Friday 11th October

• September in the Rain - September in the Rain charts the life of Yorkshire couple Jack and Liz through their annual summer holiday jaunt across the Pennines to Blackpool, which has been a ritual for over 40 years. John Godber's hilarious comedy conjures up this lost world so vividly you will almost feel the sand in your socks and hear the rain bouncing off your pac-a-mac. Until Sat. Evenings 7:45pm, Sat matinees 2:30pm, £10-£25 - Theatre Royal Brighton
• Krater Comedy Club - Eat, drink, watch and laugh as 3 top stand-ups and one of the best MCs on the comedy circuit entertain you. Please see www.komedia.co.uk/krater for opening times, £6 - £31 - Komedia
• Brighton Comedy Festival 2013 - Another stellar line up will be performing on the stages of the Brighton Dome, Corn Exchange, Studio Theatre, Komedia & The Old Market. This 3 week festival sees the crème de la crème of stand up comedy entertain the crowds of the cosmopolitan seaside town. The line up so far includes some of the biggest names in comedy such as: Stewart Lee, Jimmy Carr, Alexei Sayle, Russell Kane, Tony Law & Lee Nelson along with emerging talent hot off the success of their Fringe runs and The Squawker Awards return with applications now open for Brighton's very own New Act competition. Until 19th Oct www.brightoncomedyfestival.com - Various Venues
• Heart's Desire & Seagulls - Valery Blair has discovered that she has an unusual gift - she is able to move objects using the power of thought. Valery is thrust into the limelight and Harvard University is interested to find out more. Will the US authorities hijack her 'psychic' powers? Will the pressure of fame overwhelm her? 7:45pm Sat & Sun, £7- £10 - New Venture Theatre
• Ben Montague - Pop from the songwriter who has recently supported for The Wanted and Lawson on their UK arena tours, 7:30pm, £8 - Komedia
• Brighton Hellenic Nights present the George Kypreos Band - Original and modern Greek music, strongly influenced by Greek traditional, Gypsy and island music, 8:30pm, £8/£6 - Latest Music Bar  
• Circus - Commercial Mash-Ups, 10pm-4am, £3 Guest List £5 on door - Funfair 
• Battlejam - The legendary Battlejam finally returns to Brighton, 11pm, £6 - Komedia

Saturday 12th October

• Belle's Bridal Bazaar & Boot Fair - Unique event at which a wedding fair is thrown together with a boot sale church in the heart of Brighton, 11am-4pm - Brighton Unitarian Church 
• Comedy Club 4 Kids - Back and better than ever! Cracking comedy entertainment for everyone over the age of six, 2pm, £8.50/£6.50 - Komedia
• Mark Oliver: Dancing About Architecture - A discussion show where the best performers at the festival talk about how they write and why they love comedy, whilst at the same time raising money for local charities, 4pm, £8 - The Old Market 
• Emancipator - Live music, 7pm, £9 - The Haunt
• Lorraine Bowen's Cabaret Crumble - Lorraine Bowen, local star, presents an evening of quirky cabaret shenanigans featuring The Chalkwell Ladies Drum 'n' Bass League and Ophelia Clunge, 8pm, £8 - Komedia
• Magic - Anthems and dancefloor fillers, 9pm-4am, £5 Guest List £7 on door - Funfair
• The New Wave - A cross section of the most exciting and innovative new comedy acts in the country, 9:30pm, £tbc - The Old Market
• George Michael Tribute with Pete Valentine - Pete Valentine is one of the greatest George Michael & Wham Tribute Acts in the UK today with vocals every bit as strong as George himself! 10pm, free entry - Grosvenor G Casino
• Hospitality Brighton - This October, Hospitality Brighton returns to the south coast to celebrate our 8th Birthday party in our new home, the awesome Concorde 2, 11pm, £13.25 in advance

