Next weekend sees the return of the popular Hastings Seafood and Wine Festival. Now in its 14th year, the festival showcases not just the quality but also the variety of Hastings fish and other local produce. Held on the Stade open space, in Hastings’ historic Old Town, the event runs from 11am until 6pm on Saturday […]
The Source BMX will be hosting the world’s best BMX riders for the fourth annual Battle of Hastings BMX contest this weekend. The contest is the most hotly anticipated in the BMX World and features the 48 best BMX riders on the planet. The International field is made up of riders from six continents who […]
If you are looking for something unique, something special, something just a little bit out of the ordinary then make a date in your diary for the Hastings Steampunk Circus of Curiosities next month. The world of Steampunk is one limited only by your imagination and will be on show in all its glory Saturday […]
Acclaimed London chamber choir Londinium will perform two concerts – one in Hastings, the other in Bexhill – over this Bank Holiday weekend celebrating the myths of the sea and the passage of time For Londinium, whose CD of 20th-century British choral music has received widespread critical praise, this will be a first tour to the […]
A packed Kino-Teatr in St Leonards was the venue last month for a fitting finale to an incredible five days of walking as this year’s Refugee Tales concluded with an evening of story-telling, laughter and occasionally tears. Almost 70 miles was covered from Brighton to Hastings and more than 150 people joined each day in […]
Every day St Michael’s Hospice needs to raise £12,000 to be able to keep on delivering its unique and vital service to local people. That’s why the hospice is always looking for new ways to raise cash and last month, for the first time, it held a Danceathon at Ore Community Centre. The event was […]
The seventh annual five and ten kilometre Y Front Run is back for 2019. This fantastic local event takes place in Alexandra Park and raises awareness of male cancers, while also raising money for St Michael’s Hospice, Prostate Cancer UK and Cancer Research UK. Taking place this year on Sunday September 22nd from 11am until […]
People have the chance to meet specialist tobacco sniffer dogs at a series of events in Hastings and Bexhill between August 12th and 16th. East Sussex Trading Standards is running a Tobacco Awareness Week, at which people can come along and find out more about the effects of smoking on health. People can also give […]
I’m absolutely gutted I’m not going to be able to be part of The Big Sleep in 2019 writes Stuart Baillie. The number of people sleeping rough in Hastings and St Leonards is rising and I’ve met some of those people thanks to an early morning I spent earlier this year with the outreach team […]
