Interviews
Margate band Big Woes on the town’s “personal and human” music scene
“Softcore punk band” Big Woes on a new compilation A Margate Sampler, the “amazing” energy of its launch shows, and feeling part of a musical community
Andy Malt
Kids & Family
Summer holiday survival guide 2025
Your guide to keeping the kids busy through the school holidays this July and August in Margate, Ramsgate, Broadstairs, East Kent and London
Interviews
A jukebox of confessions: Letters You’ll Never Send brings anonymous confessions to the stage
Have you got something you’ve always wanted to say to someone but don’t dare? Katie McGarry's show Letters You’ll Never Send takes your deepest secrets and puts them on stage
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Palace cinema celebrates 60 years at the heart of Broadstairs
“Cultural institution” the Palace cinema’s 60 year journey to become “a place that really is about film as opposed to two hours of entertainment”
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Smugglers Festival’s journey to become a magical and mysterious summer highlight
With most of its stages hidden in woodland, Kent’s Smugglers Festival is an “inspiring and magical” experience, says programmer Stewart Hughes
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Small but mighty: Margate Fringe returns
Margate Fringe Festival returns with its biggest programme to date this week. Co-founder Faye Bowker tells all about the event’s past, present and future
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Butt of the joke: book teaches kids about evolution one bum at a time
How do you get kids excited about science? Make it about bums. Margate’s Crab Museum is bringing this knowledge to the wider world in a new children’s book
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Comedian Stevie Martin talks online success and her return to the stage
Comedian Stevie Martin on live versus online comedy, filming her new show in Margate, and the “weird dream” experience of being on Taskmaster
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Pie Factory Music’s fight to save the building it calls home
As youth service Pie Factory Music fights funding cuts and plans to sell its Ramsgate HQ, CEO Zoë Carassik explains why “young people deserve better”
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Thanet’s independent music venues “hanging in there” as others shut their doors
Ramsgate Music Hall’s André Dack and Sammy Clarke of Margate’s Where Else on the existential threat facing hundreds of independent music venues in the UK
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Margate Film Festival: ‘We want to be a beacon for bold, boundary-pushing cinema’
After a two year hiatus, Margate Film Festival returns with its most ambitious programme yet. We find out how it all came together and what the future holds
Interviews
Los Bitchos: ‘Every part is crucial. It's like an orchestra’
Ahead of their upcoming show at Margate Lido, instrumental band Los Bitchos discuss the development of their sound on new album Talkie Talkie