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It’s been a great year for SOURCE and we want to take a bit of space to say thank you. Firstly we really appreciate the 60,000 of you that take the time to read what we do every month, or just look at the pictures. Without you guys there wouldn’t be any point in making the magazine. Also we need to thank the advertisers. Yeah, whatever, you might think, but it’s thanks to them that we can give the SOURCE out for free even though each copy costs about a quid to make. So go and spend the £11 you saved this year with them. The other group of people that deserve a pat on the back is the Talent Pool of SOURCE contributors who use their expert knowledge and clever wordplay to recommend stuff for you to do all month. We owe you guys, especially now the mag is so much bigger. Anyway, now the gushing is out of the way, to business. It’s New Year’s Eve soon and we want to make sure you don’t get stressed about it. It’s only a night out and there’s such a range of options at different costs, it doesn’t have to be a big deal. We remember when going to a club cost the equivalent of over £50 (thanks Cream) – now you really didn’t want to not enjoy that.
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News New In Town Gig Previews Interview: Kins Club Previews Club Review: Cat Face Club Review: Private Culture Locally Sourced SOURCE Writers’ Chart Interview: Holy Vessels Christmas Gift Guide Art: Christmas Artists’ Open Houses Preview: Sea Monsters 3 Interview: Ed Solo Street Style Unsung Hero: John Barrenechea Secret Eater: Soup-urb In Conversation With: Ed Hubert New Year’s Eve Listings Six Of The Best: Alternative Xmas Albums
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WORDS BY STEVE CLEMENTS, STUART HUGGETT, JAMES KENDALL
SIMON BRICE
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CRAFTMAS DAY
Well, we said we were going to give out a thousand quid, and that’s what we did. Admittedly it wasn’t our money – it was courtesy of the Create In Brighton guys from Drink In Brighton and Tiger Beer – but our editor and Street Style photographer chose from the many, many entries on Instagram to award Simon Brice the top prize (see above). He’s gonna use the money to have his broken camera fixed. So, a feelgood ending even if you didn’t win. If you’re a charitable person, that is.
Brighton Craftaganza returns to Fabrica art gallery for a Christmas shopping special on Sat 8th and Sun 9th December. The regular market showcases the wares of dozens of local designers, including artwork, homeware, jewellery, clothing and toys. Admission is free. Craftaganza and Miniclick Photography are also putting on a joint, free Christmas party at The Old Market on Weds 19th Dec, with live music from Swede Michaels, creator of festive internet hit ‘The Christmas Sandwich’.
DUKE’S II: THE SEQUEL
We’ve been poking around Brighton’s newest cinema, Duke’s At Komedia, and we can reveal that it’s lovely. Comfortable seats with two large screens that make you really feel you’re at the movies, A strong programme begins with Seven Psychopaths, Martin McDonagh’s eagerly anticipated, starstudded follow up to hitmen-out-of-water swearfest In Bruges. A more eclectic line-up is promised for the two screens, so expect old favourites and themed events alongside the best in indie cinema from around the globe. It opens on Fri 7th December.
ELECTRIC ENGINEER
Record producer Dan Swift, whose credits include major releases by Snow Patrol, Kasabian and Art Brut, has taken up residence as Head Engineer at Brighton Electric studios. Dan has worked with numerous Brighton bands over the years, including British Sea Power, Help She Can’t Swim and The Mojo Fins, and is currently producing the new record by analogue duo Soccer 96. For more information about the Lewes Road studios, visit brightonelectric.co.uk
BEST OF BRIGHTON
Audio, Maxxi Soundsystem and Wolf Music are all representing Brighton in the nominations for this year’s DJ Magazine Best Of British awards. Audio’s up for the Best Small Club award, with Sam Watts’ Maxxi Soundsystem getting shortlisted for Breakthrough Producer. His mix of Parallel Dance Ensemble’s ‘Shopping Cart’ is up for Best Remix, with his friends at Wolf Music Recordings vying for Best Record Label. The awards party takes place at London Bridge’s Cable club on 19th December.
BACK IN THE MEADOW
Next year’s Meadowlands Festival has been confirmed for 24th-26th May, back at Glynde Place near Lewes. Meadowlands mixes live music, DJs, comedy and spoken word performances with family friendly activities, including kids’ games, storytelling and workshops and raves for the teens. Last summer’s event featured Lamb, LTJ Bukem and Speech Debelle; there’s no word on next year’s headliners just yet, but for early bird weekend tickets head to their revamped website, meadowlandsfestival.com.
ROCKIN’ ROOMS
Hotel Pelirocco, Regency Square’s original rock’n’roll hostelry, has opened a new rockabilly themed addition to its collection of boutique rooms. Laurie Hilton-Ash’s Peliroccobilly Room comes with a custom made double bed, vintage hot rod and music memorabilia and hand carved wooden Tiki sculptures from Brighton’s Trader Tark. A jukebox stuffed with 7”s and a radio playing nothing but rockabilly complete the 50s feel. It’s enough to make us not want to go home.
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ROUNDER NIGHT
One of Brighton’s biggest losses in 2012 was the closure of Rounder Records at the end of July, after 46 years of trading. Gone, but not forgotten, The West Hill will be keeping the name alive with a Rounder night on Saturdays. If you ever shopped at Rounder and never got the chance to thank the guys, head up to the pub on Buckingham Place and buy them a drink. And while you’re doing that give Steve Sexton your requests.
VINTAGE SCOOPS
Do you like ice cream? 50s glamour? Bedford vans? Ice cream enthusiasts Vintage Scoops are now driving around Brighton with their retro-fitted van, Betty, serving up treats from East Street’s dessert specialists Scoop & Crumb. While Betty herself is decked out in nostalgic tea shop bunting, mother and daughter team Victoria and Jo greet customers in full vintage fashions. Start your mouth watering by visiting vintagescoops.co.uk or just listen for those chimes.
ELECTRO BLUES
Music’s newest niche sees classic blues recontextualised in an electro/breakbeat style, and while electro swing was rather short-lived, electro blues already appears to have more credibility than its irritating counterpart. On the second Friday of every month, the Green Door Store’s Electro Blues night brings big bouncing basslines, blues, booze and breaks. Brilliant. Cracking visuals that show pieces of blues history, a different live band each month, a chicken wire fence surrounding the stage and free entry make this a night worth checking out.
IYDEA
Consistently voted the best café in Brighton while still being as right-on ethical and green as you can get, award-winning vegetarian café Iydea is reaching out across the Brighton/Hove border. Opening in the new year on the site of Trattoria Pascal
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VINTAGE SCOOPS
on Western Road, this second branch of Iydea will have a different style of service with above-counter menus to pick from and tapas-style offerings in the evenings. We’re hoping this faster food style still stays true to its roots of chatty service, great food and a Bakewell hot chocolate to die for.
THE OAT HUT
Usually found at sport events and festivals, the Oat Hut has set the bleary minds of Brighton commuters in its sights. On weekday and Saturday mornings, the Hut is parked outside Brighton station and serves up takeaway pots of freshly made organic porridge with a range of toppings, perfect fodder to get your brain in gear during that long commute or to keep you going through a long day of coffee shop lounging.
CAFÉ COHO
Opening a second branch in the currently down at heel Queen’s Road could have been a risky venture for this awardwinning local company but an elegant exterior revamp and a welcoming brick and wood feel to the inside has kept Café Coho’s new outlet busy. With sandwiches that are a cut above the average (chorizo, poached egg, guacamole & organic pea shoots on sourdough anyone?) and an evening tapas menu, the café’s window seats offer a prime spot for peoplewatching.
ADRIFT
For many Brightonians, vintage finds are highly desirable, but the thought of trawling through specialist stores and charity shops, especially in this grim weather, is not exactly appealing. But behold, you can now access sought after vintage wear online, without leaving the house. The people at Brighton based Adrift (adriftstore.co.uk) do all of the hard work for you, handpicking quality pieces from the 50s to the more questionable trends of the 90s and all for reasonable, student friendly prices. You catch the drift.
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IRISH PUB
We have some amazing live music secured for December including an electrifying performance from Mike Dobie for Molly’s NEW YEARS EVE party. Tickets are only £10 each, and we will be staying open until 4am! Ask at the bar to reserve a ticket, or contact us on our Facebook page.
Our student friendly drink promotions are on offer 7-days a week and rest assured we will be showing all the live sports here on our projector and wide screens. Molly’s kitchen is now open serving some of Brighton’s most delicious winter dishes including our very own Irish stew with fresh soda bread. Add a glass of our Christmas mulled wine with you order, and it doesn’t get much better…
Molly Malone’s - Brighton’s Traditional Irish Bar Carling - £2.95 Stowford Press - £2.95 Large House red/white/rose - £3.10 3-4-2 on shots of Jäger, Sambuca, Tequila, Tuaca, all £5.90
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WORDS BY MATT BARKER, SUSAN B BENTLEY, CHRIS BIGGS, STEVE CLEMENTS, NATHANIEL FORRESTER, STUART HUGGETT, GAVIN HUGHES, JAKE KENNEDY, JESSICA MARSHALL MCHATTIE, AMY JO MCLELLAN, ADAM PETERS, THE RECOMMENDER, MATT SMITH
JOWE HEAD & ATTILA THE STOCKBROKER Caroline Of Brunswick Sat 1st Dec
Dreading Christmas? Love punk rock? Here’s an early present in the form of a 1977 original and your favourite local stick-it-tothe-man poet legend. Jowe Head started off in influential Brummie DIY experimentalists Swell Maps, whose short, scratchy songs encapsulated the punk sound while reaching far beyond its self-enforced limits, before a 10 year stint in the equally influential Television Personalities. Now exploring a darker sound, he follows Sussex’s poet-laureate Attila The Stockbroker, who will no doubt be righting wrongs through the medium of witty folk songs. (SC)
SIMIAN GHOST
Since Simian Ghost released their debut album ‘Infinite Traffic Everywhere’ in 2010, they’ve been stacking up accolades from all over Europe. The three piece are the first Scandinavian band to have a lead review in The Times since ABBA and won high praise at The Great Escape back in May. Gloriously light and sweetly twee, Simian Ghost are the kind of pop group that we wish the UK could produce. As it is, thank you for the music, Sweden. (JMM)
THE OTHER TRIBE Green Door Store Tues 4th Dec
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Bristol’s The Other Tribe are set to ignite 2013. With upbeat songs about “summertime” and “girl’s skirts”, this neon dance collective seemed pitched next to Calvin Harris, but they’ve also earned comparisons with the euphoric energy of the Klaxons and the dance/pop hybrid of We Have Band. They’ve signed to Sony sub-label, Relentless Records, and have been fully backed by Radio One DJs, Annie Mac and Pete Tong, but it is their growing live reputation which will excitingly see them attack the stage like an ancient Ibizan clan. (TR)
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THE NORTH SEA SCROLLS Komedia Weds 5th Dec
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Brighton resident Luke Haines has a wealth of music projects behind him, having helmed The Auteurs, Baader Meinhof and Black Box Recorder alongside solo albums and a couple of acclaimed autobiographies. For this latest project he’s teamed up with the equally storied Cathal Coughlan (Microdisney, Fatima Mansions) and journalist Andrew Mueller. Described as an academic lecture on the secret history of Britain, it’s difficult to know what to expect from this night. Scathing wit and fantastic songwriting are pretty much a given, though. (AP)
STEALING SHEEP Green Door Store Weds 5th Dec
Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar Mon 3rd Dec
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Supporting Mercury Prize winners Alt-J on tour is always going to help lift a band’s profile. However, that run was only a warm up for the 30-date European-wide headline tour that Stealing Sheep set out on immediately afterwards, arriving in Brighton at the centre of their continental jaunt. This Liverpudlian female trio make the kind of stunning but twee, harmonious folk pop that’s crying out to be played acoustically on the centre of Jools Holland’s floor. The Green Door Store’s floor will do perfectly well for now though. (TR)
THE FLESHTONES Prince Albert Thurs 6th Dec
Still featuring their original two frontmen, with a long-term bass player and drummer completing the line-up, Queensbred 70s garage rockers The Fleshtones are ready to rip up The Albert for this Stay Sick night, in support of last year’s ‘Brooklyn Sound Solution’ album. Fuzz pedals and tremolo arms still feature heavily behind wailing vocals and it’s guaranteed to be a sweat pit. A super-strength supporting bill features glam punkers The DeRellas and South London’s scuzzy, surfabilly hoedown merchants The Witchdoktors. (SC)
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In town to promote his most recent – and excellent – ‘My God Is Blue’ collection, Tellier saunters, heavily bearded and quite possibly darkly shaded, towards Coalition’s stage tonight. After representing his native France at Eurovision in 2008 and with bursts of soundtrack work under his belt, the singer returns to offer his own take on pop; knowing, stylish and extremely suggestive. A showman, in the truest, most 1970s sense of the word. (JKY)
With brother Rufus playing last month and dad Loudon due next year, the Wainwright family are old friends of Brighton. Martha dazzled the Dome a couple of years ago with her refreshing take on the Piaf songbook so she should shine in the glorious surroundings of St George’s. She’s naked on the cover of her first album in four years ‘Come Home To Mama’, which is how she presents herself onstage: unpretentious, honest and unafraid to explore new challenges. (SC)
Coalition Thurs 6th Dec
RIZZLE KICKS
Brighton Centre Thurs 6th - Fri 7th Dec
Back when Rizzle Kicks were youngsters, the idea of performing at arenas was probably nothing more than a childish fantasy equated with their dreams of being firemen. When the Brighton boys met at BRIT school, their wish soon became a reality. They’ve already stepped onto the stage of the Brighton Centre as Olly Murs’ special guests and now it’s their chance to host two shows of their own. Just try not to start any fires, they haven’t realised that other ambition yet. (AJM)
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Blind Tiger Fri 7th Dec
Beat-boxing has a bit of a reputation as a favourite of smug rappers who expect applause after every throat fart, but this is beat-boxing like you’ve never heard it. Effortlessly merged into catchy songs in a way that’s unpretentious and natural, Joe Driscoll’s beat-boxing is truly original. His sound crosses the borders of folk, soul and hip-hop, and in his decade of performing live, he’s been consistently admired for looping his vocals and multiple instruments simultaneously. (JMM)
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PEACE
Green Door Store Fri 7th Dec (Late Show)
This quartet spearheaded a recent flush of new bands from the Midlands, sending plenty of A&R up the M40, ending with the band signing for Columbia Records. Their music has matured from the post-Foals math rock that the early-adopters picked up on, into more of a contemporary, hazy, tropical pop sound. The buzz saw Zane Lowe give ‘Bloodshake’ his ‘Hottest Record In The World’ award, and following hundreds of gigs in 2012 they finish yet another UK run at the Green Door Store. What a year. (TR)
MOLOTOV JUKEBOX Komedia Tues 11th Dec
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Providing a circus feel to the Hanging Gardens event earlier this year, six-piece festival band Molotov Jukebox have created their own brand of music known as ‘funky gyp-step’. Their star is certainly ascending, with a recent video for the Alice By Temperley fashion collection, and they return to Brighton after a whirlwind tour of Brazil. Their style combines gypsy, samba, ska and swing so expect cabaret entertainment and some stomping trumpet and accordion heavy tunes. (SBB)
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St Mary’s is fast becoming the music venue of choice for the discerning indie fan, and who better to croon into its hallowed spire than the patron saint of ukuleles, Patrick Wolf. Fresh from his experimental electro in bondage gear phase, Wolf returns to his roots with a stripped-down acoustic set that should raise hairs on even the most well-pruned of necks. Wolf will promote his tenth anniversary release, ‘Sundark And Riverlight’, with a healthy spattering of his greatest hits. (NJF)
If the last instalment of Brighton Noise’s showcase events is anything to judge by, it’ll be worth getting to this show very early to secure a good spot – it was rammed. This time there’s another stellar line-up of local talent, united by a love of raw organic sound: Negative Pegasus, Bitches, TRAAMS and Keel Her. Negative Pegasus’ relentless take on psychedelia has won them a legion of local admirers and Keel Her’s deliberately distorted lo-fi riot vocals make her sound unique and mesmerising. It’s a free show, with the odd Christmas song promised too. (JMM)
St Mary’s Church Tues 11th Dec
MELTING VINYL CHRISTMAS PARTY Green Door Store Weds 12th Dec
Melting Vinyl have a knack of finding the best new bands and they’ve certainly got it right with this line up of Coves and Peppermint Beat Band. Chill-out two-piece Coves are attracting acclaim for their retro-tinged indie, led by jangling guitars and drowsy vocals. Brighton’s own Peppermint Beat Band combine heartfelt folk and grassroots rock sounds with psychedelic rhythms, sprinkled with more instrumental cameos than most bands can dream of. More acts are to be announced for this unmissable party. (JMM)
MR B THE GENTLEMAN RHYMER
Prince Albert Thurs 13th Dec
The bitter chap hop feud of 2010 seems to have been forgotten in recent months with rival Professor Elemental even making a guest appearance in Mr B’s latest video ‘Just Like A Chap’. At the outset it was perhaps difficult to see much longevity in the one-note joke of urbane English pseudo-rap, but a fourth Mr B album and continued praise from the music blogs suggests there’s life left in this genre. One suspects an Elemental and Mr B duet can’t be far off. (AP)
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Green Door Store Fri 14th Dec
CERYS MATTHEWS Old Market Sat 15th Dec
Since the demise of Catatonia, the voice of Cerys Matthews is more often heard presenting radio shows than singing on them. December is an exception, however, thanks to a certain duet with Tom Jones, their hit take on ‘Baby It’s Cold Outside’. Despite her successful radio career, Matthews’ love of performing is still intact, and she’s heading out on the road for this intimate ‘Cerys By Candlelight’ evening of Christmas music, poetry and singalongs for all the family. (AJM)
BIRDS IN ROW
Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar Mon 17th Dec
Birds In Row come back to Sticky Mike’s after last year’s excellent performance when they supported Punch and Loma Prieta. Their set left the crowd in awe and the French three-piece showed that they can make plenty of noise whilst still being profound and heartfelt. Their sombre take on hardcore punk is raw and powerful and has seen them release their debut full length through big players Deathwish Inc. Support comes from Merseyside screamo outfit We Came Out Like Tigers. (CB)
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SLOW CLUB Haunt Tues 18th Dec
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Sheffield duo Slow Club are famed for their Christmas tours, where Charles Watson and Rebecca Taylor’s chemistry shines through in their easily recognisable covers, and the late addition of this Brighton show has had fans clamouring for tickets. Their alt-folk sound captures your attention by taking traditional, melancholic Christmas themes and adding a percussive upbeat quirk with their own seasonal swing. You can expect to hear songs from the pair’s ‘Christmas, Thanks For Nothing’ EP, and their most recent album ‘Paradise’. (MS)
MARTHA REEVES & THE VANDELLAS Concorde 2 Tues 18th Dec
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Legendary soul singer Martha Reeves returns to Brighton, ably backed by her Vandella sisters Lois and Delphine and their ninepiece band, to bring some festive cheer to the city at this Christmas spectacular. Belting out classics like ‘Nowhere to Run’, ‘(Love Is Like A) Heatwave’ and ‘Dancing in the Street’, expect some wild funky chicken moves from the audience and a lot of singalongs. (SBB)
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Dome Studio Thurs 20th Dec
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These guys are Europe’s premier Johnny Cash tribute act. So much so, 20th Century Fox chose them to perform at the British launch of Cash biopic Walk The Line. No surprise then that Concorde 2 snatched them up for a pre-Christmas gathering; celebrating a hugely successful career, Man In Black classics will drop left, right and centre as the band salute the legacy of one of country music’s biggest names. God-fearing Cash penned a few Christmas songs in his time, so tonight’s show could be a cockle-warming early present. (GH)
DAUGHTER
The last SOURCE New Music before Christmas (don’t fret, it’s back in the new year) welcomes those slightly scary Clowns to the stage. With roots in a who’s who of Brighton bands past and present (The Poppycocks, Restlesslist, Imitation Electric Piano), Clowns are currently preparing a debut album of their twisted psycho-garage for local label Bleeding Heart. They’re supported by The Evil Son, whose strung out grunge melodies are underpinned by current Wedding Present bassist Pepe Le Moko. (SH)
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Brighton Centre Thurs 20th Dec
In a rare second bite of the cherry, The xx have switched their already big Brighton Dome show (which sold out in something ridiculous like 10 minutes) to the even more expansive Brighton Centre. Although extra tickets are on sale, those original Dome ones need exchanging. The xx can fill the room with people, but as big as their tunes are, can they generate the same intimate atmosphere that the Dome would have enjoyed? We love both their albums, so it’ll be exciting to watch them step up and prove themselves as an arena band tonight. (MB)
St Mary’s Church Thurs 17th Jan
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Led by the achingly clear vocals of Elena Tonra and supported by the stripped back instrumentals of Igor Haefeli and Remi Aguilella, Daughter are game-changingly good. The release of second EP ‘Wild Youth’ in April cemented their reputation as one of the most promising female-fronted folk bands around, and their melancholy, wistful tones are defied by dark, often vengeful lyrics. The great thing about seeing a band that’s only released two EPs is that they are guaranteed to play all your favourites. (JMM)
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Brighton Centre Mon 21st Jan
At the time of going to press, the most exciting thing happening in Brighton on 2013’s ‘Blue Monday’ – reckoned to be the gloomiest date on the calendar, when the happiness from Christmas has faded and its debts start to loom – is a live show from Donny and Marie. Make of that what you will. There are probably worse ways to spend the most depressing day of the year than seeing the perpetually cheery Osmond siblings duet. Probably. (AJM)
ANTHRAX
Cowley Club Sat 26th Jan
Hang on, 80s thrash metal legends Anthrax playing the Cowley? Not quite. This Anthrax were formed a year earlier in Gravesend and released a couple of anarcho punk singles on Small Wonder and Crass Records. They’re still kicking against the pricks as evidenced by new album ‘All For The Cause’. The rest of the Crass-related bill features punk poet Andy T with a full band and new Manchester group Wrecks, whose Carol Hodge has collaborated with Steve Ignorant. (SC)
ANBERLIN
Haunt Sun 27th Jan
After cancelling last year’s show in favour of a tour with The Smashing Pumpkins over the other side of the Atlantic, Anberlin are finally returning to Brighton. It’s a new date at a new venue but it’s the same old band with a brand new sound. Anberlin’s latest album ‘Vital’ may just be their best, marking a distinct change in direction as they simultaneously blend youthful energy with their matured mastery. This should be worth the wait. (AJM)
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We’re so spoiled for music in Brighton. What other small city can count artists as diverse as The Maccabees, Rizzle Kicks and Bat For Lashes all making their names here? But now we’re not just creating great bands, we’re importing them too. Kins are from Brighton, but Brighton the town just outside of Melbourne. And now they’re here and we couldn’t be happier about it. Because Kins are really good – really, really good. We’re basing our new love on, well, what little we’ve been able to hear of them so far. Their sole Soundcloud offering is ‘Break Ties’ which, even in the demo form it’s showcased in, is a masterpiece. With something of the sparse late night atmospheric guitars of The xx, it sounds full of yearning, just shy of its heart exploding. Otherwise we can turn to their excellent seven-track minialbum ‘Dancing Back And Forth, Covered In Whipped Cream’, which has much of the same delicate emotion and pretty, gentle melancholic melodies but comes from the old line-up (more of which in a moment). So the best clue of what to expect comes from seeing Kins live, where they push much more power, much more attack into the music, while maintaining the complexities of their recordings to date.
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“Most of the aggression comes from religious oppression”, says Thomas, completely deadpan. For a minute we’re not sure if he’s joking. Certainly it’s not the first thing you’re going to pick up from seeing them play, and even guitarist and keyboard player Jackie is surprised. “Really?” she asks. “Previous bands and musical experiences have nothing on how much of an influence religion has played on our music”, he says seriously. “A big chunk of the aggression comes from, not religion as such, but the forced idea of indoctrination of children.” “To be clear, both me and Thomas went to Catholic schools, even though neither of us are religious in any way”, explains Jackie. “Tom’s parents were very religious.” “It’s not about my parents,” he stresses, “but about the social context in which I was raised, things like schools. I had certain friends that surprised me when they told me they were religious. From years of confusion, eventually in my much later years I understood what it was all about and extreme resentment came from that. I think there’s a huge part of it in the songs.” Another part of where the live aggression comes from is their rhythm section, especially drummer Alex. It hasn’t been an easy road for Kins to get here, and despite a big send off from Oz only two of the original quartet remain. Thomas’ bassist brother’s visa went pear shaped and he had to return home, while their original drummer decided that at 19 years old he wasn’t ready for the permanent move and went back to study. “It was horrible”, admits Jackie. “We got to this point and we were like, ‘What are we going to do?’ We had no idea. Brighton was the first right choice we made. We’d lived in London and felt like everything had fallen apart. But we got here, got our house, started settling into Brighton life and everybody was so helpful and accommodating, and we started meeting people. And then Alex and Rob came along.” Affable bassist Rob is actually from Wolverhampton, but Alex is another Aussie that Thomas knew from touring back home. “I remember being jealous of Alex’s singer for having Alex as a drummer”, recalls Thomas. “At the time I was playing in a band
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where I wasn’t in charge of the autocracy and I remember watching Alex and having this dream, ‘Wouldn’t it be great to have Alex in the band that I eventually form.’” Thomas says that they have a connection. “I feel extreme satisfaction with the way he grabs onto the songs and rips them apart. I don’t know if that’s the right phrase. The way he harnesses them. We feed off each other, it’s back and forth until it’s this energetic, monstrous beast.” Many of the songs are written by Thomas on bass, or with a starting point of programmed beats, rather than on acoustic guitar which Thomas find completely uninspiring and “weak”. It seems to make the melodies tiptoe around each other rather than the space being filled with strums and walls of distortion. Certainly big chords are not on the agenda. It’s a sound that has certainly pricked the right ears, as Kins have an all star line up behind them, including management by the people who look after Mercury Prize winners Alt-J. “We’ve got visas that will expire one day, in a year or two, so we always felt like we wanted to make our mark while we were here and get to work before our time ran out”, says Jackie. “We made our dream list of people we wanted to work with when we got here, and it’s mental that we’re working with those people now.” It’s clearly going right since they got here, but what brought them to our shores? Well it seems Brighton’s reputation for being a centre of music travels right around the globe, this time in the form of a tip off from a friend who had seen a lot of the world. And that was all it took. “When we arrived at Heathrow we stayed in London for about a month in total”, says Jackie. “For some reason it didn’t quite click with us. It just didn’t feel like home, or didn’t feel comfortable. We came to Brighton for a day trip, got off the train and straight away we were like, ‘This is home.’” “Our manager pointed out that after visiting Melbourne it reminded him so much of Brighton,”, adds Thomas. “You can see where we drew that comfort.” “If we weren’t in a band I think we’d still be here”, adds Jackie. “We just really like it here.”
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The main reason for leaving was that it’s so expensive to be a band in Australia. You can forget driving just up the road to do a gig – most of the major cities are at least ten hours from each other. “Melbourne is a fantastic place”, says Thomas. “It’s full of great food, it’s really good culturally, but it’s like an oasis in a very dry desert, quite literally.” “Australia has a beautiful landscape and a great quality of life, but you do feel like the party is going on elsewhere”, adds Alex. One party they’ve got lined up is the third Sea Monsters in January, where they’re playing our night. “I remember seeing it in SOURCE when we’d just moved down, and saying, ‘Why aren’t we doing these things?” remember Jackie. “So it’s really cool to be doing it now.” “We’re currently deciding which track to put on the compilation CD”, says Thomas. “There’s a lot of variation in our songs so it’s hard to pick one to represent ourselves. Our manager said the other day, ‘You’re just not a singles band, you’re an albums band,’ and I think that’s really accurate. I want to pick our most aggressive song.” Which just about wraps things up, unless Kins have got anything to add. “I always wonder, ‘What’s actually interesting to read in an interview?’” ponders Jackie. “I could say some real controversial shit, just to spice it up,” Alex offers. “What did I say about religion?” asks Thomas. “That it contributed to the aggression of your music”, says Alex. “Oh, good, that’s fair enough”, Thomas says with a smile.
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CLUB PREVIEWS
WORDS BY CHRIS BIGGS, ZAC COLBERT, STUART HUGGETT, JAMES KENDALL, JESSICA MARSHALL MCHATTIE
NETSKY
Concorde 2 Sun 2nd Dec
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As you get older it’s hard not to be bitter and resent those talented artists who are getting far too successful even though they’ve only just stopped wearing Pampers. Netsky is one of these youngsters, but rather than punch him in his lovely little face, we’ll settle for finding out what his “full live show” entails. His drum’n’bass output has always been exciting and very accomplished for one so young and no doubt this evening will be of similarly high calibre. (ZC)
JERU THE DAMAJA Concorde 2 Tues 4th Dec
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The original dirty rotten scoundrel never shied away from critiquing the world. From his anecdotal observations of gritty life in 90s Brooklyn to analysing the state of his beloved hip hop, Jeru The Damaja’s hardcore conscious style made heads nod, not only to the beat but also in agreement. He’s no stranger to touring but it’s been years since his last gig in Brighton. With support from High Focus and The Night Owls this night’s 99.9% guaranteed to be unmissable. (ZC)
DAGGER’S 2ND BIRTHDAY Life Fri 7th Dec
Dagger’s already two years old, which in club night years is a double centenary. If the cold British winter is getting you down and an exotic holiday isn’t on the horizon, hit up Life where the carnival sounds will transport you to a more tropical climate. Fittingly Rinse FM’s The Heatwave top the bill to warm your cockles - these guys bring bashment rhythms new and old that never fail to make dancefloors hotter than the centre of the sun. (ZC)
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NETSKY
JAGUAR SKILLS
Coalition Sat 8th Dec
His mixing makes the mind boggle, blending The White Stripes’ ‘Seven Nation Army’ into ‘One’ by Swedish House Mafia. Well, not blending exactly, but it’s still impressive. There’s no shadow of a doubt that this ninja knows how to up the ante – when Jaguar Skills is behind the wheels of steel it’s a guarantee that the party will be pumping. No other DJ has assaulted our eardrums with every tempo quite like the mixes of Mr Jaguar, so we’re looking forward to seeing if he can do it in the flesh. (ZC)
HOSPITALITY
Digital Sat 8th Dec
Once toted as the saviour of drum’n’bass, High Contrast ignored the hyperbole and, thankfully, the trends for dubstep and double time. He still produces exquisite liquid cuts (yes, we’ve conveniently forgotten his foray with Tiësto) and is responsible for many a genre-defining tune, so it was no surprise when he landed the Olympic ceremony gig. Labelmates and obvious fans of text speak S.P.Y and Nu:Tone prop up the bill to ensure you’re LOLing on the dancefloor. (ZC)
T WILLIAMS
Audio Sat 8th Dec
His house productions garnered attention a couple of years ago with the delicious little debut EP he released on Tom Lea’s Local Action imprint, but T Williams has been in the game from way back. Under his Dread D alias he was behind some of the very first grime hits but more recently he’s focused on his DJing and high profile remixing for the likes of Skream and Maya Jane Coles. Warehouse is free before midnight, meaning you can’t complain about being skint because it’s Christmas. (ZC)
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This’ll be the last Green Door Store night for promoters Below The Line for a while, and they’re leaving the venue on a high. Local producer Wen has a maturity that belies his years (he couldn’t make the last time he was booked in Brighton because he’d have missed school), with atmospheric cut-up vocals and a stripped back, pared down take on building beats. Fellow Keysound Recordings producer Sully’s also on the line-up and will be exhibiting his dark bass style, guaranteed to get the cobbles pounded by grooving feet. (JMM)
Stock up on donuts and damn fine coffee for this free, David Lynch inspired club night from the Anti-Ghost Moon Ray collective. Promising to turn the Green Door Store into a Twin Peaks “pine forest dream”, the music encompasses new remixes of Lynch soundtracks and live reinterpretations by the collective (so Gazelle Twin, Bernholz and Great Pagans may well be involved). The Lynch aesthetic extends to themed snacks and fancy dress, but please don’t come as Bob. Bring a log. (SH)
Green Door Store Thurs 13th Dec
LAURENT GARNIER Concorde 2 Fri 14th Dec
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Applesauce sure are firing with the big guns. Former Haçienda chef Garnier (yes, really) has been one of the most highly regarded DJs for the last 25 years. A killer techno DJ who plays so much more, it’s his eclecticism that gets everyone so excited. He normally plays long sets – from about four hours upwards – with the most interesting stuff played in the build up. Warm yourself up with a blast of his excellent radio show, It Is What It Is, from his comprehensive website. (JK)
JACKMASTER Digital Sat 15th Dec
He collates classics and manages to deftly mix booty bass and r’n’b with stomping house and thumping techno, resulting in sets that drip with sex and ravers covered in all sorts of bodily discharge. Numbers’ Jackmaster is responsible for some of our favourite mixes of this year and anyone who goes from Lil Wayne to Jameson’s ‘Urban Hero’ is a sonic hero of ours. You can see what we mean at Digital where he’s joined by Happa and the Blah Blah Blah DJs. (ZC)
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Green Door Store Thurs 20th Dec
SATTA SOUNDS
Volks Fri 21st Dec
The hardest and ruffest jungle, dub, drum’n’bass and breakcore from the Brighton/East Anglia collective. If you’ve ever been to one of these dances you’ll know these guys always put on a special night full of chopped up amen breaks and revamped dancehall riddims. Neurofunk’s next big thing Block Dodger headlines tonight, along with Caleb, Brock Out, local boys General Waste and C3B and plenty more. Toxic Sound System are on rig duty whilst Daytime Televisuals provide images you’ll wish you never saw. (CB)
NOWHERE TO RUN
Audio Fri 18th Jan
Brighton’s best night dedicated to Motown and northern soul spreads its wings to find a new home at Audio. The new basement setting will bring back an underground aesthetic to the likes of Otis Redding, The Velvettes and Aretha Franklin, not dissimilar to how the movement was when it first took off in the north of England. We reckon the classy tunes and subterranean vibe will be a match made in soul heaven. You might want to stop and think it over before chucking your talc on the floor though. (ZC)
BRIGHTON UP!
Life Fri 18th Jan
The Brighton Up! soundsystem take over Life and aim to dispel those January blues with the full spectrum of reggae music, from rocksteady and roots to dub and dancehall. DJs Reggae Roast and General Roots spin classic riddims from the 60s to the 90s, filling the dancefloor with uplifting tunes and positive vibrations. At only £3 entry it’s a bargain boogaloo to stop you feeling blue. (ZC)
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DECEMBER MONDAYS HASHTAG#
Everything from club classics to funky house, this is the place to be on Monday... Follow the trend! 10pm ~ 5am. £2 Guestlist.
WEDNESDAYS MOVE
The new Dance weekly at LIFE focussing on the UK side of electronic music with the best in up coming talent from around the country! 5th My Neu Leng / 12th Khan 19th Well Rounded Xmas Party 11pm ~ 4am. £2/3/4.
SATURDAYS JUICE BOX
The seafront’s biggest & freshest party! Big tunes, party vibes, special treats each week and drink deals all night! 11pm ~ 4am. £5.
FRIDAYS: 7TH - DAGGER IS 2!
The notorious Dagger! are back for another sweaty night of Dancehall, Bashment & Reggae with special guests from Rinse FM, The Heatwave! In support will be the Dagger Sound System and Flatline DJs! 11pm - Late. £3/4/5.
