This Week: Summer Nights Pop-Up, Rock The Pav & Reading Street Village Open Gardens

Plus read about our upcoming DMB launch party!

Exciting news to start the newsletter with this week – you’re invited to the Don’t Miss Broadstairs launch party!

We’re throwing a little get together to celebrate Don’t Miss Broadstairs and our first few successful months building out our edition in Broadstairs. We’re already helping over 1000 of you discover more events and to not miss out on everything the town has to offer.

As it’s Broadstairs, we had to hold it on the beach. Come down to Finxs Beach Bar on Mon 13 July from 6.30pm - 8.30pm to say hello, meet the Don’t Miss team behind the newsletter, and get to know some friendly new faces from around town.

There’s no agenda, we just love throwing a get together! Just good company, sea air, and the chance to meet the people who love Broadstairs as much as you do. Whether you’ve been reading from day one or you’re brand new to us, you’re very welcome.

It’s completely FREE to attend. Just turn up, grab a drink, and come and have a chat. But if you could register at the below link, just so we know how many people to expect, we’d really appreciate it.

We’d love to meet as many of you as possible!

Don’t miss out - Kim and Georgina x

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As for this week – scroll below to see what’s on, including open gardens, hog roasts, bingo nights, a pop-up beach DJ event, plenty of creative classes, music nights and even sunrise breath work on the beach. Plus much more.

📝 Get the Word Out Creative Writing Gathering
Mon 29 Jun, 7pm - 9pm / Old Curiosity Shop
A monthly writing and creative gathering for poets, songwriters, storytellers and scribes of all stages and styles. Create new work and meet new folks alongside drinks and cakes you can purchase. Head along tonight if you fancy it.
🎟️ £5, includes one free hot drink / More info

🌊 Thanet Book Club (On the Beach)
Mon 29 Jun, 7:30pm / Finxs
Thanet Book Club will be hosting their monthly book club on the beach tonight! At Finxs to be exact. June’s book pick is Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar, so if you’ve given it a read and you fancy discussing it while meeting up on the sand, head there this eve.
More info

🌼 Painting Flowers in Bloom
Fri 3 Jul, 9.30am - 12.30pm / Sarah Thorne Theatre
Fancy spending half a day painting spring and summer flowers in a creative and social setting? This is the perfect way to unwind and learn something new! You’ll be capturing the essence of blooms using various techniques, colour mixing and experimentation with acrylics or pastels, on canvas or mixed media paper.
🎟️ £25 / Book here

🌹 Reading Street Village Open Gardens
Sat 4 Jul, 10am - 4pm / Various gardens, Reading Street Village
This is Reading Street's seventh open garden event. Always a joyful day to explore the lovely gardens around the area, the grounds on show range from a small cottage to an award-winning wildlife garden, and all the plants in between. Nearby Taddy's Allotments will also be open, and there will be plants for sale, grown by the gardeners. All proceeds will go to St. Andrew's Church funds.
🎟️ £4 in advance, £5 on the day. Accompanied children free / More info

🚩 Make Your Own Bunting
Sat 4 Jul, 10am - 1pm / Hilderstone College
As summer’s now in full swing, why not learn how to make colourful bunting to decorate your house and garden? Inject your home and garden with colour while learning how to cut and construct the flags into colourful magic in this three-hour workshop. Can’t make this one? There’s another date available on 13 July.
🎟️ £26 / Book here

🎬 Film: Disclosure Day (12A)
Fri 3 Jul, 7.30pm, Sat 4 Jul, 4pm + 7.30pm, Sun 5 Jul, 4pm / Palace Cinema
Steven Spielberg's sci-fi thriller, Disclosure Day, featuring Josh O'Connor and Emily Blunt in a high-stakes conspiracy narrative, will be touching down at The Palace this week. The plot centres on a whistleblower exposing 80 years of hidden evidence regarding extraterrestrial life, plunging the world into chaos. Book up!
🎟️ From £5 / Book here

