25th - 29th April 2024
PROGRAMME
Whats happening, where and when - more announcements coming March 2024
FESTIVAL OF CATS EXHIBITION
April 25th - 28th, 10 - 5, Pie Factory Margate
The legendary Festival of Cats exhibition returns to Pie Factory Margate, featuring dozens of artists from around the world
A MYSTERIOUS KIND OF FOLK
26th - 28th April, 11 - 4, Joseph Wales Studios
An exhibition by Jemma Channing and Dominic Channing at Joseph Wales Studios - taking you through a surreal journey of the lore, myths and legends of cats, featuring paintings, sculpture and textiles.
Fri 26th April - Sun 28th April
Private View Thurs 25th April 6-9pm
KITTEN CORNER CRAFTS
April 25th - 29th
Free creative activities, cat colouring will be available at the Pie Factory exhibition throughout the festival. Including colouring, pom pom making, mask making and more!
CAT DRAG LIFE DRAWING
27th April 6 - 8pm
Find your inner artist, and feline with this fun drag and creative workshop, expect surprises, shenanigans and of course, drawing. all materials provided. BYOB. This is an 18+ event.
Book your ticket here:
https://www.outsavvy.com/event/19564/cat-drag-life-drawing
ELLIOT EVANS - WHY ARE CATS SO SPECIAL?
27th April 4 - 5.30
Have you, too, asked yourself the eternal question: ‘Why are cats so special?’ We may never know, but together we can try to find some answers. Come along to this silly but very philosophical cat-based discussion group. Bring your favourite cat painting/photo/meme/poem to help us in our investigation. The discussion will be facilitated by Elliot Evans who really likes cats and teaches people philosophy, queer theory and visual culture at the University of Birmingham.
Book your free ticket here: https://www.outsavvy.com/event/19579/why-are-cats-so-special-interactive-talk-with-elliot-evans
THANET TILES OF JOY
Sun 28th April 11am - 1pm
Come and make your Festival of Cats Tile of Joy! Make a tile to contribute to the Thanet Tiles of Joy. No experience necessary but limited tiles available. Tiles by donation (suggested donation £2) to support this community art project by Jayne Wright, which started at POWThanet 2023 with a workshop of 76 people at Margate Caves and is now a collection of over 1000 tiles made by the people of Thanet.
Tiles have been made at workshops with many organisations and community groups including: Thanet WIs, Guides, Scouts, Thanet Schools, Ramsgreat HSAZ, Margate Caves, Monkton Nature Reserve , Dreamland Heritage, Margate Pride, ARK, Kent Blind, Mencap, Wilderness to Wonderland, Garlinge Phoenix Project, Quex Sunshine Project, Beyond the Page, Windmill Community Gardens, Grass Oval, Arts in Ramsgate, Salty Synchro, Powell Cotton Museum, Westgate Galleria and Turner Staff.
Book your space here: https://www.outsavvy.com/event/19580/festival-of-cats-tiles-of-joy
OLD POSSUMS POETRY READING
Sun 28th April 3-4pm
Join us for a relaxed afternoon of poetry - readings from Old Possums Book of Practical Cats by T.S.Eliot alongside new original poetry from local writers, come and watch, or bring a poem and join in! No booking required, drop in and grab a seat.
THE CAT AND THE CANARY - FILM SCREENING
Sun 28th April, 4.30pm, Palace Cinema
Twenty years after the death of millionaire Cyrus West, his surviving relatives are called together in a decaying mansion on the Hudson River. There, they gather to hear West’s lawyer Roger Crosby read his last will and testament and discover that West has left everything to his niece Annabelle (Laura La Plante). That is, at least, on the condition that she is judged to be legally sane. As the family settles in for the evening, tensions rise when they are informed that a murderer nicknamed the Cat has escaped from a nearby asylum and is suspected to be somewhere on the grounds. Crosby soon disappears in mysterious circumstances, which proves to be just the first in a series of horrifying events that will punctuate a long, dark night of terror – during which Annabelle’s sanity will be called into question again and again…..
Book your ticket here: https://thepalacecinema.co.uk/production/sunday-silent-the-cat-and-the-canary/