We speak to Babybird's Stephen Jones about their "weird" tour with Dodgy which comes to the Concorde2 with added support from Terrorvision's Tony Wright.

Brighton's Dog of Man showcase their unique brand of anarchic, accordion-led punk rock at The Brunswick this month.

After "hating each other" at the end of the tour for their last album, rock duo Blood Red Shoes are back to play one of the final gigs at Sticky Mike's.

Five top films to catch at this month's Cinecity festival, including a new feature by Jan Švankmajer and classics from Derek Jarman and Lindsay Anderson.

Boogaloo Stu teams up with David Bramwell for a night of flashmob dancing, fake orgasms and smutty fun.

Taking the theme of A New Europe, Brighton Photo Biennial returns for its eighth edition across the city.

An intriguing quadruple bill of shorts and feature films heads to the Sallis Benney as part of the Brighton Rocks International Film Festival.

Finnish circus performers Katerina Repponen and Pasi Nousiainen are bringing two single performances, about relationships and a whip, to The Old Market.

Colourful, noisy punk experimentalists Deerhoof head to the Dome for a Brighton Festival premiere alongside orchestra Stargaze, including Fugazi tracks.

Franz Ferdinand and Albert Hammond Jr are both telling stories of rebirth in their new albums. They'll be sharing a stage and mutual admiration when they play Brighton Dome.

The Go! Team return to Brighton's Concorde 2, bringing new album 'Semicircle' - inspired by Detroit - with them.

The Seattle singer-songwriter continues to confront prejudice while offering a theatrical and intense live performance, this time at The Old Market.

The Prince Regent's deformed giraffe is the centrepiece of Laura Ford’s shadowy exhibition at Brighton Museum.

As the British Science Festival 2017 begins in Brighton, here are ten highlights.

A live music fundraiser at Green Door Store features The Wytches and Town of Cats.

In a rare visit to Brighton Fatlip and SlimKid3 come to play their classic album in full.

Ocean Wisdom's ideas and rhymes come so thick and fast that it’s no wonder Kate Tempest signed him up for this Brighton Festival show.

Scottish indie rock duo Honeyblood play live at Brighton's Patterns promoting their new album 'Babes Never Die'.

The Poets Vs MCs Youth Team brings a new breed of brilliant lyricists to Brighton's Open Air Theatre as part of Starboard Festival.

After years of planning, Brighton Open Air Theatre has opened in Dyke Road Park. Its opening programme is causing waves.

Rising alt-folkers Hetton play a launch gig at the Green Door Store alongside Polly Money and Yazmyn Hendrix.

Enjoy sculpture, performance and cocktails in the charming environs of the Victorian cells underneath the Town Hall.

Ambitious as ever, Lighthouse hosts a night of art, culture and clubbing with music from Vessel, Lotic and Arnod Vorrzpkngrrr.

Artist Jeff Koons brings his silly, smutty and lowbrow exhibition to Brighton.

Dance piece fathoms beauty out of a frothy rant.

Macabre puppetry full of crazed marionettes and spun-out takes on Judy courtesy of Touched Theatre, a bunch of master storytellers with a knack for physicality.

Snogging in clubs, bedroom spliff sessions, rap-offs in warehouses – you can feel the sweat and sleaze saturating Ewen Spencer’s images.

Playwright Finn Kennedy won a prestigious Arts Council award for the script before it had even been performed, a first for 40 years.

The nomadic Kunsthalle gallery has pitched up on Queens Road for a series of three asterisk-titled exhibitions.

The all male dancing, clad thick in make-up, hips wrapped in tutus, eyelashes fluttering and glimmering dance act, are back with a new show.

Hand him a discarded bag of mouldy chips and have them handed back to you as a beautifully animated, awe-inspiring alternate reality, welcome to David Blandy.

Improv scamps The Noise Next Door and the perennially quick-witted Zoe Lyons are as familiar to Brighton comedy followers as drunks below the pier.

Valentine’s Day is so much more than a poundshop card and a double pineapple and cheese at Grubbs. This year's mini-season is all about the performing arts.

A programme busier than a sexually-frustrated parking warden in Kemp Town, headlined by Rob Auton & Naz Osmanoglu.

Cyclists and walkers who've weaved beyond the Marina know there are few better places than the tranquil undercliff at Rottingdean.

Even the cheery couldn’t deride Lynn Shelton’s peep inside the mind’s eye of loss, love and sibling ways.

The comedy world is getting ready for Edinburgh. There's lots of warm up shows, including these at The Caz.

Isy's comedy is excellent, acerbic, heartfelt and sweet, and the music suggests that she could have been a muso.

Last year Hizze Fletcher produced a new work every day, ranging from ornate patterns and pictures of Mickey Mouse to safe sex signs.

Sean Penn plays a bonkers retired goth rock star who speaks in a shrill monotone, hides from the world, looking like Robert Smith.

The Collective are helping the talents of Ben Gold and Finn Dean with this exhibition that will which gladden the soul.

Contrition, death and outrage all lie in wait in a work sometimes surmised as a state-of-Britain-today piece by Ayckbourn.

Ink_d has pulled off something of a coup in bringing the first solo show of Wood-Evans new collection of canvasses back to his home city.

Boothby Graffoe – both brilliant on strings and a singular stand-up act to reckon with – is bringing his new album to Brighton.

Werner Herzog’s study of triple murderers Michael Perry and Jason Burkett was perhaps the most intense documentary of 2011.

Getting a handle on all things Brechtian can be rather tricky. Just as well this army of actors and musicians will do it for you.

Two top comedians performing locally only a week apart? Your funny bone is clearly being spoiled this month.

Hedda Gabler is a 19th century story crammed fulls of scenarios our modern minds can appreciate. Guaranteed not to bore, so go get those culture points!

Andy Doig is inspired by fairground art from the 1960s and 1970s and European signage techniques of the 1970s.

Ever wondered just how much your everyday surroundings, or how they change affects you? This exhibition is a great place to start pondering on that question.

A flamboyantly packed pair of exciting theatrical weekends ensure there won't be anyone snoring in the back row.

A perfect bit of theatre for anyone who'd rather have a poke in the eye with a sharp stick than be partner in a smug happy couple scenario.

A mixed media, theatrical portrayal of the privatisation mess that poor old Britain was dragged through, kicking and screaming all the way.

McDonagh's award studded masterpiece will leave you deeply relieved that your mother isn't such a manipulative bitch, and the plot contains more secrets than a KFC sauce.

There's enough going on in our little microcosm as it is but these up and coming chilling cultural features are enough to turn even the most routine of person into the weird and wonderful.