Just like Loop buses, it seems like events in Ramsgate also come at the same time. I’ve been promising this whopper of a newsletter for a while now, and in the spirit of jamming as much as possible into this email (and probably for my own benefit), I’m keeping the intro short and sweet.
Don’t miss out, until next week - EJP x
🎵 Ramsgate Festival of Sound
Sat 13 - Sun 14 Sep, Various times / Various Locations
One of my favourite weekends of the year is here. Ramsgate Festival of Sound is back with a bang, with over 18 events to get stuck into. Unfortunately, I don’t have room to list them all, but I’ve popped a few in for good measure. If you’re on Instagram, you can check out our more extensive guide above, or head to the festival website for the full line-up. Personally, I’ll be heading to The Fermentorium for Lo Barnes set as part of Busk Until Dusk before joining the party at Winterstoke Gardens.
🎟 Free, donations encouraged
📻 Sonic Trail: A Voice For Radio
Sat 13 - Sun 14 Sep, 12 - 4pm / Main Hall, St George’s Church
Kat Peddie and the Free Range Orchestra showcase a sound installation inspired by Ramsgate’s maritime history and present.
🎟 Free
🧍♀️🧍♂️ Sonic Trail: Meet Me at the Youth Club
Sat 13 - Sun 14 Sep, 12 - 4pm / Pie Factory
Kkailou (Steph Dickinson) and Pie Factory Music present a sonic love letter to the place that has held laughter, friendship and belonging for generations of young people in Ramsgate.
🎟 Free
🏠 Sonic Trail: Home is Where the He(Art) is
Sat 13 - Sun 14 Sep, 12 - 4pm / HOLD Studios
Catrin Osborne explores what it means to feel safe at home - a collaboration with other Thanet-based artists using textiles, film, movement and music.
🎟 Free
🪖 Sonic Trail: Dynamo Revisited
Sat 13 - Sun 14 Sep, 12 - 4pm / The Crypt, St George’s Church
An immersive and evocative audio-visual display by Howard Griffin using 3D mapping to connect with the Dunkirk Evacuation & World War II.
🎟 Free
🎧 Sonic Trail: Eavesdrop
Sat 13 - Sun 14 Sep, 12 - 4pm / Arts in Ramsgate
Nine miniature caravans (my fave!), each playing a looped sound of domestic life, form an acoustic neighbourhood of overheard moments. This installation by Granville Horner invites visitors to bend an ear to the intimate and the everyday.
🎟 Free
📷 Love Booth Exhibition
Sat 13 Sep - Sun 14 Sep, 11am - 4pm / The Crane Shed, CT11 9RN
Explore 402 portraits celebrating love, memory, and connection alongside an immersive soundscape of recorded sounds, stories, and comments from the booth.
🎟 Free
🎥 Film: Sisters with Transistors
Sun 14 Sep, 3pm / Ramsgate Community Cinema
The untold story of electronic music’s female pioneers, composers who embraced machines and their liberating technologies to utterly transform how we produce and listen to music today.
🎟 £3.50 suggested donation
🥪 Treaure Trove Pre-loved Sale
Sat 13 Sep, 10am - 4pm / Gather &
Mixing things up with a Saturday event instead, Treasure Trove returns with preloved goodies from sellers and delicious bakes from Gather &.
🎟 Free
⛪ Christ Church Heritage Open Day & Sale
Sun 14 Sep, 10am - 5pm / Christ Church
Vale Square’s church reopens for a day of sellers, light bites from ‘Oh Yeah!’ and a jazz performance from Lucy Taylor and Theo Gordon (1-3pm).
🎟 Free, donations encouraged
🔨 Repair Cafe
Sun 14 Sep, 10.30am - 1pm / Pie Factory
Volunteers at Ramsgate’s Repair Cafe are on hand to fix your everyday items. From electricals to household essentials, save on a purchase, a trip to the tip and get your item fixed instead.
