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Margate Soul Festival Margate Soul Festival

Beachside stage, street parties, and big seaside soul vibes — for just £92.74 + BF!

Locals tickets margatesoulfestival.co.uk

Bring proof of address and ID to collect your wristband

Seagulls optional. Dancing mandatory

Margate Soul Festival Margate Soul Festival

That’s 3 days of legendary soul, funk, disco and house acts like:

🌟 The SOS Band
🌟 TMF (Formerly of Maze)
🌟 Earth, Wind & Fire Experience
🌟 Drizabone Family
🌟 Loose Ends

🌟60+ DJs and 20 venues across town

��THANET LOCALS!
Live in CT7–CT12? You can grab discounted tickets for this year’s Margate Soul Weekender – 1–3 August 2025.

Home At Lulu's Gelato, we craft traditional Italian small-batch gelato right on the premises, ensuring unparalleled freshness and flavour. Unlike standard ice cream, our gelato is made with more milk than ...

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More exciting news! Lulu’s is now serving loose leaf tea blends by Chai Wallah & coffee from Skinny Dip. Open Wed - Sun and every day of the school holidays, the welcoming space at Lulu’s is the perfect place to enjoy a gelato, hot drink, freshly made cake and timeout.

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Vegan or gluten free? There’s always a good selection of freshly made vegan sorbets and gelato on offer and they can be enjoyed on a vegan or gluten free waffle cone.

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Lulu’s Gelato is back! In a brand-new location in the heart of Margate’s Old town.

Lulu’s gelato is made with Hinxden’s fresh Guernsey milk and high-quality ingredients sourced locally and from Italy, which is why it is so creamy and bursting with natural flavours.

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And be sure to check out their Easter plans from 19th-20th April where there will bean bag bunny games, easter pong, egg hunts, and craft stations.

Prices start at £23 per night. Find out more at keatfarm.co.uk

Pioneers in cost-effective, quality stays on touring parks, idyllic holiday parks and peaceful residential parks, and trusted by generations of families, the Keat Farm way is rooted in honesty, experience and service, putting you at the heart of everything they do.

Keat Farm Parks offer family friendly camping holidays in the garden of England.

Established in 1953, Keat Farm has three beautiful parks to choose from, with 300+ camping pitches with excellent facilities in Quex Holiday Park nr Margate, Hawthorn Farm nr Deal, and Little Satmar nr Folkestone.

Love where you live! Come join the Rise Up Clean Up beach clean volunteers next Sunday at 11am on Margate Main Sands!

POW Thanet festival kicked off this morning with “Screaming Into the Void” behind Turner - lots
more events running throughout March.
This year celebrates 10 years of championing gender equality. Decade of Dissent. Check events here:-

www.powthanet.com

Programming begins on Sat 22nd March with a night of Klezmer music at Ark Cliftonville Cultural Space, honouring the diverse and far- reaching career of Arnold Schwartzman and the community of Cliftonville where he grew up.

For tickets go to themargateschool.com/whats-on

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The programme will culminate in an exhibition ‘The Seven Ages of Arnold Schwartzman’ at the Margate School in May which will also launch the Arnold Schwartzman Gallery, a brand new exhibition space within the school.

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Introducing Arnold Schwartzman will provide the background story of these connections to Margate through a series of exhibitions and events in March which will take place across the town in venues that hold particular personal and creative importance to Arnold.

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Arnold Schwartzman is a noted designer, Oscar winning filmmaker and author. He is Patron of the Margate School and recently became an Honorary Freeman of Margate, the town in which he grew up.

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Introducing Arnold Schwartzman is a programme of events celebrating Arnold and of the creative vibrancy of Margate, the town that made him.

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But now, following a sky-high energy bill, they need the public's help to continue with their work.

To donate to their fundraiser go to: crowdfunder.co.uk/p/keep-the-lights-on-at-st-georges-ramsgate

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Since 1827, the church of St George the Martyr in Ramsgate has worked to support people in the town who are struggling financially.

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Film Premiere: A Substantial Find Tickets Buy tickets and see event information for Film Premiere: A Substantial Find.

Buy tickets at gigantic.com/film-premiere-a-substantial-find-tickets/margate-where-else/2025-01-29-19-00

You can read our spring 2023 issue here digital.magmgr.com/Preview/Index/2692694#page/1

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Film Premiere: A Substantial Find Tickets Buy tickets and see event information for Film Premiere: A Substantial Find.

The film is inspired by the true events that he wrote about for his spring 2023 column of the Margate Mercury when Dave got his first dog, and dabbled in a bit of beach-combing...want to find out more? Then get your tickets now and make sure you're at Where Else tonight from 7pm.

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Tonight at at Where Else? a screening of local (as in Kentish) short films will take place, including a premiere of 'A Substantial Find’ which is a comical short by our regular columnist Pondering Dave Mckenna

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Don’t miss out on this brilliant opportunity to support our local businesses while eating delicious food. Sounds like a win win to us! Make sure you book ahead by contacting the restaurant directly.

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GB Pizza @gbpizzacomargate
Bottega Caruso @bottegacaruso
Daisy @daisy_margate @snakeoilbarbecue
Angela’s @angelas_of_margate
Fort Road Hotel (Colina) @colina_margate
Dory’s @dorys_of_margate
High Dive/ Dive @high.dive.margate
Buoy and Oyster @buoyandoyster
Finbars @finbarswestgate

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Listed below with their Instagram handles, the restaurants taking part are:

Sargasso @sargasso.bar
Sete @sete.margate
The Good Egg @thegoodegg_margate
Streets @streetsmargate
Pomus @pomusmargate
Mullins @mullinsmargate
MoriMori @morimori_margate
Lilie’s @lilies_margate

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For all food lovers, have you heard about Margate Restaurant Week?

Taking place between 3-7th February, @MargateRestaurantWeek will celebrate the incredible culinary scene we have here, with many restaurants across the town offering a specially created three-course menu for just £20.25.

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Our magazines are distributed across Thanet to over 120 stockists and your ad will be included in the online version too.

If you would like to guarantee a space and to find out about prices, please book with Sophie on sophie@brightsidepublishing.com or call 07534 410401.

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📣 If you’d like to advertise with us in our spring issue, the deadline to book is in just one week, so here’s all the details you need 👇

- Deadline to book a space is 30th January
- Deadline for artwork is 6th February
- Issue launches 27th February

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OFF SEASON

You can find out what's on by heading over to @offseasonmargate on Instagram where all the events and exhibitions are being shared, or by going to their interactive map showing you where and when everything is taking place at offseasonmargate.co.uk

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Make sure you come to Margate this weekend for Off Season, celebrating the town's vibrant creative community with more than 65 events and exhibitions taking place in galleries, shops, cafes, studios, homes and more.

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