At a time when much of the conversation around grassroots music focuses on venue closures, rising costs and the challenges facing emerging artists, Brighton's festival season offered a reminder of something else entirely, its role in developing, showcasing and celebrating emerging talent from across the UK and beyond.
Throughout May,...
Little Lord Fondleroy Brighton Fringe 2026 arrives — and it is exactly the kind of show that makes the Fringe worth staying out late for.
Little Lord Fondleroy at Brighton Fringe — About the Show
Writer-performer Jordana Belaiche brings their hour-long drag show to St James's Street for a single Brighton...
Brighton Fringe has kicked off with a bang as its opening weekend delivered a range of standout moments and variety of shows across the city. The May bank holiday weekend marked the start of the spectacular month-long, city-wide celebration of the weird, wild and wonderful. Now in its 21st...
Award winning Stefania Licari, Italian expat in UK and medic turned comic, comes to Brighton Fringe with her Edinburgh and Adelaide Fringe sell out one-woman show.
‘I Can Make You Italian in 55 Minute’s is an outrageously stylish crash course in all things Italian.
“I can’t make you 100% more sexy,”...
Award-winning writer and performer, Georgia Polly-Taylor is set to make her debut at this year’s Brighton Fringe with her eccentric comedy show, GEORGIA POLLY-TAYLOR: VERY HOT VERY MESSY. Winner of the Brighton Fringe 2026 Cabaret and Variety Bursary, this alternative character-comedy and one-woman spectacle delights in clowning, balloon-modelling, lip-syncing,...
Nathan Cassidy Brighton Fringe 2026 brings a double bill that pushes stand-up comedy to its limits — creatively, emotionally, and in one case literally.
Two brand-new shows. One venue. Two nights only — 2 and 30 May 2026 at the Caroline of Brunswick.
One show asks whether stand-up can be considered...
Sam Hickman at Brighton Fringe 2026 arrives at Komedia Brighton on 21 May at 6:30pm — and she arrives with fresh momentum.
Just weeks before her Brighton date, Sam Hickman at Brighton Fringe placed third at the Musical Comedy Awards 2026, beating out 45 other acts and becoming the first...
I Want To Speak To Your Manager Brighton Fringe 2026 arrives at the Actors Theatre this May — the UK premiere of a show that sold out Dublin Fringe Festival and is now asking Brighton the same uncomfortable question.
Is being a Karen really that bad?
Written and performed by Irish...
Space Planet Mission Brighton Fringe 2026 brings one of the most spontaneous shows of the season to London Road — and it won't cost you a penny.
Running 23–25 May 2026 at 4pm at Presuming Ed's Coffee Shop, 114–115 London Road, BN1 4JG. Free. Unticketed. Just turn up.
★★★★★ "Lots of...
Custard Club Brighton Fringe 2026 arrives at the Lantern Theatre this May — a new comedy that blends chaos, identity and sharp humour into one unforgettable night.
Written by Alice Harris-Deans and presented by Whole Headache Productions, this brand new show is the recipient of the Pebble Trust Young Person’s...
