Artwave Festival
6th - 21nd September 2025

Support Your Local
Artists & Makers

Now in our 32nd year, Artwave continues to be one of the largest visual arts festivals in the South East, connecting hundreds of artists and makers with tens of thousands of appreciative viewers and visitors each year.

Use our online guide to browse and search the exhibitions, or view guides for separate trails here. You can also pick up a free printed copy from Lewes, Seaford, Newhaven Tourist Information Centres and from Charleston Lewes.

We are delighted to have more than 160 venues in the 2025 festival, with free-to-visit exhibitions in private homes, studios, potteries, windmills, railway stations, farms and churches, many of them opening their venues for the first time.

When you have chosen which exhibitions you want to see, don’t forget to check when they are open and what facilities they offer. All exhibitions are free to visit!

Celebrating Artists & Makers Across The Lewes District

Join us in championing artists and makers, shopping local and supporting our brilliant artistic community. Follow our trails around Lewes, Seaford, Peacehaven, Newhaven and the surrounding villages this September.

Art at Gorringe’s

We are delighted to be supported by Gorringe’s as our Headline Sponsor this year. The Lewes based auction house has been in the business of selling fine art, antiques and jewellery since 1929, when Rodin’s The Kiss was listed in their first sale at Lewes House. During Artwave, you’re invited to join Gorringe’s Friday Late: An Evening Preview of their Art & Design Post 1880 Sale in a relaxed atmosphere. 12th September, 5-7pm with DJ and bar at 15 North Street Lewes BN7 2PE.
 
Drop in to explore the fascinating objects, where you can view sales, typically a few days before an auction takes place. Or to discuss your own item or collection, the Lewes showroom is open 6 days a week for valuations, with no appointment necessary. Find our more about Gorringe’s here.

Image: Edward Wolfe, ‘Afternoon’, estimate £25,000-35,000, from Gorringe’s upcoming Art & Design Post 1880 Sale on 16th September