POW Events in Margate: Your Handy Guide to the Restival
Don't Miss Margate is partnering with POW so you don't miss out!
I’m delighted to be partnering with POW to help share what’s happening this International Women’s Day and beyond in Margate as part of this year’s festival!
The theme this year is REST.
What if relaxation isn't a luxury but a revolutionary act? What if rest is the protest? Dive into a year where rest isn't just a theme; it's a declaration of self-worth.
Here are our picks of POW Thanet’s Restival in Margate across March, which ones will you be going to?
🧵 Profanity Embroidery Group Exhibition
Fri 1- Sun 24 March / Hotel Selina
Relish the sheer joy of rude embroidery centered around the theme of REST with artwork from the group created on pillowcases. PV on Fri 1 March, 6-9pm with DJ set by Inkey.
🎟 Free / More info
⚡️POW-er of Gen Z
Fri 1 March, 6pm - 9pm / Margate Leisure Centre
Step into the shoes of Gen Z and explore their world via art, music and media. Broadstairs College presents a vibrant student-led evening showcasing artistic talents in various disciplines.
🎟 Free / RSVP here
🎹 Cutoff: Sustain
Fri 1 - Sun 3 Mar / 101 Social
Pop down to 101 for wall-based visual works by Chris F Clark, along with a series of live electronic music and video installations by Chris and other Margate artists. The title, Cut-off and Sustain, derives from electronic music production – electronica forming a central component of the show – while also having a clear relevance to the theme of rest.
🎟 Free
🛌 We Do Not Sleep
Fri 8 Mar - 19 May / TKE Studios
Group exhibition featuring Tracey Emin and TKE Studios’ class of female artists including Gabriela Max and Laura Footes. Head down on Fri 8 March (6pm - 8pm) for the launch party.
🎟 Free / RSVP here for launch party
🧘♀️ Meditation at Turner Contemporary
Fri 8 Mar / Turner Contemporary
Beginners welcome to a guided relaxation (yoga nidra), calming breathwork and sound healing session, alongside a reading of ‘Rest is Resistance’.
🎟 Free / Book here
🏊♀️ International Women's Day Sponsored Swim
Fri 8 Mar / Walpole Bay Tidal Pool
Dive into International Women’s Day with this group swim that’s about coming together and celebrating the natural world on our doorstep. Open to all but under 18s need to be accompanied with an adult.
🎟 £10 / Book here
🤩 Born to Dream Printing Workshops
Weds 13 Mar 10am-12pm or 2pm-4pm / Margate Caves
Make an eye mask to keep with sublimation inks with local artist Becky Viner in a two hour workshop. Paint, make stencils and use collage techniques to make sample prints onto a soft eye mask.
🎟 Free / Book here
👍 Access for All
Sat 16 Mar / POW Art Trail venues
Venues on the POW Art Trail will be running workshop, talks and quiet hours specifically for those who are disabled, chronically ill or neurodivergent.
🎟 Free / More info
Download the full events programme map here
POW Art Trail
The POW Art Trail takes place from 1 - 24 March across Thanet, but here’s what you can see in Margate.
All of the artists have taken the theme of ‘rest’ as their inspiration.
Credit: Charlee Piper
Check venues for events and exhibition times.
Kaval Rafferty - Stop And Smell The Flowers / Post Office Margate
Heidi Illustrates - Rolls & Rooibos / The Good Egg
Meera Palia - A Leak In The Party Room / The Shop Front
Rachelle Francis - Mind To Pen / 101 Social
Group exhibition - AEE x POW - Arts Education Exchange
Group exhibition - Things I did while waiting for the Internet to load - 26A Hawley Street
Maxine Sutton - She Comes / Madre Margate
Charlee M Piper - No Rest / 101 Social
Catherine Chinatree - The Rise & Fall / Margate Arts Club
Mathilda Mai - Sleep, Play, Love / Streets Margate
Megan Metcalf - Good Housekeeping / Oast
Lesley B - Animal Magic / Batchelors
Twinkle Troughton - Fairy Spots / Mori Mori
Group exhibition - Salon Sanctuary / Salon Margate
Ellie Tate - Wanderland / Little Swift
Group exhibition - We Are Still Here / Cliff’s
Group exhibition - What Was Left / Projects Kavel Rafferty
Laura Ford - Little Lords / Liminal Gallery
Sadie Hennessey - Resting Bitch Face / Limbo Studios