Things to do in Thanet and beyond this week (December 8-14)
The best events happening in Thanet this week, include light art, bottomless steak, retro gaming, office parties for freelancers and more
Bottomless steak and chips, retro gaming, Christmas shopping, office parties for home workers, live music, comedy, theatre and more. Here's the best of what's going on in Thanet and further afield this week.
See our full guide to Christmas and New Year’s Eve, with family-friendly events, markets, parties, pantomimes and more.
Pomus in Margate is offering bottomless steaks and chips on Monday for £29 a pop. Booking essential.
Girl Dinner will be at Sète in Cliftonville on Wednesday, with three courses for £25 a head.
Junkyard Gaming will be at Margate Arts Club on Wednesday for a night of retro gaming. Tickets £5.
MADE by Margate opens Thursday at 11am, with a launch party that night from 6-9pm. It’ll be open through to Christmas, with late night shopping every Friday.
The Light Up Ramsgate (formerly Ramsgate Lumiere) art trail returns from Thursday to January 26 on Ramsgate High Street. It's part of Ramsgate Winter Festival, which has its Weekend of Wonder from Thursday to Sunday, with the biggest concentration of events of the whole programme.
Andy Malt
Confessional theatre show Letters You’ll Never Send will be putting anonymous messages with a festive twist on stage at a special Christmas edition of the show on Thursday at Cliftonville’s Tom Thumb Theatre. Tickets £12.
Andy Malt
The Chump’s Comedy Christmas show is on at Dreamland on Thursday, with Stewart Lee, Michelle de Swarte, Harriet Kemsley, Lou Sanders and Christopher Hall. Tickets £34.86.
Seed Talks returns to Canterbury Christ Church University on Thursday with Folklore & Women: The Power of Folklore in Reclaiming Female Stories. Tickets £16.
Punk band Crabs play their annual festival Crabsmas show at the Tom Thumb Theatre in Cliftonville on Friday. Tickets £12.
Ramsgate wine bar Penelope is hosting an office party for freelancers and home workers on Friday. Free entry.
ELZ is also putting on an office party for freelancers and home workers on Friday night over at Olby’s in Margate. Tickets from £6.
Work-in-progress exhibition OBLIOX Loading opens at Salon in Margate from Friday to Wednesday.
Tracey Emin, Katy Hessel, Russell Tovey and Roberty Diament will discuss the making of contemporary art books in a panel discussion at TKE Studios in Cliftonville on Saturday. Free tickets.
The Granville in Ramsgate is putting on Aladdin as its pantomime from Saturday until Christmas Eve. Tickets from £26.95.
The Turner is hosting a gilded walnut tree decoration workshop on Sunday with Webb & Gray. Places £14.
High Tide Social hosts a foraged wreath-making making workshop on Sunday. Tickets are £20 per person which includes a minced pie and glass of mulled wine. DM to book.
The final edition of Mr Ned’s Bread Dead Redemption quiz is on at Where Else on Sunday with a redemption theme. It’s a 7pm start, maximum of five in a team and £2 per head entry.
Acoustic music night Softly Softly returns to Salt in Broadstairs on Sunday with performances from Morag Butler, Rick Jakubowski, Megan Wardroper and Jack Hayter. Music starts at 3pm (but note it’s 18+). Entry is pay-what-you-can on the door.
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