Brighton SOURCE December/January 2011

volume 2. Issue 40 December 2011 / January 2012

the party issue: new year’s eve previews & midnight tunes

96 pages

our biggest mag yet

gigs, clubs, culture & Brighton’s best listings

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BIGGEST. ISSUE. EVER.

Wow, what an issue: 96 pages, our biggest SOURCE ever. And what a year.

There’s been a lot of news in 2011 – protests, scandals and the crumbling of the institutions that we’ve relied on – but, despite that, life in Brighton has seemed pretty good. In some ways having something to kick against has made us feel more alive. Who needs money when you’ve got causes?

And musically? Well, just check out our writers’ chart for what we thought of the year’s output. We had more votes for more different songs than ever, which is surely a good thing. Props need to go to Rizzle Kicks for crashing the Top 10 in such a dramatic fashion. You saw them here first.

We hope you’ve enjoyed SOURCE this year. One of the highpoints has been signing up Kenny Mc Cracken to do our exclusive covers. We’re the only Brighton mag that doesn’t use bands’ press photos on our covers – mainly because it’s our favourite part of the whole magazine to do.

We’ve got some real surprises lined up for next year, a new project that going to make it easier to see all the bands and DJs you love with just a little bit less stress. Hopefully we can reveal it before Christmas as a nice little present for you, our beloved readers. We hope you have a Happy Christmas and a twatted New Year.

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Personnel

Editor James Kendall ManageR Rosie Kendall Designer Matt Barker at Artwerk DEPUTY Editor Nick Coquet Sales Manager Lucy Kamper Sales emperor Rhys Trussler listings editor Ben Bailey CLUBS editor Zac Colbert reviews editor Jessica Marshall McHattie Cover Kenny Mc Cracken assisted by Matthew Ring

Contributors

Milo Belgrove, Blah Blah Blah, Chris Biggs, Tom Chambers, Steve Clements, Danielle Colyer, Jake Cunningham, Nima Elm, Ben Gilbert, Ross Gumbrell, Stuart Huggett, Lizzi Jameson, Amy Jo McLellan, Ben Miller, Katherine Mulraney, Mumdance, Helen Murdoch, George Nunn, Hayley Pearce, Adam Peters, the recommender Teen Creeps, Danielle Timms, Kate Wildblood If you want to contribute to SOURCE email james@brightonsource.co.uk

Listings

Email: listings@brightonsource.co.uk

Editorial Contacts

Tel: 01273 609955 Email: james@brightonsource.co.uk Write or send promos to: The Brighton SOURCE, PO Box 3313, Brighton, BN1 4BJ

Advertising

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Contents

News New In Town Gig Previews Interview: Maxxi Soundsystem Club Previews Club Review: Nowhere To Run Club Review: It’s Goin’ Off Culture Critic SOURCE Writers’ Chart 2011 Interview: Black Black Hills Preview: Vive La France!

Christmas Gift Guide Art: Create In Brighton Preview: Sea Monsters Preview: Vive Le France Preview: Tattoo Convention Street Style Street Style Extra Unsung Hero: Hamilton Wilson Secret Eater: Feast In Conversation With: Create Preview: New Year’s Eve Listings Six Of The Best: NYE Midnight Tunes

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MADE IN BRIGHTON •

We’re all about the homegrown here at SOURCE, and a red dot next to an artist, event or label indicates they’re proper local heroes we can all be proud of.

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NEWS

WORDS BY NICK COQUET, JESSICA MARSHALL MCHATTIE

electric soft parade

INFINITY FOR BEACON

DON’T MESS YOURSELF

FRINGE BENEFITS

COMIC SANS STRESS

REVERBATHON AND ON

PARADE FOR CHARITY

POETS SLAM MCS

WRITERS DOOMED?

To coincide with World Aids Day, the good people at Infinity Foods have all got together and made a fundraising compilation album for The Sussex Beacon, who look after folk with HIV. That’s shop, bakery, warehouse and café staff, all singing their heads off to help sick people, which is worth a listen, especially as they include members of bands like Sons Of Noel & Adrian. You can pay what you deem appropriate for the tracks at infinityfoods.bandcamp.com.

Brighton Festival might attract the big-name curators and bums-on-seats room fillers, but aspiring arty performance types will be all about the Fringe, which runs concurrently during May. It’s a completely open access platform for both established and emerging artists, and they’re taking registrations for 2012 now. Got an act you want to inflict on the public? Does its potential appeal stretch the meaning of the word ‘limited’? Go to BrightonFringe.org now.

To celebrate the five-year renewal of their FM licence for the Brighton and Hove area, Radio Reverb 97.2FM are running a 24-hour live broadcast – a Reverbathon if you will – from 8am on Saturday 3rd December. Local businesses are invited to sponsor the shows in return for crisp, FM-quality endorsements, and listeners can win raffle prizes by donating to the volunteer-run station so they can fix busted studio gear and that. Email gill@radioreverb.com to get involved.

There are too many reasons to list as to why we love Brighton, but the annual Poets vs MCs event at the Komedia would definitely be somewhere close to the top. Each January (probably the 26th this year), hundreds of us flock down to observe, cheer, whoop and hiss as the rappers take on the spoken-word poets in this uniquely Brighton rap battle. Always a closely won match and always very entertaining, we recommend booking tickets early.

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“Don’t go in there!” – it might be the advice you shout at dim onscreen teenagers in horror movies, but if you’re a fan of the genre and familiar with The Rock Inn in Kemptown, our advice on Saturday 3rd December would be the opposite. Like, do go in there, because they’ve got an all-day scary celebration called Frighten Brighton going on. Shopping at a Macabre Market starts at midday, with a load of films kicking off at 2pm.

FrightenBrighton.wordpress.com has the info.

If you like reading comics and sprawling about on sofas all day, drag your lazy arse down to the Cowley Club on Saturday 17th December for Comics Changed My Life. It’s a zine, comic and small press fair, with vegan food and drink going on during the day, and live music in the evening from The Astronauts and Pog. It sounds like a relaxed kind of day out with free entry and kids welcome, and you could come away with a load of lovely new comics, should such be your thing.

Electric Soft Parade will be playing a special acoustic set at West Hill Hall in aid of the Martlets Hospice on Saturday 17th December, alongside King James, Lianne Hall, Birdengine, The Diamond Family Archive and others. Get festive and charitable at the same time, helped along by the mulled wine and mince pies, and do some good for people stricken with cancer. More info at facebook.com/WildwoodPromotions, a smart local promoter worth keeping up with.

What is ‘The Future Of Words?’ Quite robust, if you consider the rude health of SOURCE. But on a wider scale, in the wake of self-publishing and digital ubiquity? Bleak Strategies is a picnicstyle mini-conference that aims to find out that and more besides on Saturday 21st January at West Hill Hall from 2.30pm.

There’s a panel discussion plus audience Q&As, interspersed with performances, with the aim of creating some Eno-style strategies on coping with the breakdown of written civilisation.

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NEW YEARS EVE 2011/12

As anyone who’s been to Audio for NYE will tell you, our end of year blowout is pretty much an essential Brighton clubbing experience, and we’re upholding that tradition again this year with a party dedicated to the glammed-up hedonistic decadence of the 1920’s.

In addition to a full period transformation of all three areas of the venue, we’ve secured the services of the nation’s fiFInest electro-jazz band, who’ll be keeping the vibe toasty on our outdoor heated terrace. Meanwhile, Above Audio plays host to local hero Mex, spinning one of his renowned NYE classic sets in the retro-grandeur of our upstairs bar.

For heavier thrills, downstairs sees the return of Audio favourite Enzo Siffredi, who tore the roof off last year with his flFLawlessly mixed brand of house, techno, electro, and the odd well-timed party surprise. We’re keeping the exact details of the night’s decor under wraps, but we can announce that as well as a comprehensive 1920’s refiFIt, there’ll be a wall of screens playing host to some very special visuals...

Audio’s NYE parties have always sold out and we expect this one to be no different so pick up an earlybird ticket now at the outlets below, and stay tuned for further surprises in store...

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NEW IN TOWN

WORDS BY NICK COQUET, james kendall

BRITISH SEA POWER

KRANKENHAUS

VOYEUR

PSYCHOSOCIAL

photocopy club

Remember BSP’s Club Sea Power nights? Of course you do, as you stare wistfully at the sky with a tear in your eye. Great times. If only we could somehow recapture those golden years. Well, now you can. British Sea Power are starting a new night, first Friday of the month, at The Haunt.

Krankenhaus will feature live bands (including various versions of Sea Power sets) as well as DJs like Marc Riley and Shaun Keaveney off 6 Music, Rough Trade’s Geoff Travis and journo/club fella Simon Price – all kranking up top tunes.

The beleaguered venue that was the Ocean Rooms and The Yard on Morley Street has changed hands yet again. Now called Psychosocial, it promises three rooms of music and three bars, all of which apparently offering an “attitude-free environment every night”. And those attitude-free nights are pretty long, too – they’re open until 6am at the weekends for people who just don’t know when it’s time to go home to bed. In the same month that saw Project on West Street close down, we hope it works out for them.

SLICE SUSSEX

Church Street in Hove has a new multi-function café that we really like the look of. Slice Sussex works as a independent coffee bar, which appeals to our sense of Starbucksavoidance right from the off, but it’s also a classy deli and eatery as well as providing lounge-friendly art space and even boutique cinema functionality. You’ve gotta be smart to survive out on the high street, and this ticks all the boxes.

DA DOO RON RON

When you’re gearing up for your monthly fix of girl-fronted 60s pop clubbing this month, pay attention to this update – Da Doo Ron Ron has run-run to the Green Door Store, in a relocation-type move for the long-running night out. Saturday 17th December is the first night there with, we’d imagine, loads of that ace Phil Spector Christmas album to bob your beehive to. It’s the third Saturday of the month after that.

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The Blind Tiger Club is opening a Warhol-inspired night called Voyeur, kicking off on Friday 2nd December. It’s not just going to be a framed tin of soup picture on the wall and a crackly Velvet Underground LP playing in the background either, there’ll be proper Exploding Plastic Inevitable-style visuals, Warhol-esque furnishings and the best in old-style garage and alternative tunes. Live music for the launch comes from Tigercub, Us Baby Bear Bones and The New Union.

There aren’t many new concepts in exhibiting photos but zine king Matt Martin has come up with one while trying to get people to get their photography off their computers. Simply find an image in your collection that works in black and white and get down the copy shop for an A3 printout. It’s cheap, easy and he’s already got submissions from all around the world. The first of six monthly exhibitions is at Create (see page 64) on Wednesday 7th December. Get involved at thephotocopyclub.com.

BLACK WOOKIE STUDIOS

If you’ve been a customer of SoundLocker Studios over the last five years, you’ll be interested to note that they’ve had a refurbishment and a re-branding, which would explain the shiny new sign over the door and everything. Now called Black Wookie Studios, they’re offering some great deals on luxury rehearsal rooms and recording packages, so check out their new website at BlackWookieStudios.com and imagine your band in there, arguing the toss about levels and solos and timing and whose fucking van is it anyway.

PELIROCCO PRESENTS…

Brighton’s most rock’n’roll residence, Hotel Peliricco, has expanded its portfolio to include a weekly radio show, Pelirocco Platters (Reverb 97.2fm, Tuesdays 6pm) and now a monthly new music night at the Green Door Store, following a series of gigs in the hotel’s bar on Regency Square. The first outing is on Thursday 29th December, featuring Running Dogs, Tiny Dragons and Two Jackals. It kicks off at 8pm and it’s free to get in.

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GIG PREVIEWS

WORDS BY CHRIS BIGGS, NICK COQUET, JAKE CUNNINGHAM, BEN GILBERT, STUART HUGGETT, LIZZI JAMESON, JAMES KENDALL, JESSICA MARSHALL MCHATTIE, AMY JO MCLELLAN, KATHERINE MULRANEY, HELEN MURDOCH, HAYLEY PEARCE, ADAM PETERS

every time i die

BLACK BLACK HILLS •

MUSHROOMHEAD

It’s SOURCE New Music time again and, following from the mind-blowing AK/DK night, it’s another beauty. Formally known as Pope Joan, Black Black Hills have grown so much recently that they needed a new name. With fire and brimstone synth pop, they bring to mind Depeche Mode at their most southern gothic, or maybe a stripped-back Bad Seeds. Much of that is down to Samuel Aaron’s expressive performances, coming on like a possessed preacher. Intense stuff for four quid. (JK)

One of the few remaining bands from the nu metal explosion around the turn of the century, Mushroomhead hit the Haunt.

They’re here to turn teenagers’ hair black and their trousers low, and engineer a love for throwing each other around whilst geared up in spiked jewellery. The eerily masked eight-piece industrial act are supported by (Hed) PE, rap metal legends who helped influence the sound of bands such as Limp Bizkit and Linkin Park. (CB)

Pavilion Theatre Thurs 1st Dec

ZAPPA PLAYS ZAPPA Dome Thurs 1st Dec

Haunt Thurs 1st Dec

JUDGE TREV MEMORIAL Hydrant Sat 3rd Dec

After last year’s success, Dweezil Zappa and The Zappa Family Trust are bringing their show to the UK for a 13-date tour. Zappa’s eldest son will perform dad’s 1974 album ‘Apostrophe’ in sequence whilst also combining unreleased video footage of Frank Zappa himself. If you’re interested in a 70s revival evening and a celebration of one of the world’s best guitarists, head down to the Dome for a truly unique musical experience. (HM)

Space rock fans will in for a treat when Krankschaft and Nik Turner’s Inner City Unit will feature among a host of musicians gathering in memory of Judge Trevor Thoms, who died last year.

ICU will be joined by their original drummer Dino Ferari, flying in specially from Italy, and the group will be playing together for the first time in 27 long years. Also on the bill are Monty Oxymoron, Mick Farren, Whimwise, Bubbledubble, Paradise 9, Sumerian Kyngs, Slim Tim Slide, Jaki Windmill and Dirty Scavenger. (KM)

ROCK SOUND RIOT TOUR

BRIGHTON CHRISTMAS COVERS PARTY •

Fancy kicking off your advent in alternative style? Why not head down to the Concorde 2 to catch Rock Sound magazine’s Riot Tour. It’s set to be a mammoth gig with headliners Every Time I Die returning to the UK for the first time in over a year. The hardcore heavyweights are also joined by thrashers Trash Talk, punks Deafeter and Spy Catcher with their self-described brand of ‘grit pop’. This won’t be the most talked about riot of the year but it’ll be the biggest to hit Brighton. (AJM)

Beginning in Nottingham a decade back, this seasonal indie offering has since spread to London and, for the first time this year, Brighton. As you might imagine, various fun-seeking pop groups (The Bobby McGees, The Sticks, Summer Hunter) will be knocking out back-to-back quickie sets of Christmas covers, temporary supergroups appear (I Can Tina Turner? Throbbing Tinsel?), tins get rattled for Shelter. Moreover, it’s free entry, and you just know someone’s going to attempt ‘Christmas Wrapping’, so get merry. (SH)

Concorde 2 Thurs 1st Dec

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Green Door Store Sat 3rd Dec

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gig previews

toro y moi

HARD-FI

Concorde 2 Sun 4th Dec

With the 2007 release of third album ‘Once Upon A Time In The West’, Hard-Fi unveiled bold plans to redraw the musical map.

Bearing the legend ‘No Cover Art’, this revolutionary act mirrored ‘The White Album’’s white sheen wit of three decades earlier. And lo, what happened? Universal lampoonery, that’s what, the deafening sound of failure which still haunts a pointless career spent scavenging for scraps at T4’s cat-flap, begging Johnny Borrell for career advice. Hard to beat? Hard to listen to, more like. (BG)

TORO Y MOI

Coalition Thurs 8th Dec

Born Chazwick Bundick, it’s no surprise the South Carolina native adopted a stage name for his tilt at the music game.

Roughly translated as ‘Bull and Me’, Toro Y Moi makes music very much unlike the proverbial buffalo in a china shop. Rich with whacked out, woozy effects and phasing, melodic synths, an inevitable pigeonhole has found the 24-year old jostling brightly for attention under the kaleidoscopic chillwave sunbeam. First reader to name their son Chazwick wins a night on the tiles with SOURCE’s editor. (BG)

NORTH SEA RADIO ORCHESTRA

JOOLS HOLLAND

BOOTLEG BEATLES

DEATH IN VEGAS

Komedia Sun 4th Dec

Though the phrase ‘chamber orchestra’ might ring alarm bells amongst those not of a Radio 3 disposition, this is a far more contemporary take on classical music than most. Poems, folk songs and the group’s own lyrics are sung in harmony by up to 20 chorus members, over a small orchestra whose tone and tempo have post-rock leanings. That the orchestra includes current and former members of cult psychedelic band Cardiacs adds knowing muso appeal to the whole spectacle. (AP)

Dome Sun 4th Dec

The world’s “most successful and longest-running tribute band ever” are coming to Brighton, and they’ve now actually been around longer than the original fab four managed themselves.

They’ll be emulating the atmosphere, aesthetic and audio of the group Alan Partridge once said ‘could have been Wings’ to near perfection. As an added incentive, entering December and the whole festive season, we may even be treated to a wonderful Christmastime. (JC)

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Brighton Centre Sat 10th Dec

It’s like watching David Frost interrogate President Nixon again and again. Whenever Jools Holland tackles a music icon on Later, eyebrows are raised knowingly across the UK, shockwaves reverberating throughout the studio, prompting one audience member to actually stay awake. So just how did the former Squeeze ivory-tinkler become the nation’s muchloved boogie woogie go-to man? Tonight is your chance to find out. Any talk of a mid-gig Q&A with the man himself should be met with your immediate departure/suicide. (BG)

Concorde 2 Sun 11th Dec

Richard Fearless and Tim Holmes were the toast of the indie underworld and the hottest act around for five minutes about a decade ago. With good reason. Bobby Gillespie, Liam Gallagher and Iggy Pop were amongst the definitive rock leviathans to throw black paint all over their psychedelicgrunge snapshots of pills and thrills and bellyaches. Holmes might have left in the years since, but new album ‘Trans-Love Energies’ confirms Fearless is going to ride this trip until the fuses blow. Vegas can wait. (BG)

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gig previews

example

EXAMPLE

Brighton Centre Weds 14th Dec

Example’s certainly gigged at a variety of venues across Brighton; he first appeared at The Freebutt in 2008 and since then has performed at Tru, Audio and the Dome as well as playing at The Great Escape Festival and Shakedown. Now he finishes his very successful year by headlining the city’s biggest music venue. Perhaps he’ll soon sell out the AMEX stadium with his own version of the Big Beach Boutique, or is that too ambitious? Support comes from Fenech Soler. (AJM)

LOL COXHILL & STEVE BERESFORD

Open House Weds 14th Dec

Safehouse Brighton’s twice-monthly evening of improvised music finishes the year with a return visit from two of Britain’s best-known figures in the field. Coxhill’s soprano sax and Beresford’s playful multi-instrumentality have appeared, together and apart, in countless combinations over the years, making connections between jazz, folk, punk, pop and comedy (seek out The Promenaders’ sole 1982 LP for some Brighton busking lunacy). Tonight they perform once as a duo and again with members of the Safehouse Collective. (SH)

SWEET SWEET LIES • Haunt Thurs 15th Dec

Alt.country six-piece SSL used to pitch up on stage somewhere in Brighton every few days, their suits as sharp as their biting lyrics charting doomed relationships. Local gigs are now intentionally less frequent for this spiritual offspring of Nick Cave and Leonard Cohen having a drunken one night stand in a motel in Austin. This festive night features two other local showcase veterans; Mean Poppa Lean, all funk rock and facial hair, and the honed disco pop of Kovak. (AP)

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FEAR OF MEN • Green Door Store Fri 16th Dec

A fear of men surely would be an unpleasant affliction, but this Brighton band plainly aren’t afraid of anything. Their sound is kind of fuzzy, atmospheric indie – dreamy ethereal vocals and jangly guitars with pronounced nodding to shoegaze and art pop all the while. Tonight they grace our favourite DIY music venue the Green Door Store and it’s not to be missed – the band are tipped to be definite ones to watch out for in Brighton at the moment, not least by SOURCE. (HP)

BRIGHTON’S FINEST • Pavilion Theatre Fri 16th Dec

A timely reminder of the quality regularly bestriding Brighton’s stages, this five-band showcase gathers some of the most accomplished within the city walls this evening. Headliners The Mojo Fins continually impress with their evocative melodies and polished sound, while there’s a solid dose of melancholic lo-fi experimentalism from Man Ray Sky. Recent discovery Twin Brother is a definite one to watch for vocal dramatics, and sets by The Gypsy Switch and Fellow Stranger round off a solid evening’s entertainment. (NC)

THE INDELICATES • Ranelagh Fri 16th Dec

It’s been quite a busy 2011 for Julia and Simon Indelicate. In between running one of the country’s most innovative online record labels, touring the States and explaining digital media to bamboozled Parliamentarians, they’ve found time to release concept albums about David Koresh and the Biblical Job. Leaving the rest of the band at home for this intimate pub gig, the Lewes couple present stripped-down versions of their poetic pop, country and cabaret songs, with cynical lyrics to the fore. (AP)

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the xcerts

GLENN TILBROOK Komedia Mon 19th Dec

Glenn Tilbrook is not only the lead vocalist, guitarist, and one half of the musical genius that created Squeeze, but also a genuinely bloody nice bloke. Glenn has toured almost endlessly since Squeeze split up (whilst also finding time for a fistful of reunions), and he never takes his crowd for granted. Urging sing-a-longs and often taking requests, he plays solo material and Squeeze classics whilst engaging in friendly chit-chat and displaying his fantastic guitar skills. An intimate experience that’d make your mum go weak at the knees. (CB)

ELECTRIC SIX Concorde 2 Tues 6th Jan

THE XCERTS •

Haunt Tues 17th Jan

They’ve supported Biffy Clyro, they’ve toured with Taking Back Sunday, they’ve opened for Manchester Orchestra – they’ve shared the bill with some of rock’s biggest names but now it’s their time to be the main act. Earlier in the year they made a big impact when their Great Escape slot resulted in a riotous show at The Pav Tav. Since then they’ve been back to the city for a freebie at The Haunt with Jumping Ships in September and now they return to the same venue, but you’ll have to pay this time. (AJM)

FOUR YEARS STRONG Concorde 2 Weds 25th Jan

Yes, you heard it here, the band that brought us the seminal hits ‘Gay Bar,’ ‘Danger, Danger, High Voltage’ and er, ‘Gay Bar,’ is playing in a city packed with gay bars. It’s a beautiful thing.

They’ve released a heady seven studio albums since the glory days of 2003, so expect to hear some unknown material between those disco classics. (JMM)

Hairy, Massachusetts-born pop punk outfit Four Years Strong are returning to the UK to tour the long awaited new album, ‘In Some Way, Shape Or Form’. After removing synthesizers from their sound, and therefore their fifth band member, the now four-piece’s new sound has been stripped down to raw pop punk, with a mix of hardcore, aptly known as beardcore.

Go and see, or face their hirsute wrath. (LJ)

ONE DIRECTION Brighton Centre Sun 8th Jan

CANTERBURY

The X Factor is in trouble. It’s not just SOURCE who has tired of the show to the point self-cannibalism seems a better option once that theme tune rockets into earshot. What’s the problem?

The hosts? The format? The stars? One critic recently summarised the issue thusly: “Its artists appear to have had not just their voices but their entire brains Auto-Tuned.” Are One Direction the act to reverse this slide or do pop fans deserve no more than Frankie Cocozza’s bare ass? Over to you, Harry. (BG)

On their first UK headline tour in a while, Surrey’s Canterbury head south again to win us over with their brand of melodic pop rock, combining fast-paced drums, synthesizers, catchy guitar riffs, and two angelic-voiced vocalists. Having supported the likes of You Me At Six and The Blackout, the well-baited hooks of this hugely energetic band will get any audience dancing, be it as an opening support act or headliners. They look set to be a huge hit in 2012, so definitely worth seeing in such a small venue. (LJ)

APPLES AND EVE •

ROOTS MANUVA

Having played the first SOURCE New Music Night at the Pavilion Theatre in the summer, Eva Rose and her band have their taken their soulful doleful blues folk across town, gathering plaudits like squirrels gather nuts. Instead of hibernating with them until Brighton audiences emerge from post-NYE detox, they headline Pubs Are Dead In January, a night celebrating all that is good – such as the lack of queues – about Brighton’s ‘quiet month’. London folk cabaret singer Jack Weissman supports. (AP)

Rodney ‘Roots Manuva’ Smith is one of British hip hop’s finest and most impressive musicians, and anyone who disagrees with that statement needs to sit down and listen again. Properly, this time. His dub-heavy, deep-voiced raps are distinctly unique, and have clearly influenced the charts today, not to mention been the soundtrack to many a smoky late night stoner fest. His eighth studio album ‘4everevolution’ cements his style as a British icon, complete with a track battering the NHS. (JMM)

Ranelagh Fri 13th Jan

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Hydrant Sat 28th Jan

Concorde 2 Tues 31st Jan

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BRITISH SEA POWER PRESENT

KRANKENHAUS Brighton’s new monthly club night

Nocturnal music and arts for all sexes and ethnic profiles

KRANKENHAUS 1 FRIDAY 6TH JANUARY BRITISH SEA POWER PLAYING TWO LIVE SETS plus

MC JOCK SCOT plus live music from

Y NIWL (psychedelic surf rock) PLUS SPECIAL GUESTS and DJs

JON SLADE (Born Bad) & BSP DJs

KRANKENHAUS 2 FRIDAY 3RD FEBRUARY BRITISH SEA POWER PLAYING LIVE plus

MC JOCK SCOT plus live music from

RACEHORSES (alternative pop from Aberystwyth) BRIGHTON AND HOVE CITY BRASS and DJs

SHAUN KEAVENY (BBC 6music) & STEVE SEXTON (Rounder Records) Featuring amplified sound, fully stocked beer bar plus humane installation of cats listening to Mastodon in wheelie bin.

Gigs in Brighton EvEry TimE i DiE

Four yEar sTrong

Concorde 2

Concorde 2

Thursday 1st December

Fionn rEgan

young guns

Brighton Ballroom

The Haunt

Monday 5th December

sTEvE HackETT

The Green Door Store

Komedia

Tuesday 6th December

alEsana

The Brighton Centre

Concorde 2

Wednesday 14th December

Komedia

Fin

Tickets £12.50 adv from Rounder Records, Resident and wegottickets.com

7.30PM TO 3AM

Sunday 12th February

ExamPlE

Friday 16th December

10 Pool Valley by the coach station

Saturday 11th February

PosT War yEars

BEn oTTEWEll (gomEz)

The Haunt

Wednesday 25th January

Wednesday 18th January

The Green Door Store

HoWlEr

Tuesday 24th January

Sunday 12th February

THE Big Pink Saturday 18th February Digital

THE WHiP

Monday 27th February

The Green Door Store

THE DukE sPiriT Tuesday 6th March Komedia

The Green Door Store

www.loutpromotions.co.uk

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MAXXI SOUNDSYSTEM

One of the best places to hear that underground 4/4 has been The Tube, the two-tunnelled seafront club that has been reborn in 2011.

Sam has been booking the Saturday nights and when his and Neal’s Schtumm nights aren’t at Riki Tik then it’s the best place to find him and some of the most interesting DJs on the WORDS BY JAMES KENDALL PHOTO BY KENNY MC CRACKEN worldwide underground.

ASSISTED BY MATTHEW RING Danny Daze packed the THANKS TO FAYE FILLINGHAM, CONRAD ROGAN, AMBER WILLIAMS place out for Halloween, and as he subtly worked Sam Watts has had an exceptional 2011. A track he the groove the crowd knocked out one afternoon – simply because he wanted to stayed locked in. Sam is back for New Year’s Eve, with Neal DJ it out that night – ended up being played by Annie Mac and We Love residents PBR Streetgang – all of whom will go on Radio 1, and found itself in the best of the year poll from back to back all night.

Beats In Space’s Tim Sweeney and the record box of Erol Alkan. That track was ‘Criticize’, a half remix, half re-edit Like PBR Streetgang Sam has become involved in Jamie version of Alexander O’Neal’s 80s hit. That might not sound Jones’ white-hot label Hot Creations. So if he’s not opposed to like a life changing record but it crossed over from the digital releases, why did he only make the ‘Criticize’ release disco crew to the house heads despite only appearing on available on vinyl? vinyl via an obscure Finnish label, Kojak.

“Copyright,” he admits. “I didn’t think it was fair to issue it as a track and then try and make money off downloads. The vinyl made no money at all – it was just a nice thing to have. People A teasing, explosive seven minutes of 80s sounds and 21st wanted it so I just thought I’d do it on vinyl. I ended up going century production, it’s true to the original whilst being deceptively tough and dancefloor-aimed. Since it came out in on this Finnish label called Kojak, which to be honest I didn’t January it’s given Sam the opportunity to play at Fabric, really know too much about. They did vinyl and I thought that Sankey’s, The Rex in Paris, The Garden Festival in Croatia as would be a good way to do it because I didn’t want to do it as well as Glastonbury and Creamfields. a big digital thing.”

“It’s almost direct now,” he says. “If you have a hit record you’ll As a calling card it couldn’t have worked better. Straight away be offered DJ work. People now are making productions and Sam got remix work, first for Hercules & Love Affair and for The automatically becoming DJs based purely on one track. It 2 Bears. Then classic house label Nervous approached him to doesn’t always mean they are going to be any good. I’m lucky launch their new imprint with a purely original track. in the fact that I’ve been DJing in Brighton for years, so I’ve “They have an amazing back catalogue and an amazing had lots of practice.” history,” he says. “I wasn’t totally into what they were doing on their main label but they were starting a new offshoot that was He certainly has had practice, being a stalwart of the Brighton going to hark back more to their own house roots. A lot of house and disco scenes for years, mostly from the Schtumm people were referencing those tracks that they had on their parties he’s thrown with longtime DJ partner Neal Lewis. In fact back catalogue.” it was Neal who first suggested a ‘Criticize’ edit. Sam set to work on the afternoon of one of the summer parties they ran They called the new label Nürvous and Sam’s ‘Get Up’, a under the Maxxi Soundsytem name, and after just a few hours dubbed out version of Afrika Bambaataa’s classic ‘Get Up And it was finished.

Dance’, kicked things off. Despite the vocal sample it’s very “I just wanted a version of it to play out that night, so I made it much Sam’s own track. Was he worried about moving away purely for the dancefloor,” he recalls. “I guess the fact that it from remixes and re-edits? was done very quickly – just for me, I was never going to “I think as soon as I realised there was a chance to get release it – meant it hit a few buttons. The original is quite a something released I worked double hard and the amount of cheesy record. I think a lot of people liked it but would never time you put in can bear fruit,” he explains. “Since my days of actually be able to play it. And now they could. Plus it had that working with Tom Gandey on Cagedbaby I’ve been working, house sound that a lot of people are doing now.” trying to get good at what I was doing. But obviously the edits came quite a lot quicker, being a DJ for quite a few years. I can Sam’s rise has come as house music is having a real knock those out to a certain level.” resurgence. As people come right out the other side of postpost-dubstep, house music has emerged as the sound of now, Next up is a three-track EP of originals for Needwant, plus full of melody and emotion.

DJing in Berlin and a collaboration with man of the moment “Yeah, I’m really into what’s going on at the moment,” Sam Danny Daze for his album. nods. “You go to clubs now and you’re hearing some really, “I’m trying to work with more people,” Sam explains, really good dance music. It’s not “especially singers and musicians – gimmicky. Gimmicky music was people who can do stuff that I can’t. really popular in 2010 and I just I love being in the studio, so I’ll be in wasn’t really into it at all. But this there more in 2012 probably.”

EP: ‘Make Or Break’ on Needwant, 5th Dec year it seems like there’s a lot of DJING: The Tube, New Year’s Eve interesting underground music that Sounds like a good plan to us. And WEB: facebook.com/maxxisoundsystem lots and lots of people are getting anyway, when it’s going this well, excited about.” who are we to criticise?

