BN1 Magazine July edition 2012

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July 2012 Welcome to the July edition of BN1 Magazine. Well, it’s a typical English Summer, a mixture of wind, rain and sunshine.

But don’t let that put you off, there’s plenty to see and do this July and with some events relying on the blustery weather this month it couldn’t be more fitting. The Kite festival weekender, Kitesurfing events and even Paddle Round The Pier, Brighton and the world’s biggest beach and watersports festival, need the British breeze. So grab your sunnies and your wellies and enjoy what the coast has to offer.

Zoe Lyons

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MUSIC

ARTS & CULTURE

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What’s on Mark Ede Monthly Puzzles and Comic Strips

What’s on Music Previews Destroyer, Inspiral Carpets PLaygroup Festival Music Listings Fat Boy Slim Interview

Brighton Japan Festival review Theatre Listings Zoe Lyons interview Brighotn Fashion week review Film horror classics Magic Al magician Eco Corner Eco show round up

Music Guide Theatre Guide Comedy Guide Arts & Film Guide Other Listings

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what’s on in JULY Like true Brits we’ve been starving for some sunshine, longing to get those pasty legs out and finally the Great British Summer has arrived...umbrella packed just in case, check. Yes, better weather is here and we welcome warmer temperatures and sunburnt shoulders with a whopping cheer!

This month not only can we bask in sunshine down the beach for Paddle Round the Pier, we can also enjoy a Summer Ice Rink at the Brighton Centre...O’ Brighton we love your irony!

Perhaps the coolest place to be this summer (wahey!) the indoor ice rink will set on the 23rd July for four weeks giving us a chance to, well, make a tit out of ourselves in skates, of course.

Highlighting this month we have the glorious return of Paddle Round the Pier; Brighton simply wouldn’t be the same without it. On the 7th - 8th July come down to Hove Lawns to, well, again watch some of us make a tit out of ourselves sailing ‘the most ridiculous craft’ around the West Pier. Meanwhile, there will be a host of other land and water activities including live bands, games, world food and kids areas, so get involved!

If you haven’t heard enough about the 2012 games already, a quick mention that the Olympic Torch Relay comes to Brighton on the 16th July, check out BN1’s listings for more information, but I hear that Hove Park is a brilliant vantage point to see the Olympic Flame pass by.

Finally, a few happenings; we have Straight Up 2012 at Brighton Dome on the 14th July promising to be a night for all lovers of urban dance and music with its Hip Hop youth dance show. Also, from the 6th - 22nd July enjoy CMP festival, an annual arts festival in two of our city-centre churches. Enjoy!

By Deborah Fairfiekd

PatchFest Community Festival 7th July 1pm Lewes Road/Elm Grove/Hartington Road “Come and join us for our annual frolic at the greatest little festival in the south east!” A volunteer run community festival for the Lewes Road/Elm Grove area of Brighton.

Enjoy live music, a marketplace, food stalls, tea tents, a barbecue, beer tent, healing area, games, workshops, climbing tower, bouncy castle/slide, football tournament, Ferris wheel and puppet show. ‘Nuff said? Oh and Radio 4A will stream live to the world! To volunteer and for more information visit www.williamclarkepark.org

Brighton Kite Festival 7th - 8th July Stanmer Park, 11am-5pm Putting some colourful shapes in the sky, the Brighton Kite Festival returns in its 33rd consecutive event and best of all it’s completely free! Kite friendly for those of all abilities, prepare for an amazing show with some world class flyers as well as some of the best team displays you will ever see. One of the longest running kite festivals in the UK, it’s worth a look so come on down.

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Paddle Round the Pier

Brighton’s Big Screen

The Olympic Torch Relay

7th - 8th July Hove Lawns

27th July - 12th August Brighton Seafront

16th July Sussex County Cricket Ground

Europe’s largest annual free beach festival returns to the south coast! With sights set bigger than last year, the beachfront will be buzzing with sea, land and air sports demonstrations alongside retail stalls, live music performances and entertainment for the family. Famous old favourite Paddle Something Unusual also invites you to paddle the most ridiculous thing you can around the West Pier. With previous entrants including a crane, plane and an iceberg, expect one ‘eck of a display!

Sports fans will be able to catch the cream of the Olympics’ action on a huge 100ft LED screen down by the West Pier throughout - July 27th to August 12th.

Up to 3,500 people will get a grandstand seat for the action on the south coast’s largest free outdoor cinema, whilst making full use of the sites fully licensed refreshment area.

Brighton is one of around 70 locations chosen to celebrate and represent iconic aspects of the UK as the Olympic Torch tours the country before the 2012 games. With free tickets available for the official event at the cricket ground, live music, dance and cultural performances, the Olympic Flame with be carried on stage to light a cauldron as the finale of the evening. Alongside, Hove Park hosts artistic activities and is a key vantage point to see the Olympic Flame pass by.

‘barefoot friendly’

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Radio Show

Sat 7th July Hove Lawns Barefoot Wine and Ben Fogle are joining forces in a bid to keep Brighton’s beaches ‘barefoot friendly’ in 2012.

As part of these efforts Ben and scores of volunteers will converge to clean the award-winning Hove Lawns beach on Sat 7 July.

The national campaign, which kicked off in April, is running throughout spring and summer and intends to build on the huge success of 2011’s series of events.

For details of all beach clean ups go to: www.beachrescue2012UK.com

The screen is the brainchild of Bill Murray, of Hove-based Murray Media, and Colin Brace, of sustainability company Boho Green, who are planning to show classic films, including Star Wars, Avatar and Titanic, after each days sports coverage.

12th - 14th July, 7.45pm Theatre Royal, Brighton An instant classic after its launch as a radio series, Douglas Adams’s creation is re-born in this new live stage production – promising to be a radio show like nothing you have seen before. Packed with laughter and some robots thrown in, the legendary Radio and TV cast are re-united led by Simon Jones as Arthur Dent and joined on stage by a series of VIP Guest Voices. www.atgtickets.com

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MUSIC PREVIEWS

By Brad Middleton

Destroyer + Us Baby Bear Bones Haunt, 12th July

Kimya Dawson Haunt, 10th July

Destroyer is primarily a vehicle for the multitalented Dan Bejar which he started all the way back in 1995 in Vancouver, Canada. Having now released nine albums, including his latest Kaputt late last year, his back catalogue is wide-ranging and impressive. Some albums are filled with predominantly wonky pop songs, whilst others veer towards the poetic and nonsensical. Others are simply rants, whether it be against the music industry or just humanity in general as was displayed on the ‘This Night’ album. Whether he turns with a band to back him up or simply alone with a guitar this is sure to be an interesting gig.

Kimya Dawson was the beautiful voice and ukulele behind the brilliant Moldy Peaches that came to prominence in 2007 when they had a bunch of songs featured on the soundtrack to the classic slacker film ‘Juno’. Needless to say after that it all changed for Kimya. Public attention of her music grew more widespread and went through the roof when in 2009 she won a Grammy.

That was big news and suddenly Dawson was propelled from playing small to medium size venues to playing huge venues.

Her music hasn’t changed that much I’m glad to announce from those early experiments of the Moldy Peaches and the shows still promise lovely songs and hugs for everyone. This being her first show in town since 2009 it’s a much welcomed return for one of the people who bought the ukulele back into vogue and which subsequently has been a big influence on a lot of people who make music in this town. It promises to be a fun and beautiful show.

Inspiral Carpets Concorde 2, 27th July

Junior Murvin Concorde 2, 28th July

When my Editor asked me to write a preview of this show I couldn’t quite believe that it was the Inspiral Carpets. It seems they are back and what’s more with new material too so Madchester is back on! Having originally formed in the 80s they came to prominence when anyone who played with guitars and took the much heralded trip exploded from out of the city and into the national consciousness. For the Carpets that moment came with their warm psychedelic popness of ‘This is How It Feels’ and their debut appearance on Top of the Pops. They don’t just have one song though so don’t be disappointed if they don’t play that, there is still plenty more of the back-catalogue to pick and choose from. That coupled with the new material should make this an interesting gig for fans of old or new persuasion.

Summer should definitely be here by the time Junior comes to town and what better way to spend the opening night of the Olympics than to switch the TV off and get out the house.

Murvin has been at this game now for five decades and is a master of his craft. He initially had a modicum of success in the then burgeoning reggae scene in Kingston, Jamaica in the very early 1970s but subsequently decided to take a few years out to master his craft. His return could not have paid better dividends he successfully auditioned for the king of all dub reggae, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry no less, with the now classic tune ‘Police & Thieves’, later brilliantly covered by The Clash. A whole catalogue of great albums followed and the world was a poorer place without his music when he chose to retire in the 1990s but now he is back and tonight will play the whole of his classic ‘Police & Thieves’ album in its entirety as well as their other great moments.

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PLaygroup Festival 2012 You may have noticed there are a lot of festivals all vying for your attendance, so many in fact that it can be a bit of a headache choosing which one to go to.

Of course you could base your choice on headline acts playing.

But beyond some big name acts, a lot of these events are simply not trying hard enough to keep their punters entertained. Which is why we’re totally set on making the short journey to Eridge Park, near Tunbridge Wells, for Playgroup on 3 Aug. Based around the idea of creating an event that really was special, Playgroup’s a three day affair that brings together a huge group of incredibly talented and creative people.

Rather than give their crowds crusty old rock acts that stopped being relevant years ago, they pride themselves on booking some of the area’s best and most electrifying bands and acts.

Since throwing together regular themed festival-in-a-club events at venues all over Brighton for a while, the organisers realised the next step was to do a festival-in-a-festival.

They started a search for the perfect place to hold the perfect little gathering and began to put together a crack team of décor builders, good friends, circus performers and all the grassroots musical acts that make a festival something special.

As for their venue? Eridge Park is a beautiful ancient deer reserve that has remained unchanged since Norman times. This is easily the most beautiful setting for any event like this you’ll ever find.

Playgroup’s organisers are intent upon keeping the event an intimate affair, meaning it has a friendlier vibe than many of the larger festivals. If anything, people are encouraged to interact, create and take ownership of the proceedings.

Some of the innumerable musical treats on offer include: those well-dressed purveyors of swing breaks The Correspondents will be one of the big hits of the weekend, seven piece Hip-Hop party-starters Boycom, eccentric Dubstep dandy High Rankin and

Ghetto-funk-fuelled Electro Swing from Mass Evil.

There’s plenty more familiar acts to excite the senses on offer as well: The often obligatory Carnival Collective (an energetic 35 piece drum’n’bass samba orchestra, if you’ve never heard them), Funk and Soul from the seminal DJ Format, Los Albertos and those dapper disco mavericks Transformer.

Away from the music the festival is cranking up the fun, with two 24 hour cinema tents, a superb kids’ area, an army of walkabout performers, outdoor circus, games arena, local traders and healing area. In addition to the entertainment on the five main stages, there are a number of individually curated ‘mini performance’ areas, which will be providing some of the hidden treasures that make a festival of this nature so compelling.

Of course the programmed entertainment is only a small part of it all. The real stars of the show are the festival goers themselves.

Playgroups organise fancy dress ideas for their visitors, encouraging them to dress in one of eight different characters. This year’s overall theme is lost toy tribes, and any willing participants will find themselves accessing a whole extra dimension to the festival, with additional entertainment laid on for each of the different toy tribes for the weekend, including theme-related puzzles, portraits, happy hours, tournaments, treasure hunts and more.

It’s touches like this that make Playgroup one of the most unique and special festivals in the country, if not the world. All right on our doorstep.

By Stuart Rolt

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MUSIC guide

MONDAY 2nd

Audio International Student Night £2 - £3 Belushi’s Bar Pump up the 90’s 9PM Black Lion Monday Club Anything goes - great music 9PM Brunswick Open Mic Popular open mic night with full stage and PA 8:30PM Coalition Trash Mondays and Jailbait 10:30PM £3 - £5 Hampton Quiz Night The Hampton Quiz 8PM £1 Honey Club International Student Party House, Chart, Reggaeton & Latin 7PM £4 - £5 Hope Live Sessions An ever-changing mix of eclectic bands and solo performances 9PM Hydrant Crown Jewel Defence, Summerlin 7PM £8 Lola Lo Fat Pops Ace Of Spades Party Fat Pops team 9PM £3 Mesmerist Stroll On Rock, Mod & Blues 8:30PM Psychosocial Into The Void Heavy Metal and ear pounding riffs 11PM The Prince Albert Bleeding Hearts Club 8PM Volks Strictly Reggae Dancehall, Bashment, Roots, Revival 11PM £4 - £5

TUESDAY 3rd

Above Audio Cotton Tail Club Rock & Roll, Jitterjive, Big Band Audio Guerilla Rocks alternative, indie, rock 11PM £1 - £3 Belushi’s Bar Back to the 80’s DJ Sleeps and DJ Knell 9PM Black Lion Hit The Decks Open Decks Spin Off Brunswick Jazz Jam Session with house band & Guests 8PM Digital CU Next Tuesday 11PM £3 - £4 Green Door Store Another Sunny Day Pres Orca Team, Joanna Gruesome & Edible Arrangements 7PM £5 Honey Club Latin Fever Salsa Lessons 8PM & Aaron George - Gabriel Angel & Yersin Rivas 10PM £1 - £3 Hope Slip Jam: B Brighton’s longestrunning hip hop night 8:30PM Lola Lo Dirtee Laundry Tainted Garden Fancy dress is strongly advised! 10PM £2 - £6 The Prince Albert Ram Pocket Radio, Eastern Conference Champions & Support 7:30PM £6

Wednesday 4th

Above Audio Kung Fu Hip Hop Audio Supercharged tbc 11PM £4 - £6 Belushi’s Bar Naughty Pop DJ Moogle 9PM Black Lion Lion Accoustic Showcase Jake Palmer presents solos, acousitic sets and open mic 8:30PM Coalition Cocoloco Promotions Pres CoCo LoCo 10:30PM £2 - £5 Concorde 2 Concorde2 Proudly Pres The Robert Cray Band & John Crampton 7:30PM £25 Digital The Poundance 11PM £1 - £4 FishBowl Tea & Buscuits Gareth Stephens 10PM Globe Global Bass DJ Ted Lauren 9PM Marlborough Open Mic different hosts each week Mash Tun Tin Cup Collective 5 Piece Soul, Funk Band 9PM Mesmerist The Swing Ninjas A original Brighton busking band 9PM Northern Lights Prognosis DJ takes you to the heart of psychedelia 9PM Open House Safehouse An evening of improvised live music at the Open House 8PM £5 - £6 Psychosocial Under The Bridge Pres Live Music 8PM £4 The Prince Albert Otis Gibbs, Boss Caine 8PM £8 Thomas Kemp Kev & Jennas Open Mic 8:30PM Western Front Hush Hush acoustic night 8PM

Friday 6th

Above Audio Home House & Disco Audio Shogun Audio Spectrasoul, D Bridge, Icicle, SP:MC 11PM Belushi’s Bar Muy Loco Dance competition, DJ pop, house, rnb 9PM Belushi’s Below Abandoned Rock & Metal Night 10PM £2 - £3 Black Lion Medium Rare Funk, Soul, Stupendous Rare Grooves 9PM Brunswick The Harvest Sessions With Cordelia, Roo Panes, House Of Hats and Will & The People 8PM £4 - £5 Coalition Friday I’m In Love 11PM £1 - £4 Concorde 2 Concorde2 Club Pres Dub Pistols, Scribe Tribe, DJ AS-IF 11PM £5 Digital Stonelove 101% Indie Rock n Roll 11PM £3 - £4 Fiddler’s Elbow TFI Friday The weekend starts here… Music, Sports, Fun… 8PM FishBowl Keep It Wheel Steve KIW 9PM Fortune Of War Fever Funky, Latin, Afro Beat, Reggae, Hip Hop, Samba 9PM Freemasons The Peoples Playlist Top tunes hand-picked by our very own lovely customers 9PM Globe Rum Fridays Funk, Soul and breaks DJs Green Door Store Reeks Of Effort Pres Tyrannosaurus Dead record release 7PM H - Bar Neveah Launch A night of deep, progressive and tech house in the club Haunt Lout Promotion Pres Sound Central Studios Showcase #3 7PM £7 Honey Club Lollipop ‘Pink Fridays’ R&B, Pop, Funky House, Indie 11PM £3 - £5 Hope Soul Casserole Funk 45s, Soul, Motown, Hip-Hop, Mash-ups 9PM Hydrant Professor Elemental, Birdeatsbaby, Sanity Valve, Mc Fashion 8PM £5 Jive Monkey Live Break Beats Electro Music 9PM £4 Komedia ipop! non-stop shuffle of the biggest pop and party anthems! 11PM £3 Latest Music Bar Cafe Bar Swingalicious 8PM £10 Latest Music Bar Cabaret Bar Overhead Wires Music pres Twisted Frontier, Jipsy Magic 8PM £3 Lola Lo Lola in Wonderland: The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party “She doesn’t even KNOW what an un-birthday is!” 8PM £3 - £5

