Saturday 3 May
Exhibitions
10am - 6pm
Various (see festival map)
Free
Click here to find out more.
Arts & Crafts Market and Street Festival
10am - 6pm
For more information contact 01843 577000 or visit www.thanet.gov.uk.
This event is presented by Margate Town Partnership and Thanet District Council in association with Margate Rocks.
Drop-In Family Workshop: ‘Tiny Teeny Eco Worlds’ with gardener and artist Will Gould
10am - 2pm
Art for All Gallery, 9-10 Marine Drive, Margate
Free
No booking required
Children under 16 must be accompanied by adults
Come along and join Will Gould to create your own small scale eco gardens using seeds, mud and recycled materials! Click here to find out more.
Florimania
2pm - 5pm
Tudor House, King Street, Margate
Free
No booking required
A Tudor inspired flower festival at the Tudor House. The house will be adorned with flowers, greenery, herbs and other decorations. Click here to find out more.
This is a partner event run by Thanet District Council
Drift Filmmaking Workshop
1 - 5pm
Margate Media Centre, 11-13 King Street, Margate
Free
Places strictly limited
Email charlie@margaterocks.com to secure your place
Learn how to make documentaries of under 5 minutes to be uploaded to FourDocs, Channel 4’s broadband documentary channel, meaning you’ll be in with the chance of a screening in Channel 4’s 3 Minute Wonder strand! Click here to find out more.
The Lido Crab!
2 - 5pm
Sat 3 May
Lido former pool site, Promenade, Cliftonville
Free
No booking required
Children under 16 must be accompanied by adults
We need some muscle - join artist Ruth Cutler to create a giant crab with sand bags. Part of ‘Low Tide Day’ celebrations.
This is a partner event run by Thanet Coast Project
Low Tide Day Exploration
5 - 6.30pm
Lido former pool site, Promenade, Cliftonville
Free
Book online
Children under 16 must be accompanied by adults
Family wildlife rock-pooling fun around the chalky rocky shore.
This is a partner event run by Thanet Coast Project
Drift Showcase in Magnificent Revolution’s Cycling Cinema
6 - 9pm
The Pie Factory, Broad Street, Margate
Free
No booking required
Watch the DIY five-minute documentaries on the theme of drift made earlier in the year… from scratch, and with no budget! Also showing the excellent Dante’s Inferno by Sean Meredith and Sandow Birk, and a selection of ecological FourDocs. Please come ready to cycle and power the films! Click here to find out more.
His Dark Materials: A late night talk about matter with materials scientist Dr Mark Miowdownik
9.30 - 10.30pm
Café G, 1 High Street, Margate
Free
No booking required
Animate matter is coming. Concrete that can communicate when it is about to collapse, smart hip replacements that can self-heal and intelligent wallpaper that changes colour if you become angry. Such innovations are imminent, now find out how they will change the nature of art and craft in the 21st century. Click here to find out more.
This event is supported by the Materials Library and Café G, Margate
Image: © Magnificent Revolution