Another Busy Weekend in Hastings!

Hastings Music Month 2017, 8th September to 31st October (website), kicks off today with the 3-day Beano on the Sea event at Hastings Pier, including this evening one of my favourite bands of the Britpop era, with Great Things expected of Echobelly, Black Grape, and Embrace (see the Pier's website for further details and acts on Saturday and Sunday), shame about the forecast weather!

Hastings Fringe during September (website or see their facebook page) intermingles with Music Month, and the Coastal Currents Arts Festival (website): Burlesque at The Printworks Saturday 9th, theatre, film, dancing, and even more music!

Of course there are the usual events and places to see, including the penultimate Old Hastings Preservation Society (OHPS) 2017 guided walk of Hastings Old Town this Saturday 9th September, which meets up by the top of the West Hill lift at 2.30pm, with a wealth of historic buildings, twittens and cat-creeps to explore in the old town. The walk proceeds gently downhill, but there are a number of steps to manage too; see their website, which also gives details of their Stade Walks this Saturday and Sunday, meeting at 11.00 both days, outside the Fishermen's Museum in Rock-a-Nore Road, for a fascinating tour of Hastings Fishing Quarter.

The walks lasts about 2 hours and 90 minutes respectively, and are provided free of charge, though the OHPS would be grateful for all donations given to them or to Hastings Fishermen's Museum, many thanks. It's worth wearing comfortable walking shoes, obviously, and the forecast suggests it will be bright, certainly on Saturday, though maybe some rain on Sunday, so do be suitably prepared and enjoy the weekend!