Tourist Information
187 High Street
Lewes
East Sussex
BN7 2DE
Tel: 01273 483448
lewes.tic@lewes.gov.uk
Minicom 01273 484488
Details of regular events taking place monthly within the Lewes district.
Mondays | Tuesdays | Wednesdays | Thursdays | Fridays | Saturdays | Sundays
| Day / Date | Venue | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Mondays | The Snowdrop, Lewes | Live Jazz from 9pm 01273 471018 |
| Mondays | Denton & Mt. Pleasant Social Centre | Jumping Beans - Exciting new play & singing group ages 0 - 5. 9.30 - 11.15am.01273 300875 |
| Mondays | Hillcrest Community Centre. Newhaven | Knit n Natter Group 2 - 4pm. 01273 516722 |
| Mondays | Lewes Road Hut, Lewes Road Rec. Ground. Newhaven | Youth Club for 8-12 year olds 5-7pm. 01273 517250 |
| Mondays | Peacehaven Leisure Centre | Health walk, 2pm. 45 mins. £2. 01273 588858 www.waveleisure.co.uk/ |
| Mondays | St Thomas Hall, Cliffe, Lewes | Circle Dancing 8-10pm. £6. 01293 55649 |
| Mondays | House of Friendship, Lewes | Whist Drive or 'cards' 1.30-3.30pm. £1 inc. coffee/tea. 01273 476469 www.houseoffriendship.org.uk |
| Mondays | Seaford Constitutional Club | Line dancing. 6.45pm Beginners, 8pm Improvers. £4.30. 01273 513784/476565. 01323 873558 studioinline2@googlemail.com |
| Mondays | Mitchell House, Seaford | Tea Club. 3-4.30pm. Tea, chat, games. 50p + extra for games. 01323 891804. |
| Monday – Fridays | House of Friendship, Lewes | Age Concern Lewes Centre for all over 55s to meet, lunch & Activities. 01273 476469. www.houseoffriendship.org.uk |
| 2nd Mon of most months | Southover Parish Hall, Lewes | Sussex Russian Society 7.45pm. £3. 01273 473664 www.sussexineurope.org/ societies/sussex_russian.htm |
| Mondays/Fridays | St Thomas' Church Hall, Lewes | "Riverside Club" for over 50s. Varied programme of activities, social/educational/cultural. 01273 472258/476334 |
| Tuesdays | St Lukes Church Hall,Seaford | Jazzercise Exercise Class 7-8pm. £5 per class. 01323 873455 |
| Usually 2 Tuesdays a month | St Lukes, Seaford | Seaford Natural History Society, 2.15pm 01323 491964 |
| Tuesdays (Term time) | Seahaven Swim & Fitness Centre | Fun swim sessions. For parents & children under 5 yrs £1.50 per adult.01273 582511. |
| Tuesdays | Paradise Park, Newhaven | Market, 9-1pm, 01273 512123 |
| Tuesdays | Lewes Leisure Centre | Health walk, 10am. 45 mins. £2 incl refreshment. (6th walk - free). 01273 486000 www.waveleisure.co.uk/ |
| Tuesdays | Lewes Town Hall | Market 9am-2pm. 01273 471469 |
| Tuesdays | House of Friendship, Lewes | Scrabble/up words 2-4pm. 01273 476469. www.houseoffriendship.org.uk |
| Tuesdays | All Saints Centre, Lewes | 'Tinklers'. Fun & Song Yr.1-3.50-4.20pm, Yrs 2,3,4. - 4.30pm, £5. 483489/486391. www.tinklersmusic.co.uk 07799 886440 |
| Tuesdays | Christ Church Hall, Prince Edward's Road, Lewes | Singing for Larks: start your day the harmonious way, 9.15 - 10.15am. www.lewessingingcircle.com Angela 471255 |
| 2nd Tuesday | Elephant & Castle, Lewes | Concertinas Anonymous, free session for players of all systems & abilities. 8pm. 01273 476757 |
