Tag archives for Jack in the Green
Mayday! Mayday!
Every day, RNLI crews across the UK, Ireland and the Channel Islands respond to Mayday calls – the most urgent calls for help on our coasts. But this May, they…
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…
Alright Jack
Hastings Traditional Jack in the Green has been awarded £23,572 through Arts Council National Lottery Project Grants. The money will contribute to the costs of this year’s festival on 5…
In Every Shadow
Gareth Stevens In his wildly imaginative novel ‘Lanny’, Max Porter describes The Green Man in this way: “Dead Papa Toothwort leaves his spot and wanders off, chuckling, jangling in his…
Everything You Need to Know about Jack in the Green
What do the Jack in the Green celebrations involve? According to the Jack in the Green (JitG) website: “The long weekend event includes live bands, dancing, sun (not guaranteed) and…
Jack-in-the-Green Future ‘At Risk’
PAUL McLAUGHLIN The future of the Hastings traditional Jack-in-the-Green festival has been put in doubt because of a lack of funding and commitment from Hastings Borough Council(HBC), according to founder and…
My First Date with Jack
SERENA FERRARI Ever since my partner and I moved to St. Leonards back in March, we’ve heard a growing buzz about Jack in the Green. From whispering rumours to outright…
Isolation Station Hastings
Live Streaming & Good Vibes By Fiona McGarry At the beginning of lockdown, Dan Matthews was concerned that there was “nothing to connect people”. He got together with Andrew Davies,…
May Bank Holiday 2020: Hastings Leads the Opposition
On 8th June Business Secretary Greg Clark announced that next year’s early May bank holiday will be moved back by four days for the whole of the UK to coincide…
Jack in the Green – A Tale of Dressing Up
By Rod Webb While enjoying Jack in the Green (JITG), you might wonder what goes into making all the costumes, why people go to so much trouble, how long it…
Jack In The Green Full Programme
Friday 3rd MayFolk Session at the Stag Inn from ;Folk music and singing. Saturday 4th MayDancing on Winkle Island from , with local morris groups Mad Jack’s Morris and Hannah’s…
As Full of Spirit as the Month of May…
With Jack in the Green and myriad summer celebrations approaching, Hastings also prepares to crown its 85th May Queen. Barry Jones reports. One of the oldest traditions in the country, the…
Make a Foliage Crown
The 2016 May Queen, Bethan Jones, will be lending her crown for display at Hastings Museum on Saturday 5th May for a workshop on how to make a headdress for…
Dancing at Dawn
On Tuesday 1st May, morris dancers will assemble on Ladies Parlour, West Hill, to inaugurate a new season. Dancers and spectators will be able to use the reopened funicular railway…
Jack-in-the-Green Programme
FRIDAY Folk music and singing The Stag, High St, from SATURDAY Morris Dancers Wall of Death, from Dancing on Winkle Island Rattlebag (female harmony group perform folk songs) The Stag,…
Party Party
Bikers and Morris Dancers get it together for holiday weekend The Hastings Mayday Run, which celebrates its 40th annual happening this weekend, is ‘one of the biggest free-to-attend motorcycle events…
Heritage Assets – Can’t pay, Won’t Pay
Hugh Sullivan argues that Council plans to look after Hastings’ heritage rely on others being persuaded to provide the funding In 2016 Hastings Borough council commissioned a report by ‘historic environment’…
HAVE Launch
On Saturday 10th February, Hastings Access to Venues and Events launched their first quarterly newsletter. It grew out of their informal Facebook group and other longstanding efforts to publicise the…
Festivals
You can’t throw a pebble in Hastings and St Leonards without hitting a festival – in fact most articles in this supplement contain details on at least one. Here is…