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Shoreham Wordfest – 18 December 2021 We will be planning the Shoreham Wordfest programme for 2022 from January onwards in the hope that normal service will resume, and will be pleased to […]

Springboard 2022 (11th October 2021) Springboard 2022 – Speech & Drama We are pleased to announce that the Speech & Drama syllabus for 2022 is now available. Classes will take place on […]

Brighton Consort – 16 August 2021 We are very pleased to announce that Greg Skidmore has been appointed to succeed James Dixon in the post of Music Director for Brighton […]

BHAC – 12 August 2021 This year’s Sussex Poetry competition is finally open with a first prize of £1000 and many others. All winners will be invited to […]

After having to cancel the art show scheduled for April 2020, which was replaced by a very successful online show last summer, finally, there was a chance for people to […]

Sussex Voiceworks – 31 July 2021 Nothing can stop Sussex Voiceworks having fun with music! After 14 months of rehearsing and performing on Zoom, local choir Sussex Voiceworks was preparing […]

South East Dance – 6th July 2021 UPDATE FROM SOUTH EAST DANCE Here, Fundraising Co-ordinator at South East Dance, Hanna Stepanik, updates us on some exciting news re the city’s new […]

SCAR – 5 May 2021 Update from Society of Catholic Artists The National Society of Catholic Artists was started in 1929 but the Regional Group (SCAR) was started in Brighton […]

SPRINGBOARD – 01 May 2021 Springboard: Call for new trustees Springboard is looking for people to join our friendly and hands-on team of trustees. This would be an opportunity to […]

Brighton Consort – 17 April 2021 Brighton Consort is getting excited at the prospect of being able to resume live rehearsals from May 19th. If all goes well our aim […]

Sussex Harmonisers – 26 April 2021 OUT OF LOCKDOWN WITH A NEW CHORUS DIRECTOR . Sussex A Cappella are thrilled to announce the appointment of Penny Homer as their […]

BHMC – 13 April 2021 Open Strings becomes Brighton and Hove Music for Connection . For the past eight years Open Strings have been Brighton & Hove’s inclusive music hub: […]

Hove Civic Society – 01 April 2021 Sculpture in Our City needs your support Hove Civic Society is passionate about improving our local environment and public space for the benefit […]

South East Dance – 31 March 2021 Update on The Dance Space We are thrilled to announce that construction for The Dance Space, a brand-new home for dance located in […]

Wick Theatre Group – 24th March 2021 Keeping the Stage Light Burning Bright Weekly Stories from Around the World – Free Online Keeping you company until we can welcome you […]

The Sussex Guild – 12 March 2021 After the turbulence of 2020 we are all hopeful for a more settled 2021, we are optimistic with the gradual unlocking we can welcome […]

Southwick Players – 1st March 2021 Who Dunnit? We Dunnit! What does an Am Dram group do when a pandemic strikes and live theatre is out of the question? […]

Sussex Chorus – 17th February 2021 UPDATE FROM SUSSEX CHORUS Our committee continues to progress in such a way that keeps us all safe – no face to face meetings – […]

Open Strings – 17th February 2021 Update from Open Strings We’re currently running several online sessions every week. The ones which are open to the public are: Stretch and Sing […]

Southwick Players – 17th February 2021 Bringing a show to stage in the Pandemic By Gary Cook, President of Southwick Players Back in March 2020 BP (Before Pandemic), the Southwick Players […]

Brighton & Hove French Circle – 6th February 2021 On 13 January 15, members got together via Zoom to recall memories of being in France at Christmas time. One member, […]

Brighton Dome and Brighton Festival (21 January 2021) New Livestream Talks from Brighton Dome and Fane The latest series of livestream talks featuring celebrated […]

Strings Attached (14 January 2021) News from Strings Attached On 22 November, Strings Attached was to have held a socially distanced live chamber music concert in the Brighton […]

Open Strings (14 January 2021) Update from Open Strings We are continuing to deliver several online workshops per week: Mondays at a local care home: songs from the 40s to […]

Springboard (11 January 2021) Our chair, Jannet King, did an interview with Latest TV explaining the benefits of the online festival, which runs at weekends from 27 February to 21 […]