🎟 Free, donations encouraged
🎶 Busk Until Dusk
Sat 13 Sep, 12pm - 6pm / Various bars & pubs around Ramsgate
Park up in your favourite pub, or follow the bands around town - it's up to you. See the full schedule here.
🎟 Free
🎛️ The Future Psychedelics, The Future: The Anti Gravity Groove Machine
Sat 13 Sep, 6pm – 9pm / Winterstoke Gardens
Ramsgate Festival of Sound’s band is back with their third outing of their space-funk opera. Join them for an unmissable performance of eclectic funk.
🎟 Free
🎸 Voodoo Room
Tue 16 Sep, 8pm – 10.30pm / Red Arrow Music Club
Love the music of Hendrix, Clapton & Cream? Voodoo Room are set to bring all the big hitters at this tribute show.
🎟 £14 / Book here
⚽ An Evening with the Three Lions
Thu 18 Sep, 7.30pm – 9.30pm / The Granville Theatre
Something for all you football crazy fans out there. Step into the heart of England football history with Glenn Hoddle, John Barnes and Paul Parker as they relive moments and answer all your burning questions.
🎟 from £34.65 / Book here
🎸 Warrington-Runcorn: New Town Development Plan
Fri 19 Sep, 7.30pm / Ramsgate Music Hall
Sometimes it’s best to let the listing do the talking. The Warrington-Runcorn project sees a bold visual aesthetic and striking retro-futuristic audio identity seamlessly melded together into one evocative musical package.
🎟 £17 / Book here
✏️ Drop-in Drawing with Ruth Rollason
Sat 13 Sep, 11am - 1pm / The National Pugin Centre
Join artist Ruth Rollason to draw Pugin's historical Gothic house alongside the grounds of The Grange, as part of the Landmark Trust Heritage Open Days. All materials, including paper and boards, are supplied for free.
🎟 Free
🏞️ Ellington Park Heritage Day
Sun 14 Sep, 11am - 3pm / Ellington Park
Bring the family along to celebrate Ellington Park’s unique history. There will be a special focus on the restored bandstand as well as a local choir and architecture trail.
🎟 Free
🔔 Floating Frequencies: Sound in Structure
Sun 14 Sep, 6pm & 7.30pm / St George’s Church
Experience a live, immersive, multi-instrumental sound journey with Eleanor Yankah in the architecturally rich setting of St George’s Church.
🎟 £12 / Book here
🏛️ Ramsgate Society: If Walls Could Talk
Mon 15 Sep, 7 - 8pm / Oddfellows Hall
Explore Ramsgate’s architectural secrets in this talk from author Clive Aslet, as part of Heritage Open Days.
🎟 Free / Book here
🏡 A Day in Paradise
Sat 13 Sep, 12pm – 6pm / 3, 7 & 9 Paradise, CT11 9TX
If you can’t live in a place called paradise, you can at least snoop on it instead. Houses on this idyllic street are open to the public today with sea shanties, sea biscuits & ale in the evening.
🎟 Free
🏛️ Gothic Revival Masterpiece: A Talk by Jacqui Ansell
Sat 13 Sep, 4pm – 5.30pm / St Augustine’s Church
Discover Pugin’s work with local art historian, Jacqui Ansell. Whether you’re a student, art lover or just into Pugin’s house, this will provide insight and inspiration, and you can have a gander at this home too.
🎟 Free
5 THINGS TO KNOW…
The Community Payback and Ramsgate Town team have been busy this week, painting rainbow steps, town centre benches and planters. Look after them folks!
It’s Vinyl Head’s birthday today! Join them for 20% off secondhand records and BOGOF from their £5 selection.
Union Yoga have added new classes to their timetable. Check out the new schedule here.
Love reading? Join the new monthly book club @winedownreadsbookclub, held at Ramsgate Arts Club on the first Friday of every month at 6pm.
The folks at Pie Factory are having a party, and you’re invited!