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Thursday 22nd

Thursday kicks the Festival off with the Sonic Trail, a free lunchtime concert, and in the evening our opening concert, will be a transcendent synth concert like no other.

  • Look Mum No Computer - Opening Concert
    Look Mum No Computer - Opening Concert
    Thu, 22 Aug
    St George's Church
    22 Aug 2024, 18:00 – 21:30
    St George's Church, Church Rd, Ramsgate CT11 8RE, UK
    22 Aug 2024, 18:00 – 21:30
    St George's Church, Church Rd, Ramsgate CT11 8RE, UK
    Our opening event at St George’s church will be a synth concert like no other, performed by the brilliant LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER, with two opening acts - Rosie Carr and Microfilm (Mark Bandola & Richard Armstrong-Sealand) creating a trifecta of sonic brilliance.
  • Free Lunchtime Concert - Julie Peat
    Free Lunchtime Concert - Julie Peat
    Thu, 22 Aug
    St George's Church
    22 Aug 2024, 12:00 – 13:00
    St George's Church, Church Rd, Ramsgate CT11 8RE, UK
    22 Aug 2024, 12:00 – 13:00
    St George's Church, Church Rd, Ramsgate CT11 8RE, UK
    For our first lunchtime concert Julie Peat will take us on a journey through time (and back again!).
  • A Song From Below
    A Song From Below
    Multiple Dates
    Thu, 22 Aug
    Ramsgate Harbour
    22 Aug 2024, 12:00 – 17:00
    Ramsgate Harbour, Harbour Parade, Ramsgate CT11, UK
    22 Aug 2024, 12:00 – 17:00
    Ramsgate Harbour, Harbour Parade, Ramsgate CT11, UK
    A Song from Below is envisaged as a portal to a saltwater realm that recalls ocean crossings, Creole imaginings of aquatic origins, and traces of ancestral connection with the sea.
  • Mixtape 88/00
    Mixtape 88/00
    Multiple Dates
    Thu, 22 Aug
    Arts In Ramsgate
    22 Aug 2024, 12:00 – 17:00
    Arts In Ramsgate, 46 High St, Ramsgate CT11 9AG, UK
    22 Aug 2024, 12:00 – 17:00
    Arts In Ramsgate, 46 High St, Ramsgate CT11 9AG, UK
    The tale of the tape: a display of photography, VHS and cassette tape installations, and associated music paraphernalia that charts the ways in which friends shared music in the 80s and 90s, through the curating, designing and sending homemade DIY-mixtape recordings
  • The Revox Quartet
    The Revox Quartet
    Multiple Dates
    Thu, 22 Aug
    This Museum is (Not) Obsolete
    22 Aug 2024, 12:00 – 17:00
    This Museum is (Not) Obsolete, 5-7 Church Hill, Ramsgate CT11 8RA, UK
    22 Aug 2024, 12:00 – 17:00
    This Museum is (Not) Obsolete, 5-7 Church Hill, Ramsgate CT11 8RA, UK
    The Revox Quartet is an interactive analogue sound installation created by the team at This Museum Is (Not) Obsolete for RFOS 24.
  • Broken Time
    Broken Time
    Multiple Dates
    Thu, 22 Aug
    St Georges Church
    22 Aug 2024, 12:00 – 17:00
    St Georges Church, Church Rd, Ramsgate CT11 8RE, UK
    22 Aug 2024, 12:00 – 17:00
    St Georges Church, Church Rd, Ramsgate CT11 8RE, UK
    ‘Broken Time’ is a sound piece installation and performance by Gordon R Peden, aimed at encouraging curiosity and playfulness.
  • Toys Are Us
    Toys Are Us
    Multiple Dates
    Thu, 22 Aug
    As Was Is Now Gallery
    22 Aug 2024, 12:00 – 17:00
    As Was Is Now Gallery, 27 Harbour St, Ramsgate CT11 8HA, UK
    22 Aug 2024, 12:00 – 17:00
    As Was Is Now Gallery, 27 Harbour St, Ramsgate CT11 8HA, UK
    ‘Toys Are Us’ invites visitors into a suspended reality where toys talk. But do we like what they say? Inspired by oddities found in local Emporiums and charity shops, it's no secret Ramsgate has a long term love affair with forgotten objects.
  • 1000 Words
    1000 Words
    Multiple Dates
    Thu, 22 Aug
    Royal Sands Apartments
    22 Aug 2024, 12:30 – 15:30
    Royal Sands Apartments, Ramsgate CT11 8HF, UK
    22 Aug 2024, 12:30 – 15:30
    Royal Sands Apartments, Ramsgate CT11 8HF, UK
    If you only had 1,000 words left to speak, what would you say? Listen to Mike Willis discuss what it means to lose the ability to speak and the tools available to continue to communicate.
  • The Musical Tower of Babel
    The Musical Tower of Babel
    Thu, 22 Aug
    Clock House Museum
    22 Aug 2024, 12:00 – 25 Aug 2024, 17:00
    Clock House Museum, Royal Hbr Approach, Ramsgate CT11, UK
    22 Aug 2024, 12:00 – 25 Aug 2024, 17:00
    Clock House Museum, Royal Hbr Approach, Ramsgate CT11, UK
    Featuring 12 music “boxes’ from illustrator/Storyteller Sharon Hendy through the medium of Collage & Assemblage.
  • High Street Highlights Audio Tour
    High Street Highlights Audio Tour
    Multiple Dates
    Thu, 22 Aug
    Ramsgate
    22 Aug 2024, 12:00 – 17:00
    Ramsgate, Ramsgate, UK
    22 Aug 2024, 12:00 – 17:00
    Ramsgate, Ramsgate, UK
    High Street Highlights is an audio trail created by Walkie-Talkie Audio on the Useeum app.
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