75. Open Studio - Hannah Joy King

Visit the home studio of artist Hannah Joy King right on the edge of the old town. Hannah makes abstract figurative paintings and drawings that isolate human gesture and explore the language of bodily weight and form. See finished pieces, works in progress, chat about her process, or peek through some archives. Previously a secondary school art teacher, Hannah is now a full-time artist and is opening her Margate studio to the public for the first time.

FLAT 3, 85 TRINITY SQUARE, MARGATE, CT9 1QD

Accessibility: This is a second floor flat, so will be ready for stairs. There are also 2 steps up from the street on to the walkway to the door.

Under 18s: Yes

Friday–Sunday 1pm–4pm

76. Undoing: An Exhibition Of Works On Paper - Twinkle Troughton 

Twinkle Troughton presents a selection of works on paper through which she explores the myth of the English Landscape. Green and Pleasant lands formed of flora and fauna from around the globe, often introduced as a result of colonial pursuits, are depicted with dissolving and corroding paint, as myth, landscape and paint are 'undone',  whilst parallel themes which revere nature and contemplate it's sensory, healing and psychological effects come to the fore.

MARGARET BRYAN GALLERY, THE MARGATE CAVES, 1 NORTHDOWN RD, MARGATE CT9 1FG

Accessibility: Above ground is wheelchair and pram accessible via ramp, alternatively there are steps to the entrance, music will be kept to background level when played. Lighting above ground will not be low. There is a disabled toilet as well as two non-wheelchair-accessible toilets, one with baby changing facilities. In addition to the Private Viewing upstairs, should visitors wish to journey down into the Caves below ground, they are not wheelchair or pram accessible, there are steps down into the Caves, a narrow and low tunnel entryway and uneven ground throughout the space. The lighting in the Caves underground is also low.

Under 18s: Yes

PV Sat 6.30-8.30pm, Sat-Sun 11am–4pm 

77. Animistic Wonder - Kieran Rook

Kieran Rook presents his solo show ‘Animistic Wonder’. On view at the gallery Joseph Wales in Margate, this exhibition debuts a cycle of new paintings by Rook, experimenting with surreal narratives that unfold intuitively on the canvas, depicting bodies, animals, and hybrids in sometimes absurd dream-like scenarios and disorienting spatial compositions. He reimagines fragments extracted from his inner life while envisioning worlds within worlds that bear uncanny resemblance to our own. 

JOSEPH WALES STUDIOS, 2A DANE HILL, CT9 1QP

Accessibility: wheelchair/pram accessible, no loud music and no flashing lights. no low lighting.

Under 18s: Yes

PV Fri 6–9pm,   Fri-Sun 11am –6pm

78. In Her Steps - Mercedes Lucy

Tiled, public installation on the front steps of my home. 

These steps honour women who lived before 1900, when this house was built.

Most are British, many connected to Margate & Kent & some from around the world.

These women shaped us, yet their stories are largely unrecorded.

History remembers the privileged few—working women have mostly been forgotten. 

Women have been judged, dismissed, and denied, because of their gender.

The labour of these women made daily life possible; the labour of women today, still makes daily life possible. 

Women fought to be seen, to be taken seriously. And still, the labour and endeavours of women go unnoticed.

This is a step to noticing the work of women in our homes, neighbourhoods, towns, cities and around the world every day. 

25 DANE HILL ROW, CT9 1QW

Accessibility: Outdoor, public artwork, not lit - so daylight hours only. Accessible to all from pavement and road.

Under 18s: Yes

24hrs a day 

79. TKE STUDIOS

TKE STUDIOS, 99 VICTORIA RD MARGATE CT9 1RD

Tke Studios Presents, Ziah Ziah

This event marks the culmination of our 2025 Performance Artist in Residence, Ziah Ziah. Across two nights, Ziah will present a new live performance developed during their time at TKE Studios, bringing the residency to a close.

Open: 24th and 25th January from 7pm

Tickets: https://www.traceyeminfoundation.com/events

Tracey Emin Foundation Presents Victoria House Residency, Noah Berrie + Catherine Ward

This exhibition brings together Ward and Berrie in a shared exploration of place, time, and material transformation along the Margate coast. 

Open: Saturday 24th Jan 12pm–5pm Sunday 25th Jan 12pm–5pm

Accessibility : Full accessible

Under 18s: No

80. Another - Zoe De Caluwé

Zoe de Caluwé is exhibiting a series of ceramic works in the shop window of Smith and Sun. The title refers to both the multiplicity of identity and the ways we relate to one another. These works investigate the performance of gender and the use of disguise through the artist's own experience and identity.

7 THANET RD, CLIFTONVILLE, MARGATE CT9 1UA

Accessibility: It is wheelchair / pram accessible as its visible from the pavement.

Under 18s: Yes

PV Fri 7pm,  24hrs a day

81. Tanat, Tanetus, Thanatos: In Search Of Albion’S Isle Of Fire And Death - Imogen-Naomi Herd

At the easternmost point of Kent resides its land-bound island: Thanet. Once an island, situated precariously closer to central Europe than its own Capital, it makes sense it was a frequent doorway for each wave of invasion from the Continental and Scandinavian. The impact of this legacy today is captured in the continuous dispute concerning the etymology of Thanet. This surrealist window diorama installation considers the themes of perception, identity, liminality, belonging, translation, myth-making, folklore, and forgetting. The piece uses the unique topography of  the isle to explore the fertile potential of an apocryphal folk-etymological lens. What lost stories of ambition and identity remain within these forgotten names? 

DOUBLOONS, 32 NORTHDOWN RD, CLIFTONVILLE, MARGATE CT9 2RW

Accessibility: The venue is wheelchair/pram accessible - as the installation is just the shop window front. It can be clearly viewed from outside of the venue. There is no loud music or flashing lights. There is an overhead light directly above thus in the evening when it is getting dark the installation will still be viewable!

Under 18s: Yes

Fri- Sat 10-5pm, Sun 10am– 4pm

82. Compact - Katie Parker

Compact is a mixed-media sculpture that merges two objects: a luxury cosmetic powder compact and a bear trap. Fabricated in acrylic, steel, and textile materials, it’s both seductive and unsettling.

Katie Parker’s work explores how women’s lives are shaped by visible and invisible systems of control, using sculpture and installation to disrupt familiar forms and reframe how we see them.

DROPS, 46 NORTHDOWN RD, CLIFTONVILLE, MARGATE CT9 2RW

Accessibility: Small raised lip in the doorway, but easily accessible. Staff will be on-site to assist if anyone needs help. There will be quiet music, no flashing lights or low lighting.

Under 18s: Yes

Fri-Sat 1-9pm, Sun  1pm–5pm

83. Sonia Mcnally'S Tabernacle Of Miracles - Sonia Mcnally [As Madame Zonia]

'Sonia McNally's Tabernacle of Miracles - Fortune Telling & Mobile Pop-Up'

Fortune Teller Madame Zonia, Seer's Eye and Quick Wit, will answer your questions on Love, Money, Career, Health. Mobile pop up, selling works of art. [10% of fortune telling proceeds will be donated to 'Crisis' Homeless Charity].

