The 17th Hastings International Piano Competition will take place from 22 Feb – 2 March 2024 and entry is now open, by video audition. The deadline for entries is 15 September 2023, and full details of how to enter the competition are here.
Georgie Wheeler is curating a show called YELLOW at the Stade. Georgie Wheeler, aka G_wizz_wheeler is an active Hastings illustrator/artist whose work is well known, popping up on murals, posters, and electricity boxes. She has recently designed the programme and marketing materials for the Hastings Comedy Festival. Jude Montague interviewed her for Hastings Online Times.
The 2022 Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition prizewinner Thomas Kelly returns to 1066 Country for his Summer Picnic Concert. Dominika Hicks writes.
Do you look after someone who couldn’t manage without your help, or know someone who does? Caring for a relative, friend or neighbour, unpaid, is often referred to as being a carer. This Carers’ Week, local charity Care for the Carers is celebrating and supporting carers to have their voices heard and their needs recognised.
Community, Creativity and Compassion come together at Sanctuary Festival 2023 on Saturday 24 & Sunday 25 June 2023 at Hastings Museum & Art Gallery on Bohemia Road in Hastings.
The UK comedy circuit returns to Hastings and St Leonards for this year’s Hastings Comedy Festival, running for five days from 14–18 June. 2023 is the festival’s eighth year of bringing laughter and live comedy entertainment to our town with another excellent programme of live comedy shows from some of the funniest and creative comedians performing on the comedy circuit today.
Over the weekend of 26–28 May, the Electro Studios Project Space (ESPS) in St Leonards hosted the first UK exhibition of German artist Daniel Hartlaub. If you weren’t there, read on – Stewart Rayment reviews this extraordinary happening.
The local Green Party has accused Labour of a “power grab” after Labour councillors were elected to all committee chairs and vice chairs with the help of a Reform UK councillor, Lucian Fernando. They also criticise Labour’s handling of various council issues. Labour has denied doing a deal with Fernando. Nick Terdre reports.
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