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CLUB PREVIEWS

WORDS BY MATT BARKER, CHRIS BIGGS, ZAC COLBERT. NICK COQUET, JAKE CUNNINGHAM, JAMES KENDALL, JESSICA MARSHALL MCHATTIE, KATE WILDBLOOD

CATHOLIC DISCIPLINE Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar Thursdays

Catholic Discipline: two words that don’t immediately conjure up a night-time musical odyssey, but that’s precisely the point.

Superheroes Of BMX are bringing juxtaposed musical styles, clashing and jarring against their own bizarre blueprint of what a club night should be. A heady mix of psychedelia, left-ofcentre hip hop, noise rock and foreign sounds meshed together with little more than tongue in cheek irreverence and a desire to get Brighton dancing again, without all the posturing of bigger venues. (JK)

SIZZURP

Riki Tik Thursdays

Taking place each Thursday at the recently refurbished Riki Tik, Sizzurp is the closest you’ll get to being at an American hip hop star’s crunked up birthday party without leaving central Brighton. With the freshest and dirtiest in contemporary hip hop, big tunes will be dropping all night from the likes of Lil’ Wayne, Rick Ross, Waka Flocka, Nicki Minaj and Gucci Mane. It’s free entry with a special offer on their own ‘Purple Drank’ Sizzurp cocktail served in little red plastic cups.

Gangsta. (CB)

FATBOY SLIM

Digital Thurs 1st Dec

To the old folk Digital will still always be the Zap, and the setting for Brighton’s clubbing revolution that began in the late 80s. One regular face behind the decks back then was Norman Cook, and he’s back tonight for a rare local indoor appointment before the traffic-stopping antics at the AMEX next summer. It might be years since ‘Palookaville’ but the FBS name hasn’t been rested – he’s playing massive shows like this every week around the world, so this low-key guaranteed sell-out is special indeed. (NC)

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AEREO

Green Door Store Fri 2nd Dec

By mixing Prince with Chris Isaak, Blood Orange has released one of the best albums of the year. The artist formally known as Lightspeed Champion took his pop songwriting skills (for the likes of Solange Knowles) and grabbed the mic himself, covering the hum-along melodies in moody, twangy guitars. So what’s he doing playing at Aereo for free? Possibly the most exciting gig of the month comes wrapped in the synth pop and 80s electro that the Teen Creeps boys normally bring, plus free whiskey for those quick off the mark. Beyond a bargain. (JK)

MAD PROFESSOR Concorde 2 Fri 2nd Dec

Dub versus dubstep is an interesting premise for a show and there’s no one better placed to execute the battle than Mad Professor. The godfather of dub has been producing bashment, dancehall and reggae since the 70s and as a result has worked with everyone from Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry to Massive Attack.

Providing the roots support are Earl 16, Manasseh Hi-fi and MC Brother Culture as well as Stylo G and Deadly Hunta in room 2.

So blaze a fatty, feel the positive vibrations and get your redeye skank on. (ZC)

SHOGUN AUDIO

Audio Fri 2nd Dec

Earlier this year Icicle scored a d’n’b direct hit with ‘Dreadnaught’ featuring SP:MC; the immaculate beats and sparse vocals had a techno minimalism that makes all his productions clean and crisp. We’ve still got a hard-on for his deeper, dub-orientated tunes like ‘Anything’, which retain the dark moodiness that was inherent in dubstep’s early years. Audio’s always rammed for Shogun and this evening there’s support from Rockwell and Alix Perez, so early bird tickets are highly recommended. (ZC)

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WILD FRUIT CIRCUS OF THE ABSURD Hed Kandi / secret venue tbc Sun 4th Dec

Sometimes you need your partying to be charitable and your circus to be absurd. Luckily Wild Fruit will deliver both at their annual Red Party with DJs Thomas Gandey, Fat Tony, De Puta Madre, Jodie Harsh and Lil Alex – just some of the fruity wonders keeping it red all night long. Add the legendary after party Rebel ‘Dirty Disco Trix’ celebrating six years of filthiness at The Haunt from 3am, and work on Monday morning is a definite no-go. (KW)

ARAABMUZIK

Life Thurs 8th Dec

What. A. Booking. The MPC manipulator first gained attention by utilising the drum machine like an instrument, creating indulgent hip hop tracks live via rapid beat patterns and melodies woven from various samples. On record his sound’s evolved into the future house of his ‘Electronic Dream’ album released in June – from the dubstep claps of ‘Streetz Tonight’ to the sheer enormity of ‘Underground Stream’, the whole album has the lavishness of West Coast rap and the feel of an Ibiza sunrise. Girl Unit’s post-dubstep sonics with their ghetto tech and Miami bass influences should complement very well. (ZC)

PARTIE!PARTIE! Green Door Store Thurs 8th Dec

SOURCE snapper Sam Hiscox has probably spent more time in nightclubs this year than anyone else, and he’s seen things.

What sort of things? You don’t really want to know but if curiosity gets the better of you, head over to his blog partiepartie. blogspot.com for photos of infidelity, drunkenness, girls flashing their knickers and the odd fight. We can’t guarantee those things will happen tonight at this club night-cum-exhibition of his best work. But there’ll be giveaways of zines and an A1 print, plus music ranging from The Black Keys to The Wanted. Just behave yourself – you don’t want to end up on his blog. (JK)

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HOSPITALITY

Digital Sat 10th Dec

Our initial reactions to ‘The First Note Is Silent’ were, “Great, now High Contrast and Underworld have been tarred with the Tiesto brush.” We cringed, biting our knuckles and sticking pens in our ears. But on repeat listening it’s not that bad. Yes, the vocal’s cheesy and it’s got that commercial trance tinge, but the synths are strong, with powerhouse beats and a bassline to make you check your trousers. Tonight there’s also label boss London Elektricity and Logistics, so be good boys and girls and get your Santa skank on. (ZC)

EVEN

Tube Sat 10th Dec

The Dutch dubstep producer 2562 launched his last album, ‘Fever’, at The Tube earlier this year to a clamorous crowd.

The record was disco-inspired and certainly had the warmth of 70s vinyl along with the genre’s rhythmic structure but critics felt it lacked the fun, carefree attitude inherent in the source music. It was still an interesting record that demonstrated how dubstep didn’t have to involve the de facto womps and wobbles associated with the UK bass scene. Tonight he plays a three-hour set, which is a must for anyone serious about the scene. (ZC)

COSMIC SNOWBALL CHRISTMAS PARTY Blind Tiger Fri 16th Dec

We’re not saying that other promoters aren’t generous – not at all, we’ve seen many acts of kindness from them – but so, so often when we get a charity event pop into our inbox it’s got Playgroup’s name attached. This time they’re donating The Blind Tiger to help Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice and the Samaritans for the night. A great line-up including Brighton hip hop legend DJ Format, a live set from The Simonsound and old Skint head Scratchy Muffin promises “a midnight mass of synthed up Christmas classics, plus Santa’s Grotto amongst other festive delights.” All they want is a charity donation on the door. (JK)

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LATE NIGHT LINGERIE

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Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar Friday 23rd Dec

Two problems with Christmas: 1) by the time it comes around you’re too broke to party, and 2) all bands finish early meaning there’s nothing to do but see DJs. Well, Eddie The Goatboy has fixed that by shanghai-ing the city’s best acts into playing a live music version of a nightclub. Paper Playground, Royal Blood, The Rusted Guns and The Black Fields have all signed up, and there’ll be many more. Most importantly Skirts are playing – a noisy band made for the middle of the night. And it all costs £3 – leaving you cash for your mum’s Christmas present. (JK)

SPACE DIMENSION CONTROLLER Tube Sat 14th Jan

SDC is also known as Mr.8040, a resident of Mikrosector-50 who is currently stranded in Belfast. As such you’ll hear many intergalactic influences in his fullfrequency variety of future electro funk. Out on legendary label R&S, and in the vein of many producers breaking the mould of future techno and bass music (Rustie et al), SDC’s sounds are psychedelic and expansive, and include tough, melodious synths reminiscent of intergalactic-concept-album-producing bretherin Daft Punk’s early output. Spacemen united by disco. (MB)

WILEY

Concorde 2 Mon 30th Jan

The smooth-tongued grandfather of grime, Wiley’s been spitting bars since the late 90s. A founding member of Roll Deep, Wiley’s been credited with appealing to philosophical music theorists as much as to flat-peaked, head-nodding teenagers with polyphonic ringtones, and his 2011 album ‘100% Publishing’ received some of his highest praise. Despite having a discography long enough to contend with Sir Cliff’s, he remains as fresh, original and frequently cited as an inspiration as ever. (JMM)

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King Creosote and Jon Hopkins Withered Hand

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CLUB REVIEW

NOWHERE TO RUN WORDS BY Zac Colbert Photos by milo belgrove, nima elm and ross gumbrell

It’s been a tough 2011 and club nights come and go like boats at the marina.

However Nowhere To Run defies all laws and reason, being consistently busy every time we poke our heads in. Maybe it’s the nostalgia of 60s music, it’s what we and the predominantly student crowd have been raised on – healthy amounts of Canned Heat, Dusty Springfield and The Rolling Stones.

The charm of pop classics is followed by the velvety timbre of northern soul while Russ Meyers’ Supervixens is projected on

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NEXT EVENTS: Fri 9th Dec, Fri 23rd Dec, Fri 13th Jan, Fri 27th Jan WEB: facebook.com/nowheretorunhq RESIDENTS: Conrad NoFun, Bon QuiQui, Iced Gems

TOP TEN

Shangri-Las ‘Give Him A Great Big Kiss’ Otis Redding ‘(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction’ Dusty Springfield ‘Take Another Little Piece Of My Heart’ The Sonics ‘The Witch’ Gloria Jones ‘Tainted Love’ Rolling Stones ‘Paint It, Black’ Johnny Cash ‘Jackson’ Sam & Dave ‘Hold On I’m Coming’ The Animals ‘Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood’ Martha Reeves & The Vandellas ‘Nowhere To Run’

a massive screen hanging behind the DJs. The retro theme gives the students an excuse to dress up, as if they needed it. So we twist and shake among Twiggy and Lulu lookalikes while the guys split off into opposing factions of mods and rockers. It all makes for a groovy night of young love, bright flowers and Hollywood heartbreak that’s proving more popular with the kids than a drive-in movie theatre.

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IT’S GOIN’ OFF

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WORDS and photos by Jessica marshall mchattie

Everyone knows we’re spoilt for music in Brighton, and a night like It’s Goin’ Off would almost certainly cost you elsewhere. Luckily for us this party’s completely free, with cheap cocktails and impressive line-ups. Held at Riki Tik on the last Saturday of every month, by 2am the dancefloor is heaving. Riki Tik’s policy of not quite being a bar and not quite being a club can lead to a transient atmosphere, but when the music’s this good, no-one’s thinking of leaving. Whether you’re after reworked 90s garage, futuristic LA beats, or straight-up hip hop classics, the sets played are always highly danceable.

It’s Goin’ Off is a new name, but the boys behind it were also behind What About The Beats, which saw them bringing Dark Sky and Throwing Snow to Brighton for their first e v e r

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shows. As well as booking national talent so fresh it’s hot, they’re fervent fans of the homegrown and have had locals Greymatter, Lost Twin and Panama hitting the decks. It’s Goin’ Off is goin’ to impress.

TOP TEN

Deft ‘Asthma’ Flying Lotus ‘Tea Leaf Dancers’ (Murder He Wrote edit) Slum Village ‘Raise it Up’ Papla Plinky ‘Anal Claire’ Bullion ‘Get Familiar’ Tipper ‘Tiny Face’ Clams Casino ‘Illest Alive’ Danny Drive Thru ‘Virtua Rap’ Ye Mighty ‘Fuse’ Guy Andrews ‘Shades’

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CULTURE

WORDS BY NICK COQUET, BEN MILLER, STUART HUGGETT

FILM: CARNIVAL OF SOULS Duke of York’s Fri 2nd Dec

Similar in mood to contemporary episodes of The Twilight Zone, documentary specialist Herk Harvey’s only feature film is a brisk, black and white horror classic. A lonely young woman finds herself drawn to a deserted amusement park on the edge of town, which admittedly seems more attractive than either her church organist job or her lunk of a would-be suitor. The film’s subtle sound design will be matched by David Thomas and Two Pale Boys’ live underscore this evening. (SH)

COMEDY: The Treason Show

Pavilion Theatre Fri 2nd – Sat 3rd Dec and Weds 28th – Sat 31st Dec

Oft mentioned within these hallowed pages, and the cheeky chaps behind the long-running Treason Show are usually right on their farcical, melodramatic game in their annual send-offs.

They warm up with a late autumn gig on the first weekend of the month, then launch into reflections on a glorious year of cuts and crises by lampooning Cameron, Clegg and their army of curmudgeons. For satirists, if no one else, these have been a vintage 12 months. (BM)

ART: An Xmas Knees Up Ink_d Fri 2nd – Sat 24th Dec

The photo accompanying Ink_d’s end-of-year party depicts a Jesus waif clinging to a miniature blue cross – just one of the fine selection of subtle potential Christmas gifts for those subversive souls in your family on offer here. With price tags which shouldn’t leave you scratching around under the sofa on Boxing Day and a load of original works created by the roster

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of excellent artists they’ve welcomed through the doors this year, this is surely worth a snoop. (BM)

FILM: THE TRIP Duke of York’s Thurs 8th Dec

For this screening in aid of Brighton’s Amaze charity, Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon are reunited for a Q&A session alongside a screening of last year’s understated BBC comedy The Trip. Directed by Michael Winterbottom, the semiimprovised series saw fictionalised versions of Coogan and Brydon tour the northern English countryside, reviewing restaurants and subtly sending themselves up. Although likely to have sold out, there’s another chance to catch Winterbottom’s theatrical edit at the Dukes on 19th December. (SH)

ART: Brighton Craftaganza Fabrica Sat 10th Dec

Seek out the blog page for this refreshingly unpretentious craft fair and you’ll find a whole heap of beautiful creations from local makers. They range from whimsical felt toys to infinitesimal bits of exquisite jewellery, delicately weaved fabrics, cool canvas art and enough nifty needle and thread work to make even the most stringent stitch connoisseur beam. Between this and the aforementioned Ink_d offerings, we reckon we’ve got you sorted for some unique and lovingly made presents. Mince pies all round. (BM)

THEATRE: Talking Dog New Venture Theatre Sat 10th – 17th Dec

An original work which sounds too intriguing to turn down, as a man’s final 24 hours on earth are traced using “the magical possibilities of theatre”. We know little more beyond that – although it’s fair to say that such concepts usually lead to

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glorious mischief in the hands of New Venture’s improvisers – but masked and unmasked characters, bouts of puppetry and the unbreakable bond between man and hound are all visited along the way. (BM)

THEATRE: Charley’s Aunt

Little Theatre Mon 12th – Sat 17th Dec

Brandon Thomas’s late 19th century play could best be described as buffoonery on a scale you’d struggle to match, even if you dropped three tabs and spent an entire New Year’s Eve circumnavigating Church Street. Taking in unrequited lust, an idiotic uncle and the arrival of a mystery Brazilian aunt who ends up being impersonated by a Lord dressed in drag… it’s all there in a three-act charade which, apparently, broke records with an original London run of 1,466 shows. (BM)

TALK: Skeptics In The Pub Caroline of Brunswick Tues 13th Dec

Richard Robinson has a thing or 10 to teach the world.

Having established himself as an exponent of epochal revelations – attested to by his two books, ‘Why The Toast Always Lands Butter-side Down’ and ‘Why The One You Fancy Never Fancies You’ – the founder of the Brighton Science Festival is back to explain how to succeed in business. Blowing a raspberry at Peter Jones et al, he’s spent time studying ants to devise a foolproof, simple path to stock exchange greatness. (BM)

SCIENCE: THE BIGGER BANG VI Dome Weds 14th

Largely thanks to Professor Brian Cox injecting some mumfriendly sex appeal into proceedings, science is no longer the exclusive reserve of the nerd, the geek, the spod, the playground beating-magnet. In this show, featuring fellas from TV’s Bright Sparks and Ministry Of Mayhem, a giant chemistry set has its safety warnings flagrantly ignored, with exciting explosion and fire-based results. It’s a wonder anyone involved has eyebrows or functioning eardrums, but it’s all good family fun with an educational bonus. (NC)

DANCE: Hofesh Shechter – Political Mother Dome Tues 31st Jan

There are at least 10 dancers in the bone-rattling blinder that is Political Mother, but the snare drums, spiralling guitars and caterwauling vocalists in front of them mean this acclaimed piece has been more frequently compared to a rock gig than the dark dance theatre it is at heart. The groundbreaking, eye-shatteringly marvellous Hofesh Shechter Company are already touting this as the only trip to paradise by the sea they’ll be making in 2012, so catch them while they’re here. (BM)

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CRITIC

WORDS BY STEVE CLEMENTS, DANIELLE COLYER, NICK COQUET, JAMES KENDALL, JESSICA MARSHALL MCHATTIE

ANCHORSONG

ALBUM: ANCHORSONG • Chapters (Tru Thoughts)

To Brighton from Japan via London comes Anchorsong. A YouTube sensation with a string of impressive support slots so far, this album looks set to spring him fully into the public consciousness and the background of every TV drama needing a heart-wrenching, gazing-into-the-distance moment.

His glitchy, mesmeric tunes are reminiscent of Amon Tobin, sprung with organic sounds and unexpected melodies. There’s a characteristic intensity that’s unusual in electronic music, as this versatile talent plays innumerable instruments and creates his own samples, full of warmth and layered depth. (JMM)

EP: BIRKWIN JERSEY • Aurora & The Moon (Absent Fever)

The chillwave tones of Birkwin Jersey have been echoing around the Brighton party scene for the last couple of months, so the release of this debut EP ‘Aurora & The Moon’ coincides nicely with the season of early sunsets and long nights. The liquid mix of melancholic beats, breaks and a vocal collaboration with Ian Keteku creates an organic aural smoke that seeps into your ears and drugs your brain into losing track of time. Which is perfectly fine. (DC)

EP: THE BLACK FIELDS • The Black Fields (facebook.com/theblackfields)

You might know these bluesy rockers by their previous guise, The Black Hats. Whether as Hats or Fields, they’re indisputably dark – atmospheric, raunchy stories soar over folk guitars and strutting drums. They’ve been impressing the home crowd for a couple of years, and standout track ‘The Fantasist’ proves they’re capable of softer, mournful material as well as their rollicking live performances. Their EP launch is at the Hope on December 17th. (JMM)

EP: CAVE PAINTING • You’ll Be Running Soon (Hideout Recordings)

The ethereal Cave Painting are conspicuously quiet on the social media front, which can’t be said for many Brighton bands, but it seems they don’t need endless self-promotion to be building up an adoring fanbase. Their first EP reveals a

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sound that’s far from primitive: soft vocals echo over catchy riffs on sparse, synth-laden ‘So Calm,’ creating soundscapes their contemporaries can only strive towards, and the glowing warmth of ‘Our Click Say Yeah’ features haunting wails and contrasting tempos. This is vast, expansive, and thoroughly modern music. (JMM)

lp: AMY HARRISON • Album Sampler (secondhandstringband.com)

Having built up a loyal following playing around town for the past few years, with wider recognition coming from appearances at several large bluegrass festivals, Amy and her Secondhand String Band have finally found time to record the album that this sampler introduces. Featuring live favourites such as original live-fast-die-young wild man Charlie Poole’s ‘Leaving Home’ and the amazing vocal ping-pong of gospel stomper ‘Set Your Fields On Fire’, these are classic songs from a class act. Available from their website and gigs. (SC)

BOOK: BRIGHTON BOOK • Brighton Book (NM Productions)

From the good people who bring you the splendid Brighton calendar comes a book. A really big book, full of photographic delights from every strata of Brighton’s eclectic personality.

Yes, there are the compulsory shots of transvestites and piers, but across its 328 pages you’re treated to a much wider representation of what living here really looks like through a lens. From the mundane to the eccentric, the drab to the colourful – this has to be Brighton’s definitive visual guide. (NC)

ZINE: VAMPIRES IN BRIGHTON! •

What would you do if Brighton was attacked by vampires? This illustrated storybook lets you make the choices as you try to evade the hordes of bloodsuckers stalking the Level and Pavilion Gardens. It’s basically a bigger and better version of last year’s ‘Zombies In Brighton!’, which sold over 1,000 copies just through local shops. The sequel piles on the satire and the gore, making fun of both Brighton and vampire clichés.

A perfect gift for anyone who needs to be weaned off Twilight.

And they do need to be. (JK)

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SOURCE WRITERS’ CHART 2011 WORDS BY SOURCE WRITERS

SOURCE is the only magazine in town that exclusively reviews local music. It’s our thing, and it’s a Brighton thing – we’re not interested in the Worthing chillwave scene, or Hastings r’n’b. So when it comes to working out the best Brighton tunes of the year, who you gonna call? It’s been a vintage year that’s seen a lot of talent pass through our pages, and our writers reckon this is the best of a particularly good bunch.

1. BLACK BLACK HILLS

‘A Drowning’

Summing up their reinvention from the ashes of Pope Joan, the band returned with appropriate levels of requisite darkness together with a musical topography of renewed drama and exertion. Turning down the guitar in favour of percussion and synth duels has given the new material a cabalistic, preacher man feel, a vibe more than borne out in the impressive videos for this and the ‘A Celebration’ single. ‘A Drowning’ was Radio 1-playlisted – 2012 is theirs for the taking. Read our interview on page 36.

2. RIZZLE KICKS

‘Down With The Trumpets’

It was so obvious when we first heard it – “that’s a top 10 record right there.” Brighton’s biggest breakout success of 2011, and no one’s ashamed to admit love for the charming duo. Find us a person who isn’t dancing to this on New Year’s Eve while simultaneously miming playing the trumpet and we’ll go and hunt out a new saviour of D.A.I.S.Y. Age hip hop.

3. FEAR OF MEN

‘Ritual Confession’

Sounding like a Sarah Records vocalist backed by a 4AD band, this 7” release suggests that someone bottled 1991 and Fear Of Men found that bottle washed up on Brighton beach.

A bolt of chiming guitar heaven, this was their official debut for the increasingly notable Italian Beach Babes imprint, channelling the English whimsy of The Sundays and The Popguns straight onto national radio.

4. BLAH BLAH BLAH

‘Left’

It’s incredible to think that this is their first single, but Blah Blah Blah proved they’re every bit as talented behind the mixing desk as they are behind the mixer and decks. Sophisticated,

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tidy and patient, but most importantly very, very rewarding – this piece of progressive tech house is as emotional and affecting as any ballad released from Brighton this year.

5. SOPHIE MADELEINE

‘Stars’

Pretty, optimistically melancholic opener from Sophie’s joyful second album, we fell in love all summer with her sunny disposition. It’s simple, ukulele-based, stripped-back folk pop, but in no way does it dine out on its instrumentation. No, this is pure, direct songwriting topped with Miss Madeleine’s soft voice. Delightful.

6. BRITISH SEA POWER

‘Who’s In Control?’

The thundering opener to January’s ‘Valhalla Dancehall’ found British Sea Power predicting the ensuing year’s social unrest accurately, if not entirely seriously.

7. GROSS MAGIC

‘Sweetest Touch’

Channels the finest parts of grunge, where so many other pretenders fail, by bringing energy and hooks by the bucketload. It’s got teen anthem written all over it. Kurt would be proud.

8. AK/DK

‘Lost: Eric’

Finally entering the studio, AK/DK bolted their clattering double-drum attack to uplifting Kraftwerk motorik for this exuberant debut, released contrarily in a pleasingly chunky cassette pack.

9. PEGGY SUE

‘Cut My Teeth’

Brooding career-best single from the anti-soul duo as they turn up the eclectic guitar for a grumbling PJ Harvey-esque sultry grind.

10. MAXXI SOUNDSYSTEM

‘Criticize’

Knocked out in an afternoon because he and his Schtumm partner Neal Lewis wanted to play it out that night, this disco house bootleg mix became Sam Watts’ calling card (see our cover feature, page 16).

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11. MISERABLE RICH

‘On A Certain Night’

Only Brighton’s leading chamber pop band would consider making an album of ghost stories – but they pulled it off, with a new joie de vivre alongside some of their best arrangements yet. This single covered so much musical ground.

12. CAVE PAINTING

‘Leaf’

This band have bottled the word ‘effortless’ and poured the contents over this track. Ones to watch, this ‘Spanish Sahara’esque bleak, organic, ambient indie tune sends things skywards.

13. ARCHITECTS

‘Devil’s Island’

An emotionally powered metalcore soundtrack to the hideous violence and disregard of the UK riots, reflected in the impassioned screams and heavy guitars.

14. THROWING SNOW

‘Un Vingt (Murder He Wrote Remix)’

This slow-building head-nodder has quietly revised the original and created something timeless and utterly peaceful – slow synths melt over understated basslines that can soothe your worries away.

15. MAN RAY SKY ‘Vessels’

Breaking from the ranks of ‘bands we’ve vaguely heard of’ with this single, Man Ray Sky reignited our love for lo-fi beats, scratchy guitars and wistful songwriting.

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16. THE AGITATOR ‘Say No’

Released towards the start of one of the most protest-packed years in recent memory, this call to arms on megaphone and tribal drums, with a video largely set in the City of London, was in many ways a portent of the year to come.

17. BIRKWIN JERSEY ‘Sixes and Nines’

Folky guitars, the subtlest of vocals and mellow electronica are the audio equivalent of having tea and a spliff while watching snow fall.

18. SWEET SWEET LIES ‘Capital of Iceland’

In a year when many Brighton bands finally got round to physically and/or officially releasing their signature track, this alt.country anthem to a perfect girlfriend who “loves Johnny Cash and Johnny Marr” kicked off ‘The Hare EP’.

19. COLD PUMAS

‘Fourth Date’

A runaway toy train of a song, the rapid BPM and ringing waves of sheer metallic treble shone as brightly as its gorgeous blue vinyl.

20. AMBASSADEURS

‘M.O.P.E’

Superstar of Soundcloud, Ambassadeurs has gone from an internet unknown to an international one-to-watch this year and ‘M.O.P.E’s the catalyst: twinkly electronica gives way to a sophisticated beat that’ll stay with you for days.

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BLACK BLACK HILLS A SOURCE CELEBRATION WORDS BY NICK COQUET

A mere six months into their reinvention from Pope Joan, Black Black Hills pressed all the right buttons with our writers, steaming to the top of our 2011 Writers’ Chart (see page 32). We spoke to singer Samuel Aaron about their brief-but-bright history to date, and plans for 2012.

Firstly, congratulations on winning SOURCE’s track of the year.

Thanks very much, and thanks to the writers for voting for us.

How did the name change come about?

The idea to change the band was probably about six months before it actually happened – in some ways it was quite an organic process, it just took a bit longer than it should have done. We got to a point where we thought, these new songs sound so different to what we’ve done prior to this, it’s pretty much a new project. It’s just a new band really, which happens to be the same people. We’re playing different things – I don’t play guitar live anymore so it’s much more synth-based and sonic textures with lots of percussion.

You’ve put two singles out now by yourselves – are you purposely avoiding the record label model?

I think we’ve got to the point where we decided it’s not healthy to just put out single after single, so we’ve drawn a line under that for now to concentrate on getting an album done. We’ve written four more songs in the last week, so once we’ve got about 10 songs all sounding great we might start shopping around.

The videos got massive viewing figures online – they can’t have been cheap to make?

We were lucky really, we were going to do some

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work with a friend of a friend and it never materialised. They got back in touch wanting to do something and it just coincided with ‘A Celebration’. I got involved in storyboarding it with them, I was keen on having a narrative running alongside the song. We were going to be in it ourselves but I thought our presence would kind of ruin it as a piece in its own right. The production company, Blac Ionica, had just done some TV adverts, so they could afford to spend some money on us, which was lucky.

What happened after Radio 1 playlisted ‘A Drowning’?

In some ways it’s opened some doors for us, I know they’re quite keen to know what we’re doing next. It was thanks to Phil Jackson (BBC Sussex) who put us forward for that with BBC Introducing. It was good exposure but I’m not sure we’re really a Radio 1–sounding band – it’s not a perfect home for us but I’m happy wherever it gets played.

What are your highlights of 2011 and plans for the new year?

Probably establishing exactly what we want to do for the first time, I think Pope Joan was about trial and error. We played in France which was really good and we’ve been invited back there to do some more shows next year. We’ve been playing Brighton and London gigs but I think we really need to shut down for a bit to finish this body of work; I don’t feel like we can really do anything further until we reach that point really.

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What can we expect from your SOURCE New Music gig?

Some new songs, probably half the set is new. I mean, apart from one song everything is from the last six months. After seeing Abi Wade the other day I’m really exciting about what she’s doing so I’m looking forward to seeing her too.

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Entries will be uploaded to c re a t e i n b r i g h t o n . c o . u k , whereupon Brighton-based judges Lawrence Zeegan (who is the Dean of Design at London College of Communication), fashion designer / illustrator / photographer Sarah Arnett and SOURCE Street Style photographer Kevin Meredith will select a semifinal 30, which will be displayed across various Drink In Brighton venues.

Punters then ‘Like’ their favourite piece on the Create In Brighton Facebook page, which whittles the entries down to a final 10. The grand final will be held in a central venue, with a video of the full shortlist’s work plus talks from the judges, who will then announce the winner.

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SEAMONSTERS

Band Ahoy!

WORDS BY NICK COQUET, JAMES KENDALL, JESSICA MARSHALL MCHATTIE If we had more time we’d put on a festival. We’d probably have it right in the middle of town – somewhere small like the Prince Albert – and have it run for a decent amount of time, say five days. Obviously we’d only have local bands play, including some SOURCE cover stars, some of our personal favourites and some new names. We’d make it cheap to get in – so the bands got a little bit of money – meaning everyone could come to as many of the gigs as possible. What a shame we haven’t got time. But thankfully über-promoters One Inch Badge have, and they’ve pretty much put together our perfect festival for us. So many of our favourite bands, no one can say there’s nothing going on in January now. Here’s our picks of the many great bands playing.

TWIN BROTHER •

Brighton’s own Twin Brother’s been favourably compared with our favourite black knight, Nick Cave, but the melancholy, echoing vocals deserve to be recognised for their unique qualities too. A band of multi-talented multi-instrumentalists, Twin Brother create raunchy, late night rock’n’roll songs with infectious dark basslines and pained guitars. The band’s profile has been growing over the past year, and 2012 looks set to grant them the attention they deserve. (JMM)

SONS OF NOEL & ADRIAN •

There’s no doubt that Willkommen Collective members Sons Of Noel & Adrian make great records, but seeing the 12-piece post-folk band live is a much more powerful experience.

Taking influences from both Will Oldham and post-rock bands like Tortoise and Slint, they’re pretty comfortable on stage having supported Mumford & Sons more times than they’ve had hot dinners. Frequently described as folk metal, it’s a little more complex than that but certainly heavy. (JK)

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FEAR OF MEN •

It’s been Fear Of Men’s best year yet – not least because 12 months ago they didn’t even exist. But with releases on Sex Is Disgusting and Italian Beach Babes, and a SOURCE cover to their name (as well as a lot of blog love), they’ve come out of the gate with such vigour we’re expecting a hit album by the end of 2012. Live they’re noisier than their jangly 7” debut ‘Ritual Confession’, with that proto-shoegaze rock amped right up. (JK)

RESTLESSLIST •

A few years ago Restlesslist were barely out of SOURCE, their circus-tinged instrumental album ‘The Rise And Fall Of The Curtain Club’ becoming one of our favourite albums of 2008.

And now after four years they’re back, having finally completed their new LP. We’ve yet to hear it – apparently it’s epic – but reports from their recent comeback gigs have been extremely positive. If you wish Holy Fuck were a bit more odd and a lot more British then you’ll enjoy the ‘List. (JK)

MUNICH •

We’ve just been sent a load of new songs by Munich and all we can say is, wow, they’re really going for it. We always suspected it but they could be the band to really break through, Kooks-style. ‘Blue’ – with its pianos and electronics – is the most interesting and shows a band who are looking to get past the straight-up epic sound that they’ve already nailed.

