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Music for Connection: Music and Motion Lively, supportive, and fun dementia-friendly singing and music-making monthly at Jubilee Library. Come and sing your favourite songs with us! No experience necessary. Free Jubilee Library, Jubilee Square, Brighton, BN1 free – booking essential hello@musicforconnection.co.uk / 01273 569096 |
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Chapel Royal Lunchtime Concert Tuesdays 1.10-1.55pm Cafe with home made goodies and filter coffee from 12.15. Please come early as we do tend to get full houses! An international line up of fine concerts artists. Concerts run by a committee of volunteers. Programmes can change. Check Facebook https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100076245363130 and https://www.chapelroyalbrighton.org.uk/lunchtime-concerts/ April 28 Simon Taylor/Paul Gregory […] |
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Wednesday recitals at St Nicholas at 2pm April 29 Maurizio Baudino, Guitar - Albéniz, Walton, Villa-Lobos and Piazzolla May 6 Katy Blatt and Zhanna Kemp, Violin and Piano - Mozart, Beethoven and Haydn 13 Adrien Brandeis, Jazz Piano - Repertoire from his latest album Resurgence 20 Luca Luciano, Clarinet - 20 and 21st century music, from Stravinsky and Messiaen […] |
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Music for Connection: Sing and Play at Brooke Mead Playful music session for older adults, including those with memory challenges Brooke Mead Extra Care Scheme, Albion Street, Brighton, BN1 Fridays Weekly 11:30am-12:30pm (1, 8, 15, 22, 29) free – booking essential hello@musicforconnection.co.uk / 01273 569096 
Brighton Unitarian Church Friday lunchtime fund-raising concert The performers are a mixture of top local talent and touring musicians from across the globe. It’s the perfect way to spend your Friday lunchtime, enjoying a rich variety of music within the reverberant walls of our beautiful Grade II listed church, with your donations helping us to […] 
Jazz at St Andrews Tony Kofi, ‘Miles and Bird’ Celebrating Miles Davis’ Centenary at St Andrew’s Church as part of the Brighton Fringe Festival. Tony Kofi has long been at the forefront of the British jazz scene, with a tone and improvisational style that emulates the great Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker, the godfather of post-war bebop. […] 
New Music Brighton The Barefaced Violas concert The Barefaced Violas will play new compositions by New Music Brighton members at St Luke’s, Queen’s Park. St Luke's Church, Queen’s Park, Brighton BN2 9ZB Tickets available online and on the door https://www.newmusicbrighton.co.uk/ 
Music & Wine at St. Luke’s / New Music Brighton The Barefaced Violas New Music Brighton composers’ works for this wonderful viola quartet alongside an arrangement of the Bach ‘Chacconne’ and Fantasy for 4 violas by York Bowen. St. Luke’s Church, Queen’s Park Road, BN2 9ZB £10 / £5 concessions / free to under 16s […] |
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Silver Strings OPEN SESSION - monthly Brighton’s very own later-starter community string band. It’s never too late to learn! Always wanted to play a stringed instrument? Then Silver Strings is for you! We are Brighton’s very own later-starter community string band: we meet weekly to play cellos, violas and violins together. Most of our players […]
Chapel Royal Lunchtime Concert May 5 Bela Hartman piano Newly published works by Béla Hartmann for the right hand alone, Études by Chopin and Preludes and Fugues from the Well Tempered Clavier by Bach. 12 Polina Sharafyan violin Ysaye (Ballade) Bach (Chaconne) Kreisler Kanachyan (The last Rose of Summer) 19 Zoffany Ensemble Mozart (Clarinet Quintet […] 
Brighton Organists’ Association Fringe organ recital – Peter Dutton St Bartholomew’s Church, Ann St, Brighton BN1 4GP Tuesday 5 May 1.10pm Free entry, retiring collection 
Fretful Federation Mandolin Orchestra Playing Kemptown Tangos and More Brighton’s own mandolin orchestra returns once again for the 2026 Fringe Festival. Joining the orchestra on piano is the international awarding-winning composer, David Sutton-Anderson to perform the newly-commissioned Kemptown Tangos, written especially for the Fretful Federation. The versatility of the mandolin orchestra in the modern age […] |
