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We’re throwing open the doors for the 2025 season from Saturday 5th April and we can’t wait to welcome all you Dreamers for some good ol’ seaside fun! As always, Dreamland is free to enter and there’s loads to look forward to including rides, slap up street food, amusements, roller…

We hosted the world’s first supermarket roller disco in partnership with our friends over at Asda!  We had the pleasure of working with This Is Cow to celebrate the return of Asda’s…

Christmas World at Dreamland has a flurry of festive offerings for all of the family this winter! From a magical festive grotto experience guided by friendly elves, to kids indoor snowball fights and selected rides, to family sleigh rides and scrumptious treats for everyone, there’s something to appeal to…

For over a century, Dreamland has been the beating heart of Margate, bringing quality entertainment and an eclectic programme of live music to visitors from far and wide. Over the years Dreamland’s history has had more twists and turns than a white-knuckle ride, but the value that has held true…

BANKSY MURAL VALENTINE’S DAY MASCARA INSTALLED AT DREAMLAND MARGATE RED EIGHT GALLERY AND DREAMLAND HAVE COMPLETED THE TRANSFER OF BANKSY’S ARTWORK FROM ITS ORIGINAL LOCATION TO DREAMLAND PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE ARTWORK IS CONFIRMED TO START FROM SUNDAY 11 JUNE Banksy’s artwork, Valentine’s Day Mascara was…

Monday 9th January 2023 is firmly etched in our diaries and calendars as the date Academy Award ® winning director and writer, Sam Mendes’ film, Empire of Light is released in the UK – and we are on the edge of our seats! Starring Olivia Colman, Micheal Ward and Colin…

We are beyond excited to be nominated as a finalist in the Venue of the Year category of the inaugural LIVE Awards 2022. The awards, created by the umbrella organisation Live Music Industry Venue & Entertainment (LIVE) are designed to celebrate…

On Saturday 20th August 2022 we were delighted to welcome 94-year-old John Sharp to Dreamland along with two generations of his family for their annual trip to Margate. Back in 1946, at just 18 years of age, John worked at Dreamland as a labourer.  He started off looking after two…

We’re getting set to celebrate National Roller Coaster Day on Tuesday 16th August 2022, shining a spotlight on our crowning glory, The Scenic Railway. First opened in 1920, The Scenic Railway turns a whopping 102 years old this year and to honour this milestone, we will offer free rides on…

We’ve got a packed programme of events and seaside fun for everyone this Summer, with our crowning glory, The Scenic Railway (the UK’s oldest rollercoaster) once more thrilling visitors to Margate. Open every day throughout the six weeks of Summer including Sunday 4th September, the park’s most popular attractions will…

Are you as excited as we are for May Half Term and the start of Dreamland’s 2022 summer season? There’s loads in store for you to enjoy during holidays and weekends this year, so read on to discover more… From the top, we’ve got a great line up of vintage…

We are thrilled to announce that Dreamland will be back for the Spring and Summer season 2022, doors opening from Sunday 29th May at weekends and holidays!

This summer, our outdoor events area will be transformed into the Dreamland Summer Social! Kicking off on Thursday 27th May, in line with UK lockdown easing, this new event will run all summer long and is set to be the hottest spot in Kent. The Dreamland Summer Social is the ultimate…

We’re all spending more time together and now it’s officially the Easter Holidays, which means we’re looking for even more ways to stay entertained now that schools out. We’ve been missing you all at Dreamland, so we thought we’d bring a little bit of us to you, during the Big…

During this difficult time for the world, Dreamland is taking a break along with the rest of the country to ensure people are safe and that we can reopen in good health for our 100th birthday celebrations. In the meantime, we want to make sure our fans and friends can…

Do you love making people happy? Are you cheerful, cheeky and ‘one of a kind’? There’s no better time to work with us than in our 100th Year! Come along to our recruitment open days and meet the teams behind the scenes that give our visitors 1000 smiles per hour.

Vote for the Tiina Turner Prize winner! Take a look at the 3 shortlisted artists’ submissions here: https://www.muralbythesea.co.uk/the-tiina-turner-prize THE VOTING HAS NOW CLOSED – THE WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED SOON! GET CREATIVE WITH OUR FREE ACTIVITY BOOKLET!…

When it comes to excitement about hosting the Turner Prize, Margate is getting a big head. Literally. Dreamland Margate has commissioned artists Cool Shit – the team behind Happy Kanye – to produce a giant inflatable sculpture of Tina Turner’s head for the seaside park, in the run up to…

The first ever Dreamland Proms takes place on Saturday 15th June, with the BBC Big Band and Claire Martin MBE providing the best swing, jazz and big band tunes for all to enjoy. The park will be primed for deck chairs, picnic blankets and strawberry punnets-a-plenty for this glorious outdoor show,…

Margate residents and seaside day-trippers have a new foodie haunt to head to this summer. Bookings are now open at Dreamland’s brand new European restaurant, Café Barletta, which officially opens its doors to the public on Wednesday 5th June. Described as part European café and part seaside escape,…

Get ready to bounce – the UK’s coolest amusement park is joining forces with the UK’s favourite family festival this Easter. Our park reopens in full on Saturday 6th April and we’re starting the season with a full park takeover by the one and only Camp Bestival for the school holidays! From…

Minecraft maniacs and Fortnite fans assemble! Minecraft is known for its infinite-worlds of different landscapes – icy mountains, swamps, vast open fields and much more. And so, what better place to host a programme of packed Minecraft events, than our cavernous-cove of Minecraft wonderment by the sea! On Saturday 9th…

Chase the January blues away with a month of foot stomping, heart-pinging, hip-shaking tunes at Dreamland Margate. We’re proud of you; you survived the most miserable month of the year. No booze (right?), cash strapped post Xmas, chilled to the bone and already fed up of that personal trainer who won’t stop…

Budding bookworms, imaginative illustrators, and wannabe writers – a world of wonder awaits you at Dreamland this February. On Saturday 16th February, we will throw open the doors for our first ever Children’s Book Festival, with authors, activities and awesome entertainment laid on all day down in Hall By the…

GUEST BLOG This month we are delighted to be sponsoring Bags of Taste, a not-for-profit organization working to change the everyday diets of people who are either in, or who face food poverty. Founded by Alicia Weston five years ago in East London (Alicia recently received a British Empire Medal…

We’re all feeling as stuffed as a Christmas turkey so we’ve put together a little guide on how to get active and entertained in Margate in the Christmas holidays 1. A blustery beach walk It may be cold outside but is there anything better for blowing away the cobwebs (or…