Ziggy’s Rooftop Bar & BBQ is another key venue within the newly re-birthed Dreamland Margate - a culturally transformative, local-economy-stimulating reimagining of the famous amusement park that originally launched in the late 19th Century and was re-named as Dreamland during it’s 1920s renaissance. Bringing a sense of exoticism to the Kent coast, as well as referencing the UK’s rich association with Afro-Caribbean culture, Ziggy’s is a laidback Jamaican rum shack located on a central rooftop overlooking the beach. Accessible only via a stairwell to increase visitors’ sense of stumbling upon a hidden gem, it’s a space where DJs and acoustic music sessions are played in homage to endless summers (regardless of the time of year) and acknowledgment of the chilled-out charisma of reggae culture. The design is artfully low-fi; referencing the ad hoc, constantly changing potency of street art, fly-poster style graphic motifs are daubed directly onto brick walls, a corner bar with a corrugated metal rooftop looks aptly makeshift and a series of timber posts provide the structure for impromptu canopies and outdoor lighting installations. The colour palette is Rastafarian, red, yellow and green. While Ziggy’s operates as a bar in it’s own right, the versatile venue also provides a key pre-event and post gig after party space for musicians performing on Dreamland Margate’s main stages.