14TH - ENK
The ENK Collective have brought the likes of Roska, Youngsta, DJ Q and the Butterz Label to the seaside to name but a few and the 14th is no exception. A very special guest to be announced online soon, with support from the ENK Collective DJs! 11pm - Late. £4.
21ST HASHTAG END OF THE WORLD WEEKENDER!r
Whether you believe the Mayans were right or not, it's time to party like it's the last night of your life and the Hashtag crew are here to soundtrack the antics! 11pm - Late. £3/4/5.
28TH JAIL BAIT REUNION
Remember getting 'Locked Up & Gettin Low' to all that naughty nineties music at Jail Bait? Well, it's back for one more night of filth playing the best in 90s Lipgloss Pop, East 'N' west Coast Hip-Hop and Slow Jamz. Get your best threads on... 11pm - Late. £2/3/4.
31ST AKAAKAROAR! NEW YEARS EVE!
After nearly 3 years of bringing Brighton the best in forward thinking House, Bass & Techno the AkaAkaRoar! team are hosting the Biggest New Years Eve party at LIFE with Martyn, Eliphino, South London Ordnance B2B Tessela, Elek and many, many more! 10pm - 4am. £10 Early bird.
JANUARY 1ST - NEW YEARS DAY WITH CRITICAL SOUND
Acting as the AkaAkaRoar! after party, Critical Sound carry on the celebration with Syantific, Kasra, Foreign Concept, Mefjus and many more! 4am - 10am, £10 Early bird.
FRIDAYS: 11TH - BELOW THE LINE
The Brighton based blog & club nights has hosted some of the best in House, Bass and Techno in the past year including Levon Vincent and Trevino. With a special guest to be announced online and support from Below The Line residents and regulars, this is a night not to be missed! 11pm - Late. £4 B4 12.
18TH - BRIGHTON UP!
Back for another night of the Reggae sounds in Brighton with Reggae Roast and general Roots with Support from Brighton Up and Flatline DJs! 11pm - Late. £3.
25TH - AKAAKAROAR! 3RD BIRTHDAY
Celebrating their 3rd Birthday in style, AKAAKAROAR! bring Boddika and Skudge to LIFE with support from regular AAR! residents! 11pm - Late. £6/7/8.
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THE CORRESPONDENTS Concorde 2 Sat 19th Jan
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You’ve never seen a DJ and MC like this. Mr Bruce rocks wet-look leggings and a long tailed black blazer, spitting fire and cutting the stage with flamboyant dancing while DJ Chucks does indeed chuck out a mouthwatering amalgamation of 60s jazz, 90s jungle and noughties dubstep and d‘n’b. Their onstage japes don’t overshadow the fact that these two are incredibly talented and put on a show unlike anything around. (ZC)
AKAAKAROAR 3RD BIRTHDAY Life Fri 25th Jan
As the sample states on his recent super-collaboration with Joy Orbison and Pearson Sound, ‘Faint’ really does make our legs begin to go weak. Boddika’s pared down productions don’t hide behind boisterous basslines or big room sounds, they’re precise and intricate and stand up to scrutiny in your headphones as much as on club sound systems. Skudge and guests promise to make AKA’s birthday go with a bang, bass and kick drum. (ZC)
ERISIAN
Volks Fri 25th Jan
Brighton’s leading crew when it comes to the real sound of the underground are back on regular duty at the Volks. The first release from their newly founded digital label is now available and features nine tracks of the kind of talent expected to be seen tonight. Pounding hardtek, ragga-jungle, mutant bassline, breakcore, gabba, jungletek, crossbreed and all sorts of other things that sound made up and your parents wouldn’t approve of. The closest you’ll get to an illegal rave without actually going to one. (CB)
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Five Halloweens ago we started counting which there were more of, sexy witches or sexy cats. We’ve had to call that competition to a close, cos the witches are now completely outnumbered by the felines. Why? Because everyone looks cute with whiskers and a little black nose drawn on their unremarkable human faces.
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Cat Face takes that premise and turns it into the best idea for a club night we’ve heard in ages. It’s a tenner entry, or just £3 if you’ve got a cat face drawn on. But there are rules: “No acting like a cat. No other cat paraphernalia apart from a cat face. It’s not a cat appreciation society.” Why it’s so brilliant is that it’s impossible to act to cool if you have a cat’s face and it’s impossible to be intimidated by cooler people when they’re cat faced-up. Which is probably why it’s roadblocked at midnight. The electro-y dubstep and hip hop party tunes help, but this is a brilliant antidote to overly serious clubbing.
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Kendrick Lamar ‘Swimming Pools (Bird Peterson Remix)’ TNGHT ‘Higher Ground’ Nas ‘Original Don (Flosstradamus Remix)’ Nero ‘Won’t You (Be There) (Baauer Remix)’ Kanye West, Jay-Z & Big Sean ‘Clique’ Angel Haze ‘New York’ The Partysquad ‘Go Down Low’ A$AP Rocky ‘Fuckin Problem Feat. 2Chainz, Drake & Kendrick Lamar’ Major Lazer & Ms.Thing ‘When You Hear the Bassline’ DJ Fresh ‘Gold Dust (Shy FX Re-Edit)’
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WORDS BY STUART HUGGETT, JAMES KENDALL, JAKE KENNEDY, JESSICA MARSHALL MCHATTIE, BEN MILLER
THEATRE: FRACTURED / OUTSIDE EDGE Little Theatre Weds 5th – Sat 8th / Tues 18th – Sat 22nd Dec
Fractured is a whodunit featuring lies, wrecked dreams, broken marriages, true love and all the other incendiary ingredients indicative of a great night in the Pav Tav to kick off the month at the Little. Outside Edge is more bawdy fare. Embroiled in trouble and strife, a bunch of cricketers’ WAGs set fire to their husbands’ cars and lock themselves in toilets, resulting in a dose of fear and loathing in darkest Dorking. The official show description contains five exclamation marks. (BM)
BOOKS: BRANDON BLOCK Redroaster Café Thurs 6th Dec
The Grit Lit group bring clubland icon and one-time Ronnie Wood botherer Brandon Block to their regular evenings at the Red Roaster, to read from Matt Trollope’s upcoming biography ‘The Life & Lines Of Brandon Block’. With a title like that, you know you’re not going to be hearing about golf with Terry Wogan. With a supporting cast of gritty local literary types, it should be colourful, to say the least. (JKY)
TALK: NELLY BEN HAYOUN Lighthouse Thurs 6th Dec
Nelly Ben Hayoun is the director of The International Space Orchestra, perhaps the only collective laying claim to intergalactic bluegrass courtesy of band members including Damon Albarn, Bobby Womack and various NASA scientists and academics. More brilliantly, Ben Hayoun has the unofficial title of the Willy Wonka of Design and Science, making geek stuff sexy across Hadron Colliders, neutrino observatories, exclusion zones and deep space beamings. Find out what she’s up to at a pivotal point in space science exploration. (BM)
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THEATRE: HANSEL AND GRETEL New Venture Thurs 6th – Sun 9th Dec
The famous old Brothers Grimm story is a 200-year-old seasonal classic, not least because of the warm reminiscence it evokes in anyone who shat themselves watching the film adaptation when they were a kid or, indeed, saw a premonition of future girlfriends in the form of the warty witch. New Venture’s version, apparently, also considers the lengths hunger drives us to, conjuring visions of that guy Vice found eating out of a bin down West Street. Still, chips are unbeatable. (BM)
THEATRE: MAX AND IVAN ARE… CON ARTISTS Dome Studio Theatre Fri 7th Dec
Although it would be unfair to compare anything to the excellent film-noir parody Joe Bone’s been touring in Bane, double act Max and Ivan have been spoofing gangster flicks to award-winning effect for a while. Six ex-cons comprise the usual suspects (smooth talker, hacker, mercenary, driver and so on) in this sendup of the heist genre, swiftly interspersed with numerous outbreaks of daftness and no shortage of quick-witted acting. More mob films could do with this much fun and theatrical farce. (BM)
COMEDY: RACING MINDS
Upstairs At Three And Ten Tues 11th Dec / Tues 8th Jan
Bursting forth like comedy embryos from well-respected Edinburgh Fringe improvisation fixtures The Oxford Imps, these four young toads have been known to lickspittle their hair for an old-fashioned live radio show in the company of virtuoso musicians and sound effects. It’s always best to hedge your bets given the increasingly ill-judged predictions of a culture hack who rarely escapes their box room, but this group’s pedigree and reviews so far suggest a decent chance of seeing a performance of precocity. (BM)
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BOOKS: PETER HOOK Old Market Weds 12th Dec
We met Peter Hook backstage at a club in LA once and he was in the middle of a great salacious story until we were introduced as being from a magazine, at which point he swiftly changed the subject. The point of this namedropping anecdote is to say that he’s a great raconteur and has more stories than he has influential basslines. He never pulls any punches, even when talking about subjects as delicate as Ian Curtis and the equally dead Factory Records boss Tony Wilson. Both will feature tonight as he’s talking about his Joy Division book ‘Unknown Pleasures’. (JK)
COMEDY: THE TREASON SHOW
Dome Studio Theatre Thurs 27th – Mon 31st Dec
The squad of Head Boys chortling cerebrally on Have I Got News For You still have nowt on The Treason Show, although it’d probably be a tabloid scandal in itself if Ian Hislop could sing, dance and flail as goonishly as this lot. About 50 writers, apparently, have their cynicism played out by the city’s finest theatrical satirists in their traditional end-of-year round-up which, if you think about it, accounts for a value-per-gag figure even George Osborne might find agreeable. (BM)
THEATRE: JEFF WAYNE’S THE WAR OF THE WORLDS
SPOKEN WORD: POETS VS MCS
If you’ve ever shouted “Ulla!” in the playground or crawled around under a blanket pretending to be the Red Weed, you’ll be one of the thousands of kids whose nightmares were soundtracked by Jeff Wayne’ musical reimagining of H.G. Wells’ Martian invasion tale. The original’s stars of ’78 are replaced on this spectacular stage version by a curious bunch of performers, including Jason Donovan, Wet Wet Wet’s Marti Pellow, Kaiser Chief’s Ricky Wilson and a holographic Liam Neeson. Who’s gonna get fried by the Heat Ray? (SH)
It’s the tenth annual instalment of Hammer & Tongue and Slip Jam:B’s Poets Vs MCs, an event that makes us fundamentally happy to live in Brighton. Typifying the diversity and originality of our fair town, this event pits the best local rappers against the best local spoken word poets, for a rap battle like you’ve never seen. Usually selling out the Komedia, it’s moved up to Concorde this year, meaning even more people can experience and vote for whichever side is best on the night. (JMM)
Brighton Centre Sun 16th – Mon 17th Dec
Concorde 2 Thurs 24th Jan
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COMEDY: JIMMY CARR – GAGGING ORDER
Brighton’s finest wordsmiths – rappers, poets, MCs, traditionalists, free versers – are coming together for a night celebrating the spoken word at The Old Market. The performers are a multifarious bunch in terms of style, yet all uniquely interesting. If you’ve never been to a spoken word event, this is the place to give it a go, as the night’s free. Singer songwriter Zoë Hazel will be soothing the audience during the intervals with her melodic, ambient tunes. (JMM)
Comedy doesn’t have to be taxing. If you’ve forgiven Jimmy Carr and forgotten seeing him door-stepped in his dressing gown, perhaps the best manifestation of his new-found infamy is the prospect of watching him skewer anyone foolish enough to join his trail of trounced hecklers, eyes glowing malevolently as each lone voice pipes up. Bad gags and offshore scandals aside, the ticket prices for Carr’s latest round of big theatre gigs mean he’s certain to end up laughing whatever happens. (BM)
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EP: BITTER RUIN
‘The Rocket Sessions’ (bitterruin.com)
Released to tie in with support slots at various O2 Academies, this EP assembles four tracks recorded over a week in London’s Rocket Studios. The band asked their fans which songs they wanted to feature, and the vast majority requested ‘Child In A Seacave’. Said soaring rock opera-esque live favourite is indeed present in a raw take that feels positively visceral. Other tracks are augmented by cello, percussion and multi-layered guitars on the spiky cabaret folk act’s most polished release to date. (AP)
ALBUM: COLD PUMAS ‘Persistent Malaise’ (Faux Discx)
Following a steady stream of singles and splits, Cold Pumas’ debut LP arrives as a triple team up between Nottingham’s Gringo, London’s Italian Beach Babes and guitarist Dan Reeves’ own Faux Discx labels. The extended format allows the trio to relax a little from their usual hyperactive motorik, with tracks like ‘Fog Cutter’ and ‘Variety Lights’ and stretching out for long, measured passages of one-note riffing. Smeared vocals and the relentless metallic treble of the guitars allows for extended hypnotic immersion. (SH)
EP: FINGERS & THUMBS ‘Trenches’ (Aspidistra)
Up until the end of last year, David Wheeldon was singer/ guitarist with psych-influenced quartet Anagrams. Now they’ve split, he’s stripped things back with solo project Fingers & Thumbs. This debut EP takes a warm country-rock approach, with four tracks of light, semi-acoustic Americana. ‘Family Ties’ and ‘Crooked Teeth’ roll along pleasantly, despite the grim addiction subject matter of the latter, while ‘Sick’ and ‘Trenches’ wind back with a more relaxed, porch-rocking feel. A strong set of songs. (SH)
ALBUM: HAMILTON YARNS ‘Calm Down Grandad’ (Hark!)
Ten years and about as many albums down the line, Hamilton Yarns are still quietly going about their business of making
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some of the most playful, distinctive music around. The excellently titled, carefully packaged ‘Calm Down Grandad’ assembles toybox melodies, soft vocals, gentle guitar picking and field recordings into a beguiling, complex soundworld. Highly recommended, and with its sleepy, In The Night Garden atmosphere, almost perfect bedtime music for tots too. (SH)
EP: PAPER PLAYGROUND ‘Wake Up Dreamer’ (paperplayground.co.uk)
Formed by three-quarters of Brighton’s once hotly tipped Educated Animals, Paper Playground’s first full EP is an impressive six tracks of shimmering, technicolour dreampop. ‘Black And Blue’ opens with majestic piano chords, skittering electronic beats, sheets of billowing synth and ethereal vocals. It’s a supremely confident start, and the rest of ‘Wake Up Dreamer’ doesn’t disappoint, with layer upon layer of rushing, lysergic pop confections. One of the most immediate and pleasurable debuts to arrive on the SOURCE desk in quite some time. (SH)
ALBUM: STRAW BEAR ‘Black Bank’ (Oilbug)
“Urban fox…urban fox…you know there’s only one thing on his mind,” coos Brighton singer Ian Ray, ruing the promiscuity of bin-maulers. Weird subject matters roll through the wistful alt-country of an album adorned with a tree at sunset in the Cambridgeshire countryside, where this breeze of pretty melodies was made. Cocking a string-backed snook at city slicking on the witty ‘London Needn’t Be The Centre Of The World’, it’s the musical equivalent of a stomp through the countryside. (BM)
EP: VERSES
‘Come To Life’ (versesuk.com)
New kids on the rock block Verses have clawed their way to recognition over the past two years, and ‘Come To Life’ really exemplifies this journey. This stellar six-track EP, including stonkers such as ‘Ten Seconds Left’ and ‘Who We Are’, show that the Brighton lads’ clean and polished rock, with big choruses, gang vocals and sheer breakdowns, is a great starting point. So much so, their EP was given away with Rock Sound magazine. Go listen, they will be big. (LH)
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Never before have we had so many different artists voted for by the many ears of our SOURCE writing team. It’s a credit both to how deeply they dig into Brighton’s music scene and to how diverse that scene has been in 2012. So here’s the only chart of Brighton artists that counts. Listen to them all at brightonsource.co.uk/2012chart.
5. RESTLESSLIST ‘Magma’
1. HOLY VESSELS ‘Springtime Bloom’
6. KINS ‘Break Ties’
A song so evocative it gives us a tingle every time its plucked guitars amble along, the finest song from Holy Vessels’ debut is a singalong masterclass in country rock. From the skipping drums and gently plodding bassline to the twinkly pianos, ‘Springtime Bloom’ makes us feel like we’re wandering through the long grass of the South Downs as the sun beams down. Imagine how much we’d love it if we’d had any nice weather this year.
2. THE PHYSICS HOUSE BAND ‘Titan’
Instrumentally perfect and notoriously popular, TPHB demonstrate a resurgence of many of the most misunderstood genres around: prog rock, jazz fusion and technical metal. There are more notes in ‘Titan’’s time-switching madness than the rest of this list put together.
3. TALL SHIPS ‘Murmurations’
Like Black Sabbath gone prog – but in a really good way – ‘Magma’ showed that not only were Restlesslist one of the best live bands of the year, they’d also produced some of the most chaotically brilliant Brighton studio moments of the year too.
Just a demo, but, oh my, you’ll know just why we put them on the cover and called them the best band of 2013. Emotional and stripped right back, ‘Break Ties’ is like finding a lost track by The xx.
7. ORBITAL ‘Never’
It was hard to pick a stand out track from the Hartnolls’ ‘Wonky’, a huge return to form that took the epic melodies of ‘The Brown Album’ and ‘Snivilisation’ and welded them to new sounds and beats. But the euphoric, pretty ‘Never’ had us rushing each time we heard it.
8. ABI WADE ‘Hope’
Perfectly showcasing Abi Wade’s soulful, yearning voice and cello wizardry, ‘Hope’ is a hypnotic, dreamy song that grows on you with every listen.
Sparse, emotional and extraordinary brave – things don’t kick in until the six minute mark – this is the most hypnotic track Brighton has produced all year. Melodies weave in and out of each other like the starlings circling the pier, and when the choir kicks in…oh, wow.
9. FEAR OF MEN ‘Green Sea’
4. BAT FOR LASHES ‘Laura’
10. DARK HORSES ‘Radio’
This one-off collaboration between Natasha Khan and ‘Video Games’ songwriter Justin Parker wasn’t exactly the hit Bat For Lashes’ label must’ve been hoping for, but it became her showstopping torch song nonetheless.
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As shimmering, bright and luminous as its title, Fear Of Men’s dreamlike second single made almost every other musician in Brighton look like lumbering try-hards.
The almost embarrassingly stylish Dark Horses fulfilled their considerable promise with this hypnotic, echoing single, which proved once again that narcissistic radio stations can’t resist songs about themselves.
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11. MAXXI SOUNDSYSTEM ‘Regrets We Have No Use For’
It’s been an incredible year for Sam Watts following his SOURCE cover – international gigs, Fabric slots and releases on Needwant, Futureboogie and, here, Hypercolour. His best vocal track has a restrained Sam holding back one of the oddest basslines of the year.
12. JENNIFER LEFT ‘Black Dog’
You can never have too many hand claps or whistled melodies in a pop record – that’s official, it says so in the rule book. ‘Black Dog’ had all that and a chorus that would have a Parisian café singing along.
13. NATIVE ROSES ‘Shadows’
Lush, heart on sleeve, musical – if Fleetwood Mac came back with a record this good we’d be running through the streets rejoicing. Don’t believe us? Then go and download it for free from Soundcloud.
14. GNARWOLVES ‘Coffee’
Energetic closing track on the UK’s best pop punk band’s defining EP, ‘CRU’. Actually, we think they might be the world’s best pop punk band.
15. THE MACCABEES ‘Child’
This year the rest of the country caught up to what we’ve known in Brighton for years – that The Maccabees are one of the best bands around. ‘Child’’s widescreen emotional pop
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16. CURXES ‘Spectre’
Passionate, dark and committed, Curxes’ ‘Spectre’ has the hallmarks of a modern classic, with epic synths and punkinfluenced vocals melting into something totally unique.
17. CAVE PAINTING ‘Leaf’
Coming somewhere between airy chillwave and stadium ballads, ‘Leaf’ is the perfect jumping in point to Cave Painting’s debut LP – the shimmering guitars will have your spine tingling.
18. MIRRORS ‘Hourglass’
With Ally Young jumping ship to join the remnants of Viva Brother in Lowlife, it was a quiet year for Mirrors, and the epic synthpop of ‘Hourglass’ made us miss them all the more.
19. SONS OF NOEL & ADRIAN ‘The Yard’
Kicking off their highly-regarded second album, ‘The Yard’ is typical SONA – pretty and dark in equal measure. Heavier and more prog than ever, their layered folk is completely unique.
20. ODDFELLOW’S CASINO ‘We Will Be Here’
Oddfellow’s third album ‘The Raven’s Empire’ soundtracked many a dark January night when it crept out earlier this year, and the haunted threat of ‘We Will Be Here’ was its unnerving highlight.
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HOLY VESSELS’ DEBUT SINGLE ‘SPRINGTIME BLOOM’ IS SOURCE’S SONG OF THE YEAR How do you feel about winning our writers’ poll? Mavo (bass): I think it’s fucking great personally, I’m really happy about it. I always read the SOURCE and have done since I lived here. You helped us out in July, putting us on the cover when nobody on the planet knew or cared who we were, that was just great. What a nice Christmas present this is.
How did you fund the album? T: We did a PledgeMusic campaign and that went through the roof. It wasn’t a very high target to begin with, but it was realistic, and we managed to exceed it by 150% or something. We’re in a much better position than we would’ve been, cos now we’ve got physical CDs and stuff.
How much attention did ‘Springtime Bloom’ bring you? Tommy (keyboards): It was the first thing we ever put out on the internet, and that was pretty much the amount of releasing we did with it. We didn’t have the money to do anything else. M: My memory of it was thinking we could sit around for another six months trying to figure out how to do this really, really well or we can just bang a single out ourselves. It was a case of just, put your finger in the diary over the next three weeks and say, that Monday, let’s get the ball rolling. There’s no point hanging on, you can wait around forever.
Did you offer any special rewards to people who pledged more money? T: Yeah, for £90 you could buy a song about you and three people bought them.
And things took off from there? M: Yeah, we just sent a lot of emails to people, and you were obviously kind enough to put us on the cover when it came out. It snowballed from there. We had the launch party for the single at the end of that month at the Green Door Store, which was rammed. The guy from Indie Shuffle picked up on it, a few blogs picked up on it. We just put it out and told as many people as we could.
So now you’ve got to write them. M: Yeah, we offloaded that one onto (singer) Frank. It’s quite nice, cos one guy sold his house, and his wife and daughters went travelling for a year, so he wanted a song about that. T: A guy bought one for his unborn son M: That was a friend of mine from school. The other was for our guitarist Joe’s nan. His uncle bought it and said, “This is a song for your nan, so keep it clean.” You’re playing Love Thy Neighbours’ night at Sea Monsters 3 too, with Abi Wade. M: I’ve known her for a while, and I work with her sometimes, at an after school club, looking after kids. She’s great, I’m looking forward to seeing her play. T: We haven’t chosen which song to do for the Sea Monsters album yet. I think they like to have a new one so we might give them the song for Joe’s nan.
Tell us about this month’s album launch? T: It’s at the Blind Tiger with Common Tongues, Soccer 96, Autumn Red and Songs For Walter. A Christmas piss up, a gig and a get together. Anything else planned for the new year? M: They’re bands who we’ve been talking about doing gigs T: We’ve got vague plans to go to this house in Reigate that’s with for a while. Common Tongues were putting on their owned by a friend of ours and just spend a week there playing Christmas gig and asked if we’d play and we crashed their and writing, see what comes out of it. Maybe that will be the party so to speak. start of the next album. T: We said we’ll do it if we M: It’s better just to see what happens, let it can have it as our album happen naturally. But yeah, you can feel launch. We needed to there’s another album manifesting itself. It’s organise it anyway. It nice when we all sit in car and go to London ALBUM: ‘Last Orders At The Marshall Arms’ made life much, much shows, and I’ve made loads of mixtapes and LAUNCH: Blind Tiger, Thurs 13th Dec easier cos then we didn’t everyone’s banging on cassettes and vibing WEB: holyvessels.co.uk have to book our off all this bonkers new music. Just wait and next gig. see really.
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Christmas Artists’ Open Houses Sat 1st – Sun 16th Dec WORDS BY STUART HUGGETT PAPERCUT BY LOU TAYLOR
Brighton and Hove’s Christmas Artists’ Open Houses festival returns for its 10th year at the start of December. Each weekend, artists and makers from across the city will be inviting the public into their homes, exhibiting their work and offering handmade art and gifts for sale. Pick up items from Christmas cards to paintings, furniture to fashion, meet their creators and, if you time it right, maybe partake of some mulled wine and mince pies. A great place to start is AT Open House at 42 Hendon Street, where you can find the brilliant papercuts of Lou Taylor. A guide to participating artists’ houses and visiting times can be found at aoh.org.uk.
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NEARLY EVERY GOOD BRIGHTON BAND ON ONE BILL. YOU’LL BE DROWNING IN GOOD MUSIC. WORDS BY BEE ADAMIC, CHRIS BIGGS, STUART HUGGETT, JAMES KENDALL, AMY JO MCLELLAN, JESSICA MARSHALL MCHATTIE PHOTO NIMA ELMS
It’s probably the best thing to happen to the local music scene since ABBA won Eurovision at The Dome. Sea Monsters is the perfect place to catch all the bands that we’ve been banging on about this year. It’s only a fiver a night, or £25 if you want to see all 29 bands over the week, so it couldn’t be better value for money. Here’s some of the artists you don’t want to miss.
ABI WADE
Manipulating her cello like nothing you’ve ever heard before, Abi Wade is a true original. Her unique take on the instrument and angelic folk vocals have recently seen her secure a support slot on Patrick Wolf’s European tour, and latest single ‘Heavy Heart/Faker’ proves she’s destined for the top. She’s one of Brighton’s foremost musical talents, so if you haven’t seen her before, don’t miss your chance to do so in an intimate venue. (JMM)
AK/DK
Two drummers in a band is always going to be exciting, and throw in a selection of analogue and digital synths and effects and you’ve got AK/DK. The duo’s shows are mostly improvised and they always manage to create a chaotically beautiful sound, so you’re guaranteed to experience something unique.
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Their energy is fantastic, and you’re likely to find yourself bouncing around the dancefloor as they’re a whole lot of fun. (BA)
DA-10
Nowadays everyone plays synth, right? Well, not like this. DA-10 is a two-man band consisting of synth god Danalogue and MPC wizard 10-David, and their skills in building wobbly soundscapes, twinkly beats and heavy basslines using only hardware will have the technology geeks among you in awe. Even if you couldn’t care less about the creation of the sound, marvel at the unusual sight of electronic musicians having a blast, and dance. (JMM)
GNARWOLVES
In the last year, pop-punk trio Gnarwolves have released a cracking EP, toured the country with Lower Than Atlantis, played a handful of shows in Germany, supported Ceremony, Fucked Up and Boysetsfire among others, and are always willing to squeeze in an extra local show here or there. A Brighton Gnarwolves show feels like what you’d imagine early Blink-182 or NOFX gigs to have been like – full of energy, constant crowd surfing and mass sing-alongs. Prepare to party. (CB)
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Complex and dynamic, The Deal Was For The Diamond have been sharpening their progressive metal juggernaut at a steady pace for some years, mixing up a breathtaking, speaker rattling blend of noise and precision. For some reason, they seem to finish off every venue SOURCE has caught them in (hello, the Engine Room and the Providence – or rather, goodbye). Stunning stuff. (SH)
GREAT PAGANS
Part of the striking, audio-visual Anti-Ghost Moon Ray collective, Great Pagans play hauntingly melodic, soft-edged guitar pop. Their recent eponymous EP was six songs of instant tunefulness, with a light touch and shimmering, spectral beauty. Great Pagans could prove one of the week’s unexpected, understated triumphs. (SH)
HOLY VESSELS
Brighton’s country-rock revivalists are excellent songwriters, which is probably why their ‘Springtime Bloom’ single won the SOURCE Writers’ Song Of The Year. Read more about them on page 40. (JK)
KINS
Yeah, they’re on our cover, in case you didn’t notice. If you’re too impatient to flick all the way to page 19 then here’s the short version: beautiful, melodic grooves that fall somewhere between Foals and The xx while sounding like their own band. (JK)
LOOSE LIPS
Embracing the energy of pop-punk like American teenagers in the mid 90s, Loose Lips are a refreshingly upbeat trio who have fun writing infectious tracks and playing them loud. After winning over crowds as the opening act to a plethora of other young British acts, the unsigned band are set to make a name for themselves. For now, their loyal following remains largely local but it won’t be long before the good word begins to spread. (AJM)
NEGATIVE PEGASUS
Counting One Inch Badge’s Todd Jordan among their number, Negative Pegasus are a heavy psychedelic trio, in the vein of such overdriven riff minimalists as Brooklyn’s Oneida. This year’s debut LP ‘Looming’ churns like a washing machine filled with liquid ecstasy, and you trapped inside. They will rinse your mind clean. (SH)
900 SPACES
Disco-pop quartet 900 Spaces play energetic, synth-led indie in the infectious style of Those Dancing Days and You Say Party! We Say Die! A refreshingly unpretentious band, led by bounding frontwoman Emma Lou, 900 Spaces are equal parts cheerfulness and bashfuness. A joy to watch and dance to. (SH)
THE PHYSICS HOUSE BAND
If you haven’t seen TPHB live you’re a) one of the few, and b) in for a right treat. Despite being prog-jazz fusion this is no chin stroking experience. See No.2 in our Writer’s Chart for more. (JK)
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It’s great to see hip hop represented on the Sea Monsters bill – Brighton has a great scene, arguably lead by RumCom. Their LP ‘Boozetown’ revels in the underbelly of the city and is as gritty musically as it is lyrically. Only problem: with such a huge line-up – TC Johnston, Prince Kong, Gizmo and Captain Bukioe, plus singer Rag ‘n’Bonez Man and a quartet of producers – they might struggle to fit on the Albert stage. (JK)
SEA BASTARD
The heaviest band at this year’s festival play the sort of crushing doom metal that you could imagine actual Sea Monsters themselves grooving to in the ocean’s pressurised depths. The excellently named Sea Bastard play very loud and very long: they could only fit three tracks on their awesome ‘The Great Barrier Riff’ album. But what incredible tracks. (SH)
SOCCER96
Sheepskin and UV-wearing (when we saw them at least) analogue dance pop outfit Soccer96 are one of the bands most likely to break through in 2013. Tracks like ‘SuperWarrior’ are quite sparse, otherworldly grooves while single ‘Call To Arms’ is a crunchy pop gem. If the idea of AK/DK sounds a bit much, these guys are a much easier jumping in point. Warped pop music that’s as fun as it is random. (JK)
THE SQUADRON LEADERS
Look sharp there. The Squadron Leaders are a saxpowered, instrumental surf music trio, with a cargo bay full of twangtastic originals and curveball covers to keep you on your toes. ‘A.I.’, for instance, doesn’t stand for artificial intelligence but a certain globe-conquering US punk anthem. Should prove to be the festival’s most shameless party band. (SH)
SUAVE DEBONAIR
Jumping on the bill for hip hop stalwarts Slip Jam:B’s showcase, Suave Debonair brings the party with his comic, skilful rhymes. Suave’s been in the game for a while, collaborating with 2012’s breakthrough trio Stooshe before they swapped their potty-mouthed r’n’b credibility for pointless TLC covers and advertising Furbys. With multiple identities and styles, Suave could steer this show in any direction. (SH)
WRITTEN IN WATERS
The extravagant Written In Waters are a complicated, progressive quintet, led by operatic vocalist Beth Cannon. Gothic in a classic 19th century style, this year’s self-titled EP (produced by in-demand avant-metal specialist Jaime Gomez Arellano) prints their lyrics on a set of loose, surreal tarot EVENT: Prince Albert, Mon 21st – Sun 27th Jan cards, which hints at the mix of CD: ‘Sea Monsters 3’ out on Mon 21st Jan humour and deathly seriousness the WEB: oibrecords.com band deal in. Heavy as you like and way, way out there. (SH)
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BATTLEJAMMING PRODUCER DROPS HIS LP WITH DEEKLINE WORDS BY ZAC COLBERT With his debut LP ‘Bounce ‘n’ Shake’ set to drop in January, we talk to Ed Solo about the album, the evolution of Battlejam and the wonders of new studio equipment.
coming up on the 5th with Beardyman again which will probably be the first one in at least a year with both him and JFB.
You’ve been working with Deekline for years now, but this is your debut LP together. Why’d you guys make us wait so long? We never really thought about it, I suppose. We were both doing so many different things with different labels, then Deekline suggested it and I thought, why not?
You mentioned the importance of JFB getting Serato, what other tech will you be using? JFB’s gonna have about six decks set up I think, and a few musicians so he can sample them. Beardy’s moved from his Kaoss Pads, he had about four or five at one point, to his own kinda software design which he controls with an iPad. He’s been developing it for a few years and I think it’s pretty much ready.
The first disc is a traditional album and the second disc is more like a mixtape – tell us about the creative thinking behind that. It’s to give people more for their money cos when we do the digital release we’re gonna have a deluxe version with instrumentals and a cappellas, and maybe a parts version as well. Plus you can go on iTunes and get compilations for like six quid and get 40 tracks and we’re competing with that. I think with the digital version of the album there’s 25 tracks on it.
What sort of stuff have you been using in the studio, any new bit of kit you’re loving at the moment? Yeah, a little hardware synth called the MiniBrute, which is an analogue synth made by a software company. It’s the first time a software company’s made a hardware synth. I had to wait quite a while for it cos there’s a big demand and they couldn’t make them fast enough. But now I’ve got one and it’s pretty fun, I used it for the first time on a track the other day.
You’ve got a lot of talent featuring on it, is there anyone you wanted to get but they weren’t available? Erm, no I don’t think so. Everyone on it is someone we’ve worked with in some capacity over the years so thought it would be good to get them on the album.
Awesome, you’re already putting it to good use. What sort of tracks can we expect from you in the future? I’ve been doing a little bit of house here and there but it’ll be under a different name cos I do so many different things and it becomes hard. I play out in the clubs and someone might be there expecting the ‘Random Acts Of Kindness’ stuff, and You’ve also got Battlejam on the go, which you’ve been other people want to hear drum‘n’bass or breaks, and with so involved with for ages. How’s it evolved now that many different things you can’t keep all the people happy. The Beardyman’s taking a back seat? house stuff’s kinda bassline-y, a bit like Yeah I’ve been there from its conception Foamo, but more on the progressive really, ever since Jean-Marc got his side. And that’ll come under a new Serato box and realised he had a mic label. I’ve always liked lots of different input which he could sample. He met styles of music y’know, and I get bored ALBUM: ‘Bounce ‘n’ Shake’ Beardyman around that time as well and easily, so when I’m in the studio I’ll be BATTLEJAM: 5th Dec, Concorde 2 that’s how the whole thing started. Of working on a drum‘n’bass thing and I’ll WEB: facebook.com/EdSoloUK course Beardy’s got big, so now we’re think, bored of this, let’s do something doing Battlejam Presents. We’ve got one else.
