Community
Celebrity potter to host art auction to buy bionic leg for seven-year-old Bunty
Margate’s celebrity potter Keith Brymer Jones will be hosting a fundraising art auction this Summer. Bunty’s Big Art Auction will […]
Events
Events
Cliftonville Games and outdoor cinema events cancelled for 2020
The annual Cliftonville Games and Cliftonville Outdoor Cinema have been cancelled due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Around 3000 people […]
Events
The Margate School gains £35,000 Arts Council funding
A Margate art school has been awarded £35,000 from the Arts Council England Emergency Response Fund. The funding will allow […]
Events
Westgate Day is cancelled – but get ready for a Scarecrow Festival instead
Westgate Day, which launched last year and had been intended as an annual event, will not be able to go […]
Community
Thanet trio take on butterfly challenges to mark World Thyroid Day
Thanet residents, Lorraine Williams, Victoria Stone and Sam Stokes are marking World Thyroid Day and the start of International Thyroid […]
Events
Raven inspired performance to take place at The Margate School
German-British artist UKD is undertaking a performance in Margate as part of the project Bed-in @ The Margate School: Stop […]
Community
Westgate resident Edith ‘Sarah’ Allen celebrates 101st birthday
A celebration has been held at St Michael’s Care Home in Westgate to mark resident Edith ‘Sarah’ Allen’s 101st birthday. […]
Events
New single release for Ramsgate and Whitstable duo Liotia
Electroacoustic duo Whitstable singer/songwriter Abigail Hubbard and Ramsgate producer/engineer Matt Smyth, collectively known as Liotia, release a new single next […]
Covid
Margate music producers join collective on album raising funds for frontline workers
Three Margate music producers are among 14 who have contributed to an album raising money for Covid Crisis Rescue (UK). […]
Events
Blaze of colour in Margate marks International Nurses Day
Margate ‘lighthouse’ was a blaze of colour last night (May 12) to mark International Nurses Day. The display was carried […]
Events
Ramsgate teen’s pageant bid to raise funds for charity and 1st Garlinge Scout Group
A Thanet teenager is raising money for her scout group and giving her confidence a boost by getting involved in […]
Events
Margate panto favourite has Britain’s Got Talent judges on a ‘knife edge’
Theatre Royal panto favourite Jeremy Bond aka JezO and father Philip Bond – illusionist Doctor Bondini – had the Britain’s […]
Covid
Project MotorHouse ‘lockdown’ photo invite for Thanet under-18s
Ramsgate youth charity Project MotorHouse is asking all the young people under 18 in Thanet to post their lockdown photographs […]
Business
Role play town, themed parties and lazer arena just some of the fun coming to new Ramsgate children’s centre
A role play ‘Dinky Town,’ soft play area, parties with princesses, pirates, gaming and slime and a lazer tag arena […]
Events
Ramsgate seven-year-old brings street together by organising VE Day celebrations
A seven-year-old from Ramsgate was the driving force behind a VE Day ‘stay at home street party’ in her road. […]
Events
‘Winston Churchill’ to take part in Westgate VE Day celebrations
Wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill will be in Westgate for the VE Day celebrations tomorrow (May 8) – well, sort […]
Events
Broadstairs game creators challenge you to find the saboteur and Stop The Train!
It is 1942 and the 19:05 to Paris is armed with a bomb and hurtling towards its destination. Your mission […]
Events
Your guide to joining the ‘virtual’ VE Day celebrations on May 8
Thanet is getting ready for VE Day celebrations marking the 75th anniversary since the end of war in Europe. Events […]
Events
Winter Gardens chef creates ‘lockdown alfresco exhibition’ of Margate landmarks
Winter Gardens head chef Julian Moore has been swapping pots for pencils to create detailed drawings of Margate landmarks. The […]
Events
Broadstairs Water Gala cancelled amid expectation of some social distancing measures until end of the year
Another summer event in Thanet has been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Broadstairs Water Gala was due to take […]
Events
Broadstairs and St Peter’s Town Council urges residents to join virtual VE Day celebrations
Broadstairs and St Peter’s Town Council is urging people to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day – when the […]
Events
Debut novel by Broadstairs writer launches today
A debut novel by a Broadstairs writer, marketing director and former magazine boss has gone on sale in the UK […]
Events
Write UP with Margate Bookie goes digital
Margate Bookie Write UP! is back, and this time it is going digital. A jam-packed morning is planned for the […]
Events
Starlink satellites will cross the sky again this week
The string of satellites known as Starlink has crossed the sky this week and will be visible again tonight (April […]
Events
Book of Memories will mark VE Day at Michael Yoakley Charity home and alms houses in Margate
Residents at the Michael Yoakley Charity home and alms houses in Margate will still celebrate VE Day next month – […]
Community
Metal detecting group on a mission to share historical finds
Exhibitions, speakers and a ‘lost item’ service are some of the aims for a new metal detecting group with members […]
Events
Hi-Tide Festival at Dreamland postponed until 2021
The Hi-Tide Festival scheduled to take place at Dreamland this July has been postponed until next year. The event was […]
Events
Broadstairs Folk Week cancelled for 2020 amid coronavirus pandemic
Broadstairs Folk Week will not take place this year – the first time it has been postponed in 54 years. […]
Events
Margate Carnival cancelled as coronavirus crisis continues
Organisers of Margate Carnival have made the decision to cancel this year’s event due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis. In […]
Events
Thanet folk join thousands across the country for Great British Camp Out (at home) in aid of the NHS
Thanet campers were among thousands across the country who helped to raise money for the NHS last night (April 4). […]
