Things to do in Thanet and beyond this week (June 16-22)

Damn good coffee, brilliant character comedy, fun in the park and much more. The best events coming up this week.

Streaming service Mubi is opening a Twin Peaks themed diner in London for one day only on Wednesday. Find the diner at New River Café on Stoke Newington Church Street. 

Surrealist stand ups Lucy Pearman and Frankie Monroe will be performing work in progress shows at Where Else on Wednesday. Tickets £16.50.

Margate author David Whitehouse discusses his second non-fiction book Saltwater Mansions at the Fort Road Hotel in Margate on Thursday. Free tickets. 

American essayist Jeremy Atherton Lin discussed his new book Deep House at CAMP in Cliftonville on Thursday. Free tickets. 

Power pop duo ARXX will play Ramsgate Music Hall on Thursday. Tickets £16.50.

Brazilian artist Gustavo Dias-Vallejo will be connecting strangers to reimagine the world in Dane Park in Cliftonville on Wednesday. Suggested donation £5. 

LA ‘fairy-doom’ trio Faetooth will be performing at Ramsgate Music Hall on Friday. Support comes from the brilliant Cwfen. Tickets £16. 

The POW in the Park festival takes place at Ellington Park in Ramsgate on Saturday. There will be music, activities and stalls from Margate Bookie, Heritage Lab, Kent Coast Volunteering, something called Strange Tourist and more. Find out more.

Cockles & Muscles will mark the tenth anniversary of its first party in Margate with… a party in Margate on Saturday. Tickets £7. 

Artist Jenny Saville and actor Cate Blanchett will be in conversation at the National Portrait Gallery in London on Saturday. It’s sold out, but you can still watch a live stream. Tickets £10.

Chef Jemma Harrison will take over the kitchen at Sète in Cliftonville on June 21-22. Book now. 

New York-based actor Kate Valentine brings her one woman show Women of a Certain Rage to Cliftonville’s Tom Thumb Theatre on Sunday. Tickets £12.