Directions: 3 min walk down to the seafront from the Lido car park - or - 8 min walk from the Turner take a right along the seafront promenade to the car park just beyond the Winter Gardens and below the Lido.       

SONIA MCNALLY'S TABERNACLE OF MIRACLES - FORTUNE TELLING CART AND MOBILE POP UP, FORT LOWER PROMENADE (CAR PARK), MARGATE, CT9 1JS 

Accessibility: The pop up venue is a small caravan with a single step up to it. Inside the caravan I will have works of art for sale in a print browser and card rack. I can bring them out to any buyers if they are not able to come inside. If the weather is fine I will set up a table outside the caravan with works for sale. Weather permitting, I will have my 'Fortune Telling Cart' outside the caravan, (this is an independent cart, like a medieval sideshow - see link for photo) which has no access issues - visitors can stand or sit in front of it. In the case of bad weather, Madame Zonia, will tell fortunes inside the caravan. No music, or flashing lights

Under 18s: Yes

Fri-Sat 12-7pm,  Sun 12-5pm

85. Epoch Textiles Open Studio, Sophie Reeves

Epoch Studio is opening their studio up for the day. Come see the loom, some new + archive pieces and say hello.

EPOCH TEXTILES, UNIT 3 REAR OF 42-60 ETHELBERT ROAD, MARGATE, CT9 1SB

Accessibility : There is one step at the entrance and one step inside

Under 18s: No

Sat 10am –6pm

86. Modern Monstrosity - Elizabeth Firbank

Work in progress: collecting visual echoes of Blemmyae, medieval mythological beasts.  Found imagery that explores a continuity in our behaviour from medieval 'media' to present day, generating monsters with our fear of otherness and our territorial nature

THE RAG AND BONE MAN UNIT 4 REAR OF 60 ETHELBERT ROAD CT9 1SB

Accessibility: Single level entrance wheelchair and pram accessible

Under 18s: Yes

Fri  12–2pm,   Sat 10am–4pm,  Sun 10am–3pm

87. Continuation - Angelo Iannucci

Display of old and new work. A continuation of showing work from my first solo show at Margate Pride. It's me encouraging myself to continue and explore/develop my artistic practice and themes without the high pressure of expectations. Using painting, ceramics, drawing, print and mixed media. You're welcome to come for a tea and a chat and sit in my creative shop front living room. I hope to create a more relaxed and playful display and learn along the way. 

60 NORTHDOWN ROAD, CLIFTONVILLE, MARGATE CT9 2RL

Accessibility: It is a ground level shopfront with one step into the space. A wheelchair has entered before so I would say yes. there will be good natural light and no flashing. No loud music

Under 18s: No

Fri-Sun 9am–5pm

88. Madeline Drew This - Maddy Vian

Inspired by a childhood drawing from 1997, illustrator Maddy Vian invites you into a conversation with her four year old self about drawing with creativity, joy and anxiety. With live window drawing and a whimsical display of prints and originals, this exhibition aims to delight and embolden your inner child.

ON A WHIM, 20 CLIFF TERRACE, CLIFTONVILLE, MARGATE CT9 1RU

Accessibility: On a Whim answered they are wheelchair/pram accessible with good amount of space between fixtures. Small door sill on entrance but double doors able to open. My artwork will be on walls towards the back of the shop with clear floor space in front.

Under 18s: Yes

Fri-Sun 11am–4pm

89. Not The Sea - Joel Bird

A series of paintings and sculptures by Margate based artist Joel Bird. Exploring art as a means to 'stop thinking', a way to allow our subconscious to contemplate and work it's way through complicated thoughts or feelings. Organic compositions use figurative elements to translate the complex dialogue between the conscious and subconscious. Drawing inspiration from the Margate coastline, a place of contradictions bleak and beautiful, always different, always the same. a reminder that life is brief, that one day we will have no thoughts and that everything carries on, a ballast to the indulgences of human introspection.

Surrounded by water, it is not the Sea I hear, but eternity.

10 CLIFTON PLACE, CT9 2BJ

Accessibility: Ground floor studio/ art gallery space. 8m x 5m. Small step to access the building. Toilet facilities and kitchen.

Under 18s: Yes

Fri-Sun 12–6pm

90. Crocodylus Above - Lily Prigent (Aka Lily Mixe)

For the ‘Off Season’ Margate Art Festival 2026, Lily transforms Off Licence into a cabinet of curiosities. A crocodile installation suspended from the ceiling of the bar draws on the 17th-century tradition of displaying crocodiles within cabinets of wonder, where they functioned as symbols of awe, fear and the unknown, while window paintings welcome visitors into the space and blur the boundary between street, bar and exhibition. 

Ancient yet instantly recognisable, the Crocodile reflects Lily’s ongoing fascination with mythic symbolism: brutal but majestic, both predator and protector, it embodies the untamed forces of nature, highlighting the fragile balance between chaos and order. By embedding this creature within the already eclectic interior of Off Licence, the exhibition connects Lily’s practice to the character of the space itself, allowing the bar to operate as a living museum where history, myth and contemporary life collide.

MARGATE OFF LICENCE 1 ETHELBERT TERRACE, CLIFTONVILLE, MARGATE CT9 1RX

Accessibilit: Cocktail bar wheelchair/pram accessible, no loud music.

Under 18s: Yes

Fri 3–10pm, Sat 1–10pm,  Sun 2–7pm

91. Ships In The Night - Rosie Reed And Finbar Ward

A collaboration by Rosie Reed and Finbar Ward in their new gallery space, in which they will continue to host a programme of exhibitions throughout 2026. 

31 ETHELBERT ROAD, MARGATE, CT9 1SH

Accessibility: Due to stairs at the entrance the venue is not wheelchair or pram accessible, the venue is well lit with no loud music or flashing lights.

Under 18s: Yes

Fri 6–8pm, Sat-Sun 12–6pm

92. Open Studios- Cecilia Bonilla, Kristen Healy, Alice Hewitt, Emma O’Rourke, Pam Tait

Bonilla’s practice spans collage, video, sculpture and installation. Themes of domesticity, our relationship with the natural world, ideals of beauty, ‘life-style’, and other social constructs are questioned, corrupted and undermined through minimal, yet skilful assemblage and modification.

Kristen Healy’s current paintings reflect on her long history with Margate, capturing snapshots from Margate’s glorious technicolour past alongside observations of the town’s quiet beauty today.

Alice Hewitt is a miniaturist and sculptor. After over a decade of working in theatre in London, Alice returned to Margate, studied painting and ceramics, and began to create miniature sculptures that reframe the narrative of quotidian objects. 

Emma O’Rourke is an Irish diaspora artist. Her practice focuses on instinctive drawing and painting using layers and transparency to depict unnatural forms. 

Pam Tait reimagines textiles as psychedelia- a gathering of garments and bed covers in patchwork and appliqué. There is no limit colour-wise, all materials are repurposed.

