Margate Arts Club is a queer-run, femme-focused arts and community space, self-described as joyful, DIY, anti-racist and intersectional. It has run since 2015 as a venue for dance nights, workshops, life drawing sessions and experimental music events, under a code of conduct that rules out racism, transphobia and homophobia.
The club is built around its own sound system, aiming less for a polished nightclub than for a psychedelic house party. DJ nights cover a wide range, from afrobeat, Latin and Balkan sounds to disco, jazz and experimental electronica. A garden opens through the warmer months, and the bar serves cocktails and soft drinks.
It hosts explicitly queer programming, including a touring Queer House Party date and a lesbian-focused Pansy Party, and partners with Margate Pride on festival events. The venue calls itself open to anyone respectful of others, and describes its regular crowd as artists, creatives and the local LGBTQIA+ community.
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