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Sunday 1st

Belushi’s Bar Naughty Pop DJ Moogle 9PM Black Lion Live & Swingin Lion Gypsy Jazz, swing, blues, soul & funk 8PM Blind Tiger Voicebox open mic night 8:30PM £3 Brunswick Acoustic Showcase With Tom Burton, Jack Weisman & More 8PM £3 - £4 Concorde 2 Advance Promotions Pres Combichrist 7:30PM £15 Fiddler’s Elbow Sham - Rock Open Mic Bank Holiday big one! 8:30PM FishBowl Recovery? Asbest & Sinner 9PM Hampton The Sunday Supper Sessions Live acoustic music 8PM Haunt Rebel Guest DJ Fredi Dimamche, Dulcie Danger, Lil Alex 4AM £4 - £7 Honey Club Sundown Jon Byrne & Guests 8PM Latest Music Bar Ben Poole, Loz Netto, Will Johns, Will Wilde, Alex Bay, Red Butler 2PM £10 Northern Lights Light Sundays DJ plays lazy sunday music 4PM The World’s End R.E.E.S Acostic Night local talent in an intimate showcase 8PM Thomas Kemp Jazz In The Afternoon Bags’ Groove Jazz Quartet with special guests 4PM Western Front The E.M.E Live Band Fresh Jazz mixed with hip-hop and soul 8PM Volks Psy Sunday Iain Dub, ToberMory, Tekamin ‘Live’, Irish Faery & Support 5PM

Thursday 5th

Above Audio Schtumm Disco & Groovebeased music Audio Bastard Pop Pop, Mash Up 11PM £2 - £3 Belushi’s Bar Karaoke 9PM Belushi’s Below Fallout Live 3 live rock bands each week 10PM £2 - £3 Black Lion This is the Modern World Time for a bit of Mod-ernness 8:30PM Brunswick Rocking Horse Charity Gig With Itchy Fingers, Anima Tree & Caitlin Stubbs 8PM £4 - £7 Coalition Secret Discotheque 11PM £2 - £4 Fiddler’s Elbow Live Lounge Showcasing great local bands and solo acts 8:30PM FishBowl Residents Association Will Sumsuch & Guests 10:30PM Freemasons Live @ The Freemasons Dave Barrie 8:30PM Globe Hang the DJ! Eddie The Goatboy 9PM Green Door Store The Spirit of Gravity Pres Gillian, Strangers from Birth,Left Hand Cuts off The Right vs TCH 8:30PM £5 Honey Club Hot Tub Party DJ’s Willerby & Squiz 11PM £3 Limited Guestlist Lola Lo Tom:Foolery - A Very Important Date! The TF Team present. The White Rabbit Ball! 9PM £3 - £5 Mash Tun They Mostly Come At Night Indy, rock, electro, hip hop 9PM Mesmerist Bad Bad Whiskey skiffle, rockabilly, rhythm & blues 9PM Mucky Ducky Twisted Frontier Derider, Mike Newsham, Hope Rudd 3PM St James Tavern Stay Sick, Turn Blue Stay Sick Djs play 50, 60s R&R Soul R&B Jazz Blues 8:30PM Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar Overhead Wires Music Jake Mackay, The Galleons, The Long Goodbye, Kate Williams 8PM £3 The Prince Albert Shotgun Risk, Fair Weather Heros, The End Theory 8:30PM £3 - £4 Thomas Kemp Unplugged Sessions Accustic Classic Covers by Douzy’N’Slyde 9PM Victory Open Mic Night All musicians and perfomers welcome 8PM Volks Gangoondubz Pres The Trap, Stencgaman, Subzee, Vodex, Hizzle Guy, Hurley & Support 1PM £3

The Robert Cray Band Wedsnesday 4th July The Robert Cray Band & John Crampton

LOCATION: Concorde2 TIMINGS: Doors 7.30pm TICKETS: £15 advertise your event: bn1magazine.co.uk

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Marlborough Skard Foy Lyfe Reggae,ska and alternative tunes Mesmerist Shake, Holla & Roll 30s 40s & 50s blues, rock n roll, mambo 9PM Mucky Ducky Twisted Frontier After party with Jipsy Magic DJ set 11:30PM Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar This One’s For The Crew & Crypt Pres Joie De Vivre, Football, Holland, She Crazy! 7PM £5 - £6 The Prince Albert Little Episodes, Waste Of Space 8PM £5 - £7 The World’s End DJ Mark M Electro, Deep Techno and Nu-Disco 8PM Thomas Kemp DJ Night Spindo Garage, Rock and Melodic Pop 9PM Tube District ALT, RMX, Nostalgia, Rap, Hip Hop 11PM £3 - £5 Tube Motel We like underground house music After Party 2:30AM £3 Western Front Rock Well Soul, Funk, Rear Groove, Disco, Jazz, Boogie Breaks & Beats 8PM Volks Jungle Allinace VII 1st Birthday Party. Jungle, Dancehall, Reggae, Dubstep 10PM £4 - £8 Xuma Wang Dang Doodle roots blues, ska, rhythm and blues

Saturday 7th

Ancient Mariner The Acoustic Sessions 8:30PM Above Audio Drs Orders Hip Hop, Funk, Soul & Rare Groove £5 Audio Warehouse Blah Blah Blah 11PM £5 Belushi’s Bar Unplugged DJ Sleeps 9PM Belushi’s Below Deviant Metal & Hard Rock 9PM £2 - £5 Black Lion Soul Casserole All Dayer Rare underground groove, raw funk, Latin Jazz & upfront funky beats 4PM Brighton Dome, Founders Room Soulful Singing No experience necessary, just the will to sing 11AM £5 Brighton Dome, Foyer Bar Saturday Jazz The Brighton Jazz Co-op 1PM Brunswick Twisted Frontier Nick Williams, Caitlin Stubbs, Simonne & The Dark 2PM £3 Brunswick Up The Creak Without A Paddle Free Party with Zora & The Tatsmiths & more 7PM Coalition Tru Thoughts Records Pres Hot 8 Brass Band, Robert Luis 7:30PM Coalition Nightowl Tim Mason, Ed Brumwell, Sexxx, Soulshakers 11PM £8 - £10 Coalition Blow Vince Manganaro, Charly Lopez, Charles Green 3AM £5 Concorde 2 Secret Beach Party Jimmy Lobe, Tony Shidiak, DJ Musaffa, DJ Fuzzyboy 11PM £3 - £5 Digital Pussycat Club ‘Live & Unleashed’ 11PM £5 - £10 Exchange Saturday Night Live Music 9PM Fiddler’s Elbow Saturday Sizzlers DJ Shelley Mack plays for “Beans On Toast” 9PM FishBowl Gareth Stephens Broken beats, nu-jazz, soul, funk, reggae 9PM Fortune Of War Jem Hannam legend of Brighton tunes 9PM Freemasons Wimbledon Tennis Party celebrate all things Wonderfully Wimbledon Globe Alphabet City Disco and House 9PM Green Door Store Twisted Frontier Rough Citizen, Bat Country, The Stars Down To Earth 8PM £3 H - Bar Tech-Noir DJ Tim Andresen, Nick Hook and Danny Chace £4 Honey Club Hat - Club Anniversary Damien Stone, Vince Frimpong, Danny Keston & David Lee 11PM £5 - £8.50 Hope Live Sessions An ever-changing mix of eclectic bands and solo performances

9PM Jive Monkey Contagious Vibes Live Soul & Funk 9PM Komedia The British Invasion DJ Jody Lee-Hooker (Mod For It) 11PM £5 (Studio) Lola Lo Lola in Wonderland: Queen of Hearts Ball 8PM £6 - £10 Marlborough Lick me up with Dame Amy Mesmerist Juke Joint Jamboree Taking you back to the dance-halls of New Orleans 9PM Office Hot-Tip Hi-Fi Reggae, Rocksteady and Ska 8PM Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar Sweet Jonny & Support 7PM Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar Stay Beautiful Luring disco dollies to a life of vice 11PM £4 - £5 The Prince Albert The Midnighters & Support 8:30PM £4 - £5 The World’s End Rahmani’s Local Rock outfit, Rahmani’s 8PM Thomas Kemp DJ Night Molar & Friends “Blow your Head” Funk classics 9PM Tube Last Stop Old Skool, RnB, US HipHop and Funky 11PM £5 Western Front James Ongley Soul, Funk, Breaks, Disco, hip-hop 8PM Victory Up Against It with Born Bad DJ’s 9PM Volks Siren Marcus Intalex, June Miller, Chris Inperspective, Mr Joseph £5 Xuma Boo Woo Andy Twyman, One man blues maestro

Sunday 8th

Belushi’s Bar Naughty Pop DJ Moogle 9PM Black Lion Live & Swingin Lion Gypsy Jazz, swing, blues, soul & funk 8PM Fiddler’s Elbow Sham - Rock Open Mic 8:30PM FishBowl Recovery? Asbest & Sinner 9PM Hampton The Sunday Supper Sessions Live acoustic music 8PM Honey Club Sundown Jon Byrne & Guests 8PM Komedia Beth Rowley old blues and gospel 7:30PM £10 - £12 Latest Music Bar Bark Like A Dog Blues Jam Open Mic Night 8PM Northern Lights Light Sundays DJ plays lazy sunday music 4PM Signalman Open Mic Night Hosted by Zoothyme complete with PA, Guitar & Drums 8PM Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar SPM Events Burn The Fleet, Attention Theives, Chick Rides Artist 7PM £3 - £5 The Prince Albert Jo Schornikow, Scott Rudd 8PM £6 Thomas Kemp Jazz In The Afternoon Sam’s Jazz Duo 4PM Victory Blues Sundays Blues and Soul fresh from the Delta Spun 12PM

Monday 9th

Audio International Student Night £2 - £3 Belushi’s Bar Pump up the 90’s 9PM Black Lion Monday Club Anything goes - great music 9PM Brunswick Open Mic Popular open mic night with full stage and PA 8:30PM Coalition Trash Mondays and Jailbait 10:30PM £3 - £5 Hampton Quiz Night The Hampton Quiz kick off with Mr Jinx 8PM £1 Honey Club International Student Party House, Chart, Reggaeton & Latin 7PM £4 - £5 Hydrant The Dirt Daubers 8PM £8.50 Lola Lo Fat Poppadaddys The UK’s biggest alternative student night 9PM £3 Mesmerist Stroll On Rock, Mod & Blues

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Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar FreeJam totally live improvised music 8PM £2 - £3 Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar Riff Till Yer Stiff Rock heavy riffs 9PM The Prince Albert Cable Club 8:30PM £3 - £4 Thomas Kemp Unplugged Sessions Accoustic Sets from some of the Brightons Best Musicians 9PM Victory Open Mic Night All musicians and perfomers welcome 8PM

Friday 13th

BYTE ME Thursday 12th July A new night dedicated to digital playfulness and audio-visual wizardry.

LOCATION: The Blind Tiger TIMINGS: 9pm TICKETS: Free before 9pm, £5 after advertise your event: bn1magazine.co.uk

8:30PM Psychosocial Into The Void Heavy Metal and ear pounding riffs 11PM The Prince Albert We Cut Corners, Tiny Dragons, Little Fears 8PM £4 - £5 Volks Strictly Reggae Dancehall, Bashment, Roots, Revival 11PM £4.50 - £5

Tuesday 10th

Above Audio Cotton Tail Club Rock & Roll, Jitterjive, Big Band Audio Guerilla Rocks alternative, indie, rock 11PM £1 - £3 Belushi’s Bar Back to the 80’s DJ Sleeps and DJ Knell 9PM Black Lion Monday Club Anything goes - great music 9PM Brunswick Jazz Jam Session with house band & Guests 8PM Brunswick Ucanukulele Ukulele group 8PM £5 Digital CU Next Tuesday 11PM £3 - £4 Honey Club Latin Fever Salsa Lessons 8PM & Aaron George - Gabriel Angel & Yersin Rivas 10PM £1 - £3 Lola Lo Dirtee Laundry Brightons Longest running, and most successful Tuesday night has moved to Lola Lo! 10PM £2 - £6 Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar Wildwood & Lono Pres The Black Twig Pickers 8PM £7 The Prince Albert Cable Club 8:30PM £3 - £4

Wednesday 11th

Above Audio Kung Fu Hip Hop Audio Supercharged Delta Heavy 11PM £4 - £6 Belushi’s Bar Naughty Pop DJ Moogle 9PM Black Lion Lion Accoustic Showcase Chris Simmons presents solos, acousitic sets and open mic 8:30PM Coalition Cocoloco Promotions Pres CoCo LoCo 10:30PM £2 - £5 Digital The Poundance 11PM £1 - £4 FishBowl Tea & Buscuits Gareth Stephens 10PM Globe Global Bass DJ Ted Lauren 9PM Haunt Lout Promotion Pres Futures, Don Broco, Natives & Loose Lips 7PM £8.50 Komedia The BRIT School on Tour an eclectic mix of covers from Beastie Boys to Bon Iver 7:30PM £5 - £8 Marlborough Open Mic different hosts

each week Mash Tun Stitched UP 4 Piece Soul, Funk, Party Band 9PM Mesmerist Harry’s Tricks Northern Lights Mystery Train Rare rockabilly all night long 9PM The Prince Albert Cahalen Morrison & Eli West, Support 8PM £9 Thomas Kemp Kev & Jennas Open Mic 8:30PM Western Front Hush Hush acoustic night 8PM

Thursday 12th

Above Audio Schtumm Disco & Groovebeased music Audio Bastard Pop Pop, Mash Up 11PM £2 - £3 Belushi’s Bar Karaoke 9PM Belushi’s Below Fallout Live 3 live rock bands each week 10PM £2 - £3 Black Lion Mile Wide Smile Club New resident collective send you grinning into the weekend 8:30PM Blind Tiger Byte Me A new night dedicated to digital playfulness and audio-visual wizardry 7:30PM £5 Brunswick Brunswick Showcase With Vanishing Shapes Of A Better World, The Finds, Jo Bywater 8PM £3 - £4 Coalition Secret Discotheque 11PM £2 - £4 Concorde 2 Family Ents Pres Black Stone Cherry 7:30PM SOLD OUT! Fiddler’s Elbow Live Lounge Pres Brían McNamara 8:30PM FishBowl Residents Association Will Sumsuch & Guests 10:30PM Globe Hang the DJ! Eddie The Goatboy 9PM Honey Club Got Swag? Aaron George Moyo 11PM £3 Limited Guestlist Jive Monkey Club Berlin New cabaret and live music 8:30PM £4 Lola Lo Tom:Foolery “Because a little bit of fun never hurt anyone”… 9PM £3 - £5 Mash Tun They Mostly Come At Night Indy, rock, electro, hip hop 9PM Mesmerist Boon Dock upbeat, footstomping traditional music from England, Ireland, Cornwall 9PM St James Tavern Stay Sick, Turn Blue Stay Sick Djs play 50, 60s R&R Soul R&B Jazz Blues 8:30PM

Above Audio Home House & Disco Audio SCHTUMM Cajmere (Green Velvet) 11PM Belushi’s Bar Muy Loco Dance competition, DJ pop, house, rnb 9PM Belushi’s Below Abandoned Rock & Metal Night 10PM £2 - £3 Black Dove Mo Taters! Djs play vintage music from across the Americas 8PM Black Lion Attic Monkeys vs Molly Malone’s Dex in the City A funked out, punked up, hip-hoppin, soul-ska’d battle 8:30PM Brighton Dome, Pavilion TheatreSource New Music Sweet Sweet Lies & Support 7:30PM £4 Brunswick Funky Buddha Band Funk, Soul 8PM £5 Coalition Friday I’m In Love 11PM £1 - £4 Concorde 2 The Original 1977 Sham 69 Featuring Jimmy Pursey, Dave Parsons & Dave Tregunna 7PM £18 Concorde 2 Concorde2 Pres Congo Natty, Rebel MC, Jnr Baptist, Prince Fatty, Horseman 11PM £5 Digital Stonelove 101% Indie Rock n Roll 11PM £3 - £4 Fiddler’s Elbow TFI Friday The weekend starts here… Music, Sports, Fun… 8PM FishBowl Jeff Daniels Pure dancefloor Dy-No-Mite!! 9PM Fortune Of War Fever Funky, Latin, Afro Beat, Reggae, Hip Hop, Samba 9PM Freemasons The Peoples Playlist Top tunes hand-picked by our very own lovely customers 9PM Globe TSOB & Rum Friday The Soul Of Brighton with DJ Mick Fuller 9PM Green Door Store Ye Ye Fever Deadly African rhythms H - Bar DJ’s Dave Reece and Nick T old school soul and funk Honey Club Lollipop ‘Pink Fridays’ R&B, Pop, Funky House, Indie 11PM £3 - £5 Komedia Move On Up: Montessori Fundraiser Vibrant funk and mellow Motown 7:30PM £5 Komedia ipop! non-stop shuffle of the biggest pop and party anthems! 11PM £3 Lola Lo Tiki Beats Cocoloco’s, DJ Karizma 8PM £3 - £5 Marlborough I Love Electro. Electro fired classic Mesmerist Shake, Holla & Roll 30s 40s & 50s blues, rock n roll, mambo 9PM Northern Lights DJ R.C Viking Mixed party bag for everyone 9PM Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar Modern Life Is Still Rubbish Britpop Madchester and alt 90s 11PM The Prince Albert Jason Ringenberg & Support 8PM £9 The World’s End Meow Meows Ska Punk to skank away to! 8PM Thomas Kemp DJ Night Hot-Tip-Hi-FiReggae, Rocksteady and Ska 9PM Tube District ALT, RMX, Nostalgia, Rap, Hip Hop 11PM £3 - £5 Tube Motel We like underground house music After Party 2:30AM £3 Western Front Brighton’s finest DJ’s spinning an eclectic mix of Funk, Soul, Hip-Hop 8PM

