Events

S U S S E X D A Y BRITISH design BRITISH made in Battle High Street is showing twelve sussex landscapes by six local artists to celebrate Sussex Day and the beauty of Sussex.

This Sunday come and visitbattle for our Sussex Day celebrations. With entertainment in the Market Square, a beautiful historic town to explore and our high street of specialist independent shops open and ready to welcome you in with offers on Sussex products! The worlds smallest Art fair will also be in Tills Yard at sampeacockart […]

Family Fun for everyone. Tradituonal fete stalls, car show, dog show, bar & bbq, Kids activites, tuf of war and much much more!  Brought to you by Battel Bonfire Boyes

Tirzah Garwood: Beyond Ravilious Battle Memorial Hall 81 High St, Battle, East Sussex, United Kingdom James Russell, who is no stranger to our Festival, is delighted to be presenting his lecture on the remarkable artist Tirzah Garwood who was born in Kent in 1908 and attended the Eastbourne School of Art 1925-1928 where she met […]

Performed by Battle-based actors Karen Drury and Michael Wilson, writer Charlotte Moore, pianist Will Hancox, and internationally-renowned opera singer Louise Winter, this feast of poetry, prose and song will range from the sublime to the comic, from the familiar to the unexpected – and will include a poem by the late Robert Emeleus, fondly remembered […]

Now renowned for his work on the designed interior and his role in helping to found the Arts & Crafts Movement, in his lifetime William Morris was as well known for other talents – from poetry to publishing, heritage protection to social reform. This talk will explore the breadth of Morris’s work and achievements, the […]

In this delightfully funny musical revue, Nicola transports us back to Britain in the 40s and 50s with her recreation of national treasure, Joyce Grenfell. The evening features the best of Joyce’s comedy songs and monologues from ‘Stately as a Galleon’ to ‘School Nativity Play’. Add to the mix comic numbers by Flanders & Swann […]

Research by National Geographic Fellow and New York Times Best Selling Author, Dan Buettner, led to the discovery of what he coined the "Blue Zones," locations where there are 10 times more centenarians than Americans. Dan and his team were in search of the secrets of longevity and their research revealed nine common denominators in […]

The Romney Marsh writers would never have seen themselves as a group but literary history has brigaded them according to the geography and time, not least because they mostly knew and, in some cases influenced each other. They were all active in the early 20th Century and include Henry James, H G Wells, Joseph Conrad, […]

Get ready to sing along to all your favourite ABBA hits in this hit musical Mamma Mia!

Join us at Battle Abbey every day of the summer holidays to learn what life was like in medieval times. From jester workshops, have-a-go archery, storytelling, squire training to lessons in courtly etiquette there will be a different activity each week for children to take part in. Activities will change week to week so please […]

This concert will see a welcome return of the quintet of brilliant young wind players from the Hastings Philharmonic Orchestra. The programme will have a decidedly operatic flavour with arrangements of popular overtures by Verdi and Puccini as well as favourites for the genre by Ibert and “Sea Shanties” by Malcolm Arnold. Coffee served from […]