31A CLIFTON GARDENS CLIFTONVILLE MARGATE CT9 2BL

Accessibility: Narrow stairs, 7 steps to basement flat. Not wheelchair or pram accessible.

Under 18s: Yes

Fri-Sun 12-5pm, Meet the artists Sun  3–5pm

93. Window Over The Bay - Stuart Rayner, Lily Buchanan

Window Over the Bay is an exhibition that brings together new works by Margate based artists Lily Buchanan and Stuart Rayner.

These new works explore horizon lines and views from rooms of the artists’ imagination. They explore the magical quality of everyday things, just as Vashti Bunyan depicts in her song that gave the exhibition its title.

 Objects, symbolising feelings of contentment, inhabit windowsills looking out to familiar yet dreamlike views. Everyday objects become active through being charged with memories and their own potential consciousness.  They act as clues in the artists’ personal folklores. It’s Rayner’s and Buchanan’s way of saying that everything, even the smallest of things, has meaning. The works tell stories of slow time that is full of wonder in its balance of the whimsical and melancholic.

OAST, 68 NORTHDOWN ROAD, CLIFTONVILLE, MARGATE, CT9 2RL

Accessibility: Accessible for all

Under 18s: Yes

Fri-Sun 7.30am–2pm

95. Winter Show - Group Exhibition Featuring Contemporary Painting By 26 Artists

Featuring 26 of our resident artists this exhibition showcases the exciting talent promoted at The Lido Stores. All work is recent, executed within the last twelve months, and affordably priced under £400 and available for removal on the day of sale. The sold work is replaced periodically, creating a moving and fluid display that changes throughout its duration. Join us for the final curation featured during Off Season. 

THE LIDO STORES, 2 ETHELBERT TERRACE, MARGATE, CT9 1RX

Accessibility: Wheelchair and pram accessible.

Under 18s: Yes

Fri-Sun 11am–5pm

96. Gay Audacity - Group Show

A group show curated by Maxi Bopp featuring 20+ queer creatives based in Margate. Each participant will be providing one work that strays from their usual discipline.

61 NORTHDOWN RD, CLIFTONVILLE, MARGATE CT9 2RJ

Accessibility: Street-level, ground-floor entrance.

Under 18s: No

Fri-Sat 10am–6pm, Sun 10:30am–5pm

97. Bon Volks Off Season Programme - Rachelle Francis, Billie M Vigne, Kit Proudfoot, Marie Doinne

Bon Volks presents a three-day, free-to-access exhibition of drawings and textiles in posthumous dialogue between Rachelle and the late Diana Francis, alongside a participatory making workshop. Taking place across the Off Season weekend, the exhibition is joined by an embossing metal workshop from Beer Can Votives led by Billie M. Vigne, inviting moments of collective making, reflection and exchange. Places for the workshop are limited; please book in advance.

Website link: https://www.bonvolks.com/events/offseason2026

BON VOLKS STUDIOS, 12 PARK LANE, MARGATE CT9 1RQ

Accessibility: All events will take place in our ground floor project space or members' studio spaces. There is one step down to the members' studios. No loud music or flashing/low lights.

Opening times: 

Fri 23rd 3-7pm 

Sat 24th/Sun 25th 11am-4pm

Workshop on Sunday 25th 11am-1pm

98. Past It (Part 2) - Lewis Simpson

London became an ever-expanding worry that warped my sense of what could be. The impulse to move to Margate was sudden, a step away from the idea that simply surviving in the city was a purpose.

Though my practice was always meant to focus on the present, I had been too overwhelmed to recognise the specific moments that held meaning. But even with three jobs here time seemed to open and my everyday finally had space to settle. 

These paintings simply couldn’t have happened in Central, emerging from small, ordinary moments that surfaced in this widening freedom. They are singular stamps of clarity that shape this ever-expanding sense of peace.

MORI MORI 80 NORTHDOWN RD, CLIFTONVILLE, MARGATE CT9 2RE

Accessibility: Wheelchair/Pram accessible Music playing within the restaurant Low lighting in the evening

Under 18s: Yes

Private View: Thursday 22nd January 6-8pm

Fri-Sun 12–3pm 6–9pm

99. Out Of Fashion -  Thelma Speirs, Paul Bernstock, Dan Chilcott

Out of Fashion is a group show of three artists. Thelma Speirs is showing new painting work. Paul Bernstock's work incorporates ceramics and textiles. Dan Chilcott's medium uses knit.

DAN'S BASEMENT 9 ATHELSTAN ROAD MARGATE CT9 2BD

Accessibility : The venue is in the basement of a house. There are steps to the entrance. There will not be loud music or flashing lights.

Under 18s: Yes

Fri 12-8pm,  Sat 12-8pm,  Sun 12- 6pm

100. Ordinary Ghosts - Anderson Asteclines, Brogan Bertie, Casey Walshe

"Ordinary Ghosts" brings together new work by 3 Margate artists — Anderson Asteclines, Brogan Bertie, and Casey Walshe — each of whom lives or has lived on Athelstan Road. Installed within the domestic environment of Casey’s flat at 15 Athelstan Road, the exhibition presents paintings shaped by the street’s layered histories: its communities, daily activity and its ghosts and spirits. 

Anderson’s gestural approach anchors his paintings in immediacy, allowing ghostlike figures to surface through intuitive mark-making. Brogan’s practice is grounded in connection and observation, painting directly from life to evoke intimate portraits of those around him. Casey’s work looks at flowers and plants as symbolic markers of a personal queer history woven into the rhythms of the home.

Together, the artists offer a portrait of place, with many works made specifically for this setting. Visitors will encounter Athelstan Road through the sensibilities of those who know it from within.

FLAT 3 15 ATHELSTAN ROAD, CT92BD

Accessibility: The building is not wheelchair accessible. There are 4 steps at street level. Prams can be brought into the entrance hall. The flat is on the first floor (one flight of stairs with a handrail, 17 steps). There will be yellow balloons on the balcony to signal visitors. A cat lives in the flat but she will not be in the exhibition space. Free on street parking. No dogs please.

Under 18s: Yes

Fri-Sun 12-4pm

101. THE LAST LIGHT

THE LAST LIGHT, 85 NORTHDOWN RD, CLIFTONVILLE, MARGATE CT9 2RJ

Accessibility: This is a fully wheelchair-accessible establishment and features an accessible toilet. It is a pub, and may be playing fairly loud music at times.

Under 18s: Yes

Margate Jewellers Collective Present : Lunar Caustic / The Devil’S Metal, Margate Jewellers Collective, Featuring Rosita Bonita, Rebecca Gladstone, Billie Grand & Billie M Vigne

Four artisan jewellers mine their unique creative visions to explore & animate alternate realms; each telling tales in precious metals and accompanying media. 

Open: Friday 23rd January Midday to 11pm, Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th 11am to 11pm.

U B Me, Valentina Attolini, Jamie Brown, Chris F Clark, Lux, Max Goffe, Elias Høve, James Kingman, Sophie Reeves, Margate Jewellers Collective

The Last Light is proud to present U B ME, an exhibition that provides a sizzling snapshot of our creative community. 