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Permission to Play Freeform music-making in the moment. All abilities welcome, some instruments provided. Over-50s free (small donation for under-50s) Brighthelm Centre, North Road, Brighton, BN1 1YD
Wednesday recitals at St Nicholas at 2pm May 6 Katy Blatt and Zhanna Kemp, Violin and Piano – Mozart, Beethoven and Haydn 13 Adrien Brandeis, Jazz Piano – Repertoire from his latest album Resurgence 20 Luca Luciano, Clarinet – 20 and 21st century music, from Stravinsky and Messiaen to today 27 Viola Lenzi and Isabella Gori, Four hands – […] |
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Southwick Opera and Musical Theatre ‘Great Adaptations’ A fabulous costumed and staged concert of music from musicals and operas that were based on novels. Barn Theatre, Southwick Community Centre, Southwick Street, Southwick BN42 4TE Friday 8–Saturday 9 May 7.30pm Matinee Saturday 9 May 2.30pm Tickets £15 from www.ticketsource.co.uk/barn-theatre-southwick Information: www.southwickopera.co.uk
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Music for Connection: Sing and Play at Brooke Mead Playful music session for older adults, including those with memory challenges Brooke Mead Extra Care Scheme, Albion Street, Brighton, BN1 Fridays Weekly 11:30am-12:30pm (1, 8, 15, 22, 29) free – booking essential hello@musicforconnection.co.uk / 01273 569096
Brighton Unitarian Church Friday lunchtime fund-raising concert The performers are a mixture of top local talent and touring musicians from across the globe. It’s the perfect way to spend your Friday lunchtime, enjoying a rich variety of music within the reverberant walls of our beautiful Grade II listed church, with your donations helping us to […]
Jazz at St Andrews Chris Coull’s ‘Porgy and Bess’ (featuring Imogen Ryall) Celebrating Miles Davis’ Centenary at St Andrew’s Church as part of the Brighton Fringe Festival. In 1959, Miles Davis and Gil Evans produced perhaps their most outstanding album in George Gershwin’s ‘Porgy and Bess’. St Andrew’s musical director Chris Coull and his all-star […] |
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Coastline Harmony / Sussex Harmonisers Harmony Explosion! Enjoy an afternoon of close harmony singing. Friends’ Meeting House, Ship Street, Brighton BN1 1AF Tickets £10 from Brighton Fringe website: www.brightonfringe.org Enquiries: coastlineharmony@outlook.com coastlineharmony.co.uk sussexharmonisers.org.uk
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St Mary’s Church Kemp Town Fine Music for Free – Résurgence French jazz pianist and composer Adrien Brandeis presents music from his album ‘Resurgence’. Refreshments available. St Mary’s Church, 61 St James’s Street, Brighton BN2 1PR Free entry with donations requested for the musician info@stmaryschurchbrighton.org.uk www.stmaryschurchbrighton.org.uk 01273 698601
Cello and piano recital Esther Ward-Caddle (cello) and Nicole Panizza (piano) will be giving a recital consisting of the first performance of Peter Copley's Nocturnal and Stephanie Cant’s Suite in Ancient Style, and also the cello sonatas of Frederick Delius and Frank Bridge. https://www.brightonfringe.org/events/from-nightingales-to-butterflies-english-cello-and-piano-music/ 
Shoreham Chamber Choir The first of our full-scale concerts this year, in which we incorporate all four of our specialist sections: Sacred, Early Music & Madrigals, Folk songs as well as arrangements of 20th century jazz and pop songs, and will include music by Sant Saëns, Rachmaninov and Gershwin St Giles Church, Upper Shoreham Road, […] 
Burgess Hill Symphony Orchestra Spring Concert Bottesini Double base Concerto – soloist Karena Tam, Mozart Symphony No.35, Hayden Symphony No.101 ‘The Clock’ St Andrew’s Church, Cants Lane, Burgess Hill RH15 0LG Tickets: adult £16 on the door £18, under 18s/students £5 For tickets and more information bhso.org |
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Seaford Music Society La Follia Band Bach – Brandenburg Concertos nos. 4 & 5 Suite no. 2 Vivaldi – ‘Summer’ from ‘The Four Seasons’ Seaford Baptist Church, Belgrave Road, Seaford BN25 2EE Members free with membership card / non-members £21.00 / under 26 free tickets@seafordmusicsociety.com / 01323 885365 |
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Create Music Rock & Pop Course Are you a rock or pop musician in Year 6 or above playing from Initial to Grade 5 level? Come and join our new weekly course! Join our 4-week evening rock & pop course and learn what it takes to be in a band. Over these four sessions, with […]
