Celebrating calm and connection, The Old Market is delighted to announce – Feel Good – its inaugural week-long programme of immersive and holistic music events running from September 2nd to 8th. By Nick Staunton
From soothing sounds to ambient sound baths, storytelling, 360 degree visual and audio soundscapes to electronic and traditional folk music – Feel Good brings together artists and communities, creating new ways to join in, gather, connect and be present through the live arts. Expect a joyous week of music, visuals and unforgettable performances with an exciting line-up of established and up and coming performers all exploring and celebrating the healing power of listening together.
Helen Jewell. Creative Director, The Old Market explains: “Feel Good is about what happens when we slow down and really listen – together. Live performance has an extraordinary power to connect us, and this festival is designed to lean into that fully: immersive sound, stunning visuals, and the simple but profound experience of being in a room with other people and feeling something. Alongside the performances, we’ll be working with grassroots and youth-led organisations to explore what creativity and shared experience can mean for our wellbeing. We are also very grateful to the Arts Council for their continued support and for their most recent funding for this new season.”
To launch Feel Good on September 2nd, The Old Market is delighted to present an evening of uplifting folk music from one of Sussex’s leading bands in this field – Hiraeth Folk Club. Bid farewell to summer and welcome the harvest. An immersive evening blending traditional English, Irish and Scottish folk music with visual art.
The beautiful, meditative music of FACESOUL comes to The Old Market for one night only on September 3rd using art as a vehicle for healing, his message is one with intent. Faisal Salah, known by his stage name ‘Facesoul’ is a London-based artist born in East Africa. At 19 he began travelling the world, performing for different communities and sharing his story through his voice. These travels proved to be a formative step for his development as an artist, in which he discovered that these people, even with their apparent differences in race, language and environment, shared the same common internal emotions and feelings. And in that they were not separate. Faisal’s upbringing with traditional Islamic roots have been paramount to forming his truth and identity and his sense of spirituality is imbued in his practice. He will perform tracks from his current album YRSA for Feel Good at The Old Market.
(https://www.instagram.com/facesoul/)
On Friday 4th September, INDIGAURA PRESENTS SAKR x KLSR: 360º Live AV as part of Feel Good – a boundary pushing 360-degree sensory experience featuring a top line-up of visionary producers and digital artists who blur the line between sound and sight. Step into the future of Audio Visual with live, real-time hi-def visuals – perfectly synced to the music as they perform, along with surround sound audio. This is a wholly new way to experience music. Both artists will be presenting their visuals in full 360 surround for the very first time:
- Sakr:Fresh off rave reviews across London and European performances – and the visual mastermind behind Evanescence’s latest single – Sakr delivers a high-octane, sound-reactive performance that truly must be seen to be believed.
- Klsr: Brighton-based Klsr is an innovative audio-visual artist exploring light and textures through real-time processes. His distinctive, audio-reactive approach creates a harmonious blend of auditory and visual experiences, landing his striking digital artwork on the live tour stages of world-renowned artists like Linkin Park.
The night features support from Indigaura residents Aleromaze, Paralucid, and visual artist Aesylr, bringing the same energy that defined their recent Old Market sold-out immersive club nights. The next generation of AV talent will also take part in this event – featuring works from emerging Brighton-based students and artists.
(https://www.instagram.com/indigaura/)
Community and local talent is at the heart of the following evening’s event on Saturday September 5th with LIGHTWORKS by eott – a music community in Brighton where mental health matters.
(https://www.instagram.com/eott.uk/)
On Sunday September 6th, Flux returns to The Old Market with an immersive deep listening experience – creating space to slow down, feel, and connect through sound. Blending live music, sound design and visual art, the session invites you to lie back and listen or engage in your own way – whether through stillness, observation, or quiet creative expression.
