, 7.30pm
The hits of Donna Summer, Gloria Gaynor, Earth, Wind & Fire, Sister Sledge, Chic and more
Tickets £31.90 – subject to transaction fee of £2.50 Book now
East Kent Artists’ Open Houses
October 28-29
The chance to see an array of artist works within their homes and studios.
Venues open 11am-5pm unless otherwise stated.
Julia Ellen Lancaster – Liminal Gallery, 34 Fort Hill, Margate (OPEN SATURDAY ONLY 11am-3pm)
Sarah Manly – Unit 3 Beales Yard, Grotto Hill, Margate (Within RG Scotts Furniture Market)
Deborah Gilbert- DIG Gallery, 85a Canterbury Road (11am-3pm)
Cecilia Bonilla, Colin Gorry, Matthew Cunningham and Pam Tait – 31A Clifton Gardens, Cliftonville
Adelphine Newton, Deborah Gilbert, Hanna Bell, Janis Volckman, Lorraine Kinnear, Max Sheppard, Michael O’Donaghue, Michele Papageorghiou, Nick Gilbert and Sarah Gibbon – The Eclectic Art Gallery, 6 Broad Street, Margate
Kirsty Kennedy – 170 High Street, Margate (SATURDAY ONLY)
Louise Frances Smith and Holly Horton – Margate Gift Shop/Substance, 37 High Street, Westbrook, Margate
Jayne Wright – WerkHaus, 30 High Street Margate
Darcy Brenna – Ramsay and Williams Gallery, 6 Market Street, Margate
Mercedes Workman – 25 Dane Hill Row, Margate (Saturday 11am-5pm and Sunday by booking for portrait)
Jayne Wright, Julie Goldsmith, Rebecca Trusett Elves and Lore of Shangri-La – LORE of Shangri-Li, Thanet Studio, 7 Thanet Road, Margate
Govinda Sah Azad – 35 Godwin Road, Margate (10am-5pm)
Kavel Rafferty – 23 Approach Road, Margate
Stuart Leech – The Shop Front Community Gallery, 161 Northdown Road, Margate
Cato Barend Van Schalkwyk and Jon Spencer – The Shop Front Studio, 161 Northdown Road, Margate
Jill Pantony and Kate Hill – 10 Rutland Gardens, 61 Northdown Road, Margate
Ami Blastock and Gem Blastock – 21 Lloyd Road, Broadstairs
Christine Jeffryes, Josephine Harvatt and Gemma Cohen: Colibri Artist – 87 Bradstow Way, Broadstairs
Christine May Pettet – 64 Bradstow Way, Broadstairs
Karen King – New Kent Art Gallery & Studio, 49a Albion Street, Broadstairs (11am-4pm)
Lana Arkhi, Gavin Alexander, Bob Connell and Steven Thor Johanneson – Kent Talents Art Gallery 5 Albion Street, Broadstairs (11am-4pm)
Vivienne Yankah, Nigel Cunningham and Janie Eales – 5 Marlborough Close, Broadstairs (11am-4pm)
Helen Brooker and Molly Pickle – 13 Grosvenor Road, Broadstairs
Home from Home: Mixed Artist Show – The Wooden Box Gallery, 92 High Street, Ramsgate
Claudia Rice – 7 Chatham Street, Ramsgate (SATURDAY 11am-5pm and SUNDAY 11am-4pm)
Jana Valencic, Michael Betts, Flavia Nasrin Testa and Andy Parker – The Red Door Space, 14 Rodney Street, Ramsgate
Carl Stafford – Flat 4, 3 Royal Road, Ramsgate
Rhiannon Lucas and Suzy Stow – 4 Camden Square, Ramsgate
David Case – 51 Vale Square, Ramsgate
Adrian Sherwood All Night Long – Halloween Special
October 28, 9.30pm, Ramsgate Music Hall
To celebrate 10 years of Ramsgate Music Hall, local legend Adrian Sherwood alongside Something Goes Right and The Dance for an All Night Long set of Dub experimentation!
Tickets £17.50 + £1.50 Booking Fee Book now
Sandra Art4All
Following a hugely successful exhibition at The Margate School in August, The Sandra Art4All Studio has taken up residency in the Harbour & Tide shop at 38 Fort Hill, Margate.
