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Musical Conversations on the Edge of Modernity
VICTORIA KINGHAM Sonatas for violin and piano were never my thing, really. But I dare say I have watched and listened to more of these in the past four years…
Not Last Orders Yet
GEOFF MARTIN Fear Of Last Orders erupted onto the Hastings live music scene with all the subtlety of a bar stool lobbed through a window at 2am, at a lock-in…
Deconstructed traditional folk– the Smallpipe
Scottish folk star Malin Lewis brings a new solo project to The Stade Hall in Hastings on Saturday 21 March. In a trailblazing new solo work, Malin deep dives into a hypnotic…
A Triumph for Music and Humanity
VICTORIA KINGHAM Matthew AndrewsRyan Zhu, 2026 winner Hastings International Piano competition had sponsorship to offer free places in the early stages for everyone who wanted to wander in off the…
Witching It Up at the Carlisle
A Hastings all-women promotions company is launching a new live music night to bring more oestrogen-fuelled rock and metal bands to the town. The Coven Club at The Carlisle Rock…
Love a Market and DJ Nights too
The restoration and adaptation of St Leonards Church – the one that stands on a little hill at the end of Pevensey Road – has occupied Chris Love and Jamie…
Locally Sourced Jazz Album
Local multi-talented musician, artist and photographer Greg Heath has produced (and in the case of one tune, co-written) a fine album of unashamedly nostalgic jazz rock, Point Nemo, by the…
Choral Music for Easter
Hastings Philharmonic Choir will perform a programme of beautiful choral masterpieces: Rossini’s Stabat Mater and Brahms’ Schicksalslied (‘Song of Destiny’),accompanied by the Hastings Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Marcio da Silva.…
Big Sexy Catharsis
OLIVER SPEER “I’ve killed so many men, but I saved one,” Lydia Lunch says as she puts an arm around me to pose for a photograph at The Piper. She’s…
Reflections on Fat Tuesday
JOEL CHESHIRE & HARRY HAWKINS FRIDAY ‘Unconvention’ kicked off Fat Tuesday: a one-day grassroots music conference held at the White Rock Theatre Studio. This brought together musicians, industry professionals, promoters, educators…
The Beat Goes On
HELEN MURPHY AND NICK PELLING On 20 February, the polyrhythms of Afro-beat are coming to the Kino-teatr, in the form of the band Samaki. The band has a jazz-infused style…
Another Rousing Chorus, You Idiots!
HARRY HAWKINS catches up with some FAT TUESDAY musicians Fat Tuesday CICEse & the Vouduu People To whet your appetite for the town’s forthcoming Fat Tuesday festivities (the 16th such…
Sonics Boom
TOBY BULA-EDGE Emanating from French’s on 14 and 15 February will be a selection of unusual and surprising sounds. That is, very different noises to those that normally exude from…
Going Wild at The Carlisle
JOEL CHESHIRE The Carlisle played host to a lively charity fundraising gig on the evening of 17 January, showcasing five local bands in a celebration of grassroots rock in ;The…
Alexander Wolfe, Life, and the Universe
VICTORIA KINGHAM Wolfe has that gift of good songwriters: an ability to make lyrics sound like conversation, and vice-versa. I’m not sure that it’s a technique you can learn, but…
When Love Gets Tough
Anja Petitto is an extraordinary woman, and so was her beloved mother, Tuula. Anja has spent the past four years working hard to set up the brilliant independent record shop,…
Music of the Sphere(s)
VICTORIA KINGHAM Robert Mitchell inhabits a musical sphere which John Fordham, writing in The Guardian 14 years ago, called ‘private’. His albums from 2008 onwards corroborate this view in several…
Dancing to the Music of Time
VERA BELL The current St Leonards Concerts season ended on 4 December with an extraordinary performance by five exceptional players. Who knew that the back room at the Horse and…
Philharmonic Christmas
CHRISTOPHER CORMACK This year, Hastings Philharmonic has given us three options for Christmas celebrations with their quality ; The first Advent Concert took place on 6 December, and celebrated 20th…
Come All Ye
Nick TuckerMike Willis at Henry Ward Hall Gather Round the Piano is Mike Willis and Alex Bryson’s annual Christmas concert – part celebration, part reflection, and part joyful community sing-along. What…
