This film workshop for older adults draws inspiration from the wood wide web of mycelium focussing on ideas sparked by ‘The Oldest Tree in the Woods, often named ‘The Mother Tree’.

You will build an individual mini set or diorama using props and lights and use your phones as a creative tool to make short experimental film-clips which will be professionally edited.

Broken things, odd items, strange finds… There are lots of found objects, all around us, to be curious about!

Making collaborative paper sculptures from observational drawings of your chosen found object, drawn using vivid colours and invented patterns.

Pop in to Jim's Steel Pan Drums Drop-in, to try your hand at making some funky caribbean sounds! Fun for all the family.

Come and learn to play the steelpan drums and other percussion instruments in the magnificent Durbar Hall in Hastings Museum!

Come and have fun playing the steelpan drums, and other percussion instruments! For past Jim’s steelpan workshop attendees or if you have had a go before.

Terrapy introduces you to the wonderful world of terrariums. Over a two hour workshop, you will learn all about how these little tropical worlds work, how they have shaped our lives for the better, and how to create one of your own! You will then make a bioactive closed terrarium under our guidance, with all of the beautiful tropical plants and high quality, low impact materials provided. This terrarium will be yours to keep forever, and you will leave with all the knowledge needed to care for it into the future.

All are welcome in the woods! A space for LGBTQIA+ people to connect with nature, with each other, and ourselves. The morning will provide various things to explore, things to craft and create, games to play, and activities to ground us and to invigorate us. Surround yourself with queer friends, old and new, and let nature do its thing.

For new and seasoned stitchers alike, come and make a beautiful design using a simple backstitch.

Come and bee curious around the fire at the Bee Potion Woodland Apiary in Fairlight. In this 2 and a half hour workshop your senses will bee enthused by the wonder of honey bees and the miraculous ingredients they create: propolis, wax,pollen, royal-jelly & honey. Learn through creative and interactive experiences. So bring your curious questions and Bee amazed at the deep connections you will make with the hive mind.

The Curious Cabaret is back! After the success of last year’s “fabulously unique” cabaret extravaganza, we are back again with a plethora of curious acts from fantastic performers, and other creative oddities to explore throughout the night.

"We’re joining forces with the St Leonard’s Church Market to bring you a one-off festival themed makers market in the vaults of this amazing venue - with a few curious twists!

A Curious Town is teaming up with the St Leonard’s Church market to put on a saturday market with a whole bunch of curious added extras! Come along to browse the local sellers - all selling wares along the festival’s theme of Growth - and explore the church while you’re at it, to discover the curiosities on offer.

In this workshop members of the public are invited to contribute to creating a collective drawing/painting working along the aisle of the church. Participants will be able to combine traditional drawing tools like charcoal with alternative materials like beetroot and coffee.

Serving up a potent fix of oxytocin, serotonin and dopamine, this singing workshop will quash your cortisol to get rid of that stress. With her famous motto, "It's not about how it sounds...it's about how it feels", Zoie's workshops always feel AMAZING!

The Wonder Walk will fill you with awe as you journey through enchanting woodland. Each step will beckon you deeper into an improvised tale, fed by your curiosity and underscored by nature.

This workshop asks participants to contribute to a shared story and a growing artwork. Quite literally. We invite you to bring along a small cutting or specimen of a plant that means something to you and add it to the curiosity cabinet along with a short description that tells us about your connection with your plant - does it bring back memories of childhood? Does it connect you to a particular place, a person or a time in your history? Or is it simply a personal favourite? The collection will grow throughout the festival and thereafter plants will be shared with the local community.

Dr Jude Montague is a film historian and author. She presents the life and inventions of John Logie Baird who created television, with special focus on his Hastings experiments one hundred years ago. Including a special tour and chance to get up close to the John Logie Baird archive in Hastings Museum with questions and answers.

In this invention workshop by acclaimed artist Peter Quinnell, learn to make a wooden garden windmill and use the wind's energy to see what you can make it do.

Join Santi in this interactive makeup workshop where you get to explore your inner drag self. Beyond binaries, to creatures, and all kinds of fruity things. Attendees will get to develop their very own drag character, learn the basics of drag makeup (focusing on skin and eyes) and get to watch a live gender bendy makeup demo and to put your skills into practice. This is a 2 hour session with free take home resources.

Sussex artist Sarah Pager leads an inventive workshop with sculpture and electronics. Her practice uses welding, casting and electronics and explores the co-dependency of body and matter.

Get ready to worship at the Church of Duster!!

Heather Duster’s Alternative Sunday Service is an alternative Drag show like you’ve never seen before!

This will be a community event of biblical proportions! Join Heather Duster on a spiritual journey to find your inner clean queen. The power of Drag compels you!!

Spend your Sunday worshipping drag idols, indulge in drinking the holy spirits and belt out hymns from the likes of Madonna, Gaga and Dolly. This joyous event will feature divine special guest performances from drag superstars Mahatma Khandi, Sweet FA and RuPaul’s Drag Race UK Star Electra Fecnce.

In the name of the scrub daddy™, the mop and the holy duster - Slap on your Sunday best and get ready for a thorough cleanse!