St Thomas More Art Group (11 January 2021) As we can’t meet in person as a group, we’ve been meeting on WhatsApp and by Zoom meetings on Wednesday afternoons. Sometimes […]

South East Dance (18th December 2020) Apply now for U.Dance 2021 South East Dance are delighted to announce that applications are now open for the U.Dance Digital South […]

Sussex Guild (1st December 2020) We are delighted to announce that the Sussex Guild Shop is now ONLINE, bringing some of the best designer/makers’ new work direct to your living room. […]

Wick Theatre (24 November 2020) Ghostly Christmas Advent Calendar Designed and Produced by Guy Steddon and Suse Crosby Deliciously Dark & Chilling Tales each December day until Christmas . […]

BHMA (12 November 2020) Brighton & Hove Music & Arts and East Sussex Music (part of Brighton Dome and Brighton Festival) are the biggest music service in the […]

Springboard Festival (6th November 2020) (updated 6 December 2020) . An opportunity to perform in your own home . On a Sunday afternoon in October, a group of young singers […]

Fabrica (05 November 2020) News on Temporary Closure of Fabrica . This autumn it was wonderful to welcome visitors back into our gallery for Earthworks by Semiconductor. Following the recent UK […]

Brighton & Hove French Circle (21st October 2020) The Cercle Français has been delighted to be able to resume its meetings this season. Brighthelm Centre has generously allowed […]

Hove Civic Society (4th October 2020) A Sculpture Well Worth Waiting For It’s been a long spring and summer under Covid and inevitably the timescale for the next sculpture for […]

Brighton & Hove Music & Arts (17th September 2020) Gift the magic of music and sign up for music lessons in school, at home or online We are on […]

Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra (7th September 2020) Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra announces new Music Director Joanna MacGregor CBE, one of the world’s leading musicians, has been appointed as Music Director of […]

Rottingdean Preservation Society (31st August 2020) Welcome To The Rottingdean Preservation Society Latest News We are pleased to inform you of some major developments. 1) The Grange is now open. […]

Music & Wine at St Luke’s (30th August 2020) We are delighted to announce the return of live music at Music & Wine at St. Luke’s under new distancing guidelines. The […]

Shoreham Wordfest (25th August 2020) Wordfest August Newsletter Poems for Our Time Shoreham Wordfest will launch Lines from the Lockdown in September, a book of children’s poetry inspired by their hopes, fears, observations […]

Rottingdean Arts (24th August 2020) UPDATE FROM ROTTINGDEAN ARTS The Management Committee of Rottingdean Arts has reluctantly decided to cancel the rest of this year’s planned programme: the three remaining […]

Southwick Players (24th August 2020) Lighting The Barn Red On August 11th, we lit The Barn red in solidarity with the theatre industry that has suffered a […]

Open Strings (23rd August 2020) MUSICAL BOX SCHEME (MBS) ‘I thought it would be really remote-feeling but it wasn’t. It gave me a lift – I was […]

Sussex Voiceworks (23rd August 2020) Sussex Voiceworks, normally based in Shoreham-by-Sea, has been continuing its activities through lockdown. We have met online weekly, using Zoom-based rehearsals backed up with […]

Sussex Harmonisers (22nd August 2020) SUSSEX HARMONISERS – KINGS OF HARMONY & SUSSEX A CAPPELLA The Sussex Harmonisers, based in Burgess Hill, is a one-stop entertainment centre for unaccompanied […]

Sussex Chorus (22nd August 2020) UPDATE FROM SUSSEX CHORUS . . Our committee has been exceptionally careful to keep all of our choir members as safe as possible from […]

Brighton Consort (11th August 2020) Brighton Consort was formed in 1971 and is looking forward to celebrating its 50th anniversary year in 2021. We are a small choir of about […]

Music & Wine at St Luke’s (1st August 2020) Music & Wine at St. Luke’s is currently consulting with its audience regarding starting concerts in a ‘physical distance’ format. Numbers […]

South East Dance (28th July 2020) Two years after Jamie Watton’s death in July 2018, we are today relaunching the fund created in his name, this time to support […]

Coastline Harmony (23rd July 2020) Coastline Harmony, a women’s acapella group that usually meets in Southwick Community Church, has been hard at work, rehearsing on Zoom, mastering new technology and […]

