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This Festival of Spring will bring music guaranteed to banish any lingering winter blues with all the optimism and vigour of the new season. The Bridgepoint Ensemble Mathilde Milwidsky, violin and Viv McLean, piano will join members of the Bridgepoint Ensemble in the Fairlight Hall recital room to open our Spring Festival. The programme features Beethoven’s Spring Sonata and Schumann’s paean to vitality, his Piano Quintet. THE PRICE OF THE TICKET INCLUDES A FREE DRINK AT A RECEPTION STARTING AT 6pm. Programme: Beethoven- Spring Sonata Schumann – Piano Quintet

Annual Picnic Concert for the winner of the Hastings International piano Competition in featuring young scholars from Lang Lang Foundation Fairlight Hall, Fairlight, Near Hastings Grounds open from 12 noon Concert starts at 2:30pm Tickets Concert tickets £30 (FREE to those aged 18 and under with a paying adult) plus Eventbrite fees. Book here Picnics and lunch Concert goers are welcome to picnic or stroll around Fairlight Hall’s glorious gardens, which will be open from 12 noon.  

Sunday June 7th 10am to 4pm Peak time in the garden Plant stall and cafe Tickets on door or on Eventbrite

After a long, dark winter, we are celebrating the return of longer days, warmer weather and all the optimism of Spring, with a three-day series of events at Fairlight Hall. A Festival ticket is available with a saving of £15 on individual event tickets. This is a season ticket offer which allows you to book all three of the main concerts with a £15 saving. NB: Education concert is excluded. 17 April 2026 7pm- Beethoven Spring Sonata and Schumann Piano Quintet 18 April 2026 7pm– Bibi Heal and Stephen Barlow recital. 19 April 2026 11.30am– Vivaldi Spring from the Four Seasons

An Immersive Retreat for Your Ensemble Step away from everyday distractions and immerse your ensemble in a three-day retreat designed to revitalise your creative spark and level-up your musical practice. Our Residencies offer an oasis for focused, intensive coaching and rehearsal in a peaceful country setting and are the perfect starting point for professional groups joining Chamber Studio for the first time. May 22nd to May 25th 2026 Time and programme tbc  

Annual General Meeting Fairlight’s Hall Riding for the Disabled 20th of March 2026 11am For more information contact – rda@fairlighthall.co.uk

Yoga Retreat in the Recital Room led by Lisa Powel For more information contact – info@fairlighthall.co.uk

Gala Dinner to celebrate the Competition finals for the Hastings International Piano For more information contact mimi.scott@hastingsinternational.org

Sussex tea time concert: Sunday 15th February, 16:30 pm, Fairlight Hall, Martineau Lane, Hastings, E Sussex, NT35 5DR Followed by tea and cakes Anthony Marwood, with the Astatine Trio In this concert, Anthony will perform Prokofiev’s solo violin sonata, Op. 115, and festival guests the Astatine Trio, currently both Chamber Studio Fellows and BBC New Generation Artists, will perform Mendelssohn’s piano Trio No.1 in D minor. Contact for more information – anna@peasmarshfestival.co.uk

40 of the world’s best young concert pianists aged between 16 and 30 will converge on Hastings next spring to compete for a title that could launch their careers. The renowned Hastings International Piano Competition is generally as one of the best to happen anywhere, and is presented in partnership with the iconic piano brand, Steinway & Sons. Accompanied by Sinfonia Smith Square in the semi-finals and the full forces of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for the finals, and led by the eminent British conductor Martyn Brabbins, these virtuosic young musicians will simply take your breath away as they perform some of the greatest music for piano