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Sweatshops, child exploitation and mass production infamously make up a pretty nasty dark side to the fashion industry. But business is still booming despite us apparently knowing better, so is it time we started to get preachy about Primark? This month we found Nicola who showed us that what you wear can have both style and substance if you think more carefully about what you’re buying. “I decided five years ago not to buy new things from shops”, she says. “I didn’t want to carry on buying things which were made using slave labour or with children being used to make my clothes.” Are we just being ignorant in our fashion choices and would we rather look good on a budget rather than doing good? “People don’t want to know the truth but the second you do know you really don’t have an excuse”, Nicola says. “It’s been tough doing what I do but by making these changes it’s a simple way of making a difference to so many lives.” Hat from People Tree “I got it in a shop called Fair on Queens Road and it’s by a line called People Tree. We’re really lucky to have shops like Fair in Brighton but I think it’s just a shame that places like Topshop only do small ranges of fair-trade clothes; it’s a bit tokenistic.” Coat from eBay “I think it was originally Topshop. I get a lot of second-hand clothing online.” Skirt from Oxfam “The vintage look is definitely important to me. I think the smarter, feminine and tailored shapes just look better on me but it’s probably taken me six or seven years to find my style. I know I used to get it wrong and end up looking like I was going to a fancy dress party!” Shoes from eBay “Finding shoes is the hardest thing about what I do as it’s really difficult to get ethical ones which are cool but aren’t incredibly expensive. They are expensive for a reason and I support that but I can’t afford to spend £80 or £90 on a pair of shoes every time I want one so I try to get them second-hand and hardly worn instead.”
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100 PEOPLE WHO MAKE BRIGHTON WHAT IT IS NO.36 JON BARRENECHEA WORDS BY JAMES KENDALL As his second cinema gets ready to open at the Komedia, we talk to the man who keeps us in proper films, Duke Of York’s general manager Jon Barrenechea. What are you most excited about with Duke’s At Komedia? At the moment, just it actually opening. We’ve been building for months but we’ve been working on this project for years, trying to get a second site in Brighton in different places. So beyond the fact that it’s a great cinema, that it’s happening at all is quite exciting on its own. You must be really pleased with the position. The location is the highlight of the whole thing, because you couldn’t pick a more Brighton place to be. The North Laine, Gardner Street, the Komedia building – it doesn’t get any more Brighton than that. We’re excited that it’s in the heart of town. It’s something that we always wanted, to be a cinema in town. And what we’ve done with it is really good, I think. It’s a great combo. What were the challenges? Building inside an existing building that was running the whole time we were working – that was logistically quite difficult. The architects had to figure out how to fit two screens, two bars and all the facilities you need within the old Komedia music venue. And because we used the same staff that run the Duke Of York’s to open the new cinema, we couldn’t forget about the Duke Of York’s. And it all coincided with our film festival. What does it mean for Big Duke’s? The way I imagine it is that Duke’s is the older brother who sees the new sibling arrive and might be a little apprehensive at first but hopefully they get along really well. We’ve done a lot with Duke’s this year because we wanted to make sure it’s not neglected and it didn’t feel left behind. But it’s going to do what it’s always done, show great films to packed audiences. What has been favourite film of 2012? Nostalgia For The Light. It’s a Chilean documentary about astronomy and torture, believe it or not. It’s quite an amazing film.
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Like, Totally… We Talk To the director and stars of new brighton skate Film Words by Liam Carroll For the past year and a half Brighton-based skate flick producer Ed Hubert has been very busy indeed. His previous release LA* set the bar pretty high with phenomenal skating and camerawork, but follow up Like ups the ante with a bigger budget, comic social networking theme and the inclusion of an over-excitable 90s children’s TV star. We caught up with Ed and the wheel-based stars of the show, Dan Emmerson, Ollie Smith and Niall Birnie, for a quick grilling. Right, first off, Dave Benson Phillips. What? How? Why? Ed Hubert: Originally it started as a joke. We talked about having some A-list support for the vid and when DBP popped up I sent him an email for a laugh. Turned out he was really up for it. Ollie Smith: First off he wanted £1500 for it. I think he ended up with about £100 and a free lunch. He loved it though and was great fun to work with. Niall Birnie: Yeah he was brilliant, we would have him back anytime. Another potential head scratcher is the Facebook theme. What were you thinking? EH: I just went for a theme that wouldn’t be seen as cool and that would bum a lot of people out. I think that worked. I got lots of hate for it online. OS: I really liked it. Dan Emmerson: It was originally a toss up between Facebook and Myspace. Just like Facebook won in real life, it won for us too. NB: I can be quite serious sometimes.
DE: I really wanted to go to Paris and it was amazing. We didn’t do enough drinking there though, which I think affected our skating. OS: I loved Deutschland. The skating was great but the nights were better. NB: It was good going to spots I’d seen in a previous video then doing a trick better than what I’d seen. That’s what skateboarding is all about. The vid does give off a great sense of fun, but there must have been harder times as well. What were the highs and lows of working on it? NB: My highest point was definitely skating with Dave Wallace, he’s pretty much my man crush. Lowest point in the vid, and probably my life, was the masturbation station in Berlin. We all dared each other to go in but had to share the same cubicle so we took turns. The stripper was haggard and the booth stunk of fresh semen. OS: Meeting Dave Benson Phillips has got to be up there. That and Scott O’Malley’s heel flip down the Preston Park rose garden four-stair. And watching myself skate. And Dave Wallace’s Dutch accent. And those pink shorts. EH: Those pink shorts were a low for me. Gave me a headache. DE: Leon Karakashian rolling in off the top of the Level toilets. That was nuts. My low point came after I smashed myself in the nuts two times in as many days. I almost quit the vid. I was wondering around Paris borderline dying and getting loads of really weird looks. EH: I’ve mostly got lows come to think of it. Another one was Chris [Dadswell, owner of PUSH Skatestore] falling off a building and breaking his back.
There are a lot more European spots in Like compared to LA*. Did you have a particular list of sites you wanted to Now the DVD’s out are you going to chill out for a while, or get footage at? have you got something in the works already? EH: No, not really. We’d just sit around talking and making it OS: PARTY TIME! up as we went along. DE: We don’t want to give Paris and Berlin were away too much just yet. givens, big cities with EH: I want to do lots of spots that are something a bit different. easy and cheap to do. Something funnier, with DVD: Like, out now at PUSH Skatestore and likevideo.yokaboo.com That said I wanted to do less skating. TRAILER: tinyurl.com/LikeTrailer the whole vid in Milton NB: Yeah, and more LAUNCH REVIEW: brightonsource.co.uk/reviews/like Keynes. Love that place. A-list celebrities.
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SUNDAY 2ND
BLACK LION Live & Swingin’ Lion Live gypsy jazz, swing and blues 8pm £free BLIND TIGER Pica Pica Noon £donation; DJ Format’s Weird & Wonderful Sundays Wonky records from the wonky DJ 7pm £free BORDERLINE STUDIOS Open House Festive show of ceramics, painting and photography by local artists Noon £free BRIGHTON CENTRE Keane A band 6.30pm £39.50/29.50 BRUNSWICK Vocademy Kids’ vocal showcase 12.30pm/3pm £5; Sector 7 Live band plays jazz, soul and gospel music 8pm £10/8 CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK The Geekest Link Possibly the only time in your life anyone will care how many William Shatner quips you have memorised 8.30pm £1 COBBLER’S THUMB Reggae And Roast Resident reggae DJs 8pm £free CONCORDE2 Netsky Live music (this show has now sold out) 7.30pm £12 CORN EXCHANGE Tea Dance Reviving the era of ballroom dancing and afternoon tea 2pm £12.50 CORNERSTONE Open Mic Open mic night hosted by Jenny O Malley 8pm £free COWLEY CLUB Richard Dawson Live music 8pm £donation DOME FOUNDERS ROOM Woodland Puppetry and interactive family theatre 10.30am £7/5 DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA Summer Of Giacomo: Cinecity Film Festival 11am £tbc; Sightseers 4pm/9pm £tbc; No: Cinecity Film Festival 6.30pm £tbc DUKEBOX THEATRE IronClad Improv 7pm £5 FIDDLER’S ELBOW Sham-Rock Open Mic 8.30pm £free FISHBOWL Recovery? Reggae through the ages 9pm £free FOOD FOR FRIENDS Ruth And Danny Soul, jazz and indie covers 6.30pm £tbc FOUNTAIN HEAD Reggae & Roasts Reggae and chilled beats Time tbc £free FUNFAIR Bodyshakers Polysexual dance party from London’s Fire club crew 10pm £5/4 GLADSTONE Red Diesel Live gypsy funk music from the festival favourites 8.30pm £free GLOBE Handbaked Arcade Things were so much better in the 1990s when all we had was 64-bit games of Italian plumbers inexplicably racing against turtles and gorillas Noon £free GREEN DOOR STORE Splitting The Atom: Fernando Perales, The Sunsets Over Whitehawk, Meshmass, Thee Bald Knobbers, Mouthful Of Worms, Xulsigaie, Lama Dalai, Adam Beckley, Lapis, Verity Spiders, Ekca Avies, DJ Cheesemaster Experimental noise all-dayer pushing the boundaries of both math rock and physics jazz 2pm £free GREEN DOOR STORE Green Door Blues Big Itch DJs plus the resident blues band, Smokestack 10pm £free HAMPTON The Porchlight Smoker Folk and bluegrass band 8pm £free HONEY Sundown If your house was this sexy you’d never go outdoors 11pm £free HOPE Beans On Toast Time tbc £5 HOVE CENTRE The 2012 Wrestling Spectacular Anniversary show celebrating 25 years of sweaty homoerotic violence 3pm £10 KOMEDIA Bent Double: Kerry Godliman Zoe Lyons hosts a night of alternative comedy acts 7.30pm £5-10.50; Phronesis Scandinavian and British modern jazz trio 7.30pm £15 LATEST MUSIC BAR Bark Like A Dog Blues Jam A chance for first-timers to shed their nerves - and old-timers to show off their licks 8pm £free LEGENDS BASEMENT CLUB Pop!Candy DJ Claire Fuller plays pure non-stop pop 11pm £free MADAME GEISHA Sunday Salsa R&B, salsa and reggaeton tunes 10.30pm £free MARLBOROUGH THEATRE Random Acts - Once Upon A Time Improvised theatre based on audience’s anecdotes - make sure you come prepared with a good story 7.30pm £6/5 MOLLY MALONE’S Jareth Tait Live acoustic music 10pm £free MUCKY DUCK Quiz On My Face “Quiz night with a difference,” perhaps with a very special prize 7pm £1 NEPTUNE Harry’s Tricks & Mike The Mic Recession era jazz tunes 8.30pm £free NIGHTINGALE THEATRE Sundays Some Days Can Kill Geoff Woods’s film about a man ruined by his fear of Sundays 2pm £free; Documentary Shorts: Cinecity Film Festival A selection of short documentaries by Brighton filmmakers 3.15pm £4; Experimenta 2: Cinecity Film Festival Experimental shorts by Brighton filmmakers 4.45pm £4; Brighton Shorts 3: Cinecity Film Festival Short films by Brighton filmmakers 6pm £4; Trickster A film about the life of the variety entertainer, Tim Bat, otherwise known as the guy who wanders round the lanes making bird noises 7.30pm £4
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NORTHERN LIGHTS Northern Light Sundays The DJ has a lazy Sunday afternoon 4pm £free PALMEIRA Gregory Page And His Big Band Christmas party for the big band crooner 8pm £8 PRINCE ALBERT The Peckam Cowboys Live music 8pm £4 PRINCE GEORGE Pub Quiz 8pm £1 RANELAGH Mike Ross Live blues and rock 8.30pm £free SALLIS BENNEY THEATRE The Big Brighton Christmas Fair Christmas gifts by local makers with storytelling for kids Noon £1 SIGNALMAN Open Mic Open session hosted by local duo, Zoothyme 8pm £free STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR Karybdis, Bloodguard Live music 7pm £3 THOMAS KEMP Jazz In The Afternoon: Bags’ Groove Jazz Quartet Live jazz 4pm £free VICTORY Blues Sundays DJ plays blues and soul Noon £free WEST HILL TAVERN Traditional Live Irish Music 7pm £free WHITE RABBIT Hush Hush Live acoustic music 8pm £free WORLD’S END Poker Night 8pm £5; Brighton Jazz Night Live jazz 8.30pm £free
MONDAY 3RD
ABOVE AUDIO Funky Town Details tbc ANCIENT MARINER Quiz Night 8pm £1 AUDIO Elk Alternative and future garage night Time tbc £3/2/1 BRIGHTON CENTRE Primary Schools Concerts 2012 School kids concert with over 1200 singers 7pm £tbc BRUNSWICK Open Mic 8.30pm £free CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK MovieBar So you wanna make it in the glamorous world of film? Go shmooze with the movers and makers and other out-of-work actors. Includes film screenings, Q&A with directors and a movie quiz 7.30pm £free COALITION Trash Mondays Filthy tunes for students and layabouts alike 11pm £3/2 DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA Amour 1.30pm/6.15pm £tbc ; Sightseers 4pm/9pm £tbc FIDDLER’S ELBOW Top Bananas Live music 8.30pm £free GLADSTONE Open Mic Night 9pm £free GREEN DOOR STORE Punk V Hardcore Guess what? It’s a night of punk and hardcore 8pm £free HAUNT The Rifles, Mono Polys The indie rockers do an acoustic set 7.30pm £11; Fat Poppadaddys The student indie night moves to a new home 11pm £3/2/free HOPE Live Sessions Live music (downstairs) 9pm £free LIFE #Hashtag Funky house club with added Twitter confusion 10pm £3/2 MADAME GEISHA Mas# Up Funky house and chart remixes 10.30pm £2 MESMERIST Flash Mob Jazz Raucous jazz band 9pm £free MOLLY MALONE’S Crackling Griffins Live music 9pm £free OUCH BAR Fifa & Poker Night We’re not sure how that works either 8pm £2 PAV TAV Red Tooth Poker 8pm £free PRINCE ALBERT Bleeding Hearts Club Christmas Show Downbeat and melancholic acoustic music 8pm £free SIGNALMAN Signalman Pub Quiz 8pm £1 STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR Simian Ghost, Faux Flux Swedish alt pop 8pm £6 THEATRE ROYAL Buddy Holly And The Cricketers 7.45pm £19.50 THOMAS KEMP Quiz Night 8pm £1 VOLKS Strictly Reggae Dancehall, roots, revival 11pm £5/4 WEST HILL TAVERN Open Mic 8.30pm £free WESTERN FRONT Wing Night Time tbc £free
TUESDAY 4TH
ABOVE AUDIO Cottontail Club Big band and jitter jive tunes 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW Guerilla Rocks Club night for rock chicks, skater bois and indie kids 11pm £3/2/1 BLIND TIGER Sussex Uni Fundraiser Live bands and DJs 8pm £tbc BRUNSWICK Jazz Jam Open session with a house band and special guests 8pm £free CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Giraffe Comedy Club: Laurie Rowan, Nathan Kail Comedy night (upstairs) 7.30pm £3; Open Mic Hosted by Mike Mcmichelson and Kev De Souza (downstairs) 8pm £free COALITION Boris Japanese experimental drone rock band 7.30pm £12.50 CONCORDE2 Jeru The Damaja, The Four Owls, Deceptakut, Tappa, Tyni, Neil B Brooklyn hip hopper who started rapping about his neighbourhood at the tender age of 10 7pm £12 COOPER’S CASK Pub Quiz 9pm £1 COWLEY CLUB Anime Film Season Watch an anime
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WEDNESDAY 5TH
ABOVE AUDIO Cookin Beats Hip hop with a side of order of funk and a sprinkling of reggae 8pm £free AUDIO The 411 Hip hop, garage and bashment Time tbc £5/4/3 BASEMENT Still Standing You Pieter Ampe and Guilherme Garrido fight, flirt and caress each other in this dance theatre piece 7.30pm £8/6 BLACK LION The Black Lion Acoustic Showcase Live music 8.30pm £free BLIND TIGER Live ‘N’ Laughing: Joey Page Stand-up with the local comedian 7pm £10/5 COACH HOUSE Safehouse Free jazz and avant garde improvisation 7pm £donation COALITION CoCo LoCo Dancehall and dubstep music for students go to lose the plot to 10.30pm £5/3/1 CONCORDE2 Battlejam: Beardyman, JFB, DJ Woody, Dizraeli, Leeb, Ed Solo, Jessi G, DJ Oxymoron Hip hop night with the Brighton beatbox champ 9pm £5 CORNERSTONE Dirty Scavenger Grungy folk music 9pm £free COWLEY CLUB LSD 25, Reds, You Walk Through Walls Live music 8pm £4 DIGITAL Poundance Like a coin operated dancefloor 11pm £4/3/1 DRUID’S ARMS We Change The Tempo DJ set of international sounds 9pm £free DUKE OF BEAUFORT Poker Night Time tbc £5 DUKE OF NORFOLK Pub Quiz 9pm £1 DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA Ginger And Rosa 11am £tbc; Sightseers 4pm/9pm £tbc; Amour 6.15pm £tbc FISHBOWL Shugga Buddha Acoustic Session Live music 8pm £free; Tea & Biscuits: DJ Gareth Stephens Retro swing, soul and ska 10pm £free GLADSTONE Film Night 8.30pm £free GLOBE Move Pre Party Warm up for Life’s new underground dance music night 9pm £free GREEN DOOR STORE Stealing Sheep, Elephant Lo-fi kooky Liverpool trio 7.30pm £7; Hard Times Please sir, I want some more nowave disco 11pm £free HAUNT Sam And The Womp Live music 7pm £8 HONEY One More Time Chart and party hits 10.30pm £5/4/3 HYDRANT Kunt And The Gang Subtly witty punk band
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with songs called things like ‘Wank Fantasy’ and ‘I’m Gonna Lick You Out’ 8pm £5 JAZZ PLACE Hot Mess: Poppy Kalv, Fifilicious, Sess Bomb New hip hop, garage and electro night 11pm £3 KOMEDIA New Act Night Catch the newest comics from Jill Edwards’ comedy workshop 7pm £7; The North Sea Scrolls The cantankerous Auteur, Luke Haines, delivers a musical lecture on an alternative history of the British Isles 7.30pm £12.50 LATEST MUSIC BAR Blizzard Two Slovenians and a Pakistani walk into a cabaret venue... 7.30pm £8 LEGENDS BASEMENT CLUB Mid-Week M*A*S*H*U*P Commercial house with DJ Lee Harris 10pm £free LIFE Move: My Neu Leng Underground dance music club 11pm £4/3/2 MARLBOROUGH THEATRE The Barefoot Players Hedda Gabler Ibsen’s realist drama about a woman who refuses the mediocrity of married life 7.30pm £8.50/6.50 MASH TUN Mash Tun Live Funk and rock covers band 9pm £free MESMERIST The Swing Ninjas Gypsy swing band 9pm £free MOLLY MALONE’S Crackling Griffins Live music 10pm £free NORTHERN LIGHTS Prognosis Set the DJ controls for the heart of psychedelia 9pm £free OUCH BAR OMC Wired Live music 8pm £free PAV TAV Quiz Night 8pm £free PRINCE ALBERT Stars Down To Earth, Das Fenster, Lunar Maria Indie rock band with a heavy-hearted majestic sound 8pm £4/3 PULL AND PUMP Off The Cuff: The Lost Herons, Chuck And The Beats, Rotait Live acoustic music 8pm £free RANELAGH Laurie Levine, Two Tin Dogs Americana From South Africa 8.30pm £8 STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR Sticky Mike’s Muso Pop Quiz 7pm £1; Crooked Fingers, Do You Feel What I Feel Deer New sounds from the lead singer of 90s indie rockers, The Archers Of Loaf 8pm £6 THEATRE ROYAL Skip’s After School Club Kids’ show 4pm £5; Haunting Julia Alan Ayckbourn play about the suicide of a teenage musician 7.45pm £12-29.50 THOMAS KEMP Kev & Jenna’s Open Mic 9pm £free VOLKS Purify Dubstep, drum&bass, techno and house 10pm £tbc
THURSDAY 6TH
AUDIO Bastard Pop Musical mash-up 11pm £3/2/free BLACK LION Matt Rose & The Tin Cup Collective Live funk soul band 8.30pm £free BLIND TIGER Roots Garden Reggae DJs with guest singers and live musicians 8pm £3/free BRIGHTON CENTRE Rizzle Kicks, Running Dogs Hip hop party rappers catapulted into the charts by their appearance on the front cover of last year’s SOURCE 7pm £15 BRUNSWICK Varndean College Music Showcase 7pm £tbc COALITION Sébastien Tellier “A hirsute lothario, conquering hearts with soulful music that brims with a seductive élan” 7pm £16.50; Secret Discotheque Replaying the soundtrack to your youth 11pm £4/3/2 COBBLER’S THUMB Pell & Bell Pool Tournament Pool contest and DJs 8pm £free CONCORDE2 Soil, Fozzy, Breed 77 Live music 7pm £17 CORTLANDS HOTEL The Royal Escape, Smuggling, Grand Occasions Visit the Old Ship Hotel and hear a lecture by historian, Jackie Marsh-Hobbs 6pm £3/free DUKE OF BEAUFORT Quiz Bingo Student Night 9pm £1 DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA Amour 11am/1.30pm £tbc; Sightseers 4pm/9pm £tbc FIDDLER’S ELBOW Live Lounge Live music 8.30pm £free FISHBOWL Residents Association: DJ Will Sumsuch DJs play hip hop, funk and world beats 10.30pm £free FOUNTAIN HEAD Student Night DJs play indie and rock 8pm £free FREEMASONS Freemasons Relaunch Day 8pm £free FUNFAIR LOLgasm Midweek mayhem with Boogaloo Stu playing pop party anthems 10pm £free GEORGE PAYNE Open Mic Jam session with instruments provided, in what used to be the Kendal Arms 8.30pm £free GLOBE Hang The DJ! A night of punter-picked playlists 9pm £free GREEN DOOR STORE Spirit Of Gravity: Devilman, Wrong Signals, Cosham Community Players Association Brighton’s avant noise night presents noise dub, punk drone, and improv done on homemade instruments 8pm £5; Keith, DrDr Live electronic music 11pm £free HAUNT Coconut College Thursday night party playing a right mix of stuff like Grimes, Smashing Pumpkins and Kayne West 11pm £3/2 HOP POLES Woodstock Unplugged: Apples & Eve Lovely new folk band 9pm £free HOPE The Social: Sonne Kings Live acoustic music 8pm £free
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LATEST MUSIC BAR Jackson & The King Kickers, The Whig Whams, Morningtown Acoustic folk and blues with a gypsy edge 8pm £5/4 LIGHTHOUSE Monthly Talk: Nelly Ben Hayoun Talks on digital art and culture 6.30pm £3 MADAME GEISHA Your Mom’s House Ya momma’s house is so big you could fit a hip hop and R&B club in her living room 10.30pm £5/3 MARLBOROUGH THEATRE The Barefoot Players Hedda Gabler Ibsen’s realist drama about a woman who refuses the mediocrity of married life 7.30pm £8.50/6.50 MASH TUN They Mostly Come Out At Night Indie, electro and hip hop 9pm £free MESMERIST Sneaky Low Five Jazzy vintage tunes with sultry vocals 9pm £free MOLLY MALONE’S Jay Acoustic pop covers 10pm £free MUCKY DUCK Open Mic Jam session with Joe Newman 8pm £free NEW VENTURE THEATRE Hansel And Gretel New production of the fairytale story about some lucky kids who get to live in a house made of sweets Details tbc OLD MARKET Shorts And Sweets Book Club: Graham Greene This month they’re discussing short stories by the ‘Brighton Rock’ author 7.30pm £free OUCH BAR Funky & Andalucia Guitar and vocal duo play Spanish music 10.30pm £free PAV TAV Pav Tav Live Live music Details tbc PRINCE ALBERT The Fleshtones, The DeRellas, The Witchdoktors, Stay Sick DJs Live music 7.30pm £10 PRINCE GEORGE Souled Out DJs play funk, soul and Motown 8pm £free PROUD CABARET Yule Tide Tease Christmas grub and burlesque performers 7pm £35 QUADRANT Whisky & Tales 2: The Long Goodbye, Hayley Savage, Zoe Hazel, James Bandenburg Acoustic music 8pm £free RANELAGH The Long Haul Country rock 8.30pm £free REDROASTER Grit Lit: Nina De La Mer, Simon Nolan, Mathilda Gregory, Colette Bernhardt, Brian Bell, Tim Lay, Amy Riley, Geoff Westby The hedonistic house DJ reads from a biography of his life 7.45pm £6/5 ST JAMES’ TAVERN Stay Sick, Turn Blue DJs play vintage soul, jazz and blues 8.30pm £free STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR La Bordello Boheme - A Christmas Tease! Burlesque night 7.30pm £7.50; Hullabaloo New wave and post punk tunes 9pm £free THEATRE ROYAL Haunting Julia Alan Ayckbourn play about the suicide of a teenage musician 2.30pm/7.45pm £12-29.50 THOMAS KEMP Douzy ‘N’ Slyde Acoustic pub covers 9pm £free TUBE Booty Bakery: Blonde Chicks, Tom Baker, Joe G, Oli P, Ben White New club night cooking up a big basket of bass and hip hop 11pm £5/4/free VICTORY Open Mic 8pm £free VOLKS Roll Through Drum&bass and dubstep, bass and beatbox 11pm £2 WEST HILL TAVERN Dr Bramwell’s Xmas Lectures Time tbc £5 WESTERN FRONT DJ Eone 11pm £free WHITE RABBIT The Move-Ons Open Mic 8pm £free WORLD’S END The Big Quiz Night 8pm £1
FRIDAY 7TH
ABOVE AUDIO Cocktail Menu Launch Party 8pm £free AUDIO Tiger Blood Details tbc BLACK DOVE Hot-Tip Hi-Fi DJ with a fine collection of vintage reggae and rocksteady records 8pm £free; Mo Taters! DJs play vintage tunes from across the Americas 8pm £free BLIND TIGER Joe Driscoll & Sekou Kouyate Korabased dance music duo 8pm £5 BRIGHTON CENTRE Rizzle Kicks, Running Dogs Hip hop party rappers catapulted into the charts by their appearance on the front cover of last year’s SOURCE 7pm £15 BRUNSWICK Cajun Christmas Live music with the Cajun Dawgs 8pm £8 COACH HOUSE Small Shipwrecks, Fabulous Guy Hayes, New Rib Live music in the Kemptown gardencum-venue 7.30pm £donation COALITION Friday I’m In Love No more lectures for a day or two 11pm £2-5 CONCORDE2 Buckcherry, Kobra & The Lotus, The Howling LA hard rockers 7pm £15; Freebass Drum&bass, dubstep and jungle rave 11pm £free CORNERSTONE DJ Coops Soul and funk boogie 9pm £free COWLEY CLUB Heavy Petting Zoo, The Hyena Kill, Ragweed Alt rock bands 8pm £3 DIGITAL Stonelove Indie rock&roll club 11pm £4/3 DOCTOR BRIGHTON’S Funky Friday: DJ Nick Hirst, DJ Wayne 9.30pm £free DOME The Overtones Retro style boy band with fancy suits 7pm £33.50/26.50/19.50 DOME STUDIO First Fridays Monthly arty meeting with a “guest provocation” 5pm £free; Max And Ivan Are... Con Artists Comedy duo sketch show spoofing heist blockbusters 8pm £10 DRUID’S ARMS Dende Nine-piece tropical roots band
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SATURDAY 8TH
