Now in it’s 14th year, the Battle Festival Scarecrow Competition has a new theme – ‘Top of the Crops” – The Music Festival for ‘Popstar’ Scarecrows. The star-struck scarecrows will complement Beautiful Battle’s Summer Flower Displays and act as a curtain-raiser to the wonderful Battle Festival which runs for three weeks. Alongside the colourful creations […]

Samuel Peacock Studio invites you all to view his “Summer Collection” of artwork at his studio. Based just off Battle High Street in Tills Yard. Samuel Peacock has been working with steel for the past 20 years and creates vivid landscapes using a range of oils and organic materials burned onto steel. He works with […]

Bringing a taste of Indian dance, this is a high energy workshop and you will learn various styles, including traditional Indian folk dance and the more modern Bollywood styles. The team will be present in traditional Indian attire and the workshops are planned to be 2 hours in length in which participants can have a […]

A hilarious, interactive comedy walkabout with a tree family looking for somewhere to settle down. As the forests are getting smaller and smaller the tree family decide to live with the humans. Our walking and talking trees blend in with human behaviour, interact and cause gentle chaos by putting down roots in the wrong place, […]

An acoustic set of 20s and 30s numbers and some of LEKIDDO’s own Lobsterlicious compositions sung ‘a cappela’; popular especially at parties, weddings and events, creating pockets of sound to serenade the beautiful people of Battle. LEKIDDO - Lord of The Lobsters! is what Glastonbury describes as “a cult classic”.

Battle’s very own Battle Community Singers will be dressed in Medieval Costume to perform a brand new song “A Town was Built on Blood”, telling the tale of the aftermath of the famous 1066 battle. Music is by local composer Andrew Trunkfield and words by Sakia Wesnigk. Members of Battle Community Singers are “from the […]

Following their success in last year’s festival, Hastings Philharmonic Orchestra make a welcome return to Battle in a must-see programme for any music lover. Soloist Susanne Stanzeleit joins the orchestra in “Eight Seasons”, Vivaldi’s ever popular set of the Four Seasons interspersed with its companion composition by the great Astor Piazzolla. They will be framed […]

After the national success of his long-running show NEIL BRAND PRESENTS BUSTER KEATON, the composer/writer/broadcaster/ musician returns with an all-new show about the immortal comedy duo so recently portrayed in the hit film Stan and Ollie. From their earliest days on opposite sides of the Atlantic in Music Hall and on the stage, to their […]

This was an age when North African based corsairs joined by renegade English privateers such as John Ward (a Kentish man and inspiration for Jack Sparrow) hounded the South East coast.

Redwoood Productions are proud to present a very special tribute to the Clown Jewels of the Crazy Gang, Flanagan & Allen. Featuring their most loved songs, including Run Rabbit Run, Strolling, and of course, Underneath the Arches. This is a must- see for everyone aged 8-80!

A Special 80th Anniversary Free Screening of this classic animated film, a wonderful film for young families. Own refreshments welcome.

Completely self-taught, vibraphone player and composer Roger Beaujolais originally gained recognition with 80’s jump jive favourites The Chevalier Brothers, whose musicianship & anarchic brand of humour took them all over the world. Pianist Gareth Williams has worked with many international jazz greats and has been the long-standing pianist and musical director for acclaimed jazz singer […]

A jazz quartet unlike any other: this one is led by Mark Cherrie, a steel pannist bringing something unique to the jazz world. His critically acclaimed 2018 album Joining the Dots was very deliberately a jazz album made with musicians who are well known on the UK jazz circuit and with music that is not […]

Liz Fletcher and guitarist Phil Capone enjoyed a musical collaboration for over 20 years in London. Now, by coincidence, they find themselves reunited on the artistically thriving South Coast music scene. This evening they will perform their own interpretations of well-known jazz standards with a few new tunes to add to the mix. Look out […]

Alan Barnes/Dave Newton/Andrew Cleyndert Trio Three of the biggest names in British jazz come together to set this afternoon of music off to a terrific start. Between them they have won an astonishing number of major jazz awards. Clarinet player and saxophonist Alan Barnes is a prolific international performer, composer, arranger, bandleader and touring soloist. […]

Starring Mark Rylance and Sally Hawkins, The Phantom of the Open is the heart warming true story of Maurice Flitcroft, a dreamer and unrelenting optimist. Despite never playing a round of golf before, he manages to gain entry to the British Open Golf Championship in 1976.

