What's on in Margate for free?
9 upcoming events
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Events in Margate for free
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Saturday 3 October
Later
Thu 8 · 7 PM£0
🗣️Talk📚Literature
The Recovery House with Derek Owusu
Fort Road Hotel
Mon 12 · 7 PMFree
💛Inclusivity♿Disability
October Meetup - Neurodivergent Friends in Thanet
45 Grosvenor Pl
Sat 7 Nov · 10 PMFree
🎤Karaoke
Where Elz Karaoke
Where Else?
Wed 2 Dec · 5:30 PMFree
🧺Market☀️Open air
Tom Thumb Theatre Christmas Night Market
Tom Thumb Theatre
Sat 5 Dec · 10 PMFree
🎤Karaoke
Where Elz Karaoke
Where Else?
Sat 10 Jul · 12 PM£0–25
Margate Country Music Festival 2027
The Oval Bandstand & Lawns
See also in Margate for free
Fri 2 · 8 PM£8.80
🌙Indie🎫Concert
The Third Sound
Bar Nothing, Margate
Fri 9 · 7:30 PM£13
🎶Singer-songwriter🪕Folk / Acoustic
Celebrate the release of Through Your Eyes with singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Thomas Ashby.
Tom Thumb Theatre, Margate
Sat 10 · 7 PM
🎸Rock🎫Concert
Reef
Drill Shed, Cliftonville Margate
Fri 16 · 9:30 PM£17.10
🪕Folk / Acoustic💜Soul / Funk
JIM Live
Faith in Strangers
At 7 PM£42.06
🎸Rock🎫Concert
The Lemonheads
Dreamland Margate (Indoor)
Thu 1 · 7 PM£14.05
🌙Indie🎸Rock
Juni Habel
Where Else?, Margate
Fri 9 · 7 PM£9.27
🔬Experimental💿DJ set
Margate Electronics #13: Ambient Garden
Margate Arts Club
Sat 10 · 7 PM£40.51
🎸Rock🎫Concert
Reef
The Drill Shed, Margate
Sat 17 · 9 PM£20
🌴Reggae💿DJ set
Tippa Irie & The Upper Cut Band
Olby's Soul Cafe & Music Rooms, Margate
Sat 3 · 10 PM£27.80
🎸Rock🪕Folk / Acoustic
The Small Fakers - Tribute to The Small Faces
The Pavilion, Broadstairs
Sat 17 · 2:30 PM£14.99–29.99
🎻Classical✨Pop
Bridgerton Inspired Concert - Broadstairs
Holy Trinity Broadstairs
Tue 6 · 8 PM£9–18
🎹Blues🪕Folk / Acoustic
Man Of The World - The Music of Peter Green
The Red Arrow Club, Ramsgate
Sat 10 · 7:30 PM
🎫Concert
Eternal Light
St Mary the Virgin Church, Minster
Sat 10 · 1 PM£9.40
🌳Outdoors💿DJ set
Shabba Big Family Day Out
Cliftonville Cultural Space, Margate
Mon 12 · 7 PM£11.55
💿DJ set🎉Club
Grab A Dabber
Little Swift, Margate
Sat 10 · 12 PM£10
🎪Street party
Thanet Green Hop Festival
NorthDown Brewery/ Ramsgate Brewery/ Wantsum Brewery, Thanet
Wed 30 · 6 PM£15
🎪Street party
Chalk & FlourishHer Exclusive!
