Pier Road Coffee & Art

19/03/2026

Littlehampton Portrait Artist of the Year 2026

The judges have selected their choices, an extremely difficult task for them but they have narrowed down the 4 finalists to join Clive the public vote winner on Saturday April 11th.

Finalist 1 - Imogen Marshall

Imogen painter Michael, a painting that captures him very well, always laughing and smiling.

Lookout for the other 3 selections…

18/03/2026

January Blues - Blue Category
Sponsored by Peppermint Candles

The Blue Category was judged by our friend and Honorary Patron - Melissa Fitzgerald.

Melissa is one of the authors of “What’s Next” which is a fabulous in-depth look at the West Wing TV Series, of which she is one of the main supporting characters.

Her task was to choose the selections for the Blue Category, here are a few photos of her looking at the works and the results have been in the gallery since January but thought we’d show you them online.

Winner - Andrew Mutch
Runner-Up - Wendy Condron
3rd - Sally Cooper

Highly Commended
Tina Marshall
Tess Raymond
Glenn Phur

18/03/2026

17/03/2026

The 45s are a spinning, how have the records changed, big changes!

Brand new at number 2 - Kathryn Williams a live single from songs off Mystery Park.

The Alarm number 1 for the 4th week, after a welcome addition to the Welsh Listening Party from Lucy - A New South Wales is very popular.

10 songs from the Welsh Jukebox all charting in this weeks Top 10.

Lucky Dip - Bangor ‘71 - Hogia Llandegau

01: A New South Wales - The Alarm
02: Sea Of Shadows - Kathryn Williams (NE)
03: 68 Guns - The Alarm
A Whiter Shade Of Pale - Procol Harum
04: 9 To 5 - Dolly Parton
05: What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes
At Me For? - Shakin Stevens
Total Eclipse Of The Heart - Bonnie
Tyler(NE)
06: It’s Not Unusual - Tom Jones (RE)
Toast - Streetband (NE)
07: Little Red Rooster - Rolling Stones
Guilty - Barbra Streisand/Barry Gibb
08: Those Were The Days - Mary Hopkin (RE)
Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door - Bob
Dylan(RE)
09: I Can Hear You Knockin’ - Dave Edmunds
(RE)
Oh Julie - Shakin’ Stevens (NE)
10: Goldfinger - Shirley Bassey (NE)
A Rockin’ Good Way - Shaky / Bonnie (NE)
Running Up That Hill - Kate Bush

16/03/2026

More stuff to get involved in!

Author Talks
Book Club - Wifedom - Anna Funder
Silent Reading
Music Club - Carole King - Tapestry
Listening Parties
Film Screening - Suffragette

And a whole bunch more!

15/03/2026

Fabulous Listening Party - All About Mother

Great selection of records from across the genres and decades….

Listen here…
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2UGoEDFVkZ8VIM0X9lgPnl?si=vZbr3v-5Re-Rn2nHk2Sg5g&pi=NPsaWQA9RHaUR

13/03/2026

Another fabulous board games evening this evening…

13/03/2026

A fabulous delivery from the The Hygge Bakery this morning!

12/03/2026

Another fabulous 2 hours of Mike’s Lounge…

Playlist via link since it stated

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2QYxpBDjc9W5FkKMxiaZZQ?si=l0q6-cb0QjmZwck8cZYg1g&pi=QKF8HqDCTICl6

11/03/2026

Littlehampton Portrait Artist of the Year 2026
The first finalist is confirmed after some amazing voting by you guys across the gallery, instagram and Facebook.

Delighted to announce Clive is the first of the finalists; now the judges just need to decide on the other 4 from the remaining 13! It’s not going to be easy!

11/03/2026

Open Until 1915 tonight (Wednesday)