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Hellingly Transport Festival, supporting local charities, is a great family day out at Broad Farm Hellingly. Free car parking. Stalls, steam engines, working exhibits, commercial and military, stationary exhibits, motorcycles, cars, buses and tractors, autojumble. There will be arena events, children’s attractions, vintage fair, beer tent and food court. Adults £10, children £2, Seniors £7.
Hailsham is gearing up for a varied line-up of talented regional artists and a feast of music, dance, drama, literature and street entertainment as the town hosts the Hailsham Festival of Arts & Culture in September. The festival, now entering its seventeenth successful year and one of the highlights of the town’s events calendar, attracts […]
Stalls, fun dog show, bric a brac, refreshments, games, raffle in aid of Raystede animal rescue centre.
Arts and Crafts at various venues in and around Hailsham. Would you like to participate in the Hailsham Art Trail? Registration is open to all artists, makers and venues within a 10 mile radius of Hailsham. Registration closes on 9th July and the fee is just £20/£10 for HAN members. Hailsham Art Trail runs between […]
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 […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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!
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
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 […]
This Murder Mystery is a Hailsham Festival event. Written by Linda Francis, it is a fitting tribute to her memory. There's lots of twists and plotting in this intriguing play which will require the best detective skills from the audience. Fish and chip supper from John's Fish Bar is included in the admission fee of […]
It may not feel autumnal right now, but birds are on the move. After a summer’s absence, a Grey Wagtail is bouncing around our local rooftops. The hedges nearby have Redstarts and Spotted Flycatchers, feeding up for their long journeys south. The first Wigeon and Snipe of the season are back on the marsh. It’s […]
Fairground rides, ride-on steam train, Punch and Judy, numerous stalls, Marco's Magic and Circus skills, Fancy Dress competition - Children up to 10 years , Crafty Annie, Vintage Bus, Steam Engine and Fairground Organ. Hailsham FM. market Cafe. Live music from Howlin' Grooves. Free entry
Enjoy creating a beautiful bespoke dragonfly art piece with attention to detail. You will be using the gel plate with various papers and stencils to create printed textures using alcohol inks and acrylic, then using them to collage. Your prints can be used for the background or as the dragonfly, or both depending on the […]
Apertures are a fun way to bring in another interesting feature into your journal work. They are holes in your pages that have a peep through to your next page whilst incorporating and using the showing element of the design on your page twice in a different way. Naturally just one hole will give you […]
Join Hart Reade at B12 Bar & Kitchen at our early evening networking event. We welcome Hailsham and surrounding area businesses who wish to chat with like-minded professionals and business owners in a friendly atmosphere. We hope to see you there!