Food Festival Plans, Family Easter Fun & SO Many Re-openings
Spring has sprung, and so has Don't Miss Broadstairs...
Welcome to Don’t Miss Broadstairs!
It’s our very first edition, which feels very appropriate with the start of Spring and all the new beginnings it has to offer.
This is a chock-a-block edition, not just because it’s our first, but because Broadstairs truly just has so much to offer. This week marks the start of Easter, the Broadstairs Food Festival, and also the start of the season for many of our wonderful local venues. I know I’m not the only one excited for sunshine, beach coffees, outdoor meet ups and many of our favourite places opening up for the warmer months once more!
These are just some of the highlights going on this week. Please comment below, tag us in posts and send us your events so you can be included in future round ups.
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Don’t miss out - Kim xx
🍿 Easter Snack Bar + Film: Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo (U)
Fri 3 Apr, 11.30am - 1pm / Pierremont Hall
Build your own snack cup with ALL the Easter treats, followed by the family favourite for a wholesome afternoon. ⏱️Snack Bar Station 11.30am - 12pm ⏱️Film Showing 12pm - 1pm. Ages 3+.
🎟️ Free but booking essential / Email To Book
🎤 Poetry Pot Foodie Open Mic Night
Fri 3 Apr, 6pm - 8pm / The Old Curiosity Shop
Come in and read out your own foodie-themed poems! Or drop in and just listen to the creations if that’s more your bag.
🎟️ Free
🎥 Film: Sinners (15)
Fri 3 Apr, 7.30pm / Palace Cinema
Congrats to the Palace Cinema team, who are celebrating 10 years of owning the cinema this week! What better way to celebrate than to pop in for a movie like Sinners? Come for the pulse-pounding action; stay for the double dose of Michael B. Jordan, whose dual performance as twin brothers earned him the Best Actor Oscar.
🎟️ From £8 / Book here
🍅 Broadstairs Food Festival
Fri 3 Apr - Sun 5 Apr, gates open 10am / Victoria Gardens
Food lovers, this one’s for you! Twice a year we’re lucky enough to welcome Broadstairs Food Festival to our town, and this year’s Easter edition is looking better than ever. Feast from 100 stalls all weekend long, head to the bandstand for live music and get yourselves involved in the many live demos and workshops.
🎟️ Free, workshops various prices / Book here
🍄 Margate Mushrooms Talk and Workshop
Fri 3 Apr, 10.30am - 11.30am / Broadstairs Food Festival
One for the ‘shroom fans. Darryn de la Soul of Margate Mushrooms will be talking all things fungi at this Food Festival workshop and will explain why Thanet is celebrated as a top destination for mushroom lovers. Who knew?
🎟️ Free / More Info
🍷 Blind Wine Tasting with Alex Prymaka
Sun 5 Apr, 2pm - 3.30pm / Broadstairs Food Festival
Join Alex Prymaka (formerly of No.1 Oscar Road, oh how we miss you) for a fun, in-person blind wine tasting where you can discover new favourites. Whether you’re a wine newbie or a seasoned sipper, be quick, there’s only a few tickets remaining!
🎟️ £20 + BF / Book here
🥤 New Spring Drinks Menu
Giant Coffee Broadstairs
Happy 1st birthday to Amelia and co. for yesterday! I can’t wait to try their four new seasonal drinks: Ube White Choc Matcha, Coconut Cloud Blue Chai, Carrot Cake Latte, or the Mont Blanc. Which will you be trying? They also have a new deli fridge!
More Info
🌅 Re-openings Galore
Broadstairs comes fully alive at this time of year, and many of our favourite food and drink places are opening up again for the summer season. Here are my faves…
🌞 Namaka
Re-opening Fri 3 Apr, 8am - 3pm / The Hut, Stone Bay Beach
SO excited for this one! They will be open every day throughout the Easter holidays, but keep up-to-date with more dates and times here.
🌊 Bayside Cafe
Re-opening Fri 3 Apr, 8am - 3pm / Bayside Cafe
We’re hoping for more beach movie and DJ events like last year! Keep up-to-date here.
🍇 The Bottleneck’s Courtyard
Re-opening Sat 4 Apr / The Bottleneck
Not just a wine shop! The Bottleneck is opening up its lovely hidden back courtyard once again for al fresco drinks.
🍳 Beaches Cafe Bar
Already re-open, Tue - Sun, 9am - 2pm / Beaches Cafe Bar
Look who’s back! Under new owners, Broadstairs’ top breakfast jaunt re-opened just a couple of weeks ago for year-round dining. Come and see what’s changed… and what hasn’t. They’re promising “breakfast, done properly” – think homemade sausages, pancakes and delicious vegetarian and vegan options worth getting out of bed for.
😎 Finxs Beach Bar
Everyday from 1 Apr / Finxs Beach Bar
Mitch and Scarlett took over The Funicular Coffee House and renamed it Finxs just a couple of weeks ago, and it’s fast becoming everyone’s favourite meeting place. The exciting news is it’s now going to be open every day from Weds. See you there!