Fri-Sun 12pm–11pm

102.  Katie Parker - Open Studio

Visit Katie Parker in her studio as she opens her space to the public for the first time. 

100-102 NORTHDOWN ROAD, CLIFTONVILLE, MARGATE, CT9 2RE

Accessibility: The studio is on the first floor. There are a small number of steps in the foyer of the building, and a full flight of stairs to access the first floor. There is no lift. There will be low-level music - visitors can request for this to be turned off while they are present if this is an issue, there will be no flashing lights.

Under 18s: No

Fri-Sun 12pm–4pm

103. Sculpture / Oil Paintings -  Samuel George, Clara Frain-Atallah

This group show brings together SG’s deliberately non-functional objects and Clara Frain-Atallah’s narrative paintings, revealing how material, ritual, and domestic labour carry meaning through absence, repetition, and staging.

MARGATE HOUSE, 6 DALBY SQUARE, MARGATE, CT9 2ER

Accessibility: Not wheelchair accessible, steps at the entrance. No flashing lights, but will be music at a normal level for a bar and restaurant. There will be low lighting. Sam George will be in the bar and more accessible for prams, Clara Frain-Atallah will be in the restaurant (Willy's) where there isn't room for prams.

Under 18s: No

Fri-Sun 12-10pm

104. 13 Tides - Helina Tesega

13 Tides is an observation of the changes we move through in order to remember our natural rhythm... how we hold, release, and return over time.

122 NORTHDOWN ROAD, CT9 2RB

Accessibility: It's a ground floor shop space currently used as a design studio that will be a cleared space during my show. There isn't issue for access for wheelchairs or prams, but space will be limited and prams could be left outside. Toilets are available, but access might be tight for wheelchairs. There won't be loud music or flashing lights but there will be calm music playing throughout the show at low volume. There will be frankincense burning giving an aroma and slight smoke, this will form part of the exhibition and ceremony I'll be holding in the venue.

Under 18s: Yes

 Fri 12–8pm,  Sat-Sun 10am–5pm

105. Torrential Flood Of Heavy Spinners -  Jack Lavender & Kris Lock

An exhibition of new works by Jack Lavender and Kris Lock, Torrential Flood of Heavy Spinners finds the soft red fluorescence of a giant sun in a different time.

11A ARTHUR ROAD, MARGATE CT9 2EN

Accessibility: There are steps up to the main entrance, and an internal staircase leading to the gallery space.

Under 18s: Yes

PV Fri 5-8pm, Sat  12pm–5pm

106. Thrills & Regressions - Eve Jefferies

Thrills & Regressions is a multifaceted video installation combining three works by Eve Jefferies; Wandergeselle, The Riddles of the Peninx and Male Artist. 
Ticket link in map listing. Booking essential.

15 GREENWICH HOUSE, 30-34 ARTHUR ROAD, MARGATE, CT9 2EN

Accessibility: The venue is not wheelchair accessible. There are some steps up to the atrium of the flat then, they can either buzz for flat 15 or I will keep the front door on the latch. They will need to come to the top flat up 4 flights of stairs. the film will be screened in my front room which is a fairly large room.

Under 18s: Yes

Film playing  Fri-Sat 4pm, 5pm,  Sun 3pm, 4pm 

107. Nuiseance - Dan Watt

A collection of 365 drawings from the Kent coast.

FAITH IN STRANGERS, 17 ETHELBERT CRES, CLIFTONVILLE, MARGATE CT9 2DY

Accessibility: Ground floor is fully accessible, there are stairs to main floor with no ramp - majority of the show will be on the ground floor. Loud music will be played in the evenings but the show will be on at all times.

Under 18s: Yes

Fri-Sat 6pm-2am, Sun 12–5pm

108. Special Interest - Ted Rogers, Dre Spisto

Ted Rogers and Dre Spisto invite you to join the LIVE filming of our first episode of “Special Interest”, - a collage of conversations connecting obsession, love and art.

FLAT 4, 7-8 CLARENDON ROAD, CT9 2QL

Accessibility: there are steps at the entrance, not wheelchair or buggy accessible. space itself is very neutral and calm, neurodivergent friendly. 16+ no dogs

Under 18s: Yes

Sat 9–11am

109. Relics From Battleaxia - Sadie Hennessy

In the wood-panelled stockroom of Cliftonville's famous vintage-clobber emporium Tat Agent, there is a collection of Relics from Battleaxia; a priceless hoard of treasures, unearthed in 3025 and believed to date back to 2025.

TAT AGENT, 156 NORTHDOWN RD, CLIFTONVILLE, MARGATE, CT9 2QN

Accessibility: Wheelchair/pram accessible

Under 18s: Yes

Fri-Sun 12–5pm

110. Human Remains - Katie Blythe, Ffion Colquhoun O’Brien, Bev Howard, Jonathan Hughes, Lily Hughes, Patrick Lears, Chloe Mckenzie, David Nettleingham, Iain Purves, Dominic Rose, Ellis Smith, Louise Frances Smith, Rebecca Truscott-Elves, Anastasia Tory, Willow Winston

Human Remains is a celebratory group show of 15 local sculptors, presented by Thanet Experimental, transforming everyday objects into a playful, speculative museum of meaning and imagination.

SALON, 101A NORTHDOWN ROAD, MARGATE, CT9 2QY

Accessibility: The exhibition space is compact but flat and level, so wheelchair accessible. Toilet facilities are available up a short staircase.

Under 18s: Yes

Fri-Sun 10am–5pm

111. Wetlands - Rosie Carr And Remy Hunter

New works on paper by Rosie Carr and Remy Hunter.

MARGATE YOGA STUDIO, 160 NORTHDOWN ROAD CT9 2QN

Accessibility: The venue is wheelchair accessible via a ramp from the pavement. There is a toilet in the venue, however this unfortunately isn't wheelchair accessible as it has a narrow doorway.

Under 18s: Yes

Fri 2–6pm, Sun 12–5pm

112. Other Echoes - Emma Falconer, Dolmen Dweller

Pizza, art and music at 101 Social.

101 Social is an inclusive community and arts centre serving authentic Italian sourdough pizza with vegan and gluten-free options, and a selection of Italian wines and beers.

Other Echoes regularly presents experimental music and sound art at 101, and will be holding a paid gig on Saturday the 24th (see link for tickets). We will also be showing work throughout the weekend from Emma Falconer, an illustrator from Kent inspired by vintage book art, hauntology and analogue printmaking processes; with prints, cards, books and comics for sale.

Friday evening: Exhibition private view + normal pizza and bar service

Saturday daytime: Illustration exhibition

Saturday evening: Other Echoes #28- experimental heavy music and sound art with Dolmen Dweller, Bone Ringer, Jimmy No Shoes and more (Ticketed event- £12 standard, £6 low income)

Sunday: Community vegetarian lunch 12-2 (pay what you feel) + exhibition

101 NORTHDOWN ROAD, CLIFTONVILLE CT9 2QY

Accessibility: Exhibition space and unisex toilet are accessed via a short flight of internal stairs. There is plenty of seating and also a garden. Dogs and children are welcome. The kitchen is meat-free and has gluten free and vegan options. The gig will have loud music and projections.

