A guide to what’s hot and what’s not on the Brighton (UK) music, art, festivals and literary scene
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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 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 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 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
A kitsch art exhibition down Trafalgar St ,Brighton running from the 21st to 24th September 2023.
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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
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
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
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
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.