A New Orleans GUMBO experience for all your senses

Bates Green Farm Tye Hill Road, Arlington, Polegate, East Sussex

We will serve up a special musical and gastronomic experience together with the Bluebell kitchen chef Philippa who will prepare an authentic New Orleans gumbo. ADMISSION FREE: pass the hat event + £10 per bowl of gumbo Bring your own drinks! BOOK YOUR TABLE HERE: www.gumbo-band.com/bluebell LOCATION: Bates Green Farm Tye Hill Road, Arlington, BN26 […]

FREE (pass the hat event)

Bluebell Roots – Live music with Dan Raza

Bates Green Farm Tye Hill Road, Arlington, Polegate, East Sussex

Live music from this wonderful London-based singer singwriter. ADVANCE BOOKING ONLY. Food available to buy. BYOB. Dan Raza Starting out as a teenager in London in the early 2000s, Dan quickly became a key member of the capital’s folk-roots music scene and opened for artists as diverse as Joan Armatrading, Mary Gauthier and Badly Drawn […]

£10

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

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

Carnaval – An Illustrated Piano Recital

Hailsham Pavilion Hailsham Pavilion Theatre, Hailsham, United Kingdom

The centrepiece of this concert is Schumann’s riotously imaginative work, Carnaval. Its 21 short movements vividly depict a colourful cast of masked partygoers, including characters from Italian street theatre, Schumann’s then fiancée, his future wife Clara and the composer himself. William Hancox will use the big screen both to talk us through the piece and […]

£12

The Story of Babar the Elephant

Hailsham Pavilion Hailsham Pavilion Theatre, Hailsham, United Kingdom

The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant is a composition for piano and narrator by Francis Poulenc, based on the hugely popular picture book by Jean de Brunhoff, which was published in 1931 and rapidly became a French children’s classic. The enchanting music, performed by pianist William Hancox, is based on Poulenc’s improvisations inspired by […]

£8

BEATLES 60TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

Charles Hunt Centre Vicarage Field, Vicarage Road, Hailsham

Nothing is Real is an evening celebrating on Friday 20 October, the 60th anniversary of the Beatles’ first two albums, Please Please Me and With the Beatles. Nothing is Real are presenting a show where both will be played live in their entirety, plus some other Beatles’ classics from 1963. Enjoy some facts about the […]

Free

AUTUMN CONCERT IN AID OF WRAS

Hailsham Parish Church Vicarage Road, Hailsham, East Sussex

We’ll be performing an hour of well-known pop songs by artists such as The Eagles and Adele, and we’ll also be holding a retiring collection for the amazing East Sussex WRAS (wildlife rescue), who will be giving a brief talk during the concert about the wonderful work they do. We are delighted, as always, that […]

Wealden Brass Free Christmas Concert

Hailsham Parish Church Vicarage Road, Hailsham, East Sussex

Wealden Brass will be holding their free concert at Hailsham Parish Church at 2.30pm on Saturday 9 December. Enjoy Christmas music and Carols

Free

CHIDDINGLY SHOP & CAFE FESTIVE MARKET

Chiddingly Village Shop & Cafe Farley Farm Yard, Muddles Green, Chiddingly Lewes, East Sussex

Most of our stall holders will have card payment facilities but please BRING CASH as well for our second hand book stall and greetings card stall which will be raising money for Polegate charity @childrenwithcancerfund - of course there will be a raffle too! Our stall holders will include: CRAFTS, CHEESE, BEER, CHESTNUTS MULLED WINE, […]

Free

Suspiciously Elvis (Tribute Night)

Happy Days Cafe Holmes Hill Estate, Whitesmith, East Sussex

Tribute Night. Price £30 includes meal Last few tickets remaining Please message our Facebook page or ring 01825 872883 to reserve some tickets. The Holmes Hill Estate is based on the main A22 road between Hailsham and Uckfield.

Hailsham Christmas Street & Farmers’ Market

Vicarage Field High Street, Hailsham, East Sussex

Hailsham Town Council and Hailsham Farmers’ Market are both on Saturday 9 December. The town centre will be home to a range of stalls selling food including slow-cooked pork, as well as Christmas gifts, candles, confectionery and various festive refreshments to tempt visitors whilst Hailsham Farmers’ Market, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this December, will […]

Free