Margate Rocks - Events in May
Margate Rocks Street Festival
Saturday 3 May, 10.30 - 5.00
Featuring
- Live music and street performances from some of the country’s
leading festival acts
- Pavement drawing for young artists
And not to be missed……
- Fishy tales for youngsters inside a realistic, 18 metre sperm
whale where they encounter pirates and mermaids all set in a
stunning seascape
Plus
- Nature’s Bazaar – street market with local produce and
crafts
Presented by Margate Town Partnership in association with Thanet
District Council
Festival of Contemporary Visual Art
Friday 2 May - Sunday 11 May
Margate Rocks 08 invites you to the seaside to join in the
debate about the state of our planet by exploring the relationship
between art and ecology.
Drawing on the glorious, hotchpotch backdrop of Margate, a
selection of emerging and established international artists,
curators, filmmakers, writers, critics and scientists have been
invited to comment on the realities of our planet¹s ecological
urgencies, and art¹s relationship to them.
The programme explores the relationship between art and ecology
through a fantastic and fun programme of art commissions,
exhibitions, workshops, talks, films, music and events for all!
Read more at http://www.margaterocks.com/
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