The evening features composer kiskadee (Jack Chown) and digital artist Studio Aszyk (Neal Coghlan), presenting a multi-sensory installation where sound and image unfold together. Field recordings, organic electronic composition and responsive visuals combine to form a calm, reflective environment shaped by natural textures and rhythms. Alongside the installation, kiskadee will premiere new material from his forthcoming second album. Flux creates immersive sound experiences designed to shift how you feel in real time – using sound as a tool for regulation, reflection and connection.
As with all Flux sessions, there’s no set way to experience it – just space to be with the sound, in whichever way feels right. Through a carefully held interplay of scent, sound and visuals, this meditative session – created in collaboration with The Old Market especially for Feel Good – offers a moment to reset and feel restored.
(https://www.instagram.com/fluxsounds/)
Feel Good’s penultimate event on Monday 7th September welcomes Former Toploader Guitarist, Julian Deane to The Old Market to perform The Plough – a longform ambient film and live music performed by Deane as the Woodchester Piano Company. Created during a period of recovery and creative reset, the piece follows a drifting journey through Sussex landscapes, ancient landmarks, roadside moments and open skies — part documentary, part meditation, part moving sketchbook. Performed live to self-shot film, the soundtrack unfolds slowly across piano, guitar, synths and immersive ambient textures, allowing the room itself to become part of the experience. Audiences are invited to sit, lie down, wander, reflect or simply spend time inside the work. Somewhere between concert, cinema and installation, The Plough explores slowness, landscape and attention — offering temporary pause from the pace and noise of everyday life.
(https://www.instagram.com/juliandeane/)
Another Premiere will close out The Old Market’s first ever Feel Good programme on Tuesday 8th September – ANATOM, presented by Four Arrows of Light. ANATOM is a journey through spellbinding film montages, soundscapes, with a vibrant, lively string quartet, performed by Modulus Quartet. Inspired by the wonder of the human body: from cell duplication and the structure of the skeleton; a newborn’s first breath and the branching lungs; a child’s racing steps and our muscular movement; dramatic storms of adolescence and the needs for food and power; our deep felt emotions and the heart circulating blood; changing awareness as we age and the sensory landscape of the nervous system, and finally, beyond this world and the mysterious chemicals at work within the body. Explored through seven dramatic and uplifting, contemporary-classical live string quartet performances, composed by Nicholas de Carlo and performed by Modulus Quartet, the ANATOM experience is crafted to be both mesmerising and multi-sensory.
★★★★ – The Arts Desk (on previous show Gagarin Quartets)
★★★★★ “Wonderful & unlike anything else I’ve experienced… an utterly captivating performance … mesmerising, thought-provoking & spiritually uplifting” – Ramsgate Festival of Sound (on previous show Gagarin Quartets)
Completing The Feel Good line up will be immersive 20 minute Sound Baths running throughout the week on the back of their sell out success at The Old Market’s recent Of Land Sea and Sky season for Brighton Festival. Step inside an immersive space, relax and lie back on beanbags and drift off into the sounds and visuals of the natural world. Designed for deep listening and calm reflection, these short and immersive bursts of surround sound and large-scale visuals transport you into vivid natural environments – from rolling waves and whispering forests to wind-swept skies and distant horizons: offering a moment of stillness and a chance to slow down, breathe, and be surrounded by the rhythms of nature.
The Old Market is thrilled to announce that their inaugural Feel Good season is sponsored by Plus Accounting. Vicky King, Marketing Director, comments: “We’re delighted to be supporting The Old Market for a second year and to be part of the ‘Feel Good’ programme. As a B Corp, we’re passionate about creating positive impact in our community and supporting initiatives that bring people together. The ‘Feel Good’ programme aligns perfectly with our values, encouraging people to take time to recharge, connect and prioritise their wellbeing. We’re proud to continue our partnership with TOM and support the vital role the arts play in enriching the lives of individuals, businesses and our wider community.”
Tickets are on sale now for Feel Good which runs at The Old Market from Wednesday 2nd September to Tuesday 8th September. Full programme of events and details on how to book are available here: https://www.theoldmarket.com/feel-good/
