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Event diary for Rye, East Sussex

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Below are events happening in Rye and the surrounding area during the next fortnight.

All Categories (40) Boot Sales (1) Community and Social Events (3) Courses / Classes / Workshops (1) Exhibitions (3) Festivals and Carnivals (1) Food and Drink Events (1) Fundraisers (2) Live Music (12) Open Days and Gardens (1) Quizzes (1) Shopping Fairs and Markets (10) Shows (2) Talks (1) Tours and Walks (1)

Within 7 miles of Rye (40) Within 6 miles of Rye (39) Within 5 miles of Rye (38) Within 4 miles of Rye (35) Within 3 miles of Rye (31) Within 2 miles of Rye (27) In Rye (26)

March 2023

• RSA – Spring Exhibition 2023

  Exhibition
  Saturday, 18th March 2023, 11:00am to Monday, 1st May 2023, 5:00pm (45 day event)
  Rye Art Gallery, Rye

  

• The National Lottery Open Week

  Open Day or Garden
  Saturday, 18th March 2023, 11:00am to Sunday, 26th March 2023, 5:00pm (9 day event)
  Lamb House, Rye

  

• A Rye Good Window Wonderland

  Festival or Carnival
  Saturday, 25th March 2023, 6:00pm to Sunday, 26th March 2023, 9:00pm (2 day event)
  Rye

  

• Sunday Cheese Club

  Food or Drink Event
  Sunday, 26th March 2023, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
  Rye Waterworks Micropub, Rye

  

• Roger Hubbard Blues

  Live Music Event
  Sunday, 26th March 2023, 2:30pm - 4:30pm
  The Oak, Rye Foreign

  

• Urgent Orange

  Live Music Event
  Sunday, 26th March 2023, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
  Queens Head, Icklesham
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  Urgent Orange back performing some of your favourite Punk, 2 Tone, Mod and new wave tunes. ... read more

  

• The Fabulous Red Diesel

  Live Music Event
  Sunday, 26th March 2023, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
  Rye Town Hall, Rye
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  The Fabulous Red Diesel will be funking their stuff as part of the Wanderland trail on Sunday 26 March from 6pm – 8pm. Dance and groove to this very funky jazz-fusion band and join us as we illuminate Rye together and herald the arrival of spring. ... read more

  

• Rye Health Walk

  Tour or Walk
  Monday, 27th March 2023 from 10:00am
  Rye
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  Free one hour group walk – every Monday morning from Gibbet Marsh car park, get there just before 10am. No need to book, no commitment. ... read more

  

• The Mindful Readers

  Community or Social Event
  Monday, 27th March 2023, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
  Globe Inn Marsh, Rye
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  Free book club! Join us Monday evenings to discuss inspiring books over a glass of wine (or soft drink) at The Globe Inn Marsh as we share ideas & stories. In this book club we will read books that inform, teach & enlighten to up-level our mindsets. Everyone is welcome. ... read more

  

• Wittersham Community Market

  Shopping Fair or Market
  Tuesday, 28th March 2023, 9:00am - 11:00am
  Wittersham Village Hall, Wittersham
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  Post Office services, coffee shop and a wide range of produce stalls including vegetables, fresh bread bacon, sausages and cheese, greeting cards, Fairtrade produce and used books for sale. ... read more

• Rye Farmers Market

  Shopping Fair or Market
  Wednesday, 29th March 2023, 9:00am - 12:00pm
  Cinque Ports Arms, Rye
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  VJ Game & Sussex Smokers (with smoke fish, sausages, game) The French Delicatessen (with cheese, olives, patés, garlic) Please support your local market, and keep your distance. Prefer contact less payment when possible. We are looking for new traders to join the market: Plants / Flowers / Fish ... read more

  

• Food Bank

  Community or Social Event
  Wednesday, 29th March 2023, 12:00pm - 3:00pm
  Rye Baptist Church, Rye
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  If you’re finding things difficult just come along, we’re here to help – and we serve great coffee with no charge! Face to face benefits advice and live link with RDC for housing problems etc too. Open from noon to 3pm Wednesdays. Lower Hall, Baptist Church, Cinque Ports Street. Car Parking available. ... read more

• Fortnightly Pub Quiz

  Quiz
  Wednesday, 29th March 2023, 7:00pm - 10:00pm
  The Pipemakers Arms, Rye
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  The fortnightly pub quiz at the Pipemakers Arms, Rye, £3 per person to enter with nibbles provided and cash prize for the winning team. Call the pub on 01797 229961 to book for a table Wednesday thanks, please book as seats are going fast. Fabulous quiz host is Keiran MasterQuiz. Sarah and staff look forward ... read more

