Old Town Carnival Week

29/11/2025

03/11/2025

STOLEN, Sun eve, 2.11.25...
From Mike Willis:
If you’re offered any of the equipment below, please be aware that it may have been stolen from the Henry Ward Hall, Hastings, last night. Here’s what we are missing:
Trace Elliot AH300 Bass Amplifier Head
Polycarbonate Rack Case containing…
DBX Dual Compressor
DBX Graphic EQ
6 Hercules microphones in a black bag with a Gravity brand label
Fender Champion 40 Guitar Amplifier
3 Showtec LED Stage Lights
1 Red Record Box containing records for Mike Willis, Jim James and Alexander Bryson
We are blown away by your offers of support!

29/10/2025

🚲 Jimmy Read’s Bike on The Repair Shop! 🛠️

We’re excited to share that Jimmy Read’s bike — an important piece of local history — is featured in tonight’s episode of The Repair Shop on BBC One!

Tune in to see the restoration!

📺 Watch tonight or find out more here 👉 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002lh5p

29/10/2025

Jimmy Read's bike (used in the Bike Race during Old Town Carnival Week) will be featured on the Repair Shop tonight (Weds 29th Oct) at 8pm.
It's been repaired by them and is now back in the Fishermen's Museum.

Below is the link:
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A pair of motorcycle racing goggles and a 1950s bike are brought back from the brink.

14/08/2025

14/08/2025

The grand total raised for Macmillan Cancer Support from this year’s Treasure Trail has just come in - £1281.66.

Below are what each individual team raised…

Pink Paper Dolls – £40.52 🥇

Help! – £39.45 🥈

Shiela’s Crew – £34.05 🥉

Oasis Champagne Supercunts – £32.75

The Vikings – £28.70

Southern Water/ Tropic Like It’s Hot - £28.31 (apologies, I’m not sure what has happened but both teams were assigned the same number on the entry sheet and we can’t work out if a pot has been misplaced or this is a combined amount)

Pepper’s Potato Posse – £22.43

It’s Bedtime – £22.37

The Sailors – £19.43

Silent Treatment – £18.72

The Potheads – £18.05

Go Your Own Waters – £17.20

Day of The Dead – £14.35

P**s Head Pirates – £12.37

Dirty Habits – £12.35

Boating Lake – £11.53

Old Town Games Night – £11.32

Hastings Old Town Safety Ltd – £10.35

Swashbuckling Sirens – £9.21

Alice What’s The Matter – £6.85

The Slap Happy Dappy Flapper – £4.87

You’re A Dick – £4.60

One Accidentally Fell – £3.61

Not A Cult – £2.90

What A Shirt Show – £2.50

I’m A Celeb – £1.35

The Hastings Harlots – £1.32

Smuggling Ladies – £0.00

I would like to thank the following pubs not only for taking part, but also for their generous donations…

The Jenny Lind
The Albion
The Anchor Inn
Cinque Ports Arms
The Stag Inn
The Crown Hastings
Dolphin Inn
Ye Olde Pump House
FILO Hastings
Dragon Bar
The Cutter
London Trader
The Royal Standard
Old hastings club
The Hastings Arms

I would like to thank Doreen Upwood from Macmillan for helping me organise the event. John Whiteley and Phil Smith for creating the questions and hosting the event again. Daniel Burrage for taking photos of the event, and Faith Neal and Jaylea Martin for keeping everyone hydrated (including themselves 😂).

And last, but ‘definitely’ not least, all the people who took part in the Treasure Trail and helped raise this sum of money. The amount raised is more than last year so you all should be proud.

See you next year - Jack 💚

11/08/2025

09/08/2025

⚡️ TODAY IS A BIG ONE! ⚡️
⚠️ From 6.30PM come join us outside Hastings Adventure Golf with Ben Maier for a MASSIVE free charity show in aid of St Michael's Hospice (Hastings and Rother) ⚠️
🔥 Once Hastings Old Town Carnival procession winds up, we start and see you through until the fireworks so there's no better place to be! 🔥

09/08/2025