Welcome to Hurst Festival’s 2025 , two weeks of fabulous programming across Hurstpierpoint and Sayers Common venues.

Please take the time to browse what is on offer, an exciting and varied programme, with great acts & talks, walks & workshops; film, theatre, exhibitions & lots of music. It really is going to be a fabulous Festival with lots of opportunities to take part and be entertained, very much catering for all tastes.

Marking 21 years, we set out to celebrate the young people of Hurstpierpoint & Sayers Common, inviting them to create an image for the brochure cover. 

The winning cover:

Hurst is Full of Stars – Ruby Clemmans

And the two runners:

I love My Village – Nora Startin

Hurst Life – Archie McDougall

All entries will be exhibited during the Festival, we hope you are able to show your appreciation of the talents of all the young artists by visiting the display. (see the website nearer the time for full details of venue & opening hours)

We can’t wait to welcome you all in September, see you soon! 

Volunteers are the backbone of the Hurst Festival and we are always looking for people to join our happy band. They are a team of local people who enjoy the Arts and like to volunteer their time in a productive way. The overarching aims of the Festival are to entertain and offer an opportunity to widen perspectives by offering a diversity of cultural events and our Volunteers are an integral part of this mission.

Volunteers bring their many skills of hospitality, customer services, logistics and stage management so the Festival runs like a well oiled machine. The Festival would not be the success that it is without the Volunteers and we require all kinds of skills to help run the events. With so many different things happening during the Festival you will be sure to fund something that suits your interests.

If you would like to volunteer to be a part of the Festival you can sign up to our Volunteer mailing list at the bottom of this page in the yellow box. We will then be in touch nearer the festival each year, with details of how to register for events.