Expect plenty of widescreen emotion too though – how could they turn their back on that? (JK)

ROBERT STILLMAN •

Robert Stillman is pretty unique. “My work lives at the intersections of song, sonic arts, and history,” explains the

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gifted composer and multi-instrumentalist. “Many of my projects reflect an awareness of process, location, and medium, and they draw upon popular and folk forms – most recently American pre-jazz and rural music.” You’re sure to have both your mind and your heart blown by his beautiful, musical soundscapes. (JK)

HELIOPAUSE •

A relocation to Brighton from their native Belfast seems to have upped the ante for Heliopause, making them one of the definite must-sees of this fest. Plying a pop trade tinged with folk lays the songs bare without hiding behind bombast, but luckily it’s a craft they’ve totally nailed. Their uncomplicated and accomplished songs make it all sound very easy – the mark of true talent. (NC)

TALL SHIPS •

Originally from Cornwall, we’re so pleased to have Tall Ships sail into Brighton with their taut mathematical but melodic grooves. With elements of Foals and Battles, the young band have that explosiveness but with more of the musical edge of Friendly Fires. Talking about their excellent ‘Plate Tectonics’ single earlier this year, the Guardian announced, “They will make the earth move.” They’ve got their debut album ready to drop next year so expect to hear a lot more about them in 2012. (JK)

PLAGUE SERMON •

You know when a band is self-described as “apocalyptic posthardcore meets soundscape-rooted metal with screamo leanings” you’re onto a winner. Every bit as heavy as their name suggests, then in places melancholically beautiful, their Magic Bullet/Midmarch split 12” (with Balboa) was a quarterhour of pure intensity they have no problems reproducing live and loud. (JK)

US BABY BEAR BONES •

Last year Us Baby Bare Bones played Seamonsters having hardly formed. We think it might have been their third ever gig.

But as always OIB’s golden ears had picked out another winner. Described by us last year as “like a scratchy voicemail message from Karen O”, the odd instrumentation and quirkiness is increasingly backed with better and better songs.

Always packed with loads of ideas, what really shines through is the innocence. (JK)

NEGATIVE PEGASUS •

Neg Peg sound like the Velvet Underground have gatecrashed one of Ken Kesey’s acid tests – and live they’re every bit as intense as that experience would be. Tripped-out but still savage, the band – formed by My Device’s Todd Jordan after that band broke up – describe themselves accurately as hard psyche. At the musically scruffy end of My Bloody Valentine, they sound like grunge happened in late 70s Manchester rather than Seattle. Yeah, that good. (JK)

SEA BASTARD •

When someone takes the time to come up with a name so epically brilliant as Sea Bastard you owe it to them to at least see their band play. Despite having just three tracks, their ‘Great Barrier Riff’ album clocks in at an impressive 40 minutes, and as the name suggests this is head-down, guitarpummelling, sludgy distortion and doom vocals. It’s raw as fuck – something we rather like about it. (JK)

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NULLIFIER •

A two-piece in the studio but eight members onstage, Nullifier share their rider with members of Lonely Ghosts, Help She Can’t Swim, My Device and Pope Joan. As you’d expect they’re a huge amount of fun live – a psychedelic surf pop party that’s as full of life as the stage is of musicians. There are as many big choruses as there are feedback squeals which means that everyone in the world ought to think they’re absolutely great. (JK)

SPACE GALACTIC •

We’re not sure why Space Galactic isn’t more popular, but it’s probably because not many people have heard him yet.

Haunting rhythmic synths echo over sweet, light vocals for an unpretentious, clean sound, achingly pure and honestly moving. Indie-inspired and just on the right side of twee, Space Galactic’s destined to go stratospheric. (JMM)

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WHERE: Prince Albert WHEN: Mon 23rd-Sat 28th Jan COMPILATION: Out Mon 30th Jan

OIB SEA MONSTERS AFTER PARTY •

Green Door Store Thurs 26th Jan The gang behind not just Seamonsters, but also some of the best shows in Brighton, are taking to the cobbled floors in celebration of getting through five days of gigs in one piece. As this DJ set will attest, this lot know how to pick ‘em: prepare to call the cobbler to re-heel your dancing shoes after a latenight run-down of exactly why One Inch Badge is one of the fastest growing promoters around. They’re joined by Brighton hip hop star Suave Debonair and the FatCat and 13 Artists DJ teams.

Elsewhere in the week The Green Door Store are hosting after parties for each of the gigs. On Tuesday 24th it’s soul-to-no-wave night Hard Times, while Wednesday sees The Jazz Store opens its jazzy arms. Following One Inch Badge’s official round-up on Thursday, Vice have their Issue Launch Party with a load of their own bands. All of which is free, of course. You won’t have to go home all week.

(JMM/JK)

WHAT ABOUT BRIGHTON LIVE?

Looking at the line-up you might be thinking that this is the new Brighton Live, but a phone-call just as we went to press from BLHQ let us know that it’s still happening. Details are sketchy but we know that this year it will be just one night at the end of January, with 10 venues taking part. That’s in the wake of Seamonsters and Vive La France, so Brighton is really packing the mini-festivals in. As ever it will be free so you can take a punt on some names you haven’t heard of.

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VIVE LA FRANCE!

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WORDS BY STEVE CLEMENTS, NICK COQUET

Back for its fourth annual outing, Vive La France hits town again from January 26th-28th. With a mix of Frenchlinked locals and authentic Gallic vocals it’s a music and culture celebration, fuelled by tip-top cuisine from Mange Tout and Plateau and a general love of the French touch.

It’s all come a long way since the mannered nuances of Gainsbourg and Piaf; hip UK ears have been tuned south since the importation of Air and Daft Punk, and the scene continues to make serious cross-Channel waves. Here’s a rundown of who’s gonna be where.

could be the surprise of the night, given the unavoidably dancey songs on their ‘You Can’t Blame The Youth’ EP. Finally, Turzi, signed to Air’s label, define their sound as ‘rock disciplinaire’, which should make a proggy contrast to close the night. (SC)

POLARSETS

Green Door Store Fri 27th Jan Hope Thurs 26th Jan

The opening night at The Hope is curated by Les Inrockuptibles, France’s legendary taste-making cultural bible for the last quarter-century. They’ll be kicking things off with Parisian indie pop trio Air Bag One, followed by Drive soundtrack contributor College and, from the Kitsune stable, Polarsets, all supported by DJ sets from Les Inrocks co-founder JD. (SC)

FRÀNcOIS & THE ATLAS MOUNTAINS Green Door Store Thurs 26th Jan

Vive La France’s newest venue will offer a more chilled line-up, beginning with Brighton’s own Les Zuts, a Franco/Brighton band making their third VLF appearance.

Mesparrow has been likened to a female Jacques Brel – a comparison borne out by her YouTube clips. Headliners Frànçois & The Atlas Mountains are also event regulars and perfectly encapsulate the flavour of the festival.

L’Amour Electronique have been playing dreamy, bubblegum pop at The West Hill for ages and are the perfect choice to tie the evening together. (SC)

TURZI

Hope Fri 27th Jan

Day two has local four-piece Halfway, who draw on disparate influences to produce a musical hybrid. They are followed by 80s revivalists Concrete Knives. This fivepiece from Normandy sound like I’m From Barcelona and

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PHOEBE KILLDEER & THE SHORT STRAWS What better way to start the final night than with a DJ set from Transformer? Toulouse agit-indie funksters Sing Sing My Darling make a perfect fit, with delicious dancers like ‘Disco Love’ before Justine Taton rocks out with her ballsy, Joplin-esque power pop sound. The night ends with Nouvelle Vague alumnus Phoebe Killdeer, who will be showcasing her new project, The Short Straws.

This new beefed-up Jack White-abilly set-up promises to send everyone home sweaty and happy. (SC)

FILM: AMELIE

Duke of York’s Sat 28th Jan

Last year’s late night showing of Delicatessen followed a suitably Gallic musical performance, so tonight director Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s later modern classic, Amelie, will see Audrey Tautou running around Montmartre bringing joy to all after a set from Nouvelle Vague’s Melanie Pain. Expect delicate originals from her solo album ‘My Name,’ mixed with punk and 80s classics delivered in a chi-chi cocktail style. Get yourself a bottle of rosé and settle down for this dreamy double-bill. (SC)

SEMINARS & AFTER PARTIES

The Green Door Store will also be holding a series of talks and discussions with key players from the French music industry, throughout the afternoon of Saturday 28th. Journalists from The Line Of Best Fit, Les Inrocks and MOJO will be discussing the French music scene of the last 20 years and another informed panel will speak on the best way for British artists to tour in France. Plus, after each day’s events, Plateau will be partying into the night with many festival participants spinning les disques. (SC)

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BRIGHTON TATTOO CONVENTION Brighton Racecourse Sat 28th – Sun 29th Jan

WORDS BY NICK COQUET photo by tom chambers

We have a book in the SOURCE office called The Rock Star Tattoo Encyclopedia. Nothing particularly novel about that, you might think – all rock stars have tattoos. It’s mandatory; we even saw that Dougie out of McFly rocking a colourful sleeve on I’m A Celebrity. But this particular book is from the olden days of the early 80s, when the idea of an inked artiste was not quite so ubiquitous as to make very many of those included even vaguely household names.

Bodhisattvas sells the work drastically short; this is a lifelong obsession with ritualistic imagery and symbolism, interwoven ohms and magic sqaures designed with a sophisticated symmetry that veers from the intricately detailed to starkly simple. One of Spain’s true greats on a rare UK visit.

But aside from wondering who most of these hairy goons were, we were first struck by how tiny the majority of their tattoos were, and secondly how shitty they all looked, in both application and design. The idea of original custom pieces back then certainly looks unlikely – like, if it ain’t up there on the wall, it sure ain’t going on your arm…

Back again after wowing all and sundry here last year, Jose Lopez returns with a folio full of what surely amounts to definitive black and grey portraiture. Inspired by the Californian prison tattoos where single, fine lines and finely dotted shading were necessitated through only having a single needle, he’s brought the style of the street (and the exercise yard) to the studio at his famed LA shop, Lowrider.

It’s not just a relaxation of public attitude towards those who go under the needle that’s seen such a spread of the craft; tattooing has got bigger and better both in terms of the individual pieces and the scene that surrounds them. A tattoo is certainly a bolder statement in the 21st century – as grinning ink pushers are wont to tease, “go big or go home.”

Now in its fifth year and set to be the biggest yet, Brighton Tattoo Convention once again brings together over 175 artists from all over the world to the city’s sporting summit at the racecourse. As well as artists working onsite, there’s the usual array of merch and tatt-friendly accoutrements, competitions across various categories of design and live music at the Concorde 2 after party. But for many it’s a one-off opportunity to get some amazing work done by international artists without digging out a passport. Here’s a few you might want to stalk and butter up in advance – these guys are gonna be busy.

JONDIX

Every style has its renowned practitioners, and if anything vaguely Eastern, religious or esoteric is your bag, then Jondix is your go-to artist. To sum him up as Buddhas and

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HORIKEN / HORIMASA / HORISHIN

With Japanese-style tattooing amongst the most popular styles to get under your skin, it makes sense to trust the needlework to Nippon. Apart from anything else, you stand a way better chance of that symbol actually meaning ‘beauty’ rather than ‘bell-end’. This trio are Gomineko legends whose work breathes their cultural heritage like a high street copyist will never manage.

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With black and grey designs so popular, it’s worth noting an artist who’s never afraid to splash some simply stunning colour through his pieces as well. PriZeMaN operates out of Eternal Art in Chelmsford and while his photo-realism rivals anyone else here, it’s in his horror work and, paradoxically, his exquisite floral depictions that he truly stands out.

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STREET STYLE 2011 special WORDS BY NICK COQUET PHOTOS BY KEVIN MEREDITH AT LOMOKEV.COM/STYLE

When we’re wandering about town with a looming lens looking for likely entries for our Street Style pages, we don’t really concern ourselves with prescribed notions of this season’s hot looks. Brighton’s too individual a place for that, which explains the propensity of independent and vintage boutiques that cram the North Laine and beyond. People here really know how to dress – not necessarily head-to-toe in 1930s couture but with a real mix-andmatch sensibility that merges high street quick with quirky tricks. Nothing is the new anything in a city that rocks Gokavoidance and goes its own way.

You can always generalise for the sake of précis, but that belittles our style down to its lowest common denominator. Yes we know everyone’s wearing DMs and Converse, yes we know about skinny jeans – we could just shut our eyes and point the camera to snap someone in those. But Brighton folk will always top and tail it with something individual. It might not always work – SOURCE discussions about this page get heated every month over ‘just right’ or ‘just wrong’, but we’d always rather you ran the risk than played it safe.

We’ve snapped Bethan here a couple of times around town recently – always striking, always stylish. Here’s the lowdown on the look, followed by a selection of styles that caught our eye around town in 2011: Bethan Cream Mac from Burberry Red and white striped shirt from Kate & Aud Black pencil skirt from Balyis & Knight Red vintage kittem heels and cream vintage bag from Marina boot sale

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THE MEAL It’s not a huge menu but there are enough classics on here for most people. We go for a steak (£14.50) and even before it hits the table we can see how beautifully presented it is. The ribeye is smoky and soft and it’s almost a shame to mask it with

the tangy Béarnaise sauce. The salad is just-out-the-field fresh and the chips are astounding. Crispy on the outside, soft and fluffy all the way through to the centre, this is real Heston Blumenthal shit. The lamb gets similar approval – cooked just as we ask, even though that’s the chef-unfriendly ‘well done’. Even when we turn up our noses at the beetroot dauphinoise potatoes they’re happy to swap for the mash on another dish.

There’s plenty of that and some lovely crisp vegetables, which could only be better if there was more. Puddings are £6.50 but if you’re keen to treat yourself the chocolate fondant is small but rich, and so gooey inside while the sticky toffee pudding comes with clotted cream ice cream that’s very clotted creamy – high praise from our Devonian reviewer.

THE VERDICT It’s not particularly cheap but that’s for a reason. There’s so much love gone into this food that it’s a proper restaurant experience. And the atmosphere is wonderful – as long as you’re on the ice skating side, rather than the floodlight side like we were.

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IN CONVERSATION WITH

CREATE MOVING OUT OF THE GARAGE

WORDS BY JAMES KENDALL PHOTO BY JAMES KENDALL AND KENNY MC CRACKEN

We’ve shot nearly all our covers for the last four years at Garage Studios. So as former SOURCE photographer and Garage boss Kevin Mason opens Create – his huge, threestudio photography complex – we thought we’d ask him about the art of the cover shoot. Of course we had to ask his creative partner and current cover shooter Kenny Mc Cracken for his take too.

Between you you’ve done more SOURCE covers than anyone else. What makes a good cover?

Kevin: A good cover should want to make you pick the magazine up. It should tell you something, I think, about the magazine or the photographer’s perspective on the person.

That’s what I always tried to do anyway.

Kenny: SOURCE has got a monthly theme now so I try to tie that in with the imagery, even if it’s just a tenuous link. I agree with Kev, it should make people want to pick it up. It should be interesting and should be a beautiful image in itself.

Kevin: I think that it should exist separately to the person’s own PR image. Memorable covers to me are ones that you really wouldn’t expect. You should strive for some separation from their image.

Kenny, what’s been your favourite of Kevin’s SOURCE covers?

Kenny: The Gloria Cycles one I was on! I’d be a twat if I said anything else. I really did like it though. The concept of it was really clever – the fake perspective, the white room.

Kevin: I didn’t have anywhere to shoot at the time and I was really, really nervous about doing it, because it was Kenny. All I could come up with was blank ideas and actually that seemed to help me – that I would just white everything out. It wasn’t a massive concept because I didn’t want to do anything about lighting. There were a lot of photographers in that band. I thought they would rip the piss.

How long did you spend painting the room completely white?

Kevin: Me, Matt [Halls] and Sally [Reynolds] painted solidly for five hours but the problem was we hadn’t told anyone. The landlord turned up halfway through and we locked

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ourselves in the room. He didn’t know until we left and the shoot was done. The person whose bedroom it was was away and when they came back all hell broke loose. But we were finished, so it was fine.

What’s been your favourite of Kenny’s SOURCE shoots?

Kevin: It has to be the last one with Blah Blah Blah. To me, that formation thing, it’s the pinnacle of it, I think. I don’t know where it’s going to go next but that was a really nice concept.

Although I really like the florist one with Sophie Madeleine because it looks really elaborate and I know the timescale it occurred in.

Kenny: From arriving, getting the shot to packing down and leaving took 26 minutes. It was one of those ones where I had a really good assistant, Zoe, who knew exactly what I was after and it just happened really easily.

How would you describe Create?

Kevin: It’s a number of things. First and foremost it’s a really high-end studio with the best facilities that we could put into one space in the centre of Brighton. It’s studio hire, equipment hire and training, but it’s also trying to get work and attention for a lot of the photographers that I’ve hung around with for a few years and like what they’re doing. So we’ve launched an agency to cater for as many different budgets as we can. But we’re both aware that we’ve got this amazing space and we know we’ve got to make amazing work.

Create is a huge step up from what Garage Studios was.

Did you know it was going to be such a change?

Kevin: I think, yes, to a certain extent. It kinda happened in two or three stages. There was the time when everyone was leaving and studio manager Beth and I had a sit down and said, ‘Should we just kill this off?’ We had no idea at that point where it would go. In terms of the finish and everything, it was never WHERE: New England House going to be less than this.

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NEW YEAR’S EVE listings WORDS BY ZAC COLBERT, JESSICA MARSHALL MCHATTIE

It’s the biggest party night of the year – never mind linking arms with a load of bore-offs and Auld Lang Syne-ing into 2012 in someone’s front room, get yourself out there, give it plenty and have it large. This is Brighton and you’re gonna be spoiled for choice every night in 2012, so start as you mean to go on and see it in with a proper bang.

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ANCIENT MARINER New Year’s Eve Enchanted Forest Party A magical land with more fairies and trolls than a Stephen Gately forum Details tbc AUDIO 1920s Secret Speakeasy Extravaganza: Enzo Siffreddi 10pm £20/18 BEE’S MOUTH New Year’s Eve: The Grits Proper knees up with a live funk band 9pm £5 BELUSHI’S BAR NYE: DJ Jake House and pop classics 9pm £12/10 BELUSHI’S BELOW Deviant Vs Abandoned NYE Special Metal and rock night 10pm £10 BLACK LION New Year’s Eve 0-60! Resident DJs play 60 years’ worth of hits 8.30pm £5/4 BLIND TIGER NYE The best of the year’s DJs playing disco, funk, soul and reggae 8pm £5/free BRIGHTON BALLROOM End Of The World Party Go out in style with burlesque cabaret and live music 8pm £tbc BRUNSWICK The Garden House Party: Horse Meat Disco, Discomendments, Bobby Beige, Ole Smokey’s Boudoir Recreating the vibe of a derailed house party 7pm £15 CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK New Year’s Eve Party Look forward to a bright new year with DJ Lamp 9pm £free CHEQUERS 1980s Theme New Year’s Eve Party Celebrate the decade when history stopped 8pm £free COALITION Pump Up The Jam NYE It’s a 90s hip hop dance party! 9.30pm £15/12; Blow After Party: Vincent Manganaro, Carlos Riz, Aaron Palaez It never stops 4am £7/5/4

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BLIND TIGER NYE

Blind Tiger

The venue that was Hector’s House is now owned by the guys behind Playgroup who 1) know Brighton’s music scene almost as well as us, and 2) know how to throw a party. So when they say, “the best of the year’s DJs” they mean it, and they’ll be playing the finest disco, funk, soul and reggae, perfect for an eclectic New Year’s Eve. (ZC)

THE GARDEN HOUSE PARTY

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At The Brunswick they’re recreating the vibe of a derailed house party with Discomendments, Bobby Beige and London’s infamous Horse Meat Disco crew, who we saw at Disco Deviant last month and can verify that their tastes in new wave disco are impeccable. It may be cold but some throbbing Horse Meat should certainly help warm your cockles. (ZC)

PUMP UP THE JAM / BLOW AFTER PARTY Coalition

Pump Up The Jam host their 90s hip hop dance party from 9.30pm which precedes the Blow After Party. The former was huge fun on Halloween – with a really up for it crowd – so we think you’ll have a whale of a time. For the later sets, Vincent Manganaro, Carlos Riz and Aaron Palaez take over the decks from the early hours with their party house leanings, helping to further delay your hangover. (ZC)

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COBBLER’S THUMB New Year’s Eve Party DJ and mayhem 8pm £free CONCORDE2 Supercharged New Year Eve Special: Friction, Hatcha, Dynamite MC, Benny Page Drum&bass and breaks 9.30pm £15 COOPER’S CASK Sweetback’s NYE Party: Matt The Hat, Mac McRaw, Vinyl Veteran Hard funk, raw soul and hip hop 9pm £free CORNERSTONE Down The Rabbit Hole New Year’s Eve Party Throw Some Shapes DJs Time tbc £free CUBE NYE 2012: Cheets, Jonny Hutson, Tommy T, Jayess House DJs Time tbc £free DIGITAL Stone Love New Year Party Rock&roll club 10pm £10; The Digital NYE & Blah Blah Blah After Party: Joy Orbison, Tom Frisco, George Nunn, Shimstar, Blah Blah Blah DJs Here lies the road to oblivion 3am £15 DOCTOR BRIGHTON’S The Great New Year’s Eve Party DJ Tony B works the room 9.30pm £free DOME Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra: New Year’s Eve Viennese Gala Annual classical music bash led by John Bradbury 2.45pm £9-32 DORSET New Year’s Knees Up DJs Dave Mumbles and Johnny Stylus 9pm £tbc DRUID’S ARMS New Year’s Eve Party Give in to the guilty pleasures of DJ Greenman’s Delights, plus live bands Time tbc £free DUKE OF NORFOLK Norfolk New Year’s Eve Party: MC Cashback 9pm £free DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA Berlin Philharmonic New Year’s Eve Gala 5.30pm FIDDLER’S ELBOW New Year’s Eve Party: Beans On Toast, Shelley Mack Bits of funk and blues swimming in a reggae sauce Time tbc £free FISHBOWL NYE Party Special guest DJs 9pm £free FOGG’S Bad Taste Party DJs, karaoke and more Details tbc FORTUNE OF WAR Deckchairs New Year’s Eve Party: Beta Hector, Wrongtom, Part Time Heroes, DJ Derek, Molly Malone, Fip Radio DJs Late night beach party 9pm £5 FUNKYFISH The Funkyfish Club Soul, funk, jazz and Motown 10pm £6/3.50

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SUPERCHARGED

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He’s a globetrotting superstar DJ with awards, accolades and critically acclaimed label Shogun Audio, but he’s also a local lad who loves Brighton. He is, of course, Friction. He tops Supercharged’s NYE bill with garage don Hatcha close behind and the Digital Sound boy Benny Page.

Dynamite MC takes over the mic while the breaks, drums and bass roll underneath. (ZC)

STONE LOVE / BLAH BLAH BLAH AFTER PARTY Digital

To kick off proceedings we have the Stone Love DJs spinning all indie no landfill before the Blah Blah Blah boys take over for the after party. Joy Orbison tops the bill with his house, disco and dubstep coalescence which will ensure your New Year drops with style. Tom Frisco and Poundance’s George Nunners help lay the road to oblivion. (ZC)

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Fogg’s

It’s up near Seven Dials, so if you’re looking to avoid the typical trashy madness of the town centre, Fogg’s bar is a good bet. The Bad Taste Party DJs play shameless pop classics from Abba to Wham via Madonna.

There’s also karaoke so when you’re drunk enough, which knowing you will be pretty quick, you can fumble with the microphone and ruin all your favourite tunes. (ZC)

THE BIG ITCH VS STAY SICK Green Door Store

Can’t be bothered with NYE? It’s just another night and all the clubs are too expensive, right? Not the Green Door Store, it’s free, even on New Year’s Eve, and they’re holding a big bad Brighton soundclash. Stay Sick’s rockabilly and punk competes against The Big Itch’s primeval party riffs with 60s R&B, rock‘n’roll and garage. It’ll be a night of good records, bad dancing and lots of falling down. (ZC)

IT IS STILL 1985

Haunt

“If you’re gonna get stuck in a Groundhog Day-style eternal time loop would you really choose the era of the air-punching power ballad?” asks our sarcastic listings curmudgeon, Ben. Well, yes, yes we would. The 80s were awesome so let’s not celebrate a new year gracefully, but instead pretend that time doesn’t exist, only perms, sports jackets and coke. (ZC)

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THE HONEY NEW YEAR’S EVE PARTY Honey

This year The Honey’s separate club nights come together for a line-up that makes The Avengers look puny. Damien Stone, Vince Frimpong, Dave Lee, Helene, Vaughney DJs, Mick Fuller, Tom Maverick, Squiz and Ben G join forces for the biggest end of year showdown ever. (ZC)

STICK IT ON

King & Queen

The tail end of this year has been full of calls for financial justice, social democracy and economic equilibrium, and the Occupy Brighton protests opposite the King & Queen have obviously rubbed off on the pub. Their NYE will be celebrated with the democratic DJing of Stick It On, so you’ll be able to listen to exactly what you want when the ball’s dropping. (ZC)

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Bashment might not be the immediate genre you associate with winter – in fact it’s the opposite, but at Life this NYE you can pretend like it’s summer as Sticky and Stylo G handle vocal duties while Rinse FM’s The Heatwave plays the best in dancehall, bashment and soca. So get your tickets and your carnival costumes then dance like you’re at Notting Hill. (ZC)

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PBR Streetgang are made up of Bonar Bradberry and Tom Thorpe who just love to boogie so who better to join them than our cover star, the new disco gee Maxxi Soundsystem.

As if that wasn’t enough, Ben UFO, Donga, Leon and Lorca also deliver the turntable goodness with their house, techno and 2-step stylings for the after party. Schtumm know their underground house vibes and show that The Tube, although less than a year old, is a venue brimming with maturity. (ZC)

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If you want to do something different for NYE this year check out Sticky Mike’s, the décor will definitely entertain you, the venue itself is full of character and this evening promises to be a treasure trove of sparkly pop gems. (ZC) MESMERIST Brighton Blitz Vs GI Jive: Dig For Victory Party Cabaret, DJs and swing bands recreating the 40s and 50s 9pm £free MOLLY MALONE’S Mike Doby Late night live music and some surprise entertainment with an Irish flava Time tbc £free MUCKY DUCK New Year Party 8pm £free NORTHERN LIGHTS Al Capone’s Headquarters Party like it’s 1929 when alcohol was banned and the world was on the brink of recession 7pm £free OPEN HOUSE New Year’s Eve Party: DJ Gordan Kaye, Just Jack Time tbc £10 PAV TAV Snap Crackle & Britpop: Disco 2000 90s indie night (upstairs) 10pm £5; Guerilla Rocks NYE party for rock chicks, skater bois and indie kids (downstairs) Time tbc £3 PAVILION THEATRE The Treason Show: That Was The Year That Was 2011 Satirical sketch show looks back at this year’s calamities and cock-ups 7pm £12.50-20 PRINCE ALBERT Peter And The Test Tube Babies, ASBO Retards, Wonk Unit Old school lad punk (upstairs) 8.30pm £15; DJs (downstairs) 8.30pm £free PSYCHOSOCIAL Psychosocial NYE Dub step, indie pop, disco and Motown 10pm £8+ QUEEN’S HOTEL The Hush Club NYE Party: Si Chebba, Dean Chalkley, Milton Wright, Sam Waller, Scully Evans, Andy Roseman, Ian Immediate Celebrate both the new year and old vinyl with a host of DJs playing soul, ska, hammond jazz and 60s garage 9pm £10 RANELAGH NYE Rhythm&blues DJ 8.30pm £free RIKI TIK New Year’s Eve 9pm £free SIDEWINDER Sidewinder Residents Party NYE party with in-house DJs 9pm £free SIGNALMAN Signalman NYE Speakeasy 1920s themed party 7pm £free STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR Glitzy Mike’s Pop Bar A treasure trove of sparkly pop gems 9pm £10/8/6 THEATRE ROYAL Numberjacks Maths made fun with the help of cuddly integers 11.30pm/2.30pm £12.50-17.50; Spamalot Marcus Brigstocke and Todd Carty sing from the diaphragm a lot in Eric Idle’s comedy musical 2.30pm £17-45.50 THOMAS KEMP NYE Cabaret knees-up 9pm £3 TUBE Schtumm NYE Party: PBR Streetgang, Maxxi Soundsystem, Neal Schtumm Disco and underground house Time tbc £10; Ben UFO, Donga, Leon, Lorca Turntable extraordinaire 4am £10 VICTORY New Year’s Eve All aboard DJ Lanx’s magic bus 8pm £free VOLKS Lunarcy: Jumping Jack Frost, Ray Keith, Freebass, Mr Natural, Unity Hi-Fi, Junglizm Cru, Overdose Reggae, jungle and dubstep rave 10pm £10 WORLD’S END New Year’s Eve Party: Teenage Grandad, Not Yet Dead, Stealing Machines, DJ Grandpa Abe The new year starts at the World’s End with bands and DJs 8pm £tbc

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LUNARCY

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It’s the ultimate congregation of Brighton’s bass scene with Lunarcy, Freebass and the Junglizm Cru all descending on the Volks for tonight’s celebrations. Jungle pioneers Jumping Jack Frost and Ray Keith will be in full effect, as will locals Mr Natural, Unity Hi-Fi and Overdose Reggae. (ZC)

ALICE IN WONKALAND Hobgoblin

That’s right, Roald Dahl meets Lewis Carrol in this NYE sweet emporium. Follow the white rabbit past the flowing chocolate fountains, beyond the jars of sticky treats and delight in the irresistible free drinks before you venture deeper to the enchanted wonderland garden where DJs play for the Mad Hatter’s tea party and there’s a caterpillars’ chill out area where you can relax on giant toadstools. Get your fancy dress thinking cap on and grab your golden ticket. (ZC)

PRODUCER’S RETREAT Caxton Arms

The ladies and fellows behind music-art collective Producer’s Retreat know how to throw a party, and New Year’s Eve will be no different. Famed for their elaborate themed events that have become increasingly decadent over the year, this night’s got a Speakeasy theme, so expect evening dress, gangsterinspired musical beats from local producers and some very suave artwork from their resident designers. And lots of lovely alcohol. (JMM)

