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Brighton Festival is the largest and most established annual curated multi-arts festival in England. Taking place over three weeks in May.- 2 May 202625 May 2026
- During May & June, Brighton Fringe welcomes international performers and audiences as it showcases the creative heart and soul of the city and its unique cultural heritage.
- 1 May 202631 May 2026
The Great Escape is the festival for new music, showcasing 450 emerging artists from all over the world in 30+ walkable venues across the city and a pop-up festival site on Brighton Beach.- 13 May 202616 May 2026
- The Artist Open Houses offer festival–goers the chance to meet the artists and to view locally made, seriously good arts and crafts.
- 2 May 20263 May 2026
- 9 May 202610 May 2026
- 16 May 202617 May 2026
- 23 May 202624 May 2026
- 30 May 202631 May 2026
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Horatio's Bar, Brighton Pier, Madeira Drive, Brighton, BN2 1TWMadeira Drive, Brighton
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Festival
The Brighton Italian Festival is happening this May across multiple locations in Brighton — and we’ve created something special for you.
What’s included:
- 9th or 10th – A Wander Fool Word (kids’ clown show) – 3:30pm, Horatio Bar
- 9th or 10th –…
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Preston Park, Brighton, BN1 6SDBrighton
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Food
Food lovers, music fans and families are in for a treat as Foodies Festival returns to Preston Park from 2nd – 4th May 2026, bringing three packed days of delicious food, live music, hands-on experiences and family fun.
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East Brighton Park, Brighton, BN2 5RTBrighton
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Music
Boasting four huge stages of music, the biggest '00s and '90s bands, artists and DJs from around the world, funfair rides, a '90s arcade, Retro Bars, an RnB Roller Disco, Gormet Street Food, Exclusive VIP area and so much more, this is the ultimate…
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Brighton Open Air Theatre, Dyke Road Park, Dyke Road, Brighton and Hove, BN3 6EHDyke Road, Brighton and Hove
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Festival
For the fifth year running, the legendary poetry slammers Hammer & Tongue bring their epic grand final into the open air!
Finalists will come equipped with their unique styles and perspectives to battle it out for the crown. Lucky audience members…
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Steyne Gardens, Steyne Gardens, Worthing, BN11 3DZWorthing
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Music
A line up packed with Queer artists and allies supporting a grass roots pride event.
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The Yellow Book, 3a York Place, Brighton, BN1 4GUBrighton
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Theatre
Follow a fearless adventurer as she journeys across the globe, driven by the search for her missing husband. Her path weaves through distant lands, forgotten histories, and remarkable moments, each step revealing more of the world and of the man she…
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The Yellow Book, 3a York Place, Brighton, BN1 4GUBrighton
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Theatre
Partake in “Communal Love Spell" on this May’s new and full moon! Have an opportunity to reconnect: within, without, and with one another, through tenderness, care, joy and love! First cast in Glasgow at the institutional Queer Theory (@queertheory)…
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American Express Stadium, Village Way, Brighton, BN1 9BLTelephone
01273 878288Brighton
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Childrens Events
This will be a great day for families, collectors, adult builders and every other kind of LEGO fan. With lots to see and do including speed building competitions, large scale displays, activities, traders selling loose bricks, new LEGO sets, retired…
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Brighton Beach, Madeira Drive, Brighton, BN1 1TWBrighton
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Music
On The Beach in association with Radio X, led by The Maccabees and joined by Editors, Miles Kane, Anna Calvi, Ash, Badly Drawn Boy and Lime Garden.
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Various Locations, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 1EEBrighton
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Festival
The Great Escape is the festival for new music, showcasing 450 emerging artists from all over the world in 30+ walkable venues across the city and a pop-up festival site on Brighton Beach.
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The Yellow Book, 3a York Place, Brighton, BN1 4GUBrighton
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Theatre
Tucson chanteuse of noir ditties ditches her desert hive for a ketch in coastal Kent; drifts to Scotland; enrolls at Goldsmiths; ‘returns’ to Fringe after an aborted pandemic run. A comic stab at all-things Trumpian and especially Monster-in-Chief…
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Festival Big Top, Fletchers Croft, Steyning, BN44 3XZSteyning
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Music
Festival favourite, Greg Wilson re-unites with Pablo Contraband for a night of fun and disco excess under the Big Top. Greg is regarded as one of the most important figures on the UK dance scene. He was a pioneer of mixing in the UK, nominated by DJ…
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Various Venues Across the City, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 1WNTelephone
+44 (0)1273 917272Brighton
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Festival
During May & June, Brighton Fringe welcomes international performers and audiences as it showcases the creative heart and soul of the city and its unique cultural heritage.
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The Hope & Ruin, 10--12 Queens Road, Brighton, BN1 3WATelephone
01273 325793Brighton
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Music
An eclectic music festival in the heart of Brighton.
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Saint Augustine’s Arts and Events Centre, Stanford Avenue, Brighton, BN1 6EABrighton
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Lecture
A one day festival of tarot and oracle wisdom, held in the beautiful St Augustine's Arts and Events centre, a converted church near to Preston Park. Tarot readers, stallholders, deck artists and creators, and a range of fascinating talks and…
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The Grove Theatre Eastbourne, 1 Grove Road, Eastbourne, BN21 4TLEastbourne
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Music
Eastbourne's best independent music festival is back for its second year and it's even bigger and better - more will be revealed soon.
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Marina Studios, Mermaid Walk, Brighton, BN41 1GDTelephone
01273 253679Brighton
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Dance / Dancing
Salsa Zone and Brighton fiesta Latino presents…
International Salsa Bachata Kizomba summer festival in Brighton
festival highlights
By joining this festival, participants can expect an average improvement of 20% in their dancing ability…
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The Yellow Book, 3a York Place, Brighton, BN1 4GUBrighton
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Theatre
When three strangers attend a queer book club and find the leader absent, they decide to run it themselves. In their search for community, their assumptions of one another are challenged as they struggle with identity, disability, relationships, and…
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Caravanserai, North of St Peter's Church, Brighton and Hove, BN1 4GUBrighton and Hove
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Music
Smoove & Turrell play live as part of the Brighton Fringe Festival - presented by Jalapeno Bop. Live support from Two Pounds Down and Jalapeno Soundsystem DJs
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The Yellow Book, 3a York Place, Brighton, BN1 4GUBrighton
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Comedy
The worst person award welcomes performers and audience alike to tell us about the worst person you know. We'll judge it with all the hilarity and mocking it deserves and the winner will get up to a £75 prize!
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