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# News Blast: Fusion nightclub licence rejected over fire safety concerns
- URL: https://www.strangetourist.co.uk/news-blast-fusion-nightclub-licence-rejected/
- Published: 2025-05-31T07:00:44.000Z
- Updated: 2025-06-13T17:20:01.000Z
- Description: Thanet District Council's licencing decision on Fusion nightclub, Margate Pride's performance residency and Pomus's new venue
- Author: Strange Tourist
- Tags: News, Margate, Ramsgate, Broadstairs, East Kent coast, Folkestone

**A round up of the week's culture news from in and around Thanet.**

**Thanet District Council has refused to grant a premises licence to new Cliftonville nightclub Fusion**. Many local residents and businesses raised concerns about noise, safety and public nuisance at Thursday’s hearing. However, the refusal was based on Kent Fire & Rescue’s finding that the building does not meet the necessary fire safety requirements. If these issues are addressed, the club can reapply in a month’s time. **Watch the full hearing on YouTube:**

**Margate Pride has launched its performance residency**. Facilitated by Pink Suits and hosted at Margate Arts Club from July 28-31, it's an open call for performance artists to develop new work to be performed at Dreamland on August 9 as part of Margate Pride. [**Find out more**](https://www.margatepride.org.uk/performance-residency-2025?ref=strangetourist.co.uk).

It’s a big year for **Margate’s Pomus**. The small plates restaurant and wine bar turned one, opened up a sister restaurant on Margate’s harbour arm, Pom on the Pier, and will **soon launch in a third restaurant in Folkestone**. Pomus Folkestone will take over **the old Brewery Tap pub on Tontine Street.** The space will continue to host art exhibitions and events, which have filled the venue since the original pub closed in the 90s. Open seven days a week, Kent chef Keiran Golding (ex-The Blue Pigeons, Deal, Wyatt & Jones, Broadstairs, and Number Nine at Chapel House Estate, Ramsgate) will oversee the menu which promises to be just as tempting as the other venues. **Opening this summer**. 

**The Body As Data** project is returning for 2025, **telling the stories of people who have arrived in the UK as refugees through sound, movement and surveillance technologies.** Numerous events are planned over the coming months, including workshops in Dover, Folkestone and Margate. [**Find out more**](https://www.eventbrite.com/o/sidonie-carey-green-the-body-as-data-86696385103?ref=strangetourist.co.uk). 

[Interview: The Body As Data director Sidonie Carey-GreenStrange Tourist speaks to Sidonie Carey-Green about The Body As Data, a new film documenting real life stories of forced migration through dance and spoken word![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/06/39/0639efc0-b873-4e30-ac06-2893b029d0e0/content/images/icon/Strange-Tourist-1.png)Strange TouristStrange Tourist![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/06/39/0639efc0-b873-4e30-ac06-2893b029d0e0/content/images/thumbnail/BodyAsDataPinesCalyx-315-1.jpg)](https://www.strangetourist.co.uk/the-body-as-data-we-are-all-human-we-all-have-a-right-to-connection-expression-and-safety/)

**Folkestone and Hythe District Council** will carry out **work on the cliffs about the Leas to prevent landslides this autumn**. This follows an incident in February last year. This will precede recently approved plans for a £750,000 refurbishment of the Lower Leas Coastal Park play area. 

**East Kent Open Houses will return this October and today is the final day to register to take part** \- either as an artist or someone with a space to exhibit work. Now in its 25th year, last year the event saw over 250 artists show work across more than 80 houses and studios. [**Apply now**](https://ekoh.org.uk/take-part/?ref=strangetourist.co.uk). 

**Joss Bay Surf Club has been taken over by** [**Kent Surf School**](https://kentsurfschool.co.uk/?ref=strangetourist.co.uk). The Broadstairs operation still is open for lessons, whatever your level, and will also run first aid and open swimming sessions too. 

An area of **Margate Main Sands was cordoned off by police** earlier this week following **reports of human remains** being seen on the beach. Upon investigation, it turned out to be a **large dead fish.** [Check out the photos](https://www.facebook.com/frankleppardphotography/posts/pfbid05M5hTk42iRwh7jkpEnPNw131vmV8YDk12ZcpcgVCwC8Zi6Di1V4wL9ubkPpsSdDSl).

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