Throughout the year many annual events take place in Hastings, the largest
of which being the May Day bank holiday weekend, which features a
Jack-in-the-Green festival (revived since 1983), and the culmination of the
Maydayrun—tens of thousands of motorcyclists having ridden the A21 to Hastings.
The yearly carnival during Old Town Week takes place every August, which
includes a week of events around Hastings Old Town, including a Seaboot race,
bike race, street party and pram race. In September there is a month-long arts
festival 'Coastal Currents' and a Seafood and Wine Festival. During Hastings
Week held each