Volks Freak Bazaar Michael Dog, Lucas, Adsimeon & Rob Ajuca 11PM £6 Xuma Wang Dang Doodle roots blues, ska, rhythm and blues

Saturday 14th

Ancient Mariner The Acoustic Sessions 8:30PM Above Audio Drs Orders Hip Hop, Funk, Soul & Rare Groove £5 Audio Minimal Kids Min 11PM £5 Belushi’s Bar Unplugged DJ Sleeps 9PM Belushi’s Below Synergy Industrial, Alternative, EBM 9PM £2 - £5 Black Lion Burnt Toast’s Black LionBlock Party Blackbelt Jonez & friends mix up sleazy soul, filthy funk 4PM Blind Tiger Stay Sick Thee Gravemen 9PM Coalition Dead Horse Pres Les Enfant, Dead Horse DJs 11PM £5 - £7 Coalition Blow Vince Manganaro, Charly Lopez, Charles Green 3AM £5 Concorde 2 Brighton Rumble Rockabilly Show The Caezars, Doggone Honkabilly, DJ Dave Mumbles and Lucky Phil 7PM £8 Digital Digital Pres Phantasy records, Erol Alkan, Daniel Avery & Support 11PM £10 Exchange Saturday Night Live Music 9PM Fiddler’s Elbow Saturday Sizzlers DJ Decks In The City - Molly Malone DJs 9PM FishBowl Latenite Lounging Sumsuch & Guests 9PM Fortune Of War Ben GC Summer Part with Guests 9PM Globe Route 1 Sumsuch & Juan Corbi 9PM Green Door Store Pop Not Pop Mixed up pop stuff. Good. Solid. Fun 11PM H - Bar Beatsworkin with Mr. C, Beatsworkin, Liz Edwards, Harvey Bailey & Guests £6 Honey Club Chop It Up Squiz, Tom Maverick, Willerby & Max Davenport 11PM £5 - £8.50 Lola Lo Zombie Nation DJ Scott Kirby 8PM £6 - £10 Marlborough Lick me up with Dame Amy Mesmerist Juke Joint Jamboree Taking you back to the dance-halls of New Orleans 9PM Psychosocial Over The Moon Festival Launch night 10PM £5 Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar Wide Mile Smile Club Classic House vibes 11PM £5 - £7 The Prince Albert Cable Club 8PM £4 The World’s End Unity HiFi DJ night ‘Future Dub’! One Love Warm Up! 8PM Thomas Kemp DJ Night Spindo – Garage, Rock & Melodic Pop 9PM Tube Last Stop Old Skool, RnB, US HipHop and Funky 11PM £5 Western Front The Infamous Jay & Rich eclectic mix of favourites, hidden gems & new music 8PM Victory Soul Explosion DJs Simply the best Soul, Funk and Hip-Hop 9PM Volks Auxilliary: Jump up Drum n Bass Heist, Pleasure, Dusty Equation, Simon D,Samy Nicks & Rekwest 11PM £5 Xuma Boo Woo The Hellcats, guitar driven rockabilly, rock n roll

Sunday 15th

Belushi’s Bar Naughty Pop DJ Moogle 9PM Black Lion Live & Swingin Lion Gypsy Jazz, swing, blues, soul & funk 8PM Brighton Dome, Corn Exchange Brighton Dome Tea Dance Golden era of popular music from the 1920s and 30s 2PM £12.50 Brunswick Brighton Folk Hosted by Amy Hill 8PM Fiddler’s Elbow Sham - Rock Open

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Mic 8:30PM FishBowl Recovery? Asbest & Sinner 9PM Hampton The Sunday Supper Sessions Live acoustic music 8PM Honey Club Sundown Jon Byrne & Guests 8PM Hydrant Spear Of Destiny & support 8PM £10 Northern Lights Light Sundays DJ plays lazy sunday music 4PM Signalman Open Mic Night Hosted by Zoothyme complete with PA, Guitar & Drums 8PM The World’s End Sam’s Open Mic and Acoustic Showcase 8PM Western Front The E.M.E Live Band Fresh Jazz mixed with hip-hop and soul 8PM

Monday 16th

Audio International Student Night £2 - £3 Belushi’s Bar Pump up the 90’s 9PM Black Lion Monday Club Anything goes - great music 9PM Brunswick Open Mic Popular open mic night with full stage and PA 8:30PM Coalition Trash Mondays and Jailbait 10:30PM £3 - £5 Hampton Quiz Night The Hampton Quiz kick off with Mr Jinx 8PM £1 Honey Club International Student Party House, Chart, Reggaeton & Latin 7PM £4 - £5 Hope Live Sessions An ever-changing mix of eclectic bands and solo performances 9PM Lola Lo Fat Poppadaddys The UK’s biggest alternative student night 9PM £3 Mesmerist Stroll On Rock, Mod & Blues 8:30PM Psychosocial Into The Void Heavy Metal and ear pounding riffs 11PM The Prince Albert Red River Dialect Album Launch, The Female Thief 8:30PM £5 Victory Some Dark Hollow Extra Ewan D. Rodgers brings a bumper edition of Brighton’s best folk 8PM Volks Strictly Reggae Dancehall, Bashment, Roots, Revival 11PM £4 - £5

Tuesday 17th

Above Audio Cotton Tail Club Rock & Roll, Jitterjive, Big Band Audio Guerilla Rocks alternative, indie, rock 11PM £1 - £3 Belushi’s Bar Back to the 80’s DJ Sleeps and DJ Knell 9PM Black Lion Monday Club Anything goes - great music 9PM Brunswick Jazz Jam Session with house band & Guests 8PM Digital CU Next Tuesday 11PM £3 - £4 Green Door Store Melting Vinyl Pres Nite Jewel 7PM £8 Honey Club Latin Fever Salsa Lessons 8PM & Aaron George - Gabriel Angel & Yersin Rivas 10PM £1 - £3 Latest Music Bar Mal Webb, Spalien Acecraft 8PM £6 Lola Lo Dirtee Laundry Brightons Longest running, and most successful Tuesday night has moved to Lola Lo! 10PM £2 - £6 The Prince Albert Dylan LeBlanc & Support 8PM £7.50 Quadrant The Trident Community open-mic to test out new material 8PM

Wednesday 18th

Above Audio Kung Fu Hip Hop Audio Supercharged tbc 11PM £4 - £6 Belushi’s Bar Naughty Pop DJ Moogle 9PM Black Lion Lion Accoustic Showcase Jake Palmer presents solos, acousitic sets

and open mic 8:30PM Coalition Cocoloco Promotions Pres CoCo LoCo 10:30PM £2 - £5 Digital The Poundance 11PM £1 - £4 FishBowl Tea & Buscuits Gareth Stephens 10PM Globe Global Bass DJ Ted Lauren 9PM Marlborough Open Mic different hosts each week Mash Tun Tin Cup Collective 5 Piece Soul, Funk Band 9PM Mesmerist The Swing Ninjas A original Brighton busking band 9PM Mucky Ducky Jipsy Magic’s ‘A Little Groove Time’ 8:30PM Psychosocial Under The Bridge Pres Live Music 8PM The Prince Albert Pine Hill Haints, Serious Sam Barrett 8PM £7 Thomas Kemp Kev & Jennas Open Mic 8:30PM Western Front Hush Hush acoustic night 8PM

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Thursday 19th

Above Audio Schtumm Disco & Groovebeased music Audio Bastard Pop Pop, Mash Up 11PM £2 - £3 Belushi’s Bar Karaoke 9PM Belushi’s Below Fallout Live 3 live rock bands each week 10PM £2 - £3 Black Lion Soul Casserole Rare underground groove, raw funk, Latin Jazz & upfront funky beats 8:30PM Brunswick Brunswick Showcase With The Chaps, This Modern Life & Support 8PM £3 - £4 Coalition Secret Discotheque 11PM £2 - £4 Fiddler’s Elbow Folk Off V Live music from some of Brighton’s best new talent and familiar names 8:30PM FishBowl Cut La Vis This man is all about combining Jamaican riddims and Urban beats 10:30PM Freemasons Live @ The Freemasons Tracy Jane Sullivan Globe Hang the DJ! Eddie The Goatboy 9PM H - Bar Matrix Presents, Back I the Day with Micky Finn £5 Honey Club Exposed! DJ’s Willerby & Squiz 11PM £0.80 Hope Metropolis Music Pres Post War Years 8PM £7 Komedia Dan Powell The London-born singer songwriter 7:30PM £5 - £7 Lola Lo Tom:Foolery “Because a little bit of fun never hurt anyone”… 9PM £3 - £5 Mash Tun They Mostly Come At Night Indy, rock, electro, hip hop 9PM Mesmerist Andy Twyman Blues boogie machine 9PM Paris House : Lo Polidoro Singer, Songwriter St James Tavern Stay Sick, Turn Blue Stay Sick Djs play 50, 60s R&R Soul R&B Jazz Blues 8:30PM Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar Catholic Discipline Psychadelic vibes in the bar 9PM The Prince Albert Tors, One Bright Life, Trash Green 8:30PM £3 - £4 The Old Market Summer Jazz Night Brighton & Hove Youth Big Band 8PM £6 Thomas Kemp Unplugged Sessions Modemusic Pres Up and Coming Brighton Acts 9PM Victory Open Mic Night All musicians and perfomers welcome 8PM

Friday 20th

Above Audio Home House & Disco Audio Battlejam vs Kung Fu Grandmaster Flash 11PM Belushi’s Bar Muy Loco Dance competi-

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Saturday 21st

Ancient Mariner The Acoustic Sessions Porchlight Smoker 8:30PM Above Audio Drs Orders Hip Hop, Funk, Soul & Rare Groove £5 Audio Warehouse Laura Jones 11PM £5 Belushi’s Bar Unplugged DJ Sleeps 9PM Belushi’s Below Apocolypse 90’s Indirock 9PM £2 - £5 Black Lion Attic Monkeys Block Party Soul, Northern, Ska, Hip Hop, Funk, Electronica 4PM Brighton Dome, Founders Room Soulful Singing Group singing teacher

Mahasukha 11AM £5 Brighton Dome, Foyer Bar Saturday Jazz Brighton Jazz Co-op and local choirs 1PM Brunswick Brighton Jazz School Jazz tuition weekender 11AM £var Brunswick South Coast Soul Revue Funk, Soul 8PM £6 Coalition Old Yellow Bricks Monty, DJ Charles Green, Shmooze & Skank 11PM £5 - £7 Coalition Blow Vince Manganaro, Charly Lopez, Charles Green 3AM £5 Concorde 2 Freebass Free Party Summer Special Jumping Jack Frost 11PM Digital Free The Beats House, Electro, Bass, Classics 11PM £5 Exchange Saturday Night Live Music 9PM Fiddler’s Elbow Saturday Sizzlers DJ Russ Rockwell 9PM FishBowl What’s Wrong With Groovin?

Ed Meme and Matt Beatwell 9PM Fortune Of War Big Chill Takeover Big Chill Bristol DJ’s Western Soul and Suisse Tony 9PM Globe Kinfolk Soft Rocks and friends 9PM H - Bar Disko 3000 the best dance floor smashes for the discotheque £3 Honey Club Pukka Up Scott Giles, Ed Moore & Tom Maverick 11PM £5 - £8.50 Hope Soul Casserole Funk 45s, Soul, Motown, Hip-Hop, Mash-ups 9PM Hydrant South Coast Psychobilly Alldayer The Long Tall Texans, The Devil Wrays , The Midniters 1PM £10 Jive Monkey Throwback Afrobeats club night 10PM Komedia Spellbound Cherry Foxx and Simon Price 9PM £5 - £6 (Studio) Lola Lo Zombie Nation DJ Scott Kirby 8PM £6 - £10 Marlborough Lick me up with Dame Amy Mesmerist Juke Joint Jamboree Taking you back to the dance-halls of New Orleans 9PM Psychosocial Demon Dub Dub step and Bass Dj’s Esoterra, Rakta 10PM St Nicholas Church Summer Schubertiade - The Heath Quartet 7:30PM £10 - £12 Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar Lick It Up Cock rock and more!! 11PM £4 - £5

The Prince Albert Hagar The Womb, Constant State Of Terroranal Beard 8PM £4 Thomas Kemp DJ Night Lamp – presents electric chair 9PM Tube Last Stop Old Skool, RnB, US HipHop and Funky 11PM £5 Western Front Brighton’s finest DJ’s spinning an eclectic mix of Funk, Soul, Hip-Hop 8PM Victory Teen Dream DJs 60’s Psyche & Garage to Post Punk & No-Wave 9PM Volks Motive Drum n Bass Xuma Boo Woo Dave Beckett, americana, one man blues

Sunday 22nd

Belushi’s Bar Naughty Pop DJ Moogle 9PM Black Lion Live & Swingin Lion Gypsy Jazz, swing, blues, soul & funk 8PM Brunswick Brighton Jazz School Jazz tuition weekender 11AM £var Brunswick Brighton Ukulele Jam Ukulele Group 3PM £5 Fiddler’s Elbow Sham - Rock Open Mic 8:30PM FishBowl Recovery? Asbest & Sinner 9PM Hampton The Sunday Supper Sessions Live acoustic music 8PM Honey Club Sundown Jon Byrne & Guests 8PM Northern Lights Light Sundays DJ plays lazy sunday music 4PM Signalman Open Mic Night Hosted by Zoothyme complete with PA, Guitar & Drums 8PM The Prince Albert Born To Lose 8:30PM £3 Thomas Kemp Jazz In The Afternoon Miss Mandy sings the blues 4PM Victory Blues Sundays Blues and Soul fresh from the Delta Spun 12PM Volks Soul Sundae Graeme Very, Mary Boogaloo, Ion Mighty, Rachelle Piper, Si Soul, Colin Baldock 2PM

Monday 23rd

Audio International Student Night £2 - £3 Belushi’s Bar Pump up the 90’s 9PM Black Lion Monday Club Anything goes - great music 9PM

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tion, DJ pop, house, rnb 9PM Belushi’s Below Abandoned Rock & Metal Night 10PM £2 - £3 Black Lion Stop Go! The Planet Groove Collective & DJ Lanx & Dave Stone 9PM Brunswick Brighton Jazz School Jazz tuition weekender 11AM £var Brunswick Lem & The White Fire Soul, Pop 8PM £tbc Coalition Friday I’m In Love 11PM £1 - £4 Concorde 2 Concorde2 Pres The Qemists 11PM £3 Digital Stonelove 101% Indie Rock n Roll 11PM £3 - £4 Fiddler’s Elbow TFI Friday The weekend starts here… Music, Sports, Fun… 8PM FishBowl DJ Dupree, DJ Abo & Ally Smith 9PM Fortune Of War Fever Pres DJ Scratchy 9PM Freemasons The Peoples Playlist Top tunes hand-picked by our very own lovely customers 9PM Globe Rum Fridays & BOYF_ explores the past, present and future sounds 8PM Green Door Store Well Rounded Deadboy, Roots Unit, Leon Vynehall 11PM Honey Club Lollipop ‘Pink Fridays’ R&B, Pop, Funky House, Indie 11PM £3 - £5 Jive Monkey Low Noise Live electro rock 9PM Komedia William D Drake The wondrous psychedelic pianist and visionary weaver of song 8PM £5 Komedia ipop! non-stop shuffle of the biggest pop and party anthems! 11PM £3 Komedia Born Bad delinquent rhythms, red-hot rockabilly, 50’s rock‘n’roll, ‘60’s garage 11PM £5 - £6 (Studio) Latest Music Bar Sirens 10PM £5 - £7 Lola Lo Tiki Beats Cocoloco’s, DJ Karizma 8PM £3 - £5 Marlborough Queer And Alternative All your favourite queer and alternative tunes Mesmerist Shake, Holla & Roll 30s 40s & 50s blues, rock n roll, mambo 9PM Psychosocial Much Mayhem Summer Spin 10PM £4 - £5 Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar Four Dimensional Cat & Support 7PM £tbc Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar Reverb Bistro Bass heavy vibes 11PM The Prince Albert The Modern Life Kid Kappola, Dead Life 8:30PM £4 The World’s End Meow Meows Ska Punk to skank away to! 8PM Thomas Kemp DJ Night MNKY- Electric Randomness for Goggleheadz 9PM Tube District ALT, RMX, Nostalgia, Rap, Hip Hop 11PM £3 - £5 Tube Motel We like underground house music After Party 2:30AM £3 Western Front Russ RockWell Soul, Funk, Rear Groove, Disco, Jazz, Boogie Breaks & Beats 8PM Volks Electric Playboys Electric Playboy’s Allstars: Dirtbomb, Moai, Luke B, Granted 11PM £5 Xuma Wang Dang Doodle roots blues, ska, rhythm and blues

