What's on in Hastings and St Leonards that isn't a gig: walks and talks,
volunteering, the town's big days and council meetings you can sit in on. Each
date is from the people who run it.
For gigs, clubs and nights out, see
Live Hastings, our sister site for live music.
Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, Bohemia Road · Touring exhibition at the council's museum. From Hastings Museum and Art Gallery’s own page, checked 2026-10-11.
Alexandra Park Greenhouse, St Helens Road · £5 a child, tickets through the organiser's page. The page says "Saturday 31 October" with no year; 31 October 2026 is a Saturday. From Alexandra Park Greenhouse Group’s own page, checked 2026-10-11.
Council Chamber, Muriel Matters House, Breeds Place · Book a place through the organiser's page. From Hastings Voluntary Action’s own page, checked 2026-10-11.
Isabel Blackman Centre, Winding Street From Friends of Hastings Country Park Nature Reserve’s own page, checked 2026-10-11.
Sat 5 Dec, 2pm to 3.30pm
Not yet dated: Hastings Bonfire, Hastings Storytelling Festival, Hastings Traditional Jack in the Green, Hastings Pirate Day, Old Town Carnival Week, Coastal Currents, Hastings Seafood, Wine and Music Festival, Midsummer Fish Fest, Hastings Herring Fair, St Leonards Festival, Active Hastings Age Friendly Activity Taster Day, Fungi foray: a guided walk with Andy Overall, Christmas lights switch-on, Remembrance Sunday parade and service, Kings Road market and St Leonards Frost Fair and A public beach clean. We haven’t found their next date on their organisers’ own pages, so they aren’t listed above.
Every week or month
Regular markets and sessions, in their organisers’ words.
Saturdays 10.30am to 1pm, Thursdays 2pm to 4pm · Alexandra Park Greenhouse, St Helens Road The group's home page gives Thursdays as 10.30am to 1pm; these times are from its events page. As Alexandra Park Greenhouse Group puts it, checked 2026-10-11. Check their page before you go.
Tuesdays (local sites) and Fridays (Hastings, Rother and Wealden sites): minibus from Fearon Road 9.30am or meet on site 10am, finishing about 3pm · Minibus from Fearon Road, Hastings Practical conservation work, free. As The Conservation Volunteers (TCV) puts it, checked 2026-10-11. Check their page before you go.
Twice a week, on Monday and Wednesday mornings · The working party shed, St Helen's Avenue Paths, bridges, trees and planting in the woods. As St Helen's Park Preservation Society puts it, checked 2026-10-11. Check their page before you go.
Council meetings you can attend
Council and committee meetings are held in public, apart from items
the agenda marks as exempt. What each one will be asked to decide is on
Coming up; the council's page for the meeting says where it is.
East Sussex Cabinet
Tue 3 Nov, 10.00
Hastings Cabinet
Mon 9 Nov, 18.00
Where the dates come from
Each date is read from the organiser’s own page on the day shown, and
goes in only once the organiser publishes it. Plans change: check the organiser’s page
before you go. Something missing? Its organiser’s page is what we need.