ABOVE AUDIO Doctor’s Orders Funk, soul and seriously sick hip hop 8pm £5/free ANCIENT MARINER Acoustic Sessions Live music 8pm £free AUDIO Warehouse: T Williams House and techno club night 11pm £5/free BEACHIGOGO BAR Good Times Remember them? Maybe the feel-good retro tunes will jog your memory (in the White Room) 9pm £free; Sushi Disco: Dulcie Danger, Cheeks Du Rhythm Bass and bikini afterparty - get jiggy on the dancefloor then get jizzy in a hot tub 3am £5/4 BLACK DOVE The Chop Source DJ plays Caribbean rhythms and jump-jazz cuts 8pm £free BLACK LION Burnt Toast DJs play sleazy soul and dirty breaks 9pm £free BLIND TIGER Drum Unity - Morning Drum Circle Morning show for families that haven’t already had enough noise and beatings 11am £2/1; The Afternoon Sessions Headbanging bands from AMI with an open mic session 1pm £3; Stay Sick!: The Mobbs Bands and DJs play garage, punk and rock&roll 9pm £3 BORDERLINE STUDIOS Open House Festive show of ceramics, painting and photography by local artists Noon £free BRIGHTON CENTRE Magic Of Motown 8pm £27.50/26 BRUNSWICK Brighton Craft Alliance Craft fair Noon £free; The Killing Fields Of Ontario, Russell Swallow Country blues band 8pm £5 COACH HOUSE Panther Paw, Kiersty Boon, Sunsets Over Whitehawk, Simon Drinkwater Live music in the Kemptown garden-cum-venue 8pm £donation COALITION Jaguar Skills Dubstep and drum&bass 11pm £12.50; Blow: Vince Manganaro, Charly Lopez, Charles Green The party never stops 3am £5 CONCORDE2 Rock On Charity Fundraiser: Furyon, Dead Empire, Vier Proper British metal 7pm £10; Mungo’s Hi-Fi Full Sound System 11pm £5 COOPER’S CASK DJ Sweetback, Matt The Hat, DJ Mex DJ night 8pm £free CORNERSTONE DJ Little Hands & DJ Tommy Pockets 8pm £free COWLEY CLUB Slutdisko Electro punk disco madness 8pm £free DIGITAL Hospitality: High Contrast, S.P.Y., Nu:Tone, Stanza, Sci Phi, MC Wrec, A.D, Lowqui Premier drum&bass night 10pm £15 DOCTOR BRIGHTON’S Sexy Saturday: DJ Nick Hirst 9.30pm £free DOME Christmas Concert Family friendly festive songs 6pm £12.50-25 DOME FOUNDERS ROOM Children’s Storytelling Playwright, Dvora Liberman, entertains the kids with interactive tales 10am £free DRUID’S ARMS Gyratory Allstars Possibly the only funk band to be named after a complicated roundabout 8pm £free DRUID’S HEAD Challenge 12 Charity Party Live bands and DJs raise funds for twelve different charities 5.30pm £free DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA Hotel Transylvania 11am £tbc; Amour 2pm £tbc; Un Ballo In Maschera: Met. Opera 5.55pm £tbcThe Hunt 10pm £tbc DUKE’S @ KOMEDIA Seven Psychopaths 11am/1.30 pm/4pm/6.30pm/9.15pm £tbc FABRICA Craftaganza Christmas Fair Two days of handmade crafts and arty trinkets 10.30am £free FIDDLER’S ELBOW Saturday Sizzlers DJs drop hot vinyl into your ears 8pm £free FISHBOWL What’s Wrong With Groovin’?: Ed Meme, Matt Beatwell Two DJs set out to answer the age-old question with a stack of drum-driven funk and soul 9pm £free FITZHERBERT’S The Hideout DJs play raw grooves and garage punk 9pm £free FORTUNE OF WAR Gilla - First Word Records Night DJ plays hip hop, funk, breaks and soul 9pm £free FREEMASONS Saturday Night Disc Spinners DJ night 9pm £free FRIEND’S MEETING HOUSE Carousel’s Christmas Cracker Festive craft fair fundraiser for the learning disability arts charity (entrance via Ship Street) Noon £free FUNFAIR Magic Pop and rock club with sideshow entertainments 9pm £7/5/free FUNKYFISH Dreamboys Live The biggest cocks we’ve ever seen, shame about the weathered penises 6.30pm £tbc; Oldschool Saturday Soul, funk, jazz and Motown
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10pm £6/5 GLOBE Freestylin’ DJ Richie C plays soul, funk, jazz, disco and house 9pm £free GREEN DOOR STORE Drugs Indie flavoured live bands 7pm £4; Pop Not Pop Pop night with Dynamite Sal 11pm £free HAUNT Natalie Duncan Singer songwriter pianist 7pm £7; It Is Still 1985 Travel through time to an ancient realm where keytars are still pretty cool 11pm £3 HONEY Chop It Up Funky house, R&B and chart tunes 11pm £8/7/5 HOPE Luke Sital-Singh Live music 8pm £6; Das Robotique 80s indie, new wave and disco from the Teen Creep peeps 9pm £free KOMEDIA Krater Christmas Krackers Three comedians and a three course meal 6.30pm £49.50/30 KOMEDIA STUDIO Krater Comedy Club Stand-up comedy 8pm £18 LATEST MUSIC BAR Rockinghorse Christmas Fundraiser Festive charity do Time tbc £15 LEGENDS BASEMENT CLUB Fusion: DJ Peter Castle, DJ Lee Harris Chart and club remixes 11pm £free LIFE Juice Box Eclectic club night offering an nice alternative to the standard seafront malarky 11pm £5/3 MADAME GEISHA Tokyo Stereo 10.30pm £5 MARLBOROUGH THEATRE The Barefoot Players Hedda Gabler Ibsen’s realist drama about a woman who refuses the mediocrity of married life 7.30pm £8.50/6.50 MESMERIST Juke Joint Jamboree Rhythm & blues and rock&roll records from the days of the dance halls 9pm £free MOLLY MALONE’S Fergal Lyden Acoustic pop rock 9pm £free MUCKY DUCK Unhooked Generation Retro DJs with an ear for 60s Motown and northern soul 8pm £free NEW VENTURE THEATRE Hansel And Gretel New production of the fairytale story about some lucky kids who get to live in a house made of sweets Details tbc NIGHTINGALE THEATRE Scratch Your chance to make or break an artist’s ego in this night of new work and audience discussion 7.30pm £tbc NORTHERN LIGHTS Finnish Independence Day Party DJ Åbo spins the decks to celebrate Finland’s break from Russia in 1917 8pm £free OLD MARKET Smash It! Drag and diva fundraiser for Sussex Beacon 6.30pm/7.30pm £15 OUCH BAR OMC Unplugged & Open Mic 2pm £free; Scratch N Style Old school hip hop DJs 8pm £free PAV TAV 6 For A Fiver: Mad Dog Collective, The Undizirebels, Brutal Regime, Skurvi, River Jumpers, Ferox Benefit gig for Brighton Unemployed Centre and B&H Community Radio 8pm £5 PAV TAV Saturday Sensations Resident DJs 8pm £free PRESTON MANOR A Victorian Christmas Merriment Period parlour games and festive entertainment like wot they had in the old days 11am £13.50/11.50 PRINCE ALBERT Club Tic Tac 8pm £4; Ducktails DJs play 50s music 8pm £free PROUD CABARET Yule Tide Tease Christmas grub and burlesque performers 7pm £49 QUADRANT Laughing Horse Comedy Club: Paul F. Taylor, Charmian Hughes, Anthony Ayton, Ed Caruana, Sajeela Kershi Stand-up comedy night 8.30pm £7/6 RANELAGH Soulville Northern soul music 8.30pm £free ROCK INN The Killing Of Sister George A rare screening of the 60s classic featuring alcoholic lesbians molesting nuns 6pm £3 ST GEORGE’S CHURCH Jam Tarts Christmas and punk tunes sung in four-part harmony by the 60ish-strong pop choir 7pm £9.50/6.50 ST GEORGE’S INN Acoustic Lounge Live music 4pm £free STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR Native, Gnarwolves, Nai Harvest, As It Is Live music 7pm £6; Ultimate Power Do you possess enough irony reserves to get you through an entire night of power ballads? 11pm £6/5 THEATRE ROYAL Haunting Julia Alan Ayckbourn play about the suicide of a teenage musician 2.30pm/7.45pm £12-29.50 THOMAS KEMP DJ Mark Gogglez Dance classics 8pm £free TUBE Last Stop Club night playing R&B and US hip hop 11pm £5 VICTORY Soul Casserole - Soul Custody DJs A melting pot of hot funk beats and soul grooves 8pm £free VOLKS Mischief: Dutty Moonshine, C@ In The H@, Swagger Jax, Resonance, In The Face Breakcore, gabba and the dirtiest electro swing known to man 10pm £3-8 WEST HILL TAVERN Hold Up! Mini pub version of the long-running indie club night 10pm £free WESTERN FRONT Conrad No Fun DJ set from the Teen Creep 9pm £free WHITE RABBIT The Mixer Men DJ night 9pm £free WORLD’S END Bushman Presents Reggae, dub and electro 8.30pm £free
SUNDAY 9TH
BLACK LION Live & Swingin’ Lion Live gypsy jazz, swing and blues 8pm £free BORDERLINE STUDIOS Open House Festive show of ceramics, painting and photography by local artists Noon
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MONDAY 10TH
ABOVE AUDIO Funky Town Details tbc ANCIENT MARINER Quiz Night 8pm £1 AUDIO Elk Alternative and future garage night Time tbc £3/2/1 BRIGHTON CENTRE Status Quo One of the guitarists from Status Quo is unable to sleep unless a damp towel is placed between his knees. It’s true - we saw it on a documentary. That’s what rockin’ all over the world does to a man Time tbc £37.50 BRUNSWICK Open Mic 8.30pm £free
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CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Hula Hoop Marathon Twelve hours of hooping to celebrate World Hoop Day, a charity that gives hula hoops to children in need. Think of all those poor starving children desperate for a novelty exercise toy. Wouldn’t they prefer a pack of tube shaped crisps? Noon £tbc COALITION Trash Mondays Filthy tunes for students and layabouts alike 11pm £3/2 CONCORDE2 Foals Oxford indie rockers (This show has now sold out) 7.30pm £tbc CORN EXCHANGE Blue Camel Club Party night for people with learning disabilities featuring bands, DJs and VJs 7pm £5 DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA The Hunt 1.30pm/6.30pm £tbc DUKE’S @ KOMEDIA The Pool 11am £tbc; Seven Psychopaths 1.30pm/4pm/6.30pm/9.15pm £tbc FIDDLER’S ELBOW Top Bananas Live music 8.30pm £free GLADSTONE Open Mic Night 9pm £free GREEN DOOR STORE Mutually Assured Destruction Metal music 7pm £4; Fresh Prints 90s-themed printmaking fundraiser 11pm £tbc HAUNT Fat Poppadaddys The student indie night moves to a new home 11pm £3/2/free HOPE Live Sessions Live music (downstairs) 9pm £free KOMEDIA Roller Trio, Physics House Band Mercury nominated jazz rock electronica band 8pm £8.50/7.50 LATEST MUSIC BAR Harmony Glen, Kevin Barber, Ghost Wood Live music 8.30pm £7/5 LIFE #Hashtag Funky house club with added Twitter confusion 10pm £3/2 MADAME GEISHA Mas# Up Funky house and chart remixes 10.30pm £2 MESMERIST Flash Mob Jazz Raucous jazz band 9pm £free NEPTUNE More Music Monday Open mic night 8.30pm £free PAV TAV Red Tooth Poker 8pm £free PRINCE ALBERT Chris Cohen, The Hundredth Anniversary, Jungfrau, King Of Cats Musical comedian otherwise known as SlurpyJ 7pm £6 SIGNALMAN Signalman Pub Quiz 8pm £1 THEATRE ROYAL 9 To 5 - The Musical Workplace musical comedy based on the 1980 movie featuring songs by Dolly Parton 7.45pm £15-42 THOMAS KEMP Quiz Night 8pm £1 VOLKS Strictly Reggae Dancehall, roots, revival 11pm £5/4 WEST HILL TAVERN Open Mic 8.30pm £free WESTERN FRONT Wing Night Time tbc £free
TUESDAY 11TH
ABOVE AUDIO Cottontail Club Big band and jitter jive tunes 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW Guerilla Rocks Club night for rock chicks, skater bois and indie kids 11pm £3/2/1 BRIGHTON CENTRE Peter Andre - Up Close And Personal This is quite close enough, thank you 6.30pm £28.50 BRUNSWICK Jazz Jam Open session with a house band and special guests 8pm £free CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Skeptics In The Pub Martin Robbins reports on dangerous pseudo medicine 8pm £2; Open Mic Hosted by Mike Mcmichelson and Kev De Souza 8pm £free COALITION Madeon 8pm £14 COBBLER’S THUMB The Wild MaccAttack Comedy club 8pm £free CONCORDE2 Electric Six 10th Anniversary Tour, performing ‘Fire’ in its entirety 7.30pm £12.50 COOPER’S CASK Pub Quiz 9pm £1 COWLEY CLUB Gasland Documentary about the dangers of Fracking 7pm £tbc DIGITAL CU Next Tuesday It’ll teach the universities to timetable lectures for Wednesday mornings 11pm £4/3 DOME Orbital Techno legends play hometown gig 7pm £24 DOME STUDIO The Big Book Group - Christmas Special: Kate Mosse, Sophie Hannah Two authors discuss their work as well as their favourite books, as if these were different things 7.30pm £12 DUKE OF NORFOLK Open Mic 9pm £free DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA Elena 11am £tbc; The Hunt 1.30pm/6.30pm £tbc DUKE’S @ KOMEDIA Seven Psychopaths 11am/1.30 pm/4pm/6.45pm/9.15pm £tbc; Alps 6.30pm £tbc FIDDLER’S ELBOW QUIZness Time Are you a pub quiz whizz, or bit of a half-wit? 8pm £1 FOUNTAIN HEAD Student Night DJs play indie and rock 8pm £free GLADSTONE Quiz Night 8.30pm £free GLOBE Basement Cinema Underground films, comfy seats and free popcorn 8pm £free GREEN DOOR STORE Kins, The New Union, Animal Language Indie Aussie locals 7.30pm £free; Donuts Hipster funk and hip hop gems 11pm £free HAMPTON The Hampton Quiz 8pm £1 HAUNT Speech Debelle Live music 7pm £10 HONEY Urbano Latino: DJ Aaron George, Gabriel Angel, Yersin Rivas Dance lessons followed by a tropically vibed salsa club 8pm/10.30pm £3/1/free
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HOPE Allah-Las, The Black Tambourines Retro rockers in thrall to the sound of the 60s 7.30pm £6 KOMEDIA Molotov Jukebox, Nimmo And The Gauntlets Energetic London gypsy funk band 7pm £10 LATEST MUSIC BAR Ladies On The Line: Elk, Sasparella, Fickle Friends Bouncy ballads, skiffle harmonies and funny piano songs Time tbc £3 MADAME GEISHA Skint VJ Subnero combines big tunes and big screens 10.30pm £3/1 NORTHERN LIGHTS Northern Darkness Nothing but the finest Nordic metal 9pm £free OLD MARKET Miniclick: Jim Mortram Photography presentation and talk 7pm £free OUCH BAR International Karaoke Christmas 7pm £free PAV TAV Acoustic Soul Live music 8pm £free PRINCE ALBERT Jumping Ships, Eager Teeth, She Crazy Live music 8pm £4/3 QUADRANT Open Mic Jam session hosted by Jenna Bennett 8.30pm £free RED LION Challenging General Knowledge & Music Quiz 8pm £1 SIDEWINDER Open Mic Jam session with instruments provided 8.30pm £free ST MARY’S CHURCH Patrick Wolf, Abi Wade The orchestral pop dandy does an acoustic set, supported by Brighton singer/cellist 7pm £15 THEATRE ROYAL 9 To 5 - The Musical Workplace musical comedy based on the 1980 movie featuring songs by Dolly Parton 7.45pm £15-42 THOMAS KEMP Poker Evening 8pm £free THREE & TEN Racing Minds Improvised comedy quartet 7.30pm £8.50/7 WEST HILL TAVERN Music Quiz Music quiz hosted by a different Brighton promoter each week 8.30pm £free
WEDNESDAY 12TH
ABOVE AUDIO Cookin Beats Hip hop with a side of order of funk and a sprinkling of reggae 8pm £free AUDIO The 411 Hip hop, garage and bashment Time tbc £5/4/3 BLACK LION Matt Rose & The Tin Cup Collective Live funk soul band 8.30pm £free BLIND TIGER Arrows Of Love Live music 7pm £tbc BRUNSWICK Christmas Charity Hootenanny: Matt Carpanini, House Of Hats Live music 8pm £5 CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Funny HaHa: Andrew O’Neill, Zoe Lyon Comedy headlined by a transvestite death metaller 8pm £5 COALITION CoCo LoCo Dancehall and dubstep music for students go to lose the plot to 10.30pm £5/3/1 COWLEY CLUB Radical History Film Night: The Take Documentary about the 2001 Argentine uprising when the country was arguably in a similar situation to Greece now 7.30pm £tbc DIGITAL Poundance Like a coin operated dancefloor 11pm £4/3/1 DOME The Nightingale Festive revival of Hans Christian Andersen’s classic fairy tale 6pm £7/5 DRUID’S ARMS We Change The Tempo DJ set of international sounds 9pm £free DUKE OF BEAUFORT Poker Night Time tbc £5 DUKE OF NORFOLK Pub Quiz 9pm £1 DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA Grassroots 11am £tbc; The Hunt 1.30pm/6.30pm £tbc DUKE’S @ KOMEDIA Argo 11am £tbc; Seven Psychopaths 1.30pm/4pm/6.30pm/9.15pm £tbc FISHBOWL Tea & Biscuits: DJ Gareth Stephens Retro swing, soul and ska 10pm £free GLADSTONE Film Night 8.30pm £free GLOBE Move Pre Party Warm up for Life’s new underground dance music night 9pm £free GREEN DOOR STORE Melting Vinyl Xmas Party: Coves, The Peppermint Beat Band, Melting Vinyl DJs Live music 7.30pm £6/5; Hard Times Please sir, I want some more nowave disco 11pm £free HONEY One More Time Chart and party hits 10.30pm £5/4/3 IRON DUKE ID Goes Acoustic Six live bands 8pm £free KOMEDIA The Blues Band A band that plays blues 8pm £20 LATEST MUSIC BAR Qukulele Christmas Special Festive ukulele mash-ups 7.30pm £5 LEGENDS BASEMENT CLUB Mid-Week M*A*S*H*U*P Commercial house with DJ Lee Harris 10pm £free LIFE Move: Khan Underground dance music club 11pm £4/3/2 MASH TUN Mash Tun Live Funk and rock covers band 9pm £free MESMERIST The Swing Ninjas Gypsy swing band 9pm £free MOLLY MALONE’S Jareth Tait Live acoustic music 9pm £free OLD MARKET iOpen: Cheryl Bransby, Abbie Palache, Jared Louche, Amy Neilson Smith, Adam Wimbush, Dave Patchett, Ms Merized, Jack Psychosis, Poe, Nil Ihistic, Treylore Parc-Trache, Jared Louche, Elan Stark, Michael McKeon, Alex Crumbie, Roy Hutchins, Zoë Hazel New spoken word night featuring 18 local poets doing 8 minutes each 7.30pm/8pm £free OUCH BAR OMC Wired Live music 8pm £free
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PAV TAV Quiz Night 8pm £free PRINCE ALBERT The Flat Pack Party Hats, The Gin Guzzlers Live music 8pm £4 SALLIS BENNEY THEATRE Spirit Of Christmas Carols and readings in support of the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign 7.30pm £20/10 STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR I Am Arcade While you geek out playing retro video games try and act excited as if you hadn’t already exhausted the nostalgic possibilities by downloading an emulator and geeking out on your own for the last few weeks - there’s a reason you’re beating everyone else at Mortal Street Killing, or whatever the fuck it’s called 8pm £free THEATRE ROYAL 9 To 5 - The Musical Workplace musical comedy based on the 1980 movie featuring songs by Dolly Parton 2.30pm/7.45pm £15-42 THOMAS KEMP Kev & Jenna’s Open Mic 9pm £free
THURSDAY 13TH
AUDIO Bastard Pop Musical mash-up 11pm £3/2/free BLACK LION Soul Casserole A melting pot of hot funk beats and soul grooves 8.30pm £free BLIND TIGER Buffo’s Wake, The Turbans Punky cabaret-tinged chorus hooks backed by rousing gypsy rhythms Details tbc BRUNSWICK Paul Diello, Nick Williams Melodic piano pop 7.30pm £5 CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Student Union Quiz Pub quiz for first-year students (upstairs) Details tbc COACH HOUSE The Zone Experimental film night Time tbc £donation COALITION Secret Discotheque Replaying the soundtrack to your youth 11pm £4/3/2 COBBLER’S THUMB Pell & Bell Pool Tournament Pool contest and DJs 8pm £free CONCORDE2 Saint Etienne, Scritti Politti Sarah Cracknell and the boys are back with a new album - and look who they’ve got along as support! (this show has now sold out) 7pm £18 COWLEY CLUB Queer Movie Night European queer film screenings 6pm £free DOME Katherine Jenkins - An Evening Of Christmas Classics Multi-platinum selling mezzo-soprano sings festive favourites 7.30pm £27.50-65 DUKE OF BEAUFORT Quiz Bingo Student Night 9pm £1 DUKE OF NORFOLK Rock Night Classic rock tunes 8pm £free DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA Grassroots 11am £tbc; The Hunt 1.30pm/6.30pm £tbc DUKE’S @ KOMEDIA Seven Psychopaths 11am/1.30pm/4pm/6.30pm/9.15pm £tbc; Sightseers 11am £tbc; The Nutcracker: ROH. Live 7.15pm £tbc FIDDLER’S ELBOW Live Lounge Live music 8.30pm £free FISHBOWL Residents Association: DJ Will Sumsuch DJs play hip hop, funk and world beats 10.30pm £free FOUNTAIN HEAD Student Night DJs play indie and rock 8pm £free FREEMASONS Live & Wine Live music 8.30pm £free FUNFAIR LOLgasm Midweek mayhem with Boogaloo Stu playing pop party anthems 10pm £free GEORGE PAYNE Open Mic Jam session with instruments provided, in what used to be the Kendal Arms 8.30pm £free GLOBE Hang The DJ! A night of punter-picked playlists 9pm £free GREAT EASTERN Bad Bad Whiskey Skifflebilly trio 8.30pm £free GREEN DOOR STORE Admiral Fallow, Olympic Swimmers Live music 7.30pm £9; Below The Line Bass music so futuristic it makes brain-operated dildo pets seem passé 11pm £free HAUNT Scroobius Pip, Kate Tempest, Brian Gittins The bearded prophet of spoken word hip hop 7pm £10; Coconut College Thursday night party playing a right mix of stuff like Grimes, Smashing Pumpkins and Kayne West 11pm £3/2 HOP POLES Woodstock Unplugged: Dr Bluegrass & The Illbilly Eight Brighton’s busiest buskers - country standards and pop covers put through the hillbilly thresher 8pm £free HOPE Bad For Lazarus, Castrovalva, Exit International, Rodeo Death Burger Psychedelic dark rock with ex members of 80s Matchbox B-line Disaster, Nine Inch Nails & UNKLE 8pm £5; The Social: Tiny Dragons Live music 8pm £free KOMEDIA Krater Christmas Krackers Three comedians and a three course meal 6.30pm £49.50/30; Hammer & Tongue - Grand Slam Final!: Byron Vincent An entertaining mix of poetry and comedic verse - hosted by Rosy Carrick and Mike Parker 7.30pm £5 LATEST MUSIC BAR Steve And The Ghost, Oh! My Head, Guitar Club Local band plays “spiky adventure pop” Time tbc £5/3 MADAME GEISHA Your Mom’s House Ya momma’s house is so big you could fit a hip hop and R&B club in her living room 10.30pm £5/3 MARLBOROUGH THEATRE Breathing Corpses Laura Wade’s new play about unhappy people 8pm £10 MASH TUN They Mostly Come Out At Night Indie, electro and hip hop 9pm £free
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MESMERIST Johnson & The Believers Rocksteady and ska mixed with indie rock 9pm £free MOLLY MALONE’S David Acoustic covers 8pm £free MUCKY DUCK Open Mic Jam session with Joe Newman 8pm £free NEIGHBOURHOOD Thought Fox Poetry Night: John McCullough, Tim Wells, Gary Goodman, Ben Graham, Lisa Jayne, Tony Frisby, Michaela Ridgway, Robin Lawley, Alice Walker A top line-up of local and London poets 7.30pm £free OLD MARKET Laughtermarket: Grainne MaGuire, Joe Wells, Paul Jones, John Tansey, Luke Capasso, Rosie Martin, Sami Stone Stand-up comedy 8pm £3 OUCH BAR Funky & Andalucia Guitar and vocal duo play Spanish music 10.30pm £free PAV TAV Pav Tav Live Live music Details tbc PRINCE ALBERT The Chap-Hop Christmas Ball With Mr B The Gentleman Rhymer Novelty banjolele ditties from the top chap of chap hop 8pm £8 PRINCE GEORGE Souled Out DJs play funk, soul and Motown 8pm £free PROUD CABARET Yule Tide Tease Christmas grub and burlesque performers 7pm £35 RANELAGH Jim Crawford Acoustic roots music 8.30pm £free ST JAMES’ TAVERN Stay Sick, Turn Blue DJs play vintage soul, jazz and blues 8.30pm £free STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR Imperial Leisure, Popes Of Chilitown, Half Crown Uplifting and energetic ska pop band 7.30pm £8; Riff Till Yer Stiff Heavy rock tunes (in the bar) 8pm £free THEATRE ROYAL 9 To 5 - The Musical Workplace musical comedy based on the 1980 movie featuring songs by Dolly Parton 2.30pm/7.45pm £15-42 THOMAS KEMP The Swing Ninjas Gypsy jazz trio 9pm £free TUBE Booty Bakery: Blonde Chicks, Tom Baker, Joe G, Oli P, Ben White New club night cooking up a big basket of bass and hip hop 11pm £5/4/free VERDICT Live Comedy & Hot Jazz: Lewis Schaffer, Paul Jones, Ivor Dembina, Rod Hart & Imogen Ryall You won’t know whether to slap your thigh or stroke your chin 8pm £6/4 VICTORY Open Mic 8pm £free VOLKS Seretone Xmas: Cabbie, Levela 10pm £2; Roll Through Drum&bass and dubstep, bass and beatbox 11pm £2 WHITE RABBIT The Move-Ons Open Mic 8pm £free WORLD’S END The Big Quiz Night 8pm £1
FRIDAY 14TH
A23 CLUB A Christmas Cracker! Christmas DJ party in the room above the Hydrant 9pm £5 ABOVE AUDIO Home House and disco DJs 9pm £free AUDIO Full Volume If your bass was this filthy you’d have to take it back to the fishmongers Details tbc BLACK LION Medium Rare DJs serve up a platter of semi-obscure funk and soul 9pm £free BLIND TIGER Transformer Single launch for local electro disco band 7pm £free; Solid Steel: Cheeba, Banks, 2econdclasscitizen AVs and DJs 10pm £5 BRUNSWICK The Dealer Fundraiser: Kings Mews, Ellen & The Echo, Tom Staniford Live music 8pm £5/4 CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Funny Girls: Lara A King Stand-up, sketches and music (upstairs) 8pm £5/4 COACH HOUSE Crayola Lectern, The Sound Of Antler, Oddfellows Casino Live music 7.30pm £donation COALITION Friday I’m In Love No more lectures for a day or two 11pm £2-5 CONCORDE2 BIMM End Of Term Party Music students perform in earnest 7pm £2; Applesauce: Laurent Garnier, Scan X, AkaAkaRoar DJs Four hours of live music and DJing from the French producer who made his name on the late 80s Manchester scene 11pm £16 CORNERSTONE Dave And Grant DJ duo 8pm £free DIGITAL Stonelove Indie rock&roll club 11pm £4/3 DOCTOR BRIGHTON’S Funky Friday: DJ Nick Hirst, DJ Wayne 9.30pm £free DOME Bigger Bang VII - The Science Strikes Back Professor Hal Sosabowski and the Bigger Bang Team return with a live science show 1.30pm/7pm £5.50 DRUID’S ARMS DJ Tommy G Electro beats, indie and house tunes 10pm £free DUKE OF NORFOLK DJ MC Cashback DJ night 9pm £free DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA Chasing Ice 6.30pm £tbc; Silver Linings Playbook 8.30pm £tbc; Die Hard 11pm £tbc DUKE’S @ KOMEDIA Nativity 2 - Danger In The Manger! 10.30pm £tbc; The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey 1pm/4.30pm/8pm/11.30pm £tbc; Whatever Happened To Baby Jane? 6pm £tbc; Gremlins 11pm £tbc DUXEBOX THEATRE Stanza And Deliver Poetry night 8pm £4.50/3 FIDDLER’S ELBOW Fiddler’s Friday Folk session with fiddlers of every kind welcome, except the Savile sort Time tbc £free FISHBOWL Jeff Daniels Soul and hip hop DJ 9pm £free FORTUNE OF WAR Fever Bands and DJs play Latin, salsa and reggae 9pm £free FREEMASONS The People’s Playlist Customers
choose the tunes 9pm £free FUNFAIR Fortune Rock and pop club with sideshow entertainments 9pm £7/5/free FUNKYFISH Aba Queens Abba tribute act, complete with Swedish accents, that has apparently performed every weekend since 2007 8.30pm £10; Thank Funk Soul, funk, jazz and Motown 10.30pm £free GLADSTONE Live Bands 8.30pm £free GLOBE Rum Fridays: TSOB Philly disco from Juice FM DJ 9pm £free GREEN DOOR STORE Noise Night #2: Negative Pegasus, Bitches, Traams, Keel Her Live music 7pm £free; Electro Blues: Nick Hollywood, Electro Blues DJs Remixed jukebox jump blues night with a live band 11pm £free HAUNT Krankenhaus - Kristmas Krank Live music and club night run by British Sea Power, back for a Christmas special 7pm £14.50 HONEY Lollipop ‘Pink Fridays’ Get your fingers sticky to R&B and pop treats 11pm £5/4/3 HOPE The Jipsy Magic Xmas Xtravaganza: Jipsy Magic, The Watermelons, Mum Dad & The Kids Indie funk band hosts a live music Christmas party 8pm £5; The Goodness Hip hop, funk and beats 9pm £free KOMEDIA Krater Christmas Krackers Three comedians and a three course meal 6.30pm £49.50/30 LATEST MUSIC BAR Tango Boot Camp Learn to tango like the Argentinians 8pm £3-8 LEGENDS BASEMENT CLUB Lady LaRue Cabaret is a drag sometimes 9pm £free LIFE ENK Dubstep night with special guest DJ 11pm £4 MADAME GEISHA Debonaire Funky house and chart anthems 10.30pm £5/3 MARLBOROUGH THEATRE Breathing Corpses Laura Wade’s new play about unhappy people 8pm £10 MESMERIST Shake, Holla & Roll Vintage blues, swing and rock&roll 9pm £free MOLLY MALONE’S David Acoustic covers 8pm £free NEPTUNE The Informers Band Funk and soul 8.30pm £free NORTHERN LIGHTS DJ Oli Mixed up party tunes 9pm £free OLD MARKET Kalakuta Millionaires, Voodoo Love Orchestra, DJ Russ Dewbury Afro Latin and soul funk Christmas party 8pm £10/8; Afro Funk Xmas Dance Party!!: The Kalakuta Millionaires, Voodoo Love Orchestra, DJ Russ Dewbury DJs and live bands lay down some Afro Latin and soul funk grooves 9pm £10 OUCH BAR The Ouch Factor Karaoke £tbc £free PARK CRESCENT Decemberfest Beer Festival Real ales for real men Time tbc £free PAV TAV Beats Not Bombs DJ sessions 8pm £free PRINCE ALBERT Brighton Soul Revue Live music 8pm £4 PROUD CABARET Blind Pig Christmas Special: Dolly Rose, Count Adriano Fettucini, Coco Deville, Dolly Rocket Vintage jazz and electro swing burlesque night Details tbc QUADRANT Laughing Horse New Act Of The Year Competition Sajeela Kershi hosts a of the comedy contest 8.30pm £6/5 RANELAGH Krissy Matthews & Ben Poole Live blues 8.30pm £free SALLIS BENNEY THEATRE Draw The Line Premier of a new skateboard film 8.30pm £4 STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR Brighton Rocks: From Embers, From Afar, Hold The Fight, Kid Capola Live music 7pm £4; Dive Slow: Ghostpoet Special guest, Ghostpoet, joins Mike Diver for a hip hop DJ set 9pm £free; No Brainer: The Mysterons, Boneyards, Birdskulls, Atlantic & Lion, Teen Creeps DJs, Be Nothing Punk and garage rock night with live bands and DJs playing the likes of Black Flag, Bos Angeles and The Cramps 11pm £free THEATRE ROYAL 9 To 5 - The Musical Workplace musical comedy based on the 1980 movie featuring songs by Dolly Parton 7.45pm £15-42 THOMAS KEMP Hot-Tip Hi-Fi DJ with a fine collection of vintage reggae and rocksteady records 8pm £free TUBE Cross The crew behind TRASH kick off a night of beats and bass 11pm £3/free; Motel Last chance saloon for electro house heads 2am £5 VERDICT Brighton Jazz Club: Ashley Staler With The Julian Nicholas Group Live jazz 8pm £14/12 VOLKS Originate: Escher, X Nation, Kosine, Heavy Stereo, Raw, Biggsy & Aize, East Court Hardcore drum&bass and techno 10pm £5 WEST HILL TAVERN Born Bad Mini pub version of the rockabilly club night 10pm £free WESTERN FRONT DJ Russ Rockwell Vinyl grooves 8pm £free WHITE RABBIT Ruff Snippets DJ plays hip hop, funk and soul 8pm £free
SATURDAY 15TH
ABOVE AUDIO Doctor’s Orders Funk, soul and seriously sick hip hop 8pm £5/free ANCIENT MARINER Ancient Mariner’s 1st Christmas Bazaar Festive fun during the day with live music, face painting and one of Santa’s many grottos Time tbc £free AUDIO Warehouse: Blah Blah Blah DJs House and techno club night 11pm £5/free BEACHIGOGO BAR Good Times Remember them?