🍓 Strawberry Seasonal Specials
Royal Albion Hotel
It's Strawberry Season at the Royal Albion! They’ve introduced some new strawberry-based treats this week, from strawberry and cherry Eton Mess to warm strawberry and buttermilk cake. Try one while they're available.
More info

🥧 Pie Night
Thu 2 Jul, from 5pm / The Charles Dickens
Thursday night is Pie Night at The Dickens! Think handmade pies with buttery pastry and creamy mash. Whether you’re a Steak & Ale traditionalist or looking for something seasonal from their specials, they’ve got your evening covered. All for £10.
🎟️ £10 for pie & mash / Check out the menu

🔥 The White Swan Hog Roast
Sat 4 Jul, from 11.30am until it’s gone! / The White Swan, Reading Street
To coincide with the Reading Street Village Open Gardens, The White Swan’s putting on a hog roast for everyone to enjoy. Just pop on in while you’re doing your rounds of the flowers and plants. Just be quick as once it’s gone, it’s gone!

🎰 Bingo
Tue 30 Jun, 6.30pm start / The Lanthorne
On the last Tue of every month it’s Bingo night at The Lanthorne! Grab your friends, grab a drink, and join them tomorrow night for a relaxed evening of bingo. There will be 12 line games and 6 house games, plus food will be available on the night.
🎟️ £5 per book / DM to reserve your table

☀️ Bayside Cafe’s Summer Nights Pop Up Event
Fri 3 Jul, 5pm - 8pm / Bayside Cafe
It’s Bayside’s first summer pop-up event of the season! Join them after work and school for an evening of great food, cocktails and unbeatable seaside vibes. Joe Corbani will be DJing, and Rich Rhythms will be on the bongos, plus there’s going to be gourmet burgers, cocktails and cold drinks, and that lovely Dumpton Gap sunset view. The kitchen will be open from 5pm–7pm, music & bar until 8.
🎟️ Free / More info

🎶 Bands on the Sands: Hometown Zeroes
Sat 4 Jul, 3pm / Pavilion
Nothing beats an afternoon by the sea with some live music and a drink in hand! Check out the Pav’s latest “Bands On The Sands” offering this Sat afternoon.

🤘 Rock The Pav VIII
Sun 5 Jul, 12pm - 5pm / Pavilion
Also head to the Pavilion this weekend for Rock the Pav VIII, with performances from Musica, The Laurel Canyon Appreciation Society, and Get Carter, all raising funds for the Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund.
🎟️ Free entry

🌈 Shit Shirt Sunday
Sun 5 Jul, 12pm - 5pm / The Royston
It’s that time of month again - on the the first Sun of the month turn up to The Royston in your loudest shirt, blouse or dress. The most voted one each month wins a £20 bar tab. Monthly winners also go into the grand final to be crowned The Royston’s Official Shittest Shirt of 2026. You know you want that title.
More info

🛵 Mog Roast
Sun 5 Jul, 1pm / The White Swan
The White Swan on Reading Street has it all going on this week. On top of Sat’s hog roast, on Sun they’re also hosting a family-friendly MOG Roast for the Mods. Expect classic scooters on show, their hog roast again, plus DJs, Motown and Northern Soul.

🐤 Duck-Themed Family Cafe
Mon 29 Jun, 3.30pm - 5.30pm / Queens Road Baptist Church
Family Cafe is the Gap Project’s monthly themed event for families. Each one has a different theme with lots of crafts, fun activities, bible stories and games for children and adults to enjoy together. This month it’s all about ducks! Plus they finish the evening with a free teatime meal as well.
🎟️ Free / More info

🦀 Free Storytime Session
Every Tue, 10am / Kinder Collective
Enjoy Kinder Collective’s weekly storytime session, held in their back book room. All ages and caring setups welcome, plus their craft corner is always available and their beautiful shop is always full of goodies. So if you’re looking for something to do with your little ones on Tuesdays, you know where to head!
🎟️ Free, drop-in

