- You take the strain and YOU PULL!
- Hastings Old Town Carnival Week will be declared “Open”.
- Fastest runner wearing Seaboots and a top hat along the length of Courthouse Street, round a lobster
- Teams race round the Old Town with collecting boxes to find answers to questions,
- Put an old shilling note under your bottom, and ride the old butchers bike up crown lane
- Come and celebrate the joy and love of our pets
- Each team has their own theme and they decorate their pram and teams accordingly.
- Try your luck at breaking the time record for eating a pint of fresh Hastings Whelks.
- Grand Auction of gifts donated by local traders, residents and friends.
- The Grand Carnival Procession!
- Fireworks at Dusk CANCELLED
- five hidden gardens in the heart of the old town
- Bargains Galore.
- Parish Gift Day
- Street Brocante
- Stade Guided Walk
- A selection of local arts and crafts are on sale in this magnificent medieval church
- hear Mick talk about fishing past and present;
- A team of judges will select winners in categories depending on the size of the window.
- Presentation of certficates
- Parade: t-shirts designs from the last 28 years of the Beach Concert
- the congregation welcome you to Mass in this beautiful church
- True stories of smuggling in Hastings in the 18th and early 19th centuries and the involvement of lo
- Visit the coastguard station
- An outdoor breakfast accompanied by live music from
- Boot sale in aid of Stables Theatre.
- A large collection of original fishing and marine artefacts, many dating from pre-World War Two
- Elizabeth Fowler sits for her portrait by Juliette Dodd
- family picnic at the Lower Torfield allotments
- Most of the Hastings TV film locations used for this popular TV series.
- Discover hidden narrow footpaths and nooks & crannies
- A spooky interactive walk!
- Guess the Weight of the Cheese Tower
- Coffee Morning with many stalls, plenty of seating plus a bumper raffle.
- Explore some of the interesting plants that can be found growing in the Old Town’s microclimate.
- David Davies from Buckfast Abbey, Organ Concert
- Explore secular and church glass with Master Craftsman Alan and Fiona Wright.
- Come with a poem or a piece of prose, and if you wish tell us why it is dear to you.
- Climb the spiral staircase to the ringing chamber, see the bells
- Look on the Lifeboats and meet some of the crew,
- see how successful you are at tossing winkles into various sized containers
- come and hear how it all began.
- Open to all with trophies for both adults and junior
- Rockitmen plus special guests
- The Old Town lost roads, Twittens and Rows when the “slum” clearances began
- view all the items donated by local traders, residents and friends.
- A delicious cream tea in the beautiful walled garden of the historic former Old Town Rectory.
- Visit this small entrancing courtyard garden
- cakes, scones, savouries, preserves, garden produce, eggs and handicrafts
- The garden is a stunning garden split across 3 levels
- an afternoon tea featuring sandwichwes and cakes
- The Market will be full of local makers, creatives and small businesses
- A Street Party with a difference. The Bangers & Mash Blowout CANCELLED
- Do you have an “Ugly Mug” or are you good at pulling faces.
- There will be prizes for the winning and losing teams, raffle prizes and a door prize.
- Journey back in time to a forgotten and truly magical world.
- Carnival Special! Kangbala collective of DJs playing Disco and Nu-Disco at the Whistle Trago