Pre-sale tickets are sold out.
£10 on the door(arrive early).
We are 8 years old!
We want to share a tiny taster of our program for the remainder of the year and moving into the future.
Live acoustic music in the garden starting at 7pm from Muireann Bird and friends. Performance and shows from …is a Drag Hosts Pretzel Cage and Shelly Grotto. A snippet from father JC's Hedonist club. Morris Dancing from Bower street Morris, who host the wonderfully eccentric “a night for weird folk”.
We have programmed a selection of amazing DJs, most will be playing at the Arts Club for the first time, some of them will be DJing for the first time ever! Please arrive early and support all the music selectors. Expect fabulous music, Queer anthems, pop bangers, 90s R&B, disco, 80's, World, Latin, and Afrobeat.
Our 8th year marks our commitment to prioritising and focusing on the promotion of art and music practice by the LGBTQIA+ community, women, trans, nonbinary and under-represented folks. We would always encourage you to reach out if you would like to be involved.
Our cute little garden will be open from 6:30pm
Mauireann Bird and friends on at 7pm
Bower Street Morris dancers at 8pm
Performance and drag shows from 9pm
DJs all night long.
DJ DORRIS - Cockles & Muscles resident and Big Gay Prom co-founder.
HOLLY K, SOPHIE STIRLING and PHOEBE APOLLO - Members of Margate's newest Queer night, Rider.
POMPOM - my name-sake Sophie will be playing their first set at the Arts Club
KATE HARAHAN - Thanet via Northern Ireland, Kate will be playing an eclectic mix of danceable boogie, disco, world and afrobeat.
GAËTAN - Margate Black Pride founder will also be playing their first set, so arrive early and show some love.
£7 in advance. £10 on the door.
Code of conduct:
The Margate Arts Club is a joyful, Queer-run, LGBTQIA+ focused, anti-racist, intersectional organisation and community space.
We welcome and open our doors to everyone who is nice and respectful; radical free thinkers, artists, creatives, kinksters, left-wingers, socialists, environmentalists, supporters of equal rights and allies to the LGBTQIA+ community.
We do not tolerate racism, transphobia, homophobia, biphobia, xenophobia, ableism, ageism, body shaming, slut shaming, or misogyny.
Please do not enter the building if you do not agree or can not abide by the above. Have fun, go wild, but respect each other’s boundaries. Ask for consent before touching anyone, this includes touching hair and surgical scars. Ask for pronouns, be polte and considerate . Let people dance and talk in peace if they want to. Everyone deserves a night without being hassled or objectified. No means no.
If you ever have an unwanted interaction or micro-aggression, please inform a member of our team on the night, and we will deal with it straight away. Also, look out for each other. This is a community space, so let’s have each other’s backs and also check in on each other’s welfare.
Big love x