The dramatic 100 year race to reach the South Pole with its roots in Sussex. It was a century of incredible episodes by a series of extraordinary explorers which began by chance with a mysterious Irish explorer, reached a climax with Amundsen and Scott and ended with the premature death of Shackleton. And continues to […]

Battle Festival audiences are in for a treat with this concert given by Thomas Kelly, prizewinner at this year’s Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition as well as the prestigious Leeds International Piano Competition and numerous others. The programme includes masterpieces such as Bach Partita C minor, Beethoven Eroica Variations, Busoni Toccata, Medtner Sonata and Stravinsky […]

Barefoot Opera, back at Battle Festival after their great success here last summer, will present an unforgettable night at the Opera. Enjoy a glass of something sparkly, and listen to your favourite opera numbers, all sung by superlative young professional talents, newly graduated from the Royal College of Music, the Guildhall and the RCM Wales. […]

A musical afternoon in the beautiful setting of Abbot’s Hall at Battle Abbey, featuring the internationally renowned Primrose Piano Quartet. One of the leading chamber ensembles of the UK with a long string of critically acclaimed CDs to their name, the Quartet will present an attractive programme featuring Fauré’s passionate Piano Quartet in C minor […]

Battle and District Arts Group (BDAG) have invariably held an annual art exhibition, but have missed the last two ‘lockdown’ years. We are pleased to be able to return for 2022 and the Summer Exhibition will be held in The Memorial Hall, Battle High Street, and everyone is welcome. Entrance is free and all the […]

Painter and sculptor who is new to the area. He will be showing a host of styles and approaches to landscapes, and abstract work all inspired by local areas of natural beauty. The Ship Project Robin is the producer and creative lead of a new exciting land art sculpture which will be a collaboration with […]

Victoria will be showing a cross-section of her delicate and deft painted still lives alongside a mix of native animals and landscapes. These are perfect for a little nook that needs to touch of beauty.

A respected local artist and art teacher who exhibits across East Sussex, Tracey will be sharing a range of paints and sketches filled with local detail and technique. Things that catch her creative eye are fishing paraphernalia, ships old and new, and other interesting locations painted with a hint of graphic illustration in parts.

An accomplished ceramic artist who teaches at Senlac Studio and makes the art of taking organic materials and found clay to produce a stylish collection of pots and ceramic art. She will be presenting a selection of never seen before works that will intrigue and beguile.

Music and words on a summer’s afternoon, come and relax for an hour. Enjoy and share with us song and verse, some familiar and some new. Louise is a distinguished mezzo-soprano.She is internationally regarded and has appeared regularly at Glyndbourne,the Royal Opera House,and next year will sing in Puccini’s Il Trittico for Scottish Opera and […]

George Crocker is keen to liven up his dull life so he desires to join the village Drama Club. What happens then turns his world upside down. Set during the Second World War this original and inspiring show is suitable for anyone nine years and above. The play is funny, moving, entertaining and with a […]

Bowler Crab is a theatre company which specialises in Shakespearean performance, producing UK tours as well as repertoire performances for schools, festivals, dining experiences, weddings and private events. Bowler Crab are back for their first ‘full season’ in almost three years! As You Like It is a delightful Comedy with poetry, song, dance and mistaken […]

Following last year’s hugely successful appearance, Hastings Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Marcio da Silva make a welcome return to Battle joined by soloists Susanne Stanzeleit and Andrew Fuller. Susanne Stanzeleit | Violin Andrew Fuller | Cello Marcio da Silva | Conductor Programme: VIVALDI Double Concerto SCHUBERT Rondo for Violin and Orchestra GRIEG Holberg Suite -INTERVAL- […]