Today is a bank holiday which means the school is closed. Why not to go to Jack in the Green festival in Hastings? Jack in the Green is now one of the biggest annual gatherings of Morris Dancers in the country. The Jack is “released” every year and is central to the festival. The Jack is accompanied in the main procession by Mad Jacks Morris, the Green Bogies, dancers, giants, musicians and various others. The procession ends on the West Hill where Jack is “slain” to “release the spirit of summer”.