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Music hall, MargateThe Bellhouse

Bands, comedy and proper pints.

Six nights a week in a Victorian music hall, two minutes from Margate sands. Doors from 7pm.

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Tonight
  • The Night Tides, doors 7.30pm
  • Upstairs: open mic comedy from 8pm, free
  • Pizza hatch open till 10pm
  • DJs in the back bar till 1am
October at The Bellhouse

What's on

Pull a stub off to book. No booking fees, and you can hand tickets back up to 24 hours before doors.

  1. Sat3Oct

    Live music, main hall

    The Night Tides

    Reverb-soaked surf rock from a Hastings five-piece, with DJs in the back bar till late.

    Doors 7.30pm. 18+ after 9pm.

    Tonight

  2. Sun4Oct

    Folk session, back bar

    Sunday Folk Session

    Bring a fiddle, a song or just yourself. Roast dinners served until the music starts.

    From 4pm. All ages.

  3. Thu8Oct

    Pub quiz, main hall

    The Bellhouse Quiz

    Six rounds, one picture round, and a rollover jackpot.

    8pm. Teams of up to six.

  4. Fri9Oct

    Live music, main hall

    Saltwater Soul Revue

    A nine-piece with a horn section, playing Stax and Motown until the floor gives way.

    Doors 8pm. 18+

  5. Sat10Oct

    Comedy, main hall

    Saturday Stand-Up

    A headliner, three support acts and a compère keeping it all together.

    Doors 7pm, first act 8pm. 16+

    Last 9 seats

  6. Sat31Oct

    Halloween, main hall

    Fright Night Ceilidh

    A caller, a four-piece band and a costume prize. Every dance is taught, so nobody gets lost.

    7.30pm till late. Fancy dress encouraged.

Behind the bar

Six cask lines, Kentish cider and pizza from the hatch until 10pm. Open every day from 4pm, Saturdays from noon.

On the pumps

  • Bellhouse Pale4.1%, brewed for us in Ramsgate£5.40
  • Guest caskChanges every Thursday£5.20
  • Kentish ciderDry, still, 5.8%£5.60
  • Alcohol-freeLager, IPA and three spirits£4.20

From the hatch

  • Margherita12-inch, sourdough base£11.00
  • Nduja and hot honey£13.50
  • Garden (vegan)Courgette, olives, chilli£12.00
  • Sunday roastServed 12 to 4pm£17.50

Ask the bar about allergens. Gluten-free bases are £1.50 extra.

Hire the hall

Birthdays, wedding after-parties, launches and wakes. The main hall holds 220 standing, or 110 seated cabaret style.

  • £180Mon to Thu evening, 6pm till midnight
  • £350Fri or Sat night, waived with £1,400 bar spend
  • £75PA, lights and an engineer for the night
  • £14A head for a pizza and grazing buffet
Ask about a date

Pinned by the door

A few of the reviews we've printed out and stuck up by the cloakroom.

“Best sound in Thanet, and the bar staff actually look at you. Came for a band, stayed for the quiz.”
Ruth AinsworthGoogle review
“Booked the hall for my dad's 70th. They sorted the buffet, the band and the speeches mic without fuss.”
Kwame MensahHired the hall
“Saturday Stand-Up is a proper night out. Get there early for the front tables.”
Siobhan LearyComedy night

4.7 from 612 Google reviews214 shows this year

Find us

Five minutes' walk from Margate station. Pay-and-display parking on Bell Yard.

Bell Yard, off the High Street, Margate, Kent CT9
Mon to Thu
4pm till 11pm
Fri and Sat
Noon till 1am
Sunday
Noon till 10.30pm
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Box office

Lines open 11am till 6pm, and the door till the show starts.

01632 960412 boxoffice@example.co.uk

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