King Lagoon’s Flying Swordfish Dance Band created an exotic grotto called the Golden Lagoon at the Rose Hill on Sunday. And it was quite the experience.

We joined the colourful crowds in Preston Park for a two-day pop marathon with Emeli Sandé, Grace Jones and a triumphant set-piece spectacle from Kylie.

The indie rock four-piece are touring the UK over the summer and we caught them in action this week bringing their sun-soaked riffs to The Prince Albert.

Day two of The Great Escape saw us enjoying some sunshine while watching The Intergalactic Republic Of Kongo, Easy Life, Los Bitchos, Tourist and loads more.

As the dust settles on The Great Escape our team reports back on some of the 20+ acts they caught last Thursday in the first of three bumper reviews.

Wham! Bang! Pow! Art Brut are back... Eddie Argos and co came to The Haunt for a night of punchy songs, rambling banter and giddy, tongue-in-cheek rock'n'roll.

The Dutch singer-songwriter came with a disciplined band in tow to help her spark a set of organised indie chaos at The Haunt.

Algerian desert rockers Imarhan brought a beautiful blend of styles and some masterly musicianship to The Haunt, winning over the crowd with ease.

Powering on through day two at The Great Escape we catch standout sets from Kojey Radical, Bodega and Superorganism.

We took the plunge to see some intimate and upfront comedy at Artista Café's underground weekly stand-up night.

Following the release of new album ‘Résistance’, Songhoy Blues were keen to show the people of Hove how to party.

The beer ran out halfway through and we nearly got gobbed on by a scary metal singer. Here's our epic report from Brighton metal scene’s most anticipated event of the year.

Our final batch of reviews includes multiple hauntings, some theatrical tragedies and Dave Benson Phillips.

Another week, another dozen reviews - including pre-war girl gangs, 80s weathermen, Mexican myths and David Bowie.

Brighton's homegrown talent shone through on the last day of The Great Escape with standout shows from Rag ‘N’ Bone Man, Dream Wife and Blood Red Shoes.

Day two of the festival found us stumbling upon an 80s hero, heading to the pier for Norway's finest and squeezing into a late-nighter from The Charlatans.

Thursday's Great Escape veered from lush folk at a Regency ballroom to riotous punk on the pier. Here's our review of day one - including Alex Cameron, Aldous Harding and Slaves.

Skiffle, a history of horror, clowning, and poetry from a coffin. It's week two of our Brighton Festival and Fringe reviews and recommendations.

Sharp stabs of rock and synth pop keyboards form the foundations for the dual vocals of this Bristol five-piece.

The Stranglers came to Brighton Dome to remind us just how many hits they've had over the years. More importantly, the punk rockers proved they've still got it even after forty years.

Blossoms bloom as they take centre stage of the VO5 NME awards tour, with support from Cabbage and Rory Wynne.

Perth's psychedelic art rockers came to the Green Door Store only to find a bunch of Aussies in the audience singing the words back at them.

The first night of Stewart Lee's Brighton Dome residency saw the comedian providing content both vitriolic and ironic.

Natty returned to Brighton with a show promoting positivity, community and energy.

LA rockers Death Valley Girls descended upon the Hope the Ruin, with support from Saint Agnes and Sun Scream.

Bovine Cemetry's All-Women's Writing Spring Spectacular was a lively literary night delivering fresh, fierce female voices from the fiction scene.

The antifolk singer came to Sticky Mike's for Independent Venue Week with a lively and comedic set, supported in kind by Pog and Gecko.

VANT brought their energetic British indie crashing into The Haunt, with support from Thyla and Partybaby.

On the day of the US election result we headed to the Hope & Ruin to hear some newly poignant blues and Americana.

Fashion legend and activist Vivienne Westwood met up with Caroline Lucas at Brighton Dome to talk about her new book, the dangers of fracking and how to fight climate change.

The DMA's sold out show at The Old Market - in pictures.

UK soul icon Omar came to St. Mary's Church in the first of a new series of 'Take Me To Church' sessions.

Brian Wilson and Suede headed up a weekend of great music in Preston Park which even some very British weather couldn't dampen.

