Tag archives for Mardi Gras
Prepare to be Wowed: Fat Tuesday is Back
ERIN WARD This year’s Fat Tuesday festival is anticipated to be just as exceptional as ever. Photos: Fat Tuesday From live performances and music conventions to the annual umbrella parade,…
A Beautiful Chaos
Toby Barelli aka King Size Slim is a veteran of the Fat Tuesday music to explain the Hastings Fat Tuesday tour to an uninitiated musician can be quite difficult.“So, you’re…
Fatuous Facts
FEASTINGMardi Gras – French for ‘Fat Tuesday’ – is a Carnival celebration culminating on Shrove Tuesday - the day before Ash Wednesday –beginning around the Christian feast of the Epiphany.…
The Fat is Back!
CREDIT: Mark Richards After almost two years of hibernation, Fat Tuesday blasted back into Hastings in a blaze of rock, rhythm and revelry. It included the Umbrella Parade, Preservation Sunday,…
The Tenth Anniversary – Tuesday gets fatter
At the time of going to press, the main musical event of Fat Tuesday, 5th March, had yet to get under way. But already a schedule of gigs, parades, workshops…
Fat Tuesday Unplugged Saturday
ANGELICA CAMPION REPORTS What’s the best thing about Hastings? Why, Fat Tuesday’s Unplugged Saturday! What could be better than rolling from pub to pub to see 20 minute sets from…
Fat Tuesday 2018
PHOTOGRAPHY BY MARK RICHARDS
Rail Engineering Hits Mardi Gras Plans
KENT BARKER REPORTS: Many of the 20,000 people expected to attend this year’s Fat Tuesday Mardi Gras festival in Hastings will be affected by rail engineering works on South Eastern.…
Live Music
EMMA HARWOOD As home to a vast array of talented musicians and with a reputation for its rich and diverse arts and music scene, it is hardly surprising that the…
Want to join the Mardi Gras Monarchy? Fat Tuesday wants to know what you’re made of
Have you got what it takes to join the Hastings Fat Tuesday Mardi Gras Monarchy? Hastings Fat Tuesday means colour, costume, creativity and carnival spirit in abundance, and in…