What's on in East Sussex and our surrounding areas
We've added a selection of our favourite events which are happening near us!
Beach Life Music Festival
Beach Life returns this summer to a new venue at Eastbourne's iconic Bandstand, with non-stop live music, street food, stalls and entertainment. Bringing the summer festival vibe, let us soundtrack your summer with the best local live musicians at this family friendly event, set against the stunning backdrop of Eastbourne beach.
13th July - 14th July
Beach Life returns this summer to a new venue at Eastbourne's iconic Bandstand, with non-stop live music, street food, stalls and entertainment. Bringing the summer festival vibe, let us soundtrack your summer with the best local live musicians at this family friendly event, set against the stunning backdrop of Eastbourne beach.
13th July - 14th July
Spaces, Spirits and Sea Monsters on Beachy Head - A Short Creative Writing Course
This writing course with the Beachy Head Story's Writer in Residence Annalie Seaman, is based on current, historical and mythological aspects of Beachy Head. With Liminality, we’ll explore the relationships between land and sea and the symbolism of boundaries and thresholds. For Sea Creatures, we’ll delve into the hidden world of modern marine mammals and cetaceans and the imagined world of folkloric sea monsters. In Genius Loci, we’ll tap into the Roman idea of the Spirit of the Land, of household gods and hero-ancestors, the guardians of hearth and field. You’ll be invited to create your own writings based around these multi-layered themes while learning a little more about this incredible landscape.
15th July 10.30am-12.15pm
This writing course with the Beachy Head Story's Writer in Residence Annalie Seaman, is based on current, historical and mythological aspects of Beachy Head. With Liminality, we’ll explore the relationships between land and sea and the symbolism of boundaries and thresholds. For Sea Creatures, we’ll delve into the hidden world of modern marine mammals and cetaceans and the imagined world of folkloric sea monsters. In Genius Loci, we’ll tap into the Roman idea of the Spirit of the Land, of household gods and hero-ancestors, the guardians of hearth and field. You’ll be invited to create your own writings based around these multi-layered themes while learning a little more about this incredible landscape.
15th July 10.30am-12.15pm
Reading Corner at The Beachy Head Story
Join us in our FREE reading corner every Monday and Thursday in the Summer Holidays at the Beachy Head Story. Drop in between 10.30 and 12.30 for Story Time for 4 - 7 year olds with stories based around the Downland landscape.
25th & 29th July 10.30am-12.30pm
Join us in our FREE reading corner every Monday and Thursday in the Summer Holidays at the Beachy Head Story. Drop in between 10.30 and 12.30 for Story Time for 4 - 7 year olds with stories based around the Downland landscape.
25th & 29th July 10.30am-12.30pm
Beachy Head Downland Trail: Victorian Rambles
In 1849 the railways arrived in Eastbourne, this crucial new travel link established the town as the eastern gateway to the South Down’s. Victorian tourists arrived in droves to experience the brilliant white chalk cliffs and stunning panoramic views offered by Beachy Head. Join us for a guided walk around ‘Victorian’ Beachy Head as we discover what the area would have looked like towards the end of the 19th century and hear about some of the people we might have met wandering through the downland. Be it for work or leisure, stone masons, alpinists, shepherds, journalists, scientists, revolutionary socialists, holiday makers, people from all walks of Victorian life were drawn to Beachy Head. They brought ideas, formed connections, and left their mark on the landscape. This walk takes us out into onto the downland to meet the Victorians. The walk will take approx 45 minutes and is weather dependent. Meet at The Beachy Head Story, no need to book! £2.50 per person
26th July 11am-12pm
In 1849 the railways arrived in Eastbourne, this crucial new travel link established the town as the eastern gateway to the South Down’s. Victorian tourists arrived in droves to experience the brilliant white chalk cliffs and stunning panoramic views offered by Beachy Head. Join us for a guided walk around ‘Victorian’ Beachy Head as we discover what the area would have looked like towards the end of the 19th century and hear about some of the people we might have met wandering through the downland. Be it for work or leisure, stone masons, alpinists, shepherds, journalists, scientists, revolutionary socialists, holiday makers, people from all walks of Victorian life were drawn to Beachy Head. They brought ideas, formed connections, and left their mark on the landscape. This walk takes us out into onto the downland to meet the Victorians. The walk will take approx 45 minutes and is weather dependent. Meet at The Beachy Head Story, no need to book! £2.50 per person
26th July 11am-12pm
Lets Go Fly a Kite - Make a paper kite workshop
Craft your own paper kite to take into the landscape in this drop in workshop. Drop in any time between 10.30 and 12.30, tickets £2.50 suitable for ages 5+
30th July 10.30am-12.30pm
Craft your own paper kite to take into the landscape in this drop in workshop. Drop in any time between 10.30 and 12.30, tickets £2.50 suitable for ages 5+
30th July 10.30am-12.30pm
Sea Watches at Beachy Head
Meet at the Beachy Head Story and join us for an ocean survey looking for seals, porpoises and dolphins swimming near the lighthouse. Bring your own binoculars!
31st July 10.30am-11.30am
Meet at the Beachy Head Story and join us for an ocean survey looking for seals, porpoises and dolphins swimming near the lighthouse. Bring your own binoculars!
31st July 10.30am-11.30am