Dr Martens Competition
Win £300 worth of Doc’s by looking cool, as Dr Martens open their first Brighton store.
Controversial German play about the weird fantasies that bred in the sexually-oppressive culture of the 19th century
Canadian band in the same camp as Fleet Foxes and Mumford & Sons
Retro night dedicated to the decade that was dedicated to retro nights
Launch of a photography book about everyone’s favourite street vandal
The loopy and drugged-out solo project of Starving Weirdos’ Brian Pyle
Retro night dedicated to the only decade to spawn a revival which has lasted longer than the decade itself
Longform percussion compositions from Oneida’s drummer and Todd Jordan
Dance lessons followed by a tropically vibed salsa club
Classic punk band who gave us the line: “Are you prepared to die for your beliefs or just to dye your hair?”
Discussion with Nobel Prize winner, Sir Harry Kroto
Green Door Store
The former child star turned pop star turned serious singer songwriter was held to ransom by a local metal band who said they’d give a donation to a cats home if she let them support her (the show is now sold out)
Thursday night party playing a right mix of stuff like Grimes, Smashing Pumpkins and Kayne West
It wouldn’t take an infinite number of monkeys to learn how to play a DJ set of chart music
Young musicians show off their skills after a week of workshops
Beastie Boys concert filmed by 50 audience members
If your house was this progressive it’d have an organic herb garden on the roof watered by recycled bodily fluids
Richard Norris’ cosmic funk band on a journey to find the perfect psychedelic groove
A clash of the Detroit techno titans
Club night styled on Fitzgerald’s tale of low morals in high society
Club night playing vintage rhythm&blues, ska and swing
Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus sing you through the prickly dilemma of prickly relationships
Reggae, jungle, drum&bass and dubstep
Queer-friendly blues and rock&roll night with the Frockabilly gang. This time the it’s a “South Pacific meets Blue Hawaii” Pride fundraiser
The crappy weather forced them to push the festival back to September so they’re getting a bunch of the bands to play over the weekend instead
Breakbeat pioneers
DJs accompanied by live musicians, vocalists and club performance artists
Experimental noise all-dayer pushing the boundaries of both math rock and physics jazz
Travel through time to an ancient realm where drum machines still sound novel and exciting
House hits and hats
Enigmatic as ever, the Ultravox man brought his brand of dense electronica to the Concorde.
We’ve been lucky enough to see KRS-One at his last three Brighton shows, so expectations were high.
Straight out of the Brighton Institute of Modern Music, Friends Are Foes are a pop-punk band with a bright future.
To celebrate the release of their EP Us Baby Bare Bones packed out the Green Door Store and dazzled all.
The dark cabaret band came to Brighton Festival with a macabre take on The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner.
The Flaming Lips tarted up the Dome with some flamboyant visuals but could the band’s sound rise to the occasion?
Jamaica Inn solves the problem of not everyone wanting spicy food by serving both English classics and Jamaican staples.
Win £300 worth of Doc’s by looking cool, as Dr Martens open their first Brighton store.
This, the big Mondays show Brighton never had, was everything we could have hoped for – and much better than we expected.
A mix of pop-punk kids and pop-punk grown-ups turned up to hear Allister do their now-a-decade-old second album.
This Brighton Festival stage adaptation brought us a beautiful and insightful look at life in a divided Afghanistan.
Noir pop duo Curxes dazzled us at The Great Escape and are ready to step up to the next level.
Win £300 worth of Doc’s by looking cool, as Dr Martens open their first Brighton store.
Straight out of the Brighton Institute of Modern Music, Friends Are Foes are a pop-punk band with a bright future.
Who should you spend your £150 with this year? We’ll help, or guide you towards cheaper, more local offerings.
Jamaica Inn solves the problem of not everyone wanting spicy food by serving both English classics and Jamaican staples.
Enigmatic as ever, the Ultravox man brought his brand of dense electronica to the Concorde.
With so many great independent fashion shops in Brighton it almost impossible to choose just six to pat on the back.
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