FURNACE BROOK EQUINOX WEEKEND

by | Mar 10, 2026

Spring Equinox Weekend at Furnace Brook 20-22 March
We’re delighted to be hosting three days of events over the Spring Equinox weekend, beginning on World Rewilding Day.
Join us at Furnace Brook for a mix of talks, farm tours, workshops and community activities, all set beside the lakeside barn.
Friday 20 March – World Rewilding Day
Meet the Furnace Brook team and hear about our future plans for rewilding, regenerative food growing and community projects.
Saturday 21 March – Farm Tour & Taproom Open
Take a guided tour of the farm and learn more about the land, animals and growing projects. Afterwards, stay for drinks in the taproom.
Sunday 22 March – Talks & Community Activities
• Home composting workshop with Michael
• The human-animal connection with Diane
• Group singing with Bella’s Gaia Choir
Come and celebrate the changing season, connect with nature and find out what’s growing at Furnace Brook.
📍 Furnace Brook, Trolliloes Lane, BN27 4QR

TALK: STAMP, STAMP, STAMP

by | Mar 10, 2026

STAMP STAMP STAMP is the title of a talk this month at the Vitality Villages Coffee Morning by Pam Clatsworthy. Tea and coffee with cakes or biscuits. There will also be a quiz and an opportunity to meet up with friends old and new for a chat.

SUSSEX DAY

by | Mar 10, 2026

SUSSEX DAY will be celebrated in Hailsham with a free community event. The High Street will be closed so that visitors can enjoy a beer tent, market stalls selling locally sourced products and a full programme of live entertainment. Highlights include traditional maypole dancing by local Brownies, performances by Hailsham Choral Society (including ‘Sussex by the Sea’), the Sussex Stompers and Long Man Morris Dancers. Families will enjoy close-up magic, balloon modelling and a Punch and Judy show with Hailsham FM providing coverage and music. Shops and businesses will be dressing their windows for a best dressed window competition.

RAY RUSSELL CONCERT AT THE PAVILION

by | Mar 9, 2026

LOCAL MUSICIAN RAY RUSSELL and also composer, producer and virtuoso guitarist is back at the Pavilion for another hometown gig, with his prestigious band and a whole set of new material for 2026.

Regarded by some as one of the most prolific recording artists in British Music history, Ray has been busy recording yet another album titled, ‘We Are Here’.

Co–producing and mixing the album, is his old friend Greg Walsh, who has worked with many internationally recognised artists most notably Tina Turner (with Ray Russell), Pink Floyd, Chicago, Luciano Pavarotti and Kate Bush.

Join Ray and the band at the Hailsham Pavilion and together we can say ‘We are Here’. The show is on Saturday 21 March at 7.30pm at Hailsham Pavilion. Tickets in person from the box office, by phone on 01323 841414 or online at www.hailshampavilion.co.uk.