Brighton Guitar Quartet concert The Brighton Guitar Quartet will be mixing up a lot of different music across the concerts: expect works from Vivaldi, Bizet and local composer Bernd Rest, along with Brazilian jazz by Paulo Bellinati, Americana from Andrew York, and Simon Hopkins' own arrangement of a Ryuichi Sakamoto classic. Christ Church Worthing, Grafton […]
Chapel Royal Lunchtime Concert May 12 Polina Sharafyan violin Ysaye (Ballade) Bach (Chaconne) Kreisler Kanachyan (The last Rose of Summer) 19 Zoffany Ensemble Mozart (Clarinet Quintet in A major, K. 581) Weber (Clarinet Quintet in B-flat major, Op. 34) Manon Derome violin Michael Trainor violin Sarah-Jane Bradley viola Anthony Pleeth cello Anthony Pike clarinet 26 […]
Brighton Organists’ Association Fringe organ recital – John Ross St Bartholomew’s Church, Ann St, Brighton BN1 4GP Tuesday 12 May 1.10pm Free entry, retiring collection |
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Wednesday recitals at St Nicholas at 2pm May 13 Adrien Brandeis, Jazz Piano – Repertoire from his latest album Resurgence 20 Luca Luciano, Clarinet – 20 and 21st century music, from Stravinsky and Messiaen to today 27 Viola Lenzi and Isabella Gori, Four hands – one piano – Gershwin, Ravel, Rimsky-Korsakov, Milhaud DOORS OPEN at 1:30pm Tea, Coffee […] |
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Music for Connection: Sing and Play at Brooke Mead Playful music session for older adults, including those with memory challenges Brooke Mead Extra Care Scheme, Albion Street, Brighton, BN1 Fridays Weekly 11:30am-12:30pm (1, 8, 15, 22, 29) free – booking essential hello@musicforconnection.co.uk / 01273 569096
Jazz at St Andrews Kind of Blue (featuring Josephine Davies And Andy Panayi). Celebrating Miles Davis’ Centenary at St Andrew’s Church as part of the Brighton Fringe Festival. The most widely sold and famous jazz album in history is arguably ‘Kind of Blue’. In this concert, John Coltrane aficionado Josephine Davies (tenor sax) and Cannonball […] 
Resound Voices Pick-N-Mix Resound Voices bring you a brand new show, Pick-N-Mix packed full of their favourite things, mixing a little bit of ‘this’ with a generous sprinkling of ‘that’. Chapel Royal, 164 North Street, Brighton BN1 1EA Friday 15 and Saturday 16 May 7.30pm (doors 7.15pm, bar available) Tickets available online from www.resoundvoices.org £18.00 inc. […] |
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Sussex Symphony Orchestra Brighton Festival Opera Gala Puccini, Verdi, Bizet Soloists: Nadine Benjamin MBE, soprano; Gilles van der Linden, tenor Mark Andrew James, Conductor All Saints Church, The Drive, Hove BN3 3QE Tickets from www.sussexsymphony.org
Resound Voices Pick-N-Mix Resound Voices bring you a brand new show, Pick-N-Mix packed full of their favourite things, mixing a little bit of ‘this’ with a generous sprinkling of ‘that’. Chapel Royal, 164 North Street, Brighton BN1 1EA Friday 15 and Saturday 16 May 7.30pm (doors 7.15pm, bar available) Tickets available online from www.resoundvoices.org £18.00 inc. […] |
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Chapel Royal Lunchtime Concert May 19 Zoffany Ensemble Mozart (Clarinet Quintet in A major, K. 581) Weber (Clarinet Quintet in B-flat major, Op. 34) Manon Derome violin Michael Trainor violin Sarah-Jane Bradley viola Anthony Pleeth cello Anthony Pike clarinet 26 Noriko Ogawa piano, back by popular demand. Bartok Sonata and Brahms Tuesdays 1.10-1.55pm Cafe with […]
Brighton Organists’ Association Fringe organ recital – Michael Maine St Bartholomew’s Church, Ann St, Brighton BN1 4GP Tuesday 19 May 1.10pm Free entry, retiring collection |
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Wednesday recitals at St Nicholas at 2pm May 20 Luca Luciano, Clarinet – 20 and 21st century music, from Stravinsky and Messiaen to today 27 Viola Lenzi and Isabella Gori, Four hands – one piano – Gershwin, Ravel, Rimsky-Korsakov, Milhaud DOORS OPEN at 1:30pm Tea, Coffee and Home-made Cakes Suggested donation £5 – or what you can […] |
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Music for Connection: Sing and Play at Brooke Mead Playful music session for older adults, including those with memory challenges Brooke Mead Extra Care Scheme, Albion Street, Brighton, BN1 Fridays Weekly 11:30am-12:30pm (1, 8, 15, 22, 29) free – booking essential hello@musicforconnection.co.uk / 01273 569096
