Ramsgate Festival of Sound
Ramsgate Festival of Sound continues with a packed line up of artists, performances and installations from now until August 25.
Friday night will take attendees underground into Ramsgate’s iconic wartime Tunnels for ‘Water Holds Me Like a Lover’ a very special vocal and visual event curated by composer Donna McKevitt and filmmaker Susan Thomson.
Saturday features the annual free family day at Ellington Park with fun workshops by This Bean Spins, Katie McGarry, Taiko Dunlopo and more.
Live music begins at 5pm with Wyatt Riot followed by some lover’s rock music courtesy of DJ Front to Back before he hands over to the cosmic headliners The Future Psychedelics the Future presenting The Liquid Love Chronicles. Dressing up is encouraged – the theme is ‘Underwater, Outer Space’.
Busk at Dusk is back on the East Cliff promenade on Sunday night with music taking place in the shelters and on the festival stage. Pie Factory Music will curate the main stage from 5pm, followed by a great new line up of buskers from 6pm-8pm before gypsy jazz duo Lost Revellers open for Sunday’s headlining act, the infectiously fun Gemma Rogers and band for a triumphant festival finale.
Festival favourite, the Sonic Trail, is open Thursday to Sunday with six sound installations around the town centre and harbour, all free to attend.
For more info and tickets please visit https://www.ramsgatefestival.org/ or visit the festival hub at St George’s Church – check website for times.
‘No-Road Trip USA’: photography exhibition by Marianne Dissard
HOLD Creative Spaces, Penstone House, Albert Street, Ramsgate
Now until Sunday 25th August, noon -5pm, free entry
Franco-American photographer Marianne Dissard is back in Ramsgate once again to premiere her new photographic series. The dates for her solo exhibition at HOLD Creative Spaces on Albert Street coincide with those of the 2024 edition of the Ramsgate Festival of Sound.
The ex-Ramsgate resident (2017- 2022), now based in Glasgow, is back with ‘No-Road Trip USA’, her third major photographic series in four years after ˋHands, Faces, Ramsgate: The Year Christmas Was Cancelled’ (installed in Ramsgate Port in summer 2021 during Ramsgate Festival of Sound and locally known as ˋThe Fence ́ for its location on Military Road) and ˋLights Out Knightsbridge ́ (exhibited on empty storefronts of Ramsgate’s High Street and at HOLD Albert Street for the 2023 Ramsgate Festival of Sound).
Dissard, a singer and performer with a background in documentary filmmaking, began photographing in 2020 in Ramsgate when her touring was cancelled by the pandemic. She has since published two books and exhibited in solo shows in Ramsgate, Glasgow (twice), Edinburgh, and Paris, and in group shows in Edinburgh and Margate (Turner Contemporary). Her photography also features prominently in her current touring visual theatre production ‘Souvenir of England’ commissioned by Volkstheater in Vienna. She regularly releases new music in collaboration with Raphael Mann, another ex-Ramsgate resident.
Delia Derbyshire: The Myths and Legendary Tapes
23rd August, 5pm-7pm, Ramsgate Community Cinema, 64 High Street
A cinematic exploration of a legendary musical figure written and directed by Caroline Catz who also plays Delia Derbyshire.
Delia Derbyshire: The Myths and Legendary Tapes is a feature-length portrait of the character and legacy of electronic sound pioneer Delia Derbyshire, who realised the Dr Who Theme tune in 1963 and explores the idea that this extraordinary composer lived outside of time and space as other people experience it.
Age guidance: 15+ (scenes of a sexual nature and drug misuse)
Tickets £5 + booking fee / £7 on the door (subject to availability) Book now
Ramsgate Blitz Walk
August 23, 7pm-9pm
Relive the dark days of the war in the heaviest bombed seaside town in the country
Walk starts from Ramsgate Library… lasts approximately 2 hours.
No need to book. Dogs and children welcome. Approx two hours easy walking.
