• Death by Chocolate

    Hailsham Pavilion George Street, Hailsham, United Kingdom

    Robert Slater - Local Author, Ghost Walk Guide, and founder of Pevensey History Festival tells the gruesome tales of Victorian murders.

  • The Magic of Pantomime

    The Charles Hunt Centre Vicarage Field, Hailsham, East Sussex, United Kingdom

    Pantomime is an enduring and peculiarly British institution, yet it's beginnings go back a very long way and are in fact anything but British!

    Join Ian Gledhill for a fascinating talk about the origins of Pantomime and explore many of the traditions (and superstitions) that have become attached to it over the years interspersed with Ian's personal anecdotes from years of working and appearing in pantomime.

  • Book and Author Fair

    The Charles Hunt Centre Vicarage Field, Hailsham, East Sussex, United Kingdom

    Following the highly successful Book and Author Fair at the 2025 festival we are repeating the event for 2026. A range of authors will display and talk about their work.  During the course of the day there will be book signings and vistors are encouraged to talk to authors about their work.

    Free