Chalk on Sea
Sat 10 · 12 PM
🎪Street party🍽️Food
Ramsgate Brewery Green Hop Festival 2026
4 Hornet Close, Broadstairs
Wed 30
🎪Street party🌳Outdoors
East Kent Ploughing Match
St Nicholas Court Farms, St Nicholas-at-Wade
Sat 17 · 3 PMFree
🎭Theatre
Murder Mystery Afternoon Tea
Le Keux Vintage Kent, Cliftonville
Sat 17 · 7:30 PM
🎤Stand-up
The Comedy Store
Dreamland, Margate
Sat 17 · 7:30 PM
🎤Stand-up
The Comedy Store - Margate
Hall By The Sea, Dreamland Margate
Thu 1 · 8 PM
🪕Folk / Acoustic🎫Concert
Jacob Hawley - Fighting Age Man
Quarterhouse, Folkestone
Wed 30 · 7:30 PM
🎤Stand-up😂Comedy
Tom Davis: Spudgun
Granville Theatre, Ramsgate
Fri 16
🎤Stand-up
Charlie Baker: Go Get It
The Astor Theatre, Deal
At 7:30 PM£28.25
🎤Stand-up
Flo & Joan: With Feeling
The Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury
Wed 14 · 7:30 PM£3–5
🗣️Talk🔬Science
Ancient History at 101: Minoans, Mycenaeans, Homer and Atlantis
101 Social, Cliftonville
Mon 19 · 6:30 PM£6.13
🗣️Talk♿Disability
My Neurodivergent Self - Workshop 2 - Masking and Anxiety
Community Creative Studios CIC, Westwood
Fri 2
🍽️Food🌳Outdoors
Broadstairs Food Festival
Victoria Gardens, Broadstairs
Fri 2Free
🍽️Food🌳Outdoors
Broadstairs Food Festival
Broadstairs, Kent
Sat 3 · 4:30 PM£22.38
🍽️Food
Beer Tasting with Jona Jewitt (CAMRA)
Victoria Gardens, Broadstairs
Sat 17 · 2 PM
🗣️Talk🔬Science
Coastal Astronomers Society monthly meeting
West Bay Cafe, Margate
Thu 15 · 10 AMFree
🗣️Talk🌱Ecology
NFFN East Kent Farm Cluster Event with CEO Martin Lines
Quex Park Estate,, Birchington
At 2 PM£6.13
🗺️Guided tour🏰Heritage
Guided tours of The Grange with the Landmark Trust
The Grange, Ramsgate
Thu 8 · 7 PM£0
🗣️Talk🧘Wellness
Conversation in the Cafe. Women’s Health 5
Wagtails Cafe and Bar, Birchington-on-Sea
Sat 17 · 7:30 PM£13.20
🎬Cinema
Gabriel Moreno, Richard Moore
Ramsgate Community Cinema
Wed 14 · 10 AMFree
🗣️Talk🔬Science
The Lab of the Future & Green Chemistry Innovation
Lawrence Suite, Building 500, Discovery Park, Sandwich
Wed 7
🍽️Food
The Gluten Free Kitchen
Cacao Atelier, Herne Bay
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Fri 16 · 5:30 PM
🎬Cinema
SCREENING: Der letzte Mann [The Last Laugh] (dir. F.W. Murnau; Germany, 1924). 77 minutes.
Kent MOMI
Wed 14 · 6:30 PM
🗣️Talk
Synergy Whitstable Evenings
Chestfield Barn
At 7 PM£0
🎬Cinema🗣️Talk
FILM - 'People's Emergency Briefing' - Climate & Nature Crisis
Friends Meeting House, Canterbury
Thu 1 · 4 PM£0
📜Poetry
Poetry Atelier
The Coffee Corner, Canterbury
At 11 AM£0
🖼️Exhibition🏰Heritage
The Making of Marlowe: Poet, Playwright, Provocateur
The Learning Lab, The Beaney House of Art & Knowledge, Canterbury
Thu 1 · 5:30 PM£0–12
🗣️Talk🏛️Architecture
RIBA Canterbury: Reimagining Spaces & the Power of Light
University for the Creative Arts, Canterbury
Thu 1 · 5:30 PM£6–12
🗣️Talk🏛️Architecture
RIBA Canterbury: Reimagining Spaces and the Power of Light
University for the Creative Arts, New Dover Rd, Canterbury CT1 3AN
Thu 1 · 6:30 PM£5–22
🗣️Talk📚Literature
An In Conversation with Dominic Gregory - Canterbury
Waterstones, Canterbury
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Venues in Margate for free
The Drill Shed
19 events
Dreamland
31 events
Olby's Soul Cafe & Music Rooms
4 events
Olbys Creative Hub
7 events
Where Else?
37 events
Little Swift
3 events
Rosslyn Court
18 events
The Oval Bandstand & Lawns
3 events
Dreamland Margate (Indoor)
5 events
Tom Thumb Theatre
8 events
Dreamland Margate
12 events
Hall By The Sea, Dreamland Margate
6 events