- Feb – Fat Tuesday music festival, umbrella parade
- May Bank Holiday – Jack in the Green/Motorbikes
- Mid July – Hastings Pirate Day
- August – Old Town Week – pram race, carnival…
- September – Steam Punk Convention
- September – Coastal Currents
- Mid October – Hastings Bonfire
- Mid October – World Wildlife Photographer of the Year opens (London)
- October – Photology talks
- Mid November – Taylor Wessing Portrait Exhibition opens (London)
- End of November – Frost Fair
- December – Christmas (Most places)