Kate Tempest Debuts New Album At Secret Your Place Gig As Part Of Brighton Festival
Brighton Festival 2017's Guest Director
Kate Tempest made a surprise return to the city on for a secret gig as part of the Festival's
Your Place initiative, performing an exclusive rendition of her
unreleased new album in full at Hangleton Community Centre.
Snow Patrol Return With Tales Of Clarity & Connection On New Album Wildness
Snow Patrol are set to return with
Wildness, their first album in seven years, which finds the band searching for clarity, connection, and meaning, while staying true to the
melodic songwriting prowess that brought them to prominence.
Rituals: Ambitious New Album Arrives From Australian Musician Who Stole The Show @ Great Escape Festival
Rituals is the ambitious new album from Australian musician
Amaya Laucirica (who played a storming set at last weekend's Brighton's Great Escape Festival).
Her work blends the swirling contours of the
Cocteau Twins with the wistful melodies of
The Go-Betweens and the sonic depth of
Yo La Tengo.
Brighton Residents Create Life-Sized Alter-Ego Avatars With Your Place Artist In Residence
From an angel and a tennis player to a joyfully paint-splashed lady, Hangleton and East Brighton residents have been creating life-size 'avatars': colourfully painted, cut-out figures that explore who they are or who they would like to be for a
Brighton Festival project called
Looking Through Each Other's Eyes.
Brighton Festival 2018 Review: John Finnemore's Flying Visit @ Brighton Dome
John Finnemore has followed a
well worn path and is pretty much your definitive BBC Radio 4 comedian; studied English at Cambridge University and cut his teeth in the Cambridge footlights rising to become its vice president in his final year. After graduating, he performed in Sensible Haircut with the Footlights team at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2000.
Brighton Festival 2018 Review: Robbie Thompson's XFRMR @ The Spire
My first visit to
The Spire. As you may have guessed from the name it was once a church (St Mark's Chapel, in East Brighton). This one has been
converted to an arts venue. It still looks very much like a church though, just missing the pews and altar etc and of course, it has a stage… and wonderfully, and at least on this night, a foyer with seating and a bar.
Brighton & Hove Black History: Rescued Slave Boy Remembered @ Special Ceremony
A
special ceremony is being held next month at Woodvale Cemetery, Brighton, to return the gravestone of
Thomas Highflyer, a 12-year-old slave boy who was
rescued from a slave dhow and died in Brighton 148 years ago.
Pussy Riot Set To Help Discuss Dance Laugh Create & Change The World @ Byline Festival In East Sussex
Following last year's success,
Byline Festival returns to Pippingford Park, in East Sussex, and once again promises festivalgoers a unique opportunity to recapture the spirit of festivals when they had a
sense of purpose.