EVENTS

What’s On In and around Hailsham

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Hailsham Festival Open Morning

Vicarage Field High Street, Hailsham, East Sussex

The centre of town will be buzzing on Saturday mornings during the festival. Come along to Vicarage Field in the centre of town and visit the weekly Saturday market and enjoy the Mish Mash Morris Dancers from 11am and 1pm plus face painting and children's craft activities. Visit us at the Festival Information Centre inside […]

Free

A Life on the Buses

B12 Bar & Kitchen 12 High Street, Hailsham, East Sussex

A nostalgic journey with local transport consultant and author Chris Cheek through his 50-year career 'on the buses' plus a discussion with Philip Ayres of Cuckmere Community Bus about the role of the bus in modern life.

£5.00

… and this is my friend Mr. Laurel

Hailsham Pavilion Hailsham Pavilion Theatre, Hailsham, United Kingdom

Jeffrey Holland (Hi-de-Hi, You Rang M'Lord) returns in his sell-out one-man show about friendship, memories and a couple of remarkable lives. Set in the bedroom of a sick Oliver Hardy, the show takes place during Laurel's visit to the dying man. Recounting their past success as the comedy double act Laurel and Hardy, this is […]

£13.50 – £15

Baroque Alchemy

Hailsham Pavilion Hailsham Pavilion Theatre, Hailsham, United Kingdom

Recorder virtuoso, Piers Adams and Lyndy Mayle on electronic keyboards bring their wealth of musical talent and experience to the stage at Hailsham Pavilion. Baroque Alchemy is a beacon for our changing musical times and aims to introduce an entirely new audience to music of the past, as well as taking traditional classical music lovers […]

£12.50

THE JIVEBEATS ROCK ‘N’ ROLL DANCE NIGHT

Hailsham Memorial Institute Club

Come and dance the night away with the Jivebeats! Feel-good, toe-tapping tunes from the 1950s and 60s era of Rock 'n' Roll. Enjoy some familiar songs (and maybe some less familiar) and dust off your dancing shoes!

£5.00

An Evening at the Opera

St Mary Magdelene Church Wartling Wartling Rd, Horsewalk, Wartling, Hailsham, East Sussex

It’s just possible that some of you will be old enough to remember when the Flower Duet from the opera Lakme by Leo Delibes was the theme tune for British Airways – and that’s just one example of the many ways in which the drama and excitement of opera has entered popular culture. This programme […]

£12

Tour de Chiddingly 2023

Six Bells The Street, Chiddingly, East Sussex

It's time to dig out the chain oil and dust off your cycle helmets! The second Tour de Chiddingly community cycling event takes place on Saturday 16th September. You can follow a shorter (6-mile) or longer (13-mile) circular route. Children & young adults welcome. 11.00am start at the Six Bells in Chiddingly. For full details […]

£1 – £18

The Virtuoso Flute

St Mary Magdelene Church Wartling Wartling Rd, Horsewalk, Wartling, Hailsham, East Sussex

Music Box Wealden could hardly have a better torchbearer than local flautist Daisy Noton. Currently studying at the Royal Academy of Music in London she has already had competition success at local, national and international level, not least as a Woodwind Finalist in the BBC Young Musician of the Year Competition in 2020. At the […]

£12

SING ALONG FROZEN

Hailsham Pavilion Hailsham Pavilion Theatre, Hailsham, United Kingdom

Join Hailsham FM for a special sing-along showing of Frozen and prepare to sing your heart out! With lyrics on screen to help you sing along with Elsa and Anna – just sit back and ‘Let it Go’! YOU the audience are the stars! Remember to dress up as your favourite character and be a […]

FEAST OF FLUTES

Hellingly Church (of St Peter & St Paul) Church Lane, Hellingly, Hailsham, East Sussex BN27 4HA

Enjoy a relaxed afternoon listening to the South Downs Community Flute Choir with guest soloist, Angela Purll, who will perform a mixed repertoire from classical favourites to modern, light easy listening, with many tunes that you may recognise.

£5

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Pickhams Pickhams, Polegate

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DOWNLAND POETS

Hailsham Parish Church Lounge (adjacent to) Hailsham Parish Church, Vicarage Road, Hailsham, East Sussex

A pleasant, friendly afternoon with The Downland Poets who will once again offer a free informal hour or so, sharing their poetry both profound and amusing. After a break for refreshments there will be “open mic” time for anyone who wishes to just listen, or to share their love of our language with a poem […]