Delight as town is ready to rock

Worthing has been chosen to host the Hammerdown Festival 2022.

The two-day festival featuring 20 bands is on August 6 and August 7.

“We are delighted to have been selected to host this year’s rock and metal festival,” said Howie Kirk, music and events director at The Venue. “It promises to be a fantastic weekend and the newly refurbished venue is certainly geared up for this type of event.

“The stage is huge and the layout of the rigging enables us to create a festival style set-up whereby a third of the stage can be draped off for preparation whilst a band is playing,whichallowsforafast changeover between bands, soitmakesustheidealchoice. The Venue is a 500 capacity live music venue, recently compared with Concorde 2 and occupies the former St Paul’s Arts Centre.”

Managing director of Hammerdown Festivals Harry White added: “We are delighted to be bringing Hammerdown to Worthing. It has such a rich filled music scene filled with hard-working, determined individuals and a hugely loyal fan base.”