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TODAY: Traditional Easter Bonnet Parade to raise money for Rainbow Fund

Besi Besemar April 21, 2019

The Bedford Tavern and Grosvenor Bar will once again host Brighton’s annual Easter Bonnet Parade and Drag Races on Easter Sunday (April 21).The fun packed day will kick off at noon when Western Street is closed to traffic and the street party begins.

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Community News

Annual Easter Bonnet Parade raises £1,883.66 for Rainbow Fund

Besi Besemar April 25, 2018

The annual Easter Bonnet Parade and Charity Drag Races organised between the Bedford Tavern and Grosvenor Bar in Hove, drew a huge crowd to Little Western Street on Easter Sunday.

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Community News

Record crowds turnout for Easter bonnet parade in Hove

Besi Besemar April 20, 2017

The Bedford Tavern and Grosvenor Bar in Hove, played host to the annual Easter Bonnet Parade and charity drag races on Easter Sunday (April 23), raising a staggering £3,229.68 for local HIV charity, The Sussex Beacon.

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Features

Marbles Match and Easter Bonnet Parade at Abbey Green, Battle, Sussex

Besi Besemar March 3, 2015

The game of marbles is over 3000 years old, with clay marbles having been found in the tombs of the ancient Egyptians. The game remains alive and kicking in a number of Sussex towns. Sussex marbles season lasts for 45 days and in the last century was very closely defined between Ash Wednesday and 12 noon on Good Friday, so much so that Good Friday (and in some places Ash Wednesday) were known as ‘Marbles Day’.

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