🎨 Sip and Paint
Thu 2 Apr, 6.30pm - 8.30pm / Cramptons Sports Bar
Fancy a creative springtime evening? Try your hand at painting a ceramic frame (Polaroid sized image) and an Easter ornament while enjoying a tipple (or several, if you go for the bottomless option), hosted by the lovely Kali Wilson Illustration.
🎟️ £25 (2 drinks) or £35 (bottomless Prosecco) + BF / Book here
🎸 Bands on the Sands
Fri 3 Apr - Sun 5 Apr, from 3pm / Broadstairs Pavilion
Big news for music and beach lovers! Bands on the Sands is making its 2026 return this weekend. On Good Friday, Two’s Company will be playing, Jed will be rocking it out on Sat, and One Love will appear on Sun.
🎟️ Free
🪇 Legend Live - A Tribute to Bob Marley
Sun 5 Apr, 7pm - 11pm / Broadstairs Pavilion
Every little thing’s going to be alright… if you head to this special Bob Marley night, performed by a full live band. If The Kinks are more your thing, then ‘The Konks’ will be there on Sat night to.
🎟️ £20 + BF / Book here
🐣 Easter Egg Painting
Thu 2 Apr, 3pm - 4pm / The Royal Albion Hotel
Hop on in to The Royal Albion Hotel, pick up a paintbrush and get crafty!
🎟️ £2, donated to KSS Air Ambulance / Email here
✌ Kinder Collective New Shop Opening
Fri 3 Apr, 9.30am - 4pm / Kinder Collective. Exciting new address: 16 York Street
What could make Good Friday even better? Kinder Collective opening their doors to their new shop is what! Pop by 16 York Street, enjoy a sweet treat from Baby Bakes by LP and a lucky dip with any purchase on the day. Check out their new Craft Corner full of Easter fun for your little ones while you browse.
More info
🍫 Create Chocolate Lollipops
Fri 3 Apr, 12pm - 1pm / Broadstairs Food Festival
Join Clare of Clareys Chocolate Boutique in a hands-on, irresistibly fun workshop making chocolate lollipops. Age 4+ to 14.
🎟️ Free / More info
👣 Joss Bay Easter Egg Hunt + Kids’ Corner Re-opening
Sat 4 Apr, 12pm - 2pm / Joss Bay Beach
An Easter egg hunt on the beach! If they get poor weather, they’ll simply move it to Easter Sunday or to the following weekend. Saturday also marks Joss Bay’s Kids’ Corner opening up again for the season. Open every day of the Easter holidays, weather dependent.
🎟️ £8.50 to use Kids’ Corner all day / More info
👑 Making Easter Crowns
Sun 5 Apr, 10am - 12pm / Broadstairs Food Festival
They’ll provide paper crowns and colouring pens, you just need to drop-in any time. All ages welcome.
🎟️ Free / More info
🐰 The Bunny’s Trail
Every day during the Easter Holidays / The Old Curiosity Shop
Easter fun for all the family. Berty Bunny has lost his carrots around Broadstairs, can you help locate them? Raising funds for Demelza, it includes a chocolate prize.
🎟️ £2.50 / More info
🥕 Tiles of Joy: Create a Foodie Themed Tile
Fri 3 Apr, 2pm - 4pm / Broadstairs Food Festival
Over 2,000 tiles have been created by the people of Thanet, now it is your turn! Join Jayne Wright (of JAW Ceramics CIC) as she helps you create an individual clay tile – moulding, scribing, scratching your own design. The tiles will form part of a Food Festival panel to be displayed in Broadstairs.
🎟️ Free / More info
🍀 Molly Pickle Design: Screen Printing Workshops
Sat 4 Apr, 10.30am, 12pm, 1.30pm and 3pm / Broadstairs Food Festival
Local illustrator Molly Pickle leads these fun, hands-on sessions, making sure every child goes home with a screen printed item. Prompt arrival essential.
🎟️ Free / More info
🌱 Dan Cooper: Sustainable Gardening
Sun 5 Apr, 12.30pm - 1.30pm / Broadstairs Food Festival
Want to garden in an environmentally friendly way? Dan, one of QVC’s resident gardening experts, will share his tips on sustainable gardening.
🎟️ Free / More info
Finally, 5 Things To Know…
It’s your last chance to try out the Bridgerton-themed afternoon tea at Flowers and Felicity’s this week! Get your Bridgerton on this Fri 3 and Sat 4 Apr. Check out the menu here. Make sure you pre-book.
New Girl Hike alert! They may not be taking in Broadstairs this time, but our favourite walking Broadstairs ladies have announced a new hike from Dover to Deal on 25 April. Have you signed up yet? I have.
Sea, Spirit and Stones Store has a new website! Your one stop shop for holistic health and wellness went live online last week. Check it out!
Want to try a new book club? Thanet Book Club has announced its return on 27 Apr, with a new home at Sonder Pub. This month’s book is The Lamb by Lucy Rose, so you have plenty of time to read it.
The wonderful Nicci at The Happy Reading Children’s Bookshop, above Staple on Reading Street, has announced some brilliant new events, from kids’ book clubs to author appearances. We’ll be featuring them in our upcoming newsletters, but don’t miss out and book them now.
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