Under 18s: Yes

Fri 7-8 Private view (free)

Sat 10-5 Exhibition (free)

Sat 7-12 Gig (ticketed- see link)

Sun 10-5 Exhibition (free)

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/other-echoes-28-off-season-special-tickets-1978122589916

113. At Home - Clare Evans

Shown at Ghost Papa, this exhibition features two large oil portraits of musicians painted at ease in their own spaces, capturing an intimate balance of vulnerability, strength, and painterly freedom.

GHOST PAPA, 105 NORTHDOWN ROAD, CLIFTONVILLE, MARGATE, CT9 2QY

Accessibility: It’s a record and zine shop so music will be playing, but not particularly loudly. There are no flashing lights. The shop is on street level. Art work is viewed in the entrance of shop where there is access and space for prams and wheelchairs.

Under 18s: Yes

Fri- Sat 10am–6pm, Sunday 11am–5pm 

114. That's Revolting! -  Rebecca Strickson

Rebecca Strickson gets revolting over the last 10 years of making stuff she's angry about.

CLIFFS, 172 NORTHDOWN RD, CLIFTONVILLE, MARGATE CT9 2QN

Accessibility :  Downstairs space is accessible to wheelchair, upstairs space is not. As far as I am aware toilets are not accessible by wheelchair as steps are involved on both floors. No flashing lights and music will be at a minimum background level (if at all - it's not part of the exhibition.) Lighting will be bright enough to view artworks.

Under 18s: Yes

PV Fri 6–9pm,  Fri- Sat 8:30am–3pm,  Sun 9am–2:30pm

115. Show Me To The Back Room -  Rory Draper

Irish artist Rory Draper has spent three years exploring queer spaces through oil paintings –the small moments that occur in them and his relationship to these areas. Recently relocated to Margate, his focus has shifted to cruising spots. This exhibition shows that transition. First you encounter one of his queer space pieces where he's the voyeur, watching with you. Then you enter the back room, where he steps into the paintings.

The two backroom works show scenes from a sauna from his hometown, where he honed his cruising skills. These were spots he gravitated towards; places where finding his desires grounded him.

CAMP, 125 NORTHDOWN ROAD, MARGATE CT92QY

Accessibility: Yes, CAMP is fully accessible.

For more information, to their website.

Under 18s: No

Fri 6pm–12.30am,  Sat 2pm–12.30am,  Sun 4–10.30pm

116. Soft Descent: An Early Evening Of Errant Writing - Dre Spisto

Performance artist and curator Dre Spisto brings together an early-evening programme of experimental film, music, writing, and performance to mark the closing of this year’s Off Season, with line-up updates shared via Instagram.

CAMP 125 NORTHDOWN ROAD, CLIFTONVILLE, MARGATE, CT9 2QY

Accessibility: Yes, CAMP is fully accessible.

For more information, to their website.

Under 18s: No

Sun 7–10pm

117. Resort Open Studios - Resort Studio Members Charlie Evaristo Boyce, Will Clarke, Nick Morley, Josie James, Uli Jaeger, Adam Lucy, Ultramarine Flowers, Alia Hamza, Jamie Hickling

Join us at Resort Studios for our next Open Studios event as part of Off Season Margate. 

RESORT STUDIOS, 24 CLARENDON RD, CLIFTONVILLE, MARGATE CT9 2QJ

Accessibility: Venue fully accessible for ground floor, with step-free ramped access to the side of the building. Fully accessible toilet. Main entrance has two steps. Basement has limited access

Under 18s: Yes

Sun 12–4pm

118. Reframed - Richie Disaster

Creating designs for an assortment of preloved and random frames, rather than finding frames for artwork. Giving new life to old frames and working to set perimeters. 

LOWLIFE, 139 NORTHDOWN ROAD MARGATE CT92QY

Accessibility: The venue is accessible, no steps, double door entry. Flat floors. Light music, no flashing lights. Semi accessible toilet (it is accessible without steps but is slightly narrow)

Under 18s: Yes

Fri 8am–7pm,  Sat 9am–5pm,   Sun 12–4pm

119. Grand Soft Opening, Kit Griffiths, Shaun Stamp, Evie Prichard

The grand soft launch of Margate’s grandest softest space. The arts venue at No. 41 Sweyn Road has not yet been named, but it already has plenty of personality. A bohemian studio cum gallery cum vintage shop, where artists and their friends can afford to be beautiful. We’ll be hosting workshops, parties, exhibitions, salons, queer events and games nights. Please join us to celebrate and warm this gorgeous 1892 space, with an exhibition of artwork all weekend, and an informal opening party on Saturday 24th from 5.30pm

41 SWEYN ROAD, CLIFTONVILLE, MARGATE, CT9 2DD

Accessibility: Ground floor, wheelchair and pram accessible, but some uneven ground on driveway. Music will be played at relatively low volume during the Saturday night party, but not otherwise. There may be mood lighting, but we'll be happy to turn on the overheads on request.

Under 18s: Yes

Fri-Sun 11am–5.30pm

120. Adam Hogarth: "Battle Cat" 

The artwork exhibited in Battle Cat is an anthropological study of a fictitious community that hangs onto life 900 years after a global mass extinction. Set at Jarman’s Point (formally the coastline connecting Folkestone to Dungeness), to a backdrop of cataclysmic sea-level rises and a mass extinction of most animals, humanity has regressed to a new dark age. Within the work, Hogarth intertwines his own personal experiences with new religious movements that echo a naïve vision of the past, distorted by the disaster. These common tales of war, peace, death and love are tales than span aeons, from our collective past to our defunct future.

ARK - CLIFTONVILLE CULTURAL SPACE, ALBION RD, CLIFTONVILLE, MARGATE CT9 2HP

Accessibility: ARK is based in the former Margate Synagogue which was built in 1929. As such, physical access in the building is limited. Improving this is integral to the forthcoming capital project. In the meantime, however, we are doing all we can to ensure the building is as accessible as possible. We have recently installed a ground floor accessible WC - door opening 750mm. There are two steps to the main entrance and we have a portable ramp. We have no designated parking bays at present, but it is usually possible to drop-off outside the building.

Under 18s: Yes

Fri 12–5pm, Sat 10:15am–5pm, Sun 10am–5pm

121. Pillow Talk-  Paloma Proudfoot & Nicolas Deshayes, Call When You Reach- Madinah Farhannah Thompson

Pillow Talk brings together Nicolas Deshayes and Paloma Proudfoot in a new series of ceramic and cast-metal installations that sensitively explore the fragile states of the human body.

Call When You Reach presents a new body of work by Madinah Farhannah Thompson, examining isolation, alienation, and racial trauma, and how these experiences can fracture one’s connection to the physical self.