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Maybe the feel-good retro tunes will jog your memory (in the White Room) 9pm £free; Sushi Disco: Dulcie Danger, Cheeks Du Rhythm Bass and bikini afterparty - get jiggy on the dancefloor then get jizzy in a hot tub 3am £5/4 BLACK LION Attic Monkeys Vs Stop Go!’s DJ Lanx Soul, funk, hip hop, ska, rock and indie - as long as it’s on vinyl they’ll play it 8.30pm £free BLIND TIGER Drum Unity - Morning Drum Circle Morning show for families that haven’t already had enough noise and beatings 11am £2/1; Beatabet Live music, DJs and multimedia treats 2pm £tbc BORDERLINE STUDIOS Open House Festive show of ceramics, painting and photography by local artists Noon £free BRIGHTON CENTRE Jools Holland 6.30pm £34.50 BRUNSWICK It’s A Wonderful Life Classic Christmas theatre 1pm/3pm £5; The Impellers Local funk heroes 8pm £tbc COACH HOUSE David Thomas & The Pale Boys, Disastohouse Live music 7.30pm £10 COALITION Old Yellow Bricks: DJ Monty, Shmooze, Skank R&B, house and funky soul club 11pm £7/5; Blow: Vince Manganaro, Charly Lopez, Charles Green The party never stops 3am £5 CONCORDE2 The Jam The Jam’s bassist comes to town for a 30th anniversary show but Weller is conspicuous by his absence (nevertheless, this show has now sold out) 6.30pm £20; Craig Charles’ Soul And Funk Show: The Impellers Live Music 11pm £10 COOPER’S CASK DJ Lucky Luke 8pm £free CORNERSTONE Jon Chickens Reggae, funk and soul DJ 9pm £free COWLEY CLUB Bookshop Talk: A.K. Thompson Sociologist talks about the tactics and legacy of the antiglobalisation movement 6pm £free; Dead Pets Society Cosmic Christmas Space Jam 8pm £4 DIGITAL Blah Blah Blah Christmas Party: Jackmaster, Happa, Blah Blah Blah DJs Glasgow DJ and co-founder of techno label, Numbers 11pm £5 DOCTOR BRIGHTON’S Sexy Saturday: DJ Tony B 9.30pm £free DOME The Nightingale Festive revival of Hans Christian Andersen’s classic fairy tale 11.30am/2.30pm/6pm £7/5; Pull A Cracker - A Christmas Crescendo: Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus Big gay Christmas choir 7.30pm £8-18 DRUID’S ARMS Hot Pepper Sauce DJ I.D.G. serves up a spicy mix of funk, soul and house 10pm £free DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA Winnie The Pooh 11am £tbc; Home Alone 1.30pm £tbc; Chasing Ice 3.45pm £tbc; Aida: Met. Opera 5.55pm £tbc; Silver Linings Playbook 10pm £tbc DUKE’S @ KOMEDIA Nativity 2 - Danger In The Manger! 10.30pm £tbc; Gremlins 11am/11pm £tbc; The Hobbit An Unexpected Journey 1pm/4.30pm/8pm/11.30pm £tbc; Whatever Happened To Baby Jane? 1.30pm £tbc FIDDLER’S ELBOW Saturday Sizzlers DJs drop hot vinyl into your ears 8pm £free FISHBOWL DJ Åbo & Ally Smith Jazz Room DJs play dirty funk and hot jazz 9pm £free FORTUNE OF WAR Meetwood Flac Miss Faricy and Phil Marten entertain you with the contents of their record bag 9pm £free FREEMASONS Saturday Night Disc Spinners: Jonny Loves House DJ night 9pm £free FUNFAIR Magic Pop and rock club with sideshow entertainments 9pm £7/5/free FUNKYFISH Dreamboys Live The biggest cocks we’ve ever seen, shame about the weathered penises 6.30pm £tbc; Oldschool Saturday Soul, funk, jazz and Motown 10pm £6/5 GLOBE BOYF_ DJ plays tracks from the ‘Scene With No Name’ scene, i.e. the scene known as the groove-based dance music scene 9pm £free GREEN DOOR STORE Christmas Covers Party A dozen or so bands play Christmas cover versions in this annual shindig 6pm £free; Da Doo Ron Ron Club night with a obsession for girlgroups and soul sirens 11pm £free HAUNT Big Boy Bloater Live music 7pm £12.50; It Is Still 1985 Travel through time to an ancient realm where keytars are still pretty cool 11pm £3 HONEY MYNT Lounge If your house was this funky you’d have to invest in some industrial cleaning products 11pm £5-8.50 HOP POLES Knead A Break DJ Mass Evil plays hip hop, breaks and bootlegs 9pm £free HOPE End Of A Year, Killing Fields Of Ontario NY harcore punk 8pm £tbc; The Black Fields Country blues band 8pm £6; DJ Machall The Czech hip hop DJ starts starts a new residency at the Hope 9pm £free KOMEDIA Krater Christmas Krackers Three comedians and a three course meal 12.30pm/6.30pm £49.50/30; Comedy Club 4 Kids Comedy without the rude bits 2pm £8.50/6.50; Spellbound “An 80s night for people who hate 80s nights” - Simon Price plays the alternative highlights of the decade 9pm £5/4 LEGENDS BASEMENT CLUB Fusion: DJ Peter Castle, DJ Lee Harris Chart and club remixes 11pm £free LIFE Juice Box Eclectic club night offering an nice alternative to the standard seafront malarky 11pm £5/3 MADAME GEISHA Tokyo Stereo 10.30pm £5 MARLBOROUGH THEATRE Breathing Corpses Laura Wade’s new play about unhappy people 8pm £10 MESMERIST Juke Joint Jamboree Rhythm & blues and rock&roll records from the days of the dance halls 9pm
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£free MOLLY MALONE’S Reptilla Pop rock covers band 8pm £free MUCKY DUCK Ross Never Sleeps DJ set 8pm £free NORTHERN LIGHTS DJ Onetime Classic hip hop and funk tunes 9pm £free OFFICE The Chop Source DJ plays Caribbean rhythms and jump-jazz cuts 8pm £free OLD MARKET Cerys Matthews - Cerys By Candlelight The DJ and singer hosts a cosy winter warmer full of poetry and music 8pm £23.50 OUCH BAR OMC Unplugged & Open Mic 2pm £free; Scratch N Style Old school hip hop DJs 8pm £free PARK CRESCENT Decemberfest Beer Festival Real ales for real men Time tbc £free PAV TAV Saturday Sensations Resident DJs 8pm £free PROUD CABARET Pop Kraft Christmas Cracker Pop tunes and cheeky cabaret with Boogaloo Stu and crew 7pm £6; Yule Tide Tease Christmas grub and burlesque performers 7pm £49 QUADRANT Laughing Horse New Act Of The Year Competition Sajeela Kershi hosts a of the comedy contest 8.30pm £6/5 RANELAGH Naomi Bedford & Paul Simmonds Americana and folk rock 8.30pm £free SALLIS BENNEY THEATRE Soul Of The City Choir Christmas Concert Pop, soul and gospel choir 6pm £5/4 STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR Brighton Rocks: Bella Feud, The Light Brigade, Dirt Royal, Battery Hounds Live music 7pm £4; Sticky Mike’s All Star Christmas Party 8pm £free THEATRE ROYAL 9 To 5 - The Musical Workplace musical comedy based on the 1980 movie featuring songs by Dolly Parton 2.30pm/7.45pm £15-42 THOMAS KEMP DJ Moler Funk, soul and rare grooves 9pm £free TUBE Last Stop Club night playing R&B and US hip hop 11pm £5 VICTORY Teen Dream DJs play 60s psyche and garage plus some post punk and no wave 9pm £free VOLKS Frequency 4th Birthday: Rene La’vice, Basher, High Maintenance, Gerra & Stone, D Double U, Sublok Drum&bass sessions 10pm £2 WEST HILL TAVERN Hold Up! Mini pub version of the long-running indie club night 10pm £free WEST HILL HALL Vintage And Craft Fair Homemade goodies and vintage knicknacks 12.30pm £free WESTERN FRONT What Brighton DJ night 9pm £free WHITE RABBIT Go Go Gorilla Vinyl mash-up with the Moon Hop DJs 9pm £free
SUNDAY 16TH
BLACK LION Live & Swingin’ Lion Live gypsy jazz, swing and blues 8pm £free BLIND TIGER Art Noise Art and photography show, followed by live music Noon/7pm £4 BORDERLINE STUDIOS Open House Festive show of ceramics, painting and photography by local artists Noon £free BRIGHTON CENTRE Jeff Wayne’s The War Of The Worlds A fusion of classic sci fi and Abba-esque orchestral pop - starring Jason Donovan and a 3D hologram of Liam Neeson 7pm £62.50/42.50 BRUNSWICK Rock School Music showcase for hard rockin’ kids 2pm £tbc; Ukulele Jam It tastes sweet but a little woody! 3pm £5 CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK CTRL.ALT.QUIZ One geek-based quiz night was clearly not enough for the denizens of the Caroline 8pm £tbc COACH HOUSE Nativity: Play Sumerian Kyngs, Sunsets Over Whitehawk, Al Strachan Local musicians do their own versions of the nativity story 4.30pm £4 COBBLER’S THUMB Reggae And Roast Resident reggae DJs 8pm £free CONCORDE2 Bad Manners, Splodgenessabounds, The Pukes Novelty ska pop fronted by the Michelin Man of punk 7.30pm £18 CORN EXCHANGE Heath Quartet The Dome’s resident string quartet play Mozart and Tchaikovsky 11am £17.50/15 CORNERSTONE Open Mic Open mic night hosted by Jenny O Malley 8pm £free COWLEY CLUB Free China - The Courage To Believe Documentary about a Chinese couple persecuted by their government for practicing a form of ancient meditation 6pm £free DOME The Nightingale Festive revival of Hans Christian Andersen’s classic fairy tale 11.30am/2.30pm £7/5 DOME Alan Davies - Life Is Pain The stand-up returns with a cheery new show 8pm £25/21 DOME FOUNDERS ROOM Lorraine Bowen’s Sing-ALonga West Side Story Join the quirky cabaret housewife for a Bernstein sing song 11am £20 DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA Elf 12.30pm £tbc; Lawrence Of Arabia 2.30pm £tbc; Silver Linings Playbook 7pm £tbc DUKE’S @ KOMEDIA Nativity 2 - Danger In The Manger! 10.30pm £tbc; Electric Man 1pm £tbc; The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey 1.30pm/5pm/8.30pm £tbc; Whatever Happened To Baby Jane? 4pm £tbc DUKEBOX THEATRE IronClad Improv 7pm £5 FIDDLER’S ELBOW Sham-Rock Open Mic 8.30pm £free
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FISHBOWL Recovery? Reggae through the ages 9pm £free FOOD FOR FRIENDS Ruth And Danny Soul, jazz and indie covers 6.30pm £tbc FOUNTAIN HEAD Reggae & Roasts Reggae and chilled beats Time tbc £free FUNFAIR Bodyshakers Polysexual dance party from London’s Fire club crew 10pm £5/4 GLOBE Handbaked Arcade Things were so much better in the 1990s when all we had was 64-bit games of Italian plumbers inexplicably racing against turtles and gorillas Noon £free GREEN DOOR STORE Green Door Blues Big Itch DJs plus the resident blues band, Smokestack 10pm £free HAMPTON The Sunday Sessions Live acoustic music 8pm £free HONEY Sundown If your house was this sexy you’d never go outdoors 11pm £free KOMEDIA Suspiciously Elvis There may have been three wise men, but there’s only one king! But was it Elvis or Jesus? This confusing clash of cults comes with a six-piece band 6pm £22 LATEST MUSIC BAR Brighton Twisted Market There’s no dress code at this fetish market - as long as you “keep the undercarriage covered” Noon £5 LEGENDS BASEMENT CLUB Pop!Candy DJ Claire Fuller plays pure non-stop pop 11pm £free MADAME GEISHA Sunday Salsa R&B, salsa and reggaeton tunes 10.30pm £free MUCKY DUCK Quiz On My Face “Quiz night with a difference,” perhaps with a very special prize 7pm £1 NEPTUNE Cate Ferris Live music 8.30pm £free NIGHTINGALE THEATRE Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme Moliere’s ever-relevant 17th century satire of snobs and social climbers 8pm £8.50/6.50 NORTHERN LIGHTS Northern Light Sundays The DJ has a lazy Sunday afternoon 4pm £free OLD MARKET Spun Glass Theatre - Scratch Sessions New writers try out ten minute plays, poems or whatever 3pm £1 OUCH BAR Hash Gag Comedy Club A man walks in to a bar… Ouch! 7pm £2; Giant Yorky Jam! Acoustic music Time tbc £free PARK CRESCENT Decemberfest Beer Festival Real ales for real men Time tbc £free PRINCE ALBERT Once Over, The Junk, River Jumpers, Almedia Live music 7pm £5 PRINCE GEORGE Pub Quiz 8pm £1 RANELAGH Simon Sparrow Blues rock guitarist 8.30pm £free SALLIS BENNEY THEATRE Ragroof Tea Dance Stylish afternoon tea dance with 20s, 30s and 40s music 2pm £8/6 SIGNALMAN Open Mic Open session hosted by local duo, Zoothyme 8pm £free STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR Thieves By the Code, Trip To Dover, The Kut, The Trophy Hearts, The Flip Flays Live music Details tbc THOMAS KEMP Jazz In The Afternoon: Miss Mandy Blues singer 4pm £free THOMAS KEMP Tango Sessions 8pm £free VICTORY Blues Sundays DJ plays blues and soul Noon £free WEST HILL TAVERN Traditional Live Irish Music 7pm £free WHITE RABBIT Hush Hush Live acoustic music 8pm £free WORLD’S END Poker Night 8pm £5; Brighton Jazz Night Live jazz 8.30pm £free
MONDAY 17TH
ABOVE AUDIO Funky Town Details tbc ANCIENT MARINER Special Christmas Quiz Night 8pm £1 AUDIO Elk Alternative and future garage night Time tbc £3/2/1 BLIND TIGER Dub Organiser Jam session with a dub reggae band 8pm £3/free BRIGHTON CENTRE Jeff Wayne’s The War Of The Worlds A fusion of classic sci fi and Abba-esque orchestral pop - starring Jason Donovan and a 3D hologram of Liam Neeson 7pm £62.50/42.50 BRUNSWICK Surfers Against Sewage Fundraising surf films 7pm £free COALITION Trash Mondays Filthy tunes for students and layabouts alike 11pm £3/2 CONCORDE2 Stooshe Live music 7pm £12.50 DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA Silver Linings Playbook 5pm £tbc; Whatever Happened To Baby Jane? 7.30pm £tbc DUKE’S @ KOMEDIA Nativity 2 - Danger In The Manger! 10.30pm £tbc; Mother’s Milk 11am £tbc; The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey 1.30pm/5pm/8.30pm £tbc; Whatever Happened To Baby Jane? 2pm £tbc; Bolshoi - The Nutcracker 5.30pm £tbc FIDDLER’S ELBOW Top Bananas Live music 8.30pm £free GLADSTONE Open Mic Night 9pm £free GREEN DOOR STORE The Outer Church: Paper Dollhouse Live music and weird noises 7pm £5 HAUNT Fat Poppadaddys The student indie night moves to a new home 11pm £3/2/free
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HOPE Live Sessions Live music (downstairs) 9pm £free KOMEDIA Suspiciously Elvis There may have been three wise men, but there’s only one king! But was it Elvis or Jesus? This confusing clash of cults comes with a six-piece band 6pm £22 LATEST MUSIC BAR Meeting Joe Strummer Comedy drama exploring idealism and integrity inspired by The Clash 8pm £5 LIFE #Hashtag Funky house club with added Twitter confusion 10pm £3/2 MADAME GEISHA Mas# Up Funky house and chart remixes 10.30pm £2 MESMERIST Flash Mob Jazz Raucous jazz band 9pm £free NIGHTINGALE THEATRE Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme Moliere’s ever-relevant 17th century satire of snobs and social climbers 8pm £8.50/6.50 PAV TAV Red Tooth Poker 8pm £free SALLIS BENNEY THEATRE Brighton School Of Singing Christmas concert 7.30pm £7/6 SIGNALMAN Signalman Pub Quiz 8pm £1 STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR Birds In Row, We Came Out Like Tigers, Black Shapes, Bleak Falls, Charlotte Light And Dark Live music 7pm £5 THOMAS KEMP Quiz Night 8pm £1 VICTORY Some Dark Hollow Extra Old time tunes and lonesome laments hosted by Ewan D Rodgers 8pm £free VOLKS Strictly Reggae Dancehall, roots, revival 11pm £5/4 WEST HILL TAVERN Open Mic 8.30pm £free WESTERN FRONT Wing Night Time tbc £free
TUESDAY 18TH
ABOVE AUDIO Cottontail Club Big band and jitter jive tunes 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW Guerilla Rocks Club night for rock chicks, skater bois and indie kids 11pm £3/2/1 BRUNSWICK Jazz Jam Open session with a house band and special guests 8pm £free CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Open Mic Hosted by Mike Mcmichelson and Kev De Souza 8pm £free CONCORDE2 Martha Reeves And The Vandellas Motown legend returns after a sell out show back in Feb 7.30pm £17 COOPER’S CASK Pub Quiz 9pm £1 COWLEY CLUB Anime Film Season Watch an anime film, then write letters to political prisoners 8pm £tbc DIGITAL CU Next Tuesday It’ll teach the universities to timetable lectures for Wednesday mornings 11pm £4/3 DUKE OF NORFOLK Open Mic 9pm £free DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA Whatever Happened To Baby Jane? 11am £tbc; Gremlins 4pm £tbc; Chasing Ice 6.30pm £tbcSilver Linings Playbook 8.30pm £tbc DUKE’S @ KOMEDIA Nativity 2 - Danger In The Manger! 10.30pm £tbc; Whatever Happened To Baby Jane? 1.15pm £tbc; The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey 1.30pm/5pm/8.30pm £tbc; Starbuck 6.30pm £tbc FIDDLER’S ELBOW QUIZness Time Are you a pub quiz whizz, or bit of a half-wit? 8pm £1 FOUNTAIN HEAD Student Night DJs play indie and rock 8pm £free GLADSTONE Quiz Night 8.30pm £free GLOBE Basement Cinema Underground films, comfy seats and free popcorn 8pm £free GREEN DOOR STORE Soul Punch, Socrates That Practices Music, Soft Rocks DJs Live music 7.30pm £free; Donuts Hipster funk and hip hop gems 11pm £free HAMPTON The Hampton Quiz 8pm £1 HAUNT Slow Club, The Voluntary Butler Scheme, Babe Sheffield folk rock duo 7pm £10 HONEY Urbano Latino: DJ Aaron George, Gabriel Angel, Yersin Rivas Dance lessons followed by a tropically vibed salsa club 8pm/10.30pm £3/1/free HOPE Puppet Kings 8pm £3 KOMEDIA Suspiciously Elvis There may have been three wise men, but there’s only one king! But was it Elvis or Jesus? This confusing clash of cults comes with a six-piece band 6pm £22 LATEST MUSIC BAR Meeting Joe Strummer Comedy drama exploring idealism and integrity inspired by The Clash 8pm £5 MADAME GEISHA Skint VJ Subnero combines big tunes and big screens 10.30pm £3/1 MARLBOROUGH THEATRE Fresh Air Workshop Self-help seminar for people not content with being unfulfilled 6.30pm £12/10/8 MASH TUN 7x7 Seven DJs play 7” records 9pm £free NIGHTINGALE THEATRE Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme Moliere’s ever-relevant 17th century satire of snobs and social climbers 8pm £8.50/6.50 OUCH BAR Christmas Carols Charity Night House band plays Christmas songs 6pm £free PAV TAV Acoustic Soul Live music 8pm £free PRINCE ALBERT Shrine, Kreamhorn, Polymath Live music 8pm £tbc RED LION Challenging General Knowledge & Music Quiz 8pm £1 SALLIS BENNEY THEATRE Middle Street Christmas Show 1pm £tbc SIDEWINDER Open Mic Jam session with instruments provided 8.30pm £free
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WEDNESDAY 19TH
ABOVE AUDIO Cookin Beats Hip hop with a side of order of funk and a sprinkling of reggae 8pm £free AUDIO The 411 Hip hop, garage and bashment Time tbc £5/4/3 BLACK LION East Brighton Rhythm Section Resident band plays dub, soul and hip hop 8.30pm £free BLIND TIGER Live ‘N’ Laughing: Tiffany Stevenson Stand-up comedy 7pm £5 BRUNSWICK Last Chrismas Sketch comedy 8pm £tbc COALITION CoCo LoCo Dancehall and dubstep music for students go to lose the plot to 10.30pm £5/3/1 CORNERSTONE Carla Maria Jennings Live acoustic music 9pm £free COWLEY CLUB On The Edge: Konk Pack Experimental electronic jazz 8pm £6/5 DIGITAL Poundance Like a coin operated dancefloor 11pm £4/3/1 DRUID’S ARMS We Change The Tempo DJ set of international sounds 9pm £free DUKE OF BEAUFORT Poker Night Time tbc £5 DUKE OF NORFOLK Pub Quiz 9pm £1 DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA Silver Linings Playbook 11am/9pm £tbc DUKE’S @ KOMEDIA Nativity 2 - Danger In The Manger! 10.30pm £tbc; Baraka 11am £tbc; The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey 1.30pm/5pm/8.30pm £tbc; Whatever Happened To Baby Jane? 6.45pm £tbc FISHBOWL Tea & Biscuits: DJ Gareth Stephens Retro swing, soul and ska 10pm £free GLADSTONE Film Night 8.30pm £free GLOBE Move Pre Party Warm up for Life’s new underground dance music night 9pm £free GREEN DOOR STORE Rabbit Foot Music Swampy boogie stuff 7pm £tbc; Hard Times Please sir, I want some more nowave disco 11pm £free HONEY One More Time Chart and party hits 10.30pm £5/4/3 KOMEDIA Krater Christmas Krackers Three comedians and a three course meal 6.30pm £49.50/30; The Maydays - XXXmas Edition Improv group turn your Christmas confessions into musical comedy 8pm £12.50 LATEST MUSIC BAR Target TB Christmas Cracker: The Modern Exposition Futuristic string band mixing ancient instruments with electronica 7.30pm £7 LEGENDS BASEMENT CLUB Mid-Week M*A*S*H*U*P Commercial house with DJ Lee Harris 10pm £free LIFE Move: Well Rounded Xmas Party Underground dance music club 11pm £4/3/2 MARLBOROUGH THEATRE The Happy Clap Trap “A warm-hearted razzmatazz of absurdist turns” 8pm £5/4 MASH TUN Mash Tun Live Funk and rock covers band 9pm £free MESMERIST The Swing Ninjas Gypsy swing band 9pm £free MOLLY MALONE’S Crackling Griffins Live music 10pm £free NIGHTINGALE THEATRE Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme Moliere’s ever-relevant 17th century satire of snobs and social climbers 8pm £8.50/6.50 OUCH BAR OMC Wired Live music 8pm £free PAV TAV Quiz Night 8pm £free PRINCE ALBERT Speakeasy Three Burlesque and DJs 8pm £5 RANELAGH Haunted: Annaca Soulful gypsy pop band hosts a monthly night 8.30pm £free STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR Dumb And Dumber Film Quiz Pub quiz only with questions about “the most awesome of movies” and also Dumb And Dumber 7.45pm £1 THOMAS KEMP Kev & Jenna’s Open Mic 9pm £free
THURSDAY 20TH
AUDIO Bastard Pop Musical mash-up 11pm £3/2/free BLACK LION Matt Rose & The Tin Cup Collective Live funk soul band 8.30pm £free BLIND TIGER Sweet Sweet Lies Xmas Party Alt country indie band with neat lyrics and natty suits 8pm £tbc BRIGHTON CENTRE The xx (This show was originally at the Dome on Dec 6th) 7pm £21.50 BRUNSWICK Deck The Halls With Linten Splinters: Linten Splinters, Paperfaces, Zoë Hazel Hedderwick 8pm £5 CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Art & Chat Artists talk and show off their work Details tbc COALITION Secret Discotheque Replaying the soundtrack to your youth 11pm £4/3/2 COBBLER’S THUMB Pell & Bell Pool Tournament Pool contest and DJs 8pm £free
CORN EXCHANGE Christmas Ceilidh Strip the willow with the Sussex Pistols 7pm £8/5 DOME The Lost And Found Orchestra STOMP goes symphonic with traffic cone trumpets, bellow-powered bottle-blowers and drain-pipe organs 7.30pm £15-27.50 DOME STUDIO SOURCE New Music: Clowns Brighton’s best bands chosen by Brighton’s best listings mag 7.30pm £4 DUKE OF BEAUFORT Quiz Bingo Student Night 9pm £1 DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA Lawrence Of Arabia 11am £tbc; Chasing Ice 3pm £tbc; The Nightmare Before Christmas 7pm £tbc; Silver Linings Playbook 9pm £tbc DUKE’S @ KOMEDIA Nativity 2 - Danger In The Manger! 10.30pm £tbc; The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey 11am/1.30pm/5pm/8.30pm £tbc; Whatever Happened To Baby Jane? 3pm £tbc FIDDLER’S ELBOW Live Lounge Live music 8.30pm £free FISHBOWL Residents Association: DJ Will Sumsuch DJs play hip hop, funk and world beats 10.30pm £free FOUNTAIN HEAD Student Night DJs play indie and rock 8pm £free FREEMASONS Freemasons Christmas Party Live music and Christmas party tunes 8pm £free FUNFAIR LOLgasm Midweek mayhem with Boogaloo Stu playing pop party anthems 10pm £free GEORGE PAYNE Open Mic Jam session with instruments provided, in what used to be the Kendal Arms 8.30pm £free GLOBE Hang The DJ! A night of punter-picked playlists 9pm £free GRAND HOTEL Jazz @ The Grand Live swing and jazz in the Victoria Bar 8pm £free GREEN DOOR STORE Woman’s Performance Night 7pm £tbc; Wrapped In Plastic AntiGhostMoonRay hosts a David Lynch night with decor and live acts 11pm £free HOP POLES Woodstock Unplugged: Autumn Red Live music 9pm £free HOPE The Social: New Kicks Live acoustic music 8pm £free HOTEL PELIROCCO Synthesize Me: Jared Louche live, Marc Plastic, Thomas H Green, Tom Mugridge, Chris Tomsett, Mat Hay DJ night with era-spanning electronic music and psychedelic light show 8pm £free KOMEDIA Krater Christmas Krackers Three comedians and a three course meal 6.30pm £49.50/30 LATEST MUSIC BAR Wellsbourne Society The author of the ‘Cheeky Guide To Brighton’ hosts a discussion and film night dedicated to the history and folklore of the city 7.30pm £5 MADAME GEISHA Your Mom’s House Ya momma’s house is so big you could fit a hip hop and R&B club in her living room 10.30pm £5/3 MARLBOROUGH THEATRE Fight Or Flight Company A play about a single man unable to commit to any of his three girlfriends 7.30pm £tbc MASH TUN They Mostly Come Out At Night Indie, electro and hip hop 9pm £free MESMERIST John Crampton Foot-stomping one-man blues explosion 9pm £free MOLLY MALONE’S David Acoustic covers 8pm £free MUCKY DUCK Open Mic Jam session with Joe Newman 8pm £free OUCH BAR Funky & Andalucia Guitar and vocal duo play Spanish music 10.30pm £free PAV TAV Pav Tav Live Live music Details tbc PRINCE ALBERT Tubby’s Last Stand 8pm £4 PRINCE GEORGE Souled Out DJs play funk, soul and Motown 8pm £free PROUD CABARET Yule Tide Tease Christmas grub and burlesque performers 7pm £35 QUADRANT Regional Dialect You don’t have to have a regional accent to be a poet, but it helps 7.30pm £4 RANELAGH Shauna Parker & The Saloon Bar Band Country and swing band 8.30pm £free ST JAMES’ TAVERN Stay Sick, Turn Blue DJs play vintage soul, jazz and blues 8.30pm £free STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR Bongo Fury Live music 9pm £free THOMAS KEMP David Ross Live acoustic music 9pm £free TUBE Booty Bakery: Blonde Chicks, Tom Baker, Joe G, Oli P, Ben White New club night cooking up a big basket of bass and hip hop 11pm £5/4/free VICTORY Open Mic 8pm £free VOLKS Roll Through Drum&bass and dubstep, bass and beatbox 11pm £2 WEST HILL TAVERN Philosophy In Pubs 8pm £free WHITE RABBIT The Move-Ons Open Mic 8pm £free WORLD’S END The Big Quiz Night 8pm £1
FRIDAY 21ST
ABOVE AUDIO Home House and disco DJs 9pm £free AUDIO MIguel Campbell, Matt Hughes, Inland Knights Outcross Records label night Details tbc BLACK LION Molly Malone’s Dex In The City DJ night 9pm £free BLIND TIGER Traumfrau Xmas Party Alternative DIY queer night with live bands and “music you actually like” 8pm £tbc
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RANELAGH The Will Johns Band Blues rock 8.30pm £free STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR Sub Bop Down and dirty grunge night with added shoegaze (in the bar) 10pm £free; Late Night Lingerie Xmas Wall of sound grunge bands rock right through the small hours 11pm £3 TUBE Cross The crew behind TRASH kick off a night of beats and bass 11pm £3/free; Motel Last chance saloon for electro house heads 2am £5 VOLKS Satta Sounds: Toxic Sound System Jungle and drum&bass night 11pm £6 WEST HILL TAVERN Sweden Made Me The Scandocentric indiepop DJ night returns 9pm £free WESTERN FRONT Soul Casserole A melting pot of hot funk beats and soul grooves 9pm £free WHITE RABBIT DJ Capsun Vintage hip hop with a modern twist 9pm £free WORLD’S END Unity Hi-Fi Christmas Party Dub reggae DJs 8.30pm £free
SATURDAY 22ND
ABOVE AUDIO Doctor’s Orders Funk, soul and seriously sick hip hop 8pm £5/free ANCIENT MARINER The Acoustic Sessions: Boogie Woogie Troop Boogie, swing and shuffle 8pm £free AUDIO Warehouse Residents Xmas Special House and techno club night 11pm £5/free BEACHIGOGO BAR Good Times Remember them? Maybe the feel-good retro tunes will jog your memory (in the White Room) 9pm £free; Sushi Disco: Dulcie Danger, Cheeks Du Rhythm Bass and bikini afterparty - get jiggy on the dancefloor then get jizzy in a hot tub 3am £5/4 BLACK LION Burnt Toast DJs play sleazy soul and dirty breaks 9pm £free BLIND TIGER Sheelanagig High energy Balkan festival folk 8pm £5 BRUNSWICK Tonight Matthew I will be the singer in a covers band 8pm £5 CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK The Fish Brothers Boozy pub rock band fronted by a fat bastard with a foul mouth Details tbc COALITION Woozy: Brad, George Nunn, Pantelli, Outbreak R&B and house night 11pm £7/5/3; Blow: Vince Manganaro, Charly Lopez, Charles Green The party never stops 3am £5 CONCORDE2 David Bowie Tribute Absolute Bowie celebrate the 40th anniversary of ‘Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars’ (this show has been rescheduled from October, old tickets remain valid) 7pm £13.50 COOPER’S CASK Festive Shenanigans Christmas party with singalong carols 8pm £free CORNERSTONE Arky & Freewheelinfranklin Bass and dubstep DJ duo 8pm £free DIGITAL Free The Beats Because locking them in a fourto-the-floor groove is considered by some to be an act of oppression 11pm £5/free DOCTOR BRIGHTON’S Christmas Party Weekend: DJ Tony B 9.30pm £free DOME The Lost And Found Orchestra STOMP goes symphonic with traffic cone trumpets, bellow-powered bottle-blowers and drain-pipe organs 2:30pm/7.30pm £1527.50 DRUID’S ARMS DJ Green Man’s Garden Of Delights A carefully cultivated set of soul, psychedelia, funk and pop 10pm £free DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA The Muppet Christmas Carol 11am £tbc; Life Of Pi 1.30pm/4.15pm/7pm/9.30pm £tbc DUKE’S @ KOMEDIA The Muppet Christmas Carol 11am £tbc; Babette’s Feast 1.15pm £tbc FIDDLER’S ELBOW Folk Off Xmas Session: Tarq Bowen, Nick Williams, Warsaw Radio, Pipe & Tabor, The Knights, Will Worth, Paul Murray, Ingrid C Plum, Peter Kasen Monthly showcase of folk musicians 7.30pm £free FIDDLER’S ELBOW Saturday Sizzlers DJs drop hot vinyl into your ears 8pm £free FISHBOWL Jeff Daniels Soul and hip hop DJ 9pm £free FORTUNE OF WAR Roo Tropical and funky tunes from the Tru Thoughts DJ 9pm £tbc FREEMASONS Saturday Night Disc Spinners DJ night 9pm £free FRIEND’S MEETING HOUSE Chris T-T Sings A.A. Milne Indie protest singer sets the poet’s words to music in this family friendly show 2pm £10/5 FUNFAIR Magic Pop and rock club with sideshow entertainments 9pm £7/5/free FUNKYFISH Dreamboys Live The biggest cocks we’ve ever seen, shame about the weathered penises 6.30pm £tbc; Oldschool Saturday Soul, funk, jazz and Motown 10pm £6/5 GLOBE Nowhere to Run Christmas Party The best of 60s Motown, soul and rock&roll Christmas songs 9pm £free GREEN DOOR STORE The Slytones Christmas Party Psychedelic garage blues rock 7pm £tbc; Go Bang An explosive mix of funk, disco and Chicago house 11pm £free HAUNT It Is Still 1985 Xmas Special Travel through time to an ancient realm where Shakin’ Stevens is forever at No 1 in the Christmas chart 10.30pm £3 HONEY Honey Music Christmas Party “Funky house
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and dance anthems” 11pm £8/7/5 HOP POLES Hop To The Beat DJs play funk and electro swing 9pm £free HOPE Exhibit: DJ Murky Waters, LocustLung Hip hop, G funk and New York soul 9pm £free KOMEDIA Krater Christmas Krackers Three comedians and a three course meal 12.30pm/6.30pm £49.50/30; The Maydays - XXXmas Edition Improv group turn your Christmas confessions into musical comedy 8pm £12.50; Krater Comedy Club: Markus Birdman, Addy Van Der Borgh, Stephen Grant Stand-up comedy club 8pm £22 LATEST MUSIC BAR This Is The Kit, Early Ghost Live music 7.30pm £8/6 LEGENDS BASEMENT CLUB Fusion: DJ Peter Castle, DJ Lee Harris Chart and club remixes 11pm £free LIFE Juice Box Eclectic club night offering an nice alternative to the standard seafront malarky 11pm £5/3 MADAME GEISHA Tokyo Stereo 10.30pm £5 MARLBOROUGH THEATRE Fight Or Flight Company A play about a single man unable to commit to any of his three girlfriends 7.30pm £tbc MESMERIST Juke Joint Jamboree Rhythm & blues and rock&roll records from the days of the dance halls 9pm £free MOLLY MALONE’S David Acoustic covers 8pm £free MUCKY DUCK Mucky Duck DJs Resident DJs play “whatever they can get away with” 8pm £free NIGHTINGALE THEATRE Sid Lester’s Big Night Mini variety show of music and magic 7.30pm £8 OUCH BAR Tudo Bem! Live Brazilian music Time tbc £free PAV TAV Saturday Sensations Resident DJs 8pm £free PRINCE ALBERT Brighton Rumble Xmas Show: Leanne And The Rockeros, The Oh! Be Joyfuls, DJ Dave Mumbles, Johnny Stylus Rockabilly bands and DJs 8pm £free PROUD CABARET Yule Tide Tease Christmas grub and burlesque performers 7pm £49; Cabaret! Cabaret! Christmas Cracking Xmas Special Vintage vaudeville entertainment including magic, music and the ever-present burlesque 10pm £10/8 QUADRANT Laughing Horse Comedy Club: Richard Coughlan, Ola, Lindsay Sharman, Issac Lee, Lewis Bryan Stand-up comedy night 8.30pm £7/6 RANELAGH Slimshack Rhythm and blues band 8.30pm £free STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR Meta-Stasis Live music 8pm £5; Bitter Disko DJ plays mutant funk, post punk funk and dark acid grooves (in the bar) 9pm £free TUBE Last Stop Club night playing R&B and US hip hop 11pm £5 VICTORY DJ Rob Taylor Soul, rock and alt pop 9pm £free VOLKS Legion Of Bass Xmas Cracker: Artificial Intelligence All your bass are belong to us 10pm £5 WEST HILL TAVERN Hold Up! Mini pub version of the long-running indie club night 10pm £free WESTERN FRONT Conrad No Fun DJ set from the Teen Creep 9pm £free WHITE RABBIT The Mixer Men DJ night 9pm £free WORLD’S END Brave New World Party Maybe from the madness something beautiful will grow 8.30pm £free
SUNDAY 23RD