Brighton Unitarian Church Friday lunchtime fund-raising concert The performers are a mixture of top local talent and touring musicians from across the globe. It’s the perfect way to spend your Friday lunchtime, enjoying a rich variety of music within the reverberant walls of our beautiful Grade II listed church, with your donations helping us to […]
Jazz at St Andrews Claire Martin Celebrating Miles Davis’ Centenary at St Andrews Church as part of the Brighton Fringe Festival. Claire Martin OBE, widely celebrated as the UK’s foremost jazz vocalist, brings her acclaimed quartet to St Andrew’s Church, Hove. With a career spanning over three decades and numerous awards, Martin is renowned for […] |
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Brighton Guitar Quartet concert The Brighton Guitar Quartet will be mixing up a lot of different music across the concerts: expect works from Vivaldi, Bizet and local composer Bernd Rest, along with Brazilian jazz by Paulo Bellinati, Americana from Andrew York, and Simon Hopkins' own arrangement of a Ryuichi Sakamoto classic. St. Laurence Church in Falmer […] |
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Chapel Royal Lunchtime Concert May 26 Noriko Ogawa piano, back by popular demand. Bartok Sonata and Brahms Tuesdays 1.10-1.55pm Cafe with home made goodies and filter coffee from 12.15. Please come early as we do tend to get full houses! An international line up of fine concerts artists. Concerts run by a committee of volunteers. […]
Brighton Organists’ Association Distinguished visitor organ recital – Thomas Watkin (St George’s Chapel, Windsor) St Bartholomew’s Church, Ann St, Brighton BN1 4GP Tuesday 26 May 1.10pm Free entry, retiring collection |
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Wednesday recital at St Nicholas at 2pm May 27 Viola Lenzi and Isabella Gori, Four hands – one piano – Gershwin, Ravel, Rimsky-Korsakov, Milhaud DOORS OPEN at 1:30pm Tea, Coffee and Home-made Cakes Suggested donation £5 – or what you can afford 
MOOT – Music Of Our Time Paul Silverthorne (LSO) plays recent works for viola by Magnus Lindberg, Brett Dean and Poul Ruders Join us for a thrilling evening with internationally acclaimed violist Paul Silverthorne (London Symphony Orchestra) and pianist Roderick Chadwick. A passionate advocate for contemporary music, Silverthorne has inspired leading composers to write specifically […] |
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Music for Connection: Sing and Play at Brooke Mead Playful music session for older adults, including those with memory challenges Brooke Mead Extra Care Scheme, Albion Street, Brighton, BN1 Fridays Weekly 11:30am-12:30pm (1, 8, 15, 22, 29) free – booking essential hello@musicforconnection.co.uk / 01273 569096
Brighton Unitarian Church Friday lunchtime fund-raising concert The performers are a mixture of top local talent and touring musicians from across the globe. It’s the perfect way to spend your Friday lunchtime, enjoying a rich variety of music within the reverberant walls of our beautiful Grade II listed church, with your donations helping us to […]
Jazz at St Andrews Alan Barnes and Dave Newton Celebrating Miles Davis’ Centenary at St Andrew’s Church as part of the Brighton Fringe Festival. An evening celebrating Miles Davis’ ‘First Great Quintet’of the 1950s, with which a young John Coltrane and the legendary rhythm section of Red Garland, Paul Chambers and ‘Philly’ Joe Jones produced […] |
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Saturday 30 May 2026, 7.30pm Brighton Early Music Festival Lassus and Weelkes: Psalms and Madrigals Join BREMF Consort of Voices to celebrate the music of two renaissance titans - Orlando de Lassus and Thomas Weelkes. St Luke’s Church, Queens Park, Brighton BN2 9ZB Tickets £16; £8 concessions; u12s free from www.bremf.org.uk/whats-on Information cathy@bremf.org.uk 
Saturday 30 May 7.30pm–midnight The Royal Pavilion will be transformed and curated by The Adelaide Salon into a living embodiment of contemporary arts, including performance, music, fine food and Sussex sparkling wines Royal Pavilion, Brighton BN1 1FN £100, members discount 15%, ages 18+, book online Info: 03000 290900 / info@rpmt.org.uk / brightonmuseums.org.uk |
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