Horsham Artists Contemporary Art Trail

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Returning for its 2024 edition on 22 June is the popular Horsham Art Trail, brought to us by Horsham Artists. The trail gives art lovers the chance to meet and chat with local artists in their studio spaces, with some work on sale. Art trails tend to be a wonderful way to spend a summer's […]

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Chichester Open Studios 2024

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Discover your new favourite local artist at this year’s Chichester Open Studios art trail, which returns to West Sussex this May. No matter your tastes, there is truly something for everyone amongst the vibrant showcase of art that will be displayed, spanning paintings, sculptures, ceramics, and jewellery. Beginning as ‘Open Doors’ in 2001, the trail […]

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Brighton Festival 2024

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A long-established staple of the Sussex calendar, Brighton Festival returns this May with guest director and writer Frank Cottrell-Boyce at its helm. As the South East’s biggest and boldest arts festival, this year’s event is sure to bring with it a cascade of brilliantly entertaining and accessible arts and culture. With its versatile programme of […]

New Sussex Opera present: The Dragon of Wantley

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New Sussex Opera’s latest venture is a production of the 1737 comic opera The Dragon of Wantley, coming to towns across Sussex later this spring. Love triangles, satirical wit and of course, dragons, combine together in this updated version of John Frederick Lampe’s comedic hit, as a drunken squire takes on a quest to defeat […]

Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra’s 2023/2024 Concert Season

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From Arvo Pärt’s haunting Winter Solstice to Wagner’s Dream (the Ring Cycle in just 65 minutes), there’s something for every musical taste in the BPO’s winter season, at venues including Brighton Dome Concert Hall and St George’s Church. Oh, and why not see 2023 out at the New Year’s Eve Viennese Gala? Get attuned at […]

Artists Open Houses Winter Festival

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The grandaddy of all open house festivals, now in its 41st year, opens its many, many doors to the public for its latest winter edition. You know the deal: download or pick up a brochure, and follow those trails that take your fancy, checking out all the crafts and the art (plus the interior decor […]

CINECITY

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CINECITY is subtitled ‘The Brighton Film Festival’, but the geographical range of its screenings is growing year on year. Venues in the 2023 edition – its 21st – include The Duke of Yorks, Dukes at Komedia, Fabrica, The Dance Space and The Old Market in Brighton & Hove, The Connaught in Worthing, ACCA in Falmer, […]

Dreamy Place Festival

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What was Brighton Digital Festival has now become Dreamy Place and it launches its seven-day programme of art, creative tech and digital culture this October. There’ll be world-renowned films and installations by top artists shown alongside local talent, plus interactive events taking place across two sites over two weekends: Crawley Oct 12-14 and Brighton Oct 19-22. […]

Shoreham Wordfest

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Shoreham Wordfest makes its return this autumn with a wonderful programme featuring high profile writers and performers alongside showcases of local creativity. Appearing this year will be Lemn Sissay, who will be giving a talk on his new poetry collection Let the Light Pour In. There are also theatre productions, including a version of Shakespeare’s Merry Wives […]

South Downs Folk Festival

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Disregard George V’s last words, and head down to Bognor for a weekend of folk music, much of it for free, centred round the Waterloo Square area of town. There’s a ukelele festival, a ‘Shanty Showdown’, a dance festival and music sessions from the likes of Celtic/Klezmer/you-name-it band The Jigantics, Cornish folk rockers 3 Daft […]

Walk the Chalk

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The newly renamed ‘King Charles III England Coast Path’ will, when complete, be the longest coastal trail in the UK. To celebrate, a five-day event called Walk the Chalk – centred on South Hill Barn, Cuckmere Haven and the Seven Sisters – will put on a series of free guided walks to explore the unique […]

Rye Arts Festival

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The 52nd edition of this popular festival offers a fortnight of arts-related activities and events, including author talks, tours, concerts and drama. Highlights include talks by Baroness Brenda Hale, President of the Supreme Court (of spider brooch fame) and Radio 4 presenter Michael Rosen, concerts by folk guitarist Martin Simpson and the Fay Hield Trio, […]