Things to do in Thanet and beyond this week (March 2-8)

Our pick of things to do in Broadstairs, Margate, Ramsgate and further afield this week, including Dave Rowntree, Roni Size, Sikisa and more

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Blur's Dave Rowntree will be discussing the band's early career at the Astor Theatre this week. Photo: Dave Rowntree

Live music, silent reading, International Women's Day and more. Here are our picks for what to do in Thanet and beyond this week.

Duplikat risograph studio on Margate High Street is having a party on Thursday. Check out what the studio has to offer and hang out with a beer from 5-9pm. More info

Live experimental music night Ramsgate Noise Institute takes place at Unit 2, St Lawrence Industrial Estate on Thursday. 

Silent book club Bar & Peace is back at the Bedford Arms in Ramsgate on Thursday. 

Ramsgate Arts Club hosts Vaults Comedy on Thursday with Sikisa, Josh Weller, Lucy Frederick and Joe Bor. Tickets £18

Stand up comedian Daniel Foxx will be performing his new show How Lovely at Where Else in Margate on Thursday. Tickets £20.80.

Shronk - an evening of improvised music with an improvised line up - takes place at Olby’s on Margate on Thursday. Free tickets

A Night for Weird Folk hosts the Folkopalypse at Margate Arts Club on Friday. Tickets £10.

Roni Size and LTJ Bukem are co-headlining The Drill Shed in Cliftonville on Friday. Tickets £28.80.

Artist Stuart Rayner opens his new exhibition Arse End of Nowhere at Projects Kavel Rafferty in Margate on Saturday until March 22. 

Indulge your New Romantic tendencies at 80s club night Atomica at Ramsgate Arts Club on Saturday. Free entry. 

Blur drummer Dave Rowntree will be sharing stories and photographs of the band’s early years from his new book No One You Know at the Astor Theatre in Deal on Saturday. Tickets £19.50

Margate Ceramics Market will be back at the Turner Contemporary on Saturday and Sunday. Free entry. 

Spend a day making your own altar to celebrate the things that matter most to you with A Day in Clay at Ramsgate Pottery on Sunday. Places £120

Join a walk and talk from Nayland Rock to Margate Caves at 10am on Sunday to discuss plans for new feminist culture organisation POW+, then a bigger conversation at Margate Caves from midday.

The Cocoa Pod hosts a chocolate focussed event for International Women’s Day at Gather& in Ramsgate on Sunday. Tickets from £6.

Also for International Women’s Day on Sunday, Stakehaus in Margate is putting on a fundraising dinner in aid of Everyday Racism and Not A Phase from 5-8pm. Book now.

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