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Brunswick Open Mic Popular open mic night with full stage and PA 8:30PM Coalition Trash Mondays and Jailbait 10:30PM £3 - £5 Hampton Quiz Night The Hampton Quiz kick off with Mr Jinx 8PM £1 Honey Club International Student Party House, Chart, Reggaeton & Latin 7PM £4 - £5 Lola Lo Fat Poppadaddys The UK’s biggest alternative student night 9PM £3 Mesmerist Stroll On Rock, Mod & Blues 8:30PM Psychosocial Into The Void Heavy Metal and ear pounding riffs 11PM Volks Strictly Reggae Dancehall, Bashment, Roots, Revival 11PM £4.50 - £5

Tuesday 24th

Above Audio Cotton Tail Club Rock & Roll, Jitterjive, Big Band Audio Guerilla Rocks alternative, indie, rock 11PM £1 - £3 Belushi’s Bar Back to the 80’s DJ Sleeps and DJ Knell 9PM Black Lion Monday Club Anything goes - great music 9PM Brunswick Jazz Jam Session with house band & Guests 8PM Digital CU Next Tuesday 11PM £3 - £4 Honey Club Latin Fever Salsa Lessons 8PM & Aaron George - Gabriel Angel & Yersin Rivas 10PM £1 - £3 Hope Goldenvoice Pres Jenny O 8PM £5 Lola Lo Dirtee Laundry Brightons Longest running, and most successful Tuesday night has moved to Lola Lo! 10PM £2 - £6 The Prince Albert Jetpack Elastic Linten Splinters, Sins And Issues 8:30PM £3 - £4

Wednesday 25th

Above Audio Kung Fu Hip Hop Audio Supercharged tbc 11PM £4 - £6 Belushi’s Bar Naughty Pop DJ Moogle 9PM Black Lion Lion Accoustic Showcase Chris Simmons presents solos, acousitic sets and open mic 8:30PM Coalition Cocoloco Promotions Pres CoCo LoCo 10:30PM £2 - £5 Digital The Poundance 11PM £1 - £4 FishBowl Tea & Buscuits Gareth Stephens 10PM Globe Global Bass DJ Ted Lauren 9PM Marlborough Open Mic different hosts each week Mash Tun Stitched UP 4 Piece Soul, Funk, Party Band 9PM Mesmerist The Swing Ninjas A original Brighton busking band 9PM Northern Lights Mystery Train Rare rockabilly all night long 9PM Open House Safehouse An evening of improvised live music at the Open House 8PM £5 - £6 The Prince Albert Cable Club 8:30PM £3 - £4 Thomas Kemp Kev & Jennas Open Mic 8:30PM Western Front Hush Hush acoustic night 8PM

Thursday 26th

Above Audio Schtumm Disco & Groovebeased music Audio Bastard Pop Pop, Mash Up 11PM £2 - £3 Belushi’s Bar Karaoke 9PM Belushi’s Below Fallout Live 3 live rock bands each week 10PM £2 - £3 Black Lion Matt Rose & the Tin Cup Collective New Resident Band Rock ‘n’ Soul the shizzle out of you 9PM Brunswick Blues Harmonica Special Event Joe Filisko, Goofer Dust 8PM £5 - £6

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Coalition Secret Discotheque 11PM £2 - £4 Fiddler’s Elbow Live Lounge Showcasing great local bands and solo acts 8:30PM FishBowl Residents Association Will Sumsuch & Guests 10:30PM Freemasons Live @ The Freemasons Fa’Deal Edworthy Globe Hang the DJ! Eddie The Goatboy 9PM Honey Club Favella Fusion DJ’s Willerby & Squiz 11PM £tbc Hope Communion of musicians, industry and fans alike 7:30PM £5 Lola Lo Tom:Foolery “Because a little bit of fun never hurt anyone”… 9PM £3 - £5 Mash Tun They Mostly Come At Night Indy, rock, electro, hip hop 9PM Mesmerist John Crampton Blues explosion, playing slide or bottleneck style on a 1930’s 9PM Northern Lights Northern Darkness All about Scandinavian metal 9PM St James Tavern Stay Sick, Turn Blue Stay Sick Djs play 50, 60s R&R Soul R&B Jazz Blues 8:30PM Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar Catholic Discipline Psychadelic vibes in the bar 9PM The Prince Albert Cable Club’s 10th BDay Celebration LL Cosmonought, Paper Playgroup, Turncoat 8PM £4 The Old Market Fine Chisel Double Bill Unplugged & Midnight at The Boar’s Head 7PM £6 Thomas Kemp Unplugged Sessions Accoustic Sets from some of the Brightons Best Musicians 9PM Victory Open Mic Night All musicians and perfomers welcome 8PM

Friday 27th

Above Audio Home House & Disco Audio Disco Deviant tbc 11PM Belushi’s Bar Muy Loco Dance competition, DJ pop, house, rnb 9PM Belushi’s Below Abandoned Rock & Metal Night 10PM £2 - £3 Black Lion Molly Malone’s Dex in the City Rhythm N Blues, Soul, Funk, Hip Hop, Indie 9PM Coalition Friday I’m In Love 11PM £1 - £4 Concorde 2 Family Ents Pres Inspiral Carpets, Psychobabble and Two Choices 7PM £16 Concorde 2 Secret Beach Party Jimmy Lobe, Tony Shidiak, DJ Musaffa, DJ Fuzzyboy 11PM £3 - £5 Digital Stonelove 101% Indie Rock n Roll 11PM £3 - £4 Fiddler’s Elbow TFI Friday The Bank Holiday weekend starts here… Music, Sports, Fun… 7PM FishBowl Sir Beans OBE & Will Sumsuch 9PM Fortune Of War Fever Funky, Latin, Afro Beat, Reggae, Hip Hop, Samba 9PM Freemasons Friday Night Disc Spinners Soul Casserole 9PM Globe Rebellious Jukebox Funk, Soul, Rhythm and Blues, Surf, Ska, Reggae 9PM Green Door Store Teen Creeps Pres Frankie Rose & support 7PM £7 H - Bar Totally Underground Old Skool, Breaks, 92-93, Acid House 87-89 £2 - £3 Honey Club I Love R&B Squiz & Too Cold 11PM £5 Jive Monkey Walrus Pres Ukes of Hazzard live 8:30PM £4 Komedia ipop! non-stop shuffle of the biggest pop and party anthems! 11PM £3 Latest Music Bar Brighton Unsigned Lola Lo Tiki Beats Cocoloco’s, DJ Karizma 8PM £3 - £5 Marlborough A bit Of Rough Indie, elcetro and alternative dirty tunes Mesmerist Shake, Holla & Roll 30s 40s &

50s blues, rock n roll, mambo 9PM Northern Lights Young Livers punk,post-punk,indie and stuff 9PM Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar Late Night Lingerie Bands not DJs til late with SUB BOP in the bar 10PM £3 The Prince Albert Bat Country, Call Me Jolene, Ski Panda 8:30PM £4 Thomas Kemp DJ Night Hep Cat Matt and Ollie ‘Citizen’ Lane 9PM Tube District ALT, RMX, Nostalgia, Rap, Hip Hop 11PM £3 - £5 Tube Motel We like underground house music After Party 2:30AM £3 Western Front Brighton’s finest DJ’s spinning an eclectic mix of Funk, Soul, Hip-Hop 8PM Volks Black Drummer 7:30PM Volks Moon Pres Evil 9 with Bruno Otranto and Convex Collective 11PM Xuma Wang Dang Doodle roots blues, ska, rhythm and blues

Saturday 28th

Ancient Mariner The Acoustic Sessions Shauna Parker And The Saloon Bar Band 8:30PM Above Audio Drs Orders Hip Hop, Funk, Soul & Rare Groove £5 Audio Warehouse Worthy (Dirtybird) 11PM £5 Belushi’s Bar Unplugged DJ Sleeps 9PM Belushi’s Below Faceplant Punk Rock 9PM £2 - £5 Black Lion Burnt Toast’s Black LionBlock Party Blackbelt Jonez & friends mix up sleazy soul, filthy funk 4PM Brighton Dome, Founders Room Soulful Singing Group singing teacher Mahasukha 11AM £5 Brighton Dome, Foyer Bar Saturday Jazz Brighton Jazz Co-op 1PM Brunswick Rosi’s Tinted Spectacles A night of music, poetry & puppetry 8PM £tbc Charleston Barn, Firle Summer Schubertiade - Marcus Farnsworth and James Baillieus 7:30PM £10 - £12 Coalition Super Club Classics Coalition Blow Vince Manganaro, Charly Lopez, Charles Green 3AM £5 Concorde 2 “Police & Thieves” - Junior Murvin Performing in its entirety the Police & Thieves Album as well as al his other hits! 7PM £12.50 Concorde 2 Uprising Cyantific, Tantrum Desire, Rollz 11PM £6 Digital Playroom 11PM £10 - £12 Exchange Saturday Night Live Music 9PM Fiddler’s Elbow Saturday Sizzlers DJ Soul Casserole 9PM FishBowl Daddy Marcus Soul, disco, funk and party classics 9PM Fortune Of War DJ Derek Our exclusive resident (and recent Radio 4 “Legend”) 9PM Freemasons Olympic Games Going for Gold Party were going all out Gold, gold decs, gold staff, gold drinks, gold prizes 9PM Globe DJs Disco, House and Boogie DJs 9PM Honey Club Honey Music Presents Danny Howard, Tom Maverick, Vaughany DJ’s, Jon Byrne 11PM £5 - £8.50 Hope Skief Promotions Pres The Hope Headbanger 7:30PM £5 Komedia Mod For It Northern soul, Stax & Motown, ska, R&B 11PM £4 - £5 (Studio) Lola Lo Zombie Nation DJ Scott Kirby 8PM £6 - £10 Marlborough Lick me up with Dame Amy Mesmerist Juke Joint Jamboree Taking you back to the dance-halls of New Orleans 9PM

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Northern Lights DJ Ad Mcconnell ska, jazz, r’n’b and more 9PM Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar Bitter Disko Electro acid funk in the bar 9PM Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar Stick It On The DJ Democracy is back raising cash 11PM £5 The Prince Albert The Piranhas & Support 8:30PM £5 - £6 Thomas Kemp DJ Night Bad To The Bone 9PM Tube Last Stop Old Skool, RnB, US HipHop and Funky 11PM £5 Western Front The Infamous Jay & Rich eclectic mix of favourites, hidden gems & new music 8PM Victory DJ Rob Taylor (Up Against It) Big Soul, Odd Rock, Alt-Pop 9PM Volks Evergreen Forest Records Xuma Boo Woo bands and dj’s playing Boogie blues

Sunday 29th

Belushi’s Bar Naughty Pop DJ Moogle 9PM Black Lion Live & Swingin Lion Gypsy Jazz, swing, blues, soul & funk 8PM Fiddler’s Elbow Sham - Rock Open Mic 8:30PM FishBowl Recovery? Asbest & Sinner 9PM Hampton The Sunday Supper Sessions Live acoustic music 8PM Honey Club Sundown Jon Byrne & Guests 8PM Jive Monkey One Hat Trio With special guest vocalist 9PM Northern Lights Light Sundays DJ plays lazy sunday music 4PM Signalman Open Mic Night Hosted by Zoothyme complete with PA, Guitar & Drums 8PM The Prince Albert The Wilderness Of Manitoba, The Galleons 8PM £6 Thomas Kemp Jazz In The Afternoon Lee Rainbow Hands and his jazz piano 4PM Western Front The E.M.E Live Band Fresh Jazz mixed with hip-hop and soul 8PM Victory Blues Sundays Blues and Soul fresh from the Delta Spun 12PM

Monday 30th

Audio International Student Night £2 - £3 Belushi’s Bar Pump up the 90’s 9PM Black Lion Monday Club Anything goes - great music 9PM Brunswick Open Mic Popular open mic night with full stage and PA 8:30PM Coalition Trash Mondays and Jailbait 10:30PM £3 - £5 Hampton Quiz Night The Hampton Quiz kick off with Mr Jinx 8PM £1 Hydrant Choking Victim & Chewing On Tinfoil 7:30PM £10 Honey Club International Student Party House, Chart, Reggaeton & Latin 7PM £4 - £5 Lola Lo Fat Poppadaddys The UK’s biggest alternative student night 9PM £3 Mesmerist Stroll On Rock, Mod & Blues 8:30PM Psychosocial Into The Void Heavy Metal and ear pounding riffs 11PM The Prince Albert Ensemble Economique, Plurals, Purple Pilgrims, Speak Galactic 8PM £5 Volks Strictly Reggae Dancehall, Bashment, Roots, Revival 11PM £4.50 - £5 Tuesday 31st Above Audio Cotton Tail Club Rock & Roll, Jitterjive, Big Band Audio Guerilla Rocks alternative, indie, rock 11PM £1 - £3 Belushi’s Bar Back to the 80’s DJ Sleeps and DJ Knell 9PM Black Lion Monday Club Anything goes - great music 9PM Brunswick Jazz Jam Session with house band & Guests 8PM Digital CU Next Tuesday 11PM £3 - £4 Honey Club Latin Fever Salsa Lessons 8PM & Aaron George - Gabriel Angel & Yersin Rivas 10PM £1 - £3 Lola Lo Dirtee Laundry Brightons Longest running, and most successful Tuesday night has moved to Lola Lo! 10PM £2 - £6 Mash Tun Seven X Seven 7PM

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Brighton Japan Festival 2012 Images by David Smith

Moshi Moshi bought a celebration of all things Japanese to the town last month, with its hugely popular Brighton Japan Festival.

Bringing together Brighton’s cafés, shops and venues, in what has become the largest annual Japanese cultural festival in the UK, the event presented a heady mix of traditional and modern Japanese art and culture to an enthusiastic Brighton crowd.

Bookending the week long celebrations were two colourful fairs right outside Moshi Moshi’s restaurant in Bartholomew Square, where thousands of revellers soaked up some intermittent sunshine and the sights and sounds of the mystic East.

Japan’s most artistically empowering export: karaoke, was in full effect over the weekend thanks to Lucky Voice, who were also serving up some delightful cocktails to keep us in high spirits, whilst we got down to the cheerily bright J-Pop sounds. On a more traditional front we heard some beautiful violin music from Brighton’s Suzuki Group and Stanford University’s incredible thunderous Taiko drummers.

For those that looking to be inspired by something a little more physical, there was martial arts demonstrations and workshops, giant calligraphy and scores of opportunities to try your hand at age old arts and crafts.

An expanse of “shitamachi” style stalls, which sold everything from traditional garb and gifts to fantastic street food, gave us all the opportunity to take something Japanese away with us, Adding to the stalls and demonstrations, many attendees got into the swing of things by dressing in an endless array of traditional and cutting-edge Japanese outfits.

The square was liberally peppered with obscure Anime characters, samurai and geisha, all adding extra colour to a vibrant atmosphere.

It’s encouraging that every festival held there’s a growing army of Cosplay and Lolita enthusiasts in attendance, showing just how much these curious elements of Japanese pop culture, just like the islands’ more familiar exports, are gaining popularity in the UK.

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Big beach bootique 5 Fatboy Slim Interview

The house that norm built...

BHAFC’s Goldstone ground was sold in 1997 and the club were subsequently evicted, which led to the team having to play some 70 miles away at Gillingham’s Priestfield Stadium, their form dropped and it seemed leasable that this could be the end.

Norman used his high-profile to raise awareness of the team he loved, accompanying petitions supporting the new stadium to Downing Street, buying into the team and encouraging his Record Company to sponsor the teams’ kit for a few years (the irony of Skint Records having their name on the kit of a team in such dire straits wasn’t lost on anyone).

This was more than just a dance event, this was celebrating the survival of a club that had spent 12 years without a home, whose financial situation had them staring into the abyss. Moving back to Brighton’s Withdean Stadium, despite a severe lack of facilities, provided a welcome return to Brighton for the seagulls. The Amex would was expanded to 27,500 seats with a new tier constructed in the East Stand during the summer break with plans to expand to 30,000 capacity by the start of the 2013-14 season It’s been an astonishing ten years since THAT Beach appearance, but Mr Cook’s position on dance has become no less important or vital. The man is still capable of pulling a good sized crowd. It remains to be seen if he’s able to produce a large scale outdoor event ever again. But the stadium works extremely well as a music venue and there should be no reason to stop future events being held here.

