Comedy promoter Chump’s has announced that its festive Chumpsmas show this year will be curated by SNL UK star Jack Shep. Taking place at Where Else in Margate on Wednesday, December 16, the line up will also include Bella Hull, Emmeline Downie, Anna Brown and Daniel McKeon. Tickets £17.50.
Smugglers Festival has announced that it will take place August 26-29 next year. Super early bird tickets are due to go on sale on Thursday at 8am (and will sell out almost immediately). Be ready.
Broadstairs pub The Dog and Sparrow put on its Great Beer Pub Quiz on Tuesday, November 24 at 7pm. There’s prizes - including cash - German and Belgium beers and the opportunity to work your noggin. Teams of 4-6 people, £5 each. DM to book.
A club night with a difference, DJ EVT’s House Party: Dance Through the Decades will take place at Ramsgate’s Alley Bar on Friday, November 27. The playlist will feature all your favourite songs from the 70s to the present day remixed in melodic house tracks. Tickets £3 or free for members.
Suzy Crothers performs her show The Party at the End at ARK In Cliftonville on Saturday, November 21. The show tackles the tricky subject of death with storytelling, performance and collective gathering. Funny, moving and poignant it will be preceded by Death Cafe, inviting the public to discuss death over tea and cake. Tickets £14.75.
Margate Tap Takeover: Dark Beer Winter Edition is set for December 4-6. A variety of draft, canned and bottled dark beers will be on offer at Xylo, Cockle & Hen, Little Swift at The Shakespeare across the weekend. Follow on Instagram for updates.
Estonian pianist and composer Hanakiv is set to headline the next Resonant Coast night at Ramsgate Arts Club on Sunday, November 22. She will perform music from her new album Interlude. Also performing will be Tim Horne and Richard Pike. Tickets £8.
Angela’s Bar in Margate is hosting a patriotic alternative to Beaujolais Nouveau day. Keeping in line with Angela’s focus on British produce, on Thursday, November 19, it will pour Beaujolais Nouveau style wines made right here in Blighty, by Titch Hill Wines and Sandridge Barton. Pop down and try a few bar snacks while you’re at it.
If Thanet doesn’t have enough Christmas craft sessions for you, head over to The Studio in Deal for its Baubles and Bubbles night on Wednesday, November 18, 7pm-8.30pm. For £45, you get a selection of ceramic baubles to go nuts on and paint how you please, which will then be fired for you. DM to book.
Jazz up your door for Christmas? Well Ordered Living and Four Fields Flowers are putting on two wreath making workshops, in which you can make your own festive door bling using seasonal and locally grown greenery, which sipping on a cocktail and munching handmade treats. In Margate, head to The Albion Rooms on November 25 and 26, or go to Ramsgate Space on December 2 and 3. All session is at 6.30pm-9.30pm. Tickets £65. DM for more information.
Strange Tourist
No office? No problem. Lovely Ramsgate wine bar Penelope is laying on a Christmas party just for you on Friday, December 11. Enjoy the venue's range of natural wines and craft beers. Keep yourself on an even keel with their delicious bar snacks. And dance to tunes spun by Griths. Free entry.
There’s special festive edition of Letters You'll Never Send at Turner Contemporary in Margate on Thursday, December 17. The night sees professional actors perform anonymous letters sent in by members of the public. Expect humour, tenderness and heartbreak, with letters penned to family members, exes, and even Santa himself. Tickets £20.
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