BLACK LION Live & Swingin’ Lion Live gypsy jazz, swing and blues 8pm £free BRUNSWICK Liane Carroll Live jazz from the awardwinning pianist and singer 8pm £10 COBBLER’S THUMB Reggae And Roast Resident reggae DJs 8pm £free CONCORDE2 The Beat, Meow Meows, DJ Darren Bennett Late 70s Brummie ska band 7pm £18 CORNERSTONE Open Mic Open mic night hosted by Jenny O Malley 8pm £free DOME The Lost And Found Orchestra STOMP goes symphonic with traffic cone trumpets, bellow-powered bottle-blowers and drain-pipe organs 2:30pm/7.30pm £1527.50 DUKE OF NORFOLK Live Music Night Live music from local artists 8pm £free DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA The Muppet Christmas Carol 11am £tbc; Life Of Pi 1.30pm/4.15pm/7pm/9.30pm £tbc DUKE’S @ KOMEDIA The Muppet Christmas Carol 11am £tbc; Babette’s Feast 1.15pm £tbc FIDDLER’S ELBOW Sham-Rock Open Mic 8.30pm £free FISHBOWL Recovery? Reggae through the ages 9pm £free FOUNTAIN HEAD Reggae & Roasts Reggae and chilled beats Time tbc £free FUNFAIR Bodyshakers Polysexual dance party from London’s Fire club crew 10pm £5/4 GLOBE Handbaked Arcade Things were so much better in the 1990s when all we had was 64-bit games of Italian plumbers inexplicably racing against turtles and gorillas Noon £free GREEN DOOR STORE Be Nothing Christmas Party Live acts and DJs 7pm £free; Green Door Blues Big Itch DJs plus the resident blues band, Smokestack 10pm £free HAMPTON The Sunday Sessions Live acoustic music 8pm £free
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MONDAY 24TH
ANCIENT MARINER Christmas Eve Fun 8pm £free BLACK LION Christmas Eve Party “Like A Miracle on Black Lion Street” 9pm £free COOPER’S CASK Keep it Wheel Christmassy DJ Steve Kiw plays rare disco, soul and boogie 8pm £free DRUID’S ARMS Christmas Eve Lovelyness 9pm £free DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA Life Of Pi 1pm/3.45pm/6.30pm £tbc DUKE’S @ KOMEDIA Babette’s Feast 1.30pm £tbc FIDDLER’S ELBOW Top Bananas Live music 8.30pm £free GLADSTONE Open Mic Night 9pm £free GLOBE Christmas Eve Christmas tunes and pressies for punters Time tbc £free HOP POLES Christmas Eve Party Celebrate the birth of Christ in the way he would have wanted, by getting bladdered 7pm £free HOPE Live Sessions Live music (downstairs) 9pm £free KOMEDIA Arthur’s Dreamboat Long Nose Puppets do a kids’ show about a boy with a boat growing on his head 11am/2pm £9.50/7.50 MASH TUN The Famous Mash Tun Xmas Eve Party Time tbc £free MESMERIST Flash Mob Jazz Raucous jazz band 9pm £free OUCH BAR Christmas Eve Karaoke Time tbc £free VOLKS Strictly Reggae Dancehall, roots, revival 11pm £5/4
TUESDAY 25TH
Here are your options: Church, followed by a Christmas dinner ruined by Mother - who gets pissed up on one glass of sweet sherry, burns her mouth sampling the gravy, drops the Christmas pudding and then cries all the way through the Vicar Of Dibley Christmas special while you unwrap your presents to discover that the dog has eaten all of your Christmas chocolate selection pack and vomited in your new Ugg boot slippers or... OUCH BAR Cozy Christmas Day Wanna try out your new Christmas ukulele? Desperate to get away from other people’s children? Either way, this open mic might be your salvation Time tbc £free
WEDNESDAY 26TH
BLACK LION Stop Go! Boxing Day Blow Out DJ Lanx offers a recovery service for Christmas over-indulgers 8.30pm £free BLIND TIGER Prince Fatty, Jabbawocky Hi-Fi New residency for the dub reggae producer 8pm £5 DUKE OF BEAUFORT Poker Night Time tbc £5 DUKE OF NORFOLK Pub Quiz 9pm £1 DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA Life Of Pi 2pm/4.45pm/7.30pm £tbc DUKE’S @ KOMEDIA Babette’s Feast 1.30pm £tbc GLADSTONE Film Night 8.30pm £free MADAME GEISHA Boxing Day Party 10.30pm £tbc MASH TUN Mash Tun Live Funk and rock covers band 9pm £free MESMERIST The Swing Ninjas Gypsy swing band 9pm £free OUCH BAR OMC Wired Live music 8pm £free
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THURSDAY 27TH
BLACK LION The Lion’s Raw! Live bands 8.30pm £free COALITION Secret Discotheque Replaying the soundtrack to your youth 11pm £4/3/2 COBBLER’S THUMB Pell & Bell Pool Tournament Pool contest and DJs 8pm £free DOME Dome Discovery Tour Explore the historic venue’s backstage areas 10.30am £8.50/7.50; The Lost And Found Orchestra STOMP goes symphonic with traffic cone trumpets, bellow-powered bottle-blowers and drainpipe organs 7.30pm £15-27.50 DOME STUDIO The Treason Show - That Was The Year That Was 2012 Topical songs and sketches from the long-running local comedy show 8pm £13.50/10.50 DUKE OF BEAUFORT Quiz Bingo Student Night 9pm £1 DUKE OF NORFOLK Rock Night Classic rock tunes 8pm £free DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA Babette’s Feast 11am £tbc; Life Of Pi 1pm/3.45pm/6.30pm/9.15pm £tbc DUKE’S @ KOMEDIA Babette’s Feast 1.30pm £tbc FIDDLER’S ELBOW Live Lounge Live music 8.30pm £free FISHBOWL Cut La Vis Jamaican riddims and urban beats 10.30pm £free FOUNTAIN HEAD Student Night DJs play indie and rock 8pm £free FUNFAIR LOLgasm Midweek mayhem with Boogaloo Stu playing pop party anthems 10pm £free HAUNT Coconut College Thursday night party playing a right mix of stuff like Grimes, Smashing Pumpkins and Kayne West 11pm £3/2 HOPE The Social: Cate Ferris Live acoustic music 8pm £free KOMEDIA Arthur’s Dreamboat Long Nose Puppets do a kids’ show about a boy with a boat growing on his head 11am/2pm £9.50/7.50; Comic Boom: Zoe Lyons Standup comedy 8pm £9/7/5 MADAME GEISHA Your Mom’s House Ya momma’s house is so big you could fit a hip hop and R&B club in her living room 10.30pm £5/3 MASH TUN They Mostly Come Out At Night Indie, electro and hip hop 9pm £free MESMERIST Andy Twyman One man blues band 9pm £free MOLLY MALONE’S David Acoustic covers 8pm £free MUCKY DUCK Open Mic Jam session with Joe Newman 8pm £free OUCH BAR Funky & Andalucia Guitar and vocal duo play Spanish music 10.30pm £free PAV TAV Pav Tav Live Live music Details tbc PRINCE GEORGE Souled Out DJs play funk, soul and Motown 8pm £free PROUD CABARET Yule Tide Tease Christmas grub and burlesque performers 7pm £35 RANELAGH Alex Roberts Folky blues singer 8.30pm £free ST JAMES’ TAVERN Stay Sick, Turn Blue DJs play vintage soul, jazz and blues 8.30pm £free THOMAS KEMP Matt Bonner & Gazz Marlow Live acoustic music 9pm £free TUBE Booty Bakery: Blonde Chicks, Tom Baker, Joe G, Oli P, Ben White New club night cooking up a big basket of bass and hip hop 11pm £5/4/free VICTORY Open Mic 8pm £free VOLKS Roll Through Drum&bass and dubstep, bass and beatbox 11pm £2 WHITE RABBIT The Move-Ons Open Mic 8pm £free WORLD’S END The Big Quiz Night 8pm £1
FRIDAY 28TH
ABOVE AUDIO Home House and disco DJs 9pm £free AUDIO DPM House night 11pm £tbc BLACK LION Soul Casserole A melting pot of hot funk beats and soul grooves 8.30pm £free COALITION Friday I’m In Love No more lectures for a day or two 11pm £2-5 CORNERSTONE DJ Chally136 8pm £free DIGITAL Stonelove Indie rock&roll club 11pm £4/3 DOCTOR BRIGHTON’S Funky Friday: DJ Nick Hirst, DJ Wayne 9.30pm £free DOME The Lost And Found Orchestra STOMP goes symphonic with traffic cone trumpets, bellow-powered bottle-blowers and drain-pipe organs 7.30pm £15-27.50 DOME STUDIO The Treason Show - That Was The Year That Was 2012 Topical songs and sketches from the long-running local comedy show 8pm £13.50/10.50 DRUID’S ARMS DJ Tommy G Electro beats, indie and house tunes 10pm £free DUKE OF NORFOLK DJ MC Cashback DJ night 9pm £free FIDDLER’S ELBOW Fiddler’s Friday Folk session with fiddlers of every kind welcome, except the Savile sort Time tbc £free FISHBOWL Gareth Stephens DJ plays funk, nu-jazz and broken beats 9pm £free FUNFAIR Fortune Rock and pop club with sideshow
entertainments 9pm £7/5/free FUNKYFISH Thank Funk Soul, funk, jazz and Motown 10.30pm £free GLOBE Rum Fridays 8pm £free GREEN DOOR STORE Sub Bop Down and dirty grunge night with added shoegaze 11pm £free HONEY I Love R&B Juicy house with a twist of hip hop - and plenty of the R and the B 10.30pm £5 HOPE DJ Asbest The Recovery man plays a vinyl-only selection of 90s hip hop, funk and soul 9pm £free KOMEDIA Arthur’s Dreamboat Long Nose Puppets do a kids’ show about a boy with a boat growing on his head 11am/2pm £9.50/7.50; Krater Comedy Club: Damian Clark, Luke Toulson, Stephen Grant Stand-up comedy night 8pm £16.50/13.50 LEGENDS BASEMENT CLUB Lady LaRue Cabaret is a drag sometimes 9pm £free LIFE Jail Bait Reunion The naughty 90s night is back for one last rifle through the music of your youth 11pm £4/3/2 MADAME GEISHA Debonaire Funky house and chart anthems 10.30pm £5/3 MESMERIST Shake, Holla & Roll Vintage blues, swing and rock&roll 9pm £free MUCKY DUCK Hot-Tip Hi-Fi DJ with a fine collection of vintage reggae and rocksteady records 8pm £free NEPTUNE Terry Popple Funky rock from the ex Van Morrison collaborator 8.30pm £free OUCH BAR The Ouch Factor Karaoke £tbc £free PAV TAV Beats Not Bombs DJ sessions 8pm £free PRINCE ALBERT I Might Disco, Cherry And The Poppers Electro punk and Motown bands 8pm £4/3 PROUD CABARET Yule Tide Tease Christmas grub and burlesque performers 7pm £49 STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR Neon Underground techno, psychedelic vibes 11pm £free THOMAS KEMP Hot Tamales: DJs Citizen Lane, HepCat Matt 50s and 60s rock&roll 9pm £free TUBE Cross The crew behind TRASH kick off a night of beats and bass 11pm £3/free; Motel Last chance saloon for electro house heads 2am £5 WEST HILL TAVERN Born Bad Mini pub version of the rockabilly club night 10pm £free WESTERN FRONT DJ Russ Rockwell Vinyl grooves 8pm £free WHITE RABBIT Ruff Snippets DJ plays hip hop, funk and soul 8pm £free WORLD’S END The Hillmans Christmas/New Year’s Party Revved-up, punky psychobilly 8.30pm £free
SATURDAY 29TH
ABOVE AUDIO Doctor’s Orders Funk, soul and seriously sick hip hop 8pm £5/free BEACHIGOGO BAR Good Times Remember them? Maybe the feel-good retro tunes will jog your memory (in the White Room) 9pm £free; Sushi Disco: Dulcie Danger, Cheeks Du Rhythm Bass and bikini afterparty - get jiggy on the dancefloor then get jizzy in a hot tub 3am £5/4 BLACK DOVE Devil’s Music DJs play swing, jazz and Dixieland 8pm £free BLACK LION Burnt Toast DJs play sleazy soul and dirty breaks 8.30pm £free CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Release The Bats New club night playing the dark of the 80s - don’t request Wham! or you may be brushed aside by a clenched fist in a cut-off studded glove Details tbc COALITION Blow: Vince Manganaro, Charly Lopez, Charles Green The party never stops 3am £5 CONCORDE2 The Jam The Jam’s bassist comes to town for a 30th anniversary show but Weller is conspicuous by his absence 6.30pm £20 COOPER’S CASK DJ Pablo Clements The man from Unkle 8pm £free CORNERSTONE Jon Chickens Reggae, funk and soul DJ 9pm £free COWLEY CLUB Club Zygotic Live music 8pm £donation DIGITAL Saturday Rox’s Progressive and uplifting house anthems 11pm £7/5 DOCTOR BRIGHTON’S Sexy Saturday: DJ Tony B 9.30pm £free DOME The Lost And Found Orchestra STOMP goes symphonic with traffic cone trumpets, bellow-powered bottle-blowers and drain-pipe organs 2:30pm/7.30pm £1527.50 DOME STUDIO The Treason Show - That Was The Year That Was 2012 Topical songs and sketches from the long-running local comedy show 8pm £13.50/10.50 DRUID’S ARMS DJ Green Man’s Garden Of Delights A carefully cultivated set of soul, psychedelia, funk and pop 10pm £free FIDDLER’S ELBOW Saturday Sizzlers DJs drop hot vinyl into your ears 8pm £free FISHBOWL DJ Daddy Marcus Dancey disco and singalong soul 9pm £free FUNFAIR Magic Pop and rock club with sideshow entertainments 9pm £7/5/free FUNKYFISH Dreamboys Live The biggest cocks we’ve ever seen, shame about the weathered penises 6.30pm £tbc; Oldschool Saturday Soul, funk, jazz and Motown 10pm £6/5 GLOBE Keep It Social - End Of Year Party Alternative Christmas DJ night with a wildly eclectic music policy 8pm
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SUNDAY 30TH
BLACK LION Live & Swingin’ Lion Live gypsy jazz, swing and blues 8pm £free COBBLER’S THUMB Reggae And Roast Resident reggae DJs 8pm £free CORNERSTONE Open Mic Open mic night hosted by Jenny O Malley 8pm £free DOME STUDIO The Treason Show - That Was The Year That Was 2012 Topical songs and sketches from the long-running local comedy show 8pm £13.50/10.50 FIDDLER’S ELBOW Sham-Rock Open Mic 8.30pm £free FISHBOWL Recovery? Reggae through the ages 9pm £free FOUNTAIN HEAD Reggae & Roasts Reggae and chilled beats Time tbc £free FUNFAIR Bodyshakers Polysexual dance party from London’s Fire club crew 10pm £5/4 GLADSTONE Dubconscious Live dub and reggae alldayer 2pm £free GREEN DOOR STORE Twisted Wheel Afternoon northern soul party 4pm £free; Green Door Blues Big Itch DJs plus the resident blues band, Smokestack 10pm £free HONEY Sundown If your house was this sexy you’d never go outdoors 11pm £free KOMEDIA Arthur’s Dreamboat Long Nose Puppets do a kids’ show about a boy with a boat growing on his head 11am/2pm £9.50/7.50 LEGENDS BASEMENT CLUB Pop!Candy DJ Claire Fuller plays pure non-stop pop 11pm £free MADAME GEISHA Sunday Salsa R&B, salsa and reggaeton tunes 10.30pm £free MUCKY DUCK Quiz On My Face “Quiz night with a difference,” perhaps with a very special prize 7pm £1 NEPTUNE Theseus And Friends Live music 8.30pm £free OUCH BAR Giant Yorky Jam! Acoustic music Time tbc £free PRINCE GEORGE Pub Quiz 8pm £1 RANELAGH The Elevators Uplifting electric blues 8.30pm £free SIGNALMAN Open Mic Open session hosted by local duo, Zoothyme 8pm £free WHITE RABBIT Hush Hush Live acoustic music 8pm £free WORLD’S END Poker Night 8pm £5
MONDAY 31ST
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BRUNSWICK Blues Corporation New Year’s Day Bash Live music fundaiser 4pm £free COOPER’S CASK Pub Quiz 9pm £1 DUKEBOX THEATRE Wellington One-man play about the Iron Duke 8pm £8 FIDDLER’S ELBOW QUIZness Time Are you a pub quiz whizz, or bit of a half-wit? 8pm £1 FOUNTAIN HEAD Student Night DJs play indie and rock 8pm £free FREEMASONS New Year Recovery Chilled out sounds for party casualties Time tbc £free GLOBE New Year’s Day Feel better with feelgood tunes Noon £free; Basement Cinema Underground films, comfy seats and free popcorn 8pm £free MADAME GEISHA Skint VJ Subnero combines big tunes and big screens 10.30pm £3/1 MASH TUN Recovery DJs help you through the headache Time tbc £free
WEDNESDAY 2ND
BLACK LION The Black Lion Acoustic Showcase Live music 8.30pm £free BRIGHTON CENTRE Starlight Express Andrew Lloyd Webber’s rollerskating version of The Human Centipede 7.30pm £14.50-42 COACH HOUSE Safehouse Free jazz and avant garde improvisation 7pm £donation DRUID’S ARMS We Change The Tempo DJ set of international sounds 9pm £free DUKE OF BEAUFORT Poker Night Time tbc £5 DUKE OF NORFOLK Pub Quiz 9pm £1 DUKEBOX THEATRE Wellington One-man play about the Iron Duke 8pm £8 FISHBOWL Tea & Biscuits: DJ Gareth Stephens Retro swing, soul and ska 10pm £free GLOBE Move Pre Party Warm up for Life’s new underground dance music night 9pm £free KOMEDIA Arthur’s Dreamboat Long Nose Puppets do a kids’ show about a boy with a boat growing on his head 11am/2pm £9.50/7.50 LEGENDS BASEMENT CLUB Mid-Week M*A*S*H*U*P Commercial house with DJ Lee Harris 10pm £free MASH TUN Mash Tun Live Funk and rock covers band 9pm £free MESMERIST Harry’s Tricks Pop music from between the wars 9pm £free NORTHERN LIGHTS Prognosis Set the DJ controls for the heart of psychedelia 9pm £free PAV TAV Quiz Night 8pm £free THOMAS KEMP Kev & Jenna’s Open Mic 9pm £free
THURSDAY 3RD
AUDIO Bastard Pop Musical mash-up 11pm £3/2/free BLACK LION Keep Diggin’ B-boy breaks and funk drops with DJ Mark Stafford 8.30pm £free BRIGHTON CENTRE Starlight Express Andrew Lloyd Webber’s rollerskating version of The Human Centipede 2pm/7.30pm £14.50-42 COALITION Secret Discotheque Replaying the soundtrack to your youth 11pm £4/3/2 COBBLER’S THUMB Pell & Bell Pool Tournament Pool contest and DJs 8pm £free DUKE OF BEAUFORT Quiz Bingo Student Night 9pm £1 FIDDLER’S ELBOW Live Lounge Live music 8.30pm £free FISHBOWL Residents Association: DJ Will Sumsuch DJs play hip hop, funk and world beats 10.30pm £free FOUNTAIN HEAD Student Night DJs play indie and rock 8pm £free FREEMASONS Live & Wine Live music 8.30pm £free FUNFAIR LOLgasm Midweek mayhem with Boogaloo Stu playing pop party anthems 10pm £free GEORGE PAYNE Open Mic Jam session with instruments provided, in what used to be the Kendal Arms 8.30pm £free GREEN DOOR STORE Spirit Of Gravity Experimental electronica and avant garde noise 7pm £free HOPE The Social Live acoustic music 8pm £free KOMEDIA Arthur’s Dreamboat Long Nose Puppets do a kids’ show about a boy with a boat growing on his head 11am/2pm £9.50/7.50 MADAME GEISHA Your Mom’s House Ya momma’s house is so big you could fit a hip hop and R&B club in her living room 10.30pm £5/3 MASH TUN They Mostly Come Out At Night Indie, electro and hip hop 9pm £free MESMERIST Bad Bad Whiskey Skifflebilly trio 9pm £free MUCKY DUCK Open Mic Jam session with Joe Newman 8pm £free PAV TAV Pav Tav Live Live music Details tbc
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PRINCE ALBERT Trash Green, Marble Buffalo, Search Bear Live music 8pm £4/3 RANELAGH The Long Haul Live country rock 8.30pm £free ST JAMES’ TAVERN Stay Sick, Turn Blue DJs play vintage soul, jazz and blues 8.30pm £free VICTORY Open Mic 8pm £free VOLKS Roll Through Drum&bass and dubstep, bass and beatbox 11pm £2 WHITE RABBIT The Move-Ons Open Mic 8pm £free
FRIDAY 4TH
ABOVE AUDIO Home House and disco DJs 9pm £free BLACK DOVE Mo Taters! Vintage American tunes from both sides of the Panama canal 8pm £free; Hot-Tip Hi-Fi DJ with a fine collection of vintage reggae and rocksteady records 8pm £free BLACK LION Medium Rare DJs serve up a platter of semi-obscure funk and soul 9pm £free BRIGHTON CENTRE Starlight Express Andrew Lloyd Webber’s rollerskating version of The Human Centipede 2pm/7.30pm £14.50-42 BRUNSWICK Brighton Jazz School Jazz weekender 11am £tbc COALITION Friday I’m In Love No more lectures for a day or two 11pm £2-5 DOCTOR BRIGHTON’S Funky Friday: DJ Nick Hirst, DJ Wayne 9.30pm £free DRUID’S ARMS Hot Pepper Sauce DJ I.D.G. plays old school funk, soul and house 10pm £free DUKE OF NORFOLK DJ MC Cashback DJ night 9pm £free FIDDLER’S ELBOW Fiddler’s Friday Folk session with fiddlers of every kind welcome, except the Savile sort Time tbc £free FISHBOWL Keep It Wheel DJs plays rare disco, soul and boogie 9pm £free FORTUNE OF WAR Fever Bands and DJs play Latin, salsa and reggae 9pm £free FOUNTAIN HEAD Soulshyne Soulful house and original disco grooves with DJ Mick Fuller 9pm £free FREEMASONS The People’s Playlist Customers choose the tunes 9pm £free FUNFAIR Fortune Rock and pop club with sideshow entertainments 9pm £7/5/free FUNKYFISH Thank Funk Soul, funk, jazz and Motown 10.30pm £free GLOBE Rum Fridays 8pm £free GREEN DOOR STORE Green Door Store Birthday Party Live music and DJs 5pm £free HONEY Lollipop ‘Pink Fridays’ Get your fingers sticky to R&B and pop treats 11pm £5/4/3 HOPE DJ Machall The Czech hip hop DJ starts starts a new residency at the Hope 9pm £free KOMEDIA Arthur’s Dreamboat Long Nose Puppets do a kids’ show about a boy with a boat growing on his head 11am/2pm £9.50/7.50; Krater Comedy Club Stand-up comedy night 8pm £16.50/13.50 LEGENDS BASEMENT CLUB Lady LaRue Cabaret is a drag sometimes 9pm £free MADAME GEISHA Debonaire Funky house and chart anthems 10.30pm £5/3 MESMERIST Shake, Holla & Roll Vintage blues, swing and rock&roll 9pm £free MUCKY DUCK Teenage Wasteland These DJs play both kinds of music: post punk AND new wave 8pm £free NEPTUNE Mad Max Band They are the rockers, they are the rollers, they are the out-of-controllers 8.30pm £free PAV TAV Beats Not Bombs DJ sessions 8pm £free PRINCE ALBERT Bend Over I’ll Drive Rock&roll DJs (downstairs) 8.30pm £free STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR Into The Void Metal night with more windmills than the Dutch lowlands 10.30pm £tbc WHITE RABBIT DJ Capsun Vintage hip hop with a modern twist 9pm £free
SATURDAY 5TH
ANCIENT MARINER Acoustic Sessions Live music 8pm £free AUDIO Warehouse: Blah Blah Blah DJs House and techno club night 11pm £5/free BEACHIGOGO BAR Sushi Disco: Dulcie Danger, Cheeks Du Rhythm Bass and bikini afterparty - get jiggy on the dancefloor then get jizzy in a hot tub 3am £5/4 BLACK LION This Is The Modern World Mod-bothering DJ night 8.30pm £free; Attic Monkeys Vs Stop Go!’s DJ Lanx Soul, funk, hip hop, ska, rock and indie - as long as it’s on vinyl they’ll play it 8.30pm £free BLIND TIGER Roots Garden Reggae DJs with guest singers and live musicians 8pm £3/free BRIGHTON CENTRE Starlight Express Andrew Lloyd Webber’s rollerskating version of The Human Centipede 2pm/7.30pm £14.50-42 BRUNSWICK Brighton Jazz School Jazz weekender 11am £tbc COALITION We Luv Animal Rave: DJ Naught Live, Outbreak, Lady Bex, Skillz, Dagger Sounds AnimalVince themed Ibiza style party 11pm £5; Blow: Manganaro, Charly Lopez, Charles Green The party
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SUNDAY 6TH
BLACK LION Live & Swingin’ Lion Live gypsy jazz, swing and blues 8pm £free BLIND TIGER DJ Format’s Weird & Wonderful Sundays Wonky records from the wonky DJ 7pm £free BRIGHTON CENTRE Starlight Express Andrew Lloyd Webber’s rollerskating version of The Human Centipede 7.30pm £14.50-42 BRUNSWICK Brighton Jazz School Jazz weekender 11am £tbc COBBLER’S THUMB Reggae And Roast Resident reggae DJs 8pm £free DUKE OF NORFOLK Live Music Night Live music from local artists 8pm £free DUKEBOX THEATRE IronClad Improv 7pm £5 FIDDLER’S ELBOW Sham-Rock Open Mic 8.30pm £free FISHBOWL Recovery? Reggae through the ages 9pm £free FOUNTAIN HEAD Reggae & Roasts Reggae and chilled beats Time tbc £free FUNFAIR Bodyshakers Polysexual dance party from London’s Fire club crew 10pm £5/4 GLOBE Handbaked Arcade Things were so much better in the 1990s when all we had was 64-bit games of Italian plumbers inexplicably racing against turtles and gorillas Noon £free GREEN DOOR STORE Green Door Blues Big Itch DJs plus the resident blues band, Smokestack 10pm £free HAMPTON The Sunday Sessions Live acoustic music 8pm £free HONEY Sundown If your house was this sexy you’d never go outdoors 11pm £free KOMEDIA Arthur’s Dreamboat Long Nose Puppets do a kids’ show about a boy with a boat growing on his head 11am/2pm £9.50/7.50 LEGENDS BASEMENT CLUB Pop!Candy DJ Claire Fuller plays pure non-stop pop 11pm £free
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MADAME GEISHA Sunday Salsa R&B, salsa and reggaeton tunes 10.30pm £free MUCKY DUCK Quiz On My Face “Quiz night with a difference,” perhaps with a very special prize 7pm £1 NEPTUNE Harry’s Tricks & Mike The Mic Recession era jazz tunes 8.30pm £free NORTHERN LIGHTS Northern Light Sundays The DJ has a lazy Sunday afternoon 4pm £free RANELAGH Mike Ross Blues rock guitarist 8.30pm £free THOMAS KEMP Jazz In The Afternoon: Bag’s Groove Jazz Quartet Live jazz 4pm £free VICTORY Blues Sundays DJ plays blues and soul Noon £free WHITE RABBIT Hush Hush Live acoustic music 8pm £free
MONDAY 7TH
ABOVE AUDIO Funky Town Details tbc ANCIENT MARINER Quiz Night 8pm £1 AUDIO Elk Alternative and future garage night Time tbc £3/2/1 BRIGHTON CENTRE Starlight Express Andrew Lloyd Webber’s rollerskating version of The Human Centipede 7.30pm £14.50-42 BRUNSWICK Open Mic 8.30pm £free COALITION Trash Mondays Filthy tunes for students and layabouts alike 11pm £3/2 FIDDLER’S ELBOW Top Bananas Live music 8.30pm £free GREEN DOOR STORE Punk V Hardcore Guess what? It’s a night of punk and hardcore bands 8pm £free HAUNT Fat Poppadaddys The student indie night moves to a new home 11pm £3/2/free HOPE Live Sessions Live music (downstairs) 9pm £free LATEST MUSIC BAR DigiTune Live music 8pm £4/3 LIFE #Hashtag Funky house club with added Twitter confusion 10pm £3/2 MADAME GEISHA Mas# Up Funky house and chart remixes 10.30pm £2 MESMERIST Flash Mob Jazz Raucous jazz band 9pm £free PAV TAV Red Tooth Poker 8pm £free PRINCE ALBERT Bleeding Hearts Club Folky and melancholic acoustic music 8pm £4/3 THOMAS KEMP Quiz Night 8pm £1 VOLKS Strictly Reggae Dancehall, roots, revival 11pm £5/4
TUESDAY 8TH
ABOVE AUDIO Cottontail Club Big band and jitter jive tunes 9pm £free BLIND TIGER Live Music 8pm £tbc BRIGHTON CENTRE Starlight Express Andrew Lloyd Webber’s rollerskating version of The Human Centipede 7.30pm £14.50-42 BRUNSWICK Brighton Jazz School Jazz weekender 11am £tbc; Jazz Jam Open session with a house band and special guests 8pm £free COOPER’S CASK Pub Quiz 9pm £1 COWLEY CLUB Anime Film Season Watch an anime film, then write letters to political prisoners 8pm £tbc DUKE OF NORFOLK Open Mic 9pm £free FIDDLER’S ELBOW QUIZness Time Are you a pub quiz whizz, or bit of a half-wit? 8pm £1 FOUNTAIN HEAD Student Night DJs play indie and rock 8pm £free GLOBE Basement Cinema Underground films, comfy seats and free popcorn 8pm £free GREEN DOOR STORE Raein, Crash Of Rhinos Italian screamo band 7pm £tbc; Donuts Hipster funk and hip hop gems 11pm £free HAMPTON The Hampton Quiz 8pm £1 HONEY Urbano Latino: DJ Aaron George, Gabriel Angel, Yersin Rivas Dance lessons followed by a tropically vibed salsa club 8pm/10.30pm £3/1/free LATEST MUSIC BAR Action For Happiness “Creating a happier society for everyone” 7.30pm £free MADAME GEISHA Skint VJ Subnero combines big tunes and big screens 10.30pm £3/1 MASH TUN 7x7 Seven DJs play 7” records 9pm £free PAV TAV Acoustic Soul Live music 8pm £free PRINCE ALBERT Cable Club Live music 8.30pm £4/3 QUADRANT Open Mic Jam session hosted by Jenna Bennett 8.30pm £free RED LION Challenging General Knowledge & Music Quiz 8pm £1 SIDEWINDER Open Mic Jam session with instruments provided 8.30pm £free THEATRE ROYAL Quartermaine’s Terms Rowan Atkinson stars in a tragicomic play set in a 1960s school Details tbc THOMAS KEMP Poker Evening 8pm £free THREE & TEN Racing Minds Improvised comedy quartet 7.30pm £8.50/7
WEDNESDAY 9TH
ABOVE AUDIO Cookin Beats Hip hop with a side of order of funk and a sprinkling of reggae 8pm £free AUDIO The 411 Hip hop, garage and bashment Time tbc £5/4/3 BLACK LION The Lion’s Raw! Live bands 8.30pm £free BLIND TIGER Live Music 8pm £tbc BRIGHTON CENTRE Starlight Express Andrew Lloyd Webber’s rollerskating version of The Human Centipede 2pm/7.30pm £14.50-42 COALITION CoCo LoCo Dancehall and dubstep music for students go to lose the plot to 10.30pm £5/3/1 COBBLER’S THUMB The Wild MaccAttack Comedy club 8pm £free COWLEY CLUB Irish Film Series: The Wind That Shakes The Barley Ken Loach’s brilliant 2006 film set during the early days of the IRA 8pm £free DRUID’S ARMS We Change The Tempo DJ set of international sounds 9pm £free DUKE OF BEAUFORT Poker Night Time tbc £5 DUKE OF NORFOLK Pub Quiz 9pm £1 FISHBOWL Tea & Biscuits: DJ Gareth Stephens Retro swing, soul and ska 10pm £free GLOBE Move Pre Party Warm up for Life’s new underground dance music night 9pm £free GREEN DOOR STORE Hard Times Please sir, I want some more nowave disco 11pm £free HAUNT Supercharged Drum&bass and breaks 11pm £3/2 HONEY One More Time Chart and party hits 10.30pm £5/4/3 IRON DUKE ID Goes Acoustic Live music 8pm £free LEGENDS BASEMENT CLUB Mid-Week M*A*S*H*U*P Commercial house with DJ Lee Harris 10pm £free LIFE Move Underground dance music club 11pm £4/3/2 MASH TUN Mash Tun Live Funk and rock covers band 9pm £free MESMERIST Harry’s Tricks Pop music from between the wars 9pm £free NORTHERN LIGHTS Mystery Train Rockabilly DJ 9pm £free PAV TAV Quiz Night 8pm £free RANELAGH Haunted: Annaca Catchy indie folk with great pop vocals 8.30pm £free STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR I Am Arcade Playing retro video games is particularly exciting when it’s in a public place because it’s usually something you do in private, like roughly manhandling mannequins made up to look like Sarah Palin 8pm £free THEATRE ROYAL Quartermaine’s Terms Rowan Atkinson stars in a tragicomic play set in a 1960s school Details tbc THOMAS KEMP Kev & Jenna’s Open Mic 9pm £free
THURSDAY 10TH
AUDIO Bastard Pop Musical mash-up 11pm £3/2/free BLACK LION Matt Rose & The Tin Cup Collective Live funk soul band 8.30pm £free BLIND TIGER Live Music 8pm £tbc BRIGHTON CENTRE Starlight Express Andrew Lloyd Webber’s rollerskating version of The Human Centipede 7.30pm £14.50-42 BRUNSWICK Flamenco Express, Natalia Garćia Huidobro Live music 8pm £10/8.50 COALITION Secret Discotheque Replaying the soundtrack to your youth 11pm £4/3/2 COBBLER’S THUMB Pell & Bell Pool Tournament Pool contest and DJs 8pm £free DUKE OF BEAUFORT Quiz Bingo Student Night 9pm £1 DUKE OF NORFOLK Rock Night Classic rock tunes 8pm £free DUKEBOX THEATRE The Trials Of Harvey Matusow Award-winning play about the Cold War spy 8pm £5 FIDDLER’S ELBOW Live Lounge Live music 8.30pm £free FISHBOWL Residents Association: DJ Will Sumsuch DJs play hip hop, funk and world beats 10.30pm £free FOUNTAIN HEAD Student Night DJs play indie and rock 8pm £free FREEMASONS Live & Wine Live music 8.30pm £free FUNFAIR LOLgasm Midweek mayhem with Boogaloo Stu playing pop party anthems 10pm £free GEORGE PAYNE Open Mic Jam session with instruments provided, in what used to be the Kendal Arms 8.30pm £free GLOBE Hang The DJ! A night of punter-picked playlists 9pm £free GREEN DOOR STORE Below The Line Bass music so futuristic it makes brain-operated dildo pets seem passé 11pm £free HAUNT Coconut College Thursday night party playing a right mix of stuff like Grimes, Smashing Pumpkins and Kayne West 11pm £3/2 HOPE The Social Live acoustic music 8pm £free KOMEDIA Nell Bryden American singer songwriter 7.30pm £10 LATEST MUSIC BAR Catalyst Club Guest speakers give a short talk about whatever their weird obsession is 8pm £5 MADAME GEISHA Your Mom’s House Ya momma’s house is so big you could fit a hip hop and R&B club in her
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FRIDAY 11TH
ABOVE AUDIO Home House and disco DJs 9pm £free AUDIO Full Volume If your bass was this filthy you’d have to take it back to the fishmongers Details tbc BLACK LION Medium Rare DJs serve up a platter of semi-obscure funk and soul 9pm £free BLIND TIGER Gypsy Disco: The Swing Ninjas, The Binewski Murder, One Roots Eastern European circus freaks on the rampage 7pm £4/3 BRIGHTON CENTRE Starlight Express Andrew Lloyd Webber’s rollerskating version of The Human Centipede 7.30pm £14.50-42 BRUNSWICK Jipsy Magic, Attic Sounds Indie funk quartet 8pm £tbc COALITION Friday I’m In Love No more lectures for a day or two 11pm £2-5 DRUID’S ARMS DJ Tommy G Electro beats, indie and house tunes 10pm £free DUKE OF NORFOLK DJ MC Cashback DJ night 9pm £free DUKEBOX THEATRE The Trials Of Harvey Matusow Award-winning play about the Cold War spy 8pm £5 FIDDLER’S ELBOW Fiddler’s Friday Folk session with fiddlers of every kind welcome, except the Savile sort Time tbc £free FISHBOWL Gareth Stephens DJ plays funk, nu-jazz and broken beats 9pm £free FORTUNE OF WAR Fever Bands and DJs play Latin, salsa and reggae 9pm £free FREEMASONS The People’s Playlist Customers choose the tunes 9pm £free FUNFAIR Fortune Rock and pop club with sideshow entertainments 9pm £7/5/free FUNKYFISH Thank Funk Soul, funk, jazz and Motown 10.30pm £free GLOBE Pablo Contraband Disco Deviant DJs in the basement 9pm £free GREEN DOOR STORE The Dead Reds Live music 7pm £tbc; Bad Bad Whiskey Skifflebilly trio 10.30pm £free; Electro Blues: Nick Hollywood, Electro Blues DJs Remixed jukebox jump blues night with a live band 11pm £free HONEY Lollipop ‘Pink Fridays’ Get your fingers sticky to R&B and pop treats 11pm £5/4/3 HOPE The Goodness Hip hop, funk and beats 9pm £free KOMEDIA Krater Comedy Club Stand-up comedy night 8pm £16.50/13.50 LEGENDS BASEMENT CLUB Lady LaRue Cabaret is a drag sometimes 9pm £free LIFE Below The Line House and garage 11pm £7/5/4 MADAME GEISHA Debonaire Funky house and chart anthems 10.30pm £5/3 MESMERIST Shake, Holla & Roll Vintage blues, swing and rock&roll 9pm £free MUCKY DUCK Gold Chains No Brains A mix of carboot house, codeine krunk and chip shop hip hop 8pm £free NEPTUNE Simon And Sleeze Trio Nice and nasty rhythm and blues band 8.30pm £free NORTHERN LIGHTS DJ RC Viking Horny invasion party 9pm £free PAV TAV Beats Not Bombs DJ sessions 8pm £free PRINCE ALBERT Monocure Synth punk horror rockers 8pm £4 PROUD CABARET Swing Thing Dinner and dancing 7pm £25 RANELAGH Grizzly & The Grasshoppers Rootsy acoustic trio 8.30pm £free STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR Arivimia Live music 7pm £3; Modern Life Is Still Rubbish Join Dynamite Sal for a retro indie party, this time with a Madchester special 11pm £free THEATRE ROYAL Quartermaine’s Terms Rowan Atkinson stars in a tragicomic play set in a 1960s school Details tbc THOMAS KEMP Hot-Tip Hi-Fi DJ with a fine collection
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of vintage reggae and rocksteady records 8pm £free WHITE RABBIT Ruff Snippets DJ plays hip hop, funk and soul 8pm £free
SATURDAY 12TH
