Musicians and Coastal Currents, and LIVE MUSIC!

I'm a wee bit behind the times (only just saw this on facebook), but:  

Sussex musicians, Coastal Currents want to pay you! They "know times are tough with performances being cancelled and the creative economy struggling. But Coastal Currents raised money from the Arts Council England to be able to give you a space online to stream your live gigs! We support you during COVID and plan to continue supporting you. SO - If you want an hour of live streaming for you, your band, an experiment, to launch a track... to build an online audience - our online stream, gets around 3k watches - get in touch at info@coastalcurrents.org.uk and we can arrange a time for your live stream AND PAY YOU FOR IT! We can also facilitate it to stream to your page too!"  

I hope this information can help local musicians, and, by the way, live music is available on Hastings Pier at weekends, as I mentioned in my blog last week, and a small cover charge of £4 to see the music on the second half of the pier was brought in yesterday for LIVE & UNLOCKED (facebook); the front half of the Pier remained free to enter. Apparently there will NOT be a charge for Saturdays and Sundays (I have just read), but if you want to check on this weekend and future gigs, and see film of previous gigs, please go to the Hastings Flyer facebook page. By the way, tomorrow's music includes Kingsize Slim + Rufus Stone, and Dr Savage, have fun!

OK, Hastings Old Town Carnival Week (website) this year has mostly been a 'virtual' event, but I thought I'd include a photograph from 2 years ago, the last year the lifeboat could take part in the Carnival Parade (blog), sadly no parade this year... 😥

I have missed opportunities to walk along the middle of the road as well 😉

Hastings Weekend & Old Town Carnival Week Begins...

Tug-of-War (Not this year sadly)

Indeed, Hastings Old Town Carnival Week 2020 begins today (so the Carnival has not been cancelled completely for 2020) with a Stables Theatre Virtual Tour (website), but I always think that the week really kicks off with the Tug-of-War on the first Saturday, but not this year, sadly, due to the Covid-19 Crisis. The events on Saturday continue with the Stables Theatre Virtual Tour, a Virtual Craft Market, History House Exhibition - Artists in Hastings in Courthouse Street, and Parish Gift Day with coffee and cake takeaway at St Clements Church (website). Sunday is similar, but without the Parish Gift Day (website).

Back to the 'new look' (as in, the new management are actually arranging things 😏) Hastings Pier and live music with Live & Unlocked every Friday until 11th September, from 4.00 to 10.30 pm! Including from 6.50 to 7.35 pm, Captain Clement will be playing a mixture of Celtic and Maritime folk, and some of his own work, plus The Do Theys, Alice Rowe, Frank from Blue Velvet and Vic Payne.

Tomorrow (Saturday) from 2.00 to 10.00 pm, Funk Jam in the Bier Garden means Funk Jam DJs Mark Rolf and Jonny J, plus guests. Also, every Sunday from 3.00 to 11.00 pm will be Uncle Dugs 'Pier Vibes' and this Sunday, from 1.00 to 3.30 pm, The Harry Randle-Marsh Band and Anna Page will be playing too (facebook), plenty of music, and with drinks served, in the Bier Garden for 3 days (seats up to 800), enjoy!

And many reports of great food on the Pier too, including for vegans, excellent!

Indeed, whatever you do this weekend, enjoy yourself, and please remember to be careful too, the Covid-19 Crisis appears to be with us for a while yet... 

Oh yes, and I loved this latest poster from the Council (above), it made me giggle (people who know me well will appreciate that I do use a certain word, maybe I use it a wee bit too much 😉), so I had to include this photograph of the poster, cheers!