The Alfriston Festival takes place every year, during the week leading up to the August Bank Holiday Weekend. It culminates in a grand fair on the Tye on Bank Holiday Monday, which people from miles around come to attend.

This year the Alfriston Festival will be supporting the following organisations:

The Parish Church of St Andrew's, and All Saints West Dean
Alfriston War Memorial Hall
Alfriston School
Alfriston Pre-School
The Old Chapel Centre, Alfriston
Alfriston & Cuckmere Valley Heartstart
The Friends of Eastbourne Hospitals
St Wilfred's Hospice
Alfriston Dickensian Evening

The full 2013 Festival programme will be available in June.