ABOVE AUDIO Doctor’s Orders Funk, soul and seriously sick hip hop 8pm £5/free ANCIENT MARINER Acoustic Sessions Live music 8pm £free AUDIO Warehouse: Ben Pearce House and techno club night 11pm £5/free BEACHIGOGO BAR Sushi Disco: Dulcie Danger, Cheeks Du Rhythm Bass and bikini afterparty - get jiggy on the dancefloor then get jizzy in a hot tub 3am £5/4 BLACK DOVE The Chop Source DJ plays Caribbean rhythms and jump-jazz cuts 8pm £free BLACK LION Burnt Toast DJs play sleazy soul and dirty breaks 9pm £free BLIND TIGER Drum Unity - Morning Drum Circle Morning show for families that haven’t already had enough noise and beatings 11am £2/1; The Afternoon Sessions Headbanging bands from AMI with an open mic session 1pm £2; Stay Sick! Bands and DJs play garage, punk and rock&roll 9pm £3 BRIGHTON CENTRE Starlight Express Andrew Lloyd Webber’s rollerskating version of The Human Centipede 2pm £14.50-42 COALITION Blow: Vince Manganaro, Charly Lopez, Charles Green The party never stops 3am £5 COOPER’S CASK DJ Sweetback Funk, soul and breaks 8pm £free COWLEY CLUB Slutdisko Electro punk disco madness 8pm £free DRUID’S ARMS DJ Paul Von Marshell Rock and indie classics 10pm £free FIDDLER’S ELBOW Saturday Sizzlers DJs drop hot vinyl into your ears 8pm £free FISHBOWL What’s Wrong With Groovin’?: Ed Meme, Matt Beatwell Two DJs set out to answer the age-old question with a stack of drum-driven funk and soul 9pm £free FORTUNE OF WAR Flevans Funky breaks from the Tru Thoughts DJ 9pm £free FREEMASONS Saturday Night Disc Spinners DJ night 9pm £free FUNFAIR Magic Pop and rock club with sideshow entertainments 9pm £7/5/free FUNKYFISH Dreamboys Live The biggest cocks we’ve ever seen, shame about the weathered penises 6.30pm £tbc; Oldschool Saturday Soul, funk, jazz and Motown 10pm £6/5 GLOBE Nowhere To Run The best of 60s Motown, soul and rock&roll 9pm £free GREEN DOOR STORE Drugs Indie rock club with live bands 7pm £4; Pop Not Pop Pop night with Dynamite Sal 11pm £free HAUNT It Is Still 1985 Travel through time to an ancient realm where keytars are still pretty cool 11pm £3 HONEY Chop It Up Funky house, R&B and chart tunes 11pm £8/7/5 HOPE Shakedown Collective Live Band Blues covers band 9pm £free KOMEDIA Krater Comedy Club Stand-up comedy night 7pm/10.30pm £5-22 LEGENDS BASEMENT CLUB Fusion: DJ Peter Castle, DJ Lee Harris Chart and club remixes 11pm £free LIFE Juice Box Eclectic club night offering an nice alternative to the standard seafront malarky 11pm £5/3 MADAME GEISHA Tokyo Stereo 10.30pm £5 MESMERIST Juke Joint Jamboree Rhythm & blues and rock&roll records from the days of the dance halls 9pm £free MUCKY DUCK Unhooked Generation Retro DJs with an ear for 60s Motown and northern soul 8pm £free NORTHERN LIGHTS DJ Åbo Funk and soul tunes 9pm £free PAV TAV Saturday Sensations Resident DJs 8pm £free PROUD CABARET Blitz Party! Relive the highlife of wartime Britain in this 1940s themed ballroom blitz 7pm £35 QUADRANT Laughing Horse Comedy Club: Keith Platt, Meryl O’Rourke, Chif Powell, Gary Sansome, Lewis Bryan Stand-up comedy night 8.30pm £7/6 STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR Kaleidoscope Eclectic proggy DJing from The Physics House Band (in the bar) 9pm £free THEATRE ROYAL Quartermaine’s Terms Rowan Atkinson stars in a tragicomic play set in a 1960s school Details tbc THOMAS KEMP DJ Mark Gogglez Dance classics 8pm £free THREE & TEN Vinegar Knickers - On The Edge Edgy comedy sketches set in a laundrette 8pm £8.50/7 VICTORY Soul Casserole - Soul Custody DJs A melting pot of hot funk beats and soul grooves 8pm £free WHITE RABBIT The Mixer Men DJ night 9pm £free
SUNDAY 13TH
BLACK LION Live & Swingin’ Lion Live gypsy jazz, swing and blues 8pm £free BLIND TIGER Live Music 8pm £tbc
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BRUNSWICK Brighton Folk Monthly folk night with Amy Hill 8pm £free COBBLER’S THUMB Reggae And Roast Resident reggae DJs 8pm £free CORN EXCHANGE Herbie Flowers’ Jazz Breakfast Celebrated bassist smears your toast with his jazz 11am £6 DOME Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra Music by Poulenc, Saint-Saëns and Verdi 2.45pm £9-32 DUKEBOX THEATRE IronClad Improv 7pm £5 FIDDLER’S ELBOW Sham-Rock Open Mic 8.30pm £free FISHBOWL Recovery? Reggae through the ages 9pm £free FOUNTAIN HEAD Reggae & Roasts Reggae and chilled beats Time tbc £free FUNFAIR Bodyshakers Polysexual dance party from London’s Fire club crew 10pm £5/4 GLOBE Handbaked Arcade Things were so much better in the 1990s when all we had was 64-bit games of Italian plumbers inexplicably racing against turtles and gorillas Noon £free GREEN DOOR STORE Green Door Blues Big Itch DJs plus the resident blues band, Smokestack 10pm £free HAMPTON The Sunday Sessions Live acoustic music 8pm £free HONEY Sundown If your house was this sexy you’d never go outdoors 11pm £free KOMEDIA Krater Comedy Club Stand-up comedy night 8pm £5-12 LEGENDS BASEMENT CLUB Pop!Candy DJ Claire Fuller plays pure non-stop pop 11pm £free MADAME GEISHA Sunday Salsa R&B, salsa and reggaeton tunes 10.30pm £free MUCKY DUCK Quiz On My Face “Quiz night with a difference,” perhaps with a very special prize 7pm £1 NEPTUNE Shady Grove Country and bluegrass band 8.30pm £free NORTHERN LIGHTS Northern Light Sundays The DJ has a lazy Sunday afternoon 4pm £free RANELAGH The Mick Clarke Band Blues guitar band 8.30pm £free THOMAS KEMP Jazz In The Afternoon: Le Duo Live jazz 4pm £free VICTORY Blues Sundays DJ plays blues and soul Noon £free WHITE RABBIT Hush Hush Live acoustic music 8pm £free
MONDAY 14TH
ABOVE AUDIO Funky Town Details tbc ANCIENT MARINER Quiz Night 8pm £1 AUDIO Elk Alternative and future garage night Time tbc £3/2/1 BRUNSWICK Open Mic 8.30pm £free COALITION Trash Mondays Filthy tunes for students and layabouts alike 11pm £3/2 FIDDLER’S ELBOW Top Bananas Live music 8.30pm £free HAUNT Fat Poppadaddys The student indie night moves to a new home 11pm £3/2/free HOPE Live Sessions Live music (downstairs) 9pm £free LIFE #Hashtag Funky house club with added Twitter confusion 10pm £3/2 MADAME GEISHA Mas# Up Funky house and chart remixes 10.30pm £2 MESMERIST Flash Mob Jazz Raucous jazz band 9pm £free NEPTUNE More Music Monday Open mic night 8.30pm £free PAV TAV Red Tooth Poker 8pm £free THOMAS KEMP Quiz Night 8pm £1 VOLKS Strictly Reggae Dancehall, roots, revival 11pm £5/4
TUESDAY 15TH
ABOVE AUDIO Cottontail Club Big band and jitter jive tunes 9pm £free BLIND TIGER Live Music 8pm £tbc BRUNSWICK Jazz Jam Open session with a house band and special guests 8pm £free COOPER’S CASK Pub Quiz 9pm £1 COWLEY CLUB Bookshop Talk: Brian Morris Author and academic discusses whether terms such as ‘post anarchism’ is like putting “new labels on old bottles” 7pm £free DUKE OF NORFOLK Open Mic 9pm £free DUKE’S @ KOMEDIA La Boheme: ROH. Live 7.15pm £tbc FIDDLER’S ELBOW QUIZness Time Are you a pub quiz whizz, or bit of a half-wit? 8pm £1 FOUNTAIN HEAD Student Night DJs play indie and rock 8pm £free GLOBE Basement Cinema Underground films, comfy seats and free popcorn 8pm £free GREEN DOOR STORE Pressed Sessions Live music 7pm £free; Donuts Hipster funk and hip hop gems 11pm £free HAMPTON The Hampton Quiz 8pm £1 HONEY Urbano Latino: DJ Aaron George, Gabriel Angel, Yersin Rivas Dance lessons followed by a tropically
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WEDNESDAY 16TH
ABOVE AUDIO Cookin Beats Hip hop with a side of order of funk and a sprinkling of reggae 8pm £free AUDIO The 411 Hip hop, garage and bashment Time tbc £5/4/3 BLACK LION The Lion’s Raw! Live bands 8.30pm £free BLIND TIGER Live Music 8pm £tbc BRUNSWICK Acoustic Night: Treasures, This Is Conduit Live music 8pm £tbc COALITION CoCo LoCo Dancehall and dubstep music for students go to lose the plot to 10.30pm £5/3/1 DRUID’S ARMS We Change The Tempo DJ set of international sounds 9pm £free DUKE OF BEAUFORT Poker Night Time tbc £5 DUKE OF NORFOLK Pub Quiz 9pm £1 FISHBOWL Shugga Buddha Acoustic Session Live music 8pm £free; Tea & Biscuits: DJ Gareth Stephens Retro swing, soul and ska 10pm £free GLOBE Move Pre Party Warm up for Life’s new underground dance music night 9pm £free GREEN DOOR STORE Hard Times Please sir, I want some more nowave disco 11pm £free HAUNT Supercharged Drum&bass and breaks 11pm £3/2 HONEY One More Time Chart and party hits 10.30pm £5/4/3 LEGENDS BASEMENT CLUB Mid-Week M*A*S*H*U*P Commercial house with DJ Lee Harris 10pm £free LIFE Move Underground dance music club 11pm £4/3/2 MASH TUN Mash Tun Live Funk and rock covers band 9pm £free MESMERIST Harry’s Tricks Pop music from between the wars 9pm £free PAV TAV Quiz Night 8pm £free STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR Dumb And Dumber Film Quiz Pub quiz only with questions about “the most awesome of movies” and also Dumb And Dumber 7.45pm £1 THOMAS KEMP Kev & Jenna’s Open Mic 9pm £free
THURSDAY 17TH
AUDIO Bastard Pop Musical mash-up 11pm £3/2/free BLACK LION Soul Casserole A melting pot of hot funk beats and soul grooves 8.30pm £free BRIGHTON CENTRE Gary Barlow We made a tit of ourselves in the 90s too, but we don’t keep going on about it 6.30pm £35-55 BRUNSWICK Audioactive AGM Live music fundraiser 8pm £tbc COALITION Secret Discotheque Replaying the soundtrack to your youth 11pm £4/3/2 COBBLER’S THUMB Pell & Bell Pool Tournament Pool contest and DJs 8pm £free DUKE OF BEAUFORT Quiz Bingo Student Night 9pm £1 DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA The Magistrate: NT Live 7pm £tbc FIDDLER’S ELBOW Live Lounge Live music 8.30pm £free FISHBOWL Residents Association: DJ Will Sumsuch DJs play hip hop, funk and world beats 10.30pm £free FOUNTAIN HEAD Student Night DJs play indie and rock 8pm £free FREEMASONS Live & Wine Live music 8.30pm £free FUNFAIR LOLgasm Midweek mayhem with Boogaloo Stu playing pop party anthems 10pm £free GEORGE PAYNE Open Mic Jam session with instruments provided, in what used to be the Kendal Arms 8.30pm £free GLOBE Hang The DJ! A night of punter-picked playlists 9pm £free HAUNT Coconut College Thursday night party playing a right mix of stuff like Grimes, Smashing Pumpkins and Kayne West 11pm £3/2 HOPE The Social Live acoustic music 8pm £free LATEST MUSIC BAR Anita Boult One-woman play about a New York Jewish singer, featuring songs by Gershwin and Bernstein 7.30pm £10/8 MADAME GEISHA Your Mom’s House Ya momma’s house is so big you could fit a hip hop and R&B club in her living room 10.30pm £5/3 MASH TUN They Mostly Come Out At Night Indie, electro and hip hop 9pm £free MESMERIST Johnson & The Believers Rocksteady and ska mixed with indie rock 9pm £free MUCKY DUCK Open Mic Jam session with Joe
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FRIDAY 18TH
ABOVE AUDIO Home House and disco DJs 9pm £free AUDIO Nowhere To Run The best of 60s Motown, soul and rock&roll 11pm £4/3 BLACK LION Attic Monkeys Vs Stop Go!’s DJ Lanx Soul, funk, hip hop, ska, rock and indie - as long as it’s on vinyl they’ll play it 8.30pm £free BLIND TIGER Solid Steel: DJ Food, DJ Banks, 2econdclasscitizen AVs and DJs 8pm £5 BRUNSWICK Brunswick Showcase: London Commands You Live music 8pm £tbc COALITION Friday I’m In Love No more lectures for a day or two 11pm £2-5 CONCORDE2 Miguel Electric R&B producer 7pm £18.50 DRUID’S ARMS Hot Pepper Sauce DJ I.D.G. plays old school funk, soul and house 10pm £free DUKE OF NORFOLK DJ MC Cashback DJ night 9pm £free FIDDLER’S ELBOW Fiddler’s Friday Folk session with fiddlers of every kind welcome, except the Savile sort Time tbc £free FISHBOWL Cut La Vis Jamaican riddims and urban beats 9pm £free FORTUNE OF WAR Fever Bands and DJs play Latin, salsa and reggae 9pm £free FREEMASONS The People’s Playlist Customers choose the tunes 9pm £free FUNFAIR Fortune Rock and pop club with sideshow entertainments 9pm £7/5/free FUNKYFISH Thank Funk Soul, funk, jazz and Motown 10.30pm £free GLOBE Rum Fridays: DJ Jeff Daniels Funk, soul, electro and disco 9pm £free GREEN DOOR STORE AEREO Disco and electro night from the Teen Creeps peeps 11pm £free HAUNT JD McPherson American singer songwriter with at least one foot in the rockabilly camp 7pm £10 HONEY Lollipop ‘Pink Fridays’ Get your fingers sticky to R&B and pop treats 11pm £5/4/3 HOPE DJ Will Sumsuch Old school hip hop, funk and soul with cult movies on the big screen 9pm £free KOMEDIA Krater Comedy Club Stand-up comedy night 8pm £16.50/13.50; Jo Caulfield - Better The Devil You Know Stand-up comedy 8pm £12.50 LEGENDS BASEMENT CLUB Lady LaRue Cabaret is a drag sometimes 9pm £free LIFE Brighton Up! Ska, rocksteady, ragga and dancehall - if it’s Jamaican they’ll play it 11pm £3 MADAME GEISHA Debonaire Funky house and chart anthems 10.30pm £5/3 MESMERIST Shake, Holla & Roll Vintage blues, swing and rock&roll 9pm £free MUCKY DUCK Mucky Duck DJs Resident DJs play “whatever they can get away with” 8pm £free NEPTUNE Roland Chadwick Blues guitarist 8.30pm £free NORTHERN LIGHTS Tarantino Night Film screening with themed fancy dress and menu 9pm £free PAV TAV Beats Not Bombs DJ sessions 8pm £free PRINCE ALBERT Knifeworld, Thumpermonkey, Ham Legion Live music 7.30pm £6/5 PROUD CABARET Blind Pig Vintage jazz and electro swing burlesque night 7pm £25 RANELAGH The Gastrick Band Blues rock 8.30pm £free STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR Dive Slow Hip hop and electronica from the BBC critic and DJ, Mike Diver (in the bar) 9pm £free THOMAS KEMP DJ Moler Funk, soul and rare grooves 9pm £free WHITE RABBIT DJ Capsun Vintage hip hop with a modern twist 9pm £free
SATURDAY 19TH
ABOVE AUDIO Doctor’s Orders Funk, soul and seriously sick hip hop 8pm £5/free ANCIENT MARINER Acoustic Sessions Live music 8pm £free AUDIO Warehouse: Midland House and techno club night 11pm £5/free BEACHIGOGO BAR Sushi Disco: Dulcie Danger, Cheeks Du Rhythm Bass and bikini afterparty - get jiggy on the dancefloor then get jizzy in a hot tub 3am £5/4 BLACK LION Molly Malone’s Dex In The City DJ night 9pm £free BLIND TIGER The Edgeworld Pop-Up Record Stall
The much-missed record shop returns with a suitcase of vinyl to flog Noon £free; Live Music 8pm £tbc BRUNSWICK Real Music Club Live music 8pm £tbc COALITION Old Yellow Bricks: DJ Monty, Shmooze, Skank R&B, house and funky soul club 11pm £7/5; Blow: Vince Manganaro, Charly Lopez, Charles Green The party never stops 3am £5 CONCORDE2 The Correspondents Electro swing dancing duo 11pm £10 COWLEY CLUB Bookshop Talk: Iain McKay Author talks about the godfather of anarchist theory, Proudhon 6pm £free; Vomir, Safe, Bolide, Huh 5 Pin 8pm £5 DRUID’S ARMS DJ Green Man’s Garden Of Delights A carefully cultivated set of soul, psychedelia, funk and pop 10pm £free DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA Maria Stuarda: Met. Opera 5.55pm £tbc FIDDLER’S ELBOW Saturday Sizzlers DJs drop hot vinyl into your ears 8pm £free FISHBOWL DJ Åbo & Ally Smith Jazz Rooms DJs play dirty funk and hot jazz 9pm £free FORTUNE OF WAR Miss Faricy Vinyl vixen plays everything from Donna Summer to Metronomy 9pm £free FREEMASONS Saturday Night Disc Spinners DJ night 9pm £free FUNFAIR Magic Pop and rock club with sideshow entertainments 9pm £7/5/free FUNKYFISH Dreamboys Live The biggest cocks we’ve ever seen, shame about the weathered penises 6.30pm £tbc; Oldschool Saturday Soul, funk, jazz and Motown 10pm £6/5 GLOBE Freestylin’ DJ Richie C plays soul, funk, jazz, disco and house 9pm £free GREEN DOOR STORE Fragile Creatures, The Lanes, Oh Captain Indie rock bands 7.45pm £5; Da Doo Ron Ron Club night with a obsession for girlgroups and soul sirens 11pm £free HAUNT It Is Still 1985 Travel through time to an ancient realm where keytars are still pretty cool 11pm £3 HONEY MYNT Lounge If your house was this funky you’d have to invest in some industrial cleaning products 11pm £5-8.50 HOPE DJ Asbest The Recovery man plays a vinyl-only selection of 90s hip hop, funk and soul 9pm £free KOMEDIA Krater Comedy Club Stand-up comedy night 7pm/10.30pm £5-22; Spellbound “An 80s night for people who hate 80s nights” - Simon Price plays the alternative highlights of the decade 9pm £5/4 LEGENDS BASEMENT CLUB Fusion: DJ Peter Castle, DJ Lee Harris Chart and club remixes 11pm £free LIFE Juice Box Eclectic club night offering an nice alternative to the standard seafront malarky 11pm £5/3 MADAME GEISHA Tokyo Stereo 10.30pm £5 MESMERIST Juke Joint Jamboree Rhythm & blues and rock&roll records from the days of the dance halls 9pm £free MUCKY DUCK Ross Never Sleeps DJ set 8pm £free NEW VENTURE THEATRE Far Away & Seven Jewish Children Double bill of plays by Caryl Churchill Details tbc NORTHERN LIGHTS DJ Meerkuts 9pm £free OFFICE The Chop Source DJ plays Caribbean rhythms and jump-jazz cuts 8pm £free PAV TAV Saturday Sensations Resident DJs 8pm £free PROUD CABARET Pop Kraft Pop tunes and cheeky cabaret with Boogaloo Stu and crew 7pm £35 QUADRANT Laughing Horse Comedy Club: Paul Pirie, Debra Jane Appleby, Wayne Mazadza, Mike Winters, Sajeela Kershi Stand-up comedy night 8.30pm £7/6 RANELAGH King Size Slim Boogie blues 8.30pm £free ST JAMES’ TAVERN Stay Sick, Turn Blue DJs play vintage soul, jazz and blues 8.30pm £free STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR The Hush Club Club night for discerning fans of 50s and 60s vinyl sounds 11pm £4/3/2 THOMAS KEMP DJ Greg Gore Classic rock tunes 9pm £free THREE & TEN Off The Cuff Audience-seeded jokes made up on the spot 8pm £8.50/7 VICTORY Teen Dream DJs play 60s psyche and garage plus some post punk and no wave 9pm £free WHITE RABBIT Go Go Gorilla Vinyl mash-up with the Moon Hop DJs 9pm £free
SUNDAY 20TH
BLACK LION Live & Swingin’ Lion Live gypsy jazz, swing and blues 8pm £free BLIND TIGER Live Music 8pm £tbc BRIGHTON CENTRE Ronan Keating Ronan plays the Brighton Centre a mere three days after Gary Barlow - what surprises have been left for him in the dressing room? 7pm £33.50 COBBLER’S THUMB Reggae And Roast Resident reggae DJs 8pm £free DOME Britten Sinfonia - Coffee Concert Series Classical concert 11am £17.50/15 DUKE OF NORFOLK Live Music Night Live music from local artists 8pm £free DUKEBOX THEATRE IronClad Improv 7pm £5 FIDDLER’S ELBOW Sham-Rock Open Mic 8.30pm £free FISHBOWL Recovery? Reggae through the ages 9pm
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MONDAY 21ST
ABOVE AUDIO Funky Town Details tbc ANCIENT MARINER Quiz Night 8pm £1 AUDIO Elk Alternative and future garage night Time tbc £3/2/1 BRIGHTON CENTRE Donny And Marie Osmond siblings pool their collective hits 6.30pm £40-70 BRUNSWICK Open Mic 8.30pm £free COALITION Trash Mondays Filthy tunes for students and layabouts alike 11pm £3/2 FIDDLER’S ELBOW Top Bananas Live music 8.30pm £free GREEN DOOR STORE Smells Like White Spirit Painting fundraiser with 90s tunes 9pm £tbc HAUNT Fat Poppadaddys The student indie night moves to a new home 11pm £3/2/free HOPE Live Sessions Live music (downstairs) 9pm £free LIFE #Hashtag Funky house club with added Twitter confusion 10pm £3/2 MADAME GEISHA Mas# Up Funky house and chart remixes 10.30pm £2 MESMERIST Flash Mob Jazz Raucous jazz band 9pm £free NEW VENTURE THEATRE Far Away & Seven Jewish Children Double bill of plays by Caryl Churchill Details tbc PAV TAV Red Tooth Poker 8pm £free PRINCE ALBERT Sea Monsters Festival One Inch Badge presents seven nights of Brighton’s best bands 8pm £tbc STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR John Murry, Danny George Wilson Live music from the Mississippi songwriter 7.30pm £9.50/8.50 THOMAS KEMP Quiz Night 8pm £1 VICTORY Some Dark Hollow Extra Old time tunes and lonesome laments hosted by Ewan D Rodgers 8pm £free VOLKS Strictly Reggae Dancehall, roots, revival 11pm £5/4
TUESDAY 22ND
ABOVE AUDIO Cottontail Club Big band and jitter jive tunes 9pm £free BLIND TIGER Live Music 8pm £tbc BRUNSWICK Jazz Jam Open session with a house band and special guests 8pm £free COOPER’S CASK Pub Quiz 9pm £1 COWLEY CLUB Anime Film Season Watch an anime film, then write letters to political prisoners 8pm £tbc DOME Richard Hills Organ recital 3pm £10/7.50 DUKE OF NORFOLK Open Mic 9pm £free FIDDLER’S ELBOW QUIZness Time Are you a pub quiz whizz, or bit of a half-wit? 8pm £1 FOUNTAIN HEAD Student Night DJs play indie and rock 8pm £free FREEMASONS Funtastic Pub Quiz More Timmy Mallett than Magnus Magnusson 8pm £tbc GLOBE Basement Cinema Underground films, comfy seats and free popcorn 8pm £free GREEN DOOR STORE Donuts Hipster funk and hip hop gems 11pm £free HAMPTON The Hampton Quiz 8pm £1
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HONEY Urbano Latino: DJ Aaron George, Gabriel Angel, Yersin Rivas Dance lessons followed by a tropically vibed salsa club 8pm/10.30pm £3/1/free KOMEDIA Foy Vance Irish folk troubadour 7.30pm £11 MADAME GEISHA Skint VJ Subnero combines big tunes and big screens 10.30pm £3/1 MASH TUN 7x7 Seven DJs play 7” records 9pm £free NEW VENTURE THEATRE Far Away & Seven Jewish Children Double bill of plays by Caryl Churchill Details tbc PAV TAV Acoustic Soul Live music 8pm £free PRINCE ALBERT Sea Monsters Festival One Inch Badge presents seven nights of Brighton’s best bands 8pm £tbc QUADRANT Open Mic Jam session hosted by Jenna Bennett 8.30pm £free RED LION Challenging General Knowledge & Music Quiz 8pm £1 SIDEWINDER Open Mic Jam session with instruments provided 8.30pm £free THOMAS KEMP Poker Evening 8pm £free
WEDNESDAY 23RD
ABOVE AUDIO Cookin Beats Hip hop with a side of order of funk and a sprinkling of reggae 8pm £free AUDIO The 411 Hip hop, garage and bashment Time tbc £5/4/3 BLACK LION The Black Lion Live Live music 8.30pm £free BLIND TIGER Melting Vinyl Presents Live music 8pm £tbc COALITION CoCo LoCo Dancehall and dubstep music for students go to lose the plot to 10.30pm £5/3/1 DRUID’S ARMS We Change The Tempo DJ set of international sounds 9pm £free DUKE OF BEAUFORT Poker Night Time tbc £5 DUKE OF NORFOLK Pub Quiz 9pm £1 FISHBOWL Tea & Biscuits: DJ Gareth Stephens Retro swing, soul and ska 10pm £free GLOBE Move Pre Party Warm up for Life’s new underground dance music night 9pm £free GREEN DOOR STORE Born Gold Cutting edge AV show 7pm £6; Hard Times Please sir, I want some more nowave disco 11pm £free HAUNT Supercharged Drum&bass and breaks 11pm £3/2 HONEY One More Time Chart and party hits 10.30pm £5/4/3 LEGENDS BASEMENT CLUB Mid-Week M*A*S*H*U*P Commercial house with DJ Lee Harris 10pm £free LIFE Move Underground dance music club 11pm £4/3/2 MASH TUN Mash Tun Live Funk and rock covers band 9pm £free MESMERIST The Swing Ninjas Gypsy swing band 9pm £free NEW VENTURE THEATRE Far Away & Seven Jewish Children Double bill of plays by Caryl Churchill Details tbc NORTHERN LIGHTS Mystery Train Rockabilly DJ 9pm £free PAV TAV Quiz Night 8pm £free PRINCE ALBERT Sea Monsters Festival One Inch Badge presents seven nights of Brighton’s best bands 8pm £tbc STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR I Am Arcade Playing retro video games is particularly exciting when it’s in a public place because it’s usually something you do in private, like wearing a body wig woven from the multi-coloured manes of broken My Little Pony dolls 8pm £free THOMAS KEMP Kev & Jenna’s Open Mic 9pm £free
THURSDAY 24TH
AUDIO Bastard Pop Musical mash-up 11pm £3/2/free BLACK LION Matt Rose & The Tin Cup Collective Live funk soul band 8.30pm £free BLIND TIGER Live Music 8pm £tbc BRUNSWICK Licence, Annika Brown & The Deep Theatre and live music 8pm £9/7 COALITION Secret Discotheque Replaying the soundtrack to your youth 11pm £4/3/2 COBBLER’S THUMB Pell & Bell Pool Tournament Pool contest and DJs 8pm £free CONCORDE2 10th Annual Poets Vs MCs A decade later and Brighton’s poets and rappers are still at it - and each other. Who will win the decade-long battle of tweed vs tracksuit, beret vs cap and flounce vs mince? 7.30pm £3 CORTLANDS HOTEL Public Sculpture In Brighton And Hove - Past And Future: Peter Seddon, Karin Janzon Part of Hove Civic Society lecture series 7.30pm £3/free DUKE OF BEAUFORT Quiz Bingo Student Night 9pm £1 DUKE OF NORFOLK Rock Night Classic rock tunes 8pm £free FIDDLER’S ELBOW Live Lounge Live music 8.30pm £free FISHBOWL Cut La Vis Jamaican riddims and urban beats 10.30pm £free FOUNTAIN HEAD Student Night DJs play indie and rock 8pm £free
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FREEMASONS Live & Wine Live music 8.30pm £free FUNFAIR LOLgasm Midweek mayhem with Boogaloo Stu playing pop party anthems 10pm £free GEORGE PAYNE Open Mic Jam session with instruments provided, in what used to be the Kendal Arms 8.30pm £free GLOBE Hang The DJ! A night of punter-picked playlists 9pm £free GREEN DOOR STORE BIAAS Fundraising DJ night playing soul, funk and hip hop 11pm £4/3 HAUNT Coconut College Thursday night party playing a right mix of stuff like Grimes, Smashing Pumpkins and Kayne West 11pm £3/2 LATEST MUSIC BAR Speaky Spokey Literary cabaret with poetry, short stories and music 8pm £5/4 MADAME GEISHA Your Mom’s House Ya momma’s house is so big you could fit a hip hop and R&B club in her living room 10.30pm £5/3 MASH TUN They Mostly Come Out At Night Indie, electro and hip hop 9pm £free MESMERIST Andy Twyman One man blues band 9pm £free MUCKY DUCK Open Mic Jam session with Joe Newman 8pm £free NEW VENTURE THEATRE Far Away & Seven Jewish Children Double bill of plays by Caryl Churchill Details tbc PAV TAV Pav Tav Live Live music Details tbc PRINCE ALBERT Sea Monsters Festival One Inch Badge presents seven nights of Brighton’s best bands 8pm £tbc RANELAGH Pocket Size Bluegrass band 8.30pm £free ST JAMES’ TAVERN Stay Sick, Turn Blue DJs play vintage soul, jazz and blues 8.30pm £free THOMAS KEMP Matt Bonner & Gazz Marlow Live acoustic music 9pm £free VICTORY Open Mic 8pm £free VOLKS Roll Through Drum&bass and dubstep, bass and beatbox 11pm £2 WHITE RABBIT The Move-Ons Open Mic 8pm £free
FRIDAY 25TH
ABOVE AUDIO Home House and disco DJs 9pm £free AUDIO Enzo Siffredi & Friends Minimal house music Details tbc BLACK LION Soul Casserole A melting pot of hot funk beats and soul grooves 8.30pm £free BLIND TIGER Brighton Funk And Soul Club: Pama International Live soul and reggae band 8pm £tbc BRIGHTON CENTRE Madagascar Live! Musical stage show of the Dreamworks kids’ film 6.30pm £tbc BRUNSWICK New Brunswick Battle Of The Blues Nationwide competition for unsigned blues acts to win a slot at a festival in Canada Details tbc COALITION Union Leftfield dance night 11pm £12.50; Friday I’m In Love No more lectures for a day or two 11pm £2-5 DOME Jimmy Carr More daring one-liners from the smug stand-up 8pm £25 DRUID’S ARMS DJ Tommy G Electro beats, indie and house tunes 10pm £free DUKE OF NORFOLK DJ MC Cashback DJ night 9pm £free FIDDLER’S ELBOW Fiddler’s Friday Folk session with fiddlers of every kind welcome, except the Savile sort Time tbc £free FISHBOWL Latenite Lounging Funk, soul, Latin, hip hop and dance music 9pm £free FORTUNE OF WAR Fever Bands and DJs play Latin, salsa and reggae 9pm £free FREEMASONS The People’s Playlist Customers choose the tunes 9pm £free FUNFAIR Fortune Motown, rock and soul night with hulahoopers, contortionists and sword swallowers 9pm £7/5/ free FUNKYFISH Thank Funk Soul, funk, jazz and Motown 10.30pm £free GLOBE DJs Funk, soul and rock&roll 9pm £free GREEN DOOR STORE Ye Ye Fever Funky Afrobeat clubnight 11pm £free HAUNT Traumfrau Alternative DIY queer night with live bands and “music you actually like” 11pm £5 HONEY Lollipop ‘Pink Fridays’ Get your fingers sticky to R&B and pop treats 11pm £5/4/3 HOPE The E.M.E., DJ Husky Live brass hip hop band (downstairs) 9pm £free KOMEDIA Krater Comedy Club Stand-up comedy night 8pm £16.50/13.50 LEGENDS BASEMENT CLUB Lady LaRue Cabaret is a drag sometimes 9pm £free LIFE AkaAkaRoar! 3rd Birthday: Boddika, Skudge Garage, grime and bass-heavy house - with added techno 11pm £8/7/6 MADAME GEISHA Debonaire Funky house and chart anthems 10.30pm £5/3 MESMERIST Shake, Holla & Roll Vintage blues, swing and rock&roll 9pm £free MUCKY DUCK Hot-Tip Hi-Fi DJ with a fine collection of vintage reggae and rocksteady records 8pm £free NEPTUNE Smokestack Blues and jazz band 8.30pm £free NEW VENTURE THEATRE Far Away & Seven Jewish Children Double bill of plays by Caryl Churchill Details tbc
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SATURDAY 26TH
ABOVE AUDIO Doctor’s Orders Funk, soul and seriously sick hip hop 8pm £5/free ANCIENT MARINER Acoustic Sessions Live music 8pm £free AUDIO Warehouse House and techno club night 11pm £5/free BEACHIGOGO BAR Sushi Disco: Dulcie Danger, Cheeks Du Rhythm Bass and bikini afterparty - get jiggy on the dancefloor then get jizzy in a hot tub 3am £5/4 BLACK DOVE Devil’s Music DJs play swing, jazz and Dixieland 8pm £free BLACK LION Burnt Toast DJs play sleazy soul and dirty breaks 9pm £free BRIGHTON CENTRE Madagascar Live! Musical stage show of the Dreamworks kids’ film 11am/3pm/6.30pm £tbc BRUNSWICK Soulville Live music 8pm £tbc CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Bad To The Bone Rockabilly DJ makes old women blush and young women squeal 10pm £free COWLEY CLUB Club Zygotic Live music 8pm £donation DOME Jimmy Carr More daring one-liners from the smug stand-up 8pm £25 DOME STUDIO SOURCE New Music Brighton’s best bands chosen by Brighton’s best listings mag 7.30pm £4 DUKE OF NORFOLK Word Up! Moustache-themed 80s tunes from DJ Lohands 9pm £free FIDDLER’S ELBOW Saturday Sizzlers DJs drop hot vinyl into your ears 8pm £free FISHBOWL DJ Daddy Marcus Dancey disco and singalong soul 9pm £free FORTUNE OF WAR DJ Derek Bristol reggae DJ 9pm £free FREEMASONS Saturday Night Disc Spinners DJ night 9pm £free FUNFAIR Magic Pop and rock club with sideshow entertainments 9pm £7/5/free FUNKYFISH Dreamboys Live The biggest cocks we’ve ever seen, shame about their weathered penises 6.30pm £tbc; Oldschool Saturday Soul, funk, jazz and Motown 10pm £6/5 GLOBE Sonic Safari Underground house music 9pm £free GREEN DOOR STORE The Big Itch Back to basics rock&roll 11pm £free HAUNT It Is Still 1985 Travel through time to an ancient realm where keytars are still pretty cool 11pm £3 HOPE DJ Emmy DJ spins a curious mix of dub, hip hop and grunge 9pm £free KOMEDIA Krater Comedy Club Stand-up comedy night 7pm/10.30pm £5-22 LEGENDS BASEMENT CLUB Fusion: DJ Peter Castle, DJ Lee Harris Chart and club remixes 11pm £free LIFE Juice Box Eclectic club night offering an nice alternative to the standard seafront malarky 11pm £5/3 MADAME GEISHA Tokyo Stereo 10.30pm £5 MESMERIST Juke Joint Jamboree Rhythm & blues and rock&roll records from the days of the dance halls 9pm £free MUCKY DUCK Soul Casserole A melting pot of red hot funk and soul 8pm £free NEW VENTURE THEATRE Far Away & Seven Jewish Children Double bill of plays by Caryl Churchill Details tbc PAV TAV Saturday Sensations Resident DJs 8pm £free PRINCE ALBERT Sea Monsters Festival One Inch Badge presents seven nights of Brighton’s best bands 8pm £tbc PROUD CABARET Cabaret! Cabaret! Vintage vaudeville entertainment including magic, music and the ever-present burlesque 7pm £35 QUADRANT Laughing Horse Comedy Club Stand-up comedy night 8.30pm £7/6 STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR Bitter Disko DJ plays mutant funk, post punk funk and dark acid grooves (in the bar) 9pm £free; Stick It On This is a night with a difference - one in which you become the DJ! An iPod is all you need to make your musical journey. YOU decide which requests to take, which classics to play and which self-indulgent B-sides to risk 11pm £tbc THOMAS KEMP DJ Lamp 9pm £free
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THREE & TEN The Dog-Eared Collective - You’re Amazing (Now Look At Me) Surreal and anarchic sketch show supercharged with silliness 8pm £8.50/7 VICTORY DJ Rob Taylor Soul, rock and alt pop 9pm £free WHITE RABBIT The Mixer Men DJ night 9pm £free
SUNDAY 27TH
BLACK LION Live & Swingin’ Lion Live gypsy jazz, swing and blues 8pm £free BLIND TIGER Live Music 8pm £tbc BRIGHTON CENTRE Madagascar Live! Musical stage show of the Dreamworks kids’ film Noon/4pm/ £tbc BRUNSWICK Brighton Craft Alliance Craft fair Noon £free; Ukulele Jam It tastes sweet but a little woody 3pm £5; Barb Jungr Live jazz and soul 8pm £10/7.50 COBBLER’S THUMB Reggae And Roast Resident reggae DJs 8pm £free CONCORDE2 Brighton Rumble Rockabilly Show: The Droel Brothers, Leanne & The Rockeros, Dave Mumbles Rockabilly bands and DJs 7pm £8 COWLEY CLUB Club Zygotic Live music 8pm £donation DOME Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra Music by Haydn, Mozart and Alun Darbyshire 2.45pm £9-32 DUKE’S @ KOMEDIA Bolshoi - La Bayadere 3pm £tbc DUKEBOX THEATRE IronClad Improv 7pm £5 FIDDLER’S ELBOW Sham-Rock Open Mic 8.30pm £free FISHBOWL Recovery? Reggae through the ages 9pm £free FOUNTAIN HEAD Reggae & Roasts Reggae and chilled beats Time tbc £free FUNFAIR Bodyshakers Polysexual dance party from London’s Fire club crew 10pm £5/4 GLOBE Handbaked Arcade Things were so much better in the 1990s when all we had was 64-bit games of Italian plumbers inexplicably racing against turtles and gorillas Noon £free GREEN DOOR STORE Green Door Blues Big Itch DJs plus the resident blues band, Smokestack 10pm £free HAUNT Anberlin, The Xcerts US rock band 7pm £10 HONEY Sundown If your house was this sexy you’d never go outdoors 11pm £free KOMEDIA The Sundae Club Kids’ event with workshops, games and dancing 10.30am £free; Krater Comedy Club Stand-up comedy night 8pm £5-12 LEGENDS BASEMENT CLUB Pop!Candy DJ Claire Fuller plays pure non-stop pop 11pm £free MADAME GEISHA Sunday Salsa R&B, salsa and reggaeton tunes 10.30pm £free MUCKY DUCK Quiz On My Face “Quiz night with a difference,” perhaps with a very special prize 7pm £1 NEPTUNE Two Bob Band Folk music 8.30pm £free NORTHERN LIGHTS Northern Light Sundays The DJ has a lazy Sunday afternoon 4pm £free PRINCE ALBERT Sea Monsters Festival One Inch Badge presents seven nights of Brighton’s best bands 8pm £tbc RANELAGH The Jackals Rhythm and blues band 8.30pm £free THOMAS KEMP Jazz In The Afternoon: Lee Rainbow Hands And His Piano! Live jazz 4pm £free VICTORY Blues Sundays DJ plays blues and soul Noon £free WHITE RABBIT Hush Hush Live acoustic music 8pm £free