The Sandra Art For All Studio was founded by artist Sandra Hampton who is proficient in British Sign Language, providing a working studio to support deaf, neurodivergent and autistic artists. As well as creating stunning, vibrant artworks using wide-range of techniques, Sandra has also been successful in submitting the artists’ paintings into open submissions at galleries such as the Royal Academy in London and @turnercontemporary.
The Art4All artists’ paintings are currently on show at Harbour and Tide until 30st October and are all for sale, with proceeds going directly to the artists and the running of the studio.
The exhibition is open everyday 11am-4pm, and will now be sharing the space with Cabbages & Queens Glassware, and Flowerhead Creations during half term.
Shell Grotto
Grotto Hill, Margate. Open daily 10am to 5pm, and from 21 – 29 October and offering free entry to children under 16.
There will also be two fun family craft workshops with Dawn Cole Studio on October 25 and 26.
£4.50 ADULT, £4 CONCESSION, £2 CHILD and £10 FAMILY
https://www.shellgrotto.co.uk/
Roots: Ghost Town
October 28, 7pm, Olby’s Souls Café Margate
A Halloween themed Jamaican music party brought to you in partnership with Olby’s Creative Hub.
Performances include:
ROOM IN THE SKY
10-piece roots reggae band fronted by vocalists Kingsley Wray & Goody Gap
DOC MURDOC
Your compère for the evening, will also be toasting over the DJs…
JAH B
SIR CHARLIE
& HENRY MACK
3 supreme local selectors, playing sets of vintage vinyl Jamaican music.
Best Halloween costumes get drinks on us!
Pre-event Soul Cafe Menu Available BOOK A TABLE (tables not reserved in the venue space)
Tickets £8 + Booking Fee Book now
The 2nd Great Kentish Bird Off
October 28, Pegwell Bay Country Park from 10am till 4pm
Spot as many bird species as possible, spotter sheets, use of binoculars and a telescope along with an army of wildlife enthusiasts available to help with identification.
There will also be a play area, arts and crafts, wildlife scavenger hunt and a nature trail planned to keep the kids entertained.
And even an off-lead dog area for the furry members of the family!
Walk and Talks: 10am: Be the first to add some birds to the list with Kent Wildlife Trust and Bird Wise. Booking is essential! Book now
Halloween Movie Night
October 28 and 29th, The Ellington Park Cafe
Hocus Pocus!1st showing: 4:30pm and 2nd showing: 6pm both days
Snack trays will be available to purchase for £3 which includes, popcorn, cold drink and sweets. Hotdogs and hot drinks will also be available to purchase.
Dress as spookily as you can for the best costume competition.
Seats are limited and tickets are on sale at The Ellington Park Café now £5
Cliftonville Farmers Market
October 29, 10am-1pm, Walpole Bay Green
Award-winning Farmers Market where producers will be selling bread, cheese, honey, fruit, vegetables, wild game, fruit juices, fresh meat and much more.
Currently 42 stalls booked in selling a vast selection of produce and a few craft stalls, charity stall is Kent Wildlife Trust.
Monstrous Caves
October 27-29, Margate Caves, Open Wednesday – Sunday 10am – 5pm (last entry 4.30pm)
The Monsters are taking over the Caves this Halloween – venture in the Caves for a spooky visit.
Messy Monday crafts on 23rd October take part for £1 per child, no Cave entry needed
Adult £4.50
Child (4 – 16 yrs) £2
Concession £4
Family £10 (includes 2 adults and up to 2 children)
Children 3 and under go free! Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Concession includes: over 60s, students, registered disabled, armed forces (both serving and veterans), NHS and services.
https://www.margatecaves.co.uk/
Rammy the Raven Route
Rammy the Raven will be in miniature form where you will find him in 25 shop windows across Ramsgate town centre. Each little raven will have a letter attached and if you can work out the secret message once you have found all the letters, hand your completed trail form (available from most participating shops and the Visitor Info Centre in Harbour Parade) to win a Rammy the Raven or RAMSGREAT badge! The trail runs until 31st October.
Halloween at Quex Adventure Farm Park
Get ready for a spooktacular Halloween adventure at Quex Adventure Farm Park!
