Easter weekend in Brighton is one of the most enjoyable times to be in the city — if you know where to look. The seafront will be busy, the Lanes will be busier, and anyone who has lived here for more than a year knows to plan carefully. Here are seven things actually worth your time this Easter weekend.
1. Kenny Tutt’s BBQ at One Garden Brighton — Stanmer Park
MasterChef champion Kenny Tutt is launching his outdoor BBQ residency at One Garden Brighton this Easter, cooking Plumpton Estate beef alongside creative vegetarian and vegan alternatives. Add live music from Stamner Band on Easter Saturday (4 April) and Bank Holiday Monday (6 April), freshly baked artisan bread from head baker Sophie, and a pop-up bar serving local beers and Plumpton Estate wines — and this is the most complete Easter afternoon in Brighton. Open daily 9.30am–5pm, 3–6 April. Stanmer Park, Lewes Road.
2. Easter Trail at Preston Manor
Preston Manor is running its self-led Easter trail from 3–12 April, with children hunting for hidden eggs around the historic house and gardens. Easter Sunday also brings a fête-style atmosphere with egg hunts, music and lawn games. It is the kind of traditional Easter that feels genuinely special rather than commercially manufactured — and the manor itself is one of Brighton’s most undervisited attractions. Worth pairing with a walk up through Preston Park afterwards.
3. Dragons at the Royal Pavilion
Brighton Museums is running its Dragons experience at the Royal Pavilion over Easter weekend, bringing what it describes as magic, myth and mayhem to the historic palace. Combined with the wider Easter holiday programme across Brighton Museum, Hove Museum, Booth Museum and Preston Manor, there is enough across the museum estate to fill several days without repeating yourself. Check brightonmuseums.org.uk for opening hours and specific session times.
4. Easter Weekender at the British Engineerium, Hove
Good Friday and Easter Saturday bring a special Easter weekend to the British Engineerium — one of Brighton and Hove’s most unusual spaces, a beautifully preserved Victorian pumping station in Hove with live events running inside it. If you have never been, this is the perfect excuse. The building alone is worth the visit.
5. Boogie Shoes Silent Disco Walking Tour
Led by the iconic Boogie Ruth, this silent disco walking tour is one of Brighton’s most reliably fun recurring events and runs over Easter weekend. Participants dance their way across the city wearing wireless headphones while Ruth provides commentary — absurd, joyful and very Brighton. Book via skiddle.com.
6. Snow White Trash at the Metropole Bar and Terrace
Easter Saturday (4 April) brings Snow White Trash to the Metropole Bar and Terrace — a brunch event combining bottomless fizz, sea views and a showstopping drag performance. It is exactly the kind of thing Brighton does better than anywhere else. Book ahead — these sell out.
7. Everflyht Vineyard Tours, Ditchling
Tours and tastings resume at Everflyht vineyard this Easter, with Saturday afternoon sessions from 1.30pm at the foot of Ditchling Beacon. The Ellis family’s single-estate sparkling wine — including the newly launched Wylde, made using the Charmat method after a rain-damaged 2024 harvest — is best enjoyed exactly where it was made. £42 per person including a guided tour and local produce platter. Book at everflyht.com. Free delivery within nine miles of the vineyard if you would rather take a bottle home.
Brighton at Easter rewards the people who plan ahead. Every one of these is worth booking before the weekend arrives.