| 4th Tuesday | Elephant & Castle, Lewes | 'English (dance) Tunes practice'. 8-11pm. Free. Any instrument, any standard; readers & non-readers of music. www.lewessaturdayfolkclub.org |
| Wednesdays (June to Oct) | Lewes | "In and out of Twittens". Tours around Lewes High Street. 11am & 2.30pm. £3 pp. Meet at the Crown Courts bus stop. 01323 890179 |
| Wednesdays | The Snowdrop, Lewes | Open session folk & group. Ben & Tab from 9pm 01273 471018 |
| Wednesdays | The Chapter House, Southover Church | 'Music & Me'. Music-making fun for toddlers! 2.15pm - all pre-schoolers welcome, focus on 3+. £4 per session, £7 for 2 siblings. Contact Ali Steynor ali.steynor@gmail.com or 472732 http://www.musicandmelewes.co.uk/ |
| Wednesdays | Lincolns, Lewes | Music Interactive Quiz Night, 8.30pm. 01273 472421 |
| Wednesdays | The Snowdrop Inn, Lewes | Traditional music with Ben Paley and Tab Hunter. 01273 471018 |
| Wednesdays | All Saints Centre, Lewes | Movement, songs, rhymes, percussion for all ages pre-school. 2 sessions. 10am/10.40am. £3/£2.50. 01273 476686/486391. Dro in. |
| 1st Wednesday (not Dec/Aug) | St Thomas' Church Hall, Lewes | Lewes & District Garden Society 7.30pm. £3 visitors. 01273 474110 elizabethsusanthomas@gmail.com |
| 1st Wednesday (not Jan, July, Aug) | Lewes Town Hall Lecture Room | Astronomers 8pm. 01273 477441. Non-members £3. In suitable weather some sky observation. |
| 2nd Wednesday | Black Horse, Lewes | Old-time Appalachian stringband music. 01273 471431 |
| 2nd Wednesday | Christ Church Hall, Prince Edward's Road, Lewes | Inner Harmony: Soothing Singing by Candlelight, 8 - 9.30pm. www.lewessingingcircle.com Angela 471255 |
| Wednesdays | John Harvey Tavern, Lewes | Traditional jazz 'Karavan'. 8.45pm. 01273 479880 |
| Wednesdays | All Saints Centre, Lewes | Oyster Project community Cafe. 11.30am-2.30pm. vege option snacks. Disabled persons self-help charity. Friendy meeting place for everyone. 01273 311417 http://www.oysterproject.org.uk/ |
| Wednesdays | All Saints Centre, Lewes | Toy Library 10-12noon. 01273 480944/486391 |
| 3rd Wednesday | Royal Oak, Lewes | Sussex Military History Society, 7.30pm, 01323 487170 |
| 3rd Wednesday, varies | Elephant & Castle, Lewes | 'Skeptics in the Pub' 8pm. 01273 473797 |
| Wednesdays | Studio Tempo, High Street, Newhaven | Ballroom & Latin. 7.30pm. £5. 01273 476565/513784 |
| Wednesdays | St. Leonard's Church Hall, Denton | Exercises for Seniors 2.15 - 3.15pm. 01273 515373 |
| Wednesdays | Lewes Road Hut Youth Hut, Newhaven | Youth Club for 13-18 year olds 7-9pm. 01273 517250 |
| Wednesdays | St Peters Church Hall, Seaford | Playford Dance Group. Dancing from past eras. 7-9pm. 01323 492310 |
| Wednesdays | St Lukes Church Hall, Seaford | Coffee Morning & Bring and Buy. 10am-12noon. 01323 892969 |
| Wednesdays | Lewes | 'Wandering into Now' creative writing drop-in group 7.30-9.30pm. daniellekerris@yahoo.co.uk 01273 486941 |
| Thursdays | St Thomas More Church Hall, Seaford | Whist Drive. 1.45pm. £1.50 incl tea & biscuits. Beginners and all welcome. 01323 896412 |
