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Hailsham Town Council is bringing the community together to celebrate this year’s Sussex Day, with a free family event taking place in Vicarage Field on Saturday 21st June, from 8.30am to 1pm.

Celebrating all things Sussex, the event will feature a range of market stalls selling locally produced items and an entertainment line-up including maypole dancing by local brownies and a live performance by Irish folk band Ceol Na Mara.

Sussex Day is the county day for the historic county of Sussex and is celebrated on 16th June each year to celebrate its rich heritage. The official Sussex Day takes place on St Richard’s Day, the feast day of St Richard of Chichester, Sussex’s patron saint. The date marks the anniversary of the translation of St Richard’s body from its original burial place in the nave of Chichester Cathedral to an elaborate shrine at the cathedral on 16th June 1276.