MONDAY 28TH
ABOVE AUDIO Funky Town Details tbc ANCIENT MARINER Quiz Night 8pm £1 AUDIO Elk Alternative and future garage night Time tbc £3/2/1 BRUNSWICK Open Mic 8.30pm £free COALITION Trash Mondays Filthy tunes for students and layabouts alike 11pm £3/2 FIDDLER’S ELBOW Top Bananas Live music 8.30pm £free HAUNT Fat Poppadaddys The student indie night moves to a new home 11pm £3/2/free HOPE Live Sessions Live music (downstairs) 9pm £free LIFE #Hashtag Funky house club with added Twitter confusion 10pm £3/2 MADAME GEISHA Mas# Up Funky house and chart remixes 10.30pm £2 MESMERIST Flash Mob Jazz Raucous jazz band 9pm £free NEPTUNE Nepp’d Tunes Punters play their favourite records so the DJ doesn’t have to 8.30pm £free PAV TAV Red Tooth Poker 8pm £free PRINCE ALBERT Born To Lose Live music 8pm £3 THEATRE ROYAL Lee Memphis King - Elvis Tribute Endlessly milking the past until the udder of nostalgia becomes misshapen and calloused 7.45pm £21-19.50 THOMAS KEMP Quiz Night 8pm £1 VICTORY Poetry Night Live poetry readings 8pm £free VOLKS Strictly Reggae Dancehall, roots, revival 11pm £5/4
TUESDAY 29TH
ABOVE AUDIO Cottontail Club Big band and jitter jive tunes 9pm £free BLIND TIGER Live And Wired Live music from BIMM bands 8pm £tbc BRUNSWICK Jazz Jam Open session with a house band and special guests 8pm £free COOPER’S CASK Pub Quiz 9pm £1 DOME Miss Saigon BTG Youth do a Vietnam version of Madame Butterfly 7.30pm £14-19.50 DOME STUDIO Ballet Boyz Everybody knows that the best way to trick people into going to see some culture is by spelling it incorrectly 7.30pm £10-18.50 DUKE OF NORFOLK Open Mic 9pm £free FIDDLER’S ELBOW QUIZness Time Are you a pub quiz whizz, or bit of a half-wit? 8pm £1 FOUNTAIN HEAD Student Night DJs play indie and rock 8pm £free FREEMASONS Funtastic Pub Quiz More Timmy Mallett than Magnus Magnusson 8pm £tbc GLOBE Basement Cinema Underground films, comfy seats and free popcorn 8pm £free GREEN DOOR STORE Donuts Hipster funk and hip hop gems 11pm £free HAMPTON The Hampton Quiz 8pm £1 HONEY Urbano Latino: DJ Aaron George, Gabriel Angel, Yersin Rivas Dance lessons followed by a tropically vibed salsa club 8pm/10.30pm £3/1/free MADAME GEISHA Skint VJ Subnero combines big tunes and big screens 10.30pm £3/1 PAV TAV Acoustic Soul Live music 8pm £free PRINCE ALBERT Cable Club Live music 8.30pm £4/3 QUADRANT Open Mic Jam session hosted by Jenna Bennett 8.30pm £free RED LION Challenging General Knowledge & Music Quiz 8pm £1 SIDEWINDER Open Mic Jam session with instruments provided 8.30pm £free THOMAS KEMP Poker Evening 8pm £free
WEDNESDAY 30TH
ABOVE AUDIO Cookin Beats Hip hop with a side of order of funk and a sprinkling of reggae 8pm £free AUDIO The 411 Hip hop, garage and bashment Time tbc £5/4/3 BLACK LION The Black Lion Live Live music 8.30pm £free BLIND TIGER Live Music 8pm £tbc BRIGHTON CENTRE The X Factor Live Tour 2013: James Arthur, Ella Henderson, Jahmene Douglas, Rylan Clark, Christopher Maloney, Union J, District3 The simple village stocks served us well for many centuries, but nowadays the people demand more elaborate forms of public humiliation 6.30pm £110/32.50 COALITION CoCo LoCo Dancehall and dubstep music for students go to lose the plot to 10.30pm £5/3/1 CONCORDE2 Passenger, Stu Larsen Wistful singer songwriter backed by gentle electro touches (this show has now sold out) 7pm £9 COWLEY CLUB SchMovies: TIBA Film screenings 8pm £4 DOME Miss Saigon BTG Youth do a Vietnam version of Madame Butterfly 2.30pm/7.30pm £14-19.50 DRUID’S ARMS We Change The Tempo DJ set of international sounds 9pm £free DUKE OF BEAUFORT Poker Night Time tbc £5 DUKE OF NORFOLK Pub Quiz 9pm £1 FISHBOWL Shugga Buddha Acoustic Session Live music 8pm £free; Tea & Biscuits: DJ Gareth Stephens Retro swing, soul and ska 10pm £free GLOBE Move Pre Party Warm up for Life’s new underground dance music night 9pm £free GREEN DOOR STORE Hard Times Please sir, I want some more nowave disco 11pm £free HAUNT Supercharged Drum&bass and breaks 11pm £3/2 HONEY One More Time Chart and party hits 10.30pm £5/4/3 LEGENDS BASEMENT CLUB Mid-Week M*A*S*H*U*P Commercial house with DJ Lee Harris 10pm £free LIFE Move Underground dance music club 11pm £4/3/2 MASH TUN Mash Tun Live Funk and rock covers band 9pm £free MESMERIST The Swing Ninjas Gypsy swing band 9pm £free PAV TAV Quiz Night 8pm £free STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR Snake & Jet’s Amazing Bullit Band, Shiny Darkly Live music 8pm £tbc THEATRE ROYAL That’ll Be The Day Endlessly milking the past until the udder of nostalgia becomes flaky and scabrous 7.45pm £16-24.50 THOMAS KEMP Kev & Jenna’s Open Mic 9pm £free
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AUDIO Bastard Pop Musical mash-up 11pm £3/2/free BASEMENT David Bazan The Seattle singer songwriter plays songs from his theologically-themed indie band,
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Pedro The Lion 8pm £14/12 BLACK LION This Is The Modern World Mod-bothering DJ night 8.30pm £free BRIGHTON CENTRE The X Factor Live Tour 2013: James Arthur, Ella Henderson, Jahmene Douglas, Rylan Clark, Christopher Maloney, Union J, District3 The simple village stocks served us well for many centuries, but nowadays the people demand more elaborate forms of public humiliation 6.30pm £110/32.50 COALITION Secret Discotheque Replaying the soundtrack to your youth 11pm £4/3/2 COBBLER’S THUMB Pell & Bell Pool Tournament Pool contest and DJs 8pm £free DOME Miss Saigon BTG Youth do a Vietnam version of Madame Butterfly 7.30pm £14-19.50 DUKE OF BEAUFORT Quiz Bingo Student Night 9pm £1 FIDDLER’S ELBOW Live Lounge Live music 8.30pm £free FISHBOWL Residents Association: DJ Will Sumsuch DJs play hip hop, funk and world beats 10.30pm £free FOUNTAIN HEAD Student Night DJs play indie and rock 8pm £free FREEMASONS Live & Wine Live music 8.30pm £free FUNFAIR LOLgasm Midweek mayhem with Boogaloo Stu playing pop party anthems 10pm £free GEORGE PAYNE Open Mic Jam session with instruments provided, in what used to be the Kendal Arms 8.30pm £free GLOBE Hang The DJ! A night of punter-picked playlists 9pm £free GREEN DOOR STORE Metz Fuzzed-out drones and spiky punk riffs 7.30pm £6.50 HAUNT Coconut College Thursday night party playing a right mix of stuff like Grimes, Smashing Pumpkins and Kayne West 11pm £3/2 KOMEDIA Comic Boom Stand-up comedy 8pm £9/7/5 MADAME GEISHA Your Mom’s House Ya momma’s house is so big you could fit a hip hop and R&B club in her living room 10.30pm £5/3 MASH TUN They Mostly Come Out At Night Indie, electro and hip hop 9pm £free MESMERIST John Crampton Foot-stomping blues explosion 9pm £free MUCKY DUCK Open Mic Jam session with Joe Newman 8pm £free NORTHERN LIGHTS Northern Darkness Nothing but the finest Nordic metal 9pm £free PAV TAV Pav Tav Live Live music Details tbc PRINCE ALBERT Diagonal, Sir Admiral Cloudsey Shovell Live music 8pm £6 QUADRANT Funny Side Up New comedy night hosted by Ade Foiadelli 8pm £free RANELAGH Rabbit Foot Blues band with a hint of Africa 8.30pm £free ST JAMES’ TAVERN Stay Sick, Turn Blue DJs play vintage soul, jazz and blues 8.30pm £free STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR Bongo Fury Live music 9pm £free THEATRE ROYAL Motown’s Greatest Hits - How Sweet It Is... Endlessly milking the past until the udder of nostalgia develops corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis 7.45pm £20.50 VICTORY Open Mic 8pm £free VOLKS Roll Through Drum&bass and dubstep, bass and beatbox 11pm £2 WHITE RABBIT The Move-Ons Open Mic 8pm £free
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ART SCHISM Arts & Craft Pop Up Shop Arty gifts for sale on Gloucester Road Until Dec 24th BORDERLINE ART STUDIOS Xmas Opening Festive show of ceramics, painting and photograghy by local artists First three weekends of December 1st/2nd, 8th/9th, 15th/16th BRIGHTON MUSEUM & ART GALLERY Biba And Beyond: Barbara Hulanicki Fashion and photography exhibition Until April 14th; Shoot The Wrx Retrospective of the post-war avant garde artist and film-maker, Jeff Keen Until Feb 24th HOTEL PELIROCCO 80s Rock Pics Previously unseen photographs by Paul Norris of bands like The Smiths, Hanoi Rocks and The Clash Until Dec 24th HOVE MUSEUM & ART GALLERY Daydreams And Diaries - The Story Of Jacqueline Wilson Learn about the characters and working practises of the best-selling children’s author Until April 30th INFINITY CAFE Snorkus Stylised prints of cats, woodland creatures and seaside shenanigans Until Jan 5th INK_D Stanley Donwood - Occupational Hazard A show of painting, prints and ‘mild peril’ from the artist best known for his Radiohead album covers Until Dec 2nd JUBILEE SQUARE French Mottershed Photography exhibition depicting the mini dramas and everyday events that happen around Brighton Jan 14th - Mar 16th NO WALLS GALLERY Scratching Beneath The Surface Holly Thoburn travelled the world taking pictures of knackered old doors and decaying walls. Now she wants you to come and look at them Until Dec 2nd
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NEW YEAR’S EVE Words by ben bailey, Susan B Bentley, Zac Colbert, Stuart Huggett, Jessica Marshall McHattie Photos by Nima Elm, James Kendall
Ancient Mariner New Year’s Eve Space Party See in the future in your finest galactic gear while DJ Justin Charles plays down-to-earth hip hop, funk and soul 8pm £5 Audio Warehouse NYE Tropical Party: Eats Everything, Maxxi Soundsystem, Huxley, Dusky, Neal Schtumm, Charles Green Time tbc £18-25 Beachigogo Bar Good Times NYE Retro Disco Party Remember when you had good times? Maybe Mick Fuller’s feel-good retro tunes will jog your memory 9pm £free Black Lion New Year’s Eve 0-60! Resident DJs play 60 years of rare vinyl 8.30pm £tbc Blind Tiger Playgroup New Year’s Eve Party 7pm £tbc Brunswick The Garden House Party: Psychemagik, Ron Basejam, Futureboogie, Dean ‘Sunshine’ Smith, Bobby Beige NYE party with the crew from the Croatian Garden Festival 7pm £20 Caroline Of Brunswick Prince NYE Party Party like it’s 2012 with music by everyone’s favourite sex dwarf 9pm £2 Coalition Pump Up The Jam - New Year’s Eve: Willerby, DJ Outbreak Reviving the long-buried bodies of 90s house, pop and hip hop 11pm £15/12 Cobbler’s Thumb NYE Live music all night 8pm £free Concorde2 Supercharged NYE: Shy FX, Wookie, High Rankin, MC MG Jungle and drum&bass night 9.30pm £15 Cooper’s Cask New Year’s Eve Party 8pm £free Cornerstone NYE Party Resident DJs throw a party 8pm £free Digital Stonelove NYE Party Indie rock&roll club 10pm £10; The Digital NYE & Blah Blah Blah After Party: Julio Bashmore, Blah Blah Blah DJs, Alfie House hero heads huge hedonistic happening 3am £15
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Warehouse & Motel Tropical NYE Party Audio
Warehouse joins forces with Motel for the ultimate New Year’s Eve bash, and the talent they’ve got is enough to get you hot under the collar. DirtyBird’s Eats Everything is backed up by new house wonderkid Huxley. His high-grade strain of house echoes his earlier forays into garage, where robust basslines groove under soulful vocals and glittering disco harmonies. Dusky’s also aboard to bring their classic-meets-contemporary sound, typified by the irresistible acid groover ‘Flo Jam’. (ZC)
The Garden House Party Brunswick
The team behind Croatia’s Garden Festival take over The Brunswick for this intimate New Year’s Eve bash, recreating that old school house party vibe (you remember, from when you were too young to get into clubs) with a spot of domestic redecoration. DJs include Ron Basejam (Crazy P), Joe 90 (Futureboogie) and create-digging specialists Psychemagick, whose sublime re-edits of Talking Heads and the theme from Sorry! should be on every party playllist. Advance tickets are recommended: it’s a big line-up in a small venue. (SH)
Controversy: The Prince Party Caroline Of Brunswick
The man who penned the most ubiquitous New Year’s Eve song bar ‘Auld Lang Syne’ is celebrated with this special edition of regular Brighton tribute Controversy. Let’s face it, even 13 years down the line, you’re unlikely to avoid ‘1999’ this evening, so you might as well cut to the chase and get down to the Cazza. Prince fans shouldn’t need any further recommendations for this Paisley Park celebration, but, just in case, it’s only two of your purple pounds to get in. (SH)
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Pump Up The Jam Coalition Doctor Brighton’s The Great New Year’s Eve Party 9pm £tbc Dome Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra - New Year’s Eve Viennese Concert Virtuosic operetta and polka tunes 12.45pm £9-32 Dome Studio The Treason Show - That Was The Year That Was 2012 Topical songs and sketches from the long-running local comedy show 7pm £13.50/10.50 Druid’s Arms New Year’s Party 10pm £free Duke Of Beaufort NYE Party 8pm £free Duke Of Norfolk New Year’s Eve DJ tunes with MC Cashback 9pm £free Fiddler’s Elbow New Year’s Eve Party: Beans On Toast Time tbc £free Fishbowl NYE Prohibition Party Step back in time to the 1920s when people gathered in drinking dens to listen to funk and soul DJs 9pm £free Fortune Of War New Year’s Eve With Beta Hector Tru Thoughts DJ brings in the new year with some choice funk, jazz and soul 9pm £free Fountain Head NYE Party Time! 7pm £free Freemasons Good Vs Evil Fancy Dress Showdown Heroes and villains fight the final battle between good and evil, virtue and sin, cocktails and lager 8pm £5 Funfair NYE 2013 Rock and pop club with sideshow entertainments (entrance fee includes glass of bubbly) 10pm £15 (Early bird price) Globe Kinfolk New Year’s Eve Soft Rocks plays house, boogie, reggae and disco 8pm £8/5 Green Door Store The Big Itch NYE Party Back to basics rock&roll 9pm £free Haunt Ghostbusters New Year’s Eve Party ‘It Is Still 1985’ club night puts on a special theme night for anyone still hankering for 80s blockbuster vibes Time tbc £7 Hobgoblin Back To The Future New Year’s Eve Party: Stay Sick DJs, Secret Door DJs Live performers and fancy dress party based on a retrofuturist underwater disco theme - with some incongruous cowboys for good measure 9pm £15
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Brighton’s favourite night dedicated to the music of the 90s is here to help your balls drop, we mean, here to help the ball drop. If, like us, you’ve ever dreamt Will Smith was your father and took you trainer shopping then Pump Up The Jam’s your answer to that hideous question, “Oh, what you doing for New Year’s?” You can expect to hear the likes of Baby D and Michael Jackson, Daft Punk and LL Cool J, from DJs Willerby and Outbreak. (ZC)
Supercharged Concorde 2
Shy FX is a don of d’n’b. We’re not quibbling but, as excited as we are to see him, we’re aching to rock out to UK garage pioneer Wookie. From the early morning intro of ‘Scrappy’ to the murky chords of ‘Storm’ and the instantly recognisable Spanish guitar of ‘Back Up’, which so perfectly complemented its bumping bassline, there’s not a tune he’s made that we wouldn’t play out. So yeah, sorry Shy, but this star war belongs to Wookie. (ZC)
Stonelove Digital
Matt Stonelove’s created a seminal Newcastle/Brighton rock night that fuses the old with the new, so Led Zeppelin can be heard next to Mumford & Sons. From indie anthems to stoner rock, Stonelove’s been filling Digital to the brim every Friday night for the last four years. If alternative’s your bag, then this is where you should be, baby. (ZC)
Blah Blah Blah NYE Afterparty Digital
From 3am onwards, Blah Blah Blah DJs take over the party with Julio Bashmore headlining and we can’t think of many DJs we’d rather dance the New Year in with. The Bristolian producer made house music cool again with ‘Battle For Middle You’ and his sets are similar to his tunes. They swell and undulate before crashing on the dancefloor like a sexy wave, if waves are sexy, which we’re shore they can be. (ZC)
BETA HECTOR Fortune Of War
Tru Thoughts’ Beta Hector – AKA Brighton bassist Simon Hill – headlines the Fortune Of War’s NYE party. Fairly frequently found within the Fortune’s wooden arches, Beta Hector’s DJ sets touch on classic soul, funk, rhythm & blues and hip hop. Expect all the above and perhaps some space age Hector originals in the style of last year’s deep debut album ‘Sunbeam Insulin’. Grab your place early, it’s free and likely to get rammed. (SH)
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NYE 2013 at Funfair Club Golden Ticket We have a shimmery, shiny ray of light for those searching for a NYE party filled with incredible fun and amazing value for money. What is included in this amazing deal you ask? Entry to our fun(fair) packed club | Complimentary cocktails on arrival Goodie bags filled with party props | Photobooth with fun, frolics and funfair dress up Bubbly and glitter cannons at midnight Arrive between 9-10.30pm we will be serving complimentary cocktails and issuing tickets to our amazing NYE RAFFLE, first prize is £300 in CASH, other prizes include life long membership to Funfair, bottles of Veuve Clicquot, a 15 minute guest DJ slot on the night, announce the count down to twelve o’clock, pick the ‘midnight song’, hangover hampers and lots more! come after 10.30 and you’ll miss out on a chance to win the prizes Music will be played by our Funfair favourite DJs Jo Hotbam and Rich Pack A cross-genre mix of ANTHEMS from The Cure to T- Rex, Mark Ronson to Fleetwood Mac plus remixes from Bowie, The Stones to Aretha Franklin and Calvin Harris. 9pm-4am £15 early bird Ticket enquires info@funfairclub.com www.funfairclub.com 01273 757447
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Honey New Year’s Eve Masquerade Ball In the year 2013 nightclubs will have hi-tech futuristic features like pyrotechnics, AV projections and confetti cannons. They will also play a mix of new funky house and vintage funky house 9pm £20 Hop Poles Eurotrash New Year’s Eve Party See in the new year with some electro swing 9pm £free Hope SlipJam NYE Hip hop battleground for Brighton b-boys - with DJs and live art all day 3pm £free Komedia Arthur’s Dreamboat Long Nose Puppets do a kids’ show about a boy with a boat growing on his head 11am/2pm £9.50/7.50; Krater Comedy Club New Year’s Eve Special Three comedians and a three course meal 7pm £40/30; Born Bad NYE Party Vintage rockabilly for pompadour cats and polka dot kittens 11pm £15; ipop! Like an iPod full of pop party anthems on perpetual shuffle 11pm £10; Krater Comedy Club Stand-up comedy in the Studio Bar 8pm £30 Latest Music Bar Circus Fantasia Interactive masked ball with dancers, live bands and last but probably least, performance artists 8pm £18/10 Life New Year’s Day With Critical Sound: Syantific, Kasra, Foreign Concept, Mefjus Drum&bass afterparty 4am £10 Life AkaAkaRoar New Year’s Eve: Martyn, Eliphino, South London Ordnance, Tessela, Elek House and techno night 10pm £10 Madame Geisha Debonaire New Year’s Eve Funky house, R&B and chart remixes 10.30pm £20/15 Mash Tun NYE 90s Gladiator Party Games, competitions and leotards - all in honour of the ITV show which saw grown adults romping on bouncy castles and hitting each other with huge cotton wool buds Details tbc Mesmerist The NYE Blackout 1940s fancy dress, dancers and performers recreating the exciting vibe of being in the midst of a world war without electricity or basic amenities 8pm £15 Molly Malone’s Mike Dobie Live guitarist plays punk and mod tunes Time tbc £10 Mucky Duck New Year’s Eve Party 8pm £free Neptune Nepp’d Tunes Punters play their favourite records so the DJ doesn’t have to 8.30pm £free Open House Open House NYE Party DJs play house and club classics 8pm £10 Ouch Bar Ouch New Year Hootenanny Live music and DJs 6pm £20 Prince Albert Mods Vs Rockers Modesty and Meatballs DJs stage a two-floor historical reenactment of the good old days of intersubculture 60s violence 8pm £free
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Celebrating their first New Year’s Eve in Brighton, Funfair are going all out as you’d expect. A photobooth, a raffle to win £300, a glitter cannon, and bubbly – what more do you want for £15? A decent DJ? Well Rich Pack is worth the money alone. He mixes together rock’n’roll and classic soul in a way you’ve never heard before, beatmixing old tracks seemingly using the Force (and a bold use of the pitch control). It promises to be all sorts of fun, in a special, glam setting. (JK)
The Big Itch Green Door Store
New Year’s Eve was roadblocked at the Green Door last year (we know, we ended up giving up queuing and having an extremely peculiar night at The Pond). We’re gonna recommend getting there early again this year, ‘cos it’s only bloody free entry. Furthermore, rockin’ good times are guaranteed at The Big Itch, with more 50s and 60s garage sounds than you can shake your voodoo stick at, and live bands to boot. If not, we’ll be in the pub. (SH)
It Is Still 1985 Haunt
If you had to bet on who was going to do a Ghostbusters themed NYE night you’d know your money was safe with Henron and the ’85 crew. Of course, Pool Valley has its own supernatural spell, and when the clocks strike midnight the Haunt just rewinds back into the 80s all over again, a world in which Ray Parker Jr is forever the coolest ghost hunting funkster in New York City. Busting makes us feel good. (SH)
Born Bad New Year’s Hop / Ipop! Komedia
Always a great alternative to the usual dance party NYE nights, Born Bad brings its annual mix of rockabilly, garage rock, surf and jive to the Komedia. With Born Bad resident DJs Jon Slade, Jim ‘Sonic’ Smith, Steph Goodman and Duncan DeMorgan laying on the greaser tracks, dress to impress in vintage 50s dresses or a rebel motorbike outfit. The venue’s second NYE party of the night is down in the Studio Bar, with a floorfilling selection of dancing favourites from every decade of pop. (SBB)
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Proud Cabaret New Year’s Eve Masquerade Ball It’s not always easy to dance after eating a three course meal, but then it might not be easy to eat when there’s burlesque in full swing 7pm £69 Quadrant New Year’s Eve Pub party with 60s music 9pm £free Signalman Signalman NYE Celebration: The Sunshine Soul Revue 60s party with a live R&B and soul band 8pm £free St George’s Inn NYE Party Live music 9pm £free Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar The Physics House Party Live bands, DJs and psychedelic interactive art 8pm £free Terraces Disco Deviant NYE: Rayko, Pablo Contraband, Ben Monk Disco, house and boogie 10pm £10 Thomas Kemp Such Fun Jason Lee sings cabaret and classic tunes 9pm £free Tube Booty Bakery X NYE Party: Blonde Chicks, Tom Baker, Joe G, Oli P, Ben White Club night cooking up a big basket of bass and hip hop 10pm £8 Victory New Year’s Mayan Meltdown When the Mayans predicted the end of the world did they also foresee that their apocalyptic warnings would achieve little more than a series of ironic pub parties? 8pm £free Volks Lunarcy New Year’s Eve: Ray Keith, Bladerunner, Jumping Jack Frost, Freebass Crew, Mr Natural & The Lunarcy Soundsystem, The Junglizm Cru, Scratchmaster Techno The biggest and baddest bass in Brighton 10pm £10 West Hill Tavern NYE Party With the DJs from Another Sunny Day and Sweden Made Me 8pm £free Western Front NYE Party - The Revolution Will Be Televised! Less a call to arms, more a DJ night 9pm £free White Rabbit New Year’s Extravaganza Dress like a music idol from the 80s and 90s while DJ Capsun plays their hits 9pm £free World’s End Jungle Alliance: Trevor Saxon, Sax3 International, Dialect & Kosine, Inasound, King Spinner, Platinum Sound, Z1BKR, Arcane, Lotskee, Unity Hi-Fi, Trouble & Maniac, Jungle Rollerz, Gash, Ma Quest Reggae, jungle and hip hop NYE party with the chaps from London’s Saxon Soundsystem 7pm £5
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AKAAKAROAR Life
Resolutely ignoring the freezing coastal winds that typify a Brighton December, AKAAKAROAR are putting on a NYE party with a Cuban theme – think sleazy décor, rum cocktail specials, sunshine artwork and a lot of dubious dance moves. Musically, it’s a showcase of some of the most interesting yet popular electronic musicians around, with Detroitinfluenced Martyn topping the bill, along with bass aficionado Eliphino, South London Ordinance and Tessela upstairs, and two further rooms downstairs. Whip your thermals off, this is going to be hot. (JMM)
Critical Sound Afterparty Life
For Life’s NYE afterparty they’ve got Critical Sound to start your year off with both drums and bass. Label boss Kasra is joined by collaborator Cyantific to front the line-up. The pair produced ‘Outer Limits’ back in 2007, a sumptuous tune of skittering percussion and grumbling subterranean basslines. Foreign Concept’s also in tow, with Codebreaker and Bassline MC providing vocal duties. (ZC)
The Physics House Party Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar
SOURCE’s favourite psych-prog power trio The Physics House Band are pulling together the line-up for Sticky Mike’s NYE bash. The band have had a phenomenally successful 2012 and were only pipped to the top spot in this issue’s Writers’ Chart by the narrowest of margins. Riff trio Tigercub and melodic producer Luo are among the acts joining them live tonight, with Vintage Fly Sound System and plenty of DJs and VJs pitching in. (SH)
Booty Bakery Tube
If you’re (wo)man enough to admit that Destiny’s Child were frickin’ awesome (we are, and they were) then Booty Bakery’s got the NYE recipe for you. It’ll be a fusion of new and old bass with some good old fashioned r‘n’b and a sprinkling of classic hip hop, shaken and stirred until the mixture’s fluffy. With Lick providing the ice cold yoghurt refreshments you’ll be returning every Thursday in the new year. (ZC)
Bassface Volks
Lunarcy and Free Bass team up for the Volks’ huge old school drum’n’bass night. A tenner entry gives you an epic night of dancing, including twin back-to-back appearances from two pairs of dancehall legends: Ray Keith and Bladerunner, and Jumping Jack Frost and Bryan Gee, both maxing out three hour sets. Keep the Red Bull handy though: just when the curtain comes down at five in the morning, the afterparty begins, taking the most hardcore through ‘til 10am the next day. (SH)
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Night buses All night every night from the Clock Tower Stop N or L (by Boots/ the Quadrant pub): N7 to County Hospital, Marina – every 30 mins N7 to Hove Station, George St – every 30 mins From Western Rd at Churchill Sq N25 to Lewes Road, Universities every 30 mins. N25 to Central Hove, Portslade Station – every 30 mins Nightclub buses (Thurs, Fri & Sat only) from West Street by Wetherspoon’s N2 Upper Beeding, Steyning 1.30am N2 Worthing 3.05am N12* Newhaven, Seaford via Coast Road 1.30am, 3.15am N12* Newhaven, Seaford, Eastbourne via Coast Road 3.15am
N14* North Peacehaven, Newhaven 12.45am, 2am & 3.15am N29 Lewes, Ringmer, Uckfield 1.30am N40 Hurstpierpoint, Hassocks, Burgess Hill, Haywards Heath 3.05am * - N12 & N14 also run Mon – Wed nights From Churchill Square N1 Whitehawk – c. hourly: last bus 4.05am N1 Whitehawk, Woodingdean & Rottingdean 3.18am N1 Portslade, Mile Oak & Downs Park – c. hourly: last bus 3.15am N5 Beaconsfield Villas, Carden Ave & Patcham – c. hourly: last bus 3.33am N5 Nevill Road, Grenadier & Hangleton – c. hourly: last bus 3.33am N700 Kingsway, Shoreham, Worthing, Durrington - hourly: last bus 3.38am (Sat only) from Clock Tower stop ‘M’, in North Street N73 Warninglid, Crawley and Three Bridges 1.17am & 3.17am
Last Trains from Brighton Haywards Heath/ London: 23.37, then 03.50 Shoreham/ Worthing: 00.04 (change at Hove on Suns) Lewes/Newhaven/Seaford: 23.34 22.39 on Sundays Polegate/Eastbourne: 23.20 Taxi companies Brighton and Hove Streamline 01273 20 20 20 / 01273 74 74 74 Brighton & Hove Radio Cabs 01273 20 40 60 / 01273 41 41 41 City Cabs 01273 205 205 Travel planning in advance www.travelinesoutheast.org.uk Chauffeur Monkey - Be driven home in your own car 08456 212 999 (Pre booking advised)
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SIX OF THE BEST
Alternative Christmas Albums Words By MATT BARKER, Stuart Huggett
The gold standard of Christmas albums will forever be genius producer and convicted murderer Phil Spector’s definitive 1963 collection ‘A Christmas Gift To You’, although The Beach Boys’ ‘Christmas Album’, the work of Spector obsessive Brian Wilson, was a worthy successor. They’ll be inescapable while you’re stuck in the Argos queue over the coming weeks, so here’s six less overplayed efforts to soundtrack your holidays.
James Brown
‘A Soulful Christmas’
You wouldn’t actually want to spend the holiday round James Brown’s gaff (firearms under the tree, PCP in the yule log), but the Godfather did love a good Christmas record. Of his many seasonal recordings, 1968’s ‘A Soulful Christmas’ gets the nod for its evergreen opener ‘Santa Claus Goes Straight To The Ghetto’ (later reinvented by Snoop Dogg and friends) and the cover shot of Brown striking a triumphant pose in full Santa outfit. And lo, on Christmas Day 2006, he died. (SH)
ZE Records
‘A Christmas Record’
1981 was a good year for the Christmas album, with ZE Records’ noble effort vying with Les Disques Du Crépuscule’s stylish, art house ‘Chantons Noël’ for a place in the clued-up, self-conscious music fan’s stocking. ‘A Christmas Record’ brought most of the New York label’s superior roster (Suicide, Was (Not Was), August ‘Kid Creole’ Darnell) together for an outstanding set of seasonal disco, funk and country originals. We should thank this album every December for giving The Waitresses’ party classic ‘Christmas Wrapping’ to the world. (SH)
Spearmint
‘Oklahoma!’
Shirley Lee and his intelligent indiepop band Spearmint released this conceptual mini-album in 2000. Set in a fictional small town on Christmas Eve, each song explores the lives of a different inhabitant, their loneliness and dreams. Saddest figure is the cowboy-dressing homeless man Oklahoma, “Standing in the middle of Woolworths, in the middle of
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Christmas” until one day he’s disappeared, dead. A British provincial It’s A Wonderful Life, without the happy ending, Spearmint’s use of northern soul samples keeps the album uplifting despite the tragedies. (SH)
Sufjan Stevens ‘Presents Songs For Christmas’
Think you know a few Christmas songs? Too clever by half troubadour Sufjan Stevens knows way more. ‘Songs For Christmas’ compiles his first five seasonal EPs, taking in dozens of traditional carols and hymns, and such off the wall originals as ‘Come On! Let’s Boogey To The Elf Dance!’ This year’s ‘Silver & Gold’ sequel brings the song count up to 100, including such unlikely Yuletide numbers as ‘Alphabet Street’ and ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’. The ultimate alternative Christmas collection. (SH)
Bob Dylan
‘Christmas In The Heart’
The most divisive selection on our list, the hardcore Dylan fans in the SOURCE office reckoned this straight-faced 2009 album truly beyond the pale. “He sounds like a geriatric weasel!” protested one. But as the wise folk of Walford used to say: cheer up Arthur, it’s Christmas. From its chocolate box sleeve to Dylan’s production pseudonym Jack Frost, ‘Christmas In The Heart’ was an un-ironic success, with the infectious version of Mitch Miller’s call and response 60s single ‘Must Be Santa’ an actual hit. Eggnog all round. (SH)
MOSHI MOSHI Records ‘A Christmas Gift For You From...’
Moshi Moshi’s MO is seeking out the best new bands, yonks before anyone else gets to hear them – for example, they put out Disclosure’s first single – so it’s no suprise to find the likes of Slow Club, Summer Camp and the appropriately-named James Yuill getting festive here. Undeniably, this is the sound of a bunch of young hip types having an unironic lark in the studio, and if that isn’t the true meaning of Christmas, we don’t know what is. (MB)
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