When most blokes his age are storing left-over screws or accompanying the smallest of movements with a sound effect, the evergreen Mr Cook demonstrates why he’s still, after all these years, most capable of rocking a crowd.

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Our rather excited and eager reporter went behind the scenes to grab a few precious minutes with Fatboy Slim during day two of his momentous gig. Here’s what he had to say.

We can’t wait to see the awesome line-up and stage show tonight. Being the fifth and second largest beach boutique is it emotional playing to your home crowd again?

Absolutely! Really emotional. This is my hometown and I love this city. Everyone seems quite proud of me, just look at the previous Beach Boutiques and see what we’ve achieved.

This time though I find myself in this amazing stadium. I have been involved in Brighton and Hove Albion Football for quite some time now and it’s been a rollercoaster struggle to have a home stadium of our own. We marched and we petitioned to get the planning permission and raise the funds, which I’ve been involved with from the start. So I am so proud that this building even exists.

I wasn’t going to let anybody else do the opening show apart from me, no it wasn’t going to happen. Now we have something to really celebrate with the opening of the stadium. I could have easily cried on stage last night on my opening set.

The Stadium is an excellent idea, but do you not miss playing to thousands along Brighton beach?

I miss the vibe and being able to see the sea but playing on Brighton Beach involves such a nightmare of clearing roads, trying to build a stage in 12 hours and not being able to build things because they are against wind regulations. Here we have the opportunity to build exactly what I wanted with nothing to moan about. Transport, parking, toilets and bars, all the things that you don’t have on the beach. Yeah... plus it has its own unique vibe.

the Beatles and then there was punk rock, rap and finally house music. I personally think that the music I produce is bits and pieces of all of these genres. You always unconsciously pick things up but things like Dub Step kind of go over my head.

So what are your views on such genres as Dub Step?

Everything that makes the kids these days dance is brilliant but I grew up as a Punk Rocker and we are programmed the same as them, but just with a different soundtrack to it. But as a man in his mid-forties some of it does do not resonate. Chuckles. Like Dub Step, I just don’t know how to dance to it. I just can’t make dance music if I don’t know how to dance to it. Well I don’t really like the commercial dance music in the charts today; it just doesn’t turn me on. See I am looking for something more underground.

What do you think of Jaguar Skills?

Well he is great; he takes it to a more extreme degree than me but you will find there are little references to things pepping round my set.

Lastly, what is your message to up and coming DJ’s of today?

Well firstly, it’s the best job in the world! Secondly, don’t spend too long in your bedroom practicing, get out there and play for people because that is where you really learn your DJing skills.

Anyone can get a machine to learn how to mix, but you have to play at venues where people dance. I played at a wedding and I played at a funeral once.

Oh really? How did that go?

Well it was alright, it was quite edgy because I had to make sure there were no references to death or... you know. But yeah, get out there, learn about communicating with crowds and making them dance and smile because that’s your job. It is not to wank off on how much or how many knobs you got.

Have recent trends in the UK music scene, with regards to Dub Step and Drum & Bass affected your music production?

We thanked Norman for his time and quickly darted off to see the start of a truly amazing performance

Obviously everything you produce musically is inspired from bits of music you used to listen to in the past. I grew up with

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THEATRE GUIDE For those of us suffering post-Jubilee blues or simply sick of the rain, don’t fret. There are some theatrical goodies to get you back in a good frame of mind.

What better way to cheer up than with a clown, as Brighton Dome welcomes the incredible Doctor Brown on Sat 7th - Sun 8th July.

With a generous helping of unique impishness, good old slapstick and silly noises, the Doctor serves up a visual feast for the whole family.

Don’t take the kids to the adult show at 8pm on Saturday 7, as his act takes a turn for the surreally outrageous.

A very much darker affair at the Dome later this month is a reworking of the great Frank Wedekind’s play, Spring Awakening.

This timeless, but uncompromising story of teenage selfdiscovery comes to the Dome on Sat 28th - Sun 29th.

Sunday 1st

Theatre Royal Dandy Dick Pinero’s classic comedy is the inaugural production of Theatre Royal Brighton Productions. Directed by Christopher Luscombe, this is the play’s first major revival for forty years and stars Olivier Award winner Patricia Hodge and Nicholas Le Prevost 7:45PM £15 - £29.50

MONDAY 2nd

Theatre Royal Dandy Dick Pinero’s classic comedy is the inaugural production of Theatre Royal Brighton Productions. Directed by Christopher Luscombe, this is the play’s first major revival for forty years and stars Olivier Award winner Patricia Hodge and Nicholas Le Prevost 7:45PM £15 - £29.50

TUESDAY 3rd

Theatre Royal Dandy Dick Pinero’s classic comedy is the inaugural production of Theatre Royal Brighton Productions. Directed by Christopher Luscombe, this is the play’s first major revival for forty years and stars Olivier Award winner Patricia Hodge and Nicholas Le Prevost 7:45PM £15 - £29.50

Wednesday 4th

Theatre Royal Dandy Dick Pinero’s classic comedy is the inaugural production of Theatre Royal Brighton Productions. Directed by Christopher Luscombe, this is the play’s first major revival for forty years and stars Olivier Award winner Patricia Hodge and Nicholas Le Prevost 7:45PM £15 - £29.50 Thursday 5th Glyndebourne (Lewes) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Le nozze di Figaro Reuniting the award-winning team of Director Michael Grandage and Designer Christopher Oram, this new production of Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro is conducted by Glyndebourne’s new Music Director Designate Robin Ticciati.

Mozart’s brilliant observations of servants outwitting their masters will feature Sally Matthews as the Countess, Audun Iverson as the Count and The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and The Glyndebourne Chorus. Sung in Italian with English supertitles 4:45PM

Friday 6th

The Old Market Beyond Broadway (MGA Academy) MGA Brighton Pres Their Very First End - Of - Year Show - Beyond Broadway!

7PM £15 Theatre Royal Dandy Dick Pinero’s classic comedy is the inaugural production of Theatre Royal Brighton Productions. Directed by Christopher Luscombe, this is the play’s first major revival for forty years and stars Olivier Award winner Patricia Hodge and Nicholas Le Prevost 7:45PM £15 - £29.50

Saturday 7th

Brighton Dome, Pavilion Theatre Dr Brown Brown Brown Brown Brown and His Singing Tiger Unpredictable, original, fresh, fun and vibrant, Dr Brown serves up unique impishness, good old slapstick, silly noises, physical flights of fancy and enough pineapple for the whole family. Join Dr Brown in a skiing race, a tennis match, a sing-along and a slightly spectacular BMX finale. This is all-ages physical comedy at its best 11AM £5 - £22 The Old Market Beyond Broadway (MGA Academy) MGA Brighton Pres Their Very First End - Of - Year Show - Beyond Broadway!

2:30PM & 7PM £15 Theatre Royal Dandy Dick Pinero’s classic comedy is the inaugural production of Theatre Royal Brighton Productions. Directed by Christopher Luscombe, this is the play’s first major revival for forty years and stars Olivier Award winner Patricia Hodge and Nicholas Le Prevost 2:30PM & 7:45PM £15 - £29.50

Sunday 8th

Brighton Dome, Pavilion Theatre Dr Brown Brown Brown Brown Brown and His Singing Tiger Unpredictable, original, fresh, fun and vibrant, Dr Brown serves up unique impishness, good old slapstick, silly noises, physical flights of fancy and enough pineapple for the whole family. Join Dr Brown in a skiing race, a tennis match, a sing-along and a slightly spectacular BMX finale. This is all-ages physical comedy at its best 2PM £5 - £22

There’s a good chance to catch one of radio theatres greatest ensembles, as The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Radio Show...

Live! comes to the Theatre Royal on Thu 12th - Sat 14th.

This, the most loved of all Douglas Adams assorted incongruous creations, follows an ordinary but hapless man as he travels the universe under the pretence of looking for meaning to it all.

Also at the Theatre Royal, on Mon 23rd - Sat 28th, is Volcano.

Sadly not an extravagant musical theatre adaptation of the Tommy Lee Jones disaster movie, but the first major production of a lesser known gem from Noel Coward.

Never performed during the author’s lifetime, this is a ringside view of the glamorous and scandalous Caribbean lifestyle that Coward immersed himself in.

The wonderful Jenny Seagrove plays a widow inadvertently being seduced by a suave married man. Cue a furious wife turning up, accompanied by a fiery eruption of a different kind.

Brighton Dome, Pavilion Theatre Playmakes (Dr Brown Brown Brown Brown Brown) After enjoying a theatre experience wouldn’t it be nice to take home a special keepsake? Well now you can. Our Playmakes team is on hand post show for some creative construction. 3PM £5 Glyndebourne (Lewes) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Le nozze di Figaro Reuniting the award-winning team of Director Michael Grandage and Designer Christopher Oram, this new production of Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro is conducted by Glyndebourne’s new Music Director Designate Robin Ticciati.

Mozart’s brilliant observations of servants outwitting their masters will feature Sally Matthews as the Countess, Audun Iverson as the Count and The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and The Glyndebourne Chorus. Sung in Italian with English supertitles 3:30PM

Wednesday 11th

Theatre Royal Derek Acorah The True Vision Tour. With countless hours of spirit contact, one-to-one readings, numerous TV appearances and twenty years of live stage shows, Derek Acorah is unquestionably a respected spirit medium 7:45PM £16

Thursday 12th

Glyndebourne (Lewes) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Le nozze di Figaro Reuniting the award-winning team of Director Michael Grandage and Designer Christopher Oram, this new production of Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro is conducted by Glyndebourne’s new Music Director Designate Robin Ticciati.

Mozart’s brilliant observations of servants outwitting their masters will feature Sally Matthews as the Countess, Audun Iverson as the Count and The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and The Glyndebourne Chorus. Sung in Italian with English supertitles 4:45PM Theatre Royal The Hitchiker’s Guide To The Galaxy Douglas Adams’s immortal creation explodes back into life, reborn in this groundbreaking new stage production. It’s a radio show like you’ve never seen before, in surround sound, packed with laughter,

robots, really wild sound effects and drinks with extremely silly names. 7:45PM £19 – £25

Friday 13th

Theatre Royal The Hitchiker’s Guide To The Galaxy Douglas Adams’s immortal creation explodes back into life, reborn in this groundbreaking new stage production. It’s a radio show like you’ve never seen before, in surround sound, packed with laughter, robots, really wild sound effects and drinks with extremely silly names. 7:45PM £19 – £25 Saturday 14th Theatre Royal The Hitchiker’s Guide To The Galaxy Douglas Adams’s immortal creation explodes back into life, reborn in this groundbreaking new stage production. It’s a radio show like you’ve never seen before, in surround sound, packed with laughter, robots, really wild sound effects and drinks with extremely silly names. 7:45PM £19 – £25

Sunday 15th

Brighton Dome, Pavilion Theatre The Snail and the Whale An imaginative new stage show from Tall Stories - the creators of staged adaptations of The Gruffalo and Room On The Broom 11:30AM & 2:30PM Brighton Dome, Pavilion Theatre Playmakes (The Snail and the Whale) After enjoying a theatre experience wouldn’t it be nice to take home a special keepsake? Well now you can. Our Playmakes team is on hand post show for some creative construction 12:30PM £5 Glyndebourne (Lewes) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Le nozze di Figaro Reuniting the award-winning team of Director Michael Grandage and Designer Christopher Oram, this new production of Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro is conducted by Glyndebourne’s new Music Director Designate Robin Ticciati.

Mozart’s brilliant observations of servants outwitting their masters will feature Sally Matthews as the Countess, Audun Iverson as the Count and The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and The Glyndebourne Chorus. Sung in Italian with English supertitles 3:30PM SOLD OUT!

Doctor Brown

Monday 16th

Theatre Royal Educating Rita Willy Russell’s multi award winning comedy is the unforgettable story of the relationship between a feisty Liverpudlian hairdresser and a jaded university professor. Stars Claire Sweeney and Matthew Kelly7:45PM £13 - £28

Tuesday 17th

Theatre Royal Educating Rita Willy Russell’s multi award winning comedy is the unforgettable story of the relationship between a feisty Liverpudlian hairdresser and a jaded university professor. Stars Claire Sweeney and Matthew Kelly7:45PM £13 - £28

Wednesday 18th

Theatre Royal Educating Rita Willy Russell’s multi award winning comedy is the unforgettable story of the relationship between a feisty Liverpudlian hairdresser and a jaded university professor. Stars Claire Sweeney and Matthew Kelly7:45PM £13 - £28

Thursday 19th

Theatre Royal Educating Rita Willy Russell’s multi award winning comedy is the unforgettable story of the relationship between a feisty Liverpudlian hairdresser and a jaded university professor. Stars Claire Sweeney and Matthew Kelly7:45PM £13 - £28

Friday 20th

Glyndebourne (Lewes) Henry Purcell The Fairy Queen. Purcell’s intoxicating combination of words and music alternates elements of the plot of A Midsummer Night’s Dream with a variety of musical interludes. A magical brew has been concocted by director Jonathan Kent in inventive collaboration with designer Paul Brown 4:40PM Theatre Royal Educating Rita Willy Russell’s multi award winning comedy is the unforgettable story of the relationship between a feisty Liverpudlian hairdresser and a jaded university professor. Stars Claire Sweeney and Matthew Kelly7:45PM £13 - £28

Saturday 21st

Glyndebourne (Lewes) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Le nozze di Figaro Reuniting the award-winning team of Director Michael Grandage and Designer Christopher Oram, this new production of Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro is conducted by Glyndebourne’s new Music Director Designate Robin Ticciati.

Mozart’s brilliant observations of servants outwitting their masters will feature Sally Matthews as the Countess, Audun Iverson as the Count and The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and The Glyndebourne Chorus. Sung in Italian with English supertitles 4:45PM Theatre Royal Educating Rita Willy Russell’s multi award winning comedy is the unforgettable story of the relationship between a feisty Liverpudlian hairdresser and a jaded university professor. Stars Claire Sweeney and Matthew Kelly7:45PM £13 - £28

Monday 23rd

Theatre Royal Volcano Noël Coward’s newly discovered gem, never performed in the author’s lifetime. VOLCANO gives a fascinating insight into the glamorous and scandalous Caribbean lifestyle that Coward enjoyed. Cast includes Jenny Seagrove, Dawn Steele and Jason Durr. 7:45PM £12 - £25

Tuesday 24th

Theatre Royal Volcano Noël Coward’s newly discovered gem, never performed in the author’s lifetime. VOLCANO gives a fascinating insight into the glamorous and scandalous Caribbean lifestyle that Coward enjoyed. Cast includes Jenny Seagrove, Dawn Steele and Jason Durr. 7:45PM £12 - £25

Wednesday 25th

Glyndebourne (Lewes) Henry Purcell The Fairy Queen. Purcell’s intoxicating combination of words and music alternates elements of the plot of A Midsummer Night’s Dream with a variety of musical interludes. A magi-

cal brew has been concocted by director Jonathan Kent in inventive collaboration with designer Paul Brown 4:40PM £165 - £195 Theatre Royal Volcano Noël Coward’s newly discovered gem, never performed in the author’s lifetime. VOLCANO gives a fascinating insight into the glamorous and scandalous Caribbean lifestyle that Coward enjoyed. Cast includes Jenny Seagrove, Dawn Steele and Jason Durr. 7:45PM £12 - £25

Thursday 26th

Glyndebourne (Lewes) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Le nozze di Figaro Reuniting the award-winning team of Director Michael Grandage and Designer Christopher Oram, this new production of Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro is conducted by Glyndebourne’s new Music Director Designate Robin Ticciati.

Mozart’s brilliant observations of servants outwitting their masters will feature Sally Matthews as the Countess, Audun Iverson as the Count and The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and The Glyndebourne Chorus. Sung in Italian with English supertitles 4:45PM Theatre Royal Volcano Noël Coward’s newly discovered gem, never performed in the author’s lifetime. VOLCANO gives a fascinating insight into the glamorous and scandalous Caribbean lifestyle that Coward enjoyed. Cast includes Jenny Seagrove, Dawn Steele and Jason Durr. 7:45PM £12 - £25

Friday 27th

Theatre Royal Volcano Noël Coward’s newly discovered gem, never performed in the author’s lifetime. VOLCANO gives a fascinating insight into the glamorous and scandalous Caribbean lifestyle that Coward enjoyed. Cast includes Jenny Seagrove, Dawn Steele and Jason Durr. 7:45PM £12 - £25

Saturday 28th

Brighton Dome, Pavilion Theatre Spring Awakenings Based on one of the most controversial plays of its time, ‘Spring Awak-

ening’ is a tragic yet passionate masterpiece which tells the story of a group of teenagers and how they make their way through the thrilling, complicated and mysterious time of their sexual awakening 7:30PM £8 - £10 Glyndebourne (Lewes) Henry Purcell The Fairy Queen. Purcell’s intoxicating combination of words and music alternates elements of the plot of A Midsummer Night’s Dream with a variety of musical interludes. A magical brew has been concocted by director Jonathan Kent in inventive collaboration with designer Paul Brown 4:40PM Theatre Royal Volcano Noël Coward’s newly discovered gem, never performed in the author’s lifetime. VOLCANO gives a fascinating insight into the glamorous and scandalous Caribbean lifestyle that Coward enjoyed. Cast includes Jenny Seagrove, Dawn Steele and Jason Durr. 7:45PM £12 - £25

Sunday 29th

Brighton Dome, Pavilion Theatre Spring Awakenings Based on one of the most controversial plays of its time, ‘Spring Awakening’ is a tragic yet passionate masterpiece which tells the story of a group of teenagers and how they make their way through the thrilling, complicated and mysterious time of their sexual awakening 4PM & 8PM £8 - £10 Glyndebourne (Lewes) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Le nozze di Figaro Reuniting the award-winning team of Director Michael Grandage and Designer Christopher Oram, this new production of Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro is conducted by Glyndebourne’s new Music Director Designate Robin Ticciati.