Music, drink and food – with plants
August 23, 7pm, Foliage Plants, 7A High St, St Lawrence
Music from Warwick Eldred, cocktails, beers and paninis
But I Haven’t Finished
23rd August, 8pm, Pierremont Hall in Broadstairs.
In her fantasies she is an imprisoned pensioner who rescues fellow passengers from crashed aeroplanes. In reality she is a bit of a hoarder who likes Greek islands. On the journey you will take in rhubarb, (not) climbing Everest, suitcases, soft-closing kitchen drawers, squirrels, and comic injuries. And you’ll find out why Brenda’s final words will definitely be ‘But I haven’t finished yet!’.
In the case of bad weather all performances will be moved inside Pierremont Hall in The Chamber Hall. This will mean that there will be limited seating and will be offered on a first come first serve basis.
Free event
DIY Things That Fly
23rd August, 1pm, Monkton Nature Reserve
Join in a guided hunt around Monkton Nature Reserve
A chance to spot damselflies, dragonflies, butterflies and more!
Craft and create your own favourite ‘flying thing’
All ages are welcome.
Tickets £5 (£3 for members) Book now
Louie On Sea x Cornicello Supper Club
23rd August, 7pm, Turner Contemporary
Join the Turner Contemporary in Margate for a Supper Club as Louie On Sea presents a traditional Neapolitan feast featuring street food classics and more
For their third supper club, Louie on Sea present a traditional Neapolitan fest featuring street food classics and more.
Tickets £45 plus booking fee Book now
Disco Psicodélico
23rd August, 9pm, Where Else? The Centre, Margate
A night dedicated to Latin America’s grooviest psychedelic cumbia, curated by Margate Radio’s, Reggy Brown.
18+ event. Free Book now
Pirate Adventure with Bindlestick Theatre Company
23rd August, 12.45pm and 2.45pm, Ellington Park Ramsgate
Join Curly McCutlass on an adventure to reclaim her treasure and become a part of her motley crew. Fight enemy pirates and learn sea shanties, the pirate code and go on a treasure hunt for gold!
Children are encouraged to don their favourite pirate hat, eye patch or hook and come dressed ready to send someone walking down the plank!
Suitable for ages 4+
Performances will last 30 minutes each.
Free Book now
Rams FC v Sittingbourne
August 24, kick off 3pm, WW Martin Stadium
Live Music at Broadstairs Bandstand – Rewind To The 70s Show
Cancelled due to weather
24th August, 2pm – 4pm
Live 70s music at the Bandstand
Marine & Shoreline Creatures Identification Course
24th August, 11am to noon, Droit House, Margate harbour arm
Join Ranger Greg from Bird Wise East Kent for an identification course focussed on marine & shoreline creatures. Particularly the ones we are likely to see within the local areas.
Topics that will be discussed are the different groups of creatures, key identification tips, behaviours and habitats, as well as some expert knowledge in the best places to spot them.
If you wish to improve your identification skills, or a complete novice and wish to learn, then this bite sized course will be perfect for you.
This event is free, however any cash donations will be accepted during the event, going towards Thanet Coast Project.
Free – reserve a spot. Book now
Torchlight Night
24th August, 7pm, Quex Adventure Farm Park
Explore the park, in the dark! Join an evening of family fun and explore the Giant Maize Mazes by Torchlight at Quex Adventure Farm Park
Your ticket also grants you access to the park from 9.30am and includes everything available as part of Egyptian summer… Click here to find out more
Torchlight Night & Egyptian Summer – Adult £4 (16+)
Torchlight Night & Egyptian Summer – Child £10.50 (3-15yrs)
Torchlight Night & Egyptian Summer – Toddler £8.95 (1- 3yrs, children under 1 are free)
Ein kaltes Herz kann nie glücklich sein by Zoe De Caluwé
24 August – 9 November, The Cupboard, Liminal Gallery, 34 Fort Hill, Margate
‘Ein kaltes Herz kann nie glücklich sein’ [A cold heart can never be happy] is a homage to a heart at odds with itself. The cupboard reveals an intimate space housing a ceramic vessel, an object resembling the shape of a well, sealed with an aluminium plate.
