Events

Oh no, there isn’t!  Pantomime audiences at The White Rock Theatre’s Jack and the Beanstalk are in for a real treat this Christmas.  I know this first-hand, as I was lucky to spend a side-splitting day last week with Mark Two, the traditional pantomime dame playing Dame Tilly Trott.  Mark Two is appearing as part of a talented panto cast including Richard Blackwood as Jack and Tim McArthur returning as Fleshcreep by popular demand.  The whole theatre is being transformed fo

If you’re a child of the 70s or 80s, the word ‘wrestling’ might conjure up thoughts of Big Daddy or Giant Haystacks and Saturday afternoons huddled round the big telly, booing whilst slurping a carton of E numbers through a skinny straw.

Get Hastings online is launching a brand new events listings section. We're always being asked to feature events in the print magazine but we're reluctant as we want the magazine to remain relevant for years to come.

Support in the creative economy Zeroh & Hell Yeah present Bottle Alley Art Market 2025 Saturday 23rd August 2025 10am - 6pm A free public event showcasing fine art from curated local and national artists.

This not-to-be-missed exhibition opens at 11am Wednesday 15 October, until Sunday 26 October, at The Regency Town House,13 Brunswick Square, Brighton BN3 1EH. Opening hours: 11am-5pm every day except Sunday 26, when the exhibition will close at 4pm.

Blending live performance with responsive virtual reality, this new one-woman show unfolds in a fully digital environment that shifts in real time with the performer’s movement and emotional state.

Mardi-Gras, Carnevale, Pancake-Day… wherever you are or whatever you call it… in the Christian tradition it’s a day to consume all your treats and celebrate before midnight, because from tomorrow (Ash Wednesday) you’ve got to be on your best behaviour until Easter Sunday

Deep-rooted in traditional 18th-century celebrations to ring in the beginning of summer, Hastings’ Jack in the Green is much like any other folk festival held in the UK, of which there are many, and yet so often people appear confused, bemused, and stare at me wide-eyed and agog when I explain a typical May bank holiday weekend in our fair town.