What’s on

Sat 11 Oct 2025, 1.30–2:30pm

Join author and illustrator team Lucy Strange and Pam Smy as they share the secrets behind their ghostly new series Lockett & Wilde’s Dreadfully Haunting Mysteries. 

Saturdays & Sundays, 2–4pm

Come and create at our free, drop-in family workshops for ages 12 and under.

Sat 11 Oct 2025, 3–4pm

Join award-winning writer, journalist and broadcaster Jay Rayner share stories from his 25 year career as a restaurant critic, in conversation with Sophie Haydock.

Saturdays, 5.30pm–dark

Enjoy DJs, chefs, and cocktails, every Saturday evening at Louie On Sea.

Saturdays

Authentic Indian cuisine for Margate curry lovers.

Since April 2024

'Slices of Peace' is a public artwork by artist and designer Yinka Ilori MBE installed in Orchard Park – a new public park in Kings Hill, near West Malling in Kent.

Since 2010

Tracey Emin's love letter to her hometown lights up Droit House on the Harbour arm. I Never Stopped Loving You uses Emin's own handwriting moulded in pink neon to reflect her feelings across the main sands to Margate.

Apr 2025–Apr 2026

Celebrating 250 years since the birth of JMW Turner. #Turner250

8 Apr 2025–Apr 2026

Join us to see JMW Turner’s oil sketch 'Waves Breaking on a Lee Shore at Margate (Study for ‘Rockets and Blue Lights’)' at Turner, part of a year-long festival celebrating 250 years since the artist's birth.

22 Feb–26 Oct 2025

Make your mark in our Clore Learning Studio with the Chalk Stream. Our Clore Learning Studio has been transformed into a Chalk Stream. Designed for play, alongside the children’s art library of over 400 books and regular workshop programme.

Fri 7 Feb-Sun 1 Jun 2025

Come and meet this giant commission by Lily Mixe, alongside Young Creatives X RNLI.

Sat 14 Jun–Sun 26 Oct 2025

Join us this summer to discover The Sunken Boat: A glimpse into past histories, an exhibition by Anna Boghiguian, which will explore global maritime histories and today’s environmental and geopolitical crises.

Sat 14 Jun–Sun 26 Oct 2025

Explore paintings, collages, photography, video and installation pieces created by local young artists inspired by the force of the sea.

Fri 3 Oct 2025–Sun 15 Mar 2026

Experience two monumental sculptures by acclaimed American artist Simone Leigh.

Sun 12 Oct 2025, 10.30–11.30am

Join us for the launch of this year’s edition of 14 Magazine.

Sun 12 Oct 2025, 10.30–11.30am

Get ready for a hilarious and creative comic book event as audiences join time-travelling penguins Pablo and Splash on their adventures.

Sat 11–Sun 12 Oct 2025

Margate Bookie is back! Discover all Margate Bookie Schools Day, Big Weekend and Children's Bookie events taking place at Turner here. There'll be readings, in conversations and workshops for schools, families and adults alike.

Sun 12 Oct 2025, 12–1pm

Writer and journalist, Adam Weymouth, shares the story behind his latest book Lone Wolf.