Now in its eleventh year, Hastings’ annual Mardi Gras celebration, Fat Tuesday, where scores of acts converge on dozens of venues to entertain thousands of punters for five days of music and general madness, launches on Friday 21 February this year. Darren Johnson surveys the rich offer of music and entertainment which lies in store. Images supplied by Fat Tuesday PR team.
If jazz and laughter create your desired atmosphere on Valentine’s Day, an evening with Mike Hatchard and Herbie Flowers at St Mary in the Castle could be just the place for you, as venue manager Sean Berkeley explains.
A great international quartet fronted by two of the most original improvisers on either side of the Atlantic will be featured at Jazz Hastings’ February session on Monday 17th, writes Julian Norridge.
Madama Butterfly, White Rock Theatre, Thursday 6 February 2020: HOT’s music correspondent Brian Hick attended the single performance of Puccini’s tragic opera last week.
String music is the theme at St Mary in the Castle this Friday when the London Mozart Players return to Hastings for the second concert in their LMP by the Sea series. The finale will see them joined by 100 young string players from the area, writes Nick Terdre.
A well attended night at St Mary’s and the crowd were clearly here to see both bands in action. Nick Weekes was sitting in a balcony box taking notes.
Hastings Sinfonia’s Winter Concert, Saturday 1 February 2020: It was a packed house at St John the Evangelist church in St Leonards-on-Sea for the opening performance of the new season. Among the well entertained audience was HOT’s music correspondent Brian Hick. Photos by Peter Mould.
Hastings Sinfonia includes a well-known work by Beethoven in its opening 2020 season concert on Saturday 1 February in celebration of the 250th anniversary of the great composer’s birthday. In mid-year it has concerts with the London Mozart Players and separately will be presenting a concerto written around Queen’s greatest hits. Chair Sandra Goodsell describes what waits in store.
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