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A free, independent print magazine to discover modern-day Margate We bring you the best stories about Margate's people, businesses, art, culture, and more!

The Margate Mercury is a free, independent, print magazine about the seaside town of Margate in Kent. www.brightsidepublishing.com

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11/07/2025

🚨NEW OPENING!🚨

☕️Afterparty coffee hangout ☕️

Exciting news! : A brand new coffee shop in a horse box has rolled up to the Walpole Tidal Pool…serving up coffee, healthy shots, and fresh buns daily from 8am–3pm 🐴☕️
Perfect for swim sessions and beach hangs… how lucky are we?! 🌊🥐

📝Afterparty
📍Walpole Tidal Pool
⏰Open daily 8am-3pm

04/07/2025

🚨NEW OPENING 🚨

FUTURELOVE SHOP
uk is a space dedicated to reimagining the life of clothing. Specialising in vintage denim and preloved fashion, the shop recreates, resells, and repairs hand-picked pieces that still have a story to tell. Alongside its core collection, futurelove will host rotating guest curations.

First up:
👔 Always Done Up menswear by
💍 Handmade jewelry from Oolo London by Lynn Harris Clark
🧣 Nibas silk scarves by local artist Helen Sabine

🎉 Launch Party – Tonight Friday 4th July, from 5:30pm
Join the team for an evening of music, mingling, and mindful fashion as they celebrate their opening weekend.

Now open at
📍No.5 High Street, Margate
🕒 Regular hours:
Mon 11–3, Wed–Sun

02/07/2025

🚨NEW OPENING🚨

🌭HOFFS - ALL DAY HANGOUT🌭

🥞Margate welcomes HOFFS, a vibrant all-day café-bar opening on 4th July 9am in the iconic former Waverley House on Marine Drive right opposite Main Sands beach.

Combining nostalgic seaside charm with modern Margate energy, .margate serves up locally roasted coffee, brunch, hot dogs, nibbles, and classic cocktails from morning to night. The menu showcases top Kent producers like Skinny Dip, Barnsole Vineyard, and Kromanti Rum. Designed as a second home for locals, creatives, and visitors, HOFFS is open seven days a week; whether you’re working, grabbing a post-swim bite, or winding down with friends. It’s more than a café….it’s a community hangout built for everyone. 🍦

✨Plus there’s rumours of a soft launch tomorrow evening 3rd July - but head to .margate to find out more…..

📍 Hoffs, 18 Marine Drive, Margate,
🕒 Open 7 days a week 9am - 9pm

01/07/2025

🍴JULY FOODIE HAPPENINGS🍴

FORTNUM & MASON ON SEA 🐟
From today and through July, Peter’s Fish Factory in Margate is teaming up with Fortnum & Mason for a special seaside collaboration: Fortnum’s-On-Sea.
Its a limited-time menu blending Peter’s beloved fish and chips with finest ingredients. Running from 1–31 July, the collaboration brings a taste of Piccadilly to the Kent coast with special dishes like IPA-battered fish, 181 Sauce with chips, and Sparkling Tea, all served at the much-loved, family-run seafront shop
📍 Peter’s Fish Factory, Margate
🕒 Open daily from 11am

FOLLOW THE SWIRL STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL 🍓
To celebrate Wimbledon season, is launching its first-ever Strawberry Festival in Margate from 30 June to 14 July, featuring real fruit ice cream, limited-edition sundaes by Jessica Leah, and strawberry-inspired treats from local punnets to lemonade slushies. With daily fun including a scavenger hunt, plant sales for charity, and full-on vibes, it’s two weeks of berry-sweet joy for all ages.
📍 Follow the Swirl, Margate
🕒 Open 7 days a week
On now and running until 14 July

27/06/2025

The Folkestone-Hythe Operatic and Drama Society (FHODS) are thrilled to present the family favourite and classic musical - Annie this summer at The Tower Theatre in Folkestone.

Based on the popular comic strip by Harold Gray, Annie has become a worldwide phenomenon and was the winner of seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical.

The beloved book and score by Tony Award winners, Thomas Meehan, Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin, features some of the greatest musical theatre hits ever written, including "Tomorrow".

With equal measures of pluck and positivity, little orphan Annie charms everyone's hearts despite a next-to-nothing start in 1930s New York City. She is determined to find the parents who abandoned her years ago on the doorstep of a New York City Orphanage that is run by the cruel, embittered Miss Hannigan.

With the help of the other girls in the Orphanage, Annie escapes to the wondrous world of NYC. In adventure after fun-filled adventure, Annie foils Miss Hannigan's evil machinations... and even befriends President Franklin Delano Roosevelt!

She finds a new home and family in billionaire Oliver Warbucks, his personal secretary, Grace Farrell, and a lovable mutt named Sandy.

Come and join FHODS for this classic musical that will leave you feeling emotionally touched, uplifted, joyful and humming along with all the tunes!

