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LISTINGS
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Saturday
2nd Jun
Amex Stadium
Big Beach Bootique
Fatboy Slim, Nero, Jaguar Skills, Doorly, Annie Mac, DJ Fresh, Union
Norman’s annual knees-up goes inland
Blind Tiger
Stick It On
This is a night with a difference – one in which you become the DJ! An iPod is all you need to make your musical journey. YOU decide which requests to take, which classics to play and which self-indulgent B-sides to risk
Brunswick
Mods & Rockers Unite
Slimshack, The Stuntman
Country rockers team up with a blues soul band to promote subcultural harmony
Coach House
A Venture Beyond The Fringe
Simon Drinkwater, The Sunsets Over Whitehawk, The Y Bend
Live music
Coalition
Pump Up The Jams - “An Unofficial Big Beach Bootique After Party”
Willerby, DJ Outbreak
Digging up the long-buried bodies of 90s house and pop ‘classics’
Concorde2
Miss Pole Dance UK 2012
Modern women in control of their lives and proud of their bodies, not desperate exhibitionists catering to a male-dominated sex industry
Digital
Fatboy Slim ‘Big Beach Boutique 5’ After Party
Redlight, Friction, Doorly, Southern Fried All Stars
Duke Of York's Cinema
The Source
Green Door Store
Wild World Festival
Foreign Objects, Sauna Youth, La La Vasquez, Bhurgeist, Slowcoaches
Two full days of live bands
H-Bar
Recoverworld
Woody Van Eyden, Richrad Mattiot
Driving trance music, not trance driving music – there’s a big difference
Haunt
It Is Still 1985
Travel through time to an ancient realm where drum machines still sound novel and exciting
Hobgoblin
Queen's Big Beach Boutique Jubilee Weekender
Fun and games in the garden to celebrate the long and prosperous reign of Norman Cook
Jazz Place
Night At The Jazz Rooms
Legendary Brighton club returns to its old home for a night of heavy funk, soul, Afro and dance, etc
Komedia
Krater Comedy Club
Addy Van Der Borgh, Iain Stirling, Stephen Carlin, Stephen Grant
Stand-up comedy
Life
Juicebox!
New eclectic club night offering an nice alternative to the standard seafront malarky
Ohso Social
Saturday Social
Old Market
Hardwired Festival
Grendel, Code 64, Deviant Uk, System:Fx, Kommand+Kontrol, Method Cell, Dreams Divide, Surgyn, Cease2xist
By the late 20th century the population of the western world became increasingly brutalised by an oppressive regime of industrial capitalism warping their senses to the point where the sound of machinery was considered high art, the noise of metallic grinding was a thing of beauty and the ear-rupturing roar of electronic distortion became suitable entertainment for an all day music festival
Sunday
3rd Jun
Belushi's Bar
Now That’s What I Call A Party
In this instance, it’s okay to judge a book by its cover
Caroline Of Brunswick
The Geekest Link
Did you know that the Uzi 9mm which Arnie inspects in the gun shop scene in the film Terminator is actually a short barrelled version of the weapon which would have been illegal to sell over the counter in 1984? If so, then get your arse down to the Caroline
Dome
Gary Numan
Rumour has it that Gary used to live in Brighton and was sometimes seen on Lewes Road looking vaguely confused and gesturing at the traffic
Duke Of York's Cinema
The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists 3D
Duke Of York's Cinema
The Source
Fishbowl
Royal Jubilee Party
Reggae, funk, Afro beat and jazz – dance like it’s 1649 and you’re ready to execute a monarch
Font
Danceteria Jubilee
Fordy Freaktastic, Go Bang, Mr Haywood, Kate Wildblood, Queen Josephine
Disco, boogie, house and funk party
Gladstone
Electric Playboys - A Right Royal Kneez-Up
Bass Drop DJs Vs Bootleg DJs
Bank holiday all-dayer with two rigs of reggae, hip hop, electro swing, funk and everything else
Green Door Store
Wild World Festival
R Stevie Moore, Mazes, Hookworms, Cold Pumas, Gross Magic
Two full days of live bands
Hobgoblin
Queen's Big Beach Boutique Jubilee Weekender
Kalakuta Millionaires, Wobbly Bob, Elijah MC, The Speakeasy Three
Fun and games in the garden with live music celebrating the long and prosperous reign of Norman Cook
Komedia
Krater Comedy Club
Addy Van Der Borgh, Tony Jameson, Stephen Carlin, Stephen Grant
Stand-up comedy
Oceana
Brighton Beach Party
Pavilion Theatre
12-20 Allstars
Switch Zero, Oaf, Double Negative, The Chaser, Four Feet Above, Ad Mortem
A showcase of bands comprised of children and teenagers
Tube
Traumfrau - Sports Day Special
DJ Lonesome M, Mrs Norman Knows, Jenna Price, Dank Je DJs
Alternative DIY queer night with a one-off tracksuit and sweat band theme
Volks
Wonk#y Records
Broken Note, Far Too Loud, Asa, Olmec, Kursa, Mary Miss Fairy
