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  1. The Black Saint and the Sinner - Brighton Festival.
    Brighton Festival is the largest and most established annual curated multi-arts festival in England. Taking place over three weeks in May.
    1. 2 May 202625 May 2026
  2. Image courtesy of dfphotography. Funny business clown cabaret 2024
    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. 1 May 202631 May 2026
  3. Image courtesy of Nathalie von Rotz. Gut Health performing at Patterns as part of The Great Escape 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.
    1. Two women sat on chairs animatedly discussing the artwork in the house. Photo credit: Syl Ojalla
      The Artist Open Houses offer festival–goers the chance to meet the artists and to view locally made, seriously good arts and crafts.
      1. 16 May 202617 May 2026
      2. 23 May 202624 May 2026
      3. 30 May 202631 May 2026

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    1. Abstract bokeh photo capturing blue and orange lights

      Address

      Horatio's Bar, Brighton Pier, Madeira Drive, Brighton, BN2 1TW

      Madeira Drive, Brighton

      Type

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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 –…

    2. Stefania Licari: I Can Make You Italian In 55 Minutes

      Address

      Komedia, 44--47 Gardner Street, Brighton and Hove, BN1 1UN

      Telephone

      01273 647101

      Brighton and Hove

      Type

      Type:

      Theatre

      After sold-out seasons at Edinburgh and Adelaide Fringes, award-winning comedian Stefania Licari returns with her hit show.

      This is your unique chance to become Italian in under an hour.

    3. Land Beyond Festival

      Address

      East Brighton Park, Brighton, BN2 5RT

      Brighton

      Type

      Type:

      Music

      A brand new festival for Brighton, escape to a land unexplored as a brand new festival lands on the South Coast. Let the adventure begin.

      After a SOLD OUT day in 2019, Brighton’s #1 underground bass music brand, SuperCharged, returns to host 2…

    4. Red theatre curtain

      Address

      The Yellow Book, 3a York Place, Brighton, BN1 4GU

      Brighton

      Type

      Type:

      Theatre

      It’s 1978 and Peter Meaden, King of the Mods, is reflecting on his halcyon days moulding The Who, before he was swamped by drug addiction and mental illness. Where did it all go wrong? Ollie Wilson King’s poignant play reveals the…

    5. Red theatre curtain

      Address

      The Yellow Book, 3a York Place, Brighton, BN1 4GU

      Brighton

      Type

      Type:

      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…

    6. Brighton Sauna Festival

      Address

      Beach Box Spa, Banjo Groyne, 285 Madeira Drive, Brighton, BN2 1EN

      285 Madeira Drive, Brighton

      Type

      Type:

      Festival

      Brighton and the Sussex coast are the birthplace of UK beachside sauna culture. Since Victorian times, these shores have drawn people to the water’s edge - to restore, to gather, and to connect.

      The Brighton Sauna Festival, designed and hosted by…

    7. Babel Beast

      Address

      The Actors Pub, 4 Prince's Street,, Kemptown, Brighton, BN2 1RD

      Kemptown, Brighton

      Type

      Type:

      Theatre

      After 3 festivals in London, Babel Beast lands in Brighton!

      Babel Beast is an experimental, multi-lingual cabaret of monstresses, made by and for mythical creatures of Ancient Greece. Whether repurposing pop culture, childhood nostalgia or mythic…

    8. Black acoustic drum set with shiny hi hat

      Address

      The Barn Theatre, 24 Southwick Street, Southwick, BN42 4TE

      Telephone

      01273 592 819

      Southwick

      Type

      Type:

      Music

      Alive at the Barn 2026 is back for a fourth year, with a line-up of legends, loud guitars, sharp words, and pure joy.