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LISTINGS DECEMBER 2011 / JANUARY 2012

thursday 1st

ANCIENT MARINER The Chaplins Acoustic covers trio

8pm £free AUDIO Bastard Pop Musical mash-up 11pm £2/free BEE’S MOUTH John Crampton Foot-stomping blues explosion 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BAR Karaoke 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW Fallout Live Live indie bands 10pm £3/2 BLACK LION Yo Yo Retro New DJ night playing 60s garage and psyche 8.30pm £free BLIND TIGER Cook The Rabbit Brazilian roots night 8pm £3/free BRIGHTON CENTRE B&H Primary Schools Christmas Concert 7pm £5.25-23 BRUNSWICK Voodoo Funk: Kalakuta Millionaires Afro funk night with live band 8pm £5 CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Brighton Bike Night Weekly biker’s social - we’re talking leather, not lycra 7pm £free CHEQUERS Normanton Live music 8.30pm £free COALITION Ash Irish Britpoppers 8pm £16.50; Secret Discotheque Replaying the soundtrack to your youth 11pm £4/3/2 COBBLER’S THUMB Analogue Underground Radio Open mic night that’s also a live radio broadcast 8pm £free CONCORDE2 Rock Sound Riot Tour: Every Time I Die, Trash Talk, Spycatcher, Defeater Hardcore punk from NY 7.30pm £14 CUBE Bright’on’beat Live music Time tbc £free DOME Dweezil Zappa: Zappa Plays Zappa The pay-off for being named Dweezil is that he gets to tour his dad’s songs - all the classics as well the entire ‘Apostrophe’ album 8pm £28.50 DRUID’S ARMS Numbskull HQ Live acoustic music from the record label 7.45pm £free DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA Cosmat Film screenings and discussions (Part of CINECITY film festival) 9am £8; Take Shelter 3.30/9pm; Seamonsters Q&A and screening of a coming of age movie shot in Shoreham and Worthing, nothing to do with the local music festival (part of CINECITY film festival) 6.30pm FIDDLER’S ELBOW Leerodi Live music from Irish trad band Time tbc £free FISHBOWL Residents Association DJs play hip hop, funk and world beats 10.30pm £free GLOBE Hang The DJ! A night of punter-picked playlists 9pm £free GREEN DOOR STORE Frank Melena Band, Cinemascopes, The Please Give Bloods Kraut rock and garage punk bands 8pm £tbc; Sex Tape New club night 11pm £free HED KANDI BAR Dubbed Hip hop, drumstep and drum&bass night Details tbc HONEY Exposed! Club night playing electro, dubstep and funky house 10.30pm £3.50/2 HYDRANT DOWN Promise Me Tomorrow Live music 8pm £free KOMEDIA DOWN The Pajama Men: In The Middle Of No One Fast-paced comedy thriller about love, adventure and alien abduction 8pm £16.50 KOMEDIA STUDIO Hammer & Tongue Slam Final Brighton’s finest poets fight it out in grand style - plus a special guest spot from Kate Tempest 7.30pm £5 KOMEDIA UP Krater Christmas Kracker: The Noise Next Door, Roger Monkhouse Stand-up comedy with a three course meal and late night dancing 6pm £37.50 LATEST MUSIC BAR Start Dancing Stop AIDS Benefit gig (downstairs) 9pm £3; Jo-Jo And The Go Cats Live music (upstairs) 8pm £4 LITTLE BAY RESTAURANT Live Opera Night Debbie Bridges sings during your supper 8pm £tbc LONDON UNITY Texas Hold Em Poker night for serious players 8pm £5 MARLBOROUGH THEATRE A Bardic Feast Of Nonsense Comedy sketches and interactive improvisations 7.30pm £5/4 MASH TUN They Mostly Come At Night Indie, electro and hip hop tunes 9pm £free MEDICINE CHEST Burlesque Supper Club: Divine Decadence Two course meal with burlesque for afters 7pm £35 MESMERIST Tula And The Bakelites Live swing band 9pm £free MUCKY DUCK Open Mic & Jam Session 8pm £free PAV TAV Stone View, Junkyard Choir, Thieves By The Code, By Definition Live music 8pm £2 PAVILION THEATRE SOURCE New Music: Black Black Hills Brighton’s best bands chosen by Brighton’s best listings

mag, this time it’s the artists formally known as Pope Joan 7.30pm £4 PRINCE ALBERT Larkin Poe, Jamie Freeman Agreement Storytelling folk music from the band formerly known as The Lovell Sisters 8pm £10 QUADRANT Fractured Toast: Mike Newsham, Alfie Bernardi, Hope Rudd, Annika Brown Music and spoken word come together in this new storytelling gig night 8pm £free RANELAGH The Long Haul Americana from the band formerly known as Hillbilly Deluxe 8.30pm £free REGENCY TAVERN Joe & Mark Hodge Cabaret backed by grand piano 8.30pm £free RIKI TIK Sizzurp Swaggy hip hop with added crunk 9pm £free SALLIS BENNEY This Our Still Life, Eden Film screenings with a Q&A session (Part of CINECITY film festival) 6pm £tbc STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR Catholic Discipline Noise rock, disco pop and acid folk from the Superheroes of BMX 8pm £free ST JAMES’ TAVERN Stay Sick, Turn Blue DJs play vintage soul, jazz and blues 8.30pm £free ST MARY’S CHURCH Annual World AIDS Charity Concert: Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus, Qukulele, Rainbow Chorus, Resound, Red Gray Big gay benefit gig Time tbc £8 THEATRE ROYAL Season’s Greetings Alan Ayckbourn’s comedy drama about a dysfunctional family Christmas 2.30pm/7.45pm £25.50-28.50 THOMAS KEMP Unplugged Sessions Live music 8.30pm £free THREE & TEN Arnold Wesker’s The Mistress Onewoman show about an adulterous fashion designer boozing with her mannequins 8pm £9/7 VICTORY Open Mic 8pm £free VOLKS Hanger: Logan D, Majistrate, Klip, Outlaw, Bassikz, Turno, Harry Bizzle, Sativa Dub, Silent.Type, Dub Motion, Hangar Records, Special, DJ SO, PD, Fatman D, Mekar, Boxer Banton, Unknown MC, Radza, Diezel A drove of DJs 12pm £5 WORLD’S END The Big Cash Quiz 8pm £tbc

friday 2nd

AUDIO Shogun Audio: Alix Perez, Rockwell, Icicle Drum&bass night 11pm £tbc

BEE’S MOUTH We Change The Frequency Heavy grooves DJ 9pm £free

BELUSHI’S BAR Muy Loco Pop and house DJs 9pm

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BELUSHI’S BELOW Abandoned Rock and metal night

10pm £3/2 BLACK DOVE Hot-Tip Hi-Fi DJs play early reggae and rocksteady 8pm £free BLACK LION Soul Casserole A melting pot of hot funk beats and soul grooves 9pm £free BLIND TIGER Voyeur - Silver Factory Night: Tiger Cub, Us Baby Bear Bones, The New Union Live bands and projections channelling the vibe of everyone’s favourite pop art charlatan 7.30pm £3/free BRUNSWICK The Lost Highway Americana night 8pm £5 CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Shake N Stomp Surf, twang and garage tunes 9pm £free COALITION Friday I’m In Love No more lectures for a day or two 11pm £1-5 COBBLER’S THUMB Zora And The Tatsmiths Gypsy music 8pm £free CONCORDE2 Mad Professor, Earl 16, Manasseh Hi-Fi, Roots Garden, MC Brother Culture, Stylo G, Deadly Hunter, Renegade Youth, Robbie Roots, Karl Muir The legendary producer heads a long old night of dub, reggae and bashment 11pm £8 CORNERSTONE Menda, Common Tongues Live music 9pm £free CUBE Friday Club House DJs Time tbc £free DIGITAL Stonelove Indie rock&roll club 11pm £4/3 DOCTOR BRIGHTON’S Funky Friday: DJ Nick Hirst, DJ Wayne 9.30pm £free DRUID’S ARMS Hot Pepper Sauce DJ Max plays funk, soul and house 10pm £free DUKE OF NORFOLK DJ MC Cashback 9pm £free DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA Carnival Of Souls, David Thomas, Two Pale Boys Classic horror film with a live score (part of CINECITY film festival) 6.30pm; The Deep Blue Sea 9.30pm FISHBOWL Freestyle Records DJ set from the label manager, Greg Boraman 9pm £free FOGG’S Sonic Fondu DJ night 8pm £free FORTUNE OF WAR Fever! Latin, hip hop and reggae

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9pm £free FUNKYFISH The Funkyfish Club Soul, funk, jazz and Motown 10pm £6/3.50 GLOBE Rum Fridays: The Recommender Brighton blogger takes to the decks 8pm £free GRAND CENTRAL Dad’s Old Vinyl DJs play retro records Details tbc GREEN DOOR STORE Brother & Bear Live music 7.30pm £tbc; Aereo Electro and synth pop night from the Teen Creeps peeps 11pm £free HAMPTON DJ Ballbreaker, DJ Buns, Uncle Margie Mish mash of eclectic beats 8pm £free HAUNT Textures & The Ocean Live music 7pm £tbc; Wonder Yeahs Music from the glorious 1990s 11pm £3 H-BAR Have A Day Off: DJ Zinc Xmas fundraiser with an apparently pro-strike attitude - let’s hope the bar staff don’t take it too literally 8pm £7 HED KANDI BAR Vanity House and electro club Details tbc HOBGOBLIN The Dave Birk 5, Tap Sabbath, The Sumerian Kyngs Live music 8pm £tbc HONEY Lollipop Get your fingers sticky to house and hip hop treats 11pm £5/4/3 HOPE Slip Jam B Longplayer: Concept Of Thought, The Four Owls, Fidel Custro, Neil B, Shelley Mack Hip hop battleground for Brighton b-boys, hosted by Hines and Bizy (upstairs) 9pm £free; Stacked Nasty DJs play funk, soul and 60s garage (downstairs) 9pm £free HYDRANT UP Mok, This Water Kills Energetic and catchy hip hop band 7pm £5 IRON DUKE Killer Rock Karaoke 8.30pm £free KOMEDIA STUDIO The Maydays: Top Story Improvised comedy based on articles from the Argus 8pm £8/6 KOMEDIA UP Krater Christmas Kracker: The Noise Next Door, Roger Monkhouse Stand-up comedy with a three course meal and late night dancing 6pm/6.45pm £37.50 LATEST MUSIC BAR Frockabilly Holiday Special!: Bad Bad Whiskey, DJ Lonesome M Vintage rockabilly night with skifflebilly band and added tinsel 9pm £7/6 LIFE Aka Aka Roar: Guy Andrews, Dauwd, Lorca Garage, grime and bass-heavy house 11pm £free MARLBOROUGH THEATRE Special People Club DJs play outsider pop, cretin rock and experimental trash 9pm £free MESMERIST Shake, Holla & Roll Swing jazz and R&B designed to get you dancing 9pm £free MUCKY DUCK Jipsy Magic, Pint Size Hero, Yourgardenday Upbeat indie funk 8pm £free NEPTUNE Simon And Sleeze Trio Loud and nasty rhythm and blues band 8.30pm £free NORTHERN LIGHTS Dark Disco DJ DJ night 9pm £free PAV TAV Bump ‘N’ Grind: Your Demise New hip hop and R&B club with guest DJs 11pm £4/2 PAVILION THEATRE The Treason Show Long-running comedy show mixing sketches, song and topical satire 8pm £12.50/10.50 PRINCE ALBERT Little Episodes: Das Fenster, Gypsy And The Wolf, Son Belly, Village Green DJs Live music (upstairs) 8pm £7/5/3; Bend Over I’ll Drive Rock&roll DJs (downstairs) 8.30pm £free RANELAGH The Steady Man Band Funky blues and swing 8.30pm £free REGENCY TAVERN Honk Tonk Live jazz band 8pm £free RIKI TIK ENK: TRC, Flatline, The DA DJ LZ, Brown Noise, Ben White Dancehall, grime, jungle and funky house 9pm £free SIDEWINDER DJ Uncle Al Soul, funk and old school breaks 9pm £free STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR Obsession New indie night (in the bar) 9pm £free; Soulfood Funk, hip hop and disco night (in the club) 11pm £3 THEATRE ROYAL Season’s Greetings Alan Ayckbourn’s comedy drama about a dysfunctional family Christmas 7.45pm £25.50-28.50 THOMAS KEMP DJ Lamp Dance classics 9pm £free THREE & TEN Arnold Wesker’s The Mistress Onewoman show about an adulterous fashion designer boozing with her mannequins 8pm £9/7 TUBE Friday 45 From funk to disco and back again via deep house 11pm £2/free; Motel After hours club night for electro house heads 2.30am £3 UNIVERSITY GALLERY Do You Love Me Like I Love You Part of CINECITY film festival 12noon £tbc VOLKS Future Dub: DJ Asif, Biggsy, Elliotness, Kosine, L-Drift, Pablo Riddla, Gremlin, Context, Axiomatt, Kingspinner, Arkitalsound, Ma Quest, Side B, Mr Sleepz, Unity Hi-Fi Crew, Kotch, Rezound, Ernel MC, Tom Chronic, Remo MC, Rumble MC, Rudey & Jnr Dee Reggae, jungle and dubstep all-nighter 11pm £5/3

saturday 3rd

ANCIENT MARINER Harry’s Tricks Live band plays popular hits from the 20s, 30s and 40s - with special guest Rene Ansell 8pm £free APEC Rear Window A series of arty pieces inspired by moving images (part of CINECITY film festival) 6pm £free AUDIO Warehouse: Pleasurekraft House and techno club night - with Mex from Blackgrass playing rare grooves upstairs 11pm £5/free BASEMENT Supper Club A platter of bite-sized arty

performances 7.30pm £8/6 BEACHIGOGO The R&B Lounge R&B DJs (in the main room) 11pm £6/5; Good Times Remember them? Maybe the feel-good retro tunes will jog your memory (in the White Room) 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BAR Unplugged: Rocket Dogs Live acoustic duo 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW Deviant Rock and metal club 9pm £5/2 BLACK LION Attic Monkeys Hey, check out my record collection! 9pm £free BLIND TIGER Secret Doors Film Special A showcase of Brighton musicians and movie makers - plus AV shows from Nordic Giants and Breakin Bear (Part of CINECITY) 9pm £4/2/free BRIGHTON BALLROOM The Pop Kraft Christmas Cracker Pop tunes and cheeky cabaret with Boogaloo Stu and crew 7pm £8/6 BRIGHTON CENTRE Uriah Heep British rock 7.30pm £25.50 CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Reallygoodstock: Sanity Valve, Marbles, Zydrate Comedy hip hop duo host a night of musical comedy acts (upstairs) 8pm £5; Replica Come and take your goth medicine (downstairs) 9pm £free COACHWERKS A Fool’s Nativity Improvised retelling of traditional Christmas tales with singalong carols 8pm £4 COALITION Omar, Gyratory Allstars, Soul Casserole Classically trained father of British neo soul Details tbc; Nice And Niche, D Double E, Ramzee, Cameo, Larizzle, Outbreak R&B, house and grime club 11pm £8/5; Blow After Party: Vincent Manganaro, Charly Lopez, Charles Green It never stops 4am £7/5/4 COBBLER’S THUMB Kitschysink Pop covers 8pm £free CONCORDE2 Little Dragon Synthy electronica with R&B grooves (this show has now sold out) 7.30pm £tbc; Kings Of The Jungle: Congo Natty, Rebel MC, Kenny Ken, Ray Keith, Jumping Jack Frost, Navigator MC, Junglizm Cru, Lunarcy DJS, Unity Hi Fi 11pm £8 COOPER’S CASK All Time Top 100 DJs play songs in reverse order of quality 8pm £free CUBE Simply House House DJs Time tbc £free DIGITAL Pussycat Club: Live & Unleashed DJs accompanied by live musicians, vocalists and club performance artists 11pm £10/8/5 DOCTOR BRIGHTON’S Sexy Saturday: DJ Tony B 9.30pm £free DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA Met Opera: Rodelinda 5.30pm; The Deep Blue Sea 1.30pm/3.15pm FIDDLER’S ELBOW Saturday Sizzlers: Molly Malone DJ night 9pm £free FISHBOWL Gareth Stephens DJ playing funk, nu-jazz and broken beats 9pm £free FOGG’S Tarq Bowen Trio Stomping folk band 8pm £free FORTUNE OF WAR Flevans Dubstep and breaks from the Tru Thoughts DJ 9pm £free FUNKYFISH The Funkyfish Club Soul, funk, jazz and Motown 10pm £6/3.50 GLOBE Alphabet City House and disco DJs 8pm £free GLOUCESTER ROAD BARBERS Seadog, Kenneth Ishak, G Minor Indie and folk bands minus the fringes and beards 8pm £3 GREEN DOOR STORE Brighton Christmas Covers Party: The Bobby McGees, Summer Hunter, The Bizarresters, I Can Tina Turner, Throbbing Tinsel, The Grave Architect, Another Sunny Day DJs Indie pop xmas tweeness 7pm £free; Sonic Switch Funky house and soulful garage with the Tru Thoughts DJ 11pm £free HAUNT Das Racist Live music 7pm £tbc; It Is Still 1985 Travel through time to an ancient realm where it is still permissible to roll up the sleeves of your suit 10pm £3 H-BAR MUZIKA Christmas Ball Feel good house party 10pm £3 HED KANDI BAR Pure Kandi West Street’s new dance music club Details tbc HONEY Hat Club: The BeatThiefs, Vince Frimpong, Damien Stone, Carl Smeaton, Carl Fidler House hits and hats 11pm £5-10 HOPE Drugs New indie rock band night 8pm £4/3 HYDRANT DOWN The Resonators, Stone Circus, Dub’n Tuff All Stars Live dub reggae 8pm £free HYDRANT UP The Judge Trev Memorial Gig: Inner City Unit, Krankschaft, Mick Farren, Monty Oxymoron, Bubbledubble, Slim Tim Slide, Paradise 9, Sumerian Kyngs, Whimwise, Jaki Windmill, Dirty Scavenger A stellar line-up of space rockers raising funds for a music charity 4pm £12.50/10 IRON DUKE She Talks To Rainbows DJs Minnie & Misty revisit the 60s and 70s 9pm £free KOMEDIA DOWN Krater Comedy Club: The Noise Next Door, Damian Clark, Roger Monkhouse, Stephen Grant Stand-up comedy 8pm £19 KOMEDIA STUDIO The Maydays: Confessions Improv group turn your secrets into musical comedy 7.30pm £10/8 KOMEDIA UP Krater Christmas Kracker: The Noise Next Door, Roger Monkhouse Stand-up comedy with a three course meal and late night dancing 6pm £37.50 LIFE Hold Up! Long-running and much-loved indie night 11pm £5 LIGHTHOUSE Dark Garden Part of CINECITY film festival 11am £tbc LITTLE BAY RESTAURANT Live Opera Night Debbie Bridges sings during your supper 8pm £tbc LOFT Burlesque Christmas Party Pole dancers and stripping Santas provide the perfect setting for the sort of office party where work colleagues end up getting to know

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each other very well 7pm £31.25 LONDON UNITY Spoken Word And Poetry Slam Verses of the uni masters 8pm £free MARLBOROUGH THEATRE Cherry Pop Cheese and 80s trash with DJ Fondue Inferno 9pm £free MESMERIST Juke Joint Jamboree Vintage dancefloor gems from the days of jive and jazz 9pm £free MUCKY DUCK Sizzle & Pop! Rock&roll and 60s soul 9pm £free NIGHTINGALE THEATRE Documentary Shorts Part of CINECITY film festival 2pm £tbc; The Olyssey, The Silence Part of CINECITY film festival 4pm £tbc; The Stereoscope III: BN3, Take Wing, Wrestle Part of CINECITY film festival 6pm £tbc; Narrative Shorts Part of CINECITY film festival 8pm £tbc NORTHERN LIGHTS Finnish Independence Party 7pm £free OLD MARKET Low, Jason Pegg Sub Pop’s acclaimed minimalist indie band 7pm £18/17 PAV TAV Songs For The Deaf Grunge and college rock with Dynamite Sal and Dave Rave 11pm £3 PAVILION THEATRE Snow Play Interactive kids’ show about a man who finds his house being squatted by a snowman 1pm/3pm £7/5; The Treason Show Long-running comedy show mixing sketches, song and topical satire 8pm £12.50/10.50 PRINCE ALBERT The Infernal Salon Live music 2pm £tbc; The Piranhas, Wonderbus, Hollywood Assassins Stalwarts of the Brighton ska punk scene 8pm £5 RIKI TIK Schtumm!: Riotous Rockers, Neal Lewis, Sam Watts Disco and underground house 9pm £free ROCK INN Frighten Brighton: Frankenstein & The Monster From Hell, The Entity, Night Of The Living Dead Classic horror films and a macabre market 12noon £6 SIDEWINDER DJ Jem Hannam Hip hop and new wave mash-up 9pm £free STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR UnhookedGeneration Motown, rock&roll and northern soul night 11pm £5/4 THEATRE ROYAL Season’s Greetings Alan Ayckbourn’s comedy drama about a dysfunctional family Christmas 7.45pm £25.50-28.50 THOMAS KEMP DJ Jody Lee Hooker Soul, dance and funk classics 9pm £free THREE & TEN Arnold Wesker’s The Mistress Onewoman show about an adulterous fashion designer boozing with her mannequins 5pm £9/7; The Hee Ha’s Improvised comedy where you provide the ideas 8pm £8/6; Red Brick Comedy Club: Mark Simmons, Keiron Boyd Stand-up comedy done the proper way - in front of a brick wall 10pm £10/8 TUBE BleeD, Levon Vincent, Casper C Electronic music Time tbc £5/4 UNIVERSITY GALLERY Do You Love Me Like I Love You Part of CINECITY film festival 12noon £tbc VICTORY Up Against It Born Bad DJs play an assortment of punky trash Time tbc £free VOLKS Resonance: Bladerunner, Run Tingz Cru, Voytek, Lofty, Unlikely, Ellfivedee, Dubloke, Tappa, Dagger In the basement of the garage is a jungle of beats 11pm £5 WEST HILL TAVERN As You Were Vs Bitter Disko DJ clash emulating a ruckus between a 1950s Teddy boy, a punk rocker and a mutant disco dancer 9pm £free WORLD’S END Live Music Night Band night hosted by the ubiquitous Dr Bluegrass & The Illbilly 8 8pm £tbc

sunday 4th

BEE’S MOUTH The Hive DJs wade through the

subgenres of the 50s and 60s 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BAR Now That’s What I Call A Party What did you call it before? 9pm £free BLACK LION Live & Swingin’ Lion Live jazz and gypsy bands 8pm £free BLIND TIGER Crafternoon Christmas Market Homemade gifts from local artists and makers 11am £free; Winter Woodland Wonderland: Nimmo And The Gauntlets, The Beautiful Word, The Common Tongues, Zoe Konez Whimsical indie bands with a wintery fancy dress theme 6pm £4/3 CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK The Geekest Link Possibly the only time in your life anyone will care how much you know about superheroes and their inconsistent backstories 8.30pm £1 CONCORDE2 Hard Fi ‘Social realist’ indie rockers now touring their third album 7.30pm £17.50 CORN EXCHANGE Christmas Tea Dance Old time dancing with the Footloose Dance Orchestra 2pm £12.50 CUBE Chilled Sundays Laid back grooves Time tbc £free DOCTOR BRIGHTON’S Celebrating With The Red Party: DJ Wayne 8.30pm £free DOME The Bootleg Beatles If the Beatles were bigger than Jesus, then the bootleggers are probably the same size as John The Baptist 8pm £25 DOME FOUNDER’S ROOM Lorraine Bowen’s SingAlong-A-Rodgers & Hammerstein Sing the hits with the quirky cabaret housewife (upstairs) 11am £20 DUKE OF NORFOLK Live Music Night 9pm £free DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA Tatsumi Part of CINECITY film festival 11am; Bombay Beach Part of CINECITY film festival 1pm; The Deep Blue Sea 4pm/9pm; Carnage Part of CINECITY film festival 7pm FIDDLER’S ELBOW Sham-Rock Open Mic 8.30pm

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FOUNTAINHEAD Reggae Roasts Chilled reggae beats Time tbc £free

GREEN DOOR STORE Sunday Service Live music 5pm £tbc; Green Door Blues Blues band and DJs 10pm £free HONEY Sundays At The Honey If your house was this sexy you’d never go outdoors 11pm £3/2/free HOPE Beans On Toast, Frank Hamilton, The Wolf Larsens Singer songwriter with a dark wit and a wide range of subject matter 8pm £3 HYDRANT DOWN Dr Bluegrass, Buffo’s Wake Bluegrass and gypsy bands 8pm £free KING’S BISTRO BAR Live Opera Night Debbie Bridges sings during your supper 8pm £tbc KOMEDIA DOWN Krater Comedy Club: The Noise Next Door, Sean McLoughlin, Roger Monkhouse, Stephen Grant Stand-up comedy 8pm £11.50/6.50 KOMEDIA STUDIO North Sea Radio Orchestra English art folk band with proggy touches 7pm £12 KOMEDIA UP Christmas Vintage Craft Fair Handmade goodies and Christmas crafts 10.30am £free; Bent Double: Tom Allen Zoe Lyons hosts a night of alternative comedy acts 7.30pm £10.50/8.50 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 MARLBOROUGH THEATRE Squatters Cinema Short indies and award-winning films 6pm £6 NEPTUNE Porchlightsmoker Folk and bluegrass band 8.30pm £free PAVILION THEATRE Snow Play Interactive kids’ show about a man who finds his house being squatted by a snowman 1pm/3pm £7/5 PAV TAV Open Mic Night & DJs Details tbc PRINCE ALBERT Soul Sisters Showcase 8pm £tbc RANELAGH Mike Ross Live blues and rock 8.30pm £free REGENCY TAVERN Sunday Lunch Jerome plays the piano 1pm £free RIKI TIK Riki Fliks Film night showing classic movies and new shorts 7pm £free; The Lock In DJ night 9pm £free SIGNALMAN Open Mic Night 8pm £free STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR Any Persan Halp Me New poetry night for loveless loners 8pm £tbc THOMAS KEMP Jazz In The Afternoon Live jazz 4pm £free UNITARIAN CHURCH Petra Jean Phillipson, MN Hopwood Darkly bewitching singer songwriter 6pm £10/6

monday 5th

ANCIENT MARINER Quiz Night 8pm £1 BEE’S MOUTH The Bee’s Mouth Jazz Forum Jazz jam with the house band 8.30pm £free BELUSHI’S BAR Charity Table Football Competition 8pm £tbc; Now That’s What I Call A Dirty House Party What did you call it before? 10pm £free BRIGHTON BALLROOM Fionn Regan, Louise & The Pins Mercury nominated singer songwriter 7.30pm £10 BRUNSWICK Open Mic Night 8.30pm £free CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Movie Bar 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 10pm £5/3/free CUBE Hoi Polloi Northern soul for the masses Time tbc £free DRUID’S ARMS Quizageddon! The only pub quiz to have a Lionel Richie award 8pm £1 DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA NT Encore: Collaborators 6.15pm FOUNTAINHEAD Open Mic Night 9pm £free GREEN DOOR STORE Metal Mondays Full metal racket 7.30pm £free HAUNT Speakerbox Forward thinking UK garage night 11pm £tbc HOPE Communion: The Staves, Paul Thomas Saunders Live music 8pm £6 HED KANDI BAR Ooosh Commercial house, electro remixes, indie bootlegs Details tbc HOBGOBLIN Cheeky Pub Quiz: Christmas Special!

8pm £1 HYDRANT DOWN Rio Bravo Presents Live music 8pm £free LATEST MUSIC BAR Alice Ella, Hayley McKay, Melinda Ortner, Half Crown, Childbrain, String Of Colonies, Club Promise Live music 8pm £4 LIFE Jailbait Hits from the 90s for those too young to remember the first time 11pm £2 LORD NELSON Brighton Acoustic Night: Cjarlotte & Spong, The Risen Road Live acoustic music 8.30pm £free MESMERIST Stroll On Mondays Rock and mod music with cult film screenings 8.30pm £free PAV TAV Live Covers Band 9pm £tbc PRINCE ALBERT Look Mexico Live music 8pm £5 QUADRANT Monday Night Comedy Club: Pam Ford, Flange Krammer, John Pendal, Graeme Collard, Sami Stone Stand-up comedy 8pm £10/7.50 SALLIS BENNEY Monday Movies: It’s A Wonderful Life “You call this a happy family? Why do we have to have all these kids?” 6pm £3/2.50 SIGNALMAN Pub Quiz 8pm £1

STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR Forest Fire NY band reshaping the sound of Americana 8pm £6 VOLKS Strictly Reggae Dancehall, roots, revival 11pm £5/4.50 WORLD’S END Poker Night 8pm £tbc

tuesday 6TH

BASEMENT Meg Baird, Jane Bartholomew Solo folk set from the lead singer of Espers 7.30pm £9/8 BEE’S MOUTH Roll ‘Dem Bones Blues, jazz and 60s tunes 8.30pm £free BEACHIGOGO Latin Fever Party Dance lessons followed by a tropical salsa club 8pm/10pm £3/1/free BELUSHI’S BAR Totalled On Tuesday! Pop and dance 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW DJ Star DJ competition open to all 9pm £free BLACK LION Hit The Decks Open decks spin-off (book a slot online) 9pm £free BLIND TIGER Open Mic Night Anything goes 8pm £free BRIGHTON CENTRE The Saturdays Pop music for children 6.30pm £19.50-32.50 BRUNSWICK Jazz Jam Open session with house band 8pm £free COALITION Full Volume If your bass was this filthy you’d have to take it back to the fishmongers 10.30pm £2-5 CONCORDE2 The Electric Six, Swound!, Mighty Tiny Forget the gay bar, Duke’s Mound is only down the road 7.30pm £12 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 The British Guide To Showing Off 6.30pm FIDDLER’S ELBOW Quizness Time Are you a pub quiz whizz, or bit of a half-wit? 8pm £1 FOGG’S Quiz Night Prizes for those who have the foggiest 8.30pm £1 GLOBE Basement Cinema Underground films in an underground room 8pm £free GREEN DOOR STORE Post War Years, Alt-J, Physics House Bands Quirky and diverse math rock band 7.30pm £6; Hard Times They can take our disposable income, but they’ll never take our nowave disco! 11pm £free HED KANDI BAR Subtrkt Tuesday West Street’s new dance music club Details tbc HYDRANT DOWN Band Camp Live music 8pm £free HYDRANT UP Havok, Eradiction Metal bands 7pm £7 KOMEDIA Stand Up To Eliminate Violence Against Women: Zoe Lyons, Kate Smurthwaite, Julie Jepson, Darren Maskell Charity comedy show 8.30pm £8.50/7 LIFE Drop Out Student night that’s almost as likely to ruin your degree as Tory education policy 11pm £2 LONDON UNITY Quiz Night Have your brain drained by a drag queen 8.30pm £1 LORD NELSON Pub Quiz Cash for questions 8.45pm £1 MESMERIST Conjurers’ Consortium It could be a magic night 7.30pm £free NIGHTINGALE THEATRE Punched Adult puppetry that pulls no punches 8pm £8.50/6.50 OLD MARKET Crime Night With Peter James In conversation with the author of the Roy Grace bestsellers 7.30pm £11 OPEN HOUSE Jazz Work Shop Open jazz session 8pm £tbc PAV TAV Guerilla Rocks Club night for rock chicks, skater bois and indie kids 11pm £3/2/1 PAVILION THEATRE Sussex Salon Series: A Fatal Embrace? Politics And The Media In 2011 Topical issues discussed by a panel including Polly Toynbee 8pm £6/4 PRINCE ALBERT Total Control, Good Throb, La La Vasquez Live music 8.30pm £6 RED LION Challenging General Knowledge & Music Quiz 8pm £1 REGENCY TAVERN Mark’s Piano Bar Live music 1pm £free RIKI TIK Freaks DJs play poppy hip hop, poppy indie and pop 9pm £free SIDEWINDER Open Mic Night 8pm £free STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR Red Kyte, Echo Rain, Decodes, Switch Zero, Insurgents Rock, pop and metal bands 7pm £4/3 THOMAS KEMP Poker Evening 8pm £tbc

wednesday 7TH

AUDIO Supercharged: DJ Ez Drum&bass and breaks 11pm £tbc BEE’S MOUTH Open Mic 8.30pm £free BELUSHI’S BAR Now That’s What I Call A Party What did you call it before? 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW Detention 8pm £free BLACK LION Acoustic Showcase Live bands and open mic night 8.30pm £free BRIGHTON CENTRE Bryan Adams He said he’d die for you, but unfortunately he never made good on the promise 6.30pm £39.50 BRUNSWICK Kevin’s Henchmen Stand-up, music and poetry 8pm £5 CHEQUERS Open Mic Session 8.30pm £free COALITION CoCo LoCo New housey student night