• Cocktail Choir

  Live Music Event
  Wednesday, 29th March 2023, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
  The Brewery Yard Club, Rye
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  A Singing Social! Full Bar & Cocktails! Come & sing together, learn popular songs & improve your confidence all whilst enjoying a social tipple! £6.50 per session (not including bar). Something new and exciting is coming to the The Brewery Yard Club All abilities welcome! ... read more

  

• Rye Market

  Shopping Fair or Market
  Thursday, 30th March 2023, 7:00am - 2:00pm
  Channon's Country Store, Rye
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  Come down and support your local market. We have a large range of stalls every week. We need you to keep trading. Buy local, support small businesses. We are open all year round. ... read more

  

• Rye Flea Market

  Shopping Fair or Market
  Thursday, 30th March 2023, 8:30am - 1:30pm
  Rye Community Centre, Rye
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  Collectables, Vintage & Bric-a-Brac Every Thursday (except election days) 8:30am to 1:30pm Free Admission Bookings: 01797 223 605 ... read more

  

• Lent Lunches

  Fundraiser
  Thursday, 30th March 2023 from 12:00pm
  Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Rye
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  St Mary’s warmly invites you to a series of Lent Lunches over the next four weeks, each in aid of a different charity. In the Clare Chapel from 12 noon on Thursdays. ... read more

  

• Brede Farmers’ Market

  Shopping Fair or Market
  Friday, 31st March 2023, 10:00am - 12:00pm
  Brede Village Hall, Brede
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  Brede Farmers’ Market is held every Friday at 10am until 12 noon at Brede Village Hall. Local produce and crafts. Refreshments. ... read more

• Rye Country Market

  Shopping Fair or Market
  Friday, 31st March 2023, 10:00am - 11:30am
  Rye
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  Sells local produce which includes: Cakes, Preserves, Savouries, Free Range Eggs, Seasonal Vegetables and Fruit, Unusual Plants, Handmade Crafts. Open every Friday 10 – 11.30am ... read more

• Bingo + Dancing

  Show
  Friday, 31st March 2023 from 7:00pm
  The Brewery Yard Club, Rye
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  Join your host, Rye’s own glamourpuss Timberlina, and horticulturally astute DJ Auntie Maureen for this night of shambolic hilarity, specifically designed to shake your blues away. This re-imagined show is based on the fabled Big Bingo Show, conceived by Timberlina and DJ Hey Baylen a thousand years ago and performed every Monday night from 2007 ... read more

  

• ELF (Every Last Friday) Live Music

  Live Music Event
  Friday, 31st March 2023, 8:00pm - 10:00pm
  The Broad Oak, Broad Oak
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  Music plus curry specials! ... read more

  

April 2023

• Rye Arts and Crafts Fair

  Shopping Fair or Market
  Saturday, 1st April 2023, 10:00am - 4:00pm
  Rye Community Centre, Rye
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  Tables will be £20 for the day. All proceeds going to Rye Community Centre. ... read more

  

• Pett WI Spring Fair

  Shopping Fair or Market
  Saturday, 1st April 2023, 10:00am - 3:00pm
  Pett Village Hall, Pett
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  The Pett WI Spring Fair is just around the corner and you won’t want to miss it! Join us for a fun-filled day of retail therapy, raffle and refreshments. We have plenty of stallholders lined up with quality goods and unique gift ideas, perfect for any occasion. Not to mention, our quality raffle prizes donated ... read more

• Pottery Taster Day

  Course, Class or Workshop
  Saturday, 1st April 2023, 1:00pm - 5:00pm
  Sarah Cox Ceramics, Rye
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  Pottery taster at my studio on Rye Harbour Road, 1-5pm on the 1st April (further dates TBC), £60 all inclusive, refreshments & snacks provided. You will produce around 4 hand built pieces, I will bisque fire them, & either you can return for an additional 2 hour class to glaze, or I can glaze your ... read more

• Garden Design with Chris O’Donoghue

  Talk
  Saturday, 1st April 2023 from 2:00pm
  Winchelsea New Hall, Winchelsea
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  Winchelsea Garden Society presents a talk on Garden Design with Chris O’Donoghue, the medal-winning designer. Chris will give a talk illustrating ideas for use in our own gardens 2:00pm for 2:30pm Entry £5 to include tea or coffee ... read more

  

• Charity Casino Night

  Fundraiser
  Saturday, 1st April 2023 to Sunday, 2nd April 2023
  The Brewery Yard Club, Rye
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  We are celebrating our first year with a Casino night raising funds for Prostate Cancer UK being held at The Brewery Yard Club Would love to see you there, tickets selling quickly so get in touch to get yours. ... read more

  

• New Shoes Blues

  Live Music Event
  Saturday, 1st April 2023 from 8:30pm
  Cinque Ports Arms, Rye
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  New Shoes Blues is a 4 piece blues band featuring the songs of Howlin Wolf, Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson Willie Dixon Stevie Ray Vaughan, John Mayall, Buddy Guy, Robert Cray, Jimi Hendrix, BB King, T-Bone Walker, Elmore James, Otis Rush and many more … ... read more