Sunday 13th October

• Art Deco Fair - 1920's - 1970's stalls and furniture, 10am, £3 - Hove Centre
• Brightona 2013 - Annual Motorcycle Event - Madeira Drive 
• The Reduced Shakespeare Company - All 37 plays in 97 minutes! The bad boys of abridgment are back with their irreverent, fast paced romp through all of Shakespeare's comedies, history plays and tragedies, 7:30pm, £16 - Theatre Royal Brighton
• Racing Minds - The Edinburgh Fringe favourites present an improvised comic adventure based entirely on audience suggestions, 8pm, £5 - Komedia

Monday 14th October

Carnaby Street - Carnaby Street is a stunning new musical, set against the backdrop of London's West End in the sixties; its iconic clubs, trendy fashions & eccentric characters, at a time full of hope & freedom. Until Sat, 7:45pm, Thu & Sat matinees 2:30pm, £10 - £27.50 - Theatre Royal Brighton

End of the Trail Records - Live music, time tbc, £4/£5 - Latest Music Bar 

Machine Drum - A true electronic music Renaissance man, Machinedrum blends together current pop music standards and trends with his own extensive knowledge of experimental production techniques, delivering his quality signature on every thing he touches, 7pm-10:30pm, £8 - Concorde 2

Sussex Unplugged in Aid of the Argus Appeal - Charity fundraiser in aid of the Argus Appeal. Fledgling bands will fight it out to take the crown in the Battle of the bands, 7:30pm, £5 - Komedia  

FunHouse - Crazy games and anything goes! 10pm-5am, free - Funfair

Tuesday 15th October

• Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo - Compelling Bafta and Ivor Novello awardwinning songwriter making waves with stunning new album Dear River performs with a full band, 7:30pm, £12 - Komedia
• Café Scientifique - Monthly Talk. Doors 7.30, free, collection made to cover costs - Latest Music Bar
• Brighton Phoebus Revisited - 'Brighton Phoebus' mix of poetic ballads of life, death, love and longing with a pop-like sensibility attracted little interest when it was released in 1972, but it is now recognised as one of folk's greatest recordings, 8pm, £21.50/£24 - Brighton Dome 
• Dave Fulton - Based on a True Story - American Dave Fulton's personal opinions, social observations, drugs, guns, bad choices, more guns and some stuff that might be considered legal, 8:30pm, £10 - Komedia
• Branded - Club night, 10pm-4am, £3 - Funfair

Wednesday 16th October

• Dreams Music & Brighton Noise presents - Rising Stars of the UK's Alternative Folk Scene Gerard & The Watchmen are touring the UK to support the release of their brand new album Wooden Castles, 7:30pm, £5 - Latest Music Bar
• Songwriters at TOM - A relaxed evening of Alt Folk, Americana and Blues acoustic music, 7:30pm, £3 - The Old Market
• Squawker Award Final - The winner of Brighton's very own new act competition will be announced. In association with Komedia & Jill Edwards Comedy Workshops/Comic Boom, 8pm, £10 - Komedia
• Pat Shortt: I am the Band - One of Ireland's best-loved comedians takes centre stage as the character Dixie Walsh to tell his life story and shares his unique style of music with you, 8pm, £12.50/£10.50 - Komedia

Thursday 17th October

• James Acaster: Lawnmower - As seen on Chris Addison's Show and Tell (E4) and Dave's One Night Stand (Dave), 7pm, £12/£10 - Komedia  
• Provocatively Late - Celebrate the new Subversive Design exhibition after hours, 7pm-10pm, £5 members, £4 in advance, £7 on the door - Brighton Museum 
• Tony Law: Nonsense Overdrive - Join the multi award-winning Mr Tony Law for some absurd, shout-y and powerful, yet meaningful, nonsense, 7:30pm, £12/£10 - The Old Market  
• Matt Richardson: Home Town Hero - Following appearances on E4, Ch 4 and BBC Radio 2's Russell Kane's Whistle Stop Tour, Matt takes his debut tour on the road, 8:30pm, £10 - Komedia