insideKENT Magazine Issue 87 - June 2019 | Page 80

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SPOTLIGHT ON MARGATE CONT.
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Annual Events Top Spot
GEEK // Feb
GEEK is a three-day festival of gaming at
the home of entertainment, Dr eamland
Margate. Bringing people together to meet,
make and pla y, the e vent f ocuses on
multiplayer interactive games and encourages
visitors to participate in all genres of gaming.
Guests will disco ver all the cr eative
magic tha t goes into the g ames and
experience the festival throughout the quirky
Dreamland site. Dreamland is a fab ulously fun place to
spend a day. Open at weekends and during
school holidays, this theme park has some
spectacular thrill rides as well as some more
gentle paced enjoyment for younger visitors.
Plus of course there is the famous, Grade II
listed Scenic Railway, a wooden roller coaster
that is the star attraction at the park.
Did You Know?
Margate Soul Festival // July
The summer time in Mar gate is al ways
something special and the Mar gate Soul
Festival pushes everything up a notch. Live
acts, DJs and street parties form the South
East’s biggest soul festival.
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Margate Carnival // August
The Margate Carnival is one of the biggest
and best attended events in the town’s social
calendar. Marching bands, stunning floats,
music, entertainment, street performers…
It’s all fr ee and is al ways sur e to be an
unforgettable event.
The Times recently ranked Margate as
the third trendiest place in the UK –
it beat London in the list!