The title of the exhibition was taken from a diary entry written in German by De Caluwé’s great-grandfather, offering a self portrait of sorts, a description of himself that captured part of him.
All are welcome to join us to celebrate the opening of ‘Ein kaltes Herz kann nie glücklich sein’ on Saturday 24 August at Liminal Gallery’s The Cupboard, 5-7pm.
About Time
24th August – 8th September 2024
Photography exhibition by James C at The Front Room Gallery, 10 Bellevue Rd, Ramsgate
Open weekends 11am – 5pm (Private view… Friday 23rd August 7pm – 9pm)
A new collection of macro, close-up and landscape photography by local photographer, James C. Free entry.
Let’s Get Lost
22 August – 7 September
Drinks reception: Saturday, 24 August, 7-9pm
The Lido Stores, Ethelbert Terrace, Cliftonville
Group exhibition about thoughtful journeying – searching, linking places, discovering, remembering stories, linking times and landscapes, and reorientation.
Artists Linda Schwab, Broughton & Birnie, Jake Clark, Adam Hanson, Daisy Clarke, Ben Walker and Robin Dixon.
Cliftonville Farmers Market
25th August,10am-1pm, Walpole Bay Lawns
Cliftonville Farmers’ Market was established in 2001 by the Cliftonville Residents Association and is run entirely by volunteers.
Award-winning Farmers Market, now with 40+ stalls, where producers sell bread, cheese, honey, fruit & juices, vegetables, fresh meat & wild game, and much more.
Thanet Tiles Of Joy In Westgate
The Thanet Tiles of Joy project is coming to Westgate-on-Sea on Sunday, offering locals a free fun activity – to make a clay tile that represents what makes them joyful about their town.
The tiles will all be shown together in the future in locations across the Isle to celebrate what makes Thanet a great place to live, work and visit.
Westgate’s session takes place this Sunday 25th August, at Westgate Galleria & Studio, 10am to 2pm, 29 Station Road.
Free to all, as the costs of running this event are being covered by community arts support grants awarded to hosts Sarah Gibbon (who runs the Galleria & Studio) and Jayne Wright, the local ceramicist who is leading the Thanet Tiles of Joy Project and will be showing participants how to make the tiles. Hundreds have been made and displayed already.
All you need to do to be part of this project is drop in on the day to make your tile, and have a think ahead of time about what inspires you and makes you feel great about living and working in Westgate-on-Sea. All materials are provided and all ages are welcome.
Live music, footie and fun
August 25, from 7pm at the B-Social Bar & Kitchen, Manston Court Road, Margate
Shades of Blue plus Premier League Football and the Wheel of Destiny.
Live Music at Broadstairs Bandstand – Invicta Concert Band
25th August, 2.30pm – 4pm
A traditional Concert Band playing everything from Big Band, Waltzes, Marches, Show Selections, Overtures – in fact anything that can be described as popular music can be found in their repertoire.
Yesterday’s Favourite ‘the balearic beach boutique’
25th August, 3pm-10pm, The Sun Deck Margate
August Bank Holiday Sunday with special guest Terry Farley ( Disco Set ) at Margate’s Sun Deck
You’ll find The Sun Deck on the other side of Margate’s main sands, near the train station. Look out for the big red double decker of The Bus Café.
Joy Orbison Day Party
25th August, 3pm, Faith In Strangers, Cliftonville
Back at Faith In Strangers for a special bank holiday day party, soundtracking the Margate sea view sunset on their custom built Poseidon sound system!
18+ Tickets £22.38 Book now
Community fun day
August 25, noon until 4pm
St Christopher’s Church in Newington
Table top sales, games, refreshments by new group Inspiring Positive Futures Newington
Back To My Roots with special guests Odyssey
25th August, 7pm, The Pavilion Broadstairs
With full band live in concert at the Broadstairs Pavilion
Doors open 7pm, DJs 7pm – 9pm, Odyssey 9pm – 10pm, DJs 10pm – midnight
Celebrating the soul and disco era featuring a special live performance by Odyssey.
