Fat Tuesday Music Festival
Returns 28 February - 4th March 2025. The UK’s largest Mardi Gras and ultimate mid-winter carnival!
Skinny Sunday
Skinny Sunday was a one day music festival curated and produced by HFT Youth Curatorial Panel. It took place on the Stade Open Space, Sunday 20th August 2023. Supported by Youth Music Trailblazer Fund
Pocket Sonics
HFT and Sonics presents ‘Pocket Sonics’ this summer - weekly free music sessions for 14 to 25 year old's interested in experimental music making, electronic music, field recording, noise, creative coding, DJing, beats and bars and more.
Fat Tuesday Club
Creative music sessions focused on the process of making and playing new music
Under the Radar
A monthly night of new music featuring the best emerging artists in the South East.
Youth Second Line Band
Hastings Fat Tuesday’s youth brass and percussion band, led by Robbie Robson, supported by Create Music and Arts Council England.
Voodoo Fest
Halloween in Hastings means Voodoo Fest. The best Halloween gig in town!
Sonics
3-day festival of ground-breaking experimental, electronic, and underground culture.
Youth Curatorial Panel
HFT’s youth panel helps curate our festivals and events all year round, and are producing Skinny Sunday festival. Supported by Youth Music Trailblazer Fund
Hastings Fat Tuesday CIC is a not-for-profit organisation that delivers a year-round programme of activity to support the communities of Hastings and St Leonards. This includes the flagship Fat Tuesday Music Festival, biennial ‘Sonics’ electronic music festival and a range of live music events and community sessions/workshops to support musicians and young people, and provide engaging cultural experiences for all.
Our aim is to promote creative opportunities to people at all stages of their lives through arts and culture.
HFT managed by a small team: co-directors Adam Daly & Sally Lampitt and General Manager Hannah Deeble.
Latest News
Join our youth Second Line Band!
Fat Tuesday Club rocks Beatles Day!
That’s a wrap!
Another year of Hastings Fat Tuesday draws to a close!
The Mardi Gras Album – A Celebration of 15 Years of Hastings Fat Tuesday
At last, Hastings Fat Tuesday is no longer just for February, but for life with the release of a special compilation album celebrating 15 years of the town’s most famous music festival.