🖌️ Little Crafty Cove Creative + Messy Play Session
Tue 30 Jun, 11.45am / Portland Centre, St Peter’s Church Hall
Little Crafty Cove’s holding its latest session for children this week. Suitable for ages 2–7, it includes sensory play, crafts and messy fun in a friendly and relaxed environment. Limited spaces, so secure your spot.
🎟️ £6.50 per child / Book here

🛹 Scorcha Saturdays
Sat 4 Jul, various slots between 11am - 2pm / Broadstairs Skatepark
It’s Scorcha Saturday time again! Check their insta for updates, as it’s all weather dependent, but if the sun’s out they’ll be holding their fun and friendly skateboard lessons for various ages outside at Broadstairs Skatepark, by the train station.
🎟️ £9 / Book here

📚 Sunday Book Club: ‘The Teacup’ (For ages 3 - 6)
Sun 5 Jul, 8.30am - 9am / Happy Reading Children’s Bookshop
This week's Sunday Book Club with Nicci will be celebrating ‘The Teacup’ by Chris Naylor-Ballesteros, an evocative story of hope that reminds us everyone has a story to tell, wherever they come from! It will be accompanied by a lovely creative activity inspired by the story's theme of refugees and migration, challenging unconscious bias.
🎟️ £5 per child (includes a paperback copy of the book, usually £7.99) / Book here

💃 Egyptian Bellydancing Course
From Mon 29 Jun, 10am - 11am / Bleak House
Explore the origins of bellydance, step into your power and learn a new skill. Joanne of Bellydance and Balance offers five week courses, with the next course starting this morning. So message and be quick if you want to try and start this latest course today! It goes on until Mon 27 July. Otherwise the next course starts on 14 September.
🎟️ £55 / Book here

🪷 Meditation and Sound Bath With 1-2-1 Healing
Mon 29 Jun, 6.30pm / Smiths Townhouse
A deeper, more personal healing experience. This small group session combines guided meditation, sound healing and personalised 1-2-1 energy work, giving you the space to fully release, realign and reconnect. Perfect if you’re looking for something more intimate and tailored to you. Very limited spaces available, but there needs to be a minimum of 6 people to book.
🎟️ £50pp / DM Nanda Healing to book

🧘🏼‍♀️ Breathwork By The Beach
Sun 5 Jul, 6.30am / Dumpton Gap Beach
Join Moon.Mother.Muse on the beach this Sunday for a beautiful breathwork journey by the sea. As the sun rises over Dumpton Gap Beach, you’ll gather to breathe, release, and reset together, all while listening to the waves. Bring a yoga mat & blanket.
🎟️ Donation based / DM to let her know you’re coming

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Don’t Miss This: The UK Creative Festival / Wed - Thu 1-2 July

The UK Creative Festival lands next week and there’s still time to grab your tickets. Crucially the festival isn’t just for big London agencies, but anyone who works in creative industries across Thanet. So what’s on that might tempt you away from the laptop?

A few of the ‘Don’t Get Comfortable’ programme highlights: There are panels and keynotes that tackle the big questions, activation sessions and workshops, morning wellness sessions which feature yoga, sauna and plunge slots, informal networking and drinks both evenings and a creative careers fair. Under 25? You get in for free.

And don’t forget Don’t Miss readers get 15% off when booking a ticket with our code - DMM15%OFF.

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Finally, 3 Things To Know…

• The RSPCA Isle of Thanet branch opened a brand new shop in Broadstairs High Street this weekend! Returning to the town once more, there’s plenty of pre-loved bargains to be had. Go visit them at 110 High Street.

• In more ‘soon to be open’ news, have you seen the big Wagamama signs at Westwood Cross? The first Thanet branch of the chain will be opening up there very soon, right next to Costa. So we’ll no longer have to travel all the way to Canterbury for their Chicken Katsu Curry.

• Also… Did we mention we’re holding a launch party for Don’t Miss Broadstairs? Don’t Miss Out! Come see us on the beach at Finxs Beach Bar on Mon 13 July from 6.30pm. Register your attendance here so we know how many’s coming. We can’t wait to see you 🌞

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And if you missed it… last week’s newsletter still has lots of things happening that you might want to know about.