With Guest DJ’s From Margate Soul Festival… Selwyn – Micky b – Vicky Vibes – Terry Brown
Tickets £22.50 Book now
Margate Cultural Walking Tour
25th August, 1pm, meet at The Shakespeare Pub, Canterbury Road, Margate
This 60 minute seafront walking tour into Margate’s Old Town covers the town’s history from 900 AD, through its history as a holiday getaway, then as a haven for artists, lovers (and the occasional rockstar) in more recent times…. to the spot it is today.
Tickets £10. book your places
The Metanoisia Collective, Mike McEvoy
25th August, 2pm, Ramsgate Community Cinema, 64 High Street
This immersive audio-visual experience invites us to reflect on the beauty of the skies, the seas, the ground we walk on, with much of the imagery filmed in and around Pegwell.
Created by film composer and academic, Michael J McEvoy, The Metanoisia Collective perform in different combinations. This performance will feature Lara James (saxophone), Maya Kashif (cello), and Mike McEvoy (piano/keyboards).
Tickets £10 + booking fee (includes tea and biscuits) / £12 on the door (subject to availability) Book now
Magic Hours Cinema Walk: Ramsgate
25th August, 10.30am- 11.30am, Meeting point: Coleman’s Yard, off Queen Street.
Come and explore Ramsgate’s cinema history with hosts The Palace Cinema. Re-visiting the town’s love for the sights, sounds and sensations of film from the 1890s to today
Join Palace Cinema for walks to explore and celebrate them all, from converted sheds to glorious picture palaces, and from buildings still standing to those of which all flickering traces are long gone. Taking in some local personalities and social history along the way, plus lots of archive images,
Tickets £8 Adult, £7 Concession, £4 Under-15, Free – Carer accompanying disabled participant Book now
School of Noise presents: An Afternoon of Sound
25th August, noon-3pm, Radford House Ramsgate
During the event there will be rare and unusual instruments for people to play on such as a theremin and omnichord, a talk on the psychology of music, live music from electronic band Field Glass, plus a talk on the A–Z of Sound!
This family friendly afternoon is designed to encourage people to consider the impact that sound can have on our lives, and to leave you with fascinating facts to impress your friends!
Age guidance: All welcome (Guidance of 7+)
Tickets £15 for 1 adult & 1 child, £5 extra per person + booking fee / £17 on the door (subject to availability). Book now
The Kent Country Show
25th August – 26th August, Quex Park, Manston Rd entrance. Open 10am-5pm
Enjoy a family fun day out with events including
Wrestling / Archery / Inspire Motorbike & BMX Stunts
Rural crafts, crafters & made in Britain / Chain Saw Carving
Cookery demo tent
Festival for kids… Joe Peek Puppets / Rides / Games Area
Music stage
Fun Charity Dog Show… Dog Agility / Pedigree / Fun Dog Show / Main Dog Show
Heavy horses / Donkey rides / Birds of prey / Reptiles & Petting Farm
Steam rally & classic cars
Tickets Online – Adult £11, Concession £10.50, Children (5-15yrs) £5, Under 5s FREE /
On the Gate – Adult £12.50, Concession £11.50, Children (5-15yrs) £5.50, Under 5s Free
Cliftonville Games
25th August, noon to 4pm, The Oval Bandstand and Lawns Cliftonville
A day of family fun with inflatables, kids’ games, art and crafts plus food, drink and a huge raffle.
Join The Oval Bandstand and Lawns for a day of fun, excitement, and celebration as they mark GRASS Cliftonville’s 21st Anniversary!
There will be lots of fun activities to get involved with such as:
Live Music & Free Entertainment
Hot Food & Market Stalls
Free Races
Face Painting
Free Children’s Art & Craft
Free Fruit & Juice for Kids
Free Inflatables & Football Darts
Charity Raffle & Tombola
Wellbeing Classes & More!