Seaford Music Society (16th July 2020) Coming soon? When the government allows indoor concerts, Seaford Music Society has planned a ‘Three Day Beethoven Festival’ including concerts to be played in […]

Fabrica (16th July 2020) Walter and Zoniel . We have an exhibition which is launching at the end of July called ‘A Simple Act of Wonder’; this is the spring […]

Coastline Harmony (22nd May 2020) You live and learn they say. Well we’re certainly doing that as Coastline Harmony morphs into a virtual choir. There’s no real substitute for singing […]

Brighton & Hove Arts & Creative Industries (06 May 2020) Free 1:1 support if you need to talk things through The Covid-19 disruption is hitting the creative, cultural, heritage, […]

Brighton & Hove Arts Council (20 April 2020) Call for Nominations Brighton & Hove Arts Council (BHAC) is delighted to invite its group members to nominate an individual for its […]

Brighton & Hove Quill Poetry (23 Feb 2020) Due to the current Coronavirus/Covid-19 pandemic, the Brighton & Hove Quill Poetry group have had to close for the foreseeable […]

Open Strings Music (20/3/20) Now that Brooke Mead is closed to outside activities, we are reflecting on alternative ways that we can continue to use music to reach out […]

Shoreham Wordfest (19 February 2020) CELEBRATING SHAKESPEARE – SHOREHAM WORDFEST’S FIFTH ANNUAL SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL 22 – 26 April 2020 Welcome to a diverse array of Shakespearean delights in our […]

Brighton & Hove Philharmonic Society (14 January 2020) Nicolas Chisholm at the Society’s AGM, Sunday 1 December 2019 “As I come to the end of nine years as a […]

Brighton & Hove Arts Council (6th October 2019) Enthusiastic volunteer required! Are you interested in running the best annual art show in Brighton (well, we think it is)? Our committee […]

Brighton & Hove Arts Council (6th October 2019) Do you have expertise in marketing, PR, and social media? Could you spare a couple of hours a week to help us? […]

The online entry system is now open for Springboard 2020. Please take a look at our syllabuses, which are all available on the web pages of the relevant section. […]

Brighton Philharmonic (29 July 2019) Every year the Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra awards prizes of a pair of season tickets to two talented young musicians who have taken part in the […]

BHAC (4th July 2019) 2019 Contribution to the Arts Award Andrew Sherwood (Member group: encore) At the BHAC Annual General Meeting on 3rd July, we were delighted to […]

St Mary’s Kemptown (12th May 2019) Art & Inspiration Discussion Group Monday afternoons, 2.15pm Returns 13 May – FREE Our Art & Inspiration Group is back on Mondays […]

BHAC (1st May 2019) Brighton & Hove Arts Council (BHAC) is delighted to invite its group members to nominate an individual for its annual Outstanding Contribution to the Arts Award. […]

Coastline Harmony (24 April 2019) Southwick-based singing group Coastline Harmony is looking for a new MD as they sadly bid farewell this summer to their encouraging, funny and […]

Southwick Players – 2nd March 2019 Around a year ago I directed “The Turn of the Screw” (an adaptation of the Henry James ghost story) for the Southwick Players. Working with […]

Forum Society (23rd January 2019) The Forum Society, which has been running now for 61 years, urgently needs a new Chair and Talks Secretary . A social society formed in […]

Sussex Chorus – 9th January 2019 One of the county’s best-loved choirs, Sussex Chorus, is looking forward to an exciting 2019 under the baton of new Director of Music, Jack […]

Springboard Festival 2019 The festival is held annually during weekends in March at Brighton & Hove High School GDST, Montpelier Road, Brighton, BN1 3AT. This year’s dates are: Speech […]

Jane Collins – Adjudicator – BHAC 2018 Drama Awards (12th December 2018) First of all I would like to say a big thank you to Brighton and Hove Arts Council […]

BHAC – 28 November 2018 Brighton & Hove Arts Council (BHAC), a local charity run entirely by volunteers, is looking for an experienced marketing executive to join our team. The […]

Resound Male Voices (27 November 2018) Foggy Friday – taking our lives in our hands on a wintry, darkening and dense foggy Friday evening Resound ventured over to Eastbourne Youth […]

