LOW MARGATE is a wine and music weekender set against the backdrop of incredible Margate skies. On June 22nd the old town Margate will play host to LOW Tasting Rooms which allow you to sample over 100+ wines from both importers and winemakers from across Europe and Great Britain. Organic, biodynamic and low-intervention winemakers will be on hand to lead you through the wines that respect both the grape and the soils.
However this is just the start – this a weekend for both oenophiles and audiophiles. Venues across the town will be pairing wines, some unique to Margate, with music in all its forms. Moving around over 20+ venues (see below for the programme and timings as they are announced) you will get discounted rates on wines and get to listen to a carefully curated selection of tunes from a varied selection of artists and DJs.
Saturday evening will close with a ticket only summer solstice party at Faith In Strangers – where we will take over the wine and cocktail list – and a line-up that will take us late into the evening.
Sunday will focus on pairing wine, music and food across the seafront in the Old Town of Margate culminating in a closing party and pairing at Sargasso on the harbour arm. Join us for sunset to see why JMW Turner said Margate had ‘the most beautiful skies in all of Europe’.
We’ll be working on numerous future events so sign up to our mailing list to hear about it first.
TICKETS
LOW Margate – Tasting Rooms @ Central Margate (11:00-17:00) £30
This will allow you access to the central tasting venues to taste over 100+ wines both international and English. This will also allow you a discount on all official events across Margate as each venue pairs a unique wine(s) with a curated selection of live music and DJs. Please note, tickets are based on time slot allocations, so pick when you want to arrive. Further info will be sent over the next few weeks.
TICKETS
LOW Margate – Summer Solstice Party @Faith In Strangers (8pm-2:30am) £18.50 (£15 with LOW Discount)
Main ticket holders will have a discount code upon purchase, please note that these are limited and are offered on a first come first serve basis, so if you are planning on attending please purchase now.
TICKETS
PROGRAMME-VENUES
FRIDAY
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Zero 7 Presents: SWIM SURREAL (8pm till 02:00am)
The warm up party, where Zero 7 will sound track the summer solstice sunset along with Ben Sun on support.
Faith In Strangers
Tickets
SATURDAY
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LOW TASTING ROOMS (11-5pm)
English producers:
The Margate Gallery at The Margate School
31-33 High St.
European Importers,:
Top Floor, 39-41, High St.
SATURDAY ONLY. Music all day
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OLD TOWN MARGATE (12-3PM)
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Madre:
I Mandorli x Daisy Beau
Dory’s:
Mountain People wines x Maxine Scott
Cantina Caruso:
Cooperativa Lentamente x Jim Demuth
Sargasso:
Djuce Wines x Muckwits (6-close)
NORTHDOWN ROAD (3-6PM)
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Streets:
Pouring Refošk wines
Séte:
Pet Nat Party all day
Casa Pizzeria:
Robb de Matt wines x Matt Walsh
Mori Mori:
Pouring Under the Bonnet wines.
LIDO (6-9PM)
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Off-License:
Senorio de Librares x Joe Lye & friends
Daisy:
Ancre Hills Pet Nat x Tessa Palacios
Bar Nothing:
Uncharted Wines x Lo Barnes (solo)
LOW MARGATE SUNSET (8pm-2.30am) *sunset 21.15
Faith in Strangers with
Cami Layé Okún + Yazmin Lacey
SUNDAY
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OLD TOWN (2-6pm)
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Dory’s:
Titch Hill Wines X Robbie
(United Freedom Collective)
Louie on Sea:
Modest Merchant x MARGATE RADIO
Staple, Harbour Arm:
Pouring Jeff Coutelou all day.
Little Swift:
Northern Wine x Raphael Salley
Fort Road Hotel Bar:
Pouring Portuguese wines by Raymond Reynolds
Pomus:
Garcia Perez x This Bright Condition
The Shakespeare:
Pouring wines by Top Cuvee
COMING SOON: DIVE & Pomus
CLOSING PARTY (6-10pm)
Sargasso x Casa Pizzeria
DJs Roanne and Lawson.
WINES
We are lucky enough to have some of the country’s most prominent importers of natural, organic, biodynamic and low-intervention wines coming to Margate to allow you to sample over 100+ wines. These include Ancestrel, Carte Blanche, Dispaccio Wines, Emile, Keeling Andrew, Les Cave de Pyrene, Progression Wines, Sager + Wine, Southern Wine Roads, Uncharted and Winemakers Club.
We also have one of the most incredible line-ups of low-intervention English (and Welsh) winemakers and producers ever put together in the country. This is an opportunity to really get to grips with the future of winemaking in this country. The winemakers include: Ark, Ham Street, BlackBook, Leisure, Lost in a Field, Matt Gregory, Mountain People, Natalia Harris, Northern WIne, Renegade, Sophie Evans, Titch Hill, Traverse Wines, Westwell and Walgate Wine.
We will also have a talk with Abbie Moulton, author of New British Wine: New Makers, New Flavours, New Ethos – keep an eye out for more details….
