In the afternoon Chef Simon prepares a buffet of tasty Creole food for the real flavour of Louisiana at the Stag Inn. In the evening Sarah Jaynes DJs a night of the very best of the Big Easy’s alternative music scene at Bar Blu.
New Orleans has its Mardi Gras, in Venice it’s known as Carnivale and Hastings has “Fat Tuesday” – that’s English for Mardi Gras. Hastings Fat Tuesday is all about appreciating our local music scene, having a good time and raising some money along the way for local charities.
Check out this site to see what’s happening and where. The main highlights are the Fat Tuesday night itself on Feb 21st with 8 Hastings pubs playing host to no less than 16 bands between the hours of 8pm and 11pm followed by a great after show party and don’t miss the more family orientated Preservation Sunday Umbrella Parade on the 19th Feb. Other smaller events are listed here and check out our facebook page if that’s your thing!
It’s time to dress up head out and see Hastings at its best, Spring is just around the corner!
Preservation Sunday and Fat Tuesday are free events with musicians, sound technicians and helpers giving their time and talents for some small expenses. Our chosen charities this year are the Seaview Project and our local Hospice St Michaels. To boost the fundraising aspect of what we do we are suggesting a voluntary donation of £2 per person be given to the charity collectors at ech event.
We are still adding content to the site - so please bear with us and check back regularly .
Download a pdf copy of this years programme here
Preservation Sunday
Old Town and on to the Town centre. A day where we recreate some of the spirit of a traditional New Orleans Jazz and Umbrella Parade. Some of the familiar brass players from the Hastings Jazz scene are putting together their own “second line” band “The Filthy Half...
Slim Monday
This is the pre Fat Tuesday gathering of musicians and support crew who help to make the event into the special night that it has become. So if you’d like to catch up with any of the acts playing this year now is your chance, as you sure as hell won’t be able to on Tuesday.
Fat Tuesday
IT’S FAT TUESDAY – LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL!
The fastest growing music event in town! This year we have 8 pubs playing host to a rotation of 16 bands!
Some of the best loved local acts and two world class recording artists giving their time and talent to raise awareness and money for a great local charity. Who to see? Where to go? It’s all part of the fun of the night. See how many bands you can catch, see how many strings of beads you can collect, see how many pubs you can visit, see how many friends you can recognise under their masks.