VIKING HOUSE, CLIFTONVILLE AVENUE CT9 2AH

Accessibility - Not an accessible show- full flight of stairs to the gallery level.
NO CHILDREN OR DOGS WITHIN THE GALLERY SPACE FOR THIS EXHIBITION

Suitable for under 18s

PV Fri 6-9pm,  Sat-Sun 12–5pm

122. Stick Around - Max Boxer; Poppy Cockburn; Jemma Channing; Henry Collins; Daniel James Demuth; Tim Gomersáll; Kit Griffiths; Imogen-Naomi Herd; Shringi Kumari; Tara Li-An; Lindsay Marsden; Carson Parkin Fairley; Hannah Prime; Ben Sanders; Dan Thompson

Stick Around is a group show bringing together a range of Thanet-based artists working with collage. The exhibition explores the ways the art form can provide vital relief from the pain of mental health challenges.

Slicing, tearing, arranging and rearranging materials can be a therapeutic, meditative, healing process. Collage provides easy access to creative practice for everyone, and often makes use of found or low cost materials.

Cutting out images, shapes, words and colours can help us stop cutting into ourselves, mentally and physically. It can help quiet the mind and keep our fingers busy. It can provide an outlet for our emotions, and calm us down. It can help us process and shift our perspective. It can provide hope.

Stick Around will show at Salon from 8th–18th January, followed by a showcase at The Grain Grocer for Off Season, 23rd–25th January.

THE GRAIN GROCER, 216 NORTHDOWN ROAD, CLIFTONVILLE, MARGATE, CT9 2QU

Accessibility: The Grain Grocer is a fully accessible venue with accessible toilet. Music is at a gentle volume and the space is well lit.

Under 18s: Yes

Fri-Sat 8.30am–5pm,  Sun 9am–4pm

123. Baby, It'S Cold Out There -  Jay Rechsteiner, Lily Hughes, Charles Williams

In this collaborative exhibition by Charles Williams, Lily Hughes and Jay Rechsteiner titled Baby, It’s Cold Outside, visitors enter a domestic space where comfort and disturbance sit close together. Paintings, objects and video occupy a setting that normally shelters us from the world, yet the works shown here allow the outside to seep in. They draw on humour, conflict, memory and everyday habits, and reflect the different ways we piece together our sense of reality from what reaches us at home.

The exhibition is open during the day on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. On Friday, Jay Rechsteiner serves spaghetti as a deliberate gesture, making a simple meal part of the shared experience. On Saturday evening, poetry readings and a selection of short films build on the themes of the exhibition, contrasting the warmth of the space with the stories and images we carry from the wider world.

24 PRICES AVENUE, MARGATE, CT9 2NT

Accessibility: no loud music, no flashing lights, well lit, wheelchair accessible It is a house, no need to climb stairs, exhibition on ground floor

Under 18s: Yes

Fri-Sat  12- 7pm, Sun 12-5pm

124. Hoo - Dominic Rose & Jon Spencer

The Hoo Peninsula on the north coast of Kent protrudes out into the Thames. Two standing stones mark the end of the river and the beginning of the Thames Estuary. Despite the sea walls, the peninsula is largely marshland, sparsely populated, with much only accessible on foot. On the opposite bank, giant container ships, from all over the world, unload their cargo 24 hours a day at London’s biggest port, London Gateway. Just beyond the peninsula the SS Richard Montgomery lies on the river bed with a cargo of explosives from WWII.

SHOP FRONT MARGATE, 161 NORTHDOWN ROAD, MARGATE CT9 2PA

Accessibility: gallery space not wheelchair accessible but shop front display is visible from the street

Under 18s: Yes

Gallery Fri-Sun 12–4pm, Shopfront 24hrs a day

125. Bugs - Emma Payne,  Connection Stories - Joshua Bond,

Bugs presents Emma Payne’s giant pastel and charcoal drawings of human-sized insects, while Connexion Stories features paintings inspired by Riddley Walker and Philip Guston that explore the absurd ways we try to make sense of the world.

RIDING WINE CO. UNIT 2, 220 NORTHDOWN ROAD, CT9 2 RP

Accessibility : Riding Wine Co. in Cliftonville operates as an extension of a living room—a casual, welcoming bar/restaurant that focuses on natural wines, craft beer, and 'winey' food consisting of conservas, olives and a section of cheese. It is highly accessible, featuring a step-free entrance and being suitable for wheelchairs/prams. For sensory comfort, there are no flashing lights, and music is generally at a moderate level, only increasing sometimes in the evening depending on the amount of people. While evening hours feature low lighting, we ensure visibility of artwork and key areas.

Under 18s: Yes

Fri 3–11pm, Sat 1–11pm, Sun 1–5pm

126. Glimpse - Niki Duffy

Niki will present his most recent work: a series of studies and oil paintings that explore the inner consciousness and its relationship to outer reality. Drawing on his own experiences in dreams and altered states, the works meditate on how these states offer glimpses into other worlds that coexist with our own yet remain just out of reach. The exhibition will take place on the upper levels of The Albion Rooms. A bar will also be open during exhibition hours.

THE ALBION ROOMS, 31 EASTERN ESPLANADE, MARGATE, KENT, CT9 2HL

Accessibility: No the building is not wheelchair accessible as there are 10 steps to the front door and the doorways are very narrow. The exhibition is also along a staircase leading to a room on the first floor. There will be low lighting and some bright lights.

Under 18s: Yes

Fri 4pm–9pm, Sat 12–6pm

127. Eyes Bigger Than My Belly - Lindsey Mendick

As children, Lindsey Mendick and her sister waited for the bus outside a local jewellery shop, pressing their noses to the window and pointing out the engagement rings they imagined owning one day. In Eyes Bigger Than My Belly, that early longing is reimagined as a theatrical rodent heist staged in S.T. Jewellers’ windows. Rats and mice enact human impulses, wreaking havoc in their gluttonous desire for sparkle and luxury. Drawing on infamous jewellery thefts and cinematic capers such as Ocean’s Eleven and The Thomas Crown Affair, the work uses humour and excess to critique greed, consumer desire, and the capitalist systems that endlessly produce and withhold objects of value.

S.T. JEWELLERS, 181 NORTHDOWN RD, CLIFTONVILLE, MARGATE CT9 2PA

Accessibility: Viewable from the street

Under 18s: Yes

24hrs a day

128. Sleepless Nights - Ishilla Aleksandra

For the Off Season festival 2026 the Orchid Room is hosting Ishilla Aleksandra’s multi media art installation titled ‘Sleepless Nights’.

Ishilla Aleksandra is a non-binary artist, born in Warsaw, Poland and currently living and working in Margate, UK. They graduated from BA (Hons) Fine Art Mixed Media at University of Westminster in London in 2021. Since 2025 they are part of the TURPS Margate. Aleksandra’s work focuses mainly on exploration of non-binary and trans identity, as well as skin and body as sites of constant exchange and transformation. Working mostly with paint and fabric, they depict new memories, based on their dreams and imaginary self-portraits. Their interest in psychoanalysis led them to use free association in the process of making art. Their work questions the relationship between body and desire and their implications on social constructs and belief systems.