Come along for one STELLAR night with Laundry Day regular DJs Max. Load, Lemur Beats and OK James, along with resident gogo dancers Pre-T Boy and Spirit Doll, special guest pole performer Jojo Fox and walkabout performers. Laundry Day is THE queer club night of St Leonards celebrating freedom of self-expression - the perfect people to take over A Curious Town’s Alternative Sunday Service afterparty.

Magda invites you to join her and create an unusual spring flower arrangement to brighten up your home! Magda will show you how to prepare for your arrangement and give you some tips and techniques in floristry. The finished pieces will be displayed for the 'Vicar' to judge for prizes, before you can take them home to brighten up your space. No experience needed just a love of flowers and creativity, and a sense of adventure!

Come and create your own vibrant summer flowers using just paper and the power of your imagination, in this family-friendly workshop led by artist Hannah Collisson.

Practice those hook-a-duck skills, warm-up your shoulder for the welly wang, and get your dog perfecting their waggiest tail for the Curious Town Village Fete! With lots of stations to explore and try your hand at, this will be a day of silly fun and prizes to be won for all the family.

In this fun workshop Tara Macdonald will guide you to create your own unique scarf dyed only with a range of flowers and different botanicals.

A fun filled creative family-friendly morning as Curious Agenda takes over the YOYO Club at Art in the Park for a special extended session full of creativity, stories and special guests.

Join Peter Quinnell in making unusual musical instruments, Nightingale Music on a journey up the beanstalk to discover what lurks above, Revolting Arts Club in Kids Dress Up & Draw or collaborate towards our community Curiositree.

Come and see the school allotment and join in a host of fun family activities!

Make a magic potion that helps to weave a fantastical tale! Come along to create a secret potion that has all the powers of a Magic 8-Ball, and let your potion help you to tell a wondrous tale, with twists and turns unfolding as we act…

An evolving installation with fun & creative thinking, writing and making activities to reflect on our relationship with dandelions and wildness.

Join 'Peculiar Arcana,' a linocut tarot workshop led by artist Alexi Marshall, where you'll design, carve, and print your own tarot card centered around the theme of growth.

Grab your black cat and broomstick to join us at the Electric Palace Cinema as part of our ‘Witchy Wednesday’, for a screening of the classic Studio Ghibli film Kiki’s Delivery Service, suitable for kids of any age.

Dust off your talismans and find your eye of newt, to join us at the Electric Palace Cinema as part of our ‘Witchy Wednesday’, for a screening of the 1958 classic Bell, Book and Candle starring James Stewart, Kim Novak and Jack Lemmon.

The Curious Kids Festival is an immersive child centric arts festival which aims to provide young people with an opportunity to take part in a variety of vibrant workshops. There will be a diverse programme of activities run by experienced local artists, which will captivate and excite children, with the emphasis being on creativity and the environment we live in.

Join us for a night of fascinating talks on an array of curious topics, including some fun and curious audience participation from your host Richard Vranch.

Join Project Rewild for a day of exploration, discovery and play in nature. Learn more about the natural world around us, and explore our wonderful wilderness!

We're thrilled to announce "The Great Art Face Off," a spectacular celebration of creativity, talent, and community spirit!

Watch in awe as 16 talented artists go head-to-head in a thrilling battle of the brushes!

We’re breaking the mould (hopefully not actually, they’re not that cheap) by combining craft, music and drag… and drinks and brunch, but who’s counting.

Come and enjoy a hilarious crafty drag brunch with a sustainable twist; learn to use the Jesmonite to create a gorgeous marbled pot or tray for your home! Local drag legend Heather Duster will be guiding the hilarities, alongside death drop queen Kikiara, while Signe Leidersen teaches you the necessary jesmonite skills.

Meet new people and learn a fantastic new craft skill; think of jesmonite as the eco-lovechild of concrete and clay - but even more versatile! Your piece will be ready to take home on the day (perfect for the impatient crafter!)

The superb Supernature will be creating a carefully curated brunch menu for the event (to purchase on the day).

"This is an art fayre with so much more…Peruse our artists’ stalls showcasing a myriad of creations whilst live music fills the air. Enjoy delicious food whilst you watch a roller skating performance and let the kids craft up a storm and be transformed into beautiful blooms by our talented face painter!

Throughout the day there will be live performance from artists such as Montague Armstong, Dolly Delicious, local DJs and so much more "

Join us for an hour of hair-whipping, booty-shaking fun! This is an all levels dance class - SOS classes aren’t about being step-perfect, they’re about moving your body, feeling amazing and having FUN doing it!

Join acclaimed local artist and facilitator Mark Daniels in a charcoal drawing session in the beautiful Speckled Woods. We will be using imaginative techniques to capture the essence of the exquisite chaos of what it feels like to ‘be’ amongst the trees.

Mushrooms are magical so spend a leisurely morning creating a little piece of mushroom textile art with me. You will need to bring a basic sewing kit and I shall provide everything else you need!

Come along for a poetic, performative and delicious night of sensory titillation… With performances and immersive experiences for the eyes and ears, and even some extra special stations to please your sense of smell and touch - plus delicious and curious refreshments! - this is a night that promises a feast for the senses and experiences like no other.