Margate Rocks - May is obviously festival month!

Here's another May festival, Margate Rocks. Go to them all. See everything. Bring your friends...

Margate Rocks The Margate Rocks festival of contemporary visual art returns this 3 to 11 May, with a very special public launch night on Friday 2 May. This year’s festival explores the relationship between art & ecology through a fantastic and fun programme of art exhibitions, family drop-in workshops, talks, films, music and events for everyone! There’s also new commissions being made for Margate, including one from internationally renowned artists, Heather & Ivan Morison, who represented Wales at the 2007 Venice Biennale. Highlights include: Sat 3 May All day Kentish Food and Arts & Crafts Market, and Street Festival. FREE, Market Place and High Street Sat 3 and Sun 4 May Various times The Magnificent Revolution present the Cycling Cinema – watch films on the UK’s only bicycle powered cinema! FREE, The Pie Factory Sat 3 May 9-10pm His Dark Materials – A late night café-style talk with materials scientist, Dr Mark Miodownik, of the Materials Library at Kings College London and Tate Modern. FREE, Café G Mon 5 May 7.30pm Billy Childish’s May Day Music Show – Catch a rare performance by this internationally cult musician, artist and poet at The Theatre Royal Margate. Tickets £10, Theatre Royal Margate, call 01227 787 787 to book or buy on the door Thurs 8 May 2-6pm Green filmmaking master classes led by internationally acclaimed activist filmmaker, Franny Armstrong. Followed by an intimate screening of her award-winning film, ‘Drowned Out’. FREE, booking essential. Email mailto:charlie@margaterocks.com To find out more about Margate Rocks visit www.margaterocks.com or email hello@margaterocks.com