| Thursdays | Elephant & Castle, Lewes | 'Poker' 01273 473797 |
| Thursdays | All Saints Centre (small hall) | 'Music & Me'. Music-making fun for toddlers! 2pm - all pre-schoolers welcome. £4 per session, £7 for 2 siblings. Contact Ali Steynor ali.steynor@gmail.com or 472732 http://www.musicandmelewes.co.uk/ |
| Thursdays | The Snowdrop Inn, Lewes | Live acoustic music, evening. 01273 471018 |
| Thursdays | Linklater Pavilion, Lewes | Angels with Attitude Choir. 7.30-9.30pm. £5 each week. 01273 476716. |
| Thursdays | Friends Meeting House, Lewes | Extend Fun Exercises to music. 10.30-11.30am. £2. 01273 476469. www.houseoffriendship.org.uk |
| Thursdays | The Pelham Arms, Lewes | Live World Music 8pm. Food 6pm-9pm. 01273 476149. www.myspace.com/thepelhamarms www.thepelhamarms.co.uk |
| Thursdays | Summerhayes, Marshall Lane, Newhaven | Munchkins Parent and Toddler Group.Weekly activity £1 adult, 20p child.12.30 - 2.30pm. 01273 515301 |
| Thursdays | Hillcrest, Newhaven | Country Market (W.I.) 9.45am-1pm. 01273 512376 |
| Thursdays | Claremont Hall,Seaford | Jazzercise Exercise Class. 7-8pm. £5 per class. All ages over 15. 01323 873455 |
| Thursdays (term time) | East Side social Centre, Norton Terrace | 3rd Newhaven Cub Scout Group 8 -101/2 years. 7-9pm. Tel: Sara 01323 894766. |
| Thursdays & Fridays | Newick Village Hall | Ballroom & Latin American Dancing. Sequence 6.30-7.30pm.Thur-Beginners 7.30-8.30pm. Improvers 8.30-9.30pm. Fri-Intermediate 7-8.30pm/ 8.30-10pm. 01825 732281. http://www.mhgdanceclub.com/ |
| Thursday | Seaford Con Club | Studio Tempo Ballroom & Latin dance 7.30pm Beginners, 8.15pm Improvers. £5. 01273 513784/476565 |
| 2nd, 3rd, 4th Thursdays | Downs Leisure Centre, Seaford | Health walk. 10.30am. 45 mins. £2 incl. Refreshment. (6th walk free). 01323 490011, www.waveleisure.co.uk/ |
| Thursdays | Royal Oak, Lewes | Folk Club 8pm. 01273 478124, tinvic@globalnet.co.uk |
| 2nd Thursday (not Jan/Aug) | St Mary's Social Centre, Lewes | Flower Club 2pm. 01273 812191 |
| 1st Thursday | The Snowdrop, Lewes | So Last Century String Band 01273 471018 |
| Thursdays | Friends Meeting House, Lewes | Lewes Vox Community Choir. 7.30-9pm. £6.50 per session or £5.50 for a block of 5. They are a Capella Choir. www.brightonchoirs.co.uk |
| 1st Thursday | Ditchling Village Hall | Film Society. 8pm. £4. 01273 842118 |
| 1st Thursday | Christ Church Hall, Prince Edward's Road, Lewes | A Cappella Fellas: Harmony Singing for Men, 8 - 9.30pm. www.lewessingingcircle.com Angela 471255 |
| Every other Thursday | The Snowdrop, Lewes | Acoustic set/entertainers 01273 471018 |
| Fridays | House of Friendship, Lewes | Social Club 2-4pm. £1.20 incl. refreshment. 01273 476469 www.houseoffriendship.org.uk |
| Fridays | All Saints Centre, Lewes | Playgroup - informal drop-in - lots of toys, activities & refreshments. 9.30-11.30am. £2/family. 01273 478090/4866391 |
| Fridays | Royal British Legion, Seaford | Seaford Folk Club, 8pm, 01323 899405, http://www.seafordfolkclub.com/home |
| Fridays | Hillcrest Community Centre, Newhaven | Ballroom & Latin Dance 6.45-8pm. 'Follow-on classes. £5.01273 513784/476565 |
