The Palace Cinema Broadstairs

The Palace Cinema Broadstairs An independent cinema in Broadstairs for people who love independent film.

60 Years a Cinema 1965-2025 🎈

The Palace is small, welcoming, independent and family-run, offering a programme of quality mainstream, independent and world cinema for locals and visitors alike! It's usually open 7 days a week, offering at least two choices of film plus special events including 'Palace Sunday Silents', monthly silent films with live piano accompaniment Sept-June. The cinema is deceptively small from the street-

front; inside at street level there is a little foyer (with a lovely range of snacks and drinks, and fully licensed) and balcony. Stairs from the foyer lead down to the stalls, and we have step-free access at the rear of the building. The Palace is housed in a lovely Grade II listed building. Originally a shipwrights stood on the site until in the 1910s it was transformed into the more elegant, and solid, 'York Gate Hall' to house the armour collection of Sir Guy Laking, whose family holidayed next door in York Gate House. From the late 1910s-1960s the hall was hired out in the season for puppet shows and 16mm cartoon shows before being converted into a cinema by local cinema entrepreneur Jack Field, who originally named it the 'Windsor'. It was re-named the Palace in 2006 by the third owners, Colin Jay and Sean Mills, who undertook a large scale renovation and installation of larger screen plus digital sound & projection.

Tonight at the Palace at 7pm!
17/06/2026

Tonight at the Palace at 7pm!

At the Palace from Fri 19 June 🎉🍃 OUR LAND - Exploring the ‘right to roam’ with walkers, land owners, conservationists a...
17/06/2026

At the Palace from Fri 19 June 🎉

🍃 OUR LAND - Exploring the ‘right to roam’ with walkers, land owners, conservationists and activists

🥂 MY MOTHER’S WEDDING - A glass of bubbles + tears and laughs for 3 daughters and their mum on her 3rd wedding day

🎹 Sunday Silent: A HOOT & A HALF WITH LAUREL & HARDY + amazing live piano accompaniment by Lillian Henley

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Coming up from Fri 26 June!

🪎 SAVAGE HOUSE - C18th aristos with everything except money & shame haul it all together for one big show of family glory

🎧 TUNER - Heist with heart for two piano tuners whose unlikely friendship leads to unlikely uses for their particular skills

🎞️ CINEMA WALK: BROADSTAIRS - Taking in local characters and social history, archive images and screenings happening next week, visit the town’s love for the sights, sounds and sensations of film from the 1890s to today.

Coming up in July!

HEN
DISCLOSURE DAY
VIRGINIA WOOLF’S NIGHT & DAY
BACKROOMS
500 MILES
TIME AND WATER
THE INVITE
NORTHERN SOUL: STILL BURNING
TOY STORY 5
MINIONS & MONSTERS

Margate pop up cinemasThere’ve been a few. From audiences of 1000s at outdoor screenings in the 1910s to 100s of cheerfu...
13/06/2026

Margate pop up cinemas

There’ve been a few. From audiences of 1000s at outdoor screenings in the 1910s to 100s of cheerful sandy kids in converted halls in the ‘40s to a ton of fantastic smaller scale options today 👋 101 Social, Cliftonville Outdoor Cinema, ARK Cliftonville, Whereelse, Olby’s Creative Hub and many more!

With cinemas or without, Margate has been filled with places to see a film for 100+ years. A Cinema Walk explores and celebrates them all, from converted shops to glorious picture palaces, from buildings still standing to those of which all flickering traces are long gone. Taking in local characters and social history, archive images and film clubs happening next week, visit Margate’s love for the sights, sounds and sensations of film since the dawn of moving pictures.

Cinema Walk: Margate/Cliftonville
Sun 14 June, 10:30-12:00
Meeting point: Esso Garage, Northdown Rd corner Wyndham Ave
🎟️ Book in advance at thepalacecinema.co.uk or arrive a little early to pay on the day

COMING UP:
Cinema Walk: Broadstairs
Sun 28 June, 10:30-11:45

Cinema Walk: Ramsgate already done for 2026! Next one: March 2027 🍿

In this centenary year, a rare opportunity to see a rediscovered documentary not seen for 50 years including original fi...
12/06/2026

In this centenary year, a rare opportunity to see a rediscovered documentary not seen for 50 years including original film of the General Strike 1926.

