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A not-for-profit with a year-round programme, including the flagship Hastings Fat Tuesday Festival

Hastings Fat Tuesday CIC is a not-for-profit organisation that delivers a year-round programme of activity to support the communities of Hastings and St Leonards. This includes the flagship Fat Tuesday Music Festival, biennial ‘Sonics’ electronic music festival and a range of live music events and community sessions and workshops to support musicians and young people, and provide engaging cultural

experiences for all. Our aim is to promote creative opportunities to people at all stages of their lives through arts and culture.

31/05/2026

A few Sonics Hastings images from this years HFT festival, courtesy of Sara-Louise Bowrey

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09/05/2026

We're just looking through the feedback forms from this year's festival. When asked what the best thing about the festival was, one form said 'David's masterful quiz mastering'. We couldn't agree more.

Here he is in action at The Piper, delivering his Quite Difficult Pop Quiz.

David Quantick

photos by Sara-Louise Bowrey

05/05/2026

We've programmed some HFT favourites to play during the Hastings Castle family day this coming sunday. Follow them .castle for details and tickets

02/05/2026

So many amazing photos from the Unplugged Tour this year - its taken us ages to select what to share!

Thanks to the brilliant 30 venues who host the tour, and the 60 acts who took part this year

photos by Sara-Louise Bowrey

You can continue to donate to HFT all year round to support our work - https://easydonate.org/hastings-fat-tuesday/HFT

28/03/2026

You don't have to dress up for the Mardi Gras Ball, but those who do, do it in style...

Plus the very best dressed get the chance to win tickets to the Teenage Cancer Trust gigs at The Royal Albert Hall, courtesy of our wonderful sponsors at Lakedown Brewing Co. & Tap Room

White Rock Theatre
photos by Sara-Louise Bowrey

25/03/2026

This year's Mardi Gras ball was a special one. We danced our socks off to live sets from The Brass Funkeys , Saidi Kanda and a blistering headline performance from Republica (Official). Then the hardcore revellers kept the party rolling with DJ sets from Heavenly Jukebox and a late‑night sonic adventure from Lemur Beats

The festival events are made possible by amazing sponsors, like Love Hastings , a not-for-profit business working to improve the town centre for residents, visitors and businesses in Hastings and manage the BID. The aims are to reflect the ethnic and cultural diversity of the town, provide a voice and support for town centre businesses and lever in more money from other sources to supplement budgets.

White Rock Theatre
photos by Sara-Louise Bowrey

23/03/2026

The final session of Hastings Un-Convention saw James Endeacott interviewing the legendary Saffron ( Republica (Official) )

Between the panels we were treated to short sets by two great local artists, Sam Rodrigues and Sam Senior

Photos by Sara-Louise Bowrey

White Rock Theatre

22/03/2026

The third panel of Un-Convention was all about the Lifers- those artists in it for the long haul.

The panel, chaired by David Quantick, gathered artists to discuss the realities of long‑term careers in an industry defined by rapid change. They included Miki Berenyi , Romeo Stodart of The Magic Numbers and Ren Harvieu.

Unconvention was supported by PRS for Music , and outreach manager Stuart Belsham joined the panel to outline the support that is available to musicians.

PRS for Music is a world-leading collective management organisation, representing the rights of more than 180,000 songwriters, composers and publishers. They collect and pay royalties when a member’s music is played in public, broadcast, downloaded, streamed, or performed live both in the UK and around the world. https://www.prsformusic.com/

Photos by Sara-Louise Bowrey

21/03/2026

Our second Un-Convention panel discussed regional music scenes, exploring what’s driving momentum across the UK’s towns and cities, and how collaboration, identity and local infrastructure can help scenes truly flourish.
Chaired by John Robb, the panel welcomed voices shaping regional music ecosystems, including Geraldine Zanaska from Compass Music, Adrian Cooke, Sound and Vision founder & Arts Council England RM, Tony Bartholomew from Goo Records & Dirty Management and Sophia Stutchbury from Folkestone Music

All possible thanks to sponsors like Sound Act - a neighboring rights consultancy that works with performers and record labels to ensure their performance royalties are collected and maximised in the most efficient way possible. https://www.soundact.co.uk/

Photos by Sara-Louise Bowrey

20/03/2026

Its been a month since we opened the doors to Hastings Un-Convention, kicking off our five day festival on the coast.

Our first panel welcomed speakers from across the industry to discuss the future of Grassroots Music Venues - the beating heart of the UK’s music ecosystem. Unconvention founder Jeff Thompson chaired the panel and was joined by Music Venue Trust 's Toni Coe-Brooker, Live music Industry Venues & Entertainment Chief Executive Jon Collins, Claire Mera-Nelson, Director of Music at Arts Council England and Craig Pennington, Co-Founder of Future Yard

White Rock Theatre Photos by Sara-Louise Bowrey

All possible thanks to our sponsors, like SESAC - the Music Services team simplifies the music ecosystem, so you can save time and earn more from your music. From distribution to global registration and collection, they’re Everywhere in Music

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