We caught a compelling two hour set of minimal but mesmerising loops and vocals from the Louisiana-via-Brooklyn singer at the Komedia.

The industrial metalheads stopped off at Brighton for a pre-Bloodstock warm-up show, proving they can still stoke the fires of metal fandom after nearly thirty years.

The California-London indie rockers came to Brighton to tour their post-breakup album, but the strange onstage chemistry suggests the scars haven't quite healed.

Our photographers were snapping everyone they could catch at this year's festival. Here's a dozen photos from each day.

The 2016 festival neared its end with strong performances from Tiny Ruins and MONEY but our team kept going until the very last note of the final band.

Day two of the festival and we've been soaked in ambient noise, witnessed a ballroom blitz and seen some great Brighton bands do us proud.

The first instalment of our three-part Great Escape round-up: some unusual venues, occasional sound problems, a couple of real discoveries and Craig David.

Spectrum put on an all-day line-up of some great Brighton bands to celebrate Record Store Day last week.

Mixing Shakespearean dialogue with headphone confessionals from traumatised war veterans, this spoken word theatre show was uncompromising, slightly confusing and very dark - in every sense.

The 'glam folk' singer songwriter came to town with a new album in tow.

The Rudimental singer came to The Haunt with some charming banter, a shortish set of R'n'B and synth pop and a voice that could do so much more.

Trainspotters, punks and poets came together for an anti-privatisation fundraiser with John Hegley, Robyn Hitchcock, Blyth Power and The Lovely Brothers.

We knew exactly what to expect and we got exactly what we expected. We don't know why, but we loved it.

The cult New York singer stopped by at the Hope & Ruin for a Saturday afternoon matinee gig, showcasing a new album of songs that are as funny and affecting as ever.

Even the hellish weather couldn't ruin the first Mutations weekender. Over two days our team saw 26 acts including Neko Case, Lightning Bolt and METZ.

There were few surprises from the cult Californian indie folk trio at the Komedia last week, but maybe that's how we like it.

Have Brighton's indie/dance trio still got it? We went to their launch party at Patterns to find out.

A wave of industry buzz has swept the Irish singer songwriter into bigger and bigger venues, but can the 19-year-old make it work at the Concorde2?

The avant-garde funkateers knew exactly what the audience was after at the Concorde last week - and they delivered.

Fans flocked to see Dave Wakeling and his version of the politicised Brummie ska band, The Beat. Not all of them were impressed.

In the week following Pride we caught some improvised street performance on the seafront with a LGBTQ angle.

The final day of TGE with Girl Band, Django Django and an awesome finale from Slaves at the Corn Exchange.

Onto day two of the festival and we've already found our new favourites in the form of Spring King, Monica Heldal and Bully.

It's the opening night of The Great Escape and we're running round town to see the likes of Aldous Harding, Forever Pavot, Cairo and the mighty Cold Fronts.

Sharon van Etten brings her heartache to St George's Church while fans of Americana worship at her feet.

Photos of bands that didn't make it into our reviews - including Wire, Young Husband, Fujiya & Miyagi, AK/DK, Almighty Planets and Hypnotised.

The final day of DRILL and we're out once more for Mercury winners Young Fathers, a 'secret' gig from Wire and a festival finale from the mighty Swans.

Saturday's menu consisted of Speak Galactic, Courtney Barnett, Wire side project Githead and Goblin's mighty soundtrack concert in St Bartholomew's.

We spent day two of DRILL chasing down the likes of Savages, Toy, LoneLady and British Sea Power.

The first day of DRILL saw us legging it around the streets to catch the likes of Jesca Hoop, These New Puritans and The Wytches.

Immersive, atmospheric and undeniably innovative, Jon Hopkins brought his special sounds to The Dome.

Speak Galactic, Blue Spectre, Spacenoid and Abraham Moughrabi star in our first gif review. Welcome to the 90s.

Knee Deep might be the best thing you see all year. Closer to modern dance than traditional circus acrobatics. Go see.

The power duo's farewell tour brought them to the Haunt for a suitably raucous send-off earlier this month.