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Head along to the Electric Palace for Wendy May’s Summer Music Meltdown film picks!

DJ Wendy May’s Summer Music Meltdown

Join the party at the Electric Palace for another summer of handpicked, blistering music-related films, including firm favourite Summer of Soul, plus The Jazz Loft According to W. Eugene Smith, Becoming Led Zeppelin and more, says Annie Waite. This year, renowned DJ Wendy May has chosen a trio of Americana, Punk and Soul-inspired selections for your enjoyment. Continue reading…

An afternoon of classical guitar with Kianush Robeson at Blacklands Church

Blacklands Church hosted an afternoon of classical guitar music with Kianush Robeson on 15 June. The programme was dedicated mainly to Andrés Segovia (1893-1987), who dominated the field of classical guitar for most of the last century, before closing with a work written for Julian Bream. In appreciative attendance was Stewart Rayment, who also took the photos.

Community Energy Fortnight (1–14 July) is coming!

Local community benefit society Energise Sussex Coast (ESC) will be joining Battle Solar Town and others next month in celebrating Community Energy Fortnight (1–14 July), a national celebration of people-powered energy. ESC’s Gabriel Carlyle explains what’s happening.

Free Holistic therapies for young people

Hastings Voluntary Action continues to host a variety of community-focused events at Central Hall. This Saturday, 28 June, there will be a Holistic Health event with the chance to try different complementary therapies. Young people aged 18–24 will be able to experience the different therapies for no charge.

Giant casting revealed for Jack and the Beanstalk

Polka Dot Pantomimes and The Guildhall Trust are thrilled to announce that Richard Blackwood and Clair Norris will lead the cast of this year’s pantomime, Jack and the Beanstalk at Hastings White Rock.

Hastings Fat Tuesday: the next generation

The UK’s biggest Mardi Gras Festival, Hastings Fat Tuesday, welcomes three new directors following the retirement of longstanding former Directors, Sally Lampitt and Adam Daly.

Hastings Philharmonic Choir sing works by living composers

Hastings Philharmonic Choir, accompanied by the strings of the Hastings Philharmonic Orchestra, present two works by contemporary composers at its Northern Lights summer concert, to be held at Christ Church in St Leonards on Saturday 5 July. Press officer Gareth Simpson describes the background to these pieces.

Let’s Get Loud! Active Arts presents an evening of inclusive performance and creativity

Active Arts, Bexhill & Hastings Mencap’s flagship visual and performing arts programme for adults with learning disabilities, presents its annual showcase Let’s Get Loud! at the De La Warr Pavilion on Wednesday 2 July. Prepare for a truly unforgettable evening of talent, creativity and community spirit from over 60 performers, says deputy CEO Lianne Buttrey.

The Cove: A special pop-up exhibition at Hastings Contemporary

HOT’s Judy Parkinson spoke to Louisa O’Shaughnessy, learning coordinator at Hastings Contemporary about The Cove: Against the Tide – a pop-up exhibition about to open of work by students from The Cove – the Special Educational Needs facility at St Leonards Academy.

Full House for the opening performance at the Hot Tap Theatre

Dee Williams reports on the opening event at the new Hot Tap Theatre in St Andrews Mews and soaks up the atmosphere of this up-and-coming part of town.

Sustainable futures for local people – and local trees?

The future of a mature lime tree in St Leonards is under threat because it has ‘poor form’. Erica Smith meets Beau, a local resident who feels lack of consideration, connection and protection of local ecology over profit is a form of colonialism.

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Spiderman at the entrance to Hastings Comic Con

Hastings Comic Con 2025 review

Armed only with my Tom Baker scarf and a pocket full of Dalek Rolykins, I was heading off to the first Hastings Comic Con, where for a whole weekend, the geek may not have inherited the Earth, but they did take over the White Rock Theatre, writes Andrew Logan.

The sun feeds the wind, audio-visual installation

Lucia Scazzocchio, audio producer and curator of the XMTR Audio Arts Festival met Jude Montague at the Hastings Contemporary and we went to sit by the fishing boats. Here as the tide swelled and we watched the fishing crews at work and discussed the exhibition.

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DJ Wendy May’s Summer Music Meltdown

An afternoon of classical guitar with Kianush Robeson at Blacklands Church

Community Energy Fortnight (1–14 July) is coming!

Free Holistic therapies for young people

Giant casting revealed for Jack and the Beanstalk

Hastings Fat Tuesday: the next generation

Hastings Philharmonic Choir sing works by living composers

Let’s Get Loud! Active Arts presents an evening of inclusive performance and creativity

The Cove: A special pop-up exhibition at Hastings Contemporary

Full House for the opening performance at the Hot Tap Theatre

Sustainable futures for local people – and local trees?

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Hastings Comic Con 2025 review

The sun feeds the wind, audio-visual installation

Tuba maestro Oren Marshall guests at Jazz Hastings

Mindful drawing course at Alexandra Park greenhouse

Robert Rotifer at Barnaby’s Lounge