Queer Diary

The Tom Thumb Theatre 2A Eastern Esplanade, Margate, United Kingdom

The night where LGBTQ+ folks read REAL teenage diaries, poetry, fanfiction and more! “If a Queer Diary event was scheduled on the Moon, the most anti-capitalist queers would be befriending Bezos in hopes of securing a rocket ride.” – DIVA Magazine A handful of brave...

£4 – £6

Tea Time Social

The Tom Thumb Theatre 2A Eastern Esplanade, Margate, United Kingdom

Free daytime cabaret for swish seniors (over 55s) Music, drag, poetry and dance all accompanied by free tea and cake!

Free

Trans Club

Margate Arts Club 276 Northdown Rd, Margate, United Kingdom

🏳️‍⚧️Trans Club 4🏳️‍⚧️ Catch us at Margate Arts Club on Thursday the 4th of July 6-9pm ❤️ This month we will be having a drop in bunting workshop run by volunteers of Margate Pride! Trans Club is a safe space to come and meet more...

Olivia Strange ‘It Softens The Blow, That Deep Melodic Bliss’

Liminal Gallery 34 Fort Hill, Margate

Pulling together the multifarious strands of Strange’s practice "It Softens the Blow, That Deep Melodic Bliss" explores notions of escape and survival through snapshot moments of euphoria and pleasure, as an act of resistance. The work celebrates the freedom and intimacy found within singular moments...

Free

Soft Landlord

Projects Kavel Rafferty 231 Northdown Rd, Cliftonville, Margate

Sacred trinkets, thingliness, living commodities and prayers to the home. Embracing the sanctity of contemplation - "Soft Landlord" invites you to entwine in the virtues of space. Come to witness a ruin, a monument and a communion of artefacts. A selection of new works by...

Free

True Colours

Batchelor's Patisserie 246 Northdown Road,, Cliftonville, Margate,

Needle felted butterflies inspired by some of the Pride flags, an emergence of the true colours we grow into as we accept ourselves. This display is being held, with thanks, at Batchelor's Patisserie so why not treat yourself to a beverage and a pastry! Please...

Free

Dirty Linen

Crate 1 Bilton Square, Margate, KY, United Kingdom

Via an installation of painting and expanded painting, Russell Chater presents a (homo)erotic narrative with nods to both the autobiographical and art historical; the spiritual and the sexual. Thoughts around surface, touch, display and concealment are teased - with works, perhaps ultimately, a reflection on...

Free

Is the WiFi Good in Hell?

The Tom Thumb Theatre 2A Eastern Esplanade, Margate, United Kingdom

‘Chapman's debut play isn't just genuine; it is brutally real.' ★★★★★ (The New Current) 2008. Margate isn't cool (yet). 12-year old Dev sits on a derelict shack, sandwiched between Margate's sea and the abandoned theme park, Dreamland. He's also recently discovered gay people exist... Is...

£10

PRIDE BANNER PLANT MAGIC + NATURAL DYE WORKSHOP

Camp 125 Northdown Rd, Margate, United Kingdom

Learn to use colours, patterns and textures using coffee granules and plant inks to create your banner and write your message. All materials supplied - Pay What You Can Tickets

PWYC

Queer Tartan Register Launch

Fez, Margate 40 High Street, Margate

Queer Tartan at Fez, Margate. Tartan subverted into magical beads to launch the Queer Tartan Register for queer brands, communities and allies.

Free

Robert Aberdein

Clayspace 61 Northdown Road, Margate

Robert Aberdein

Fruity

The Good Egg 49 Northdown Rd, Cliftonville, Margate

Heidi is a queer illustrator based in Margate. Her 'Fruity’ series, as part of Margate Pride Art Map 2024, continues her ongoing interest in food and the human form. She has a passion for all things colourful and always aims to bring an element of...

Free

Pride Art Map / Margate Pride Festival LAUNCH

Albion Road Margate CT9 2HP

Margate Pride is proud to launch this year's festival with the PRIDE ART MAP, aka PAM on the evening of Friday 2 August. We're delighted that over 50 artists are participating this year, exhibiting in venues across Margate throughout Margate (that includes Cliftonville). Most events...

Margate Black Pride Art Show Fundraiser Private View

Cliffs 172 Northdown Rd, Margate

Margate Black Pride stands as a testament to the power of unity and celebration within LGBTQIA+ communities of colour. Since its inception in 2022, it has evolved into a vital platform for honouring and uplifting individuals of African, Asian, Caribbean, Latin American, Pacific Islander, and...

Free

BLOCK exhibition Anka Dabrowska

Faith in Strangers Faith in Strangers, Margate, KY, United Kingdom

Anka Dabrowska is a queer artist working and living in London. Her exhibition BLOC is a mixture of drawings and collages embracing themes of queer empowerment, identity, belonging, environmental issues, architecture and regeneration.

Free

You Are Safe Here by Rachael House

Oast 68 Northdown Road, Margate

Elaborately decorated 'Welcome' tiled panels create a clarion call to gather and a promise of refuge and protection.

Free

YANG QUEEN: a ‘psychedelic musical’ starring Mantawoman

The Tom Thumb Theatre 2A Eastern Esplanade, Margate, United Kingdom

90 min (plus an interval) Witness the magic of Mantawoman – a mesmerising yangqin player, singer-songwriter, and performer from San Francisco – in YANG QUEEN, a psychedelic musical about the power of self-acceptance. Crystallizing twenty years of performance experience into one kaleidoscopic show, this musical extravaganza...

£15

YANG QUEEN: a ‘psychedelic musical’ starring Mantawoman

The Tom Thumb Theatre 2A Eastern Esplanade, Margate, United Kingdom

90 min (plus an interval) Witness the magic of Mantawoman – a mesmerising yangqin player, singer-songwriter, and performer from San Francisco – in YANG QUEEN, a psychedelic musical about the power of self-acceptance. Crystallizing twenty years of performance experience into one kaleidoscopic show, this musical extravaganza...

£15