| Fridays | Meeching Hall, Newhaven | Friday Club 1.45 - 3.45pm Various activities for the 50+. 01273 512348/01273 513959. |
| Fridays | Denton Island Community Club | Jitterbugs and Baby Jitterbugs. Fun free session of music and movement with under 5s. 9.30-10.30am. U-18 mnths 11am-12noon.01273 517250 |
| Fridays | Enterprise Centre, Denton Island | Coffee morning 10-11am. Meet other businesses, bring a car, no charge. 01273 615250. |
| Fridays | Denton & Mount Pleasant Social Centre | Youth Club for 13-18 yr olds. 7.45-9.45pm.01273 517250 |
| 2nd Friday | Christ Church, Lewes | Friendship lunches. 12-1.15pm £2. 01273 474988 |
| 3rd Friday | Lewes Arms, Lewes | Poetry evening. www.oliverspoetry.com/ 01273 473152 |
| 1st Saturday | John Harvey Tavern, Lewes | Live music 9-11pm. 01273 479880 |
| Saturdays | The Hive, 66 High St, Lewes | Antenatal classes, Hypnobirthing, rueasher@hotmail.com www.hypnobirthingsussex.co.uk 01273 470496 |
| Saturdays | The Snowdrop, Lewes | Live music from 9pm 01273 471018 |
| Saturdays | 62 Fort Road, Newhaven. | Dressmaking Drop in Clinic.10am-12pm. Call to check for waiting times. £3.50. 01273 510890 |
| Saturdays & Sundays | Bull House/ Castle/Anne of Cleves / Tom Paine, Lewes | Guided Walks with Mary Burke. 01273 475885 burke.mf@gmail.com http://www.lewesguidedwalks.vpweb.co.uk/ |
| Saturdays | Elephant & Castle, Lewes | Folk Club 8-11pm. 01273 476757. www.lewessaturdayfolkclub.org |
| Saturdays | Lewes Running Track | Jogging Group. 10am. + Tue 7pm Club night. 01273 471115 |
| 1st Saturday | Precinct, Lewes | Farmers' Market, 9am to 1pm. 01273 470900. www.commoncause.org.uk |
| Sundays | Meet opp. Boots the Chemist, Lewes. 9am, sharp | "Lewes Wanderers" club run. www.leweswanderers.co.uk/ |
| 1st Sunday | Main entrance Railway Land, Railway Lane, Lewes | ' Meadow Minders' - practical conservation volunteers, 1.30pm-4.30pm. 01273 484408. dan.ross@lewes.gov.uk |
| 1st Sunday | Newhaven Fort Car Park | Castle Hill Conservation Group. 10am. 01273 484408. dan.ross@lewes.gov.uk |
| 1st Sunday | Black Horse Inn, Lewes | Folk, midday-2.30pm. 01273 473653 |
| Sundays | The Snowdrop,Lewes | Fruitful DJ. 7.30pm. 01273 471018 |
| Sundays | White Hart hotel, Lewes | Salsa classes for all ages & abilities. 7.15pm. £6/£3. 07900 686237. www.salsamagic.co.uk/ |
| 2nd Sunday | Lewes Arms | Storytellers. You are welcome to listen or to tell. 7.30pm. 01273 474596 |
| Tue/thur/fri/Sat | Community House, Meridian Centre, Peacehaven | Morning markets 9am-12noon. Café & 25 different stalls. 01273 585493 |
| Mon - Thur | Various in Lewes District | Southern Stomp Line Dance. A range from beginners to good intermediate. www.southernstomp.com 01273 587714 |
| Various | Nutty Wizard Community Café, Lewes | Term Time-Wed & Mon 6-9pm, Sat 12-5, Sun 2-5pm School Hols. Mon-Sat 12-5pm, Sun. 2-5pm. Meeting place for young people. 01273 480898/475788. Socialise/play pool/ table football/ cheap food, comfy sofa! |
| Various | Lewes District | Yoga. List at Lewes T.I.C.483448 lewes.tic@lewes.gov.uk |