Section 28 and Me

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

Section 28 and Me is a playful, honest and heartfelt portrait, exploring queer stories on past invisibility and shame.  In this new show Theatre maker Tom Marshman asks; has the impact of growing up within Section 28 legislation made him both a show off and...

£12

Desire

Vendelmans 14A Arlington House, Margate, United Kingdom

Desire pairs the work of two wildly different artists: French photographer Laure Albin Guillot (1879-1962) and Swedish painter Eugène Jansson (1862-1915). Through a selection of their work - photography of female nudes and drawings of male nudes respectively - we contemplate the roles of artist and sitter,...

A Note To My Young, Queer Self

Turner Contemporary

What if you could go back and meet your younger self? What would you say? What would you want them to know? ‘A Note to My Young, Queer Self’ asks just this. Join local, queer writer-performers, who bravely share heartfelt letters addressed to their younger...

Margate Pride Coffee Morning

Camp 125 Northdown Rd, Margate, United Kingdom

The time has come to…gather your gays 🌈 Wondering what to do and where to meet before we march, Margate? Well, what about a cute queer coffee morning at every fags favourite - CAMP 🩷 From 9-11am we’ll be slinging iced coffees, fun drinks and...

Free

Breakfast drag party with Sister Joan GLAM SQUAD *under 25s

Sister Joan 270 Northdown Road Margate

9am - 11.15am The incredible team at Sister Joan are hosting a breakfast Drag party with the Sister Joan Glam Squad! Help will be on hand for hair and make-up styling, get dressed up and march together. Bring your own wigs for styling or get...

Margate Pride 2024 – Free Daytime Activities

Margate Walpole Bay Lawns & Dreamland, Margate, CT9 3AB

WE INVITE YOU TO JOIN OUR PRIDE DAY CELEBRATIONS AT WALPOLE BAY LAWNS AND DREAMLAND 🏳️‍🌈⚧💖 Please register for a free ticket to get priority access*. Tickets are limited to 4 per person. This year, we will hold our free daytime activities in two different...

Margate Pride 2024 Parade Registration

Walpole Bay Lawns, Margate, CT9 3AB

To be in the parade, each person needs to register their details below for free or for a donation. If you're joining as a organisation or collective, please email info@margatepride.org.uk If you have specific access needs please get in touch info@margatepride.org.uk This year, 2024, Margate...

No. 42 by GuestHouse Pride Party on The Rooftop Bar

Pride is parading through town and what better way to celebrate colourfully than up on The Rooftop Bar at No. 42? Join us from 1-4pm and Drag Queen, Just May, the self-titled ‘World’s Premier Geri Halliwell Impersonator' for an afternoon of fun, sun, laughs, tunes,...

£28

Dreamland Drag Party

Dreamland, Margate

Margate Pride Festival is excited to announce the DREAMLAND DRAG PARTY on Saturday 10th August! From 18:00 – 23:00, featuring an awesome line up including Jodie Harsh, Bimini, Raven Mandella, plus Amy Zing b2b Harry Gay & the CT9 drag family - this is one...

Meadows at Palm Bay with queer nature lover, Phoebe Apollo

Sites around Margate & St Peters

Did you know that we have some gorgeous rare nature spots on our doorstep? For Pride month, join a small group for a guided session in Margate's meadows and woodlands, tuning into slow joy. Together we'll get to know the meadow grasslands at Foreness Point,...

The Missing Pieces

Salon 101A Northdown Rd, Margate

Currently based in Ramsgate, David Tovar focuses on portraiture and human figures. After the pandemic cut short his art studies at the London Fine Arts Studios, he continued learning on his own, which allowed him to focus his practice on the topics and community he...

Trees at Dane Valley with queer nature lover, Phoebe Apollo

Sites around Margate & St Peters

Did you know that we have some gorgeous rare nature spots on our doorstep? For Pride month, join a small group for a guided session in Margate's meadows and woodlands, tuning into slow joy. Together we'll get to know the meadow grasslands at Foreness Point,...

Kerosene Alt Club night

Salon Du Miel Broad Street, Ramsgate

The Filth Collective is very proud to present to you... Kerosene!! An Alternative club night in a gorgey Queer Venue- Salon Du Miel (Upstairs at Sugar Rush) This is a club night that caters to all the emos, pop punkers, metallers and Indie Cindys of...

£5

Trees at St Peters with queer nature lover, Phoebe Apollo

Sites around Margate & St Peters

Did you know that we have some gorgeous rare nature spots on our doorstep? For Pride month, join a small group for a guided session in Margate's meadows and woodlands, tuning into slow joy. Together we'll get to know the meadow grasslands at Foreness Point,...

Margate Pride Coffee Morning

Camp 125 Northdown Rd, Margate, United Kingdom

The time has come to…gather your gays 🌈 Wondering what to do and where to meet before we march, Margate? Well, what about a cute queer coffee morning at every fags favourite - CAMP 🩷 From 9-11am we’ll be slinging iced coffees, fun drinks and...

New Rumours – film premiere, zine give away and disco

Sundowners 1 Albert Terrace, Margate

New Rumours is a Heritage Lottery funded research project archiving the experiences of those who attended Margate's iconic early gay venues, Rumours and The New Inn, run by local legend Shirley Sullivan. We're celebrating with a night at Sundowners on Friday 13th September. A limited...

Free

Pink Suits x NO TV

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

Margate based punk bands, Pink Suits and NO TV, come together to create a night of electrifying, danceable indie rock at the legendary Tom Thumb Theatre. Brought to you by Margate Pride.

Fight Like Hell

The Shop Front 161 Northdown Road, Margate, United Kingdom

Charlee M. Piper's Fight Like Hell is both a requiem and a beacon of hope. The exhibition features works in progress that have been part of Charlee's previous solo exhibitions. The centrepiece of the exhibition honours the lives of gender-diverse folx who have been lost...

Varnish

ARK - Cliftonville Cultural Space Albion Road, Margate, CT9 2HP

“I was chosen, you see. Right from the start. They weren’t prepared to leave the quality of their offspring to chance!”  It takes star quality to get adopted…and Jonathan Mayor has it! Join Jonathan's live, star-studded audience in this darkly flamboyant, varnished version of the...

£10 – £14

SHAPESHIFTERS Exhibition Curated by Dame Tracey Emin DBE

TKE TKE Studios, Margate, United Kingdom

SHAPESHIFTERS a new exhibition at TKE Studios, Margate, curated by Dame Tracey Emin DBE. The exhibition features works by Elissa Cray and Joline Kwakkenbos. Running on weekends from 3 November 2024 to 26 January 2025, the exhibition offers an intimate dialogue between two remarkable artists,...