Hope blows in with Woodpig: When The Winds Came
HARRY HAWKINS Woodpig are a Hastings modern folk quartet made up of Harrison Caruna on bass guitar, Josh Gentle on drums, Mol Jo on backing vocals, and Al Mitchell on…
Blur in Focus
TOBY BULA-EDGE A never-before-seen snapshot of Blur in their early years is now available thanks to drummer Dave Rowntree’s new book No One You Know. He will be talking about…
Music, Mayhem& Mardi Gras
Hastings is preparing to welcome back its flagship winter music event – the Hastings Fat Tuesday Festival, running from Friday 13 to Tuesday 17 February 2026. This five-day, town-wide celebration…
Crown House and the Meeting Tree
VICTORIA KINGHAM The revival of Folk Music began in the UK with musicians and musicologists like Cecil Sharp, Vaughan Williams and Ewan McColl, who faithfully collected, wrote down, unearthed broadside…
Snapped Ankles, but Furious Dancing Anyway
DAN MCCARTHY What do you get when you cross Jack in the Green with synthesisers, a drum kit and a group of mates keen to upset the apple cart? Snapped…
Kay Iris: New Single
Hastings-based band Kay Iris have recently released a new single, The Other Side. Kay’s signature sound incorporates Country, Americana and Rock. Formed in 2024, the band has played Big Feastival…
Hastings Pier: Bring Back the Glory Days
Hastings-based punk/skiffle band Fear of Last Orders have released a new song in support of the campaign to bring back the glory days to the town’s pier, as the future…
Singers & Songs Unlimited
Tenors Unlimited, the ‘Rat Pack of Opera’ will perform a Christmas Concert at St John the Evangelist church, St Leonards, with ‘Let’s Sing’ Junior Choir winners and special guest Pete Prescott, on…
Terrarium invigorate FILO
HARRY HAWKINS Jo Stout leads his sextet Terrarium through nine songs that span funk, fusion, bebop and music of Africa. The group comprises Jo on alto sax, Rob Leake on…
Love Music Hate Racism
The LMHR team have been busy putting this fundraising social together at The Pig. It looks like it will be a great night. Volunteers are needed to steward and take…
Fabian Willmann Trio at Jazz Hastings
VICTORIA KINGHAM There’s a rare band coming to Jazz Hastings in December, one which reveals just how far the Jazz world extends, both musically and internationally. The trio is led…
Judging the Brilliance ofthe Brilliant
VICTORIA KINGHAM “Competitions”, once said the great composer Béla Bartók, “are for horses, not artists.” Flamboyant pianist Glenn Gould has said that he regards piano competitions as ‘blood sports’. Chopin…
Paul Gunn at The Stables Theatre
Pianist and Composer Paul Gunn returns to The Stables Theatre to play his unique multi-genre music combining Baroque, Classical, Latin and Rock influences. He is joined this time by Brazilian…
Anti-Folk, bleak but memorable
NEIL KING Screaming and kicking its way into the world, Marshall Star’s debut album The Starry Messenger can be considered the very definition of anti-folk, to which you can easily…
Beethoven Rocks
Hastings Philharmonic Orchestra are celebrating their 10th season. When they were founded in 2016, their opening concert included two magnificent pieces: Beethoven’s iconic Choral Symphony (The Ninth), and a specially…
The Mozart of Basin Street, Cable Street, and Rotherhithe
VICTORIA KINGHAM Sometimes it’s difficult to know where to even begin talking about music which is so good that it takes your breath away quite literally, and unexpectedly. Photo: Peter…
Electro Studios: Non-conforming universe
Sexton Ming and Jason Williams’ show this December is at Electro Studios in Seaside Rd, St Leonards. Sexton Ming (left) and Jason Williams Sexton and Jason have been at the vanguard of the…
Liane Carroll Trio Supreme at Jazz Hastings
VERA BELL Liane Carroll is a Hastings Legend. Anyone even marginally interested in the local music scene will know that she plays at Porters in the High Street almost every…
Ummagumma IV
HARRY HAWKINS AND PAVEL FOLEY Ummagumma is best known as an eccentric double album by Pink Floyd, but The Piper’s version is a recurring live celebration of music on the…
The Science of Dub
KATE SHAW This Halloween, prepare for an electrifying journey into the depths of dub as The Scientist graces the stage at Hastings’ historic Henry Ward Hall. Expect a night pulsating…