27-29th October 10am-8pm plus 31st 4pm – 7pm
Family-friendly Trick or Treat Trail through the eerie Spooky Woods, pick your very own pumpkin in the Bewitched Pumpkin Picking Patch, and hop aboard ‘The Slime Blaster Express’ for a thrilling ride.
But beware! Creepy Characters lurk in The Spooky Woods, ready to unleash their terrible tricks. Survive their antics, and you’ll be rewarded with a delicious Spooktacular Sweet Treat.
Ticket includes the Trick or Treat Trail, a Halloween Treat, one pumpkin per child, a ride on the Slime Blaster Express, and access to Quex Adventure Farm Park facilities (weather dependent).
Child £19.45 / Toddler £9.95 / Adult £5.45 / Book now
Halloween monster hunt
October 24-31, Birchington
Monster Halloween trail. Prizes and treats if all the monsters are found. Design your own monster competition, Pick up a trail sheet from any shop in the village with a monster hunt poster.
Saturday 28th Halloween Craft Fair day. . Monster colouring and create your own monster drawing on Dog Acre during the fair
Organised by Birchington Traders Together
Halloween party with Margate cadets
October 31, 5.30pm, Margate Sea and Royal Marine Cadets Unit, Hartsdown Road
Trick and treat fun, prizes for games and most creative costume, food and drink available.
£3pp on the door.
Halloween Disco
October 27, Open 4pm-6pm, Under 1 Roof in Pysons Road
Suitable for children aged 4 – 11 years
Party with the ghouls this October Half Term as ‘Coralie’s Wonderverse’ brings amazing entertainment, featuring gruesome games with petrifying prizes, devilish dancing and creepy costumes!
Each £10.95 ticket entitles each child to 2 hours of fun and treats including:
– Access to the soft play
– Party dances, games and prizes with entertainer ‘Coralie’s Wonderverse’
– Music from DJ
– A children’s meal! (a choice of burger, hot dog or nuggets and chips)
Dress to impress! Fancy dress highly encouraged
Spooky Saturday
October 28, Halloween shenanigans with a Trick or Treat Trail in Margate and Cliftonville
Event 2pm – 4pm
Charity Treat Trail across Margate and Cliftonville businesses
Wristbands £3 per child in advance with all proceeds going to the RNLI and includes free treats from every stop
For a trail wristband head to Aarven (34 King Street, Margate)
Howloween Dog Parade in Margate Old Town
October 28, 4pm
Calling all creepy canines and haunting hounds! Hiro + Wolf’s Annual Spooky Dog Parade in aid of Margate RNLI
Hiro + Wolf are hosting a fancy dress Howl-o-ween dog parade in their home town of Margate with over £150 worth of prizes up for grabs!
Dress your pooch in their spookiest attire and take part in our fun-filled parade… With free treats included for every pup!
Wristbands cost £3 each, with all money going to Margate RNLI. Available to purchase now from AARVEN at 34 King Street, Margate
Jet Ski World bistro spooky fun
Fort Mount, Cliftonville
Spooky menus, spooky actors, kids games and music, fancy dress fun. Bring your own bottle, open noon until 9pm on October 28-29, with free parking
Children’s Halloween Party
October 29, The Pavilion Broadstairs. Open 3pm-6pm
Halloween Party suitable for children aged 2 – 11 years
Enjoy an afternoon of disco and party games.
Children must be accompanied by an adult.
£3 per ticket for Adults and Children. Tickets are non-refundable and everyone must have a ticket to attend
https://www.broadstairschamber.org.uk/
Addington Street Halloween Trail (Ramsgate)
October 29, Noon- 4pm
This is a free event for the local community, a safe way for you to take your little ones trick or treating.
Treats will be available at the following stores;
Stories & The Past
Laurent Delaye Gallery
Sea Bird
Paraphernalia Vintage
The Falstaff
Margo Mcmaid
The Sewing Room
Moon Lane Bookshop
Albie and Pearl
No.36 by SP
Ramsgate Tunnels
Family friendly spooky Halloween Tour on Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th of October at 4pm. All children on the tour will receive a Halloween themed activity pack. Book via the website https://buff.ly/3Q0fNOi or at the ticket office.