Exploring the years that had led to the strike, the interviews with those involved give the film legacy as a unique record of an extra ordinary period in British history. We meet the miners at the heart of the strike, for whom it offered a first time to feel their power. We also meet the government officials, the police and the ‘specials’, and the middle-class volunteers in the government-organised Organisation for the Maintenance of Supplies.

These first-hand accounts show working class communities beginning to organise society in their own interests, despite far lower literacy rates and none of today’s tools for communication. Behind the scenes, away from this inspiring and potentially revolutionary action, the TUC General Council found themselves caught in the headlights of a situation they couldn’t control and a government one step ahead of them. Capitulation followed, and a desperate loss and sense of betrayal for the men going back to work and for their families.

The screening is followed by a Q&A with Chris Reeves and Norman Thomas of Platform Films who have brought this film back to the screen.

THE GENERAL STRIKE 1926: A REVOLUTION BETRAYED?
Sun 14 June 19:00

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We're delighted to welcome director Felipe Bustos Sierra for a screening + Q&A, a special event for Refugee Week in part...
11/06/2026

We're delighted to welcome director Felipe Bustos Sierra for a screening + Q&A, a special event for Refugee Week in partnership with ARK.

In May 2021, a UK Home Office dawn raid triggered one of the most spontaneous and successful acts of civil resistance in recent memory.

In Pollokshields, Glasgow – Scotland’s most diverse neighbourhood - hundreds of residents rushed to the streets to stop the deportation of their neighbours.

Blending crowd-sourced footage with a moving re-enactment featuring verbatim testimony from those who were there, Everybody To Kenmure Street takes us inside the eight-hour stand-off that demonstrated the power of peaceful solidarity.

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ARK Cliftonville
Refugee Week

From Fri 12 at the Palace! 🔦 UNDERLAND - Robert McFarlane’s poetic deep dive into the world far below our feet 🤩 EAGLES ...
10/06/2026

From Fri 12 at the Palace!

🔦 UNDERLAND - Robert McFarlane’s poetic deep dive into the world far below our feet

🤩 EAGLES OF THE REPUBLIC - In Cairo, a star finds that his fame does not insulate him from state power

🪧 GENERAL STRIKE 1926: A REVOLUTION BETRAYED? - Restored 1974 doc incl. moving interviews with those that took part followed by Q&A with Platform Films

🎞️ CINEMA WALK: MARGATE/CLIFTONVILLE - Explore the local characters and social history, archive images and film clubs happening next week, visiting Margate and Cliftonville’s love for the sights, sounds and sensations of film since the 1890s!

🎟️ thepalacecinema.co.uk

Coming up from Fri 19:

🙋🏻 Special event for Refugee Week: Inspiring, award-winning doc re the community uprising in Glasgow EVERYBODY TO KENMURE STREET + Q&A with director Felipe Bustas Sierra. In partnership with ARK Cliftonville

🍃 OUR LAND - Exploring the ‘right to roam’ with walkers, land owners, conservationists and activists

🥂 MY MOTHER’S WEDDING - A glass of bubbles, tears and laughs for 3 daughters and their mum on her 3rd wedding day

🎹 Sunday Silent: A HOOT & A HALF WITH LAUREL & HARDY + amazing live piano accompaniment by Lillian Henley

Emily, farewell! A slightly unbelievable 4yrs 8 months have passed since the Palace was lucky enough to have Emily join ...
09/06/2026

Emily, farewell!

A slightly unbelievable 4yrs 8 months have passed since the Palace was lucky enough to have Emily join the small but mighty Palace team. She’ll be much missed, tho she’ll be back for films! Her top Palace film ever? SOUND OF FALLING (Mascha Schilinkski, 2025) - watch it if you haven’t xx

Next stop: The Blue Pelican, Deal

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CINEMA WALK: RAMSGATE Sun 7 JuneJoin us for a sunny morning stroll around Ramsgate exploring the town’s exciting history...
06/06/2026

CINEMA WALK: RAMSGATE Sun 7 June

Join us for a sunny morning stroll around Ramsgate exploring the town’s exciting history of where to watch a film!

