FESTIVAL OF CATS

Festival of Cats is coming back to Margate from 30th April - 5th May 2026 with a bigger than ever programme of exhibitions, events and workshops. Festival of Cats 2026 is sponsored by Job Muscroft: Cat Artist

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Festival of Cats started as a satellite event for Turner Contemporary's "Journeys with The Waste Land" exhibition in 2018. Born from a love of T.S.Eliot's “Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats' and much like the book, the festival celebrates the psychology, sociology and whimsy of cats.

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Festival of Cats is now a Thanet wide festival with 1000's of visitors. The full festival takes place every two years with pop up events in between.

 

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