Even the American military might consider it cruel to subject people to sixteen hours of techno and psytrance, but for some this will be the big bank holiday bass bender to end all big bank holiday bass benders
Monday
4th Jun
Ancient Mariner
The Queen's Jubilee Street Party
Live music, BBQ and kids’ corner – celebrating 60 years of being ruled by a non-elected tax-funded anachronistic parasite
Belushi's Bar
Now That’s What I Call A Party
In this instance, it’s okay to judge a book by its cover
Belushi's Bar
Pump Up The 90s
Retro night dedicated to the decade that was dedicated to retro nights
Blind Tiger
Reggae Jubilee Street Party
Prince Fatty, Roots Garden
An inexplicable fusion of cultures has produced the curious phenomenon of the Royalist Rasta
Brighton Blue Note
After The Watershed Comedy
Mike Carroll, Jim Grant, Nathan Kail, Ingrid Dahle, Joe Foster, Alex Petrovic, Rue Barratt
New comedy club underneath the Greenhouse Effect
Cowley Club
Brighton Pro-Choice Meeting
Cowley Club
Autonomous Homeless Shelter Benefit Gig
DJ Xanthus, Bella Karasis, George Art Baker, Caroline Waters, Jason Smart, Rikki Tarascas & The Risk Factor, Jules XXX, Diana Plummer
Comedy and music fundraiser
Duke Of York's Cinema
The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists 3D
Duke Of York's Cinema
The Source
Gladstone
Open Mic Night
Hampton
The Hampton Quiz
Honey
Seven Sins
Prok & Fitch, DJ Cheeky, David Godding, Dave Twisted, Dan Ascherl, Mike Gorgeous, Howie D, Lee Garrett, Mikee Hollwood, Nick T
Classic Brighton club night revisits the house and trance hits from its seven year reign of 1998-2005
Oceana
Jubilee Celebratory Party
Psychosocial
Into The Void
New metal night that’s likely to feature more windmills than a farm in the Dutch lowlands
Signalman
Signalman Pub Quiz
Theatre Royal
Avenue Q
Musical comedy involving puppets about a downtown New York street (not Sesame St)
Tuesday
5th Jun
Belushi's Bar
Back To The 80s
Retro night dedicated to the only decade to spawn a revival which has lasted longer than the decade itself
Cowley Club
Wildkatz Open Mic
Duke Of York's Cinema
The Source
Duke Of York's Cinema
Passport To Pimlico
Gladstone
Quiz Night
Honey
Latin Fever
DJ Aaron George, Gabriel Angel, Yersin Rivas
Dance lessons followed by a tropically vibed salsa club
Hydrant
Mark And The Madmen, Lion Bark, Vaude Villains
You don’t have to be mad to be in Mark’s band, but it probably helps
Jive Monkey
Quiz Night
Wednesday
6th Jun
Belushi's Bar
Now That’s What I Call A Party
In this instance, it’s okay to judge a book by its cover
Caroline Of Brunswick
Kunt And The Gang, Professor Elemental, Larry Pickleman
Obscene punk filth versus gentlemanly chap hop
Cowley Club
Anarchist Discussion Group
Cowley Club
Black Power Mixtape
A film about the Black Panther Party For Self Defence spliced together from recently rediscovered Swedish documentary footage
Duke Of York's Cinema
The Source
Green Door Store
The Dreaming Spires, Co-Pilgrim
Folky pop trio floating in the same orbit as Gram Parsons and Big Star
Green Door Store
Hard Times
They can take our disposable income, but they’ll never take our nowave disco!
Iron Duke
The ID Weekly General Knowledge Quiz
Jive Monkey
The Torch Song Tragedies
Cabaret show followed by a screening of the 80s version of Metropolis
Prince Albert
Jon Snodgrass, Cory Branan
Rootsy US rocker who used to be in Armchair Martian and Drag The River
Theatre Royal
Avenue Q
Musical comedy involving puppets about a downtown New York street (not Sesame St)
Three Graces
Quiz Night
Thursday
7th Jun
Cowley Club
Punkademics
Richard McKenzie Wark, Richard Gilman-Opalsky, Stevphen Shukaitis
Book launch and discussion about the convergences and mutations of punk rock and academic theory
Duke Of York's Cinema
Beauty And The Beast 3D
Duke Of York's Cinema
The Source
Haunt
Coconut College
Thursday night party playing a right mix of stuff like Grimes, Smashing Pumpkins and Kayne West
Komedia
The Space
Noddy Holder, Martin Baker
Arts discussion event with the producer of the Muppets and everyone’s favourite lampchop glam rock star
Lighthouse
Tony Ageh
Part of a series of monthly talks with artists, thinkers and filmmakers – this time with the senior BBC Internet executive who commissioned the iPlayer
Old Market
Love's Labour's Lost In British Sign Language
Shakespeare’s pun-riddled play translated into the physical language of BSL and set to live music
Psychosocial
Oh! You Pretty Things
The Vile Drivers, Matt Finucane & Band, Wreck The Place Fantastic
Live music
Theatre Royal
Avenue Q
Musical comedy involving puppets about a downtown New York street (not Sesame St)
White Rabbit