Mozart’s brilliant observations of servants outwitting their masters will feature Sally Matthews as the Countess, Audun Iverson as the Count and The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and The Glyndebourne Chorus. Sung in Italian with English supertitles 3:30PM

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Zoe LYons Interview by Beki Turner Zoe Lyons has been impressing audiences from Brighton to way beyond for the last decade. No stranger to being on the telly, radio, and various stages across the planet, Brighton’s coolest comedy cat is hosting her monthly night ‘Bent Double’ again from July 1st.

What can we expect from your night ‘Bent Double’ at Komedia?

Zoe’s stand-up is sharper and bitier than a wildcat’s mandible, with a personality that’s more loveable than a basket of kittens, and she was kind enough to answer every question that BN1 Magazine fired at her!

Did you always plan to have a comedic career?

There was no plan as such but I always harboured a deep desire to give it a go. Career is a word that doesn’t fit easy with comedy because so much of it is unplanned and down to chance.

Sometimes I can’t quite believe that I have actually managed to make this work for nearly ten years now! Doing what you enjoy for a living really is a pleasure.

What’s your most memorable stand-up moment?

Oh there have been a few over the years, both good and .....well not so good.

You never forget the first time you got booed off as a comedian. It has only happened to me once, it was at a festival years ago. I felt emotionally scarred for weeks. Sometimes you get booked to do gigs that in hindsight you should never have said yes to. I once did a corporate gig in a builders yard at 8.30 in the morning to a group of burly plumbers. It went exactly how you would imagine, pretty bad.

I have had some fabulous experiences, I did a tour of mining towns in Western Australia-so much fun.

Who are your comedy heroes?

Most of my comedy heroes are American stand ups. At the moment I really enjoy listening to the brilliance of Louis CK. I never tire of listening to the surreal one liners of Steven Wright and Dylan Moran’s nihilistic approach to life I find strangely comforting.

Bent Double is always so much fun to do, the audience really make it a great evening. We have a pretty loyal following who bring great energy. I try and put together interesting bills and although the night is aimed more towards a gay audience I hope everyone would enjoy the night.

What else are you currently up to in the world of comedy?

I gig all over the country so there is a lot of travelling most weeks and I am putting together a new show to tour next year as well.

I do little bits and bobs of telly every now again. I just filmed an episode of a new show with Jack Dee and I am doing Mock The Week again soon. I like doing telly, you get nice sandwiches!

What do you think you’d be doing if you weren’t making people laugh for a living?

I have no idea, I think I would like to work outside in some capacity. I quite like the idea of being a Forest Ranger.

What do you like about living in Brighton?

Everything. I love Brighton. Although I wasn’t born here it really is home. I would miss the sea if I had to move away. I never get tired of looking at the sea and its many changing colours and shapes. I just did a weekend sailing course and I can’t wait to get a bit more sailing experience so I can wave to my favourite town from a wee swinging dingy.” Hello Brighton, love ya! “

Bent Double

Komedia, Gardner Street, Brighton 1st July, 5th August, 7th October July’s line-up includes Hannah Gadsby, Tiffany Stevenson and Carly Smallman, and of course Zoe Lyons as host.

Image by Mark Vessey

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Brighton Fashion week

The jubilee, Euro 2012, the Olympics. There are many noteworthy events this Spring, but not least should be this years Brighton Fashion Week which ran from the 30th May to the 3rd June, in its third year of being a full weeklong extravaganza. Known for consistently pushing the envelope in fashion and style, Brighton was invaded by droves of fashionistas who couldn’t wait to see what delights this year’s event had in store.

The week kicked off with the much anticipated Brighton Frocks catwalk show and took place at the All Saints Church in Hove (a stunning listed building, high-ceilings and all) complete with a stonking great runway right down the middle. The atmosphere was buzzing as the fabulous and fearless endeavoured to get a seat as close to the runway as possible (and nab one of the coveted VIP goody bags) and took their chances in the

queue for the bar - which, as it turns out is an incredibly opportune place to check out what everyone else is wearing!

In true Frocks style, the show was incredibly theatrical and each collection was paired with a fitting music track and a screen at the back showed video or graphics throughout.

As I go fairly classic with my sartorial choices, I had steeled myself for the wild, wacky and just plain mad, but I was still caught out when Celia Arias sent her collection out to open the show. A variety of outrageous characters such as evil puppets on stilts made their way out dressed in colourful costumes and to finish, a sombre cyber creature beckoned his shy monster friend out before cautiously shuffling down together (far left image). Not exactly a wearable collection thank you, but fascinating to watch all the same.

Lucky Dame came next with its retro-inspired collection of latex underwear. (pictured above) Very sexy and feminine but again, not that wearable.

Though from my privileged position on the front row, I was able to see how well made the pieces were – perfectly seamless and frankly great if you don’t want a VPL! Other highlights were some glamorous punks at Charles of London in some covetable biker jackets and printed swimwear and some fullskirted fifties fabulousness at Oh My Honey (second picture from the right). I almost wish I was sixteen again so I could wear one of her flirty creations to prom.

The designer I most admired was Dumpster Couture who takes the ‘one man’s trash...’ philosophy to meld a

femme fatale vibe with soft femininity to create dresses that really flatter the female form. One particular dress was

comprised of Waitrose leaflets and managed to look like something you’d wear which was quite a coup.

I was also impressed by the hair styling that matched the collections, from fifties chignons to slicked back punk hair. The hair was taken care of

by Creative Director at Electric Hairdressing London, Mark Wooley, and his styling team.

I caught Claire Finn, one of his hairdressers from the Brighton branch of Electric, rushing around in the interval and I asked her what she thought of being part of the team.

She said: ‘It was an amazing opportunity to be part of the Electric Art Team for Brighton Fashion Week and being the sole team responsible for the hair styling. It was fantastic to work alongside the creative designers and to be able to add to my own skill set in fashion hairdressing’

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Other than being quite disturbed by the hairy, balaclava’d men at Jylle Navaro who crawled on their knees and leered at the audience, the whole show was incredibly fun and I was left satisfied that I’d seen something quite rare in the audaciousness of alternative fashion that is so at home in Brighton.

My appetite was well and truly whetted for the Zeitgeist show on Thursday 31st, again at All Saints church. The Zeitgeist is the couture runway show and is the cornerstone of BFW, showcasing some fresh new talent as well as more established designers.

The show was quite flawless in its production and an atmosphere of sophistication and luxury was set with an operatic performance from Pippa, a Britain’s got Talent finalist.

The headline act and by far the highlight of the week, let alone the night, was Jess Eaton’s Road Kill Couture collection which closed the show. I have to admit that when I first heard of her line, I conjured up images of Lady Gaga in her raw slabs of meat dress at the MTV awards. But what emerged onto the runway could not have been further from the truth. Eaton uses natural materials such as road kill (feathers, fur, animal hides) to create her line which is mostly made up of accessories. Eaton split her line into mini collections, complete with theme music to showcase the range at its best but the most dazzling pieces were the headpieces (pictured far right) made from feathers and bird wings. Each one was utterly breathtaking and Eaton quite rightly received a standing ovation during the final walk-through.

Another collection which

caught my attention was Lesley de Freitas’ FLORA range. With a mix of beautiful colours and fabrics, De Freitas draped and used cut-out to design a fabulous range of dresses and separates that would have been at home in any A-lister wardrobe. For me, she is definitely the one to watch.

Overall, the evening was a triumph for the BFW team.

I always admire BFW for opening its model casting call open to the public so that budding models or stylists can get their foot in the door of a tough industry, providing them with invaluable experience and even an opportunity to get scouted by an agency. I had the pleasure of chatting to Antonia Pitcairn McKenzie, a student, who modelled for Oh My Honey at Brighton Frocks. She said: “I was quite honoured that I was picked to walk for Oh My Honey and that they’d picked

me amongst all the other professional models. I have to sing Louise Mahoney’s praises for creating such beautiful fifties style gowns and for real sized women too! She was such a genuinely friendly and sweet person. The buzz I got from this show makes me want to come again!”

Later on in the week, the fun and frolics continued at the Ready to Wear shows and finally with a fifties-themed closing party. It’s brilliant to see this year that BFW is now a not-to-be-missed event. I can’t wait till next year.

By Emily Sneyd

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FILM

The Classic Horror Campaign

By Wayne Imms

The Classic Horror Campaign, led by Brighton based Richard Gladman, was set up as an attempt to persuade the BBC to revive their horror double-bills, which were screened during the seventies until the early eighties. Richard and his team also arrange classic horror related events across the country. August will see their Frighten Brighton event take place at Komedia. Here, he tells us more about the campaign and his love of the genre.

from various horror movie stars and publications, and now a classic horror film festival.

WI: Tell me about your own memories and experiences of growing up with horror films.

RG: The Classic Horror Campaign runs regular monthly film screenings at The Roxy Bar & Screen in London which always includes a horror quiz and prizes, with sponsorship and support from various horror magazines. We’re currently being sponsored

by Shock Horror Magazine, but have had various tie-ins over the last eighteen months. We also took the campaign up to Manchester as part of the Lass Fest fringe festival and have been asked to host some classic horror screenings in Vancouver, Canada, so the Classic Horror Campaign definitely has an international following!

Frighten Brighton came about because I have lived in Brighton for years and think it is an amazing place for film fans and the more culturally aware, and yet it doesn’t have its own horror film festival! There are awesome horror film events all over the UK, from London to Manchester, Whitby, to Edinburgh and beyond… and yet nothing in my own home town; it just didn’t make sense.

We first hosted a Classic Horror Campaign double bill at Komedia last August and used the Frighten Brighton tagline. It was such a big success that me and my horror partner-in-crime, Scare Sarah, decided to launch a whole host of local horror events and film screenings under the Frighten Brighton banner, culminating in the Frighten Brighton Classic Horror Film Festival at Komedia on Saturday August 11th, which is co-sponsored by Hemlock Books and Diabolique magazine.

RG: Even when I was really little, I always enjoyed the scarier side of television and the movies. I was obsessed with anything that contained monsters, ghosts and other frightening stuff starting with Jon Pertwee’s Dr Who, the more horror-centric episodes of Space:1999 and leading on to the classic BBC2 Saturday night horror double bills, which I initially watched with my mum, dad and my sister, so it was actually quite a cosy family experience.

My obsession was fuelled by numerous horror movie books and magazines, especially Monster Mag and House of Hammer.

WI: Of course, a key focus of your campaign is to get the BBC to bring back screenings of frightening films, ideally, I gather, late night double-bills. I too remember watching them as a child. What feedback have you had from the BBC? RG: I’ve heard nothing from them directly, although when I was interviewed for their Points of View show, some time ago, the guys that came down from Birmingham to do the filming intimated that there was a lot of interest from various producers to make more documentaries along the lines of Mark Gatiss’ A History of Horror. Much as I love and respect the BBC as an entity, I do feel that they tend to ignore the views of their more “niche” audiences and prefer to follow their own agenda, no matter what.

WI: How did the Classic Horror Campaign begin, and explain your role with it?

RG: It literally started when I was flicking through the hundreds of channels on TV for the umpteenth evening in a row and just became so angry that there was literally nothing of interest for me to watch. No movies more than a decade old of any genre, let alone classic horror, sci-fi and monster flicks, so in a fit of pique I started an online petition and began tweeting about it. Almost immediately, I had people contacting me and encouraging me to set up a blog, then a Facebook account and a website. It all snowballed from there into regular film screenings, endorsement

WI: You’ve organised numerous events, which have included film screenings. Tell me more about them and the Komedia based Classic Horror Double Bill event, which takes place in August.

WI: To your knowledge, does Brighton have much of a fanbase for horror?

RG: As a horror fan, I wanted to touch base and network with like-minded folk, so I did a call-out on Twitter for local horror fans, writers and filmmakers and tagged it #brightonhorrorposse. We now have regular meet-ups and they all attend various local cult movie events that I organise, and the World Horror Convention held its annual in Brighton in 2010, which is a massive event. I would say that there is a very large horror fanbase down here, yes.

WI: Can you name one or two of your favourite horror films, and why do they appeal to you?

RG: My absolute favourite is Hammer’s Vampire Circus (1972),

which was produced during my favourite horror film (or any film) decade, the seventies. Hammer’s seventies films are still very underrated by many critics and yet are amongst their most imaginative, boundary-pushing and challenging work. Vampire Circus in particular carries a very Euro-horror aesthetic and has a dark and subversive undercurrent. which sets it apart from some of its contemporaries. Aside from that, there are just so many that I love for such different reasons. I would always recommend The Exorcist (1973) as a great example of the kind of classy, intelligent and frightening films that Hollywood used to make back in the seventies.

WI: Of modern horror films, so many of them are actually what have been called “torture porn”, such as the Saw and the Hostel films, among many others. Unlike classics like Dracula and Frankenstein, these aren’t supernatural. Today, there are so many films that rely on gore and, although supernatural, the likes of Paranormal Activity seem to focus on making audiences jump out of their seats, perhaps instead of proper horror and spookiness. Do you have any thoughts on this?

RG: Even though I’m known for my love and championing of “classic horror” (generally considered to be films made before 1980), I still follow the horror genre as a whole and often enjoy the gory stuff, as long as it is entertaining.

When I was growing up, you couldn’t keep me away from all the blood and gore, exploitation films and so-called “video nasties” – often the viler the better. The difference now is that most of these torture porn and nasty horror franchises are being made and funded by the mainstream Hollywood system and distributed in multiplexes to teenage kids, thus taking away the very things that made the original exploitation flicks so enjoyable and relevant in the sixties, seventies and early eighties. I thought Saw was a great film because it was original and told a fascinating story, whereas the sequels were just bad films made by cynical Hollywood studios to cash-in and rip-off kids. Hostel was great because it was made with a genuine Grindhouse feel and sensibilities, but most of the follow-ups and rip-offs of these movies just leave me cold. And don’t get me started on all the lame, unimaginative horror remakes; that would be a whole interview unto itself! But not to leave on a negative note, the horror genre is still thriving with fans worldwide appreciating both the classics and the contemporary, hence the success of events like Film Four’s Frightfest and our very own Frighten Brighton. www.cyberschizoid.com www.classichorrorcampaign.com

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Brighton’s own

Magic - Al Everyone remembers being young and amazed at the wizardry that magician’s conjure up, whether it was the scary children’s entertainer at a friend’s birthday party or an extravagant performance on stage.

Chris Pascoe; www.aspectsphotography.net

Those were the days when mainstream magicians could be all about spectacle with the likes of David Copperfield and Pen & Teller, or could be more character driven or comedic as with Paul Daniels and Tommy Cooper. Now we have a different kind of mainstream magic, with theatrical roles and street performance from the likes of David Blain and recently Dynamo. We caught up with Brighton’s very own magic man who goes by the name of Magic Al, to see what was up his sleeve.

How long have you been performing Magic and what got you into it?

I’ve been performing magic for 20 years, since I was 7 years old, but professionally for 6 or 7 years. What got me into it... well, most kids got brought some sort of trick set or magic kit when they are young, whereas most get bored of it after a week and move onto the next fad, I just continued the interest.

You claim to be a Freestyle Magician. What is a freestyle magic?

I’m trying to create my own niche in Magic, most magicians get categorised as either a Stage Magician, Cabaret Magician or Closeup Magician, when I say Freestyle, nothing is rehearsed, I might go up to a group of people and improvise with what I see around me, choose something they are wearing, a certain item or assess the

situation there and then.

No one else calls themselves Freestyle What’s your favourite or hardest trick you’ve performed?

The hardest is when I’ve set something up, it might seem random, but there’s a lot of pre planning gone into it. These are tricks where you have to wait for the right opportunity, which can take some time and needs to be just right, but I can’t say too much as I don’t want to give it away.

The hardest trick to perform is the mind reading trick. A lot of the venues I play at have a lot of people drinking, so it’s sometimes hard to do a mind reading trick on someone who’s been drinking too much.

