🌿🌿🌿𝗪𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸!🌿🌿🌿

This is the link to our online evaluation form:

forms.gle/DfQTJ313jM4Y...

The form is for absolutely everybody, people who watched and those who took part!

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A lovely afternoon with equally lovely folk at @jackinthegreen.bsky.social
Summer has been unleashed! 🙂

What a splendid event @jackinthegreen.bsky.social in Hastings is. Apologies for not posting earlier, but still getting my head around the edit.

The Bogies are ready. Are you!?

Bogie! Bogie! Bogie! 🌿🌿🌿

The Bogie's are Jack attendants, and help lead him through the streets. Wherever he goes, they go!

Procession sets off at 10:15 from Rock-a-Nore Road

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Hastings Traditional Jack in the Green Spotter's Guide 2025

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Don't forget to bring your reusable drinking vessels!

Get your hands on the Hastings Old Town Cups from participating Old Town Pubs, or you can grab your very own Jack in the Green vessel from the merchandise stall!
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🌿𝗤𝘂𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲🌿

Check out our handy event overview for a quick glance of what's happening at over the May Day Bank Holiday weekend, Friday 2nd to Monday 5th May 2025.

For more details check out our printed programmes around the town or head to our website
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Less than a month to go! 🌿

If you were in the Old Town this weekend you may have spotted our posters, programmes and beer mats! 💚

Help support Hastings Traditional Jack in the Green by buying a beer for Jack or putting a donation in the collection pot and picking up a programme

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We are delighted to share that we have been awarded £23,572 through Arts Council National Lottery Project Grants.💚

For more information check out our website: hastingstraditionaljackinthegreen.co.uk/arts-council...

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Happy New Year! 🎉🎉

Only 124 days until Jack is dancing along the streets of Hastings 🌿🌿

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A reveler attends the annual May Day bank holiday Jack In The Green parade and festival in Hastings, Britain - Photo by Toby Melville

Jack in the Green is an English folk custom, part of the May Day celebration. A person is covered in a framework of green foliage and then marches in a procession with musicians. It began in the 18th century, though some folklorists equate it with earlier imagery (like the Green Man).
#WyrdWednesday

How about one of Keith Leech creator of @jackinthegreen.bsky.social ?

Hopefully better weather next year...

We're gearing up for Hastings Traditional Jack in the Green 2025!

Put it in your calendars, Friday 2nd May - Monday 5th May 2025

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