THIS WEEK IN BRIGHTON AND HOVE...
Friday 23rd
Comedy Cooler
@Rialto_Brighton
Rialto's regular stand up night continues with your compere Guy Lloyd. Expect the usual array of Brighton's finest stand-up with an amazing headliner - Sam Savage as Linda Larkin. Student offers available.
8:30pm, £12 (£10 advance)
Rialto Theatre
Dyke Road, BN1 3FE
Richard Herring: Happy Now?
@TOMvenue
After years of drifting aimlessly and alone, Richard Herring is now settled down with a wife and a tiny baby. Is he finally happy now? In his twelfth solo stand up show, Richard examines whether we are can ever hope to be or are meant to be truly content.
7:30pm, £15
The Old Market
Upper Market Street, BN3 1AS
Brighthelm Auditorium Launch Party
@BrighthelmURC
Celebrate the refurbishment of Brighthelm’s Auditorium, a space that has been much used and much loved over the years. The photo montage shows how it has been revitalised so it can once again be a modern conferencing space, theatre, church concert venue and much much more.
4:45pm, free
Brighthelm Centre
North Road, BN1 1YD
Saturday 24th
Years & Years
@BrightonCentre
Following the success of their debut album 'Communion' and wildly popular single 'Shine', Years & Years now arrive at the Brighton Centre on their biggest UK tour to date.
7pm, £17.50
Brighton Centre
Kings Road, BN1 2GR
Vonda Shepard
@ropetackleart
American singer-songwriter Vonda Shepard returns to the UK, known for her long running appearances and performances on smash hit TV show Ally McBeal. Vonda is looking forward to bringing new songs to her British fans alongside hits and old favourites.
8pm, £20
Ropetackle Arts Centre
BN43 5EG
Art Junky: Affordable Art Fair
@BrightonOpenMkt
Art Junky is the indoor market that combines our love for quirky jumble sale culture with local artistic talent. Browse a selection of unique and affordable craft, artwork, vintage and found treasures over two Saturdays this winter at The Open Market.
10am - 5pm, free
Brighton Open Market
London Road, BN1 4JU
Green Roofs
@BPTpermaculture
Learn about green roofs and how to create them on this one and a half day course. Includes practical work and site visits.
10am, £115-£250
Varndean School
BN1 6NP
Sunday 25th
The Self Help Group: Dead Stars Album Launch
@KomediaBrighton
The Self Help Group inhabit the musical spaces between folk, americana and indie. Join them for the launch of their second album, displaying a more powerful, band driven sound, whilst retaining the beautiful harmonies from their previous work.
7pm, £10
Komedia Brighton
44-47 Gardner Street, BN1 1UN
The Fairy Tale Fair: Halloween Half Term Special
@BrightonOpenMkt
A great way to start the half term, find some handmade Halloween wonders and entertain the family. With lots of magical extras, face painting plus all the permanent shops and cafes at the Open Market there is something for everyone.
11am, free
Brighton Open Market
London Road, BN1 4JU
Wishbone Ash
@ropetackleart
Witness the outstanding musicianship and distinctive twin-guitar sound that influenced groups from Thin Lizzy to Iron Maiden live, as iconic rock band Wishbone Ash stop off at the UK on their World Pilgrimage Tour.
8pm, £19
Ropetackle Arts Centre
BN43 5EG
Monday 26th
Kid Carpet and the Noisy Neighbours
@TOMvenue
Kid Carpet’s funny and moving new show uses rock music, puppetry and projection to explore the horrors and excitements of the first day in a new house. "A performance skilfully delivered by someone who knows what engages children and tickles their funny bone." - Listomania, Bath.
4pm, £8
The Old Market
Upper Market Street, BN3 1AS
Carradine's Cockney Singalong
@EmporiumBton
Tom Carradine, pianist with Champagne Charlie and the Bubbly Boys and regular accompanist on the London cabaret circuit, brings the atmosphere and joyous community singing of the Twinwood sing-a-longs to London.
8pm, £5
Emporium Brighton
88 London Road, BN1 4JF
Tuesday 27th
My Baby
@KomediaBrighton
Essential listening for any modern blues fans, My Baby effortlessly combine the finest elements of Soul, Roots Blues, Trance and Rock to create a sound that ranges from an exquisitely enticing nimbleness to a roaring grace.
7:30pm, £10
Komedia Brighton
44-47 Gardner Street, BN1 1UN
Akram Khan: Chotto Desh
@brightdome
Chotto Desh celebrates the resilience of the human spirit in the modern world and promises to be a magical, thrilling and poignant dance theatre experience for families to enjoy together.
5pm, £10
Brighton Dome
Church Street, BN1 1UE
Wednesday 28th
Magical Funtime With Jonathan Cann
@ropetackleart
Local Sussex magician Jonathan Cann presents a fun-filled magic show featuring tricks, illusions, surprises, and more. With magic, puppets, and possibly a few balloons, Jonathan will conjure up laughs galore for all the family.
2pm, £7.50
Ropetackle Arts Centre
BN43 5EG
Foxes
@Concorde_2
Pop always works best when there's a beating, sometimes bleeding, heart at the centre of it. The power of the dichotomy of soaring pop melodies anchored by melancholia is something Foxes knows too well, and wants to share.
7:30pm - 11pm, £12.50
Concorde 2
Madeira Drive, BN2 1EN
Thursday 29th
Feeding the 5000 Brighton
On 29th October, hundreds of volunteers will be serving up 5,000 free curries created from over a tonne of surplus food donated by local businesses and farms. Feeding the 5000 Brighton will share a delicious free lunch to stimulate public action on food waste, both at our community level and on a national policy level.
11am, free
The Level
BN1 4SD
Richard Durrant
@ropetackleart
The UK’s stand-up, barefoot, un-classical guitarist returns to his home venue direct from tours in South America and Spain to play a special concert marking the launch of his long awaited, third Paraguayan album.
7:30pm, £15
Ropetackle Arts Centre
BN43 5EG