  

• Black River

  Live Music Event
  Saturday, 1st April 2023 from 9:00pm
  The Pipemakers Arms, Rye
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  No gig diary is complete without a trip the Rye. The Pipemakers Arms is a big old room with plenty of room to dance and run around. Last year’s gig there was a belter and this one will be even better. ... read more

  

• 1066 Wedding Fair

  Shopping Fair or Market
  Sunday, 2nd April 2023, 10:00am - 3:00pm
  Pett Village Hall, Pett
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  Independent wedding fair in the Hastings area with all the suppliers you will need for your big day! ... read more

  

• Rye Community Litter Pick

  Community or Social Event
  Sunday, 2nd April 2023, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
  The Lookout, Rye
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  The Rye Chamber of Commerce are taking part in the GB Spring Clean campaign. For our annual Spring litter pick this year we are joining hundreds of thousands of Litter Heroes up and down the country who are taking on their very own Big Bag Challenge. Our pledge of 10 bags of litter will be ... read more

  

• Sarah G and the other 3

  Live Music Event
  Sunday, 2nd April 2023 from 4:00pm
  Queens Head, Icklesham
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  Come and join the party! ... read more

  

• Pete Prescott

  Live Music Event
  Thursday, 6th April 2023 from 7:30pm
  The Bell, Iden
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  Free. ... read more

• All the Sound We Cannot Hear

  Exhibition
  Friday, 7th April 2023, 10:00am to Sunday, 9th April 2023, 4:00pm (3 day event)
  Rye Creative Centre Gallery, Rye
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  Come and enjoy this FREE exhibition showcasing watercolour, print and mixed media paintings by one of Rye Creative Centre’s talented studio holders, Lenka Medlik. Lenka trained at Goldsmiths and the College of Fine Art, Sydney. She uses Printmaking, Watercolour and Mixed Media, sometimes in combination, to reflect her travels overseas, and more recently, the environment ... read more

  

• Bingo + Dancing

  Show
  Friday, 7th April 2023 from 7:00pm
  The Brewery Yard Club, Rye
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  Join your host, Rye’s own glamourpuss Timberlina, and horticulturally astute DJ Auntie Maureen for this night of shambolic hilarity, specifically designed to shake your blues away. This re-imagined show is based on the fabled Big Bingo Show, conceived by Timberlina and DJ Hey Baylen a thousand years ago and performed every Monday night from 2007 ... read more

  

• Sarah Jane Hassell

  Live Music Event
  Friday, 7th April 2023 from 7:30pm
  The Bell, Iden
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  Free. ... read more

• Entertaining Mr Stone

  Live Music Event
  Friday, 7th April 2023, 8:30pm - 10:30pm
  The Queen's Head Inn, Rye
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  Original and well-crafted songs played with intensity and flair; music for bobbing around, singing along, and wiping away the odd tear; a semi-acoustic trio rooted in post-punk South London, filtered through the gentler country air of East Sussex and Kent. ... read more

  

• Local Produce Market

  Shopping Fair or Market
  Saturday, 8th April 2023, 10:00am - 1:00pm
  Icklesham Memorial Hall & Pavilion, Icklesham
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  The Market returns to Icklesham Memorial Hall. The usual wonderful array of local producers and makers – locally grown fresh vegetables, bread, and locally sourced pre-packed meat. The cafe will be back with delicious cakes and home made soup – with tea / coffee / soft drinks! Meet up with friends for a browse and ... read more

  

• The Bling Crosbies

  Live Music Event
  Saturday, 8th April 2023, 7:30pm - 10:00pm
  The Bell, Iden
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  Join us at The Bell at Iden for our usual mix of Rat Pack, golden oldies and laughs … along with a lavish helping of green sequins, of course. The country pub prides itself of a great selection of wines and good local beer. Book a table on 01797 280242. ... read more

• Giant Bootsale at Elm Tree

  Boot Sale
  Sunday, 9th April 2023, 9:00am - 1:00pm
  Elm Tree Farm, Icklesham
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  Bootsale will run from 9am to 1pm. Best time to arrive to sell is 8am. Prices for Booters: Cars/Small Vans/MPVs – £8.00 Transit type Vans – £10.00 Large Luton type Vans – £15.00 Trailers – Additional £3.00 Sellers – there is no need to book in advance, please just turn up on the day. Entry ... read more

  

• 3 Of Us

  Exhibition
  Sunday, 9th April 2023, 9:00am - 5:00pm
  St Mary's Centre, Rye
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  Three artists Jenny Bush, Vivienne Challans and Wendy Sabine. An exhibition of mixed-media art ranging from miniature painting to textiles, using varied materials celebrating our local area and the natural world. ... read more

  

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