Do they go wrong?

I try to keep as many options open as possible. You don’t tell the person or group what the trick is so if the trick does go wrong the person is unaware and I can take it to the next level. Keeping as many twists and turns that are part of the trick but the person is oblivious too is part of the act and also brings more of the freestyle elements in.

Your appearance on Britain’s Got Talent back in 2009 didn’t quite go as planned. What was that experience like?

I had never thought about going on the show, it was the

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researchers that contacted me, they must have spotted one of my online videos and got in touch. Because it was close-up magic I found it very hard to construct something on a stage that would work, I also got buzzed out before I could finish the trick! But I did get one ‘yes’ from Amanda. Got a lot more work off the back of it though.

Are you a member of the Magic Circle?

No I’m not. I’m not gonna say anything bad about them, it’s a good thing that they are promoting the art but normally when they have their meetings on I’m already booked for a show. It’s certainly not as tight and as secretive as some might perceive.

There seems to be a resurgence of magician shows on TV. Dynamo, Penn & Teller etc. Do you buy into these big production or so called spontaneous tricks?

I don’t blame the magicians for doing that. If the spectators believe it is real magic at the time then they have accomplished their job. The person might twig later on but at that moment the illusion is all worth it.

It can ruin your reputation in the long run but that’s up to the magician Any magician you look up to?

Obviously Dynamo has done amazingly well; his biggest trick is making magic popular, being very creative with his magic and bringing other genres of entertainment into it. It’s not just magic it’s street culture

and music and blending it all together. I put my hands up to him.

What’s coming up or in the pipeline for Magic Al? There’s a TV pilot I’m working on at the moment. I can’t say much but it is something new, different and exciting, something that hasn’t been done in TV magic shows before. Unexpected magic put it that way.

Magic Al has been gaining growing success and now has the likes of Ambrose Harcourt PR booking shows left, right and centre. Visit www.magicalbrighton.com to see where you can find him next or book for an event.

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COMEDY guide Sunday 1st

Komedia Bent Double Hosted

by Zoe Lyons Featuring headliner Hannah 7:30PM £5 - £18 The Old Market Post - Roast Tom Tuck, Juliet Myers. Two Sunday Evening Edinburgh Comedy Previews 6PM £5

Thursday 5th

Brunswick Brighton Comedy Course Learn stand-up 7PM £tbc Komedia Krater Comedy Club Dan Thomas, James Gill, Markus Birdman with MC Stephen Grant 8PM £5 - £18

Friday 6th

Komedia Krater Comedy Club Lloyd Langford, Tom Wrigglesworth, Raymond & Mr.Timpkins Revue with MC Stephen Grant 8PM £11.50 £23.50 Komedia The Maydays Confessions Award-winning improv comedians and their awe-inspiring musician create this improvised show using only their wits and the audience’s confessions 8PM £8 - £10

Saturday 7th

Brighton Dome, Pavilion Theatre Doctor Brown Becaves After a spectacular run at Edinburgh Fringe 2011 and numerous international festivals, Barry Award winner, Doctor Brown brings his sell-out success Doctor Brown Becaves to Brighton. ‘Utterly bizarre, dreadfully funny’ Time Out 8PM £10 Komedia Krater Comedy Club Lloyd Langford, Tom Wrigglesworth, Raymond & Mr.Timpkins Revue with MC Stephen Grant 7:30PM & 11PM £5 - £29 Komedia The Maydays Tonight’s Top Story Awardwinning improv comedy improvised using local news stories cut out by you, the audience, just minutes before curtain time! “A must see.” **** Chortle 8PM £6 - £8

Sunday 8th

Komedia Krater Comedy

Club Raymond & Mr.Timpkins Revue, Rich Wilson with MC Stephen Grant 8PM £5 - £20.50 Latest Music Bar Cabaret Bar Bellylicious the Sequel Confessions of a Belly Dance Diva. Sexuality, drama, humour and exquisite Belly Dancing are the trademark of Bellylicious, a unique and very different comedy cabaret show which is the brain child of professional belly dancer and comedienne Galit Mersand aka Miss Bellylicious 1:30PM £10 - £13

Monday 9th

Brighton Dome, Concert Hall Rhod Gilbert – The Man With The Flaming Battenberg Tattoo Following several sellout UK tours and best-selling stand-up DVDs, multi-award winning welsh wonder Rhod Gilbert is back on the road with a brand new live show 8PM £25 Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar I.O.U. Comedy Edinburgh Previews. Nick Helm, James Acaster 7:30PM £6

Wednesday 11th

Brunswick Existential Pants Improvised Comedy 8PM £5 Psychosocial Live ‘n’ Laughing Comedy Club 7:30PM £3 - £10

Thursday 12th

Brunswick Brighton Comedy Course Learn stand-up 7PM £tbc Komedia Krater Comedy Club Liam Williams, Mickey D, Ray Bradshaw, Gordon Southern with MC Stephen Grant 8PM £5 - £18 The Old Market Laughtermarket Nick Sun, Celia Pacquola, Graeme Collard, Joe Foster, Mel Crosby, & Others TBC 6PM £1.50

Friday 13th

Komedia Krater Comedy Club Mickey D, Gordon Southern, Craig Murray with MC Stephen Grant 8PM £11.50 - £23.50

Saturday 14th

Komedia Krater Comedy Club

Mickey D, Gordon Southern, Craig Murray with MC Stephen Grant 7:30PM & 11PM £5 - £29 Komedia Funny Women This month’s Brighton Nights will feature a fantastic mix of new comedy and some Funny Women favourites; hosted by Brighton’s own Julie Jepson 8PM £8 - £10

Sunday 15th

Komedia Krater Comedy Club Mickey D, Gordon Southern, Johnny Awsum with MC Stephen Grant 8PM £5 - £20.50

Wednesday 18th

Brunswick Cutlery Drawer LGBT Fundraising event 8PM £tbc

Thursday 19th

Brunswick Brighton Comedy Course Learn stand-up 7PM £tbc Hydrant : Off The Cuff: Launch Night at the Hydrant - Some of the best comedians 8PM £tbc Komedia Krater Comedy Club Zoe Lyons, Sam Avery, Mickey Sharma with MC Stephen Grant 8PM £5 - £18

Friday 20th

Komedia Krater Comedy Club Jimmy McGhie, Tom Allen, Andy Askins with MC Stephen Grant 8PM £11.50 - £23.50

Saturday 21st

Brighton Dome, Pavilion Theatre The Funny Women Awards The Funny Women Awards celebrate their 10th Anniversary with ten of the best acts competing for a place in the national final 8PM £10 - £12 Komedia Krater Comedy Club Jimmy McGhie, Tom Allen, Andy Askins with MC Stephen Grant 7:30PM & 11PM £5 - £29

Sunday 22nd

Komedia Krater Comedy Club Jimmy McGhie, Andy Askins with MC Stephen Grant 8PM £5 - £20.50

Wednesday 25th

Psychosocial Live ‘n’ Laughing Comedy Club 7:30PM

£3 - £10

Thursday 26th

Brunswick Brighton Comedy Course Learn stand-up 7PM £tbc Komedia Comic Boom The best rising stars of UK comedy plus more established headline acts. Featuring Simon Evans as headliner in July 8PM £5 - £9

Friday 27th

Komedia Krater Comedy Club Paul Tonkinson, Andrew Stanley, Mike Gunn with MC Stephen Grant 8PM £11.50 £23.50

Saturday 28th

Jive Monkey Alive & Swinging With Marilyn Monroe Live cabaret & comedy 9PM £15 Komedia Krater Comedy Club Paul Tonkinson, Andrew Stanley, Mike Gunn with MC Stephen Grant 7:30PM & 11PM £5 - £29

Sunday 29th

Komedia Humble Quest For Universal Genius The live comedy quiz show that sees Mark Allen pit two top stand-up comedians against each other in a bid to find a modern-day Universal Genius 7PM £7 - £9 Komedia Krater Comedy Club Paul Tonkinson, Mike Gunn with MC Stephen Grant 8PM £5 - £20.50

ECO CORNER Last week’s inaugural Eco Technology Show at the Amex Community Stadium in Brighton proved a huge success, with many of the 100 exhibitors and 4000 visitors vowing to return in 2013 (date to be announced soon). It was the south east’s first show to focus on sustainable products and services for the home and business and took place on Friday 15th and Saturday 16th June.

Highlights over the two days included the transport zone which showcased a huge range of the latest electric cars (worth over £1 million) including the emission free Lightning Car and ultra-slick Tesla Electric sports-car. The latest electric and solar powered bikes were also on show and were tested by the many visitors.

Visitors picked up practical sustainable living tips and business advice from the free seminars taking place on the exhibition floor. They learnt how to lower their carbon emissions, reduce waste and live a more sustainable existence in the home and workplace.

New products were also launched at the show including the grow your own oyster mushroom pack from the Expresso Mushroom Company, which recycles disused coffee granules from coffee shops and uses them as a breeding ground for the mushrooms.

Smart Business Conference Running alongside the show was the new trade event, The Smart Business Conference, which investigated sustainable growth opportunities for the private and

public sectors. A lively debate looking at if we can have growth in a resource constrained world took place on the morning with MPs from all lead parties: Caroline Lucas MP (Green), Greg Barker MP (Conservative) and Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change and Minister for Energy and Climate Change and Norman Baker MP (Lib Dems).

Caroline Lucas kicked off by saying: “… if everything is growing, well, we’re on a planet of finite resources, so we can’t go on growing all times in all sectors. We need to reduce our consumption to allow developing companies to develop. We need less stuff, but more efficiently produced. Just having more and more stuff, even if it’s efficient, is no good.”

The Government’s Green Deal was also debated and Greg Barker emphasized the important role of SMEs being the real engines for growth. He later presented details of the Green Deal in a seminar on the main exhibition floor.

The conference was closed on the Friday by the new Brighton and Hove mayor Bill Randall. The full conference programme can be viewed online at www.smartbusinessconference.co.uk

Vehicle Technology says: “We’ve had a great time at the Eco Technology Show an amazing first event here in Brighton.

The best thing has been the real mixture of visitors who are interested in our products for motorcycles, we’ve been consistently busy talking to local businesses and the public. We’re also delighted with the amount of press that have turned up and shown an interest in Weald Electric Vehicle Technology. We’d definitely like to return next year!”

Alex Georgiou, founder and director at Espresso Mushroom Company said: “The Eco Tech Show was a perfect occasion for Espresso Mushroom Company to launch our Kitchen Garden, an innovative product that allows people to grow their own oyster mushrooms on used coffee grounds. As a Brighton based microbusiness we are grateful to the organisers for their support, allowing us to showcase our product alongside the nation’s leading green enterprises”

Exhibitor success

James Clarke director at Pulse Eco Showers said: “We’ve had a brilliant show.

We’ve signed three new distributors already and sold far more stock than we expected too. A very busy stand and great new contacts - we’re really pleased with the result and hope to return again.”

Alex Hunt, director at The Green Building Partnership said: “This has been a great show with a good range of people looking for better environmental and sustainable approaches to improving their home.

We’ve enjoyed the Eco Technology Show and are looking forward to returning next year.”

Michael Yeoman, managing director at South Downs Solar said: “I thought the show started well with great attendance on the first day, lots of interest on the solar side and generally a good mix of businesses showcasing the latest in green technology. The show has gone really well for South Downs Solar.”

Phil Edwards owner at Weald Electric

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The dirt with Mark ede

I think Ruth, The Latest Musicbars S&M enforcer has forgiven me now for leaving my furniture lying about and, while on that subject, my lawyers have asked me to mention that Emma, another Latest Music Bar office person, did not go to Thailand to become a prostitute, it was simply a holiday (simple and understandable mistake on my part, surely!).

Emma can now also be found at weekends hosting the Old Bank Bar in Kemp Town, which I shall visit, purely in the name of research, you understand.

If truth be known, I’ve not, dear reader, been spending so much time at the Bar but have been spending more time up at my other unofficial (uninvited) office up at Yellowfish Studio, near Lewes. Largely because Ross, the owner, has made the mistake of installing a sofa in his office so I just hang about there all day lounging on said sofa. I get away with it on the basis that Ross seems to be under the misapprehension that I do his PR... whatever PR is. Actually the days often end up with Ross and I discussing our latest nonsensical money making schemes.... ‘magicians!!!... is there any money in that?’, is but one pathetic example ....where we both do a rather too realistic impression of the useless agent in ‘Extras’ while the other Yellow Fish staff get on with the proper business of running a hugely successful studio business.

Reality is Yellowfish, fresh from sending the mobile airstream to Ireland to record Chris De Burgh’s new album, arranged a private fund raising auction which raised over £5k and rising to kick start their foundation, and a fine night was had by all. So somebody there must be doing something right. We just need to work out who it is.

Talking of dead end losers, I’ve started working with Mir Cooke. Mir (pronounced Mia) is a former international model - we’re talking New York, Milan, Paris, etc. here - not a couple of swimsuit shots in Ideal Home like most ‘models’ I’ve known - who just happened to pick up a couple of first class degrees in training to be an Archaeobotanist and Zooarchaeologist (like you do!).

Oh, in between TV presenting on BBC, Channel 4, Five, National Geographic, Discovery etc... and all the film and TV acting, of course. And did I mention she just published the first in a series of books (Drusilla Blood - Miriam Cooke, available now from amazon). No? Oh well...easy to forget. Mir is actually a singer-songwriter with a classic English folk voice who, somehow, has found it hard to fit in too much music career stuff on the account that she’s obviously a bit lazy and can’t be bothered to do anything to any kind of standard. Not. Why this extraordinary woman is living in Brighton - our celebrated graveyard of ambition - is a mystery to man and beast. Police are investigating this strange phenomenon.

OK I’m off for a lie down. The big words in Mir’s CV have worn me out. Ross, the couch!... and nurse, the screens. Till next time...keep it steady and see you around town

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ARTS & FILM guide Sunday 1st

Exchange Cinema Club Free Popcorn 9PM Glyndebourne (Lewes) Giacomo Puccini Puccini’s La bohème, is a painfully true-to-life depiction of writers and painters trying to make their mark living in squalid accommodation and falling tumultuously in and out of love. This revival of David McVicar’s 2000 production is conducted by Kirill Karabits and features Ekaterina Scherbachenko, David Lomeli, the London Philharmonic Orchestra and The Glyndebourne Chorus. Sung in Italian with English supertitles 4:50PM £215 Komedia Found Footage Festival The acclaimed showcase of odd and hilarious found videos founded in New York makes it UK debut on a ten-day tour 9PM £tbc

MONDAY 2nd

Caroline Of Brunswick Movie Bar Monthly short film event featuring short film screenings and filmmaker Q&As 7:30PM

TUESDAY 3rd

Globe Basement Cinema Showing classics and underground films in the basement every Tuesday with comfy sofas and free popcorn! Also text your drinks order to the bar upstairs so you don’t have to leave your seat! 8PM The Old Market Miniclick Jonathan Worth & Hungry Eye Brighton’s free monthly photography talks 6:30PM

Wednesday 4th

Glyndebourne (Lewes) Gioachino Rossini, La Cenerentola, a retelling of the classic Cinderella, sees the dark edges of the story punctuated by tender emotion and sparkling comedy. This production is a revival of the 2005 production originally directed by Peter Hall and is conducted by James Gaffigan. It features Elizabeth DeShong as Cenerentola and Shenyang as Alidoro, the London Philharmonic Orchestra and The Glyndebourne Chorus. Sung in Italian with English supertitles 5:20PM £145 - £195

Thursday 5th

Komedia Hammer and Tongue “Hammer & Tongue has reinvented the medium for the hip-hop generation” The Guardian. Hosted by Rosy Carrick. See website for details of performers 7:30PM £5 The Old Market Shorts & Sweets Book Club A Couple of Hours Of Literary Discussion And Sweet Treats. Reading the award-winning American Author Don Delillo. Specific stories TBC 7:30PM

Friday 6th

Glyndebourne (Lewes) Giacomo Puccini Puccini’s La bohème, is a painfully true-to-life depiction of

writers and painters trying to make their mark living in squalid accommodation and falling tumultuously in and out of love. This revival of David McVicar’s 2000 production is conducted by Kirill Karabits and features Ekaterina Scherbachenko, David Lomeli, the London Philharmonic Orchestra and The Glyndebourne Chorus. Sung in Italian with English supertitles 6:05PM SOLD OUT!