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10.30pm £2-5

CORN EXCHANGE Bgroup: The Lessening Of

Difference Ben Wright’s dance company return 8pm £15 CUBE Cubed House to the power of three Time tbc £free DIGITAL The Poundance Like a coin operated dancefloor 11pm £4/3/1 DRUID’S ARMS We Change The Tempo! DJ plays international sounds 9pm £free DUKE OF NORFOLK Quiz Night 8pm £1 DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA The Deep Blue Sea 11am; Weekend 6.30pm FISHBOWL The Mixer Men Reggae and hip hop DJ mash-up 10pm £free FOGG’S Open Mic Night Play for a pint 8.30pm £free FOUNTAINHEAD Student Night Indie rock tunes Time tbc £free GRAND CENTRAL Film Night Details tbc GREEN DOOR STORE Ice Age Live music 7.30pm £tbc; The Jazz Store Live jazz with an open jam 11pm £free HED KANDI BAR Back To Love West Street’s new dance music club Details tbc HYDRANT DOWN The Morning After Metal band 8pm £free KOMEDIA DOWN New Act Night The latest talent to emerge from Jill Edwards’ comedy workshop 8pm £7/5 KOMEDIA STUDIO Rory McLeod & The Familiar Strangers Travelling folk minstrel armed with a harmonica and a stack of yarns 8.30pm £12/8 KOMEDIA UP The Hamsters: 25 Years & Farewell Tour Blues rock veterans say goodbye with an evening of songs

by Jimi Hendrix and ZZ Top 7.30pm £13 LATEST MUSIC BAR Party Pianos Live music (upstairs) 7pm £25; The Naked Launch Party Of The Year! Comedy from the guy on YouTube who sledged down Southover Street in the snow 7.30pm £6/5 LONDON UNITY Open Mic Night 8.30pm £free MARLBOROUGH THEATRE Open Mic 8.30pm £free MASH TUN Tin Cup Collective Live funk and soul band 9pm £free MESMERIST Swing Ninjas Uptempo gypsy band 9pm £free NORTHERN LIGHTS Prognosis Set the DJ controls for the heart of psychedelia 9pm £free OPEN HOUSE Safehouse Improvised live music 8pm £6/5 PRINCE ALBERT The Weight, Autumn Red Live music 8.30pm £4/3 RIKI TIK Hell On High Heels Sleazy rock and glam night 9pm £free STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR Two Wounded Birds, Tonight We Fly DJs Margate indie rockers 8pm £7.50/6.50 THEATRE ROYAL The Glenn Miller Orchestra 7.45pm £23.50/21.50 THOMAS KEMP Open Mic 8.30pm £free THREE & TEN Romesh Ranganathan & Sean McLoughlin Double bill of rising stand-ups 8pm £6/5 VOLKS Switch Up Drum&bass and dubstep night 11pm £2/free

thursday 8TH

ANCIENT MARINER Anthem Acoustic party hits 8pm

£free

AUDIO Bastard Pop Musical mash-up 11pm £2/free BASEMENT At Once Twice, At-Any-Moment-

Something-Else Short experimental dance works 7.30pm £10/8 BEE’S MOUTH D Trio Live band plays Blue Note jazz 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BAR Karaoke 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW Fallout Live Live indie bands 10pm £3/2 BLACK LION The Lion’s Raw! Live bands 8.30pm £free BLIND TIGER Super Mishto Balkan beats and live gypsy music hosted by Nico De Transylvania 8pm £5/3 BRUNSWICK Hutchins Live: Willie And The Bandits, The Slytones Blues rock trio 7pm £4/3/2 COALITION Toro Y Moi Chillwaver now moving into proggier waters Details tbc; Secret Discotheque Replaying the soundtrack to your youth 11pm £4/3/2 COBBLER’S THUMB Steve And The Ghost Live music and a humorous Q&A session 8pm £free CUBE Half Crown Live music Time tbc £free DOME Alfie Boe Award winning tenor singer (this show has now sold out) 7.30pm £tbc DRUID’S ARMS We Walk In Straight Lines, Dog In The Snow Live music 8pm £free DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA The Trip 6pm FIDDLER’S ELBOW Live Lounge Live music 8.30pm £free FISHBOWL Residents Association DJs play hip hop, funk and world beats 10.30pm £free FITZHERBERT’S Vin Bhiro, Tom Woerndl, Will Worth Six short showcase sets (upstairs) 8pm £free GLOBE Hang The DJ! A night of punter-picked playlists 9pm £free GREEN DOOR STORE Shugga Buddha Live music 7.30pm £tbc; Partie Partie Partie Club night launch for SOURCE contributor Sam Hiscox’s blog pictures depicting the grim underside of clubbing 11pm £free HED KANDI BAR Dubbed Hip hop, drumstep and drum&bass night Details tbc HONEY Exposed! Club night playing electro, dubstep and

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funky house 10.30pm £3.50/2 HOPE Plug In: Stone Sun, Puppet Kings, International Diamond Thieves Live music 8.30pm £4/2 HYDRANT DOWN Concrete Lake Metal band 8pm £free HYDRANT UP Makating Upbeat reggae 8pm £tbc KOMEDIA UP Krater Christmas Kracker: Sean Collins, Eddy Brimson, Stephen Grant Stand-up comedy with a three course meal and late night dancing 6pm/6.45pm £37.50 LATEST MUSIC BAR Catalyst Club Guest speakers give a short talk about whatever their weird obsession is 8pm £5 LIFE Aaraab Muzik, Girl Unit Hip hop night 11pm £5/4 LITTLE BAY RESTAURANT Live Opera Night Debbie Bridges sings during your supper 8pm £tbc LONDON UNITY Texas Hold Em Poker night for serious players 8pm £5 MASH TUN They Mostly Come At Night Indie, electro and hip hop tunes 9pm £free MEDICINE CHEST Burlesque Supper Club: Divine Decadence Two course meal with burlesque for afters 7pm £35 MESMERIST Dr Bluegrass & The Illbilly 8 Brighton’s busiest buskers - country standards and pop covers put through the hillbilly thresher 9pm £free MUCKY DUCK Open Mic & Jam Session 8pm £free NIGHTINGALE THEATRE How To Disappear Completely And Never Be Found Existentialist drama about a burnt-out exec who flees to Southend, visits a fortune teller and becomes haunted by visions of her own post-mortem 8pm £8/6 OLD MARKET James Rhodes Live Album Recording Concert pianist on something of a mission to do away with the fusty trappings of classical music 7.30pm £15 PAV TAV Bear Cavalry, Run Young Lovers, Masks, The Sneaky Frog And The Scoundrel, Comanche Sigh Live music 8pm £2 PAVILION THEATRE Robin And The Big Freeze Festive family show with live music, puppetry and bird watching 1.30pm £8/6 PRINCE ALBERT Jackson & The King Kickers, Star Scream Folky blues with a gypsy edge 8pm £5 RANELAGH Alex Roberts Country folk music 8.30pm £free REGENCY TAVERN Jazzy J Piano and double bass duo 8pm £free RIKI TIK Sizzurp Swaggy hip hop with added crunk 9pm £free STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR Catholic Discipline Noise rock, disco pop and acid folk from the Superheroes of BMX 8pm £free ST JAMES’ TAVERN Stay Sick, Turn Blue DJs play vintage soul, jazz and blues 8.30pm £free VICTORY Open Mic 8pm £free VOLKS Winter Warmer: St Bassist, DJ Prior, Durty Hurtz, Kernal, K Alex, Slime, NV, Tremma D, K-otic, Beaver, Pro-tone, Big Si, Thretz, Ace MC, Sammy Nix, DJ SB Drum&bass night 10pm £tbc WORLD’S END The Big Cash Quiz 8pm £tbc

friday 9TH

AUDIO Strictly Drumz: Drumsound, Bassline Smith Bass is also allowed 11pm £tbc BEE’S MOUTH We Change The Frequency Heavy grooves DJ 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BAR Muy Loco Pop and house DJs 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW Abandoned Rock and metal night 10pm £3/2 BLACK DOVE Mo Taters! DJs play vintage tunes from across the Americas 8pm £free BLACK LION Medium Rare DJs serve up a platter of semi-obscure funk and soul 9pm £free BLIND TIGER Beatabet: Invincible Armour, Bunty, Faye Houston, The Two Wrongies The return of the eclectic music night, this time with a DMC world finalist Time tbc £3/ free BRIGHTON CENTRE Quo Festive: Status Quo, Kim Wilde, Roy Wood 7pm £37.50 BRUNSWICK Dynamite Rock&roll covers band 8pm £5 COBBLER’S THUMB Los Toss Gypsy ska punk from an incarnation of Los Albertos 8pm £free CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Distortion Rock and metal DJ (downstairs) 9pm £free; Funny Girls Stand-up, sketches and music (upstairs) 8pm £5/4 COALITION Friday I’m In Love No more lectures for a day or two 11pm £1-5 CONCORDE2 BIMM End Of Term Party Another year of music students impregnated with the BIMM factor 7pm £2; Carbon: D Bridge, Tech Itch, Raiden, Data, Equinox, Voytek, Mc System Drum&bass and drum&bass with some drum&bass thrown in 11pm £8 CORNERSTONE Resident DJs 7pm £free COWLEY CLUB 52 Commercial Road, Ham Legion Live music 8pm £4 CUBE BUG: Lidia De Luca, Alex Outram Big house beats Time tbc £free DIGITAL Stonelove Indie rock&roll club 11pm £4/3 DOCTOR BRIGHTON’S Funky Friday: DJ Nick Hirst, DJ Wayne 9.30pm £free DRUID’S ARMS DJ Tommy G Electro, indie and house

tunes 10pm £free

DUKE OF NORFOLK DJ Miss Scarlett 9pm £free DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA Romantics Anonymous

1.30pm/6.30pm; Another Earth 4pm/9pm; Jurassic Park 11.30pm FISHBOWL Jeff Daniels Soul and hip hop DJ 9pm £free FORTUNE OF WAR Fever! Latin, hip hop and reggae 9pm £free FUNKYFISH The Funkyfish Club Soul, funk, jazz and Motown 10pm £6/3.50 GLOBE Rum Fridays: TSOB Philly disco and retro funk 8pm £free GRAND CENTRAL Dad’s Old Vinyl DJs play retro records Details tbc GREEN DOOR STORE Scoundrels Live music 7.30pm £tbc; Ye Ye Fever Funky Afrobeat clubnight 11pm £free HAMPTON DJ Ballbreaker, DJ Buns, Uncle Margie Mish mash of eclectic beats 8pm £free HAUNT Nowhere To Run The best of 60s Motown, soul and rock&roll 11pm £4/3 H-BAR Promoters Party DJ night Time tbc £1 HED KANDI BAR Vanity House and electro club Details tbc HONEY Lollipop Get your fingers sticky to house and hip hop treats 11pm £5/4/3 HOPE Love Thy Neighbour Indie night with live bands (upstairs) 8.30pm £6/5; Goodbye Weirdo DJ night (downstairs) 9pm £free HYDRANT DOWN Cameltoe & Wine: The Don Bradmans, Asbo Derek, Anal Beard, Martin ‘Shaky’ King Comedy punks of Brighton unite, you have nothing to lose but your dignity 8pm £free HYDRANT UP Club Massaah Live music 9pm £tbc IRON DUKE Touch Me I’m Sick: DJ Cinema Dan Pop punk tunes 9pm £free KOMEDIA DOWN Krater Comedy Club: Sean Collins, Chris Martin, Eddy Brimson, Stephen Grant Stand-up comedy 8pm £19 KOMEDIA STUDIO Brighton Jazz Club: Gilad Atzmon’s Orient House Ensemble Eastern-tinged jazz from the sax virtuoso 8pm £15/13 KOMEDIA UP Krater Christmas Kracker: Sean Collins, Eddy Brimson, Stephen Grant Stand-up comedy with a three course meal and late night dancing 12.30pm £37.50 LIFE Dagger: ‘We Are One’ Birthday Bashment Dancehall and bashment vibes 11pm £3 LONDON UNITY Buffo’s Wake Punky cabaret-tinged chorus hooks backed by rousing gypsy rhythms Time tbc £free MARLBOROUGH THEATRE Pussy Whipped DJs play electro, riot grrrl and 80s trash 9pm £free MESMERIST Shake, Holla & Roll Swing jazz and R&B designed to get you dancing 9pm £free MUCKY DUCK The Mucky Club DJ plays soul, funk and hip hop 8pm £free NEPTUNE The Loz Netto Band Classic rock and blues 8.30pm £free NIGHTINGALE THEATRE How To Disappear Completely And Never Be Found Existentialist drama about a burnt-out exec who flees to Southend, visits a fortune teller and becomes haunted by visions of her own post-mortem 8pm £8/6 OLD MARKET James Rhodes Live Album Recording Concert pianist on something of a mission to do away with the fusty trappings of classical music 7.30pm £15 PAV TAV INDIEcent Indie club playing indie pop and indie rock 11pm £3/2 PAVILION THEATRE Robin And The Big Freeze Festive family show with live music, puppetry and bird watching 10am/6pm £8/6 PRINCE ALBERT Stone Circle, Milk White Throat, The Mire, Shredertron Live music 8pm £4 RANELAGH Dominic Von Trapp, Mishkin Fitzerald Him from Sweet Sweet Lies, her from Birdeatsbaby 8.30pm £free RED ROASTER Grit Lit Authors read hard-hitting short stories 7.45pm £6/5 RIKI TIK Mile Wide Smile Club: Yam Who?, Mickey Duke, Chri5tian Housey dance DJs 9pm £free SIDEWINDER DJ Goldstein Northern soul and 60s vibes from the Mod For It DJ 9pm £free STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR Miracle Fortress Like an upbeat Arcade Fire 7pm £9/7; Transmissions: Miracle Fortress DJ, RoM DJs Alternative alternative night Details tbc THOMAS KEMP DJ Brian Hip hop and club classics from the Flying White Dots guy 9pm £free TUBE Friday 45 From funk to disco and back again via deep house 11pm £2/free; Motel After hours club night for electro house heads 2.30am £3 VOLKS Erisian, Kaotik, Ed Cox, Ghost, Vandal, Mattykore, Katch Pyro, Greedy, Mandidextrious, Little Monster, Dr...Um, Figcake, Pastaman, Bosslady, Fukrag Mcginty, General Waste, Test Tube Rabies, Fuknose, L Mutant, Gash, Scarlet Bumtingz Clowncore and ravey jungle 11pm £3/2 WORLD’S END Menda Live bands do rock&roll covers 8pm £free

saturday 10th

ANCIENT MARINER Tooflemac Acoustic rock and soul

covers band 8.30pm £free AUDIO Warehouse: Jaymo, Andy George House and techno club night - with Mex from Blackgrass playing rare

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grooves upstairs 11pm £5/free BASEMENT Cruising For Art A series of ‘interactions’ triggered by making eye contact with performers - an evening for arty winkers 7.30pm £8/6 BEACHIGOGO The R&B Lounge R&B DJs (in the main room) 11pm £6/5; Good Times Remember them? Maybe the feel-good retro tunes will jog your memory (in the White Room) 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BAR Unplugged Live acoustic music 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW Synergy: Ghost In The Static, Digital Deformation Industrial goth and electro night with live bands 8pm £5/4/3 BLACK DOVE Chop Source DJ plays Caribbean and carnival sounds 8pm £free BLACK LION Molly Malone’s Dex In The City DJ night 9pm £free BLIND TIGER Stay Sick!: The Mojo Kings Bands and DJs play garage, punk and rock&roll 9pm £3/free BRIGHTON BALLROOM Margot’s Ice Queens & Hot Cossacks Fancy dress diva disco for Russia’s greatest love machines 10pm £10 BRIGHTON CENTRE Jools Holland & Sandie Shaw 7.30pm £34.50 BRUNSWICK BJS Showcase Jazz students blow their own trumpets 12noon £tbc; The MoTones Live soul and motown band 8pm £5/4.50 CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Fire At The Old Mill Punk DJ 9pm £free CHEQUERS Rockin Billy’s Nearly Christmas Party 7.30pm £free COALITION Rewind: Ez Rollers, Fidel Cutstro, Tom Yum, Nomark Old school hip hop night with added breakdancers 11pm £5; Blow After Party: Vincent Manganaro, Charly Lopez, Charles Green It never stops 4am £7/5/4 COBBLER’S THUMB Nedstarr Psychedelic rock band 9pm £free CONCORDE2 The Undertones, Doyle & The Forefathers Classic punk group who presumably now find it problematic to ogle teenage girls as they walk down the street 7pm £16.50; Sir Coxsone, Festus, Lloyd Coxsone, Blacker Dred, Tenor, Fly, Daddy Squechey, Gary G, Miss Independent, Philife Cypher, Ragga Twins Live PA, Grooveride, DJ As-If, Sinner Reggae, jungle and hip hop 11pm £3 COOPER’S CASK Sweetback Matt The Hat plays soul, funk, reggae and hip hop 8pm £free CUBE Simply House House DJs Time tbc £free DIGITAL Hospitality: High Contrast, London Elektricity, Logistics, Azonica, Transit Mafia, MC Wrec, A.D., Darrison Drum&bass night celebrating 15 years in the field 10pm £15 DOCTOR BRIGHTON’S Sexy Saturday: DJ Tony B 9.30pm £free DOME Britten Sinfonia Mark Elder conducts Berlioz’s oratorio about Christ’s childhood 7.30pm £7.50-27.50 DOME FOUNDER’S ROOM Children’s Storytelling Interactive kids’ stories from around the world, told by the playwright Dvora Liberman 11am/2pm £8/6 DRUID’S ARMS Disco Darren’s Delightful Disc Display DJ set 10pm £free DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA Eight Below 11am; Romantic Anonymous 1.30pm; Another Earth 3.30pm/10.15pm; Met Opera: Faust 6pm FABRICA Brighton Craftaganza! Christmas craft and handmade market 11am £free FIDDLER’S ELBOW Saturday Sizzlers: Beans On Toast Bits of funk and blues swimming in a reggae sauce 9pm £free FISHBOWL Abo & Ally Smith Jazz Room DJs play dirty funk and hot jazz 9pm £free FOGG’S Sam Chara Live swing and blues 8.30pm £free FORTUNE OF WAR Ben GC & Duncan Disorderly Disco and house classics 9pm £free FUNKYFISH The Funkyfish Club Soul, funk, jazz and Motown 10pm £6/3.50 GLOBE Headroom Vintage house and all the associated sub genres 9pm £free GREEN DOOR STORE Department S, The Fallen Leaves, The Transients, DJ Ian Part Time Post punk heroes play in Brighton for the first time in 30 years 7.30pm £tbc; Pop Not Pop Christmas pop hits from Dynamite Sal and crew 11pm £free HAUNT It Is Still 1985 Travel through time to an ancient realm where keytars are still pretty cool 10pm £3 H-BAR J00F Editions, DJ Human Blue, Dan Ascher Trance producer with a licence to gurn Time tbc £5 HED KANDI BAR Pure Kandi West Street’s new dance music club Details tbc HONEY Smartie Partie: Tania Von Pear, Fergus, Krispee, Tom Maverick, Squiz, Ben G Anthemic sounds from the promised land of Ibiza 11pm £5-10 HOPE Shoot The Dead, Clockworks Electro powered rock 8.30pm £4 HYDRANT DOWN The Smoking Hearts, Belligerence Rock&roll bands 8pm £2/free KOMEDIA DOWN Krater Comedy Club: Sean Collins, Chris Martin, Eddy Brimson, Stephen Grant Stand-up comedy 8pm £19 KOMEDIA STUDIO Comedy Club 4 Kids Stand-up comedy without the rude bits 2pm £8.50/6.50; Silent Movie Experience West End musician-performer jazzes up old films with breakbeat percussion and honky tonk piano 6pm £9/7; Spellbound “An 80s night for people who hate 80s nights” - Simon Price plays the alternative highlights of the decade

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9pm £5/4 KOMEDIA UP Krater Christmas Kracker: Sean Collins, Eddy Brimson, Stephen Grant Stand-up comedy with a three course meal and late night dancing 6pm £42.50 LIFE Hold Up! Long-running and much-loved indie night 11pm £5 LITTLE BAY RESTAURANT Live Opera Night Debbie Bridges sings during your supper 8pm £tbc MARLBOROUGH THEATRE Cherry Pop Cheese and 80s trash with DJ Fondue Inferno 9pm £free MESMERIST Juke Joint Jamboree Vintage dancefloor gems from the days of jive and jazz 9pm £free MUCKY DUCK DJ Juan Corbi Hip hop, funk and beats 8pm £free NEW VENTURE THEATRE Talking Dog Experimental theatre piece in which the audience learns to understand dog lingo as a nostalgic mutt ponders the meaning of life 7.45pm £10/9/8 NIGHTINGALE THEATRE How To Disappear Completely And Never Be Found Existentialist drama about a burnt-out exec who flees to Southend, visits a fortune teller and becomes haunted by visions of her own post-mortem 8pm £8/6 NORTHERN LIGHTS DJ Jazzy D Jazz, funk and soul 9pm £free OLD MARKET Electric Litter Ball: Rosy Carrick, Kitty Peels, Coco Deville, Leon Simmonds, Derriere Pretty Litter magazine launch party with poets, burlesque dancers and live rockabilly 7pm £free PAV TAV Back To The Future Retro tunes from before you were born 11pm £3/2 PAVILION THEATRE Robin And The Big Freeze Festive family show with live music, puppetry and bird watching 11am/2pm £8/6 PRINCE ALBERT Night Workers, They Might Swim, Steven Roberts Live music 8pm £4 RIKI TIK Korova Milkclub: Johnny Rocks, Senor Mick Sex, droogs and electro disco 9pm £free ROUND GEORGE’S PUB Francois Boutemy: A Decade Behind The Lens Opening night of a photography exhibition with live music from the folk trio, Firepit Collective 7pm £free SIDEWINDER Turin Breaks After Party One of the band runs the place so it should be nice and messy 9pm £free STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR 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 10pm £5/4/3 THEATRE ROYAL Jethro ‘Cornwall’s ambassador of comedy’ 8pm £22.50 THOMAS KEMP DJ Bianca Rock&roll and swing tunes 9pm £free THREE & TEN Patti Plinko And The Maddening Kooky and sultry songstress 8pm £10/9 TUBE 2562, Donga, Leighton Three hour dubstep set 11pm £5/4 VICTORY :KINEMA: DJ set of 80s classics from the Brighton pop band’s singer 9pm £free VOLKS Simply Vinyl: Zero T, Artificial Intelligence, Octane & DLR, Ant TC1, Script, Maj & S.T, Alex Slime, Mista Shiv, MC Fokus, MC Deefa, Donga & Blake, Lady Jane, Tempest, DJ Fidget The Dispatch label takes over for their ten year birthday 11pm £6 WEST HILL TAVERN Tonight We Fly Epic melodrama and literate indie pop 9pm £free WORLD’S END Tropical Boogie DJ Night Majorca flavoured DJ set 8pm £free

GREEN DOOR STORE Sunday Service Live music 5pm £free; Green Door Blues Blues band and DJs 10pm £free HONEY Sundays At The Honey If your house was this sexy you’d get a lot of carpet burns 11pm £3/2/free HOPE Steve Conte And The Crazy Truth, Dead Whisky Straight up rock&roll from New York Dolls’ ex-guitarist 7.30pm £10/8 HOTEL PELIROCCO Ace Stories: Dr Sue Currell, Sandy Dillon, Courttia Newland, Louise Halvardsson Live literature and music 6pm £3 HYDRANT DOWN Graces Collide, Switch Zero, Battery Hounds Alt rock bands 7pm £5 HYDRANT UP Liferuiner, Fallacies Metal bands 7pm £8 KOMEDIA DOWN Krater Comedy Club: Sean Collins, Eddy Brimson, Stephen Grant Stand-up comedy 8pm £11.50/6.50 KOMEDIA UP Baby Loves Disco: Christmas Party In which under 7s are introduced to the concept of clubbing 2pm £8; Alive & Swinging: Christmas Special Marilyn Monroe finds heaven a bore so she hooks up with Sinatra and Elvis for one last night of swinging 8pm £20-42.50 LATEST MUSIC BAR Jam Brighton Live music 3pm £3; Jamboree: Caitlin Stubbs, Jade Hopcroft Singer songwriters 8pm £3 NEPTUNE Tall Dark Friend Live rock and pop music 8.30pm £free NEW VENTURE THEATRE Talking Dog Experimental theatre piece in which the audience learns to understand dog lingo as a nostalgic mutt ponders the meaning of life 2.30pm £10/9/8 NIGHTINGALE THEATRE How To Disappear Completely And Never Be Found Existentialist drama about a burnt-out exec who flees to Southend, visits a fortune teller and becomes haunted by visions of her own post-mortem 8pm £8/6 OLD MARKET Hullabaloo Community Quire: Saturnalia Solstice singalong featuring the Moulettes 7.30pm £free PAV TAV Open Mic Night & DJs Details tbc PAVILION THEATRE Robin And The Big Freeze Festive family show with live music, puppetry and bird watching 11am/2pm/6pm £8/6 PRINCE ALBERT Hard Skin, 5 Shitty Fingers, ASBO Retards, Wonk Unit It must be punk, punk, punk 8pm £tbc RANELAGH The Blacken Blues Band Blues rock band 8.30pm £free REGENCY TAVERN Sunday Lunch Jerome plays the piano 1pm £free RIKI TIK Riki Fliks Film night showing classic movies and new shorts 7pm £free; The Lock In DJ night 9pm £free SIGNALMAN Open Mic Night 8pm £free STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR Hitch 2012 Fundraiser: Fighting Fiction, Drones, SPEAKS, Godard Live music 7pm £3 THEATRE ROYAL Shakin Stevens, DJ Dave Mumbles It’s been 30 years but he’s never explained if it was alcohol withdrawal, stage nerves or Parkinson’s 7.30pm £29.50 THOMAS KEMP Bags’ Groove Quartet Live jazz 4pm £free; Tango Sessions Dance the early evening away 8pm £tbc THREE & TEN Pappy’s Work In Progress Catch the sketch troupe’s new material before they head off on tour 8pm £8/5 VOLKS UK Subs, DJ Mark Groover Thompson First wave punks who never sold out or stopped 7pm £10

sunday 11th

ANCIENT MARINER Quiz Night 8pm £1 BEE’S MOUTH The Bee’s Mouth Jazz Forum Jazz jam with the house band 8.30pm £free BELUSHI’S BAR Now That’s What I Call A Dirty House Party What did you call it before? 9pm £free BRUNSWICK Open Mic Night 8.30pm £free COALITION Trash Mondays Filthy tunes for students and layabouts alike 10pm £5/3/free CONCORDE2 The Lemonheads The kings of featherweight grunge pop play every song from their classic album, ‘It’s A Shame About Ray’ (this show has now sold out) 7.30pm £tbc CORN EXCHANGE Blue Camel Club Arty club night for people with learning disabilities 7pm £4 CUBE Hoi Polloi Northern soul for the masses Time tbc £free DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA Romantic Anonymous 1.30pm/6.30pm; Another Earth 4pm/9pm FOUNTAINHEAD Open Mic Night 9pm £free GREEN DOOR STORE Metal Mondays Full metal racket 7.30pm £free HAUNT Tiger Please Live music 7pm £tbc; Speakerbox Forward thinking UK garage night 11pm £tbc HED KANDI BAR Ooosh Commercial house, electro remixes, indie bootlegs Details tbc HYDRANT DOWN Sin To Survive, Blind Sight, Hole In The Sky Rock bands 8pm £free KOMEDIA UP Ross Noble And Friends Master of comedy nonsense 8pm £15 LATEST MUSIC BAR Trumpton Comes Alive! A tribute to the music of Freddie Phillips 8pm £7/5 LIFE Jailbait Hits from the 90s for those too young to remember the first time 11pm £2 MESMERIST Stroll On Mondays Rock and mod music with cult film screenings 8.30pm £free NIGHTINGALE THEATRE How To Disappear

BELUSHI’S BAR Now That’s What I Call A Party What did you call it before? 9pm £free BLACK LION Live & Swingin’ Lion Live jazz and gypsy bands 8pm £free BLIND TIGER Hand Baked Arcade Retro video game installation giving you the chance to relive all those wonderful wasted years of futile pixel-pushing 4pm £4 BRIGHTON CENTRE Stephen Merchant It’s taken him a while, but Ricky Gervais’ partner in cringe is now braving his first ever stand-up tour 7pm £25/20 BRUNSWICK Sax Shop Christmas Twenty five sax workers blowing hard on their horns 1pm £tbc; Ukulele Jam It tastes sweet but a little woody 3pm £free; Bellylicious Christmas belly dance special 8pm £10/8 CONCORDE2 Death In Vegas Dirgey electro rockers 7.30pm £13.50 CUBE Chilled Sundays Laid back grooves Time tbc £free DOME Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra Seasonal compositions including a big orchestral verison of ‘Twinkle Twinkle Little Star’ 2.45pm £9-32; Pull A Cracker With Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus Festive pop choir raising funds for Sussex Beacon - with guests Zoe Lyons, Lorraine Bowen and Jodie Spencer 7.30pm £7.50-15 DUKE OF NORFOLK Live Music Night 9pm £free DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA Days Of Heaven 11am; Romantic Anonymous 1pm/5pm; Another Earth 3pm/7pm FIDDLER’S ELBOW Sham-Rock Open Mic 8.30pm £free FOUNTAINHEAD Reggae Roasts Chilled reggae beats Time tbc £free GLOBE Rockoustic Live acoustic music 9pm £free

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Completely And Never Be Found Existentialist drama about a burnt-out exec who flees to Southend, visits a fortune teller and becomes haunted by visions of her own postmortem 8pm £8/6 OLD MARKET MiniClicks Photography Talks: Luca Sage Discussion event with award-winning magazine and portrait photographer 7.30pm £free NEPTUNE Folk, Rock, Blues And Poetry Session 8.30pm £free PAV TAV Live Covers Band 9pm £tbc PRINCE ALBERT The Bleeding Hearts Intravaganza: Things In Herds, Palm Springs, Thomas White, Clowns, The Self Help Group, Martha Rose, Dogtooth, Malcolm Brown, Fire Eyes, Tandy Hard Downbeat and melancholic bands try their best to have a Christmas party 8pm £4 QUADRANT Monday Night Comedy Club: Jen Brister, Tobias Persson, Rue Barratt, Luke Capasso, Sami Stone Stand-up comedy 8pm £10/7.50 SIGNALMAN Pub Quiz 8pm £1 STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR IOU Comedy: Brian Gittins, Liam Williams, Laurence Tuck, David Hannant, Andrea Fox More stand-up comedy 8pm £4 THOMAS KEMP Thru The Alphabet Quiz Night 8pm £1 THREE & TEN Pappy’s Work In Progress Catch the sketch troupe’s new material before they head off on tour 8pm £8/5 VOLKS Strictly Reggae Dancehall, roots, revival 11pm £5/4.50 WORLD’S END Poker Night 8pm £tbc

Tuesday 13TH

BEACHIGOGO Latin Fever Party Dance lessons followed by a tropical salsa club 8pm/10pm £3/1/free BELUSHI’S BAR Totalled On Tuesday! Pop and dance 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW DJ Star DJ competition open to all 9pm £free BLACK LION Hit The Decks Open decks spin off (book a slot online) 9pm £free BLIND TIGER Holy Vessels, Clowns Psychedelic country rock and dark garage punk 7pm £3 BRUNSWICK Jazz Jam Open session with house band 8pm £free COALITION Full Volume If your bass was this filthy you’d have to take it back to the fishmongers 10.30pm £2-5 CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Skeptics In The Pub Writer Richard Robinson discusses his idea that we’d be better off if we behaved more like ants - but then who would write populist books about speculative business models?

8pm £2 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 Days Of Heaven 11am; Romantic Anonymous 1.30pm/6.30pm; Another Earth 4pm/9pm FIDDLER’S ELBOW Quizness Time Are you a pub quiz whizz, or bit of a half-wit? 8pm £1 FOGG’S Quiz Night Prizes for those who have the foggiest 8.30pm £1 GLOBE Basement Cinema Underground films in an underground room 8pm £free GREEN DOOR STORE Daniel Higgs, Twenty One Crows, The Black Nest Band Of The Common Loon Live music 7.30pm £free; Hard Times They can take our disposable income, but they’ll never take our nowave disco!

