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Thank you!

October 30, 2022
Wow! What a special weekend, welcoming so many incredible artists to Hastings for 3 days of groundbreaking experimental, electronic, and underground culture.
Thank you to all who joined us for our first standalone Sonics weekend #sonics2022. It was wonderful to be part of such a joyous and friendly atmosphere with a real sense of fun and positive connections being made across the weekend, whether on the dance floor, during live performances, at workshops, talks or just hanging out in the bar.
Our first thank you is to the wonderful audiences that came along over the event to take part in our workshops, talks, and live programming.
And to our brilliant and dedicated team who have worked tirelessly and passionately to bring this event together.
Sonics Curators: WVR The Beachcomber and Lucy William Bunch Ben Thompson
Hastings Fat Tuesday team: Adam T Daly Sally Lampitt Hannah Deeble Clare Britt Elliot Lampitt Victoria Griffiths and Gina Hewitt
Our creatives in design, photography, video : Tim Booth Sara-Louise Bowrey Mark Richards Surface Creative Limited Leo Nakamura-Wear
Sarah Rollason for her support and the kind loan of Danny Pockets’ artworks.
Everyone at the The Observer Building who worked alongside us in making the event run so smoothly.
The Albion and all the staff for sterling bar service.
The production and crew teams for their wizardry including Elixir Lighting LEDS Akimbo, John Nicols, Trapper, Sam Dook, Max Daly, Mirrorball Paul and Creative Technology UK
Our volunteers who kindly give their time and energy to facilitate such events – thank you.
And a huge thank you to our sponsors without whom…… Arts Council England Wow And Flutter CURVE PUSHER Love Hastings R&B Safety Consultants japhy.co.uk
Lastly, a massive thank you to all of the artists who joined us at Sonics 2022, whether performing live, DJing, VJing or being leading or participating in one of the workshops across the weekend
Onwards! 🌞🙏🏻💙