THE ORCHID ROOM 234-236 NORTHDOWN ROAD MARGATE CT9 2QD

Accessibility: The venue is a quiet tearoom with level access from the street and is wheelchair and pram accessible. There is no loud music or flashing lights. There general light is low but there is a spotlight available to highlight the installation. There is customer toilet on the same ground level.

Under 18s: Yes

Fri-Sun 11am–5pm

PV Sun 3–5pm 

129. Precipice - Grace Phyllis Silver-Smith, Ishilla Aleksandra, Rory Draper

Precipice brings together three artists whose practices hover between becoming and unravelling, between memory and myth, between the body as anchor and the body as question. In the off-season hush of Margate when the town itself feels suspended, waiting for its next tide we meet the cliff-edge as both metaphor and material: the moment before the leap, the breath before the shift, the shimmer of desire before it takes form.

Together, these practices form a constellation of thresholds: bodily, mythic, erotic, social. Precipice asks what it means to stand at the edge of identity, history, or desire not in fear, but in fierce anticipation. It invites viewers to linger in the in-between, to honour the unstable, to witness transformation in its moment of trembling possibility. Words by Grace Phylis Silver -Smith

236 NORTHDOWN ROAD NORTHDOWN RD CLIFTONVILLE MARGATE CT92QD

Accessibility: It is a ground floor street accessed property, the door will be easily accessible by a wheelchair or pram. There will be no sound pieces and the lighting will not be too low .

Under 18s: No

Fri 12:30–6:30pm,   Sat-Sun 10:30am- 5:30pm

130. SÈTE

Tableau - Lily + Jonny Hughes

A freeze frame of Margate midwinter in ceramic sculpture, capturing the romance of spending the quieter months together despite frosty fingers, icy winds and budget freezes. This installation in an old tobacconist’s window is a celebration of the easily overlooked attractions that continue to serve the community all year round.

The Harlequeens - Pik Ceramics

The Harlequeen collection is a series of porcelain moonjars hand-built by Carolina, an Argen-Chilean ceramist whose work is inspired by geometry’s unlimited boundaries, from hypnotic checkerboards and harlequin patters to flowing spirals.

100 Hours - 100 Hours

100 Hours (AKA Jo Evans), whose work has captivated audiences with its power to calm, brings her natural textile works to Sete. Her delicate hand-stitched collages are housed in her meticulously hand-crafted oak frames, presenting fully formed objets d’art. Each piece showcases meticulous attention to detail and unwavering commitment to her craft, and with titles such as Vital Meds and Food Stuffs, they find a fitting home in Natalia Ribbe's former sweet shop. We know that Sete's customers already appreciate genuine craftsmanship, so this feels like a perfect pairing.

SÈTE MARGATE, 238 NORTHDOWN ROAD, MARGATE CT9 2QD

Accessibility: This installation is viewed from the street through a shop window.

Under 18s: Yes

Fri  4–11pm, Sat 12–11pm,  Sun 12–9pm

131. Monkey Gets Pizza - Gabriela Max

This project involves a creating of a mural/wall painting for Casa Pizzeria in Northdown Road, the home of Authentic pizza napoletana. The subject of the artwork is Monkeys eating Pizza, joining the Amazon Monkey Figure to the Italian Culture, as the artist is Brazilian and pursue Italian blood. The idea is to bring children and adults joined to a playful and joyful piece of art, where the monkey as the main figure is having a great time by enjoying a piece of pizza napoletana.

CASA PIZZERIA 189 NORTHDOWN ROAD, CLIFTONVILLE, MARGATE, KENT, CT9 2PA

Accessibility: The venue is not wheelchair accessible, there are steps inside the restaurant to the lower level floor, there are no flashing lights and the light is not super bright but it will not be difficult for people to see the artwork.

Under 18s: Yes

Fri  5- 9pm, Sat  3- 9pm,  Sun 4-8pm

132. Sā - Shringi Kumari, Nadia Eloise, Billie Dee, Grace Saint, Chris Vervain

Sā - The root note that births all breath, vowels, the sounds of music and ragas. 

Sā | सा art gallery celebrates the union of our universal rhythm with 5 artists who dance to a common tune.

SĀ ART GALLERY, 191 NORTHDOWN RD, CLIFTONVILLE, MARGATE CT9 2PA

Accessibility: A pram can come in but it has a small stair that makes it not accessible for wheelchairs. No loud music. No flashing lights. Good lighting Sā is a gallery on Northdown road run by Shringi Kumari that houses these 5 artists.

Fri-Sun 11am–6pm

133. Intertidal - Xander Linger

‘Intertidal’ is a love letter to the Thanet coast – the chalk, the water, the omnipresent winds and all the organisms, like us, that inhabit it.

These photographs were made with my young daughter in tow, wading through the rockpools and slipping on the seaweed while peering into these ephemeral ecosystems that appear and disappear with the ebb and flow of the tides.

The negatives themselves were developed using the Thanet seaweed that washed up on my local Cliftonville beaches. This is done for both reasons of sustainability – in an effort to move away from the traditional, more toxic photo chemicals – and to allow these ecosystems to play an active role in the creation of the artworks.

THE TAP ROOM, NORTHDOWN PARADE, 4 PRICES AVE, CLIFTONVILLE, MARGATE CT9 2NR

Accessibility: Yes it is generally accessible with no entrance steps so is fine for prams and wheelchairs, the only thing is that the space at the bar is quite small. There is no loud music or strobe lights, however, being a bar the lighting is quite dimmed.

Under 18s: Yes

Fri  4–11pm,  Sat 2–11pm,  Sun 2–10pm

134. In Good Company - Megan Metcalf

A colourful pick-me-up to lift you from the Jan blues. This cheerful window art, created with vibrant coloured tinted film, celebrates the warmth and light found in PICNIC and the simple joy of having a good time with company, even in January.

PICNIC, 3, NORTHDOWN PARADE, PRICES AVE, CLIFTONVILLE, MARGATE CT9 2NR

Accessible, Suitable for under 18s

24hrs a day

135. The Living Room Gallery / Decolonising The Kitchen -  5 Artists Including Tara Garden And Grady Grafica

Come explore Jo and Tara’s home overlooking Walpole Bay!

A living room turned gallery showcasing five artists working across printmaking, painting, 3D art, and poetry. Each artist has their own wall to display their latest work, with prints available to purchase. Write and contribute your own poem and take part in an anonymous poem exchange

A complete sensory kitchen installation exploring home, culture and belonging through food shaped by colonisation, migration and ritual. Learn how and where our food comes from, reflect on our relationships with land and each other, eat and contribute recipes to our kitchen wall

Explore the work, maybe write a poem, learn something new and eat something tasty - We'd love to see you.

FLAT 6, GRANVILLE COURT, LEWIS CRESCENT, CLIFTONVILLE CT9 2LQ

Accessibility: Multiple stairs to the venue. well lit venue

Under 18s: Yes

Fri  5-7pm, Sat  11am–4pm

136. Hanging Out Hang Out? - Smok Gang

Penthouse, Margate is pleased to present Hanging Out Hang Out? an exhibition by SMOK GANG visible from the outside of the now permanently closed Penthouse, Margate.