11pm £free HED KANDI BAR Subtrkt Tuesday West Street’s new dance music club Details tbc HYDRANT DOWN Band Camp Live music 8pm £free HYDRANT UP Access To Music City College bands 7pm £2 KOMEDIA UP Girl Talk: I Am A Woman Gwyneth Herbert joins British singers Barb Jungr and Mari Wilson 8pm £26.50/17.50 LATEST MUSIC BAR Charity Chuckle: Cahill Stand-up comedy 8.30pm £8/5

LIFE Drop Out Student night that’s almost as likely to ruin your degree as Tory education policy 11pm £2 LONDON UNITY Quiz Night Have your brain drained by a drag queen 8.30pm £1 LORD NELSON Pub Quiz Cash for questions 8.45pm £1 MESMERIST Conjurers’ Consortium It could be a magic night 7.30pm £free NEW VENTURE THEATRE Talking Dog Experimental theatre piece in which the audience learns to understand dog lingo as a nostalgic mutt ponders the meaning of life 7.45pm £10/9/8 OPEN HOUSE Jazz Work Shop Open jazz session 8pm £tbc PAV TAV Guerilla Rocks Club night for rock chicks, skater bois and indie kids 11pm £3/2/1 PAVILION THEATRE The Big Book Group Live literature event 8pm £12 PRINCE ALBERT Steve Pilgrim Band Wry and blackly humorous songwriting from indie folk trio 8pm £tbc RED LION Challenging General Knowledge & Music Quiz 8pm £1 REGENCY TAVERN Mark’s Piano Bar Live music 1pm £free RIKI TIK Freaks DJs play poppy hip hop, poppy indie and pop 9pm £free SIDEWINDER Open Mic Night 8pm £free

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STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR A Night Of Tony Hawks Pro Skater Night for skaters, gamers and graff writers 8pm £free THOMAS KEMP Poker Evening 8pm £tbc

wednesday 14TH

AUDIO Supercharged: Krafty Kuts Drum&bass and breaks 11pm £tbc

BEE’S MOUTH Open Mic 8.30pm £free BELUSHI’S BAR Now That’s What I Call A Party What

did you call it before? 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW Detention 8pm £free BLACK LION Fresh Acoustics Live music 8.30pm £free BLIND TIGER Dub Organiser Jam session with dub reggae house band 8pm £3 BRIGHTON BALLROOM Laish, The Magic Lantern Modern folk from Brighton’s Willkommen and London’s F-IRE collectives 8pm £6/5 BRIGHTON CENTRE Example, Fenech Soler (This show has now sold out) 6.30pm £17.50 BRUNSWICK The Final Enigma A mystery wrapped in a handkerchief inside a top hat 8pm £10 CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Pog, Wob, Project Adorno, Doctor Bongo Catchy ska-influenced indie songs with witty takes on punky themes 8pm £3 CHEQUERS Open Mic Session 8.30pm £free COALITION CoCo LoCo New housey student night 10.30pm £2-5 CONCORDE2 Seth Lakeman Multi instrumental folk 7.30pm £18 CORNERSTONE Poker Night 8pm £tbc CUBE Cubed House to the power of three Time tbc £free DIGITAL The Poundance Like a coin operated dancefloor 11pm £4/3/1 DOME The Bigger Bang VI: A Science Phenomenon Madcap science comedy with the guys from ITV’s Ministry Of Mayhem 1.30pm/7.30pm £12/10 DRUID’S ARMS We Change The Tempo! DJ plays international sounds 9pm £free DUKE OF NORFOLK Quiz Night 8pm £1 DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA Romantic Anonymous 1.30pm/6.30pm; Another Earth 4pm/9pm FISHBOWL The Mixer Men Reggae and hip hop DJ mash-up 10pm £free FOGG’S Open Mic Night Play for a pint 8.30pm £free FOUNTAINHEAD Student Night Indie rock tunes Time tbc £free GRAND CENTRAL Film Night Details tbc GREEN DOOR STORE Erin! Live music 7.30pm £tbc; The Jazz Store Live jazz with an open jam 11pm £free HED KANDI BAR Back To Love West Street’s new dance music club Details tbc HOPE The Band Of Holy Joy Outsider junkshop folk 7.30pm £8 HYDRANT DOWN Harker, The Collision, White Light Live acoustic music 8pm £free HYDRANT UP Loose Lips Christmas Party Pop and rock bands 8pm £tbc KOMEDIA DOWN Johnny Woo’s Gay Bingo “Dirty sticks, that’s thirty six” 7.30pm £15 LATEST MUSIC BAR Party Pianos Live music 7pm £25; Ellen & The Echo Live music 8pm £5/4 LONDON UNITY Open Mic Night 8.30pm £free MARLBOROUGH THEATRE Open Mic 8.30pm £free MASH TUN Tin Cup Collective Live funk and soul band 9pm £free MESMERIST Swing Ninjas Uptempo gypsy band 9pm £free NEW VENTURE THEATRE Talking Dog Experimental theatre piece in which the audience learns to understand dog lingo as a nostalgic mutt ponders the meaning of life 7.45pm £10/9/8 NIGHTINGALE THEATRE Parade Italian dance group 7.30pm £8.50/6.50 NORTHERN LIGHTS Mystery Train Rockabilly and psychobilly DJs 9pm £free OPEN HOUSE On The Edge: Lol Coxhill, Steve Beresford Live improvised jazz 8.30pm £6/5 PRINCE ALBERT Tall Ships Live music 8pm £5 RIKI TIK Hell On High Heels Sleazy rock and glam night 9pm £free THOMAS KEMP Open Mic 8.30pm £free VOLKS Switch Up Drum&bass and dubstep night 11pm £2/free

thursday 15th

ANCIENT MARINER Tracy Sullivan Jazz and country singer songwriter 8pm £free

AUDIO Bastard Pop Musical mash-up 11pm £2/free BEE’S MOUTH Andy Twyman Unique one-man band 9pm £free

BELUSHI’S BAR Karaoke 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW Fallout Live Live indie bands 10pm £3/2

BLACK LION Yo Yo Retro New DJ night playing 60s

garage and psyche 8.30pm £free BLIND TIGER Simon Sound, DJ Format Funk and soul DJ does a charity set of 60s psychedelica with full-on live visuals 8pm £donation

BRUNSWICK Edana Minghella Live jazz 8pm £8/7 CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Kunt And The Gang

Subtly witty punk band with songs called things like ‘Wank Fantasy’ and ‘I’m Gonna Lick You Out’ 8pm £5 Secret Discotheque Replaying the soundtrack to your youth 11pm £4/3/2 COBBLER’S THUMB Analogue Underground Radio Open mic night that’s also a live radio broadcast 8pm £free CUBE Loni Live music Time tbc £free DOME Uncaged Monkeys In A Night of 200 Billion Stars: Robin Ince, Tim Minchin, Simon Singh, Brian Cox, Ben Goldacre A gang of comedians, scientists and atheists discuss sciencey stuff like evolution and anti-stuff like dark matter 7.30pm £27/20 DRUID’S ARMS Flash Bang Band, Dan Markland Charismatic psycho-delic indie pop 8pm £free DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA Romantic Anonymous 1.30pm; Another Earth 4pm; ROH Live: Sleeping Beauty 7.15pm FIDDLER’S ELBOW Live Lounge Live music 8.30pm £free FISHBOWL Residents Association DJs play hip hop, funk and world beats 10.30pm £free GLOBE Hang The DJ! A night of punter-picked playlists 9pm £free GREEN DOOR STORE ART: Noise 7.30pm £tbc; No Fi 11pm £free HAUNT Sweet Sweet Lies Xmas Party An evening of suave popabilly with VonTrapp and the chaps 7pm £tbc HED KANDI BAR Dubbed Hip hop, drumstep and drum&bass night Details tbc HONEY Exposed! Club night playing electro, dubstep and funky house 10.30pm £3.50/2 HYDRANT DOWN Virus, Criminally Insane, Suicide Watch Thrash metal bands 8pm £free HYDRANT UP Private, Slugger, Don’t Panic Live music 7pm £3 KOMEDIA UP Krater Christmas Kracker: Raymond, Mr Timpkins, Ninia Benjamin, Stephen Grant Stand-up comedy with a three course meal and late night dancing 6pm/6.45pm £47.50 LIFE Fingerbang Hip hop, reggae, dub and dancehall 11pm £3 LONDON UNITY Texas Hold Em Poker night for serious players 8pm £5 MARLBOROUGH THEATRE O Holy Night Interactive and absurdist Christmas theatre show 7.30pm £8.50/6.50 MASH TUN They Mostly Come At Night Indie, electro and hip hop tunes 9pm £free MEDICINE CHEST Burlesque Supper Club: Divine Decadence Two course meal with burlesque for afters 7pm £35 MESMERIST Hollerin’ Stollar And The Pine Box Boys Foot-stomping blues explosion 9pm £free MUCKY DUCK Open Mic & Jam Session 8pm £free NEW VENTURE THEATRE Talking Dog Experimental theatre piece in which the audience learns to understand dog lingo as a nostalgic mutt ponders the meaning of life 7.45pm £10/9/8 NIGHTINGALE THEATRE Parade Italian dance group 7.30pm £8.50/6.50 OLD MARKET Kaleidoshow Festive and vaudevillian mishmash of music and theatre Time tbc £13.50/12 PAV TAV Whitebus, Ragstone, Skeleton Kid, That School Live music 8pm £2 PRINCE ALBERT Apples And Eve, Violet, Bat Country Live music 8pm £5 RANELAGH The Diablos Country rock 8.30pm £free REGENCY TAVERN Jazzy J Piano and double bass duo 8pm £free RIKI TIK Sizzurp Swaggy hip hop with added crunk 9pm £free ST JAMES’ TAVERN Stay Sick, Turn Blue DJs play vintage soul, jazz and blues 8.30pm £free STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR Catholic Discipline Noise rock, disco pop and acid folk from the Superheroes of BMX 8pm £free THEATRE ROYAL Spamalot Marcus Brigstocke and Todd Carty sing from the diaphragm a lot in Eric Idle’s comedy musical 7.45pm £17-45.50 THREE & TEN Phillip Jeays Witty and passionate singer whose contempt for the world is matched only by his love for Jacques Brel 8pm £8/5 VICTORY Open Mic 8pm £free VOLKS Lebelgeelectrod, Trouble & Maniac, Prozak Vs Prozak, Threts & Invasion, Morfius & Fraction Man, Kinundrum, Hedonic Calculus, Enel MC, Ace MC, Dekoy, Reefa MC, Alibi, Hadean, Prospect, Count5tepula, Flyte One, Mgma Rib rattling drum&bass 10pm £5/3 WORLD’S END The Big Cash Quiz 8pm £tbc

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friday 16th

BEE’S MOUTH We Change The Frequency Heavy grooves DJ 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BAR Muy Loco Pop and house DJs 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW Abandoned Rock and metal night 10pm £3/2 BLACK LION Unhooked Generation Motown, rock&roll and northern soul night 9pm £free BRUNSWICK Cajun Christmas: The Cajun Dawgs Live blues and country music 7.30pm £7

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CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Funny Ha-Ha!: Jen Brister, Julie Jepson Some people in a room trying to make you laugh (upstairs) 8pm £5; DJ Mendees & Clive Some people in a room trying to make you dance (downstairs) 9pm £free COALITION Friday I’m In Love No more lectures for a day or two 11pm £1-5 COBBLER’S THUMB Wide Eyed Order Christmas Party Energetic ska punk with a gypsy edge 8pm £free CUBE Friday Club: Cheets, Aaron Pelaez House DJs Time tbc £free DIGITAL Stonelove Indie rock&roll club 11pm £4/3 DOCTOR BRIGHTON’S Funky Friday: DJ Nick Hirst, DJ Wayne 9.30pm £free DOME Aloe Blacc Anti-capitalist soul singer 7.30pm £15.50 DRUID’S ARMS Hot Pepper Sauce DJ Max plays funk, soul and house 10pm £free DUKE OF NORFOLK DJ MC Cashback 9pm £free DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA The Nightmare Before Christmas 11.30pm FISHBOWL Richie Cox & Sumsuch Funky soul and jazz disco DJs 9pm £free FOGG’S Johnny ‘Two-Spuds’ Jones An unlikely mix of Abba and Zappa 8pm £free FORTUNE OF WAR Fever! Latin, hip hop and reggae 9pm £free FUNKYFISH The Funkyfish Club Soul, funk, jazz and Motown 10pm £6/3.50 GLOBE Rum Fridays: The Eclectic Chair Buzzing tunes with DJ Lamp 8pm £free GRAND CENTRAL Dad’s Old Vinyl DJs play retro records Details tbc GREEN DOOR STORE Bos Angeles, Fear Of Men, Sealings Live bands 7.30pm £tbc; Vice Issue Launch: Gross Magic, Eagulls Bands and DJs promoting the postironic fashion mag 11pm £free HAMPTON DJ Ballbreaker, DJ Buns, Uncle Margie Mish mash of eclectic beats 8pm £free HAUNT Dirty Dike, Jam Baxter, Fliptrix, Concept of Thought, Barcode, Tc Johnston Hip hop night 7pm £5 H-BAR Tech Noir Xmas Special: Danny Chase, Nick Hook Funky vocals and deep tech 9pm £5 HED KANDI BAR Vanity House and electro club Details tbc HONEY Lollipop Get your fingers sticky to house and hip hop treats 11pm £5/4/3 HOPE Strychnine Nights Holy Vessels on the decks 9pm £free KOMEDIA DOWN Ben Ottewell Solo show from the Gomez singer 7.30pm £12 KOMEDIA UP Krater Christmas Kracker: Raymond, Mr Timpkins, Ninia Benjamin, Stephen Grant Stand-up comedy with a three course meal and late night dancing 12.30pm/6pm/6.30pm £37.50-47.50 LATEST MUSIC BAR Party Pianos Live music (this show has now sold out) 7pm £25 LIFE Critical Sound Xmas Payback: Break, Kasra, Foreign Concept Drum&bass night 11pm £4 LONDON UNITY Tener Duende, Chris Hadden, Those Bad Ideas Monthly folk and bluegrass night Time tbc £free MARLBOROUGH THEATRE O Holy Night Interactive and absurdist Christmas theatre show (upstairs) 7.30pm £8.50/6.50; Queer & Alternative Indie, pop and electro DJs (downstairs) 9pm £free MESMERIST Shake, Holla & Roll Swing jazz and R&B designed to get you dancing 9pm £free MUCKY DUCK Killer Rock Karaoke 8pm £free NEPTUNE Shauna Parker And The Saloon Bar Band Country swing outfit 8.30pm £free NEW VENTURE THEATRE Talking Dog Experimental theatre piece in which the audience learns to understand dog lingo as a nostalgic mutt ponders the meaning of life 7.45pm £10/9/8 NIGHTINGALE THEATRE Parade Italian dance group 7.30pm £8.50/6.50 NORTHERN LIGHTS Bitter Disko DJ plays mutant funk, post punk and John Peel favourites 9pm £free OLD MARKET Kaleidoshow Festive and vaudevillian mishmash of music and theatre Time tbc £13.50/12 PAV TAV Totally 90s Replaying the soundtrack of the Blair years Time tbc £3/2 PAVILION THEATRE The Mojo Fins, Man Ray Sky, The Gypsy Switch, Twin Brother, Fellow Stranger Top Brighton indie bands 7.15pm £7-10 PRINCE ALBERT Sparrow, The Flying Car Company, The Stars Down To Earth, Dead Cars Indie rock and shoegaze bands 8pm £4/3 RANELAGH The Indelicates, Wob Knowing indie rock 8.30pm £free REGENCY TAVERN Sing-Along-A-Carolling! With Jerome at the piano Time tbc £free RIKI TIK Kung Fu Xmas Bash: Rum Committee, Neil B, Deceptakut Hip hop and funk night 9pm £free SIDEWINDER Ms Faricy Soul, funk and indie tunes 9pm £free STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR Missing Andy Live music 7.30pm £9/8; Reverb Bistro From funky disco, through Chicago house into drum&bass and dubstep 11pm £3 THEATRE ROYAL Spamalot Marcus Brigstocke and Todd Carty sing from the diaphragm a lot in Eric Idle’s comedy musical 7.45pm £17-45.50 THOMAS KEMP DJ Spindo Indie and rock classics 9pm £free THREE & TEN Off The Cuff Audience-seeded jokes made up on the spot 8pm £8/6

TUBE Friday 45 From funk to disco and back again via deep house 11pm £2/free; Motel After hours club night for electro house heads 2.30am £3 VOLKS Originate’s Christmas Party: Nookie, Modular, Outrage 11pm £tbc WORLD’S END Bucklers Reel Live music 8pm £free

saturday 17th

ANCIENT MARINER Winter Wonderland Party: The Whistleblowers Live festive funk 8pm £free AUDIO Minimal Kids: Enzo Siffredi Techno night 11pm £5/free BEACHIGOGO The R&B Lounge R&B DJs (in the main room) 11pm £6/5; Good Times Remember them? Maybe the feel-good retro tunes will jog your memory (in the White Room) 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BAR Unplugged Live acoustic music 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW Apocolypse Classic metal headbangers and nu metal chain-swingers 9pm £5/2 BLACK LION Burnt Toast DJs play sleazy soul and dirty breaks 9pm £free BLIND TIGER The Full Circle Christmas Party: King Porter Stomp, Samsara, People’s String Foundation Ska and hip hop big band led by MC Jonezy Time tbc £5/free BRIGHTON BALLROOM Merry Kissmas Christmas cabaret and variety show 8pm £5 BRUNSWICK Tonight Matthew I will be the singer in a covers band 8pm £5 CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Cazza Karaoke 8.30pm £free COALITION Old Yellow Bricks: DJ Monty, DJ Charles Green, Shmooze & Skank, B.A.N.K R&B, house and funky soul club 11pm £7/5; Blow After Party: Vincent Manganaro, Charly Lopez, Charles Green It never stops 4am £7/5/4 COBBLER’S THUMB Buffo’s Wake Punky cabarettinged chorus hooks backed by rousing gypsy rhythms 9pm £free CONCORDE2 Freebass Drum&bass, dubstep and jungle rave 11pm £free COOPER’S CASK Keep It Social DJs play a selection of indie, 60s ska and Motown 8pm £free CORNERSTONE Resident DJs 7pm £free CUBE Delirious Xmas Special: Dave King, Carl Mills Big house beats Time tbc £free DIGITAL Supercharged Drum&bass and breaks 11pm £tbc DOCTOR BRIGHTON’S Sexy Saturday: DJ Tony B 9.30pm £free DOME The Unthanks The English folk band perform songs

by Robert Wyatt and Antony & The Johnsons 8pm £18.50/16 DRUID’S ARMS DJ Green Man’s Garden Of Delights A mixed bag of soul, psychedelia, funk, folk and pop 10pm £free DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA City Of Dreamers 3.30pm FIDDLER’S ELBOW Saturday Sizzlers: Beans On Toast Bits of funk and blues swimming in a reggae sauce 9pm £free FISHBOWL What’s Wrong With Groovin’? DJs set out to answer the age old question 9pm £free FOGG’S Dave Blackwell Live acoustic folk 8pm £free FORTUNE OF WAR Roo Tropical and soulful tunes from the Tru Thoughts DJ 9pm £tbc FUNKYFISH The Funkyfish Club Soul, funk, jazz and Motown 10pm £6/3.50 GLOBE The Music Box Disco and techno played by a live band 9pm £free GREEN DOOR STORE Riots Not Diets: Shrag, Tender Trap Feminist Christmas party with indie pop bands and a film about K Records 6pm £tbc; Da Doo Ron Ron Club night with a big thing for girlgroups and soul sirens, now settling in to its new home 11pm £free HAUNT Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Hawthorn Heights, Failsafe Live music Details tbc; It Is Still 1985 Travel through time to an ancient realm where neon socks are quite the thing 10pm £3 H-BAR Beatsworkin: Jon Marsh, Mark Allister, Mike Decourcy, Macro B, Jaca, James Harrison, Dave Kus Deep house night Time tbc £4 HED KANDI BAR Pure Kandi West Street’s new dance music club Details tbc HONEY Pukka Up If your house was this pukka you’d never run out of pies 11pm £5-10 HOPE The Black Fields, Ellen & The Echo, The Wasp Factory Country blues rock 7.30pm £5 HYDRANT DOWN From Plan To Progress Live music 8pm £free IRON DUKE She Talks To Rainbows Christmas Special DJs Minnie & Misty revisit the 60s and 70s 9pm £free KOMEDIA DOWN Shoe Baby Children’s puppet show based on Joyce Dunbar’s book with singalong tunes from Gomez’s Tom Gray 2pm/4pm £9/7 KOMEDIA UP Krater Christmas Kracker: Raymond, Mr Timpkins, Ninia Benjamin, Stephen Grant Stand-up comedy with a three course meal and late night dancing 6pm/6.30pm £47.50 LATEST MUSIC BAR Rooftop Studios Live music from Portslade’s Rooftop Studios rock school 2.30pm £3 LIFE Hold Up! Long-running and much-loved indie night 11pm £5 LONDON UNITY The Folking Hippies Folk with attitude

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Time tbc £free MARLBOROUGH THEATRE O Holy Night Interactive and absurdist Christmas theatre show (uptairs) 7.30pm £8.50/6.50; Cherry Pop Cheese and 80s trash with DJ Fondue Inferno (downstairs) 9pm £free MESMERIST Juke Joint Jamboree Vintage dancefloor gems from the days of jive and jazz 9pm £free MUCKY DUCK Eclectic Chair Buzzing tunes from DJ Lamp 9pm £free NEW VENTURE THEATRE Talking Dog Experimental theatre piece in which the audience learns to understand dog lingo as a nostalgic mutt ponders the meaning of life 7.45pm £10/9/8 NIGHTINGALE THEATRE Parade Italian dance group 3.30pm/7.30pm £8.50/6.50 NORTHERN LIGHTS DJ RC Viking Horny invasion party 9pm £free OFFICE Hot-Tip Hi-Fi DJs play early reggae and rocksteady 8pm £free OLD MARKET Kaleidoshow Festive and vaudevillian mishmash of music and theatre Time tbc £13.50/12 PAV TAV Back To The Future Retro tunes from before you were born 11pm £3/2 PRINCE ALBERT Bela Emerson Loopy cellist 2pm £tbc; A Two Fisted Tale With Leonard And Bubba’s Delicious Goo Goo Cluster V The Trailer Trash Orchestra Featuring Knox! Family feud between white trash kids and degenerate rednecks 8pm £4/3 RIKI TIK ALTA: Jesus Pablo, Di Riviera, Will Sumsuch, Tim ‘Bongos’ Mercer Deep, deep house 9pm £free SIDEWINDER Christmas Party With DJ Santa on the decks 9pm £free THEATRE ROYAL Spamalot Marcus Brigstocke and Todd Carty sing from the diaphragm a lot in Eric Idle’s comedy musical 2.30pm/7.45pm £17-45.50 THOMAS KEMP DJ Jody Lee Hooker Soul, dance and funk classics 9pm £free THREE & TEN Music Box The Improvised Musical Comedy songs and stories plucked from the air 8pm £8/6 TUBE Lost & Found: Crazy P, Neal Lewis, Affy Wajid New club night with a DJ set from the electro house band 11pm £6 UNITARIAN CHURCH Euros Child Folk pop by the singer from Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci 8pm £10 VICTORY DJ Rob Taylor 9pm £free VOLKS Frequency: Blokhe4d, Xilent, High Maintenance, D Double U, Deceit Drum&bass night 10pm £2 WEST HILL HALL Christmas All Dayer: Electric Soft Parade, King James, Birdengine, Lianne Hall, 30lbs Of Bone Indie and folk bands play a benefit gig for Martlets Hospice 3pm £10/9 WORLD’S END Zimbaremabwe DJs and live bands play live reggae and Zimbabwean music 8pm £free

sunday 18th

BEE’S MOUTH The Hive DJs wade through the

subgenres of the 50s and 60s 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BAR Now That’s What I Call A Party What did you call it before? 9pm £free BLACK LION Live & Swingin’ Lion Live jazz and gypsy bands 8pm £free BLIND TIGER Crafternoon Christmas Market Homemade gifts from local artists and makers 11am £free; Breakout Zoo: The Drop Live hip hop, breakdancing and funky soul DJs Time tbc £4/free BRUNSWICK Rockschool Music showcase for young bands 1pm £tbc; Ian Shaw Live jazz 8pm £12 COALITION New Groove Formation, Transformer, Kate Rose, Zac Hooper Rap-fronted funk and ska band 8pm £7/6 CORN EXCHANGE Elias Quartet Music by Bach and Beethoven 11am £17.50/15 CUBE Chilled Sundays Laid back grooves Time tbc £free DOME Christmas Concert: London Gala Orchestra, Brighton Festival Chorus, Brighton Festival Youth Choir Christmas music both classical and modern 4pm £12.50-25 DUKE OF NORFOLK Live Music Night 9pm £free DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA The Big Lebowski 6pm; Bolshoi: The Nutcracker 3pm FIDDLER’S ELBOW Sham-Rock Open Mic 8.30pm £free FOUNTAINHEAD Reggae Roasts Chilled reggae beats Time tbc £free GREEN DOOR STORE Sunday Service Live music 5pm £free; Green Door Blues Blues band and DJs 10pm £free HAUNT Earthtone9, The Safety Fire, Here There Be Monsters Live music Details tbc HONEY Sundays At The Honey If your house was this sexy you’d soon wear out the wallpaper 11pm £3/2/free HOPE Pirate, Reality Check, Harting, Morag Caister & Harry Barker, Flashback Live music 7.30pm £3 HYDRANT UP Depthmas Charge: Jipsy Magic, Thieves

By The Code, London Commands You, Autumn & The Falls Live bands and an open mic spot 7pm £free KOMEDIA DOWN Shoe Baby Children’s puppet show based on Joyce Dunbar’s book with singalong tunes from Gomez’s Tom Gray 11am/2.30pm £9/7; Krater Comedy Club: Raymond, Mr Timpkins, Ninia Benjamin, Stephen Grant Stand-up comedy 8pm £12.50/7.50 KOMEDIA UP Al’s Crackers Christmas Family-friendly festive gig with Al Start and a kids’ open mic 2pm £6; Alive & Swinging: Christmas Special Marilyn Monroe finds heaven

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a bore so she hooks up with Sinatra and Elvis for one last night of swinging 8pm £42.50/20 MARLBOROUGH THEATRE O Holy Night Interactive and absurdist Christmas theatre show 7.30pm £8.50/6.50 NEPTUNE Wynd Folk rock, of course 8.30pm £free NIGHTINGALE THEATRE Boogaloo Stu’s Pop Magic Christmas! The camp cabaret star hosts a ‘reality theatre’ show in the which the audience writes and performs their very own Christmas song 7.30pm/9.30pm £10/8 PAV TAV Open Mic Night & DJs Details tbc PRINCE ALBERT Marysia Band Polish band play traditional and modern folk music with a few Christmas songs thrown in 7.30pm £4 RANELAGH Simon Sparrow Blues guitarist 8.30pm £free REGENCY TAVERN Sunday Lunch Jerome plays the piano 1pm £free RIKI TIK Riki Fliks Film night showing classic movies and new shorts 7pm £free; The Lock In DJ night 9pm £free SIGNALMAN Open Mic Night 8.15pm £free THEATRE ROYAL Numberjacks Maths made fun with the help of cuddly integers 1pm/3.30pm £12.50-17.50 THOMAS KEMP Miss Mandy Jazz and swing duo 4pm £free; Tango Sessions Dance the early evening away 8pm £tbc WORLD’S END Professor Hard Times Old school jazz and blues DJ 8pm £free

monday 19th

ANCIENT MARINER Quiz Night 8pm £1 BEE’S MOUTH The Bee’s Mouth Jazz Forum Jazz jam with the house band 8.30pm £free BELUSHI’S BAR Now That’s What I Call A Dirty House Party What did you call it before? 9pm £free BRUNSWICK Brighton Stanza Poetry group 7pm £5; Surfers Against Sewage Xmas Surf films and festive fun 8pm £tbc COALITION Trash Mondays Filthy tunes for students and layabouts alike 10pm £5/3/free CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Romesh Ranganathan & Sean McLoughlin Double bill of rising stand-ups 7.30pm £5 CORN EXCHANGE Christmas Ball The age of ballroom dancing brought to life by the Berkeley Square Society Band 8pm £22.50/12.50 CUBE Hoi Polloi Northern soul for the masses Time tbc £free DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA The Trip 6.30pm FOUNTAINHEAD Open Mic Night 9pm £free GREEN DOOR STORE Metal Mondays Full metal racket 7pm £free HAUNT Speakerbox Forward thinking UK garage night 11pm £tbc HED KANDI BAR Ooosh Commercial house, electro remixes, indie bootlegs Details tbc HYDRANT DOWN Rio Bravo Live music 8pm £free KOMEDIA DOWN Shoe Baby Children’s puppet show based on Joyce Dunbar’s book with singalong tunes from Gomez’s Tom Gray 11am/2pm £9/7 KOMEDIA UP Glenn Tilbrook Solo set from the lead singer of Squeeze 7.30pm £17.50 LATEST MUSIC BAR Prehab, Choice, Linten Splinters Live music 8pm £4 LIFE Jailbait Hits from the 90s for those too young to remember the first time 11pm £2 MESMERIST Stroll On Mondays Rock and mod music with cult film screenings 8.30pm £free NIGHTINGALE THEATRE Boogaloo Stu’s Pop Magic Christmas! The camp cabaret star hosts a ‘reality theatre’ show in the which the audience writes and performs their very own Christmas song 10pm £10/8 PAV TAV Live Covers Band 9pm £tbc PRINCE ALBERT Born To Lose DJ night 8pm £3 QUADRANT Monday Night Comedy Club: Darren Walsh, Paul McCaffrey, Julie Jepson, Sami Stone Standup comedy 8pm £10/7.50 RANELAGH Krissy Matthews, Ben Poole Two bluesmen riffing 8.30pm £free SIGNALMAN Pub Quiz 8pm £1 STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR Where Is My Mind?

