Monday
The Lemonheads play Dreamland in Margate on Monday. Support comes from Willy Mason. Tickets £40.
Tuesday
Jon Ronson discusses his new book The Castle at the Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury on Tuesday. Tickets from £34.
Wednesday
The next Ramsgate edition of the Writing in Progress creative writing performance night takes place at Penelope on Wednesday. Free entry.
William Doyle, Claire Holmes, Francesca Ter-berg and Big Paws perform live at this month’s Assembly night at Off Licence in Cliftonville on Wednesday. £7 on the door.
Thursday
The Festival of Optimism is set to take place in locations around Thanet from Thursday to Saturday. See the full programme and book tickets.
Andy Malt
Join Robert Stillman and friends for a night of improvised music at Margate Arts Club on Thursday. Pay-what-you-can tickets.
Ramsgate Arts Club hosts a wine tasting on Thursday, allowing you to sample twelve wines from its menu. Tickets £25.
Friday
Broadstairs Food Festival returns for its autumn edition on Friday until Sunday at Victoria Gardens. There will be food demos, talks, wine tastings, live music and more. See the full programme.
Samhain celebration A Dead Good Festival returns to Margate on Friday. Running until November 2, it has a programme celebrating death, dreams, magic, folklore, art, ritual, creativity and more. See the full programme.
Andy Malt
To mark International Smile Day on Friday, join a laughter yoga session at Pierremont Hall in Broadstairs. Tickets £6.
Nigel Planer will be coming to The Astor theatre in Deal on Friday, promoting his memoir Young Once. Tickets £21.
Optimistic club night Optimissimo marks its first birthday at Margate Arts Club on Friday. Tickets £8.
Saturday
Turner Contemporary in Margate opens its new exhibition, Sophie Calle’s first institutional exhibition in the UK since 2009, Something Missing? The show will run from Saturday until January 24.
The Curry Mistress pops up at Louie on Sea on Saturday, 5pm-10pm for desi comfort food. Book your table at book@thecurrymistress.com.
Ramsgate Music Hall welcomes singer-songwriter Scott Lavene on Saturday. Tickets £16.50.
Horse Meat Disco will be at The Drill Shed in Margate on Saturday for an extended DJ set. Tickets £19.14.
Basement Boogie is back at Ramsgate Arts Club on Saturday for a night of funk, soul, rare groove, disco and soulful house from 8pm to 3am. Free entry.
Sunday
The new monthly Queer Games Club launches at Board at Home in Ramsgate on Sunday. Entry £5.
Strange Tourist
Reece Shearsmith will be at the Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury on Sunday, showing off some of the gruesome objects featured in his new illustrated memoir Things I Took From the Dark: The Museum of Me. Tickets from £34.
Fashion stylist Katy England and Primal Scream frontman Bobby Gillespie will be the guests at the next Sound Values at Faith in Strangers in Cliftonville on Sunday. Tickets £22.
Santa Carla in Margate will be hosting a talk on the history of ‘mummymania’, with historian Jay Sullivan on Sunday. Tickets £11.55.
On Sunday, drag queen Casey Sea will lipsync her way along the route to Margate Arts Club on which she was attacked two years ago. You can watch her progress at the Arts Club or catch the live stream at home. Tickets from £2.50.
Experimental audio-visual night Analogue Ensemble is at the Palace Cinema in Broadstairs on Sunday. Tickets £6.
Lead image: The Samhain Society by Tara Li-An Nomyo
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