St Patrick's Day Music in Hastings!

Happy St Patrick's Day! Live Irish Music on at:

Paddy's Night in Hastings

A few pubs will be celebrating Paddy's Night around Hastings this Friday 17th March. 

From 8.30-11.00pm, Garry Blakeley and Bear Lucas will be fiddle-dee-deeing at the Stag, 14 All Saints Street TN34 3BJ (Blakeley website).

From 9.00pm, The Twitten Revellers will be playing an acoustic set at the Crown, 66 All Saints Street TN34 3BN (website).

From 8.30-10.30pm, there will be more fiddlin' and jigging as Sistie Moose play at the Jenny Lind, 69 High Street TN34 3EW (website).

In the town centre, near the station, the 17th and 18th promises a Paddy's Day (or 2) Party at the Seadog, 32 Station Road TN34 1NJ (facebook), with music, rugby and "having the craic" - well the landlord is an Irishman, so to be expected, sláinte!

Up on the West Hill, at the Plough, 46 Priory Road TN34 3JJ (facebook), Fire in the Meadow will also be playing fiddle-dee-dee music from 8.30pm, many thanks Rebecca. 

And at the Tower, 251 London Road TN37 6NB (facebook), there will be music, but apparently not Irish music. However, all weekend they're selling pints of Guinness at £2.99 a pint, can't be bad.

Anyway, enjoy as you wish, sláinte!

St Patrick's Day

There are unlikely to be people parading around town, a wee bit tipsy, and wearing those silly Guinness hats this year, but it is St Patrick's Day today, and I shall have a wee drop of Jameson Irish Whiskey this evening...

Sláinte!

Happy St Patrick's Day!

So, despite all that's going on, I haven't forgotten St Patrick's Day, but what is on in Hastings today? Well, there's a wee Irish Beer Festival at The Jolly Fisherman micropub, 3 East Beach Street TN34 3AR (I have written about this hostelry before, but see blog if you want to read more about this lovely wee bar and its history). I have already enjoyed drinking 2 of those beers, Black is the Colour and Stouts Out! and a grand Irish Whiskey too, Pogues, not to forget that they are serving up a wonderful Irish Stew. Go to their facebook page for more details of the day.

This evening, 8.00 to 11.30 pm, and down the seafront a wee bit to the west, at The Albion, 33 George Street TN34 3EA, is a nice bit of appropriate folk music with St Patrick's Day at the Albion With The Garry Blakeley Band (facebook).

Enjoy the Craic, and Sláinte!

St Patrick's Day Live Music in Hastings 2019

There's plenty of live music this St Patrick's Day, Sunday the 17th of March 2019, starting at the Stag Inn, All Saints Street, 4.30-7.30 pm, will be the Ballyregan Boys celebrating the day, familiar faces, and Irish folk music (HastingsFlyer).

Down the hill at the Dolphin Inn, Rock-a-Nore Road, 5-7.30 pm (facebook) sees Urgent Orange playing. As I'd seen the group Agent Orange (out of The Chords) play live in the 1980s, I suspected not oirish music, and I was correct, more new wave/punk/mod, eg covers of The Jam, Clash, Buzzcocks...

A wee while earlier, and back round the corner, and up the High Street to Porters, 4-6 pm, will be Gary Blakley & Bear (website), don't be surprised to see musicians playing at more than one venue by the way! 😉

Along George Street and the seafront westwards, and The Gary Blakeley Band are playing at The Albion, 6-9 pm, definitely oirish (HastingsFlyer).

Enjoy the craic!

Music Month & Piano Competition...

Well, another Hastings Music Month from Fat Tuesday to St Patrick's Day has begun (13th February to 17th March 2018 - website), not to mention another Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition as part of that month! Indeed, today and tomorrow you can play a grand piano in Priory Meadow as part of the build-up to the first weekend in March (15th February to 3rd March 2018 - website).

So, whether you like classical, rock, pop or jazz, the music just keeps on keeping on, when it comes to music in Hastings, in never rains but it pours! 😉

Best wishes to you all!

Don't drink too much Guinness and Jamesons... 

slàinte mhaith!  😇

Paddy's Night at The Albion!

The very local and boisterous Garry Blakeley Band are playing at The Albion in George Street this evening, enjoy the craic!

Lá fhéile Pádraig sona dhaoibh!

Paddy's Night in Hastings!

So... Where is there a celebratory Paddy's Night in Hastings this evening? 

The Dolphin, down at Rock-a-Nore, always has 'traditional' oirish music provided by the 'Tune Raiders' on a Tuesday evening, whether it's St Patrick's Day or not... Also, I was assured earlier, that the Irish landlady, Bev, at the Millers Arms in Winchelsea Road, Ore, also means there will be something special going on there this evening. There is music at the FILO in the 'Old Town' High Street and the addition of a guest to the group playing tonight, 'Stone Junction', means a wee bit of 'fiddle dee dee' is highly likely too, and Adam suggested to me there may be an Irish influence in the restaurant there this evening, and where I was served a lovely pint of the FILO Cardinal Porter by the persuasive Elina, before I took this photograph...   

Just down the road from the FILO, the Duke of Wellington is certainly looking geared up for Paddy's Night, there's music, though I'm unsure how oirish it will be, though the 'complimentary boiled bacon and cabbage' looks to be making an effort! Most Shepherd Neame pubs appear to be offering cheaper Guinness and Jamesons Whiskey, and some are giving away those silly Guinness hats; I've already seen some customers wandering around wearing them... and most of the bars in the town centre also seem to be selling Irish drinks cheaper, notably Guinness and Irish whiskey... 

No doubt I've missed places out, but please feel free to add a comment about other 'parties', but, whatever, enjoy the 'craic' this evening and Sláinte!