Music quiz 8pm £1; Sticky Mike’s Xmas Ho Down 7pm £free THEATRE ROYAL Numberjacks Maths made fun with the help of cuddly integers 11.30pm/2.30pm £12.50-17.50; Spamalot Marcus Brigstocke and Todd Carty sing from the diaphragm a lot in Eric Idle’s comedy musical 7.45pm £1745.50 VOLKS Strictly Reggae Dancehall, roots, revival 11pm £5/4.50 WORLD’S END Poker Night 8pm £tbc

Tuesday 20th

BEACHIGOGO Latin Fever Party Dance lessons followed by a tropical salsa club 8pm/10pm £3/1/free BEE’S MOUTH Roll ‘Dem Bones Blues, jazz and 60s tunes 8.30pm £free BELUSHI’S BAR Totalled On Tuesday! Pop and dance 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW DJ Star DJ competition open to all 9pm £free BLACK LION Hit The Decks Open decks spin off (book

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a slot online) 9pm £free BRUNSWICK Jazz Jam Open session with house band 8pm £free COALITION Full Volume If your bass was this filthy you’d have to take it back to the fishmongers 10.30pm £2-5 CORN EXCHANGE Winter Ceilidh Kid-friendly dance show featuring The Sussex Pistols 7pm £8/5 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 FIDDLER’S ELBOW Quizness Time Are you a pub quiz whizz, or bit of a half-wit? 8pm £1 FOGG’S Quiz Night Prizes for those who have the foggiest 8.30pm £1 FRIEND’S MEETING HOUSE Chris T-T, Franz Nicolay Indie protest singer puts music to A.A. Milnes’ poetry in this family-friendly show 7pm £20/10/5 GLOBE Basement Cinema Underground films in an underground room 8pm £free GREEN DOOR STORE Tarner Fundraiser 7.30pm £tbc; Hard Times They can take our disposable income, but they’ll never take our nowave disco! 11pm £free HED KANDI BAR Subtrkt Tuesday West Street’s new dance music club Details tbc HYDRANT DOWN Band Camp Christmas Party Live music 8pm £free KOMEDIA DOWN Shoe Baby Children’s puppet show based on Joyce Dunbar’s book with singalong tunes from Gomez’s Tom Gray 11am/2pm £9/7 KOMEDIA UP Suspiciously Elvis Christmas Special Vegas era Elvis impersonator backed by a live band 8pm £20-42.50 LATEST MUSIC BAR You Cry Wolf, Tales Of George, My Element Live music 8pm £3 LIFE Drop Out Student night that’s almost as likely to ruin your degree as Tory education policy 11pm £2 LONDON UNITY Quiz Night Have your brain drained by a drag queen 8.30pm £1 LORD NELSON Pub Quiz Cash for questions 8.45pm £1 MESMERIST Conjurers’ Consortium It could be a magic night 7.30pm £free NIGHTINGALE THEATRE Boogaloo Stu’s Pop Magic Christmas! The camp cabaret star hosts a ‘reality theatre’ show in the which the audience writes and performs their very own Christmas song 7.30pm/9.30pm £10/8 OPEN HOUSE Jazz Work Shop Open jazz session 8pm £tbc PAV TAV Guerilla Rocks Club night for rock chicks, skater bois and indie kids 11pm £3/2/1 PRINCE ALBERT The Mess Around, Love Park Garage punk from Brooklyn 8pm £4/3 RED LION Challenging General Knowledge & Music Quiz 8pm £1 REGENCY TAVERN Mark’s Piano Bar Live music 1pm £free RIKI TIK Freaks DJs play poppy hip hop, poppy indie and pop 9pm £free SIDEWINDER Open Mic Night 8pm £free THEATRE ROYAL Numberjacks Maths made fun with the help of cuddly integers 11.30pm/2.30pm £12.50-17.50; Spamalot Marcus Brigstocke and Todd Carty sing from the diaphragm a lot in Eric Idle’s comedy musical 7.45pm £1745.50 THOMAS KEMP Poker Evening 8pm £tbc

wednesday 21st

BEE’S MOUTH Open Mic 8.30pm £free BELUSHI’S BAR Now That’s What I Call A Party What did you call it before? 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW Detention 8pm £free BLACK LION Acoustic Showcase Live bands and open mic night 8.30pm £free BRUNSWICK Live N Lauging Stand-up comedy 8pm £5 CHEQUERS Open Mic Session 8.30pm £free COALITION CoCo LoCo New housey student night 10.30pm £2-5 COWLEY CLUB Bald Knobbers Second Coming Live music 8pm £4 CUBE Cubed House to the power of three Time tbc £free DIGITAL The Poundance Like a coin operated dancefloor 11pm £4/3/1 DRUID’S ARMS We Change The Tempo! DJ plays international sounds 9pm £free DUKE OF NORFOLK Quiz Night 8pm £1 FISHBOWL The Mixer Men Reggae and hip hop DJ mash-up 10pm £free FOGG’S Open Mic Night Play for a pint 8.30pm £free FOUNTAINHEAD Student Night Indie rock tunes Time tbc £free GRAND CENTRAL Film Night Details tbc GREEN DOOR STORE Kidda Live music 7.30pm £free; The Jazz Store More live jazz, but with an open jam 11pm £free HED KANDI BAR Back To Love West Street’s new dance music club Details tbc HYDRANT DOWN The Reckless Christmas Party Live music 8pm £free KOMEDIA DOWN Shoe Baby Children’s puppet show based on Joyce Dunbar’s book with singalong tunes from Gomez’s Tom Gray 11am/2pm £9/7 KOMEDIA UP Suspiciously Elvis Christmas Special Vegas era Elvis impersonator backed by a live band 8pm £20-42.50

LONDON UNITY Open Mic Night 8.30pm £free MARLBOROUGH THEATRE Open Mic 8.30pm £free MASH TUN Tin Cup Collective Live funk and soul band 9pm £free

MESMERIST Swing Ninjas Uptempo gypsy band 9pm £free

PRINCE ALBERT Cable Club Live music 8.30pm £4/3 RIKI TIK Hell On High Heels Sleazy rock and glam night 9pm £free

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the help of cuddly integers 11.30pm £12.50-17.50; Spamalot Marcus Brigstocke and Todd Carty sing from the diaphragm a lot in Eric Idle’s comedy musical 2.30pm/7.45pm £17-45.50 THOMAS KEMP Open Mic 8.30pm £free VICTORY Open Mic 8pm £free VOLKS Switch Up Burning Of The Clocks Special Drum&bass and dubstep night 11pm £2/free

thursday 22nd

ANCIENT MARINER Charley Thearoux & Steve Lyons

Acoustic duo mixing Americana originals with covers of Dylan and Waits 8pm £free AUDIO Bastard Pop Musical mash-up 11pm £2/free BEE’S MOUTH Boondock Freylekhs, Horas, waltzes and polkas 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BAR Karaoke 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW Fallout Live Live indie bands 10pm £3/2 BLACK LION Soul Casserole A melting pot of hot funk beats and soul grooves 9pm £free BRUNSWICK Fat Thursday Night: King Size Slim Monthly blues bash 8pm £free COALITION Secret Discotheque Replaying the soundtrack to your youth 11pm £4/3/2 COBBLER’S THUMB Analogue Underground Radio Open mic night that’s also a live radio broadcast 8pm £free CUBE Musicbox Project Live music Time tbc £free DOME The Nutcracker: A Happy Dream Classical ballet given a modern twist and reworked for kids 7.30pm £1028.50 DRUID’S ARMS Kraken Sessions: Monsters Build Mean Robots, Killington Fall, Angles Post rock xmas gig 8pm £free DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA Les Enfants Du Paradis 6.30pm FIDDLER’S ELBOW Live Lounge Live music with a Christmassy touch 8.30pm £free FISHBOWL Residents Association DJs play hip hop, funk and world beats 10.30pm £free GLOBE Hang The Christmas DJ! A night of punter-picked playlists 9pm £free GREEN DOOR STORE Ed Lilo’s First Ever Eggnog Social This could feasibly be anything 11pm £free HED KANDI BAR Dubbed Hip hop, drumstep and drum&bass night Details tbc HONEY Exposed! Club night playing electro, dubstep and funky house 10.30pm £3.50/2 HOPE Communion Live music 7.30pm £tbc HOTEL PELIROCCO Synthesize Me Beautiful boings, bleeps and beats 8pm £free HYDRANT DOWN The Scam Punk rock covers band 8pm £free KOMEDIA DOWN Shoe Baby Children’s puppet show based on Joyce Dunbar’s book with singalong tunes from Gomez’s Tom Gray 11am/2pm £9/7 KOMEDIA UP Krater Christmas Kracker: Sean Collins, Phil Nichol, Stephen Grant Stand-up comedy with a three course meal and late night dancing 6pm £47.50 LIFE Porno Xmas Special Time tbc £2 LONDON UNITY Texas Hold Em Poker night for serious players 8pm £5 MASH TUN They Mostly Come At Night Indie, electro and hip hop tunes 9pm £free MESMERIST John Crampton One-man blues band 9pm £free RANELAGH CCTV Tapped Guitar and tap dancing duo 8.30pm £free REGENCY TAVERN Jazzy J Piano and double bass duo 8pm £free RIKI TIK Sizzurp Swaggy hip hop with added crunk 9pm £free PRINCE ALBERT Another Costume Party Live music 8.30pm £4/3 ST JAMES’ TAVERN Stay Sick, Turn Blue DJs play vintage soul, jazz and blues 8.30pm £free STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR Catholic Discipline Noise rock, disco pop and acid folk from the Superheroes of BMX 8pm £free THEATRE ROYAL Numberjacks Maths made fun with the help of cuddly integers 11.30pm/2.30pm £12.50-17.50; Spamalot Marcus Brigstocke and Todd Carty sing from the diaphragm a lot in Eric Idle’s comedy musical 7.45pm £1745.50 VOLKS Soundwaves Records: Tyke, Robbie D, King L, Tombola, Lean, Haunt, Real Deal, Nemso, Hysteriks, Ezb, Rama, Assasinater, Ruthless, Livid, Oner, Speekah Drum&bass label takes over 10pm £5 WORLD’S END The Big Cash Quiz 8pm £tbc

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friday 23rd

AUDIO DPM Xmas Party 11pm £tbc BEE’S MOUTH We Change The Frequency Heavy

grooves DJ 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BAR Muy Loco Pop and house DJs 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW Abandoned Rock and metal night 10pm £3/2 BLACK LION Attic Monkeys Vs Molly Malone’s Christmas Cracker Funk, soul and hip hop DJ showdown 9pm £free BRUNSWICK Have Yourself A Merry Linten Christmas: Linten Splinters, Left At The Robot Live music 8pm £tbc CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Spalien Acecraft Lo-fi playground pop jesters 8pm £tbc COALITION Friday I’m In Love No more lectures for a day or two 11pm £1-5 COBBLER’S THUMB Tragic Roundabout Winter Warmer Local legends of punky ska 8pm £free CUBE Friday Club: Cheets, Ollie Sturdy, Jon Mcglashan House DJs and live vocals Time tbc £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 Nutcracker: A Happy Dream Classical ballet given a modern twist and reworked for kids 7.30pm £1028.50 DRUID’S ARMS DJ Tommy G Electro, indie and house tunes 10pm £free DUKE OF NORFOLK DJ Miss Scarlett 9pm £free FIDDLER’S ELBOW TFI Christmas!: Superjam Funk so rare it bleeds Time tbc £free FISHBOWL Keep It Wheel DJs plays rare disco, soul and boogie 9pm £free FUNKYFISH The Funkyfish Club Soul, funk, jazz and Motown 10pm £6/3.50 GLOBE Rum Fridays DJ night 8pm £free GRAND CENTRAL Dad’s Old Vinyl DJs play retro records Details tbc GREEN DOOR STORE Foxes! Catchy and offbeat indie pop 7.30pm £tbc; James Brown Night 11pm £free HAMPTON DJ Ballbreaker, DJ Buns, Uncle Margie Mish mash of eclectic beats 8pm £free HAUNT Nowhere To Run The best of 60s Motown, soul and rock&roll 11pm £4/3 HED KANDI BAR Vanity House and electro club Details tbc HONEY Good Times Remember them? Maybe the classic disco tunes will jog your memory 10pm £3 HOPE The Denim, Bullet Proof Vest, Osborn Indie rock bands 8pm £5 HYDRANT DOWN Wide Eyed Order Christmas Party Energetic ska punk with a gypsy edge 8pm £free KOMEDIA DOWN Shoe Baby Children’s puppet show based on Joyce Dunbar’s book with singalong tunes from Gomez’s Tom Gray 11am/2pm £9/7 KOMEDIA UP Krater Comedy Club: Sean Collins, Addy Van Der Borgh, Phil Nichol, Stephen Grant Standup comedy Time tbc £19; David Bowie & T-Rex Xmas Tribute Music by both the young dudes 7.30pm £15 LATEST MUSIC BAR The Nightmare Before Christmas Cabaret with Voodoo Vaudeville 8.30pm £8/7 MARLBOROUGH THEATRE I Heart Electro For all your dirty electro needs 9pm £free MESMERIST Shake, Holla & Roll Swing jazz and R&B designed to get you dancing 9pm £free MUCKY DUCK Bitter Disko DJ plays mutant funk, post punk and John Peel favourites 8pm £free NEPTUNE Dolly Dagger Blues rock band pays tribute to Hendrix 8.30pm £free OLD MARKET Brighton Beach Boys Christmas Extravaganza Silver haired golden oldies 8pm £12.50/10 PAV TAV Christmas Party Unashamedly cheesy xmas bash 11pm £3/2 PRINCE ALBERT Club Meow Xmas Party: Lazarus And The Plane Crash, The Meow Meows, The Tiger Leeps Three top bands playing garage, ska and electro pop 8pm £5/4 RANELAGH Nicky Mitchell Live blues 8.30pm £free REGENCY TAVERN Sing-Along-A-Carolling! With Jerome at the piano Time tbc £free RIKI TIK It’s Goin’ Off Xmas Party: Drum Clinic Forward thinking bass music with no best before date 9pm £free STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR Late Night Lingerie: Skirts, Paper Playground, Royal Blood, The Rusted Guns, The Black Fields Late night live music, like a slumber party for Brighton’s best bands 9pm £3 THEATRE ROYAL Numberjacks Maths made fun with the help of cuddly integers 11.30pm/2.30pm £12.50-17.50; Spamalot Marcus Brigstocke and Todd Carty sing from the diaphragm a lot in Eric Idle’s comedy musical 7.45pm £1745.50 THOMAS KEMP DJ Brian Hip hop and club classics from the Flying White Dots guy 9pm £free TUBE Friday 45 From funk to disco and back again via deep house 11pm £2/free; Motel After hours club night for electro house heads 2.30am £3 VOLKS Sicknote Xmas Party: Chris Liberator Techno and psytrance night 11pm £5

saturday 24th

BELUSHI’S BAR Xmas Eve Party DJ Jake 9pm £free BLACK LION Yo Yo Retro Christmas Eve Special DJs

playing 60s psyche and garage 9pm £free CHEQUERS Chequers Christmas Party Festive tunes and mulled booze Time tbc £free COALITION Old Yellow Bricks: DJ Monty, DJ Charles Green, Shmooze & Skank, B.A.N.K R&B, house and funky soul club 11pm £7/5; Blow After Party: Vincent Manganaro, Charly Lopez, Charles Green It never stops 4am £7/5/4 COOPER’S CASK All Time Top 100 Christmas Party DJs play songs in reverse order of quality 8pm £free CORNERSTONE Christmas Eve Live music 8pm £free CUBE Too Mucking Fuch Upfront and tech house Time tbc £free DOCTOR BRIGHTON’S Christmas Eve Party: DJ Wayne 9pm £free DOME The Nutcracker: A Happy Dream Classical ballet given a modern twist and reworked for kids 2.30pm £1028.50 DRUID’S ARMS X-Mas Mess-mass Turning the DJ tables Time tbc £free DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA It’s A Wonderful Life 12.30pm FIDDLER’S ELBOW Saturday Sizzlers: Christmas Special DJs play funk, blues, reggae and beats 9pm £free FISHBOWL Xmas Eve Party Festive fun with DJ Ben 8pm £free FUNKYFISH The Funkyfish Club Soul, funk, jazz and Motown 10pm £6/3.50 GLOBE Christmas Eve Details tbc GRAND CENTRAL Christmas Eve Is Our Christmas Christmas as it was meant to be, in a pub 8pm £free HAUNT It Is Still 1985 Xmas Party Travel through time to an ancient realm, those halcyon days before the release of ‘Mistletoe & Wine’ 10pm £3 HED KANDI BAR Pure Kandi West Street’s new dance music club Details tbc HOVE PLACE Christmas Eve Party 8pm £free HYDRANT UP Albert Mooney Xmas Party Live music 8pm £free IRON DUKE Christmas Party: Emma Lindars West End star sings soul classics and chart hits Details tbc KOMEDIA DOWN Shoe Baby Children’s puppet show based on Joyce Dunbar’s book with singalong tunes from Gomez’s Tom Gray 11am/2pm £9/7 LIFE Hold Up! Long-running and much-loved indie night kept afloat by the influx of fresh-faced students 11pm £5 MARLBOROUGH THEATRE Christmas Eve Karaoke 8.30pm £free MESMERIST Juke Joint Jamboree Vintage dancefloor gems from the days of jive and jazz 9pm £free MUCKY DUCK Christmas Party 8pm £free THEATRE ROYAL Numberjacks Maths made fun with the help of cuddly integers 11.30pm £12.50-17.50; Spamalot Marcus Brigstocke and Todd Carty sing from the diaphragm a lot in Eric Idle’s comedy musical 2.30pm £1745.50 THOMAS KEMP DJ Jody Lee Hooker Soul, dance and funk classics 9pm £free TUBE Christmas Party Time tbc £free VOLKS Another Christmas Eve Dancehall, bashment, roots 11pm £6/5

sunday 25th

Waking up with a terrible hangover, picking up your granny from the retirement home, watching the Strictly Come Dancing Christmas special, drinking sherry, receiving two Cliff Richard official calendars and some nasty chocolate coins which taste like the 70s, arguing with your mum and eating strange cheese and some Twiglets. When Christmas day has all this to offer, why would you want to go out?

monday 26th

AUDIO Bang: Vincent Manganaro, Vincent Frimpong

11pm £tbc BEE’S MOUTH The Bee’s Mouth Jazz Forum Jazz jam with the house band 8.30pm £free BELUSHI’S BAR Boxing Night Dirty House Party 9pm £free BLACK LION Stop Go! Boxing Day Blow Out Shake off the lethargy wtih DJ Lanx 9pm £free COALITION Trash Mondays Filthy tunes for students and layabouts alike 10pm £5/3/free CUBE Knight Finder: Justin Howard, Vaughny DJs, Roben, Kelly Md, Amrick Channa House DJs with live vocals Time tbc £free DOCTOR BRIGHTON’S Boxing Day Party DJs, mince pies and hangovers 9pm £free DOME The Nutcracker: A Happy Dream Classical ballet given a modern twist and reworked for kids 5pm £10-28.50 HED KANDI BAR Ooosh Commercial house, electro remixes, indie bootlegs Details tbc LIFE Jailbait Hits from the 90s for those too young to remember the first time 11pm £3/2 MESMERIST Stroll On Mondays Rock and mod music with cult film screenings 8.30pm £free PAV TAV Live Covers Band 9pm £tbc RANELAGH The Jackals Live blues 8.30pm £free SIGNALMAN Boxing Day Pub Quiz 8pm £1

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THEATRE ROYAL Numberjacks Maths made fun with

the help of cuddly integers 11.30pm £12.50-17.50; Spamalot Marcus Brigstocke and Todd Carty sing from the diaphragm a lot in Eric Idle’s comedy musical 6pm £1745.50 THOMAS KEMP Thru The Alphabet Quiz Night 8pm £1 VOLKS Strictly Reggae Boxing Day Bonanza! Dancehall, roots, revival 11pm £5/4.50 WORLD’S END Poker Night 8pm £tbc

Tuesday 27th

BEACHIGOGO Latin Fever Party Dance lessons followed by a tropical salsa club 8pm/10pm £3/1/free BELUSHI’S BAR Totalled On Tuesday! Pop and dance 9pm £free BLACK LION Hit The Decks Open decks spin off (book a slot online) 9pm £free BRUNSWICK Jazz Jam Open session with house band 8pm £free COALITION Full Volume If your bass was this filthy you’d have to take it back to the fishmongers 10.30pm £2-5 DIGITAL CU Next Tuesday It’ll teach the universities to timetable lectures for Wednesday mornings 11pm £4/3 DOME The Nutcracker: A Happy Dream Classical ballet given a modern twist and reworked for kids 2.30pm/7.30pm £10-28.50 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 FOGG’S Quiz Night Prizes for those who have the foggiest 8.30pm £1 GLOBE Basement Cinema Underground films in an underground room 8pm £free GREEN DOOR STORE Hard Times They can take our disposable income, but they’ll never take our nowave disco!

11pm £free HED KANDI BAR Subtrkt Tuesday West Street’s new dance music club Details tbc KOMEDIA DOWN Shoe Baby Children’s puppet show based on Joyce Dunbar’s book with singalong tunes from Gomez’s Tom Gray 11am/2pm £9/7 KOMEDIA UP Guns ‘N’ Roses Experience, Brighton Rock DJs Tribute band 7.30pm £12 LIFE Drop Out Student night that’s almost as likely to ruin your degree as Tory education policy 11pm £2 LONDON UNITY Quiz Night Have your brain drained by a drag queen 8.30pm £1 LORD NELSON Pub Quiz Cash for questions 8.45pm £1 MESMERIST Conjurers’ Consortium It could be a magic night 7.30pm £free OPEN HOUSE Jazz Work Shop Open jazz session 8pm £tbc PAV TAV Guerilla Rocks Club night for rock chicks, skater bois and indie kids 11pm £3/2/1 RED LION Challenging General Knowledge & Music Quiz 8pm £1 REGENCY TAVERN Mark’s Piano Bar Live music 1pm £free RIKI TIK Freaks DJs play poppy hip hop, poppy indie and pop 9pm £free SIDEWINDER Open Mic Night 8pm £free THEATRE ROYAL Numberjacks Maths made fun with the help of cuddly integers 11.30pm £12.50-17.50; Spamalot Marcus Brigstocke and Todd Carty sing from the diaphragm a lot in Eric Idle’s comedy musical 2.30pm/7.45pm £17-45.50 THOMAS KEMP Poker Evening 8pm £tbc

wednesday 28TH

BEE’S MOUTH Open Mic 8.30pm £free BELUSHI’S BAR Now That’s What I Call A Party What did you call it before? 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW Detention 8pm £free BLACK LION Fresh Acoustics Live music 8.30pm £free BRUNSWICK Unconditional, Pirate, Battery Hounds, Gamblers Permit Live rock bands 8pm £3 COALITION CoCo LoCo New housey student night 10.30pm £2-5 COWLEY CLUB Splitting The Atom IV.i Mini Experimental Noise Fest: Allen Strachnid, Afrayed Knott, Ian Murphy, Plurals, Noteherder & Mccloud, Wangulen, Daniel Hignell, Dan Spicer, rSymantic Trio, Piglust & The Jezter, DJ Mystery Lesson Pushing the boundaries of both math rock and physics jazz 7pm £free CUBE Cubed House to the power of three Time tbc £free DIGITAL The Poundance Like a coin operated dancefloor 11pm £4/3/1 DOME Brighton Dome Discovery Tour Explore the historic venue’s backstage areas 1pm £8; Romeo And Juliet Shakespeare set to music by Prokofiev and choreography by Frederick Ashton 7.30pm £10-28.50 DRUID’S ARMS We Change The Tempo! DJ plays international sounds 9pm £free FISHBOWL DJ Gareth Stephens Swing, soul and ska 10pm £free FOGG’S Open Mic Night Play for a pint 8.30pm £free FOUNTAINHEAD Student Night Indie rock tunes Time tbc £free GRAND CENTRAL Film Night Details tbc

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GREEN DOOR STORE The Jazz Store Live jazz with an

open jam 11pm £free

KOMEDIA DOWN Shoe Baby Children’s puppet show

based on Joyce Dunbar’s book with singalong tunes from Gomez’s Tom Gray 11am/2pm £9/7 LONDON UNITY Open Mic Night 8.30pm £free MARLBOROUGH THEATRE Open Mic 8.30pm £free MASH TUN Tin Cup Collective Live funk and soul band 9pm £free MESMERIST Swing Ninjas Uptempo gypsy band 9pm £free NORTHERN LIGHTS Mystery Train Rockabilly and psychobilly DJs 9pm £free OPEN HOUSE Safehouse Improvised live music 8pm £6/5 PAVILION THEATRE The Treason Show: That Was The Year That Was 2011 Satirical sketch show looks back at this year’s calamities and cock-ups 8pm £15/12.50 PRINCE ALBERT Cable Club Live music 8.30pm £4/3 RIKI TIK Hell On High Heels Sleazy rock and glam night 9pm £free THEATRE ROYAL Numberjacks Maths made fun with the help of cuddly integers 11.30pm/2.30pm £12.50-17.50; Spamalot Marcus Brigstocke and Todd Carty sing from the diaphragm a lot in Eric Idle’s comedy musical 7.45pm £1745.50 THOMAS KEMP Open Mic 8.30pm £free

thursday 29th

AUDIO Bastard Pop Musical mash-up 11pm £2/free BELUSHI’S BAR Karaoke 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW Fallout Live Live indie bands 10pm £3/2

BLACK LION Live & Swingin’ Lion Live jazz and gypsy

bands 8pm £free COALITION Secret Discotheque Replaying the soundtrack to your youth 11pm £4/3/2 COBBLER’S THUMB Wide Eyed Order, Black Cat Bone, The Triple Chicken Combo Energetic ska punk with a gypsy edge 8pm £free CUBE Cube Live Live music Time tbc £free DOME Romeo And Juliet Shakespeare set to music by Prokofiev and choreography by Frederick Ashton 7.30pm £10-28.50 DRUID’S ARMS Nice Weather For Airstrikes Presents Live music 8pm £free FIDDLER’S ELBOW Live Lounge Live music 8.30pm £free FISHBOWL The Mixer Men: 4 Deck Session Turntable mash-ups 10.30pm £free GLOBE Hang The DJ! A night of punter-picked playlists 9pm £free GREEN DOOR STORE Running Dogs, Tiny Dragons, Two Jackals Live bands 8pm free HED KANDI BAR Dubbed Hip hop, drumstep and drum&bass night Details tbc HONEY Exposed! Club night playing electro, dubstep and funky house 10.30pm £3.50/2 HORSE & GROOM Tim Hardin Memorial Folk Fest Local folk pay tribute to the 1960s singer songwriter 8.30pm £free HYDRANT Band Night Live music 8pm £free KOMEDIA DOWN Shoe Baby Children’s puppet show based on Joyce Dunbar’s book with singalong tunes from Gomez’s Tom Gray 11am/2pm £9/7; Comic Boom: Zoe Lyons Rising stars of stand-up 8pm £9/7 LONDON UNITY Texas Hold Em Poker night for serious players 8pm £5 MASH TUN They Mostly Come At Night Indie, electro and hip hop tunes 9pm £free MESMERIST Bad Bad Whiskey Skifflebilly band 9pm £free NORTHERN LIGHTS The Northern Darkness DJs play Scandinavian metal 9pm £free PAVILION THEATRE The Treason Show: That Was The Year That Was 2011 Satirical sketch show looks back at this year’s calamities and cock-ups 8pm £15/12.50 RANELAGH Roland Chadwick Guitarist and composer 8.30pm £free REGENCY TAVERN Jazzy J Piano and double bass duo 8pm £free RIKI TIK Sizzurp Swaggy hip hop with added crunk 9pm £free ST JAMES’ TAVERN Stay Sick, Turn Blue DJs play vintage soul, jazz and blues 8.30pm £free STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR Catholic Discipline Noise rock, disco pop and acid folk from the Superheroes of BMX 8pm £free THEATRE ROYAL Numberjacks Maths made fun with the help of cuddly integers 11.30pm £12.50-17.50; Spamalot Marcus Brigstocke and Todd Carty sing from the diaphragm a lot in Eric Idle’s comedy musical 2.30pm/7.45pm £17-45.50

friday 30th

BEE’S MOUTH We Change The Frequency Heavy grooves DJ 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BAR Muy Loco Pop and house DJs 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW Abandoned Rock and metal night 10pm £3/2

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BLACK LION Medium Rare DJs serve up a platter of semi-obscure funk and soul 9pm £free BLIND TIGER Shattered Audio A whole evening dedicated to live music made with loop pedals 8pm £free CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Dixie Fried Red hot rockabilly with DJ Lonesome M 9pm £free COALITION Friday I’m In Love No more lectures for a day or two 11pm £1-5 CUBE House Boutique: Joe Wilkes, Dave King, Dan King, Darren Jebb, Vaughny DJs House DJs Time tbc £free DIGITAL Slade Rave Club night with cheap entry for those wearing shades and/or Christmas hats 11pm £7/4 DOME Romeo And Juliet Shakespeare set to music by Prokofiev and choreography by Frederick Ashton 7.30pm £10-28.50 DOCTOR BRIGHTON’S Funky Friday: DJ Nick Hirst, DJ Wayne 9.30pm £free DRUID’S ARMS Main Ingredients Live Showcase Live bands play funk and soul Time tbc £free DUKE OF NORFOLK DJ MC Cashback 9pm £free FISHBOWL Freestyle Records DJ set from the label manager, Greg Boraman 9pm £free FORTUNE OF WAR Fever! Latin, hip hop and reggae 9pm £free FUNKYFISH The Funkyfish Club Soul, funk, jazz and Motown 10pm £6/3.50 GLOBE Rum Fridays DJ night 8pm £free GRAND CENTRAL Dad’s Old Vinyl DJs play retro records Details tbc GREEN DOOR STORE Sub Bop From riot grrrl to grunge, agit pop to shoegaze 11pm £free HAMPTON DJ Ballbreaker, DJ Buns, Uncle Margie Mish mash of eclectic beats 8pm £free HED KANDI BAR Vanity House and electro club Details tbc HONEY Lollipop Get your fingers sticky to house and hip hop treats 11pm £5/4/3 HYDRANT DOWN This Water Kills Live music 8pm £free KOMEDIA DOWN Shoe Baby Children’s puppet show based on Joyce Dunbar’s book with singalong tunes from Gomez’s Tom Gray 11am/2pm £9/7 KOMEDIA UP The Noise Next Door’s Comedy Lock In Improv comedy troupe 8.30pm £10/8 MARLBOROUGH THEATRE SKA-D 4 LYF Ska and reggae night 9pm £free MESMERIST Shake, Holla & Roll Swing jazz and R&B designed to get you dancing 9pm £free MUCKY DUCK Hot-Tip Hi-Fi DJs play early reggae and rocksteady 8pm £free NEPTUNE Miller Anderson Rocking blues band 8.30pm £free PAV TAV Totally 80s Club night dedicated to the decade when it all went wrong 11pm £2 PAVILION THEATRE The Treason Show: That Was The Year That Was 2011 Satirical sketch show looks back at this year’s calamities and cock-ups 8pm £15/12.50 RANELAGH BWC Live: AMiTY Charity gig with one woman band 8.30pm £free THEATRE ROYAL Numberjacks Maths made fun with the help of cuddly integers 11.30pm/2.30pm £12.50-17.50; Spamalot Marcus Brigstocke and Todd Carty sing from the diaphragm a lot in Eric Idle’s comedy musical 7.45pm £1745.50 TUBE Friday 45 From funk to disco and back again via deep house 11pm £2/free; Motel After hours club night for electro house heads 2.30am £3

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JANUARY 2012 sunday 1st

BEE’S MOUTH The Hive DJs wade through the subgenres of the 50s and 60s 9pm £free

BRUNSWICK The Blues Corporation Live music charity

bash 4pm £10 CUBE New Year’s Day An ‘army’ of house DJs attempt to vanquish the new year come down Time tbc £free DUKE OF NORFOLK Live Music Night 9pm £free FIDDLER’S ELBOW Sham-Rock Open Mic 8.30pm £free FISHBOWL Recovery?: Asbest The Moor King, Sinner DJs play rare reggae and soul records 9pm £free FOUNTAINHEAD Reggae Roasts Chilled reggae beats Time tbc £free GREEN DOOR STORE Sunday Service Live music 5pm £tbc; Green Door Blues Blues band and DJs 10pm £free HONEY Sundays At The Honey If your house was this sexy you’d never go outdoors 11pm £3/2/free NEPTUNE The Ammonites Ska and reggae band 8.30pm £free RANELAGH Mike Ross Live blues and rock 8.30pm £free

monday 2nd

ANCIENT MARINER Quiz Night 8pm £1 BEE’S MOUTH The Bee’s Mouth Jazz Forum Jazz jam with a house band 8.30pm £free

BRUNSWICK Open Mic Night 8.30pm £free COALITION Trash Mondays Filthy tunes for students and layabouts alike 10pm £5/3/free CUBE Hoi Polloi Northern soul for the masses Time tbc £free FOUNTAINHEAD Open Mic Night 9pm £free GREEN DOOR STORE Punk Vs Hardcore 7.30pm £tbc HED KANDI BAR Ooosh Commercial house, electro remixes, indie bootlegs Details tbc HYDRANT DOWN Rio Bravo Live bands 8pm £free LIFE Jailbait Hits from the 90s for those too young to remember the first time 11pm £2 PRINCE ALBERT Born To Lose DJ night Details tbc SIGNALMAN Bank Holiday Pub Quiz 8pm £1 THEATRE ROYAL Spamalot Marcus Brigstocke and Todd Carty sing from the diaphragm a lot in Eric Idle’s comedy musical 6pm £17-45.50 VOLKS Strictly Reggae Dancehall, roots, revival 11pm £5/4.50

tuesday 3rd

BEACHIGOGO Latin Fever Party Dance lessons followed by a tropical salsa club 8pm/10pm £3/1/free BEE’S MOUTH Roll ‘Dem Bones Blues, jazz and 60s tunes 8.30pm £free BELUSHI’S BAR Totalled On Tuesday! Pop and dance 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW DJ Star DJ competition open to all 9pm £free BRUNSWICK Jazz Jam Open session with house band 8pm £free COALITION Full Volume If your bass was this filthy you’d have to take it back to the fishmongers 10.30pm £2-5 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 FIDDLER’S ELBOW Quizness Time Are you a pub quiz whizz, or bit of a half-wit? 8pm £1 FOGG’S Quiz Night Prizes for those who have the foggiest 8.30pm £1 GLOBE Basement Cinema Underground films in an underground room 8pm £free GREEN DOOR STORE Hard Times They can take our disposable income, but they’ll never take our nowave disco!

