East Sussex · 12 gigs · next 4 weeks
13 Nov – 11 Dec
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Updated 13 November 2026
4 weeks
| Venues with something on | 2 |
| Venues tracked | 24 |
| Open mics | 15 |
| Busiest night | Friday · 5 gigs |
12 gigs listed in Hastings over the next 28 days across 2 venues. Friday is the busiest night with 5. In total we track 24 grassroots venues and 15 regular open mics here.
Only Friday to Sunday: the 2 gigs on in Hastings this weekend. Highlights include Michael Starring Ben at White Rock Theatre (Friday) and Craig Charles Funk & Soul House Party at Eastbourne Winter Garden (Friday). Each card is one night at one venue, with the start time and the price where the venue publishes it; the four-week list below covers everything after Sunday.
Counting every upcoming date, not just the next four weeks, there are 34 gigs listed in and around Hastings - fourth of 7 against its nearest places with live music, behind the Brighton area (230). Each row counts the gigs, venues and open mics our directories hold in and around that place, refreshed nightly; tap a town for its live music scene.
| # | Place | Gigs |
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| 01 | Brighton area 94 venues · 45 open mics | 230 |
| 02 | Sutton area 14 venues · 12 open mics | 55 |
| 03 | Tunbridge Wells area 10 venues · 9 open mics | 41 |
| 04 | Hastings area This page 24 venues · 15 open mics | 34 |
| 05 | Maidstone area 22 venues · 9 open mics | 33 |
| 06 | Epsom area 18 venues · 10 open mics | 29 |
| 07 | Crawley area 14 venues · 13 open mics | 1 |
Four weeks of Hastings gigs, 13 Nov to 11 Dec: 12 listings from 2 rooms, with Fridays the busiest. Where This Weekend stops at Sunday, this keeps going - earliest date first.
Starts19:30 Michael Starring BenWhite Rock Theatre · Castle · Hastings 
Craig Charles Funk & Soul House PartyEastbourne Winter Garden · Meads 19:30Tonight 
The Amy Winehouse BandDe La Warr Pavilion · Hastings 19:30Fri 20 Nov 
Hastings: A Nashville Country Music ExperienceBlackbox Hastings · Old Hastings · Hastings 19:00Sat 21 Nov 
The Australian Pink Floyd ShowCongress Theatre · Meads · Eastbourne 19:00Mon 23 Nov 
Elkie BrooksDe La Warr Pavilion · Hastings 19:30Thu 26 Nov 
Michael Starring BenCongress Theatre · Meads · Eastbourne 19:30Fri 27 Nov 
Adrian Cox Trio - The Wonderful World of BechetHenry Ward Hall · Castle · Hastings 19:00Sat 28 Nov 
Sam Amidon x Spafford CampbellChristchurch, Silchester Road, St Leonards · Central St Leonards · Hastings 19:00Sat 28 Nov 
TykettoBlackbox Hastings · Old Hastings · Hastings 19:30Tue 1 Dec | Search every Hastings gigEverything upcoming, not just the next four weeks |
Every grassroots venue we track in Hastings - all 24, whether or not it has a gig listed right now - with its capacity, kit and opening times. Use it to find a room near you, then check its page for what is on.
Photo: Google Barnaby's LoungeHastings 
Blackbox HastingsOld Town, Hastings · HastingsHouse PA 280Cap 
French'sHastingsHouse PA 200Cap 
The CarlisleHastings Cap tbc 
The General HavelockHastings Cap tbc 
The Jenny LindHastings Cap tbc 
The Pigs Palace White Rocks Hastings Tn341jlWhite Rock (seafront) · Hastings Cap tbc 
The PrintworksCity Centre · HastingsHouse PA 300Cap 
The Stade Hall, HastingsThe Stade, Old Town · Hastings 100Cap 
Buskers BarEastbourne Cap tbc | All 24 Hastings venuesCapacity, backline and opening times |
15 regular open mics run around Hastings on a fixed night each week or month - no tickets, just turn up. Cards show the sign-up time, the slot length and any fee.