A Mystery on the Cattle Hill Express (PG)
Carlton cinema Westgate
What if there was a seed that could grow without rain and sun, even without soil? The genius inventor Albert Einswein has with his super seed the solution for Cattle hill, which is struggling with supplies.
Until October 29. Details here
The Carnival of Souls
October 27, 7.30pm, The Bedford Inn, West Cliff Road, Ramsgate
Halloween scares with music, dance and comedy.
Comedy with Cathy White
Musical from Katie McGarry
Belly Dance with Farasha
Street Dance with Imogen
The King’s Buccaneets
The Silent Companions
Tickets £8 via 07976154116 or email [email protected]
Or £10 on the door
Ghoul Power: Halloween Film Screening of “The Love Witch”
October 28, 7pm-10pm, Palace Cinema Broadstairs
Celebrate ghoul power and pay homage to The Love Witch – a film featuring a stylish witch who uses spells and magic to get men to fall in love with her, with deadly consequences. This 2016 horror-comedy by writer-director Anna Biller is a tribute to 1960s pulp novels and Technicolor melodramas. It’s camp, extravagant and kitsch – the perfect Halloween night out!
Expect games, competitions and performances with your host, plus a prize for the best Halloween/1960s witch costume, so dig out those brooms and go-go boots!
There will be food/drink available to purchase before the film and during the interval.
Suitable for ages 18+ years. Tickets £8 – £25 plus booking fee Book now
Event by Power of Women Thanet
Renfield, Slave of Dracula and Cost of Living Bites
October 27-29, Sarah Thorne Theatre Broadstairs
Roger Smythe and Andrew Nolan have written and are directing two new plays for Halloween at the Sarah Thorne Theatre, Hilderstone Hall.
The first play is a traditional gothic horror, “Renfield, Slave Of Dracula”. It considers what will happen if Renfield rebels against his master? The second play, “Cost Of Living Bites”, is a new comedy set in Thanet. Two hard-up flatmates suspect that one of their neighbours is a vampire. They hold a Halloween party to find out who the vampire is.
Shows are 7.30pm on October 27; 2.30pm and 7.30pm on October 28 and 2.30pm on October 29.
Tickets £12 in advance, £14 on the door
Box office 0333 666 4466 or go to https://www.sarahthornetheatre.co.uk/book
Halloween-Themed Calligraphy Demonstration
October 28, 11am – 3pm, Lovelys Northdown Road, Cliftonville
Join Calligrapher Jenny Collier for a free demonstration of fun calligraphy basics using both italic and brush pens to create beautiful Halloween-themed lettering pieces. There will also be some card-making and papercraft demonstrations as well.
Jenny teaches calligraphy as a mindful movement practice – her classic calligraphy style has been used for traditional and royal events and provided to King Charles III – including the invitations for the King’s Coronation through the calligraphy company London Scribes.
Totally Wired HALLOWEEN 17 Rock the dead
October 28, 9pm, Dreamland
Non-Stop Rock, Indie, Pop Punk, Metal, Emo & More!
Halloween Fancy Dress or Dress to Distress! Please note as always our events @ dreamland are Cashless Event.
DJs: Fragile & Orlandimus
=Stage: Roller Disco Room, Dreamland, Margate.
Doors open 9pm
Last entry 11pm
End time: 2am
Tickets £16.50 at: https://www.seetickets.com/event/totally-wired-halloween-17-rock-the-dead-/dreamland-roller-room/2719019
Halloween Trail
October 14-31, RAF Manston History Museum
10AM – 4PM
Explore the museum and find the hidden pictures to win a prize.
£1.50 – normal museum admission fees apply
Ghost and Ghoul Evening
October 27-28, RAF Manston History Museum. Open 7.30pm-midnight
Come and spend a night at RAF Manston History Museum with paranormal teams.
Travel around different parts of the museum in small groups using some state of the art equipment and good old fashion chills, to make contact and investigate those from the other side.
Warm yourselves up with a jacket potato and homemade chili/curry (vegetarian options available), before entering the museum in the darkness.
£35 per person with booking required at [email protected]
Trick or treating and adult disco
October 28, The Old Kent Market Margate
Free Halloween fun. Trick or treating all day from 10am and an amazing adult disco Everyone welcome from 7pm-late