Brighton & Hove City Council (15th November 2018) THE ART OF GOOD HEALTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC HEALTH 2018 Foreword by Alistair Hill Should we look closer […]

Brighton & Hove Arts Council (14 November 2018) Are you interested in the wider arts? Would you like to join a group and take part yourself? Or not miss out […]

South East Dance (25th October 2018) An inspirational leader and passionate advocate for dance, former Artistic Director/CEO Jamie Watton’s tireless tenacity and vision has for more than a decade […]

Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra (11th October 2018) We asked our musicians which pieces of music they were particularly looking forward to playing this season: “This season is offering several things that are […]

Dupont Art Club (21st August 2018) This year was a successful year for the Dupont Art Club’s annual art exhibition. We saw close to 500 people attend with over £1000.00 […]

Brighton & Hove Quill of Poetry (1st July 2018) The National Health Service is 70 years old on 5 July 2018. Terry Godwin of Brighton & Hove Quill of […]

Wick Theatre Company (30th May 2018) Back in 1948, a stage-struck young lass named Betty Carpenter persuaded the leader of the Unity Youth Club to invite two members of the Southwick Players – Elizabeth […]

Sussex Symphony Orchestra (30th May 2018) It is very hard for many of us to believe that we are this year celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Sussex Symphony […]

encore (30th April 2018) encore with Brighton Dome & Brighton Festival present MUSIC MARATHON A joint fundraising event for encore and Brighton Dome & Brighton Festival, supporting the next generation of […]

BHAC – 21st April 2018 The 2018 Spring Exhibition by Brighton & Hove Arts Council ended today, 21st April, with our Trustee, Mr John Hird, announcing the winner of […]

Brighton & Hove Philharmonic Society (1st April 2018) As part of their prize from the Brighton Phil, last year’s Springboard Festival winners Berniya Hamie and Natasha O’Flynn chose to attend […]

Coastline Harmony (20 March 2018) Coastline Harmony, a local women’s a cappella chorus, competed on Saturday 10 March 2018 at the Chichester Music Festival. This is the first time they have […]

Forum Society (28th February 2018) The members of The Forum Society are proudly celebrating its 60th year since its first meeting in the Royal Albion Hotel in 1958. Despite all […]

Hove Civic Society (20th January 2018) This is the year when the Hove Plinth becomes a reality after all the hard work to reach this stage. From next month, you […]

Embroiderers’ Guild – Brighton Branch (18th January 2018) We celebrated our 35th anniversary last year, with many members producing a wide range of pieces. The common theme was using the […]

Brighton Unitarians (21st December 2017) Many people see our building in New Road, with its giant columns and large red doors, and wonder what such a place could stand for […]

BHAC (16th December 2017) “Oh would some Power the gift give us, to see ourselves as others see us” – Robert Burns This article was included in the recent edition of […]

Coastline Harmony (23rd November 2017) Coastline Harmony, an acapella group from Southwick, love to sing all over the world. In 2013 they visited Cyprus, in 2015 they took a trip […]

Brighton & Hove Philharmonic Society (22nd November 2017) We asked the orchestra which pieces of music, and indeed concerts, they are most looking forward to this season, and our […]

Brighton Early Music Festival (26th October 2017) I feel very privileged to be one of four trainees at the Brighton Early Music Festival (BREMF) this year. I have […]

Brighton & Hove Arts Council (24th October 2017) Now that the BHAC Poetry Competition has closed with a record six hundred entries all eyes and efforts turn to the Poetry […]

Brighton Philharmonic (24th October 2017) By Richard Watson – double bass The first time I came to the Dome was in the very early ’50s when as a small child we […]

South East Dance (21st September 2017) Announcing the Dance Space…on the cusp of South East Dance’s 20th anniversary Fanfares and bunting! It’s with enormous excitement that we are finally able […]

Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra (19th September 2017) Our recent story about Barbara & Samuel Burston, who met playing the violin in the Brighton Philharmonic in 1948, got us thinking about […]

Rottingdean Preservation Society 8th September 2017 Over the last few months, the Society has worked closely with the Whiteway Centre to renovate the Nicholson Studio, which was once part of […]

Dupont Art Club (6th September 2017) Victor Perkins was the winner of the Peoples Choice award at this years Dupont Art Club annual Art Exhibition, which ran from 24th […]