Ramsgate Festival

This year's Ramsgate Festival is 22-30 July 2017, alongside Ramsgate Week and the 2017 theme is #DreamMarine,

Ramsgate Festival is going to be amazing and much bigger than ever before this year!

Starting with opera on the beach (Handel’s Semele from Garsington Opera) and finishing with Fire Finale, the packed programme includes: Littoral Light, a beautiful illuminated twilight art installation on a remote stretch of beach involving 40 artists; the Ramsgate Slide, a giant waterslide inspired by internationally famous artist Luke Jerram; Jimmy's Boatyard, a unique installation from Russian artists Cardboardia and Yorkshire's Handmade Parade, working with local artists, who will bring a daily programme of boat making in the harbour (think BIG!) - and a host of diverse, fun and serious, high quality events that celebrate the unique maritime location of this extraordinary place, from nautical-themed computer games at the Micro Museum, to heritage walks and talks. Ramsgate has the country’s only Royal Harbour as well as golden sandy beaches and is just over an hour from London by train. This year's Ramsgate Festival theme is #DreamMarine. It takes place 22-30 July 2017, alongside the historic Ramsgate Week regatta. The organisers say: ‘Think big. unleash your creative potential, play and have fun, everyone can be part of this but prepare to be surprised and possibly challenged by Dream Marine in 2017’

-Ramsgate Festival is produced by Ramsgate Arts and Artaha alongside Ramsgate Week, with the support of The Arts Council England, The Turner Contemporary, Dreamland Margate, Opera for All, Looping the Loop, Coastal Communities Alliance, Magnae Vitae, Ramgate Town Council, Thanet District Council, Ramsgate Society, Ramsgate Town Team, and Margate Festival and the close collaboration and hard work of a long list of other organisations and committed individuals.

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