THIS WEEK IN BRIGHTON AND HOVE...

Friday 27th

Street Diner
@StreetDiner
Street Diner is Brighton’s hottest weekly street food market, bringing the UK’s street food scene to the streets of BN1. Every week the public can fill up on mouth-watering menus from traders serving some of the word’s most popular dishes.
8pm, £14
Brighthelm Centre
North Road, BN1 1YD

Craig Charles Funk and Soul Club
@TOMvenue
Now considered one of the biggest and friendliest club nights around, the Craig Charles Funk and Soul Club returns to The Old Market, Hove, November 2015. Expect the 21st century champion of soul's club show to be an absolute smash.
9pm - 2am, £13.50
The Old Market
Upper Market Street, BN3 1AS

The Float Spa Shopping and Pampering Open Days
@FloatSpa
Discover health, peace and happiness at this one off Christmas extravaganza. This two day Christmas event has exclusive discounts on floating, yoga, therapies, wellbeing talks and workshops, plus lots of gift ideas that you won't find elsewhere.
£5+
Basement 8
Third Avenue, BN3 2PX

Saturday 28th

Funny Women: Brighton Nights
@KomediaBrighton
Funny Women fills the house again at Brighton’s best and brightest comedy venue, Komedia. As always, the newest and most exciting female stand up in the UK will be featured, from the Funny Women Awards and beyond.
8pm
Komedia Brighton
44-47 Gardner Street, BN1 1UN

Art Junky
@BrightonOpenMkt
Art Junky is the indoor market that combines a love for quirky jumble sale culture with local artistic talent. A selection of unique and affordable craft, artwork, vintage and found treasures over two Saturdays this winter.
10am - 5pm, free
Brighton Open Market
Marshall's Row, BN1 4JU

Baked Alaska
@ridinglights
Riding Lights Theatre Company is touring a brand new show, full of all the sharp comedy and fantastic high-energy story-telling for which the company is well known. The play serves up the realities of climate change with flair and clarity.
7:30pm, £12
Brighthelm URC and Community Centre
North Road, BN1 1YD

The Ultimate Old School Party
@FunkyfishClub
Great tunes and awesome drink deals at the legendary Funkyfish Club with two rooms and two bars. The resident DJ will be spinning classic hits from the 70's, 80's & 90's at this old school themed night out.
10pm, £5
Funkyfish Club
19 Marine Parade, BN2 1TL

Sunday 29th

Cine-city: Brighton Screenings – Experimenta
@KomediaBrighton
A series of film shorts, feauturing a range of thought-provoking topics, from the pressures of media representation on the youth as seen in "I Liked you better before you were naked on the internet", to the dark creation myth for the digital age "No Body".
12pm, £5
Komedia Brighton
44-47 Gardner Street, BN1 1UN

The Pretty Things
@ropetackleart
A special live show from seminal 60s rock band The Pretty Things, still regarded one of the country’s most exciting live acts. After more than 45 years in the business, iconic band The Pretty Things remain a significant force in rock and roll.
8pm, £16
Ropetackle Arts Centre
BN43 5EG

The Aronowitz Ensemble
@brightdome
Described by the Daily Telegraph ‘a true ensemble… moving as one, creating mellifluous, fascinating textures’, this outstanding UK ensemble is a versatile combination of strings and piano.
11am, £18.50
Brighton Dome
Church Street, BN1 1UE

Monday 30th

Hairspray the Musical
@TheatreRoyalBTN
Hairspray is back, with a brand new production of the smash hit musical comedy. This irresistible feel-good show is guaranteed to have you dancing the night away.
7:45pm, £14.40 - £48.90
Theatre Royal Brighton
New Rd, BN1 1SD

Movember Finale: Dinner & Knees Up
@EmporiumBton
Celebrate the end of Movember at this vintage-inspired charity dinner dance in a former Brighton church. Guests can look forward to great food, excellent music, exciting prizes and an all-round good time.
7:30pm, £25
Emporium Brighton
88 London Road, BN1 4JF

Tuesday 1st

SHURA
@TOMvenue
The British singer, songwriter and producer Shura performs her new single 2Shy live. Supported by Clean Cut Kid.
7pm, £12
The Old Market
Upper Market Street, BN3 1AS

Comedy Cabaret for Sussex Wildlife
@KomediaBrighton
Join us for a great night of top comedy, featuring award-winning acts who have generously donated their time to entertain you and raise funds for Seahaven Bird Rescue, your local wildlife rescue and treatment charity.
8pm, £8
Komedia Brighton
44-47 Gardner Street, BN1 1UN

Wednesday 2nd

Duran Duran
@BrightonCentre
Duran Duran is one of the most culturally influential and commercially successful bands of all time. Tireless innovators, they are always at the vanguard of music, fashion, art, technology and film — a group with unique and everlasting appeal.
6:30pm
Brighton Centre
Kings Road, BN1 2GR

Aladdin
@EmporiumBton
Emporium’s Aladdin is an exotic cavalcade of dance, laughs, thrills and romance. And the occasional song. Torn lightly from the pages of the 1001 Nights, this will be the brightest, bounciest, bazaar-est tale ever told.
7pm, £12+
Emporium Brighton
88 London Road, BN1 4JF

Thursday 3rd

The Albion Roar
@Rialto_Brighton
For your fix of mildly intelligent Albion-related punditry, comment and gossip, join Ady and Al and guests as, for the first time, the popular independent fans’ radio show, The Albion Roar goes out in front of a live audience at the Rialto Theatre.
8pm, £7
Rialto Theatre
Dyke Road, BN1 3FE

Kate’s Kitchen Band: Christmas Ceilidh
@ropetackleart
A Christmas Ceilidh of English traditional music from locally based Kate’s Kitchen Band featuring veteran dance ‘caller’ Whispering Dave. English traditional music is enjoying a real revival and Kate’s Kitchen Band feature a line-up as eclectic as it is varied.
8pm, £12
Ropetackle Arts Centre
BN43 5EG