insideSUSSEX Magazine Issue 02 - April 2015 | Page 11

SEEKING OUT MUSICAL TALENT AND ESTABLISHED VENUES FOR NEW EASTBOURNE MUSIC FESTIVAL Eastbourne Borough Council is calling upon all Eastbourne music venues, local bands and talented musicians to take part in an exciting new weeklong music festival between 13th and 19th July, incorporated into Eastbourne Festival.  ‘Music Live’ will be a week-long eclectic mix of live music performances in venues across the town, allowing local musicians to showcase their talent, as part of the three-week Eastbourne Festival in July, which celebrates both traditional and contemporary arts, from music and literature to dance, comedy and film.   The Eastbourne Borough Council Events team are seeking out established venues in Eastbourne with suitable live-performance facilities, who wish to take part in ‘Music Live’ in July.  The music festival is hoping to attract a lineup of musical acts from the world of jazz, folk, rock, pop and more. Anyone wishing to take part in ‘Music Live’ should contact the Eastbourne Borough Council Events Team on [email protected] or call 01323 415442. news INTRODUCING A SELECT GROUP OF ATTRACTIONS, HOTELS AND VENUES OFFERING THE BEST EXPERIENCES MID SUSSEX HAS TO OFFER On Friday 27th March 2015, a brand new group was officially launched at a very special event at Kingscote Vineyards, West Sussex. The new group, named Experience Mid Sussex is formed of 13 of the very best quality attractions, hotels and venues in the Mid Sussex area and is proudly supported by Mid Sussex District Council. Members of Experience Mid Sussex have come together to provide a truly unique and memorable visitor experience. The group aims to promote tourism in the local area by showcasing the best that Mid Sussex has to offer to both the residents of Sussex and visitors to the area. From breathtaking houses and gardens, vineyards and showground venues to 4- and 5-star hotels, spas and restaurants, there is plenty to discover. The attraction and venue partners include: Borde Hill Garden, High Beeches Woodland and Garden, National Trust Nymans, Wakehurst, Bolney, Kingscote and Ridgeview Vineyards, Hickstead and The South of England Showground. Accommodation partners include: Alexander House Hotel and Utopia Spa, Gravetye Manor Hotel and Restaurant, Ockenden Manor Hotel and Spa and South Lodge Hotel. For more information, visit www.experiencemidsussex.co.uk. BRIGHTON i360 BUILD LOOKING UP Brighton i360 reached a major turning point in February as a 25-metre high pile rig arrived on site at Brighton Beach and the sewer diversion around the site was completed. The 52-tonne rig will be used to put 10-20 metre long piles in the beach, which attach to each other to make a wall, holding back the shingle to make space for the 1,728 square metre concrete foundation and 170 tonnes of reinforcing steel, which will secure the viewing tower in place. Said Eleanor Harris, CEO of the Brighton i360: “This year is all about moving from works in the ground to reaching up to the sky – all our activity will now be visible; first this 25-metre piling rig; next a 100-metre crane which will be used to lift the pieces of steel from the boats to our site; and then a 60-metre high jacking rig that will be used to build the 162-metre tower this summer.” Two kinds of piles being used: ‘male’ and ‘female’ Secant piles, slotting tightly together to form the foundation walls and floor, whilst bearing piles are also placed across the whole site, acting as stilts, holding the building securely in the chalk strata below the site. The process will take four to five weeks and be no noisier than a digger, so is not expected to 11 disturb neighbours. Elsewhere, pod components for tower fitting are on the move from the POMA factory in Grenoble, France, to Rotterdam in Holland, as three bull wheels departed by lorry from the POMA factory, heading to the Hollandia yard. Brighton i360 construction can be watched live on a webcam, filmed from the roof of the Hilton Brighton Metropole, at www.theargus.co.uk/news/i360_brighton/ The tower will start to be erected in June, when the fitted out steel cans are to be delivered directly to the beach on barges from Holland.