As Gay Bogie ranks have swelled, we've become a lot more noticeable in recent years.
But back in 1995, Simon and Marti on a friends recommendation, attended a Maytide event in
Hastings.....

That first visit to Jack In The Green was incredible. We had found an event that encapsulated and indeed celebrated our kinship with nature and the wheel of the year, all embodied in the figure of Jack.

For many years we passed Bogies in the street, unrecognisable outside of our Maytide garb.
Come May, those people would spot us amongst the other green folk outside the Fisherman's Museum, smile and say hello.

Spencer and Craig soon joined our ranks. At this time we became friendlier with Mick and Julia, who had themselves been attending the festival since the mid Nineties.

As our numbers swelled, we became more visible and so were given the delightful name "The Gay Bogies On Acid" by the Hastings Bogies, in reference to our ornate costumes. It soon became apparent that some of the "Gay Bogies" lived up to the title, in every sense of the word.

At the Ceilidh on the pier in May 2003 the long silence was broken when we were approached by Rach and Gabby, who with the greatest of manners asked .."Are you the Gay Bogies?"

From that point on we started mixing with our Hastings friends, and gradually got to know everyone.

Now we feel very much part of the gang, and enjoy every event to the fullest!