      From ska and punk to poetic chaos and full-on live performance, this is a proper grassroots music festival where the bands are…

    9. Close up of a roll of tickets for a show

      Address

      The Old Market, Upper Market Street, Hove, BN3 1AS

      Telephone

      01273 201801

      Hove

      Type

      Type:

      Festival

      Whisky, by the sea! This summer, Brighton will be awash with whisky at events throughout the City. From the main expo on Saturday27th - through whisky cocktails, food-pairings, tasting events, music and more - there will be whisky for everyone,…

    10. Noughty '90s Festival

      Address

      East Brighton Park, Brighton, BN2 5RT

      Brighton

      Type

      Type:

      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…

    11. The Tarot Fayre

      Address

      Saint Augustine’s Arts and Events Centre, Stanford Avenue, Brighton, BN1 6EA

      Brighton

      Type

      Type:

      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…

    12. Borde Hill Summer Series Presents: Nile Rodgers & CHIC

      Address

      Borde Hill Garden, Borde Hill Gardens, Borde Hill Lane, Haywards Heath, RH16 1XP

      Telephone

      01444 450326

      Borde Hill Lane, Haywards Heath

      Type

      Type:

      Music

      Nile Rodgers & CHIC bring their legendary, era-defining live show to our stunning Parkland at Borde Hill on Thursday 13th August, headlining a huge open-air summer event in one of the South East’s most stunning outdoor settings. With gates opening…

    13. People at a concert taking pictures with phones

      Address

      The Grove Theatre Eastbourne, 1 Grove Road, Eastbourne, BN21 4TL

      Eastbourne

      Type

      Type:

      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.

    14. View of the crowd and performer taken from The Glorious Day Festival stage on Hove Lawns
      View of the crowd seen from The Glorious Day Festival stage on Hove Lawns
      The Glorious Day Festival stage on Hove Lawns
      View of the crowd and performer taken from The Glorious Day Festival stage on Hove Lawns
      View of the crowd seen from The Glorious Day Festival stage on Hove Lawns
      The Glorious Day Festival stage on Hove Lawns

      Address

      Hove Lawns, Kingsway, Hove, BN3 2PE

      Hove

      Type

      Type:

      Music

      Taking place on Hove Lawns with stunning views of Brighton & Hove seafront expect an eclectic line up to keep you dancing all day long as we watch the sun set over the sea.

    15. R&B Lovers

      Address

      Horizon Nightclub, 214 Kings Rd, Brighton, BN1 1NB

      Telephone

      01273044354

      Brighton

      Type

      Type:

      Music

      Get ready for a massive celebration of 90s & 00s R&B music! If you love your oldskool anthems you cannot miss this.

    16. Zoomed in shot of a black speaker with bright yellow mesh

      Address

      East Brighton Park, Brighton, BN2 5RT

      Brighton

      Type

      Type:

      Music

      Back to our roots...

      A one-off, one-day edition of the festival, taking place at East Brighton Park on Sunday 24th May 2026 (Bank Holiday Weekend).

      We're excited to introduce Land Beyond: Origins, a one-off, one-day edition of the festival, taking…

    17. Woman leading a group meeting

      Address

      The British Engineerium, The Droveway, Brighton & Hove, BN3 7QA

      Brighton & Hove

      Type

      Type:

      Lecture

      WILD LOVE FESTIVAL - the brand-new one-day wellbeing festival, launches this summer with a bold and heart-led mission: to reimagine wellness as inclusive, accessible, and rooted in real human connection.

      Wild Love is a living, breathing celebration…

    18. On The Beach 2026: Moby

      Address

      Brighton Beach, Madeira Drive, Brighton, BN1 1TW

      Brighton

      Type

      Type:

      Music

      Electronic music icon MOBY headlines the closing day of On The Beach Festival, performing live with a full band on Brighton Beach, one of his only shows globally in 2026.

      With over 20 million albums sold worldwide, Moby is one of the true…

    19. Red theatre curtain

      Address

      The Yellow Book, 3a York Place, Brighton, BN1 4GU

      Brighton

      Type

      Type:

      Theatre

      Is time travel possible? Pete Strong thinks it is. What makes up a life and are we really in control of what order it happens in? Yesterday you were born and today you are old, with pain and laughter in between. A moving and funny new…

    20. Red theatre curtain

      Address

      The Yellow Book, 3a York Place, Brighton, BN1 4GU

      Brighton

      Type

      Type:

      Theatre

      Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd left an indelible imprint on British music. But as failed musician Tony Riley contemplates the car crash of his life, he realises that Syd was just another false prophet who reached for the secret too soon. Now Tony must…

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