Music

Music, food, and art will all be part of the Easter festival which returns to the Stade Open Space on Easter Saturday April 20 from 4pm-10.30pm.

1. Film. In advance of rock duo Sleaford Mods coming to the De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill this weekend you can appreciate frank and fierce documentary Bunch Of Kunst (18) at Kino-Teatr in St Leonards on Friday April 19 from 7.30pm. The film follows the two year journey from Nottingham bed-sit to chart success, and acclaim from the likes of Iggy Pop who called Sleaford Mods “the world’s greatest rock’n’roll band,” while fans think of them as the true voice of Britain. Tickets £9.

Opus Theatre in Hastings will next month showcase a unique evening with amazing Russian-born virtuoso cellist Nina Kotova.

In 2019 acclaimed pianist Margaret Fingerhut is embarking on a special recital series to raise money to support refugees in the UK.

The Undertones with special guest The Neville Staple Band will play live at the De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill on Friday May 17.

The classic story of Dick Whittington has been given new life in a hilarious musical production by J & V Productions and the talented members of The Hastings Stage Studio.

Beyond the Barricade is celebrating its 20th anniversary season touring a show essentially based on the success of Les Miserables.

Singer songwriter Damon Albarn of mighty Brit pop band Blur and Gorillaz has been announced as patron of Barefoot Opera’s current project Bloom Britannia, an opera inspired by life on the south coast.

Everyone’s favourite 80’s crooner Paul Young is back on tour performing his much loved album No Parlez in celebration of 35 years since its release.

The second season of collboration between Fairlight Hall and the Oxford Lieder Festival continues with an amazing performance on Sunday May 5 by tenor Joshua Owen Mills.

Celebrate May 1 at Kino-Teatr in St Leonards with amazing musicianship in The Challenge Of Change.

The next music event at St John’s church in Upper Church Road, Hollington, is Easter Music And Readings on Sunday April 21 at 6.30pm.

Tickets go on sale this week for the just announced return of Gary Numan to Bexhill.

Following a successful event last year, the Easter Music And Arts Festival returns to The Stade Open Space in Hastings on Easter Saturday from 4pm - 10.30pm.

In many ways the hero and heroine of this concert were Francis Rayne and Stephanie Gurga on piano. Not only did they perform Brahms’s sonata for two pianos in F minor op 34b – an unusual outing – with tender intelligence but they gave us energetic accompaniment to Carl Orff’s best known work.

Hundreds of people packed into the White Rock Theatre on Sunday to enjoy a day of Beatles music for a good cause

Messiah has undergone a vast rethink over the last half century, from monumental performances under Sir Malcolm Sargent to original instrument, pared-down editions of exceptional lightness and speed.

Music lovers must be counting the seconds until Record Store Day which is on Saturday April 13.