What's On in Eastbourne

Fri 6 Nov

The Saffrons Fireworks Display

The Saffrons Sports Ground, Compton Place Road

The Saffrons sports ground opens its gates at 6pm for a family fireworks display starting at 7.30pm, with entry by tickets bought online in advance only.

Fri 6 – Sun 8 Nov

Towner Christmas Fair Free

Towner Eastbourne, College Road (Devonshire Quarter)

Over 50 independent makers sell ceramics, textiles, jewellery, prints and homewares inside Towner's gallery building, with free entry.

Sun 8 Nov

Remembrance Sunday Service

War Memorial and town centre (Cornfield Road, Town Hall, South Street)

Military and civic parades make their way through the town centre to the War Memorial for the service, with the two minutes' silence at 11am.

Sat 14 – Sun 22 Nov

Eastbourne Artists Open Houses and Studios

Artists' homes and studios around the town

Local artists and makers open their homes and studios over two weekends, 14-15 and 21-22 November, to show and sell original work.

Sat 14 Nov

Stargazing at the Helen Garden

Helen Garden, King Edward's Parade, Meads

Eastbourne Astronomical Society sets up telescopes in the Helen Garden from 5pm to 7pm, with Saturn's rings and the Andromeda Galaxy on this session's list.

Fri 27 Nov

Meads Magic Free

Meads Street, Meads Village

Meads Street is lined with Christmas market stalls of local produce and crafts, entertainers, a Christmas parade and Santa's Grotto from 2.30pm to 7.30pm, with free entry.

Sat 28 Nov

Eastbourne Christmas Lights Switch On

Terminus Road

Terminus Road has a Christmas market, live music and children's activities from 9am, leading up to the town-centre lights being switched on at 6pm.

Sat 28 Nov – Thu 24 Dec

Festive Fun on the Farm at Sharnfold Farm

Sharnfold Farm, Hailsham Road, Stone Cross

Children complete the Elf Training Academy challenges around the farm trail at Sharnfold Farm in Stone Cross, at £7.45 a head when booked online in advance.

Tue 1 – Thu 31 Dec

Winterland at The Waterfront

The Waterfront, Sovereign Harbour

The Waterfront at Sovereign Harbour gets an open-air real ice rink, a Christmas market and a Victorian funfair for the whole of December.

Fri 4 Dec

Christmas in Little Chelsea Free

Grove Road and South Street (Little Chelsea)

Grove Road and South Street hold a late-night shopping street party with a Christmas market, a dog show, Father Christmas and a fireworks finale, with free entry.

Sat 5 Dec

Santa by lifeboat and the Krampus Parade

The Waterfront, Sovereign Harbour

Santa arrives at Sovereign Harbour aboard the RNLI lifeboat from 5pm, on an evening that also brings a Krampus parade, an ice-skating show and a hospice community choir.

Fri 11 Dec – Sun 17 Jan

Cinderella (pantomime)

Devonshire Park Theatre, Compton Street

Eastbourne Theatres' pantomime plays the Devonshire Park Theatre through Christmas and into mid-January, with seats from £17.50.

Sat 19 Dec

Community Christmas Carols

Bankers Corner, Terminus Road

Choirs, festive singers and local musicians take turns at Bankers Corner on Terminus Road between 10am and 6pm.

Sat 19 Dec

Eastbourne Christmas Farmers Market

The square outside Towner and the Congress Theatre

The farmers market comes back for a Christmas edition on the square outside Towner and the Congress, adding live music, hot food and mulled wine to the usual local producers.

Thu 31 Dec

New Year's Eve Party on Ice

Winterland ice rink, The Waterfront, Sovereign Harbour

Winterland's rink at Sovereign Harbour holds a New Year's Eve party on the ice with DJ Ruxxi Music from 2pm.

Sat 16 Jan

Stargazing at the Helen Garden

Helen Garden, King Edward's Parade, Meads

The January telescope evening at the Helen Garden, 5pm to 7pm, takes in the Moon's craters, Saturn and the nebula in Orion, and does not go ahead if it rains.

Sat 13 Feb

Stargazing at the Helen Garden

Helen Garden, King Edward's Parade, Meads

From 6pm to 8pm the astronomical society's telescopes turn to Jupiter's cloud bands and four of its moons, Mars and the Pleiades.

Sun 7 Mar

Eastbourne Half Marathon

Princes Park and the seafront

The 22nd Eastbourne Half Marathon starts and finishes at Princes Park at 9.30am, on closed roads and promenades along the seafront with several points for supporters to cheer.

Sat 13 Mar

Stargazing at the Helen Garden

Helen Garden, King Edward's Parade, Meads

The March session runs later, 7pm to 9pm, when Mars and Jupiter should appear very close together in the southern sky.

Sat 1 – Sun 2 May

Magnificent Motors Free

Western Lawns, King Edward's Parade

Over the May bank holiday weekend more than 600 classic and vintage vehicles line up on the Western Lawns, free to walk round.

Fri 14 – Sun 16 May

Beer & Cider by the Sea

Western Lawns, King Edward's Parade

The seafront beer festival pours more than 100 real ales, craft beers, ciders and perries across family sessions and evening events, with 2027 early-bird tickets already on sale.

Sat 29 May

Eastbourne Carnival

Eastbourne seafront

The volunteer-run carnival parade returns to the seafront, with the 2027 theme still to be announced by the organisers.

Sat 19 – Sat 26 Jun

Lexus Eastbourne Open

Devonshire Park, College Road

The pre-Wimbledon grass-court tournament returns to Devonshire Park, though the LTA says exact qualifying and main-draw dates have yet to be finalised and tickets go on sale nearer the time.

Sun 8 Aug

Beachy Head World Championship Penny Farthing Hill Climb Free

From outside the Grand Hotel by the Western Lawns to the Beachy Head car park

Penny-farthing riders set off one minute apart from beside the Grand Hotel at 10am and climb the road to the Beachy Head car park, free to watch from the pavements.

Thu 12 – Sun 15 Aug

Airbourne: Eastbourne International Airshow Free

Eastbourne seafront

The free four-day airshow returns to the seafront, with the flying displays run along a two-mile line off the front.