A guide to what’s hot and what’s not on the Brighton (UK) music, art, festivals and literary scene

  • Mutations Festival 2023

    Mutations Festival 2023

    Mutations 2023 music festival is just around the corner. It takes place over a weekend (1st to 5th November) and is split across a number of town centre venues.

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  • Brighton Anime & Gaming Con 2023

    Brighton Anime & Gaming Con 2023

    Brighton Anime & Gaming Con 2023 is at the Old Ship Hotel in Brighton on the weekend of the 4th/5th November. Two days of anime, manga, video games, board games and cosplay.

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  • Brighton Black Market

    Brighton Black Market

    Brighton Black Market is a place where Black and People of colour have the opportunity to sell their art, goods, services and perform to the general public. 7th October 2023 at The Actors pub.

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  • The Coast Is Queer 2023

    The Coast Is Queer 2023

    The Coast Is Queer is the UKs largest LGBTQ+ literary festival and runs from the 12th October to the 15th at the Attenborough Centre in Falmer.

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  • Unicorn Baby Slay Exhibition

    Unicorn Baby Slay Exhibition

    A kitsch art exhibition down Trafalgar St ,Brighton running from the 21st to 24th September 2023.

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  • Brighton Pier Fest 2023

    Brighton Pier Fest 2023

    Later this month Horatios Bar on the Palace Pier (in conjunction with the Latest Music Bar) is hosting Pier Fest 2023. This has been running for a couple of years now and is a month of entertainment for adults and kids as well as three sub-festivals of its own. Entertainment comes in the shape of…

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  • Review – Jah Wobble @ Chalk

    Review – Jah Wobble @ Chalk

    A review of Jah Wobbles recent show at Chalk in Brighton where he played selections from his re-recording of the PIL album Metal Box.

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  • Robert Rankin has an Open House

    Robert Rankin has an Open House

    Local author Robert Rankin is having an Open house this May as part of the Brighton Festival. It is open 11 to 5 every saturday and sunday in May.

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  • Virtual Reality Music Festival at the Brunswick

    Virtual Reality Music Festival at the Brunswick

    Off Axis is a one-day festival where over fifteen solo acts perform alongside Miro Shot’ award-winning multimedia live music performance with virtual and mixed reality. Thursday 11th May 2023 at the Brunswick pub.

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  • Double John Grant

    Double John Grant

    Singer/songwriter/electronic artist John Grant has two shows coming up in Brighton. first with the band Creep Show in June and then with Richard Hawley in September.

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