Performances take place from 27th June - 5th July

Book at towertheatrefolkestone.co.uk

Stalls: Adults £21 | Family (2 adults and 2 children) £65 | Under 18s £14 | Members £19
Gallery: Adults £19 | Family (2 adults and 2 children) £60 | Under 18s £14 | Members £17

22/06/2025

🌅SUNDAY SUNSET APPRECIATION POST- SUMMER SOLSTICE 🌅

Longest day of the year in Margate means more time for golden sunsets over the sea ✨

Grateful for these magical solstice vibes and endless summer skies 💛

Here’s to enjoying the long evenings and more time outside👌

21/06/2025

🚨NEW OPENING🚨

🍾DROPS MARGATE🍾

🥃Drops is an independent local drinks shop and delivery service built for everyone — from beer lovers and cocktail fans to those after a top-quality non-alcoholic option. Whether it’s a crisp IPA, a crafted 0% ABV drink, kombucha, or a prebiotic soda, they believe everyone deserves something great in their glass.🍸

They focus on smaller, independent producers doing good for people and the planet — not the brands with massive ad budgets. Their promise? “Nice things to drink. For everyone.” Drops works directly with as many makers as possible to keep things personal, inclusive, and genuinely worth drinking.

Run by northern couple Courtney & Peter (and their whippet, Beryl), Drops can also deliver by cargo bike to CT9 & CT10.

Join them today (Sat 21st, 4–9pm) for their launch party featuring a DJ set from TEA (London), Pedro Pascal artwork by Heidi Gentle Burrell, and drinks giveaways from independent brand partners.💥

Drops
46 Northdown Road, Margate

20/06/2025

On June 28th Old Skool Producer / DJ’s 2 Bad Mice return to the Kent Coast (remember those awesome sets at Kings Hall, Herne Bay in the 90’s?) and invite their mates Ellis Dee, Freestylers + The Criminal Minds to recreate the sounds of those heady nights and early mornings in this great venue.

The event is taking place at The Lido in Margate, which cemented its place in UK dance music history by becoming the go to venue in Kent during the early days of the Rave Scene.

Margate fave Sabrina also brings the vibes on the night, to complete the line up. Expect a night of “All Things Rave” - from acid house to hardcore to jungle, breaks and more - it is not to be missed.

Early Bird and General release tickets are 90’s prices via Skiddle.

skiddle.com/e/40843648

16/06/2025

💥NEW EXHIBITION AT THE TURNER: ANNA BOGHIGUIAN - THE SUNKEN BOAT💥

Don’t miss The Sunken Boat, a powerful and timely new exhibition by Egyptian-Canadian artist Anna Boghiguian, on now at the until 26 October.
Known for her bold, immersive installations, Boghiguian weaves personal narrative with global histories using painting, sculpture, collage, and sound. Her latest work explores the sea as a site of trade, labour, conflict, and ecological crisis; highlighting issues like rising sea levels and undersea cable geo-politics. Thought-provoking and visually striking, this is art that challenges us to see the world through a deeper, more connected lens.
This bold and immersive installation-based exhibition offers a rich, multi-layered experience you won’t want to miss.

In addition, as part of Turner 250, Turner Contemporary has unveiled a bold new visual identity reflecting Turner’s radical spirit and the gallery’s mission; you can see it in action through striking new signage on site.
Make sure to pay it a visit!

Turner
Open Tues- Sun 10am - 5pm

13/06/2025

The Margate School invite you to join them for a retrospective exhibition of Alan Gouk.

The exhibition opened on Sunday 9th June, runs until 27th June, and there will be a private view on Saturday 14th June from 2pm.

Belfast-born Alan Gouk (1939–2024) was a pivotal figure in British abstract painting and sculpture. Initially trained in architecture and philosophy, he emerged as a major voice in the 1960s art scene, winning the John Moores Painting Prize twice.

As a teacher at St Martin’s, he championed rigorous, sometimes controversial approaches to sculpture. A key contributor to the artist-led Stockwell Depot and an outspoken critic, Gouk’s work is held in major collections including Tate and the Arts Council. Until his passing, he remained deeply engaged in arts education and debate, leaving a lasting legacy in modern British art.

Find out more at themargateschool.com/whats-on

13/06/2025

🚨 NEW OPENING: HOWIYA CLOTHING STORE 🚨

New unisex clothing store opening in the Old Town!

is a new unisex secondhand and vintage clothing shop, offering a welcoming space with carefully selected one-off and everyday pieces that feel great to wear. Whether you're after bold vintage finds or timeless staples, there's something for everyone.

“howiya” will be the greeting that welcomes you at the door—it’s just “how are you” in the owner, Tim's Irish twang…

Join them tonight, Friday, 13th June from 6–8pm to celebrate the opening of Howiya, at 30 King Street, Margate.
Expect good vibes, unique handpicked clothing, drinks, and baked goods from

Howiya
Open Thurs to Sun from 11am–5pm
30 King Street, Margate CT9 1DA

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