Incoming: Rosie Holt, Lindsey Mendick, Patrick Wolf

Satirist Rosie Holt will be previewing her new work in progress show at the Tom Thumb Theatre in Cliftonville on Thursday, June 18. Tickets £10. 

Alley Bar in Ramsgate has launched its Friday night games night. No spotlight, no spoken word or stand up, just games, drinks, music and some karaoke if you like. Open to members only, from 4pm until late. Email the team to let them know you are coming at screamingalley@gmail.com. 

Author Fiona Robertson discusses her new book Stone Lands at Fort Road Hotel in Margate on Thursday, June 11. Part memoir, part travelogue, the book tracks Robertson’s personal grief following her husband’s diagnosis with terminal cancer as she travels around Britain’s ancient standing stones. Free tickets. 

ARK in Cliftonville will be screening 2025 documentary The Librarians on Thursday, June 25. The film explores political polarisation and the wave of book banning that is sweeping public schools and libraries in the USA. Following the screening there will be a panel discussion, with author Dean Atta, Naomi Evans from Everyday Racism, banned book collector Conor Sansby and Margate Queer Library’s Sé M. Nomyo debating the themes of the film and their impact in the UK. Tickets £13.50. 

Luxe Broadstairs bottle-o, The Bottleneck’s next wine tasting evening is with the gang from Esporão on Wednesday, July 29. The established Portuguese winemakers will guide you through a selection of some of Portugal’s finest drops of red and white. Tickets include sharing platters that come with Esporão’s own extra virgin olive oil. Tickets £55.

Gal + Gather are making the most of the warm weather and heading to Namaka on Stone Bay for a coffee and yap session. There will also be chilling, swimming, sunbaking and an açai bowl, if you like. On Saturday June 6, from 11am-2pm. 

Ceramicist Lindsey Mendick’s show Where You End and I Begin opens at the Carl Freedman gallery in Margate on June 27. 

Saturday, June 27 is also when the latest Tracey Emin Artist Residency cohort present their final show at TKE Studios. 

Positive party Optimissimo is back at Margate Arts Club on Saturday, June 20. Residents Milski and Orac-808 will be joined in spinning good vibes only by guest DJ Scott Martin. Get down and happily dance your way into the longest day of the year. Tickets £5. 

Musicians Patrick Wolf and Sophie Crawford are teaming up for Invert Folk Club at ARK in Cliftonville on Saturday, August 8 as part of Margate Pride. Currently a one-off event, there will be a matinee and evening performance of unplugged folk music. Despite living in Ramsgate for the last six years, this will be Patrick’s first show in Thanet and it promises to be a special one. Tickets on sale later today. 

Perhaps old news to some, but plant-based fine dining outfit Aster in Broadstairs puts on a roast for charity the last Sunday of every month. It’s three courses for £35 a head, with all money going to the charity of the month. On Sunday, June 28, tuck into a mushroom wellington with all the trimmings to support Dottie’s Little Hog Hospital. Sittings are at 12pm, 2pm, 4pm, 6pm. 

Next month, Aster will put on an extra roast Father's Day, June 21. This one is two courses for £25, with money going to the Green Tara Animal Sanctuary. Sittings are 12pm, 2pm and 4pm. 

If you missed the People’s Emergency Briefing at Ramsgate Community Cinema recently, there’s another chance to catch it next month. The Chris Packham fronted climate change documentary will be showing at Where Else in Margate on Thursday, June 25. The screening will be followed by a discussion and there will be food provided. Tickets £5. 

Margate Dating will launch with a Singles Social at Margate Beach Club on Friday, June 19. Aiming to be a relaxed get together, you can try to find a match without the swiping or just make some new friends. Free drinks for those who arrive early and goodie bags for the first 20 through the door. Over 25s only. Tickets £10.

As part of a massive UK tour, new play Ghost House will be coming to Ramsgate’s Granville Theatre on Tuesday, March 9 2027. Blending supernatural horror and psychological thriller it tells the story of three friends alone on a remote island with an uninvited presence. Tickets from £34.65. 

The Nao Victoria, a replica of the historic ship that was the first to complete a circumnavigation of the globe in 1522, returns to Ramsgate next month. It will dock in the harbour from June 4-14, welcoming guests on board. Tickets from £4.