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Discover the best things to do in Brighton & Hove, from weekend events and festivals to family activities, free attractions and seasonal highlights happening across the city.

Crack open the diary… World Lobster Day returns on Friday 25th September, and Burger & Lobster is going all out to give the lobster-curious plenty of reasons to get their claws stuck in. Here’s what’s cracking for 2026… Burger & Lobster will celebrate with three moments, from the return of the...
Brighton, 15 September 2026 — Brighton Journal Newsdesk Award-winning comedian Jordan Brookes is bringing his latest stand-up show, The Part Of You That’s Always Screaming, to Brighton’s Komedia on Saturday 17 October 2026, as part of a UK tour following a critically acclaimed run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Brookes, the...
This Is My Brighton - Week 2: People & Communities explores the individuals, relationships and communities that make our city what it is. Come and discover what has been happening at The Vault, on Brighton seafront beside the i360 and opposite the Upside Down House. Thursday 10–Monday 14 September | 11am–6pm Free exhibition,  everyone...
Fasten your seatbelts… Matthew Bourne’s critically acclaimed dance thriller The Car Man is coming to Eastbourne’s Congress Theatre this November, bringing its explosive combination of passion, betrayal, violence and desire to the Sussex coast. Inspired by Georges Bizet’s Carmen, Bourne’s award-winning production relocates the story to a fictional 1950s American garage...
Friday 11 – Sunday 13 September 2026 | Brighton Journal September is properly getting into its stride in Brighton, and this weekend brings the kind of mix the city does particularly well: live music, comedy, late-night parties, independent pubs, cultural events, exhibitions and a few wonderfully eccentric things you probably...
ong-running house music brand Love to be… is heading to Brighton this autumn, bringing its biggest ever UK venue tour to the city on Saturday 28 November with a major takeover of seafront venue Horizon. Running from 4pm until 11pm, the Brighton date will bring together established international names and...
BALLETS ARE BACK WITH LAVISH COSTUMES, BREATHTAKING STAGING Ballet returns to the Congress Theatre stage this autumn with three stunning performances by the acclaimed Imperial Classical Ballet who celebrate 20 years of exquisite dance:  Giselle (9 October,7.30pm), Swan Lake (10 October, 2.30pm and 7.30pm) and The Nutcracker (11 October, 4pm). This is important year for Imperial Classical Ballet as they celebrate...
Kidical Mass Returns for Apple Harvest Day Bike Ride on Sunday 20th September 2026. Brighton and Hove’s beloved family and friends cycling event is back for its first event of the autumn: a fun, free, family-friendly marshalled ride from pick-up points in Brighton and Hove to Stanmer Park for Brighton Permaculture Society’s Apple Harvest...
Bill Kenwright Ltd have announced a major national tour of Craig Warner’s stage adaptation of Strangers on a Train. Based on Patricia Highsmith's celebrated novel and inspired by Alfred Hitchcock's iconic film, this new production will be directed by Roxana Silbert.  The tour will open at Theatre Royal Windsor on Friday 15 January 2027 before stops at Theatre Royal Brighton from Tue...
September 4, 2026 — Brighton Journal Brighton & Hove is heading into September with another busy weekend of live music, comedy, family entertainment, markets and plenty of reasons to make a day or night of it. From Brighton Dome to the seafront, here’s our pick of what’s happening from Friday...