From the first shows in churches, halls & converted shops to similar spaces today, from glamorous Art Deco wonders to scrappy flea pits, from classical architecture still with us after 100 years to cheerful seasonal ‘cinemas’ popped up for a year and gone, over 8 stops we take a spin around 18 places to experience the magic of film in Ramsgate, 1890s to today.

CINEMA WALK: RAMSGATE
Sun 7 June, 10:30-12:00
Meeting point: Outside Ramsgate Tunnels

🎟️ Book in advance at thepalacecinema.co.uk or pay on the day. Adult £10/£9; Under-15 £4; Carer accompanying disabled participant - free.

Coming up!

CINEMA WALK: MARGATE
Sun 14 June, 10:30-12:00

CINEMA WALK: BROADSTAIRS
Sun 28 June, 10:30-11:45

PLEASE NOTE: DEADLINE NOW PASSEDWe’re looking for a part-time Front of House Assistant Have you got a love for cinema, g...
04/06/2026

PLEASE NOTE: DEADLINE NOW PASSED

We’re looking for a part-time Front of House Assistant

Have you got a love for cinema, great customer service skills, the ability to work independently as well as part of a team and previous front of house or other customer service experience?

It’s a hands on job, more to it than standing in the foyer, and we’re looking for someone who can work evenings and is willing to provide cover at weekends if required.

Age 18+. One fixed day a week (Tue c.3pm-10.30pm) + cover

Full details & job description on the website, paper version in the cinema.

Please apply by CV and cover letter to [email protected]

Deadline for applications: Tue 16 June 6pm, interviews Thu 18 / Fri 19 June

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From Fri 5 June at the Palace!👩🏼‍🎨👩🏼‍🎨 THE CHRISTOPHERS - Gorgeous tale starring Ian McKellan & Michaela Coel as painter...
04/06/2026

From Fri 5 June at the Palace!

👩🏼‍🎨👩🏼‍🎨 THE CHRISTOPHERS - Gorgeous tale starring Ian McKellan & Michaela Coel as painter and forger discovering an unexpected bond

🧍🏻‍♀️🧍🏻‍♀️MIROIRS NO.3 - Thrown together by circumstance, the connected lives of a young woman and a family that takes her in are slowly revealed

🌺 EXHIBITION ON SCREEN: FRIDA KAHLO - The extraordinary life and work of the great artist told by experts and in her own words

🎞️ CINEMA WALK: RAMSGATE - A sunny (🤞🤞) stroll taking in local characters and social history, archive images and screenings happening next week, join us to enjoy Ramsgate’s love for the sights, sounds and sensations of film since the 1890s!

🎟️ thepalacecinema.co.uk

Coming up from Fri 12 June:

🔦 UNDERLAND - Robert McFarlane’s poetic deep dive into the world far below our feet

🤩 EAGLES OF THE REPUBLIC - In Cairo, a star finds that his fame does not insulate him from state power

🪧 GENERAL STRIKE 1926: A REVOLUTION BETRAYED? + Q&A - Restored 1974 doc incl. moving interviews with those that took part followed by Q&A with Platform Films

Later in June:

Special event for Refugee Week: EVERYBODY TO KENMURE STREET + Q&A with director Felipe Bustas Sierra
OUR LAND
MY MOTHER’S WEDDING
Sunday Silent: A HOOT & A HALF WITH LAUREL & HARDY + live piano accompaniment
SAVAGE HOUSE
TUNER

Address

Harbour Street
Broadstairs
CT10IET

Opening Hours

Monday 5:30pm - 10:30pm
Tuesday 2:30pm - 10:30pm
Wednesday 5:30pm - 10:30pm
Thursday 5:30pm - 10:30pm
Friday 5:30pm - 10:30pm
Saturday 5:30pm - 10:30pm
Sunday 5:30pm - 10:30pm

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