A Big Sing -Free Breakfast: Community Singalong
A free singing session hosted by a celebrated composer and folk musician will take place in Margate on Sunday (August 25).
A Big Sing invites caterwaulers and would-be warblers along to Union Church to sing their hearts out in the company of friends.
Songs include one of the world’s most performed hymns, Amazing Grace, a Nigerian hymn and a song penned by global superstar, Bruce Springsteen.
Visitors will be in the very capable hands of Margate musicians Morag Butler and Hughie Gavin. Morag runs folk venue Rosslyn Court and has recently supported the Libertines at their Lido concert held earlier this year. As well as hosting a diverse range of musicians throughout the year she has just finished presenting and curating daily sessions at Broadstairs Folk Week.
As the founder of Margate Social Singing Choir Hughie Gavin is no stranger to group singing. An accomplished composer in his own right he also founded the Institute Collective which forms an ensemble of local artists. Vocals from the collective recently featured on the title track for the hit show, True Detective, which features Hollywood behemoth, Jodie Foster. The track, which Hughie also helped to arrange,was nominated for an Emmy.
Away from the bright lights of blockbuster TV and raucous rock stars the warm environs of Union Church will host Hughie on piano and Morag on guitar. She said: “Singing makes you happy! That’s a fact. It’s an alternative to a traditional Sunday service and is a greatway to relax, let off steam, meet new people and have fun – stand and watch, join in, the format is very relaxed.”
The event will include a free hot breakfast and is fully inclusive. It is part of Food for Thought’s monthly events at the church that aims to celebrate diversity, discuss faith and promote community cohesion.
Sunday, August 25 – 10.30am – noon at Union Church, Union Crescent, Margate, CT9 1NR
Margate Vintage Furniture & Flea Market
26th August, 11am to 4pm, Dreamland Margate
60 Stalls of midcentury furniture, vintage homewares, retro fashion & accessories, flea and Y2K stalls, and vintage sellers from all over the UK.
Delivery: If you buy larger items of furniture, traders will usually deliver them to your home
European glassware, mid-century sideboards, rattan chairs, handmade ceramics, bold prints & fabrics and restored lamps are just a small selection of the pieces you’ll find, all sold by an awesome group of hand-picked furniture and homewares traders.
Grab some friends, dress up to the max and enjoy this big celebration of vintage! Bring your kids, mates, family – dress up in style and come hit Dreamland!
If you’re a trader looking to book a stall please fill out a New Trader Form
Tickets
£3 General (from 11.30am)
£4 Earlybird (from 11am)
FREE entry from 3pm
Under-16s FREE
Lawrence Watson Hip Hop photo exhibition
IWA at Cinque Ports, 50 Marine Terrace, Margate
Now until September 29
Photography exhibition hosted by IWA street food and street music at Cinque Ports with one of the UK’s most prolific early Hip Hop photographers, Lawrence Watson.
Lawrence was born in Hammersmith, London, in 1963. In 1979 he left school aged 16 and undertook an apprenticeship at a darkroom in Old Street. He then graduated to a darkroom at London Weekend Television, and whilst there developed his portfolio in the evenings at the weekends and began contributing to the New Musical Express.
In the early ’80s Lawrence was commissioned to document the emerging New York hip-hop scene and his portraits of legendary artists from that era include Run DMC, Eric B, Rakim and Public Enemy.
Lawrence’s interest in music has led him to work with such legendary bands and musicians as Paul Weller, Morrissey, Oasis, Pulp, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Orbital, Issac Hayes, Pet Shop Boys, Jesus and Mary Chain, Neneh Cherry, Ian Brown, Grace Jones, New Order and George Clinton.
Craft fair and live music
August 26, The Minnis Bar and Brasserie, 11am to 4pm
Free entry, craft fair and live music from Terry Harnett from 2pm
Westgate Art and Craft Group exhibition
St Saviours Church, Westgate Bay Avenue
Opens August 26- September 7.
BH Monday through to Thursday hours 10am to 4pm
Cash sales
