About Faith In Strangers

Faith In Strangers is a 300-capac­i­­ty com­bined arts venue that pri­mar­i­ly focus­es on music while cel­e­brat­ing all forms of cre­ative expres­sion. Locat­ed in Cliftonville, Mar­gate, our venue is renowned for its bespoke, cus­­tom-built sound sys­tem, Posei­don.

Housed in a spa­cious, open-plan room, Faith In Strangers offers icon­ic sun­set sea views across Margate’s kalei­do­scop­ic skies, cre­at­ing an atmos­phere that is both unique and invit­ing. We wel­come DJs, selec­tors, and live acts from around the globe, all sup­port­ed by our vibrant local community.

At the heart of our space is a do-it-your­­self ethos. With a tiny but high­ly effec­tive team, we have built and designed every detail from the ground up. Our founder, Jere­my Duffy has played a sig­nif­i­cant, hands-on role in craft­ing the venue, ensur­ing that every ele­ment reflects our pas­sion for art, music, and innovation.

Artis­tic Vision & Music Pol­i­cy 

Our aim is to build a com­mu­ni­ty that inspires and sup­ports artists, per­form­ers, and DJs to explore their curiosi­ties, exper­i­ment with new styles, and find fresh ways to hon­our her­itage and clas­sic influ­ences. Although we are root­ed in a pas­sion for elec­tron­ic music, dis­co, rar­i­ties, and psy­che­del­ic or exper­i­men­tal sounds from around the globe, our music pol­i­cy remains open and unre­strict­ed. We focus on uncov­er­ing unheard music, shar­ing it, and craft­ing an atmos­phere that trans­ports our audi­ence to new, excit­ing places.

Faith In Strangers is about the trust between peo­ple that cre­ates moments of uni­ty — a com­mon ground for uncom­mon expe­ri­ences. We give artists the room to exper­i­ment and shape these moments, steer­ing clear of gener­ic​‘crowd pleasers’ and music you could hear at any bar across the UK. We plat­form a wide range of selec­tors, DJs, and live acts, some of whom you can see fea­tured below.

While our focus is strong on elec­tron­ic music, we also embrace musi­cal expres­sions from around the world, includ­ing jazz, clas­si­cal, live ambi­ent, tech­no, noise, bossa nova, and more. We are also gear­ing up for diver­sy­ing the cul­tur­al pro­gram­ming into film, com­e­dy and talks. 

Cul­tur­al Progamming

We’re hop­ing to build a home for many of the artists to come back and play reg­u­lar­ly. Check out who’s played here so far;

The Posei­don Sound Sys­tem (Cus­tom Built)

Our pur­suit of excep­tion­al audi­to­ry expe­ri­ences led us to cre­ate a unique sound sys­tem, focused on high-fideli­­ty and live music per­for­mance, our sys­tem fea­tures triple stacked coils and super low dis­tor­tion for sus­tained pow­er with­out com­pres­sion. Embrac­ing the lat­est tech­nol­o­gy, we craft­ed a sys­tem with DSP tun­ing, using top com­po­nents for a sound that is both Hi-Fi and live music ready.

The heart of our design is a hor­i­zon­tal horn, but with a focus on high-fideli­­ty rather than sheer vol­ume. Our horn-led approach, cho­sen for its expan­sive stereo image and dis­per­sion, cre­ates what we call a​‘demo­c­ra­t­ic sound’ expe­ri­ence, where clar­i­ty and detail shine through phase coher­ence and reduced inter­fer­ence. With a stream­lined birch ply design, they will be paint­ed in Klein blue, our sys­tem not only excels in reduc­ing dis­tor­tion but also com­ple­ments high-qual­i­­ty mix­ers like the Iso­noe 420, reveal­ing the nuances of phono pre­amps. Con­stant­ly refin­ing and test­ing, includ­ing amps from Lin­ear Research, Lab Grup­pen, and Pow­er­soft, our pas­sion for acoustic excel­lence dri­ves us to con­tin­u­al­ly enhance our venue, mak­ing it a hub for unpar­al­leled son­ic experiences.

This sys­tem doesn’t just play music; it sculpts an acoustic envi­ron­ment, ensur­ing a ​‘demo­c­ra­t­ic sound’ that reach­es every­one, every­where in the venue, for a tru­ly unfor­get­table son­ic journey.

Light­ing

We have also designed and built our own bespoke light­ing sys­tem that sur­rounds the perime­ter of the venue with sin­gle-pix­el address­able LEDS. These have been designed to be more atmos­pher­ic rather than intru­sive, offer­ing reac­tive mood light­ing. We want the light­ing to com­pli­ment the music and add anoth­er dimen­sion, not over­pow­er and over­stage the audio.