Venues' own listings
Rock, punk, metal and goth, free nights and ticketed ones.
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Everywhere else to look
Dedicated local listings 5
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Established in 2016, Hastings Flyer is one of the most established listings guides in town, focusing on live music, but covering a wide range of other events in…
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Music only, covering Hastings, St Leonards and Bexhill: every gig, every venue, every act, plus the record shops and open mics around them.
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A guide to the town rather than a calendar, with a what's-on section alongside independent shops, places to eat and things to do with children. Has a Sunday…
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Events, gigs, exhibitions and food, plus a directory of independent businesses.
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A diary for Hastings, St Leonards, Bexhill, Eastbourne and along the coast, with thirteen categories and a venue A–Z. Run by one person in St Leonards, and not…
Hastings papers, radio and tourism 7
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A long-running Hastings guide whose listings include the theatre and cinema programmes, updated daily.
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A town guide with a distance filter, so you can widen the net to Fairlight or Bexhill.
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The local paper's events and activities listings, alongside separate pages for music, cinema, performance and sport. Also appears in print.
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A full what's-on guide covering music, dance, comedy, exhibitions, film, talks and theatre, with a separate courses section.
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The community rock station's event and gig guide. Online around the clock and now on DAB in Hastings.
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The wider destination site, from Pevensey to Camber and inland, with a Hastings filter.
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The official destination site, run by Hastings Borough Council. Weighted towards festivals and the bigger events, and the one visitors find first.
National sites with a Hastings page 13
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Everything from club nights to charity walks. Free to post, and you can list without selling tickets.
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Artist-led. A promoter cannot add anything; each act has to add the date to their own profile. For a four-band bill that is four conversations.
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Mostly ticketed venue shows; free to add.
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Gigs, comedy, club nights, theatre and festivals, ticketed or free. You do not have to sell through them.
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Workshops, classes and community events as much as gigs. Free events are free to run.
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A large aggregated feed with a free submission route. Much of its content is pulled in from elsewhere, so check your own entry.
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Grassroots live music, and the best-stocked Hastings page of any national site we checked. Underneath it is a booking marketplace for artists, venues and promoters.
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A pub and small-venue gig guide, but bands and venues need a paid subscription to list.
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LGBTQ+ events. Discovery there works by hashtag, so tag it #hastingsevents or it will not show on the town page.
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One of the biggest UK guides to gigs, clubs and festivals, with a busy Hastings page. Events get there through its Promotion Centre.
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A ticket comparison site that aggregates automatically. There is no way to submit, and it includes resale marketplaces, so check what you are buying.
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Free community event listings alongside a business directory.
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Strong on community theatre, church halls and charity events, which is a lot of what happens here. Free events cost nothing at all.
Facebook and Instagram groups 10
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@live_music_in_hastings_bexhill
Gigs across Hastings and Bexhill.
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The Salt Guide's Instagram feed — what's on alongside independent shops, food and things to do with children.
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The wider Hastings music scene on Facebook: gigs, musicians looking for bands, and the talk around both.
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Community notices for Hastings, with events among them. Not a listings group as such, but things turn up here first.
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A general Facebook events group for the town, covering much more than music.
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A Facebook group for live music in and around Hastings — gigs posted by the people putting them on.
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Live Music Gigs and Events in East Sussex
Live music across East Sussex rather than Hastings alone, so it catches Bexhill, Eastbourne and inland as well.
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Original Live Music in Hastings
Live music in Hastings with the emphasis on original material rather than covers and tributes.
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What's On Bexhill, Hastings and St Leonards Guide
A what's-on group covering Bexhill alongside Hastings and St Leonards — useful for anything along that stretch of coast.
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A general what's-on group for Hastings and St Leonards, and one of the busiest. Good for short-notice listings that never reach a calendar.
Venues' own listings 22
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Live music on George Street.
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Jazz, world music and storytelling on Robertson Street.
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Club nights, daytime discos, tribute gigs and cabaret.
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In Bexhill, and a short train ride; touring gigs and more.
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Cult and arthouse film, Q&As, live music and comedy in the Old Town.
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DJs and live music on Robertson Street.
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Tours, workshops and performances.
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Classes and community groups on The Ridge.
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Hastings Museum and Art Gallery
Talks, workshops and courses.
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Arthouse film, broadcast opera and ballet, theatre and concerts in St Leonards.
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Club nights and occasional live bands.
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Mainstream releases and event cinema.
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Gigs and open mics in the Old Town.
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Community theatre, musicals and comedy.
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Classes, plays and music on the Stade.
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Folk, blues and covers in the Old Town.
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Old Town pub gigs, open mics and shanty sessions.
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Music, markets, exhibitions and workshops.
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Music, community and late nights on White Rock.
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Indie, alternative and club nights in St Leonards. Its box office is its gig list.
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Folk and acoustic sessions on All Saints Street.
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The town's main theatre, on the seafront: touring music, comedy, pantomime and large-scale shows.
Promoters 6
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Tribute and live music across Sussex, with occasional Hastings dates.
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Oktoberfest, rave bingo, country music and the darts open.
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A Hastings promoter working through Facebook only — there is no separate site to check.
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A monthly jazz club, now at Barnaby's Lounge.
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Music and arts listings, news and reviews.
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Classical and world music, mostly at Christ Church on Silchester Road.
Festivals 18
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The producer behind Hastings Storytelling Festival, Journeys Festival of Dance and more.
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A spring community arts festival in St Leonards built around a single book.
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Coastal Currents Arts Festival
A month of visual art each September, including Open Studios weekends.
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The A Curious Town festivals of art, culture and community.
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Eleven days of literature in September, largely at the Observer Building.
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Hastings Chamber Music Festival
Four days of chamber music in October.
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A week of stand-up across the town's pubs and venues in early June.
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Five days of music across the town in February, plus satellite nights through the year.
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A one-day, multi-venue festival in early October.
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A competitive festival of dance, singing, instrumental, speech and drama each February or March, over a century old.
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Hastings Old Town Carnival Week
Procession, pram race and the Blessing of the Sea in early August.
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A weekend on the seafront and in the Old Town in July.
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Hastings Storytelling Festival
Nine days in October, ending with a children's day.
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Hastings Traditional Jack in the Green
Four days of morris, music and procession over the May Day bank holiday.
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Nine days of community events across the town every October.
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A summer festival on the beach, and year-round music, film and markets.
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Rye International Jazz & Blues Festival
Four days over the August bank holiday, twelve miles along the coast.
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Three days of sound art and audio storytelling in late September.