Saturday 7th

Glyndebourne (Lewes) Gioachino Rossini, La Cenerentola, a retelling of the classic Cinderella, sees the dark edges of the story punctuated by tender emotion and sparkling comedy. This production is a revival of the 2005 production originally directed by Peter Hall and is conducted by James Gaffigan. It features Elizabeth DeShong as Cenerentola and Shenyang as Alidoro, the London Philharmonic Orchestra and The Glyndebourne Chorus. Sung in Italian with English supertitles 5:20PM £110

Sunday 8th

Exchange Cinema Club Free Popcorn 9PM

Tuesday 10th

Globe Basement Cinema Showing classics and underground films in the basement every Tuesday with comfy sofas and free popcorn! Also text your drinks order to the bar upstairs so you don’t have to leave your seat! 8PM Glyndebourne (Lewes) Gioachino Rossini, La Cenerentola, a retelling of the classic Cinderella, sees the dark edges of the story punctuated by tender emotion and sparkling comedy. This production is a revival of the 2005 production originally directed by Peter Hall and is conducted by James Gaffigan. It features Elizabeth DeShong as Cenerentola and Shenyang as Alidoro, the London Philharmonic Orchestra and The Glyndebourne Chorus. Sung in Italian with English supertitles 5:20PM £195

Wednesday 11th

Glyndebourne (Lewes) Giacomo Puccini Puccini’s La bohème, is a painfully true-to-life depiction of writers and painters trying to make their mark living in squalid accommodation and falling tumultuously in and out of love. This revival of David McVicar’s 2000 production is conducted by Kirill Karabits and features Ekaterina Scherbachenko, David Lomeli, the London Philharmonic Orchestra and The Glyndebourne Chorus. Sung in Italian with English supertitles 6:05PM SOLD OUT!

Friday 13th

Brighton Dome, Concert Hall Family Festival 2012 Blatchington Mill School Performing Arts presents FAMILY FESTIVAL 2012 community arts showcase 7:15PM £5 - £8

Glyndebourne (Lewes) Giacomo Puccini Puccini’s La bohème, is a painfully true-to-life depiction of writers and painters trying to make their mark living in squalid accommodation and falling tumultuously in and out of love. This revival of David McVicar’s 2000 production is conducted by Kirill Karabits and features Ekaterina Scherbachenko, David Lomeli, the London Philharmonic Orchestra and The Glyndebourne Chorus. Sung in Italian with English supertitles 6:05PM £110

Sunday 15th

Exchange Cinema Club Free Popcorn 9PM

Tuesday 17th

Globe Basement Cinema Showing classics and underground films in the basement every Tuesday with comfy sofas and free popcorn! Also text your drinks order to the bar upstairs so you don’t have to leave your seat! 8PM

Friday 27th

Glyndebourne (Lewes) Giacomo Puccini Puccini’s La bohème, is a painfully true-to-life depiction of writers and painters trying to make their mark living in squalid accommodation and falling tumultuously in and out of love. This revival of David McVicar’s 2000 production is conducted by Kirill Karabits and features Ekaterina Scherbachenko, David Lomeli, the London Philharmonic Orchestra and The Glyndebourne Chorus. Sung in Italian with English supertitles 6:05PM SOLD OUT!

Sunday 29th

Exchange Cinema Club Free Popcorn 9PM

Monday 30th

The Old Market Book Launch Banksy. You Are An Acceptable Level Of Treat 7PM Victory : Poetry Night Live Poetry readings from a range of guests 8PM

Tuesday 31st

Thursday 19th

Glyndebourne (Lewes) Giacomo Puccini Puccini’s La bohème, is a painfully true-to-life depiction of writers and painters trying to make their mark living in squalid accommodation and falling tumultuously in and out of love. This revival of David McVicar’s 2000 production is conducted by Kirill Karabits and features Ekaterina Scherbachenko, David Lomeli, the London Philharmonic Orchestra and The Glyndebourne Chorus. Sung in Italian with English supertitles 6:05PM £130

Sunday 22nd

Exchange Cinema Club Free Popcorn 9PM Glyndebourne (Lewes) Giacomo Puccini Puccini’s La bohème, is a painfully true-to-life depiction of writers and painters trying to make their mark living in squalid accommodation and falling tumultuously in and out of love. This revival of David McVicar’s 2000 production is conducted by Kirill Karabits and features Ekaterina Scherbachenko, David Lomeli, the London Philharmonic Orchestra and The Glyndebourne Chorus. Sung in Italian with English supertitles 4:50PM SOLD OUT!

Monday 23rd

The Old Market Miniclick An Evening with Portrait Salon. “an evening of talks by photographers selected for last year’s Portrait Salon…” 6:30PM

Tuesday 24th

Globe Basement Cinema Showing classics and underground films in the basement every Tuesday with comfy sofas and free popcorn! Also text your drinks order to the bar upstairs so you don’t have to leave your seat! 8PM

Globe Basement Cinema Showing classics and underground films in the basement every Tuesday with comfy sofas and free popcorn! Also text your drinks order to the bar upstairs so you don’t have to leave your seat! 8PM Glyndebourne (Lewes) Giacomo Puccini Puccini’s La bohème, is a painfully true-to-life depiction of writers and painters trying to make their mark living in squalid accommodation and falling tumultuously in and out of love. This revival of David McVicar’s 2000 production is conducted by Kirill Karabits and features Ekaterina Scherbachenko, David Lomeli, the London Philharmonic Orchestra and The Glyndebourne Chorus. Sung in Italian with English supertitles 6:05PM SOLD OUT!

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STILL DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO? Sunday 1st

Black Lion Euros Final - Outside Bar & BBQ Open House European Championship final being shown on two floors 8PM Signalman Euro 2012 Final 7:45PM

MONDAY 2nd

Brunswick Harmonessence Vocal harmony choir 5:30PM £7 Fiddler’s Elbow Game On Monday night football is back Signalman Pub Quiz Music, creative & general knowledge 8PM £1 Thomas Kemp Quiz Night Film, General Knowledge, Music and More £1

TUESDAY 3rd

Brighton Media Centre Beat Male Cancer PublicMeeting Come and find out how youcan get involved in a new local campaign to Beat Male Cancer. Anyone can attendand cancer survivors, people whose lives have been touched by cancer and potential volunteers and supporters and particularly welcome to come and find outmore 6PM Brunswick Brighton Jazz School Repertoire Course 4PM £tbc Brunswick Yoga Lessons 5:30PM £5 Fiddler’s Elbow QUIZness Time Test your wits against Brighton’s best quiz mistress. Cash prizes for 1st and 2nd place, something groovy for 2nd last 8PM £1 Mesmerist The Mesmerist Conjurers Consortium the space for amateur and professional magicians to gather and convene every Tuesday evening. Award winning magician Kris Singh 7:30PM Open House Jazz Work Shop Try out your Jazz skills and play along with some masters to help you along 8PM £tbc

Wednesday 4th

Brunswick Language Classes Informal Spanish class run by a full accredited tutor 7PM £5 Fiddler’s Elbow Game On All the top games on our HUGE and small screens 8PM Latest Music Bar Conciousness Salon It was not long ago that science was skeptical about hypnosis it simply wasnt real 8PM £5

Thursday 5th

Exchange Quiz Night Winning Team takes the pot 9PM £1pp

Saturday 7th

Brunswick Yoga Lessons 9:30AM £5

Sunday 8th

Brighton Dome, Corn Exchange Herbie Flowers’ Jazz Breakfast With the Sunday papers, a choice of tasty pastries and a free cuppa on arrival, these ever-popular sessions have all the ingredients for the perfect Sunday morning chill-out 11AM £6 Open House Quiz Night Scratch your head and snog your beer – its LARGE AL’S QUIZ NIGHT 8PM £2

Monday 9th

Ancient Mariner Quiz Night There are cash prizes for 1st, 2nd, 3rd and second to last place teams 8PM £1 Brunswick Harmonessence Vocal harmony choir 5:30PM £7 Fiddler’s Elbow Game On Monday night football is back Signalman Pub Quiz Music, creative & general knowledge 8PM £1

Tuesday 10th

Brunswick Brighton Jazz School Repertoire Course 4PM £tbc Brunswick Yoga Lessons 5:30PM £5 Fiddler’s Elbow QUIZness Time Test your

wits against Brighton’s best quiz mistress. Cash prizes for 1st and 2nd place, something groovy for 2nd last 8PM £1 Latest Music Bar Charity Chuckle Paul McCaffrey A relative newcomer to stand-up, Paul McCaffrey has quickly established himself as one of the most exciting new acts around, winning both The London Paper and the Latitude Festival new act competitions in 2009 8:30PM £5 - £8 Mesmerist The Mesmerist Conjurers Consortium the space for amateur and professional magicians to gather and convene every Tuesday evening. Award winning magician Kris Singh 7:30PM Open House Jazz Work Shop Try out your Jazz skills and play along with some masters to help you along 8PM £tbc

Wednesday 11th

Brunswick Language Classes Informal Spanish class run by a full accredited tutor 7PM £5 Brunswick Conversation Café Discussion Group 7PM £5 Fiddler’s Elbow Game On All the top games on our HUGE and small screens 8PM Komedia Magnet Speed Dating 28-45 Years Are you hopeful (not desperate) for romance?

Think meeting in the flesh beats an on-line CV any day? Then come along and experience 20 spontaneous and fast-moving new encounters 8PM £20

Thursday 12th

Exchange Quiz Night Winning Team takes the pot 9PM £1pp Latest Music Bar Catalyst Club Monthly event which blends the old traditions of a French Salon with debating societies. Got a passion? Share it with the Catalyst Club. Three guest speakers each take to the lectern for 15 minutes to enthuse, debate and entertain on subjects that range from Voodoo to tinned meat! 8PM £5

Saturday 14th

Brighton Dome, Concert Hall : Straight Up 2012 A night for all lovers of urban dance and music - Streetfunk’s annual sell-out Hip Hop Dance Showcase is back 6PM £10 Brunswick Yoga Lessons 9:30AM £5

Sunday 15th

Open House Quiz Night Scratch your head and snog your beer – its LARGE AL’S QUIZ NIGHT 8PM £2

Monday 16th

Ancient Mariner Quiz Night There are cash prizes for 1st, 2nd, 3rd and second to last place teams 8PM £1 Brighton Dome, Foyer Bar Dome Discovery Tour Get up close and personal with Brighton Dome past and present on this special behindthe scenes encounter 11AM £8.50 Brunswick Harmonessence Vocal harmony choir 5:30PM £7 Brunswick Brighton Stanza Poetry Group 7:30PM £5 Fiddler’s Elbow Game On Monday night football is back Signalman Pub Quiz Music, creative & general knowledge 8PM £1 Thomas Kemp Quiz Night Film, General Knowledge, Music and More £1

Tuesday 17th

Brunswick Brighton Jazz School Repertoire Course 4PM £tbc Brunswick Yoga Lessons 5:30PM £5 Fiddler’s Elbow QUIZness Time Test your wits against Brighton’s best quiz mistress. Cash prizes for 1st and 2nd place, something groovy for 2nd last 8PM £1 Mesmerist The Mesmerist Conjurers Consortium the space for amateur and professional magicians to gather and convene every Tuesday

evening. Award winning magician Kris Singh 7:30PM Open House Jazz Work Shop Try out your Jazz skills and play along with some masters to help you along 8PM £tbc

Wednesday 18th

Brunswick Language Classes Informal Spanish class run by a full accredited tutor 7PM £5 Fiddler’s Elbow Game On All the top games on our HUGE and small screens 8PM The Hove Centre Beat Male Cancer PublicMeeting Come and find out how youcan get involved in a new local campaign to Beat Male Cancer. Anyone can attendand cancer survivors, people whose lives have been touched by cancer andpotential volunteers and supporters and particularly welcome to come and findout more 6:30PM

Thursday 19th

Exchange Quiz Night Winning Team takes the pot 9PM £1pp Latest Music Bar Pop-up Ping Pong Parlour For everyone who enjoys ping pong from master senseis to complete beginners! 7:30PM

Saturday 21st

Brighton Dome, Foyer Bar Dome Discovery Tour Get up close and personal with Brighton Dome past and present on this special behindthe scenes encounter 11AM £8.50 Brunswick Yoga Lessons 9:30AM £5

Sunday 22nd

Open House Quiz Night Scratch your head and snog your beer – its LARGE AL’S QUIZ NIGHT 8PM £2

Monday 23rd

Ancient Mariner Quiz Night There are cash prizes for 1st, 2nd, 3rd and second to last place teams 8PM £1 Brighton Centre Summer Ice Rink Whether you’re a slider or glider, looking for thrills and spills, visit the only INDOOR, summer ice rink in Brighton 3PM, 5PM & 7PM £6 - £26 Brunswick Harmonessence Vocal harmony choir 5:30PM £7 Fiddler’s Elbow Game On Monday night football is back Signalman Pub Quiz Music, creative & general knowledge 8PM £1

Tuesday 24th

Brighton Centre Summer Ice Rink Whether you’re a slider or glider, looking for thrills and spills, visit the only INDOOR, summer ice rink in Brighton 11AM, 1PM, 3PM, 5PM & 7PM £6 - £26 Brunswick Brighton Jazz School Repertoire Course 4PM £tbc Brunswick Yoga Lessons 5:30PM £5 Fiddler’s Elbow QUIZness Time Test your wits against Brighton’s best quiz mistress. Cash prizes for 1st and 2nd place, something groovy for 2nd last 8PM £1 Mesmerist The Mesmerist Conjurers Consortium the space for amateur and professional magicians to gather and convene every Tuesday evening. Award winning magician Kris Singh 7:30PM Open House Jazz Work Shop Try out your Jazz skills and play along with some masters to help you along 8PM £tbc

Wednesday 25th

Brighton Centre Summer Ice Rink Whether you’re a slider or glider, looking for thrills and spills, visit the only INDOOR, summer ice rink in Brighton 11AM, 1PM, 3PM, 5PM & 7PM £6 - £26 Brunswick Language Classes Informal Spanish class run by a full accredited tutor 7PM £5 Fiddler’s Elbow Game On All the top games on our HUGE and small screens 8PM

Thursday 26th

Brighton Centre Summer Ice Rink Whether you’re a slider or glider, looking for thrills and spills, visit the only INDOOR, summer ice rink in Brighton 11AM, 1PM, 3PM, 5PM & 7PM £6 - £26 Exchange Quiz Night Winning Team takes the pot 9PM £1pp

Friday 27th

Brighton Centre Summer Ice Rink Whether you’re a slider or glider, looking for thrills and spills, visit the only INDOOR, summer ice rink in Brighton 11AM, 1PM, 3PM, 5PM & 7PM £6 - £26 Brunswick Olympics Opening Ceremony Shown on the big screen in the venue 7PM

Saturday 28th

Brighton Centre Summer Ice Rink Whether you’re a slider or glider, looking for thrills and spills, visit the only INDOOR, summer ice rink in Brighton 9AM - 21PM £6 - £26 Brunswick Yoga Lessons 9:30AM £5

Sunday 29th

Brighton Centre Summer Ice Rink Whether you’re a slider or glider, looking for thrills and spills, visit the only INDOOR, summer ice rink in Brighton 9AM - 21PM £6 - £26 Open House Quiz Night Scratch your head and snog your beer – its LARGE AL’S QUIZ NIGHT 8PM £2 Thomas Kemp Tango Sessions Come along and dance the evening away 8PM

Monday 30th

Ancient Mariner Quiz Night There are cash prizes for 1st, 2nd, 3rd and second to last place teams 8PM £1 Brighton Centre Summer Ice Rink Whether you’re a slider or glider, looking for thrills and spills, visit the only INDOOR, summer ice rink in Brighton 11AM, 1PM, 3PM, 5PM & 7PM £6 - £26 Brighton Dome, Corn Exchange Rockshop 2012 A five-day course led by legendary bassist Herbie Flowers. Tailor-made for Vocalists, instrumentalists and young classical players 9:30AM £125 Brighton Dome, Pavilion Theatre : Hydrocracker - Theatre Skills Summer School Brighton based theatre-company Hydrocracker (New World Order, Erpingham Camp) presents an exciting four day drama summer school 10AM £90 Fiddler’s Elbow Game On Monday night football is back Signalman Pub Quiz Music, creative & general knowledge 8PM £1 Thomas Kemp Quiz Night Film, General Knowledge, Music and More £1

Tuesday 31st

Brighton Centre Summer Ice Rink Whether you’re a slider or glider, looking for thrills and spills, visit the only INDOOR, summer ice rink in Brighton 11AM, 1PM, 3PM, 5PM & 7PM £6 - £26 Brighton Dome, Corn Exchange Rockshop 2012 A five-day course led by legendary bassist Herbie Flowers. Tailor-made for Vocalists, instrumentalists and young classical players 9:30AM £125 Brighton Dome, Pavilion Theatre : Hydrocracker - Theatre Skills Summer School Brighton based theatre-company Hydrocracker (New World Order, Erpingham Camp) presents an exciting four day drama summer school 10AM £90 Brunswick Yoga Lessons 5:30PM £5 Fiddler’s Elbow QUIZness Time Test your wits against Brighton’s best quiz mistress. Cash prizes for 1st and 2nd place, something groovy for 2nd last 8PM £1 Mesmerist The Mesmerist Conjurers Consortium the space for amateur and professional magicians to gather and convene every Tuesday evening. Award winning magician Kris Singh 7:30PM Open House Jazz Work Shop Try out your Jazz skills and play along with some masters to help you along 8PM £tbc

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