The Oval (Hastings) Hastings reviews by real event-goers

Review of Boogie By The Sea

Allowing fold up chairs in the VIP small space was a hazard. Food queues far to long and not great quality

Review of Boogie By The Sea

Review of Boogie By The Sea

What a rip off. OK there were two really good acts, and lots of gear, but £12.00 for some jerky and you could not even bring any water with you, so you had to pay extortionate prices for crappy cheap lager, cider or bottled water. £8.00 for a hot dog. Security was overly tight for a small Gig like this.

Review of Boogie By The Sea

Long time in the queue to get in, maybe provide more entrances. Boney M on for only 20 minutes, which was a shame. Soul 2 Soul awful. The rest was good

Review of Boogie By The Sea

Had a great time, very well organised though could do with more food vendors for the amount of people attending .Some queued fòr up to an hour.

Review of Boogie By The Sea

Great night and we felt vey safe.

Review of Boogie By The Sea

Review of Boogie By The Sea

The music was superb of course, and the actual venue was fine. But the crowd management and security was very poorly organised. There was a two hour window between gates open and final entry. It was so poorly managed that we had an hours queue just to get to security. The event ran at least an hour behind schedule, with the result that the first act was only on stage for three songs to try to catch up. I've been going to concerts and festivals for decades, and this was as bad as it gets.

Review of Boogie By The Sea

Review of Boogie By The Sea

How you enter the venue needs to be reviewed. It took so long to get in that the first act had it's time reduced. Was a really good atmosphere and I would definitely go again.

Review of Boogie By The Sea

Tbh was very disappointed , cost of food/drinks was disgusting and not a very good choice either , couldn't really see any for diary free or gluten options actually left early and went into Hastings

Review of Boogie By The Sea

Great bands that I danced to in my younger years.
The venue was a good size for the crowd allowing some space to sit.. or dance.
Prices at the venue were on par with other similar events.
Nice mix of people having a great time.

Review of Boogie By The Sea

We had a great time! The venue is convenient and the atmosphere was fab. The only downside was the acts didn't run on time and Boney M were only on for 20 minutes!

Review of Boogie By The Sea

The security to get in seemed way over the top it took forever to get in and I was one of the first!
Because of this the event was very late starting, so Bony M’s set which should have been a hour, they only played 3 songs! And they were the group I went to see!
The prince of the drinks at the bar was insane £5.75 for a c**e sized can of beer come on…. And no draught beer
The food was very limited and why would we need 3 different stalls all selling jerk chicken 🙄

On a plus note the staff were all very friendly and the atmosphere was good

Review of Boogie By The Sea

Enjoyed the experience. Great atmosphere. The venue would benefit from large screens so that those at the back have a better experience/view of the acts

Review of Boogie By The Sea

Honey m was cut short
Soul to soul was rubbish
Drinks were expensive but overall a good night especially Billy ocean made the night amazing a great memory to cherish, the security was exceptional

Review of Boogie By The Sea

Great venue, if the weather is fine. Excellent line up and sound was good. Drinks were a bit overpriced especially the bottled water and you can't take anything in with you, which is a pity.

Review of Boogie By The Sea

Just a shame you couldn't bring own food & drink

Review of Boogie By The Sea

Review of Boogie By The Sea

There was no consideration for disabled guests. I had to keep stopping in the queue and sitting on the wall to recover.