THIS WEEK IN BRIGHTON AND HOVE...
Friday 25th
Brighton Art Fair
@TuttonandYoung
Now in its twelfth year, Brighton Art Fair is a premium selling event with 100 of the best contemporary artists from the UK and abroad, showing and selling their diverse work direct to the public. The fair selects the most talented painters, print makers, photographers and sculptors along with artist groups and galleries.
11am, £6.50 (£5.50 early bird)
Brighton Dome
Church Street, BN1 1UE
A Night at the Hucklebuck
@TOMvenue
A spectacular evening of music, magic, comedy and cicus, paying tribute to 39 year-old comedian, juggler and magician Nathan Zahorchak. This night of entertainment includes TV comedy ventriloquist duo Steve Hewlett & Arthur Lager, and a whole host of special guests from the world of magic, circus, comedy and music.
8pm, £15
The Old Market
Upper Market Street, BN3 1AS
Macmillan World's Biggest Coffee Morning
@EmporiumBton
The World's Biggest Coffee Morning is Macmillan Cancer Support's biggest fundraising event. Join us for a morning of fundraising for a fantastic cause - all tea and coffee sales will be donated to Macmillan.
9am
Emporium Brighton
88 London Road, BN1 4JF
Saturday 26th
STRUM
@Rialto_Brighton
Join us at STRUM on 26th September as the Rialto Theatre continue to promote local Brighton artists with some surprises thrown in! 10 acts perform their hearts out on the stage, with a jam session and DJs to follow.
10:30pm, £5
Rialto Theatre,
Dyke Road, BN1 3FE
African Night Fever Presents: Seckou Keita
@ropetackleart
One of the most influential players of the kora – the West African harp – Seckou Keita performs an intimate solo show of his eclectic material. He gives us the kora in its purest guise, a wondrous instrument that can soothe the human spirit to a place of deep meditation, stillness, and beauty.
8pm, £13.50 (£11 advance)
Ropetackle Arts Centre
BN43 5EG
Permaculture Design Course: Building Sustainable Communities
@BPTpermaculture
An intensive learning experience, covering Permaculture in practise and the theory behind it. This course runs over 12 weekend days including one residential weekend & free entry to Green Architecture Day.
£420 - 840
Stanmer Park
BN1 9PZ
Leaping Frog
@ropetackleart
A wonderful puppet adventure from Theatre Rotto about Goggles, the jaunty little wood frog who ventures outside her pond. The storytelling and puppetry is accompanied by live music and a special ‘meet the puppets’ session afterwards.
11am, £12 adult + child
Ropetackle Arts Centre
BN43 5EG
Sunday 27th
Enslaved & Grand Magnus
@Concorde_2
Norwegian extreme metallers Enslaved return to our shores armed with a new album and Swedish metal lords Grand Magus at their side. Don’t miss out on this crushing co-headline show - both bands will be playing full sets!
7pm - 11pm, £16
Concorde 2
Madeira Drive, BN2 1EN
Bernard Shaw Invites YOU
@Rialto_Brighton
Discover the timely wit, wisdom, controversial thoughts and insights of one the foremost thinkers of our age. Shaw is brought to life in this play for our times, recreating scenes and stories of his extraordinary childhood, tempestuous love affairs, controversial politics and more.
8pm, £13
Rialto Theatre,
Dyke Road, BN1 3FE
Apple Day at Stanmer
@BPTpermaculture
A wonderful free annual family event in and around the orchards of Stanmer Park, featuring masses of apple-themed activities including: orchard tours, food & drink, storytelling, fruit from our orchards to buy, a range of stalls selling local produce and a lot more.
11am, free
Stanmer Park
BN1 9PZ
Monday 28th
Hove College Evening Courses Start Date
@HoveCollegeNews
For an exciting career in the fast growing, commercial world of new media graphics and the Internet come to Hove College, Brighton's College of Creativity. All courses are 9 weeks long.
7:30pm, £12.50
Stuart House
48 Cromwell Road, BN3 3ER
Rebecca
@TheatreRoyalBTN
Rebecca is timeless; the book beloved by generations and the iconic Alfred Hitchcock film a classic of the genre. Emma Rice, the award winning director, has created a spellbinding new production of Daphne duMaurier’s masterpiece which conjures Cornish romance and theatrical magic.
7:45pm, £11.90 - £32.40
Theatre Royal Brighton
New Rd, BN1 1SD
Tuesday 29th
Corbyn Mania
To coincide with the Labour Conference in Brighton, we are holding a comedy night dedicated to Jeremy Corbyn, featuring some unapologetically left-wing comedians, and maybe one right-winger for balance. This is a chance to celebrate a man who's made a nation of liberals passionate about politics again.
7:30pm, £5
Caroline Of Brunswick
137 Ditchling Road, BN1 4SB
Ben Ottewell (Gomez) plus guests
@KomediaBrighton
As a singer and lead guitarist in rock band Gomez, Ben Ottewell is well known for his unmistakeable voice and talent. Come and listen to his "other-worldly" voice firsthand at Komedia Brighton, with support from Michele Stodart of The Magic Numbers.
7:30pm, £12.50
Komedia Brighton
44-47 Gardner Street, BN1 1UN
Wednesday 30th
Arguments Yard: Attila The Stockbroker Launches His Autobiography
@ropetackleart
Legendary punk/poet Attila The Stockbroker launches his autobiography with John Otway, TV Smith, and former Albion chairman Dick Knight.
8pm, £7
Ropetackle Arts Centre
BN43 5EG
All Saints Lunchtime Recitals
@allsaintshove
Coordinated by Andrew Wilson, the popular Lunchtime Recitals programme offers weekly music concerts from a variety of outstanding musicians. This week we bring you the Lodore Trio - flute, viola and piano.
1pm - 2pm, free with collection
All Saints Church
BN3 3QE
Thursday 1st
Cast
@KomediaBrighton
Labelled ‘The Who of the 90’s’, Noel Gallagher once described watching Cast play live as “a religious experience.” Experience this for yourself as the reinvigorated band have produced an album full of the anthemic, melodic and beautifully written songs for which they have always been loved by their fervent fanbase.
7:30pm, £20
Komedia Brighton
44-47 Gardner Street, BN1 1UN
A.C. Grayling
@ropetackleart
Renowned British author, academic and philosopher A.C. Grayling explores the complex subject of life and its meanings plus Q&A and book signing.
7pm, £15
Ropetackle Arts Centre
BN43 5EG