Kick-off19:00 French'sHastingsNo feeHouse PA Barnaby's LoungeHastingsNo feeHouse PAFortnightly 19:00Tue Cactus HoundSt Leonards-on-Sea · HastingsNo feeFull kit 19:00Tue The General HavelockHavelock Road · HastingsNo fee 20:00Tue The PiperHastingsNo feeFull kit 20:00Wed Ritual BarSt Leonards-on-Sea · HastingsNo feeFull kit 19:00Thu The PigWhite Rock · HastingsNo feeFull kit 20:00Thu Dawsons Wine Bar4 Carlisle Buildings, Carlisle Road, BN21 4DB · EastbourneNo fee1st Sun of the month 17:00Sun Buskers BarSeaside · EastbourneNo fee 20:00Sun The Frontier BarLittle Chelsea · EastbourneNo fee2nd Tue of the month 19:00Tue | All 15 Hastings open micsSign-up times, slots and kit for every night |
Grassroots venues are where every act you have ever paid to see started out. Hastings still has 24 of them.
The Old Town carries Hastings' music - The Jenny Lind, Blackbox and The Stade Hall - with The Carlisle on the seafront for rock and The Printworks in town for indie nights.
In the year to July 2025, 78 UK grassroots venues stopped putting on live music and 30 closed outright, while pubs shut at about two a day in early 2026. Each one was somewhere a band played its first paid gig or a songwriter tried a new song on a room of strangers.
Everything here comes from the venues and promoters themselves, refreshed every day: 12 gigs in Hastings over the next four weeks, plus the 24 grassroots venues and 15 regular open mic nights we track. Nothing is ranked or sponsored - if we know it is on, it is listed. Most of it happens at De La Warr Pavilion and Blackbox Hastings, and the sound leans rock and pop.
The best support is a full room. Turn up to something new, stay for the support act, and buy from the bar. For a weekly round-up of Hastings gigs, use the sign-up below; if you run a venue here, claim your listing so people can find it. Start small: Cactus Hound hosts an open mic each Tuesday.
Between now and 11 Dec there are 12 gigs in Hastings, and 24 grassroots venues and 15 regular open mic nights. One night out this month keeps a room's diary full. Fridays are the busiest for gigs here.
Help keep grassroots venues open in Hastings
—A UK venue stops hosting live music every 5 days — and turning up is what keeps a room open. Get a free weekly email of gigs in Hastings. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.
What lands in your inbox. Every Monday at noon, one email of Hastings gigs for the week ahead - out of roughly 3 a week here, never more than two on the same night, so a packed Friday does not crowd out the quieter evenings. When fewer than four Hastings gigs fall in the week, the email reaches on to the next fortnight, then the month, so you still have something to choose from.
Why sign up. Blackbox Hastings has the most coming up here, with 3 dates - the email means you see them in time to go. Right now Hastings leans rock and pop. One click unsubscribes, any time.
Further ahead. Gigs in Hastings run week to week, but festivals are planned months out. The UK music festivals we have date-checked are on one festival timeline, by month, region and genre, with clash checks for the weekends you want.
| All Hastings gigsEverything upcoming, sorted by date | |
| Hastings venues24 grassroots rooms | |
| Hastings open mics15 regular nights | |
| The Hastings sceneVenues, promoters, local rates and members near you | |
| Every city we coverThe same page for every city, updated daily | |
| UK gig directoryEvery upcoming grassroots gig | |
| UK open mic finderStage time near you | |
| UK venue directoryThe rooms behind the gigs |
Every What's On page, A–Z140 pages
What's On across the UKNearby: Eastbourne, Tunbridge Wells, Maidstone, Brighton
List a gig free, claim your venue, or join as an act - 12 Hastings gigs are already on GigXchange this month.
What's On in Hastings
Live music in Hastings over the next four weeks — 13 Nov – 11 Dec. 12 gigs listed in Hastings over the next 28 days across 2 venues. Friday is the busiest night with 5. In total we track 24 grassroots venues and 15 regular open mics here.
Two pubs a day are closing, and last year 78 grassroots venues stopped putting on live music. Get Hastings gigs in your inbox — and go to one.
Help keep grassroots venues open in Hastings
—A UK venue stops hosting live music every 5 days — and turning up is what keeps a room open. Get a free weekly email of gigs in Hastings. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.
