THIS WEEK IN BRIGHTON AND HOVE...
If you’re single and wish you weren't, the place to be on Saturday is the Brighton Marina Yacht Club, where there’s a Summer Singles Party. There will be a barbecue, bar and live music and the chance to mingle with lots of other single people. Who knows who you will meet there? It all kicks off at 3pm. For more info and tickets, visit https://southdownsintroductions.co.uk/singles-events/
There’s lots going on at Preston Manor over the next few days. On Friday, you can learn about what went on in the Victorian kitchen with a talk and demonstration. On Saturday and Sunday you can play Alice in Wonderland style croquet, with flamingos for mallets and playing cards for hoops. You can also do a tour of the house on Saturday afternoon, with a children’s trail to keep the small ones amused. More info and prices on http://brightonmuseums.org.uk/prestonmanor/news-events/
Bring a picnic and a blanket to the Brighton Open Air Theatre (B.O.A.T) on Sunday for a mini music festival. You’ll be able to enjoy music by the Sussex Jazz Orchestra, a 20-piece local big band. Joining them will be Trees, a new big band featuring a number of Brighton’s jazz musicians, making their debut performance. Doors open at 1pm and the concert ends at 4.30. It’s free, but there will be a collection for donations. http://www.brightonopenairtheatre.co.uk/what-s-on.html
Sunday is Rural Day & Scruffs at St Ann’s Well Gardens in Hove from noon to 6pm. There will be a puppet show, music, craft stalls, kids’ activities and loads of food from a hog roast to a retro ice cream van. The dogs take centre stage from 2-4pm and you can enter your pet for everything from “Most Waggy Tail” to Best in Show”. Find out more on http://brunswickfestival.org.uk/?page_id=6
More day-by-day suggestions for you here...
Friday 7th
@BrightonOpenMkt
Join us for a new Activity day for children at The Open Market. Featuring FREE LEGO BUILDING WORKSHOPS.
10:30am - 3pm, free
The Open Market
Marshalls Row, BN1 4JU
An Evening of Dirty Dancing: The Tribute Show
@TheatreRoyalBTN
Embarking upon it’s 5th Anniversary tour An Evening of Dirty Dancing: The Tribute Show is a 5 star homage to the greatest movie soundtrack of all time.
7:30pm, £20.90 - £21.90
Theatre Royal
New Road, BN1 1SD
American Blues Kat & Co Live at the Ranelagh!
@ToneTrade
American Blues hits Brighton! Kat & Co songs are usually centered on metropolitan life through the use of contemporary beats and present day production techniques.
8pm, Free
The Ranelagh
2-3 High Street, BN21RP
Saturday 8th
@concorde_2
They are timeless and unique. Think you're ready for the real deal? Then come see the legend yourself!
7pm, £22.50
Comcorde 2
Madeira Shelter Hall, Madeira Drive BN2 1EN
August Afternoon Jazz: Sussex Jazz Orchestra
@Ropetackle Arts Centre
One of Brighton’s best kept secrets, the Sussex Jazz Orchestra is an exciting 20-piece big band currently conducted by Mark Bassey
5pm, Free
Ropetackle Arts Centre
Shoreham-by-sea BN43 5EG
Brighton and Hove Albion FC vs Nottingham Forest FC
@OfficialBHAFC
Nottingham Forest FC come to town to face Brighton at the American Express Community Stadium for the first match of the season.
7:45pm, £5 - £32
American Express Community Stadium
Village Way, BN1 9BL
Sunday 9th
@BOATheatre
A mini-festival featuring Sussex Jazz Orchestra, led by Mark Bassey, and Trees, a new Big Band playing original home-grown compositions and arrangements in its debut gig, led by Terry Pack.
1:30pm - 4:35pm, Free
Brighton Open Air Theatre
Park Dyke Road, BN3 6EH
Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra
@Unitarian Church
Come see the Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra at Brighton Unitarian Church. With the bassoon JONATHAN PRICE, BARRY MILLS (String Quartet 2007), GORDON JACOB (Suite for Bassoon & String Quartet) and HAYDN (String Quartet No.3 in G Minor Op.74 ‘The Rider’)
5pm until 6pm, £15
Brighton Unitarian Church
BN1 1UF
@BrunswickFestiv
The Brunswick Festival is organised by a group of volunteers and local residents living in Brunswick Town, Hove. Every August the festival presents a programme of free and fun activities for local people, their families and friends .
All day, Free.
Brunswick Community Festival Group,
37b Brunswick Place,
BN3 1ND
Monday 10th
@Rialto_Brighton
Every once in a while BHC hosts a night of unamplified music and poetry. Shockingly, it's taken us till August for our first of the year.
8pm, £3
11 Dyke Road, BN1 3FE
LEGO Mindstorms – Puzzle Solvers: The Orange Challenge
@BrightonMakerClub
Are you up for the LEGO Mindstorms challenge? Work with a team mate to complete challenges with awesome LEGO Robotics Kits, in this morning of action and adventure led by Curiosity Hub.
10am until 1pm, £29-37, Ages 10-13
Brighton MakerClub
114 London Road, BN1 4LJ
Tuesday 11th
@The Royal Theatre Brighton
Stephanie Cole, Siobhan Redmond and Karl Theobold in Talking Heads by Alan Bennett and directed by Sarah Esdaile.
7:45pm £11.90 - £37.90
Royal Theatre
New Road, BN1 1SD
This August, we are uniting the local creative community to fundraise for Cancer Research UK and Macmillan Cancer Support by selling donated work from over 40 emerging artists and designers from a Pop-up Charity Shop
6pm until 10pm,
The Dorset
BN1 1YB
Bring your parents along for the first Sussex Bridge Festival to learn Bridge, the best card game of them all.
11am, Free
15 Third Avenue, BN3 2PB
Wednesday 12th
@BrightonDrawing
The Mixed Pose is a life drawing session of short, medium and long poses and with a tea and coffee break half way through.
7:30pm, £6
Studio 10, New England House
New England Street BN1 4GH
@The Brighton Open Air Theatre
Two brothers in love, wisecracking sidekicks, courtesans, parasites and slaves in a mix of disguise, deceit, debauchery and sex. How is the gift of a Eunuch going to help?
6:00pm, £10.
Brighton Open air Theatre
Dyke Rd, Hove, BN3 6EH
Thursday 13th
@BrightonMakerClub
Lights, camera, action, it’s time to make a movie! Bring your stories to life and take them home with you in this exciting stop motion animation workshop run by Curiosity Hub.
10am, £19-24, Ages 6-9 (Ages 10-13 in the afternoon).
Brighton MakerClub
114 London Road, BN1 4LJ
