Hastings Sinfonia’s Winter Concert at 7.30pm on Saturday 27 January at St John the Evangelist, Brittany Road, St Leonards-on-Sea TN38 0RD. Tickets are just £10 in advance or £12 at the door. Children under the age of 16 are free (ticket required). Tickets available from: The Tourist Information Office, Aquila House, Hastings or via TicketSource (booking line 0333 666 3366) or
HOT wanted to spread the word about this grant scheme, aware of so many active and empowering women’s groups in Hastings.
The Joe Strummer Foundation is teaming up with Independent Venue Week (IVW) to put on a special show in Hastings, East Sussex. This will be the first time any venue from the area has joined IVW in its 5 years. The show, Strummerville-on-Sea will include music from breakthrough bands: Arrows Of Love/Bloody Knees/Yowl/Lice/Heavy Lungs and will take place on 3 Feb at The Brass Monkey.
It’s become a tradition for the Queen Victoria statue in Warrior Square to be tampered with by locals. In recent years she has sported a giant walnut whip on her head and an Acid House smiley mask. HOT’s Erica Smith sees the funny side.
Active Hastings has a recipe for beating the New Year blues – a family activity day at Summerfields Leisure Centre on Sunday 14 January, as they explain.
When your Christmas tree has shed all its needles onto your thick-pile carpet and it’s time to get rid of it, don’t dump it in the garden or at the side of the road or even take it to the town dump, where it will only end up in landfill. Take advantage of the council’s free recycling offer.
Erica Smith waxes lyrical about ExploreTheArch’s latest production.
On Tuesday 9 January, the Olie Brice Quintet gives you 20% more jazz in the form of guest performer, local saxophonist Jason Yarde. Erica Smith caught up with Olie Brice to find out more about his band.
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