PENTHOUSE MARGATE 34 HAROLD ROAD CT9 2HT

Accessibility : The exhibition is viewable from the street only so accessible to everyone without impaired vision

Under 18s: Yes

24hrs a day

137. Porch Gallery & Zine Library

Margate's new street zine library debuts alongside some of my paintings in my lil 1960s porch. Bring your own comics and zines to swap or simply take some to enjoy. 

23 NORTHDOWN AVENUE, MARGATE, CT9 2NW

Accessibility : Yes wheelchair and pram accessible with a path, no steps, can be viewed from outside.

Under 18s: Yes

Fri-Sun 12-5pm

138. Deep Down, So Bright -  Josephine Baker

Combining drawings and small sculptures with a large central relief work, in Deep down, so bright, Josephine Baker furthers her interest in the overlap between the emotional and the infrastructural. The title is both a saccharine expression of positivity, and a reference to “ancient sunshine”, a poetic scientific phrase used to describe coal, oil, and natural gas. Using readily-available building materials such as asphalt roofing, copper cabling, and plaster, Baker explores the way extraction industries are embedded in our cities and built environments, and the way that both feelings and fossil fuels invisibly shape and determine our world.

Josephine Baker’s work has been included in institutional exhibitions internationally, including at the British Museum, Gustav Luebcke Museum (Hamm, Germany), and MACA (Beijing). Recent solo exhibitions include: Editors, Gallery daSein, Shenzhen (2025); Prime Movers, Nir Altman, Munich (2024); Water-resistance, St. Chads, London (2023); Frieze London Focus

WELL PROJECTS, 217 NORTHDOWN ROAD, MARGATE CT9 2PF

Accessibility : Well Projects has street-level access; however, the premises are not currently wheelchair accessible.

Under 18s: Yes

Sat 5–8pm, Sun 12–5pm

139. Margate Arts Club Group Show -  Various Artists

A group exhibition that brings together artists throughout Margate. Encouraging a creative and inclusive space for anyone to exhibit their creations - whatever the medium, whatever the idea. Live performances, paintings and drawings, sculptures, music, anything goes. The afternoon will be dedicated to exhibiting the artwork, with time for chatting and connecting over the pieces, and the evening will roll into an after party to kick off the Off Season weekend.

276 NORTHDOWN RD, CLIFTONVILLE, MARGATE CT9 2PT

Accessibility : The Margate Arts Club is accessible in the following ways: Entrance: A wheelchair ramp is provided at the entrance upon request. Movement: There is step-free access within the venue. Toilets: Accessible toilets with handles are available on the ground floor. Inclusivity: The venue focuses on creating a welcoming atmosphere for everyone, with event listings sometimes highlighting quiet spaces or support for different needs.

Under 18s: No

Friday 23rd, afternoon exhibition and nighttime after party

140. The Revolution Is You: Prophetic Confrontations - A Trail Within The Trail - Lux

The Revolution Is You is an ongoing text-based public art project by Lux.

Hand-painted words appear as interruptions in everyday space, meeting the viewer where they are. Urgent, tender, demanding, loving. They ask nothing except presence.

Together, these Prophetic Confrontations act as urgent blessings, asking their witness: how much of the way we see ourselves was shaped by other people’s fear, shame, or silence? And what if something softer, freer, already exists underneath, waiting to be noticed?

Follow the trail within the trail to encounter each piece as it appears. Let it land in whatever way makes sense to you, or not at all.

This project grows through what it awakens in others and viewers are invited to share reflections anonymously via the QR codes attached to each artwork.

PROPHETIC CONFRONTATION NO 1: THE INTERNATIONAL FOOD CENTER, IN THE CAFE'S SEATING AREA, NORTHDOWN RD, CLIFTONVILLE, MARGATE CT9 2PJ PROPHETIC CONFRONTATION NO 2: THE LAST LIGHT (PUB), DOWNSTAIRS, 85 NORTHDOWN RD, CLIFTONVILLE, MARGATE CT9 2RJ PROPHETIC CONFRONTATION NO 3: THE MULBERRY TREE, 53 DANE RD, CLIFTONVILLE, MARGATE CT9 2AE

Accessibility : International Food Center Cafe: step-free access to cafe, 3 steps to climb to access artwork, artwork can be viewed from the inside of the shop/bottom of stairs. There generally is music on, but it's not too loud. Last Light Pub: step-free access inside pub, a flight of stairs down to access artwork and up to come back out/exit from viewing the artwork. Mulberry Tree Pub: one step to enter venue, no step to access artwork once inside.

Under 18s: No

Check opening times of each venue at map

141. Reflections - Hayley Tompkins

Hayley Tompkins (b. 1971, Leighton Buzzard, England) works across painting, painted objects and installation, creating a practice where colour, gesture and material converge, charging the everyday with heightened presence. Her work approaches painting as transformation rather than representation: surfaces are soaked and scarred, fluorescent layers collide with deliberate brushwork, and spontaneity meets control. This tension between sensual and structured, playful and serious, positions painting as a thinking process, an active engagement with time, material and form.

Central to this presentation are works that extend painting into objects. Containers and items linked to touch and use carry colour and texture, grounding the work in human scale and familiarity. Alongside these, panel paintings hover between decision and hesitation, their rhythms interrupted by stillness. Together, the works ask viewers not to analyse, but to inhabit painting as experience, relation and touch. 

ROLAND ROSS, 231 NORTHDOWN RD, MARGATE, KENT CT9 2PJ

Accessibility : Wheelchair accessible, no loud music or flashing / low lights

Under 18s: Yes

Fri-Sun 12–5pm

142. Meera Palia - Abstract Paintings - Open (Back Of) House & Shed, Meera Palia

Open (back of) house & shed – Abstract expressionist painter, scribbler and collage artist, Meera Palia warmly invites you in for a cup of tea, biscuits and a relaxed offering of her most recent paintings, ideas, works in progress, new giclée prints. All available at local/studio prices.

Meera’s spontaneous, gestural and expressive outpourings vary from minimalist to maximalist reflections of moods, ideas and ways of being constantly in flux, shaped by experiences of grief, mid-life change, questions of identity, hormonal mayhem and her love of music and dance.

With a deep appreciation for raw and improvised art forms, Meera aims for the painting equivalent of a jazz jam, prioritising the energy, authenticity and process of free mark-making over achieving a polished composition or choreographed act, a celebration of the vulnerability, therapeutic value and empowerment contained in the act of painting without a defined outcome in mind.

22 WYNDHAM AVENUE, MARGATE, CT9 2PR

Accessibility : Street level access around the side of the house through a gate wide enough for standard wheelchair/pram. Exhibition is all on ground level but with a few single small steps up/down from decking which leads to the shed at the bottom of the garden. A small step up from garden into the back of the house.

Under 18s: Yes

Fri-Sun 12pm–3pm