Hastings Fat Tuesday Tour - 25th February 2020

It's Mardi Gras in Hastings!

Tuesday the 25th of February is the day, Fat Tuesday/Mardi Gras/Shrove Tuesday, whatever you call it, and Hastings hosts the biggest Mardi Gras festival in Britain: 24 acts will be playing at the following 12 venues mainly in Hastings Old Town:

Albion, 33 George Street TN34 3EA;
BlackMarket VIP, 10 George Street TN34 3EG;
Carlisle, 24 Pelham Street TN34 1PE;
Dolphin Inn, 11-12 Rock-a-Nore Road TN34 3DW;
Dragon Bar, 71 George Street TN34 3EE;
First In Last Out, 14-15 High Street TN34 3EY;
Jenny Lind Inn, 69 High Street TN34 3EW;
London Trader, 4-7 East Beach Street TN34 3AR;
Lord Nelson, 1 East Bourne Street TN34 3DP;
Porters Wine Bar, 56 High Street TN34 3EN;
Pumphouse, 64 George Street TN34 3EE;
Royal Standard, East Beach Street TN34 3DW.

Each of the 24 acts will play 20 minutes sets in 3 of the venues, and each venue will have 6 acts, from 8.00 pm until 11.00/11.30 pm; please go to the Hastings Fat Tuesday website for greater detail for each act and each venue. In addition, from 8.00 pm until 1.00 am, opposite the Lifeboat Station at East Hastings Sea Angling Association, The Stade TN34 3FJ, will be the Reggae Room Party.

If you want to be play it by ear, just walk around the Old Town but don't be surprised by the quality of free live music available, so have fun and party... Phew!

Then, if you still have energy to carry on, the Fat Tuesday After Party is on from 10.00 pm until 4.00 am at the Brass Monkey in the town centre, 18 Havelock Road TN34 1BP. The website states tickets cost £10.00, but if you go to the link to purchase tickets from eventbrite it suggests £11.01 per ticket... Presumably booking fee added?

If you haven't already read it, more about Mardi Gras in last Tuesday's blog.


Many thanks to the Hastings Fat Tuesday website for the image above, cheers!