Last updated: 13 November 2026
This Weekend in Hastings
Only Friday to Sunday: the 2 gigs on in Hastings this weekend. Highlights include Michael Starring Ben at White Rock Theatre (Friday) and Craig Charles Funk & Soul House Party at Eastbourne Winter Garden (Friday). Each card is one night at one venue, with the start time and the price where the venue publishes it; the four-week list below covers everything after Sunday.
How Hastings Compares
Counting every upcoming date, not just the next four weeks, there are 34 gigs listed in and around Hastings - fourth of 7 against its nearest places with live music, behind the Brighton area (230). Each row counts the gigs, venues and open mics our directories hold in and around that place, refreshed nightly; tap a town for its live music scene.
- #1 Brighton area 94 venues · 45 open mics 230
- #2 Sutton area 14 venues · 12 open mics 55
- #3 Tunbridge Wells area 10 venues · 9 open mics 41
- #4 Hastings area This page 24 venues · 15 open mics 34
- #5 Maidstone area 22 venues · 9 open mics 33
- #6 Epsom area 18 venues · 10 open mics 29
- #7 Crawley area 14 venues · 13 open mics 1
Gigs in Hastings
Four weeks of Hastings gigs, 13 Nov to 11 Dec: 12 listings from 2 rooms, with Fridays the busiest. Where This Weekend stops at Sunday, this keeps going - earliest date first.
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Venues in Hastings
Every grassroots venue we track in Hastings - all 24, whether or not it has a gig listed right now - with its capacity, kit and opening times. Use it to find a room near you, then check its page for what is on.
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Open mics in Hastings
15 regular open mics run around Hastings on a fixed night each week or month - no tickets, just turn up. Cards show the sign-up time, the slot length and any fee.
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Support grassroots music in Hastings
Grassroots venues are where every act you have ever paid to see started out. Hastings still has 24 of them.
The Old Town carries Hastings' music - The Jenny Lind, Blackbox and The Stade Hall - with The Carlisle on the seafront for rock and The Printworks in town for indie nights.
In the year to July 2025, 78 UK grassroots venues stopped putting on live music and 30 closed outright, while pubs shut at about two a day in early 2026. Each one was somewhere a band played its first paid gig or a songwriter tried a new song on a room of strangers.
Everything here comes from the venues and promoters themselves, refreshed every day: 12 gigs in Hastings over the next four weeks, plus the 24 grassroots venues and 15 regular open mic nights we track. Nothing is ranked or sponsored - if we know it is on, it is listed. Most of it happens at De La Warr Pavilion and Blackbox Hastings, and the sound leans rock and pop.
The best support is a full room. Turn up to something new, stay for the support act, and buy from the bar. For a weekly round-up of Hastings gigs, use the sign-up below; if you run a venue here, claim your listing so people can find it. Start small: Cactus Hound hosts an open mic each Tuesday.
Go to one this month
Between now and 11 Dec there are 12 gigs in Hastings, and 24 grassroots venues and 15 regular open mic nights. One night out this month keeps a room's diary full. Fridays are the busiest for gigs here.
Help keep grassroots venues open in Hastings
—A UK venue stops hosting live music every 5 days — and turning up is what keeps a room open. Get a free weekly email of gigs in Hastings. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.
What lands in your inbox. Every Monday at noon, one email of Hastings gigs for the week ahead - out of roughly 3 a week here, never more than two on the same night, so a packed Friday does not crowd out the quieter evenings. When fewer than four Hastings gigs fall in the week, the email reaches on to the next fortnight, then the month, so you still have something to choose from.
Why sign up. Blackbox Hastings has the most coming up here, with 3 dates - the email means you see them in time to go. Right now Hastings leans rock and pop. One click unsubscribes, any time.
Further ahead. Gigs in Hastings run week to week, but festivals are planned months out. The UK music festivals we have date-checked are on one festival timeline, by month, region and genre, with clash checks for the weekends you want.
What's on in Hastings — FAQs
Common questions about live music in Hastings, answered with this week's live data.
Every What's On page, A–Z140 pages
What's On across the UKNearby: Eastbourne, Tunbridge Wells, Maidstone, Brighton
Play or put on gigs in Hastings?
List a gig free, claim your venue, or join as an act - 12 Hastings gigs are already on GigXchange this month.