WHAT'S HAPPENING AT
AFRI-CO-LAB
Darragh Dance 200
Celebrating 200 weeks of Darragh Dance
Monday 28th September
5.45 - 8.30 pm
Can you believe it? 200 weeks of Darragh Dance since 2021. TWO HUNDRED. We honestly can't believe it either!
We've boogied, sweated and laughed our way to this magnificent milestone with the fabulous Darragh O'Leary, and we are not letting it pass without a party. Join us for a very special outdoor dance class in St Leonards, followed by an afterparty back at the Lab. Come for the dancing, stay for the vibes!
Come dressed in your best pastels and get ready to celebrate in style!
Every Body Yoga
Sundays 11.00 am - 12.15 pm
6-week courses starting from 13th September
Give yourself permission to slow down. Every Body Yoga is a gentle, welcoming space to rest, breathe and reconnect — no experience needed, no pressure to get it "right."
Over six weeks, in small, friendly groups of no more than 8, you'll ease into simple poses, mindful breathing and moments of stillness, all at your own pace. Whether you're brand new to yoga, coming back after a break, or just craving a softer practice.
This course is for every body — including fat, queer, trans, Black and Brown, older and disabled bodies.
Come as you are, and let yourself rest.
Shopfront Gallery Presents:
Dr Felix Ford's
'Casting Off KNITSONIK'
Thursday 3rd September until Sunday 4th October
24 Hours
Our Shopfront Gallery is back with a warm autumnal hug. Take your time to see the threads of each knitted work.
Track her creative process as she turns the interesting objects, buildings and things she meets into complex beautiful, colourful knitted pieces. From inspiration to image to colour to chart to knitted piece to sound.
Casting Off of KNITSONIK mourns an artform that is no longer available to Felix. Come and see her final celebratory casting off.
— head down to our shopfront gallery at 3 Marine Court, TN38 ODX.
Dare 2 Repair
Starts again on Sunday 20th September
1.00 - 6.00 pm
Dare 2 Repair is a fortnightly textile mending club. Bring your holey jeans, baggy shorts, or mismatched curtains, and with the help of the Afri-Co-Lab Team, we will find a way to make them work!
All sewing equipment provided, and no experience needed
Blackity Black
with the Electric Palace Cinema
Launches Wednesday 7th October
Celebrating excellence in Black Cinema.
Co-created with Electric Palace Cinema, Hastings
Launching Blackity Black in October the Blackest month of them all! After a year long co-creation project join us for this celebration of excellence in Black Cinema.
Starting with an in person conversation with BAFTA awarding winning director Akinola Davies Jr in hosted by our very own Anna Maria Nabirye and joined by local screen writing legend Trix Worrell and award winning cinematographer Bani Mendy. We will be discussing Black film, African film, diaspora voices and visioning soft Black fatherhood on screen.
Afterwards we will get to watch his BAFTA winning feature debut My Father's Shadow.
Tickets are £5 or free with a ticket to the screening of My Father's Shadow at 7.30pm.
Darragh Dance
Mondays 5.30 - 6.30 pm & 7.00 - 8.00 pm
Wednesdays 9.15 - 10.15 am
at Afri-Co-Lab
He's back, he's badder than ever, and he wants you on the dance floor! Darragh Dance returns to Afri-Co-Lab!
Pop routines to sweat and laugh to, dancing to the baddest tunes around, led by the loveliest choreographer in town.
Classes are capped at 10 people and they book fast. Don't say we didn't warn you!
Open House
Wednesdays 11.00 am - 5.00 pm
at Afri-Co-Lab
Every Wednesday, Afri-Co-Lab is open to the community to gather, dream and use. Whether you need the WiFi, a change of scene, more space, or just a cup of tea and a chat, come on in. We don't mind.
Best of all, it's totally free!
Hosted by the wonderful, Khadija Khan.
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Somatic Movement for Every Body
Sunday 21st November
1.30 pm - 5.30 pm
at De La Warr Studio, Bexhill
Join us for the last somatics workshop of 2026 with Imogen. This half-day workshop blends her inclusive, person-centred movement practice and somatic therapy techniques to create a held and supported space to experience a felt sense of being present in your body.
Creative Chill:
Care in Repair -
Visible Mending
*** NEW DATE***
Saturday 28th November
1.30 pm - 4.30 pm
Join local artist and clothing lover, Elaine Mullings for this visible mending workshop. It's open to all!
Elaine will introduce you to the wonders of visible repair. Learn about visible mending traditions from across the Globe. Learn some simple hand stitches and techniques to transform your loved and damaged clothing into wearable pieces of history that shine with your personality.
Super bold or calm and subtle whatever your flavour - mend your favourite pieces and breathe new life into your well loved and worn clothing!
past events
Shopfront Gallery Presents:
Pippa Johnson's
'Support Systems'
Sunday 26th July
Look up at the Afri-Co-Lab Shopfront Gallery today, and you'll find a quiet kind of magic: gently turning mobiles, rearranging themselves into new patterns overhead.
Pippa calls it Support Systems — a playful nod to the everyday acts of care that hold us all together, often without us even noticing.
Made from found materials and everyday objects, Pippa's work turns the overlooked into something joyful.
Come and see it for yourself — head down to our shopfront gallery at 3 Marine Court, TN38 ODX to catch Support Systems in person, swaying gently above.
Breathe Play Laugh
Monday 20th July
A day of restorative play: as a radical act of community care for Global Majority space holders and facilitators living or working in Hastings, Rother or Lewes.
This is a free event taking place on Monday, 20th July at Charleston House (Firle). This event is specifically for Global Majority folks whose work or life means they often hold space, take responsibility for others, and struggle to find space for themselves. It is an invitation to put something back in your pot.