11pm £free HOPE Slip Jam:B Hip hop battleground for Brighton b-boys, hosted by Hines and Bizy 8.30pm £free HYDRANT UP Existimmortal Math metal band 7pm £3 LIFE Drop Out Student night that’s almost as likely to ruin your degree as Tory education policy 11pm £2 PRINCE ALBERT Alice Live music Details tbc RED LION Challenging General Knowledge & Music Quiz 8pm £1 RIKI TIK Freaks DJs play poppy hip hop, poppy indie and pop 9pm £free SIDEWINDER Open Mic Night 8pm £free THEATRE ROYAL Spamalot Marcus Brigstocke and Todd Carty sing from the diaphragm a lot in Eric Idle’s comedy musical 2.30pm/7.45pm £17-45.50 THOMAS KEMP Poker Evening 8pm £tbc

wednesday 4TH

BEE’S MOUTH Open Mic 8.30pm £free BELUSHI’S BAR Now That’s What I Call A Party What did you call it before? 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW Detention 8pm £free BRUNSWICK The Final Enigma A mystery wrapped in a handkerchief inside a top hat 7.30pm £10 COALITION CoCo LoCo New housey student night 10.30pm £2-5 CUBE Cubed House to the power of three Time tbc £free DIGITAL The Poundance Like a coin operated dancefloor 11pm £4/3/1 DRUID’S ARMS We Change The Tempo! DJ plays international sounds 9pm £free DUKE OF NORFOLK Quiz Night 8pm £1 FISHBOWL The Mixer Men Reggae and hip hop DJ mash-up 10pm £free FOGG’S Open Mic Night Play for a pint 8.30pm £free FOUNTAINHEAD Student Night Indie rock tunes Time tbc £free GRAND CENTRAL Film Night Details tbc GREEN DOOR STORE The Jazz Store Live jazz with an open jam 11pm £free HYDRANT DOWN Jam Night Open session 8pm £free NORTHERN LIGHTS Prognosis Set the DJ controls for the heart of psychedelia 9pm £free RIKI TIK Hell On High Heels Sleazy rock and glam night 9pm £free THEATRE ROYAL Spamalot Marcus Brigstocke and Todd Carty sing from the diaphragm a lot in Eric Idle’s comedy musical 7.45pm £17-45.50 THOMAS KEMP Open Mic 8.30pm £free

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VOLKS Switch Up Drum&bass and dubstep night 11pm £2/free

thursday 5TH

ANCIENT MARINER JD Music Night Live acoustic music 8pm £free AUDIO Bastard Pop Musical mash-up 11pm £2/free BEE’S MOUTH The Gobat Trio Experimental Blue Note jazz band with a fondness for funk 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BAR Karaoke 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW Fallout Live Live indie bands 10pm £3/2 BLIND TIGER Cook The Rabbit Brazilian roots night 8pm £3/free BRUNSWICK Voodoo Funk: Kalakuta Millionaires Afro funk night with live band 8pm £5 COALITION Secret Discotheque Replaying the soundtrack to your youth 11pm £4/3/2 CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Brighton Bike Night Weekly biker’s social - we’re talking leather, not lycra 7pm £free CUBE Cube Live Live music Time tbc £free DRUID’S ARMS Live Music 8pm £free FIDDLER’S ELBOW Leerodi Live music from Irish trad band Time tbc £free FISHBOWL Residents Association DJs play hip hop, funk and world beats 10.30pm £free GLOBE Hang The DJ! A night of punter-picked playlists 9pm £free GREEN DOOR STORE Shameless Return of the famously debauched pop night 11pm £free HONEY Exposed! Club night playing electro, dubstep and funky house 10.30pm £3.50/2 HYDRANT DOWN Gasoline Thrill, Beggaz Fix, Six Gun Showdown Live bands 8pm £free KOMEDIA DOWN Krater Comedy Club: Markus Birdman, Tom Allen, John Lynn, Cal Halbert, Stephen Grant Stand-up comedy 8pm £18/9/6.50 MUCKY DUCK Open Mic & Jam Session 8pm £free PRINCE ALBERT Arkland, My Bad Self, Black Bonds Indie rock Details tbc QUADRANT Fractured Toast Music and spoken word come together in this new storytelling gig night 8pm £free RANELAGH The Long Haul Americana from the band formerly known as Hillbilly Deluxe 8.30pm £free RIKI TIK Sizzurp Swaggy hip hop with added crunk 9pm £free ST JAMES’ TAVERN Stay Sick, Turn Blue DJs play vintage soul, jazz and blues 8.30pm £free STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR Catholic Discipline Noise rock, disco pop and acid folk from the Superheroes of BMX 8pm £free THEATRE ROYAL Spamalot Marcus Brigstocke and Todd Carty sing from the diaphragm a lot in Eric Idle’s comedy musical 2.30pm/7.45pm £17-45.50 VICTORY Open Mic 8pm £free

friday 6TH

AUDIO Strictly Drumz: Logistics Bass is also allowed

11pm £tbc BEE’S MOUTH We Change The Frequency Heavy grooves DJ 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BAR Muy Loco Pop and house DJs 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW Abandoned Rock and metal night 10pm £3/2 BLACK DOVE Hot-Tip Hi-Fi DJs play early reggae and rocksteady 8pm £free BRUNSWICK The Lost Highway Americana night 8pm £5 CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Shake N Stomp Surf, twang and garage tunes 9pm £free COALITION Friday I’m In Love No more lectures for a day or two 11pm £1-5 CUBE Friday Club Upfront house tunes Time tbc £free DIGITAL Stonelove Indie rock&roll club 11pm £4/3 DRUID’S ARMS Hot Pepper Sauce DJ Max plays funk, soul and house 10pm £free DUKE OF NORFOLK DJ Miss Scarlett 9pm £free FISHBOWL Keep It Wheel DJs plays rare disco, soul and boogie 9pm £free FOGG’S Sonic Fondu DJ night 8pm £free FORTUNE OF WAR Fever! Latin, hip hop and reggae 9pm £free FUNKYFISH The Funkyfish Club Soul, funk, jazz and Motown 10pm £6/3.50 GLOBE Rum Fridays Open decks DJ night 8pm £free GRAND CENTRAL Dad’s Old Vinyl DJs play retro records Details tbc GREEN DOOR STORE 1st Birthday Party 6pm £free HAMPTON DJ Ballbreaker, DJ Buns, Uncle Margie Mish mash of eclectic beats 8pm £free HED KANDI BAR Vanity House and electro club Details tbc HONEY Lollipop Get your fingers sticky to house and hip hop treats 11pm £5/4/3 HOPE Stacked Nasty DJs play funk, soul and 60s garage 9pm £free KOMEDIA DOWN Krater Comedy Club: Markus Birdman, Raymond & Mr Timpkins Revue, Will Smith, Stephen Grant Stand-up comedy 8pm £14.50/11.50

MUCKY DUCK Autumn & The Falls Soulful and poppy rock&roll band 8pm £free

PRINCE ALBERT Little Episodes Live music (upstairs) Details tbc; Bend Over I’ll Drive Rock&roll DJs (downstairs) 8.30pm £free

RANELAGH Slim Shack Blues covers 8.30pm £free RIKI TIK ENK Dancehall, grime, jungle and funky house 9pm £free

SIDEWINDER Gareth Stephens Mellow DJ set 9pm

£free

THEATRE ROYAL Spamalot Marcus Brigstocke and Todd Carty sing from the diaphragm a lot in Eric Idle’s comedy musical 7.45pm £17-45.50 TUBE Friday 45 From funk to disco and back again via deep house 11pm £2/free; Motel After hours club night for electro house heads 2.30am £3 VOLKS Future Dub: DJ Asif, Biggsy, Elliotness, Kosine, L-Drift, Pablo Riddla, Gremlin, Context, Axiomatt, Kingspinner, Arkitalsound, Ma Quest, Side B, Mr Sleepz, Unity Hi-Fi Crew, Kotch, Rezound Ft Ernel Mc, Tom Chronic, Remo MC, Rumble MC, Rudey & Jnr Dee Dubstep and roots all-nighter 11pm £5/3

saturday 7th

ANCIENT MARINER The Acoustic Sessions Live acoustic music 8pm £free

AUDIO Warehouse House and techno club night - with

Mex from Blackgrass playing rare grooves upstairs 11pm £5/ free BEACHIGOGO The R&B Lounge R&B DJs (in the main room) 11pm £6/5; Good Times Remember them? Maybe the feel-good retro tunes will jog your memory (in the White Room) 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BAR Unplugged Live acoustic music 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW Deviant Rock and metal club 9pm £5/2 BRIGHTON BALLROOM Pop Kraft Pop tunes and cheeky cabaret with Boogaloo Stu and crew 10pm £8/6 BRUNSWICK Sound Guy’s Choice: House Of Hats, Emily Baker, Conrad Vingoe Live music 7.30pm £7/5 COALITION Snap Back Details tbc; Blow After Party: Vincent Manganaro, Charly Lopez, Charles Green It never stops 4am £7/5/4 CUBE Delirious Special: Dave King, Carl Mills Big house beats Time tbc £free DIGITAL Pussycat Club: Live & Unleashed DJs accompanied by live musicians, vocalists and club performance artists 11pm £10/8/5 DRUID’S ARMS DJ Green Man’s Garden Of Delights A mixed bag of soul, psychedelia, funk, folk and pop 10pm £free FIDDLER’S ELBOW Saturday Sizzlers: Molly Malone DJ night 9pm £free FISHBOWL Gareth Stephens DJ playing funk, nu-jazz and broken beats 9pm £free FOGG’S Sam Chara Live swing and blues 8.30pm £free FUNKYFISH The Funkyfish Club Soul, funk, jazz and Motown 10pm £6/3.50 GLOBE DJ Night House, funk and soul 8pm £8 GREEN DOOR STORE Stone To The Bone Club night specialising in 1970s funk vibes 11pm £free HED KANDI BAR Pure Kandi West Street’s new dance music club Details tbc HONEY Hat Club: Vince Frimpong, Damien Stone House hits and hats 11pm £6 HOPE Drugs New indie rock band night 8pm £4/3 KOMEDIA DOWN Krater Comedy Club: Markus Birdman, Raymond & Mr Timpkins Revue, Will Smith, Stephen Grant Stand-up comedy 7pm £20 KOMEDIA UP Joe Strummer Remembrance Night: The Sex Pistols Experience, Rebel Truce, Groovy 101, The Secret, Silk Society, The Boiler Punk isn’t dead, it’s just resting in an armchair getting nostalgic and repeating itself 7pm £12 LIFE Hold Up! Long-running and much-loved indie night 11pm £5 MUCKY DUCK Sizzle & Pop! Rock&roll and 60s soul 9pm £free PRINCE ALBERT Football Etc, Sauna Youth Emo punk band with a terrible name Details tbc RIKI TIK Schtumm!: Neal Lewis, Sam Watts Disco and underground house 9pm £free SIDEWINDER DJ Goldstein Northern soul and 60s vibes from the Mod For It DJ 9pm £free THEATRE ROYAL Spamalot Marcus Brigstocke and Todd Carty sing from the diaphragm a lot in Eric Idle’s comedy musical 2.30pm/7.45pm £17-45.50 TUBE Sneaker Social Club: Cedric Maison Crossover bass music Details tbc VOLKS Auxilliary Drum&bass night 11pm £tbc

sunday 8th

BELUSHI’S BAR Now That’s What I Call A Party What did you call it before? 9pm £free BRIGHTON CENTRE One Direction Imagine if the boys’ section of a clothes catalogue came to life and started making nauseating music 6.30pm £27.50/19.50 BRUNSWICK Dave Drake Live jazz 8pm £tbc

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CORN EXCHANGE Navarra Quartet Brahms and Britten by the winners of the Outstanding Young Artist Award 11am £17.50/15 CUBE Chilled Sundays Laid back grooves Time tbc £free DUKE OF NORFOLK Live Music Night 9pm £free FIDDLER’S ELBOW Sham-Rock Open Mic 8.30pm £free FISHBOWL Recovery?: Asbest The Moor King, Sinner DJs play rare reggae and soul records 9pm £free FOUNTAINHEAD Reggae Roasts Chilled reggae beats Time tbc £free GREEN DOOR STORE Sunday Service Live music 5pm £free; Green Door Blues Blues band and DJs 10pm £free HONEY Sundays At The Honey If your house was this sexy you’d get a lot of carpet burns 11pm £3/2/free HOVE PLACE Pub Quiz 8.30pm £1 HYDRANT DOWN Rocketsk8 Presents Live music 8pm £free KOMEDIA DOWN Krater Comedy Club: Markus Birdman, Raymond & Mr Timpkins Revue, Angela Barnes, Luke Graves, Stephen Grant Stand-up comedy 8pm £11.50/6.50 KOMEDIA UP Bent Double Zoe Lyons hosts a night of alternative comedy acts 7.30pm £10.50/8.40 RANELAGH The Shark Dentists Electric blues trio 8.30pm £free RIKI TIK Riki Fliks Film night showing classic movies and new shorts 7pm £free; The Lock In DJ night 9pm £free SIGNALMAN Open Mic Night 8pm £free THOMAS KEMP Bags’ Groove Quartet Live jazz 4pm £free

monday 9th

ANCIENT MARINER Quiz Night 8pm £1 BEE’S MOUTH The Bee’s Mouth Jazz Forum Jazz jam with a house band 8.30pm £free BELUSHI’S BAR Now That’s What I Call A Dirty House Party What did you call it before? 9pm £free BRUNSWICK Open Mic Night 8.30pm £free COALITION Trash Mondays Filthy tunes for students and layabouts alike 10pm £5/3/free CUBE Hoi Polloi Northern soul for the masses Time tbc £free FOUNTAINHEAD Open Mic Night 9pm £free GREEN DOOR STORE Throwback Live music 7pm £free HED KANDI BAR Ooosh Commercial house, electro remixes, indie bootlegs Details tbc HYDRANT DOWN Mellor Indie band 8pm £free LIFE Jailbait Hits from the 90s for those too young to remember the first time 11pm £2 PRINCE ALBERT The Bleeding Hearts Club Downbeat and melancholic acoustic music Details tbc SIGNALMAN Pub Quiz 8pm £1 THEATRE ROYAL Spamalot Marcus Brigstocke and Todd Carty sing from the diaphragm a lot in Eric Idle’s comedy musical 7.45pm £17-45.50 VOLKS Strictly Reggae Dancehall, roots, revival 11pm £5/4.50

Tuesday 10TH

BEACHIGOGO Latin Fever Party Dance lessons followed by a tropical salsa club 8pm/10pm £3/1/free BELUSHI’S BAR Totalled On Tuesday! Pop and dance 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW DJ Star DJ competition open to all 9pm £free BRUNSWICK Jazz Jam Open session with house band 8pm £free; UcanUkulele It’s only got four strings and you can’t really tell if you play a wrong note, thus has the ukulele become a great leveller of the musical world 8pm £free COALITION Full Volume If your bass was this filthy you’d have to take it back to the fishmongers 10.30pm £2-5 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 FIDDLER’S ELBOW Quizness Time Are you a pub quiz whizz, or bit of a half-wit? 8pm £1 FOGG’S Quiz Night Prizes for those who have the foggiest 8.30pm £1 GLOBE Basement Cinema Underground films in an underground room 8pm £free GREEN DOOR STORE Darren Harvey Live music 7.30pm £free; Hard Times They can take our disposable income, but they’ll never take our nowave disco! 11pm £free HYDRANT DOWN Band Camp Live music 8pm £free LIFE Drop Out Student night that’s almost as likely to ruin

your degree as Tory education policy 11pm £2 PRINCE ALBERT Cable Club Live music Details tbc RED LION Challenging General Knowledge & Music Quiz 8pm £1 RIKI TIK Freaks DJs play poppy hip hop, poppy indie and pop 9pm £free SIDEWINDER Open Mic Night 8pm £free THEATRE ROYAL Spamalot Marcus Brigstocke and Todd Carty sing from the diaphragm a lot in Eric Idle’s comedy musical 7.45pm £17-45.50 THOMAS KEMP Poker Evening 8pm £tbc

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wednesday 11TH

AUDIO Supercharged: S.P.Y. Drum&bass and breaks 11pm £tbc

BEE’S MOUTH Open Mic 8.30pm £free BELUSHI’S BAR Now That’s What I Call A Party What

did you call it before? 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW Detention 8pm £free COALITION CoCo LoCo New housey student night 10.30pm £2-5 CUBE Cubed House to the power of three Time tbc £free DIGITAL The Poundance Like a coin operated dancefloor 11pm £4/3/1 DRUID’S ARMS We Change The Tempo! DJ plays international sounds 9pm £free DUKE OF NORFOLK Quiz Night 8pm £1 FISHBOWL The Mixer Men Reggae and hip hop DJ mash-up 10pm £free FOGG’S Open Mic Night Play for a pint 8.30pm £free FOUNTAINHEAD Student Night Indie rock tunes Time tbc £free GRAND CENTRAL Film Night Details tbc GREEN DOOR STORE The Jazz Store Live jazz with an open jam 11pm £free HYDRANT DOWN Crash Mansion Live music 8pm £free NIGHTINGALE THEATRE The Winter’s Tale Shakespeare’s bittersweet romance brought to life by the Barefoot Players 7.30pm £8/6 NORTHERN LIGHTS Mystery Train Rockabilly and psychobilly DJs 9pm £free PRINCE ALBERT Derider, Deporting Marta, The Spitshake Sisters Live music Details tbc RIKI TIK Hell On High Heels Sleazy rock and glam night 9pm £free THOMAS KEMP Kev’s Open Mic 8.30pm £free THEATRE ROYAL Spamalot Marcus Brigstocke and Todd Carty sing from the diaphragm a lot in Eric Idle’s comedy musical 7.45pm £17-45.50 VOLKS Switch Up Drum&bass and dubstep night 11pm £2/free

thursday 12th

ANCIENT MARINER JD Music Night Live acoustic music 8pm £free AUDIO Bastard Pop Musical mash-up 11pm £2/free BEE’S MOUTH Smokestack Blues duo 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BAR Karaoke 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW Fallout Live Live indie bands 10pm £3/2 BLIND TIGER Super Mishto Balkan beats and live gypsy music 8pm £5/free BRUNSWICK Hutchins Live Live bands 7pm £4/3 COALITION Secret Discotheque Replaying the soundtrack to your youth 11pm £4/3/2 CUBE Cube Live Live music Time tbc £free DRUID’S ARMS Live Music 8pm £free FIDDLER’S ELBOW Live Lounge Live music 8.30pm £free FISHBOWL Residents Association DJs play hip hop, funk and world beats 10.30pm £free GLOBE Hang The DJ! A night of punter-picked playlists 9pm £free GREEN DOOR STORE Shameless Return of the famously debauched pop night 11pm £free HAUNT Tubelord Proggy alt rock trio (this is a rescheduled show, original tickets are still valid) 7pm £6 HONEY Exposed! Club night playing electro, dubstep and funky house 10.30pm £3.50/2 HYDRANT DOWN Firestate, Lucy T, Echo Rain Live music 8pm £free KOMEDIA DOWN Krater Comedy Club Stand-up comedy 8pm £18/9/6.50 KOMEDIA UP Gus MacGregor Classic sounding folk pop from the singer songwriter who starred in the Buddy musical 7.30pm £10 MUCKY DUCK Open Mic & Jam Session 8pm £free NIGHTINGALE THEATRE The Winter’s Tale Shakespeare’s bittersweet romance brought to life by the Barefoot Players 7.30pm £8/6 PRINCE ALBERT Written In Waters, Us Baby Bare Bones, Physics House Band EP launch for electronic shoegaze band Details tbc RANELAGH Shauna Parker Brighton’s queen of country 8.30pm £free RIKI TIK Sizzurp Swaggy hip hop with added crunk 9pm £free ST JAMES’ TAVERN Stay Sick, Turn Blue DJs play vintage soul, jazz and blues 8.30pm £free STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR Catholic Discipline Noise rock, disco pop and acid folk from the Superheroes of BMX 8pm £free THEATRE ROYAL Spamalot Marcus Brigstocke and Todd Carty sing from the diaphragm a lot in Eric Idle’s comedy musical 2.30pm/7.45pm £17-45.50 THREE & TEN I Wish You Love Songs and stories exploring the little-known relationship between Edith Piaf and Marlene Dietrich 8pm £9/7

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friday 13th

BEE’S MOUTH We Change The Frequency Heavy grooves DJ 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BAR Muy Loco Pop and house DJs 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW Abandoned Rock and metal night 10pm £3/2 BLACK DOVE Mo Taters! DJs play vintage tunes from across the Americas 8pm £free BLIND TIGER Deniable Disco Disco music in its purest form 8pm £free BRIGHTON CENTRE Holiday On Ice 2012: Tropicana Details tbc BRUNSWICK Poco Tiger, Nick Hudson, Stuart Warwick Live music 8pm £tbc CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Funny Girls Stand-up, sketches and music (upstairs) 8pm £5/4; Distortion Rock and metal DJ (downstairs) 9pm £free COALITION Friday I’m In Love No more lectures for a day or two 11pm £1-5 CUBE Friday Club House DJs Time tbc £free DIGITAL Stonelove Indie rock&roll club 11pm £4/3 DRUID’S ARMS DJ Tommy G Electro, indie and house tunes 10pm £free DUKE OF NORFOLK DJ MC Cashback 9pm £free FISHBOWL Jeff Daniels Soul and hip hop DJ 9pm £free FOGG’S Unlucky For Some! Jazz and swing DJ set 8pm £free FORTUNE OF WAR Fever! Latin, hip hop and reggae 9pm £free FUNKYFISH The Funkyfish Club Soul, funk, jazz and Motown 10pm £6/3.50 GLOBE Rum Fridays Open decks DJ night 8pm £free GRAND CENTRAL Dad’s Old Vinyl DJs play retro records Details tbc GREEN DOOR STORE Laetitia Sadier Stereolab’s singer 7.30pm £tbc; Ye Ye Fever Funky Afrobeat clubnight 11pm £free HAMPTON DJ Ballbreaker, DJ Buns, Uncle Margie Mish mash of eclectic beats 8pm £free HED KANDI BAR Vanity House and electro club Details tbc HONEY Lollipop Get your fingers sticky to house and hip hop treats 11pm £5/4/3 HOPE Love Thy Neighbour Indie night with live bands (upstairs) 8.30pm £6/5; Goodbye Weirdo DJ night (downstairs) 9pm £free HYDRANT DOWN Kizmit, Remedy Sounds, Clayton Strange Live music 8pm £free KOMEDIA DOWN Krater Comedy Club: Andrew Bird, Loretta Maine, Addy Der Borgh, Stephen Grant Stand-up comedy 8pm £14.50/11.50 LIFE Critical Sound: Phace, Kasra, Bassline MC 11pm £tbc MUCKY DUCK Hot-Tip Hi-Fi DJs play early reggae and rocksteady 8pm £free NIGHTINGALE THEATRE The Winter’s Tale Shakespeare’s bittersweet romance brought to life by the Barefoot Players 7.30pm £8/6 NORTHERN LIGHTS DJ Jazzy D Jazz, funk and soul 9pm £free PRINCE ALBERT One Inch Badge Presents Live music Details tbc RANELAGH Apples And Eve, Jack Weissman Jazz folk and punk polka 8.30pm £free RIKI TIK Reggae Bombing: Lambros, McSerocee Reggae, more reggae and nothing but reggae 9pm £free SIDEWINDER Roo Tru Thoughts DJ 9pm £free THEATRE ROYAL Spamalot Marcus Brigstocke and Todd Carty sing from the diaphragm a lot in Eric Idle’s comedy musical 7.45pm £17-45.50 THOMAS KEMP DJ Brian Hip hop and club classics from the Flying White Dots guy 9pm £free THREE & TEN I Wish You Love Songs and stories exploring the little-known relationship between Edith Piaf and Marlene Dietrich 8pm £9/7 TUBE Friday 45 From funk to disco and back again via deep house 11pm £2/free; Motel After hours club night for electro house heads 2.30am £3 VOLKS Freak Bazaar: Iain Dub, Adsimeon Progressive psytrance and dub reggae 11pm £tbc

saturday 14th

ANCIENT MARINER The Acoustic Sessions Live acoustic music 8pm £free

AUDIO Warehouse House and techno club night - with

Mex from Blackgrass playing rare grooves upstairs 11pm £5/ free BEACHIGOGO The R&B Lounge R&B DJs (in the main room) 11pm £6/5; Good Times Remember them? Maybe the feel-good retro tunes will jog your memory (in the White Room) 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BAR Unplugged Live acoustic music 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW Synergy Industrial goth and electro night with live bands 9pm £5/4/3 BLACK DOVE Chop Source DJ plays Caribbean and carnival sounds 8pm £free BLIND TIGER Stay Sick! Bands and DJs play garage, punk and rock&roll 9pm £3/free BRIGHTON CENTRE Holiday On Ice 2012: Tropicana

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BRUNSWICK Itchy Fingers Rock band 8pm £tbc CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Fire At The Old Mill

Punk DJ 9pm £free COALITION Rewind Old school hip hop 11pm £5; Blow After Party: Vincent Manganaro, Charly Lopez, Charles Green It never stops 4am £7/5/4 CONCORDE2 My Element EP launch for indie power pop band 7pm £5; Chem Trails: LTJ Bukem, MC Conrad, Ratpack, Colin Dale, Grooverider 10pm £5 CUBE Simply House House DJs Time tbc £free DIGITAL Blah Blah Blah They must be good if they were on the cover the last SOURCE magazine 11pm £5/3 DRUID’S ARMS Main Ingredients DJs Hip hop, beats and rock tunes 10pm £free FIDDLER’S ELBOW Saturday Sizzlers: Beans On Toast Bits of funk and blues swimming in a reggae sauce 9pm £free FISHBOWL Sam Redmore Leftfoot’s resident DJ mashes up some funk, soul and disco 9pm £free FOGG’S Tarq Bowen Trio Stomping folk band 8.30pm £free FORTUNE OF WAR Beta Hector Robotic soul music from the Tru Thoughts DJ 9pm £free FUNKYFISH The Funkyfish Club Soul, funk, jazz and Motown 10pm £6/3.50 GLOBE DJ Night House, funk and soul 8pm £8 GREEN DOOR STORE Das Fluff, Minor Sounds Electro sleaze pop 7.30pm £tbc; Pop Not Pop Mixed up pop music party mayhem from Dynamite Sal and crew 11pm £free HED KANDI BAR Pure Kandi West Street’s new dance music club Details tbc HONEY Smartie Partie: Tania Von Pear, Fergus, Krispee, Tom Maverick, Squiz, Ben G Anthemic sounds from the promised land of Ibiza 11pm £5-10 KOMEDIA DOWN Krater Comedy Club: Andrew Bird, Loretta Maine, Addy Der Borgh, Stephen Grant Stand-up comedy 7pm/8pm/10.30pm £7-20 LIFE Hold Up! Long-running and much-loved indie night 11pm £5 MUCKY DUCK DJ Juan Corbi Hip hop, funk and beats 8pm £free RIKI TIK Korova Milkclub: Johnny Rocks, Senor Mick Sex, droogs and electro disco 9pm £free NIGHTINGALE THEATRE The Winter’s Tale Shakespeare’s bittersweet romance brought to life by the Barefoot Players 7.30pm £8/6 NORTHERN LIGHTS Tarantino Night Better start practising the eye finger dance 7pm £free PRINCE ALBERT Deadbeat Decendant Stonesy rock&roll with a tongue in cheek slant Details tbc RIKI TIK Mile Wide Smile Club Mickey Duke, Chri5tian Housey dance DJs 9pm £free SIDEWINDER DJ Uncle Al Soul, funk and old school breaks 9pm £free THEATRE ROYAL Spamalot Marcus Brigstocke and Todd Carty sing from the diaphragm a lot in Eric Idle’s comedy musical 2.30pm/7.45pm £17-45.50 THOMAS KEMP DJ Spindo Indie and rock classics 9pm £free THREE & TEN I Wish You Love Songs and stories exploring the little-known relationship between Edith Piaf and Marlene Dietrich 8pm £9/7 TUBE Space Dimension Controller Time tbc £5/4 VOLKS Erisian Hardcore mutant jungle rave 11pm £tbc WEST HILL TAVERN Tonight We Fly Epic melodrama and literate indie pop 9pm £free

sunday 15th

BEE’S MOUTH The Hive DJs wade through the

subgenres of the 50s and 60s 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BAR Now That’s What I Call A Party What did you call it before? 9pm £free BLIND TIGER Swamp Meets Stomp Flush out the winter blues 8pm £3 BRIGHTON CENTRE Holiday On Ice 2012: Tropicana Details tbc BRUNSWICK Brighton Folk Monthly folk night hosted by Amy Hill 8pm £free CUBE Chilled Sunday Laid back grooves Time tbc £free DOME Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra Barry Wordsworth conducts Rossini, Britten and Mozart 2.45pm £9-32 DUKE OF NORFOLK Live Music Night 9pm £free FIDDLER’S ELBOW Sham-Rock Open Mic 8.30pm £free FISHBOWL Recovery?: Asbest The Moor King, Sinner DJs play rare reggae and soul records 9pm £free FOUNTAINHEAD Reggae Roasts Chilled reggae beats Time tbc £free GREEN DOOR STORE Sunday Service Live music 5pm £free; Green Door Blues Blues band and DJs 10pm £free HONEY Sundays At The Honey If your house was this sexy you’d soon wear out the wallpaper 11pm £3/2/free HOVE PLACE Pub Quiz 8.30pm £1 HYDRANT DOWN Depth Charge: Hope Rudd Indie and rock night with an open mic spot 7pm £free KOMEDIA DOWN Krater Comedy Club: Loretta Maine, Addy Der Borgh, Stephen Grant Stand-up comedy 8pm £6-11.50

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RANELAGH Simon Sparrow Blues guitarist 8.30pm £free RIKI TIK Riki Fliks Film night showing classic movies and new shorts 7pm £free; The Lock In DJ night 9pm £freefree THOMAS KEMP Miss Mandy Jazz and swing duo 4pm £free; Tango Sessions Dance the early evening away 8pm £tbc THREE & TEN I Wish You Love Songs and stories exploring the little-known relationship between Edith Piaf and Marlene Dietrich 8pm £9/7

monday 16th

ANCIENT MARINER Quiz Night 8pm £1 BEE’S MOUTH The Bee’s Mouth Jazz Forum Jazz jam with a house band 8.30pm £free BELUSHI’S BAR Now That’s What I Call A Dirty House Party What did you call it before? 9pm £free BRUNSWICK Brighton Stanza Poetry group 7pm £5; Open Mic Night 8.30pm £free COALITION Trash Mondays Filthy tunes for students and layabouts alike 10pm £5/3/free CUBE Hoi Polloi Northern soul for the masses Time tbc £free DRUID’S ARMS Quizageddon! The only pub quiz to have a Lionel Richie award 8pm £1 FOUNTAINHEAD Open Mic Night 9pm £free HED KANDI BAR Ooosh Commercial house, electro remixes, indie bootlegs Details tbc HYDRANT DOWN Rio Bravo Presents Live bands 8pm £free LIFE Jailbait Hits from the 90s for those too young to remember the first time 11pm £2 SIGNALMAN Pub Quiz 8pm £1 STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR IOU Comedy: Nick Helm, Mark Allen, Adam Hess, Nicholas Cooke, Adam Smith, Rue Barratt Stand-up comedy 8pm £4 THOMAS KEMP Thru The Alphabet Quiz Night 8pm £1 VOLKS Strictly Reggae Dancehall, roots, revival 11pm £5/4.50

Tuesday 17th

BEACHIGOGO Latin Fever Party Dance lessons followed by a tropical salsa club 8pm/10pm £3/1/free BEE’S MOUTH Roll ‘Dem Bones Blues, jazz and 60s tunes 8.30pm £free BELUSHI’S BAR Totalled On Tuesday! Pop and dance 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW DJ Star DJ competition open to all 9pm £free BRIGHTON CENTRE Holiday On Ice 2012: Tropicana Details tbc BRUNSWICK Jazz Jam Open session with house band 8pm £free CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Skeptics In The Pub Talks and discussion on topics relating to rationalism and science 8pm £2 COALITION Full Volume If your bass was this filthy you’d have to take it back to the fishmongers 10.30pm £2-5 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 FIDDLER’S ELBOW Quizness Time Are you a pub quiz whizz, or bit of a half-wit? 8pm £1 FOGG’S Quiz Night Prizes for those who have the foggiest 8.30pm £1 GLOBE Basement Cinema Underground films in an underground room 8pm £free GREEN DOOR STORE Hard Times They can take our disposable income, but they’ll never take our nowave disco!

11pm £free HYDRANT DOWN Band Camp Live music 8pm £free HYDRANT UP Jackhammer Metal night 7pm £tbc LIFE Drop Out Student night that’s almost as likely to ruin your degree as Tory education policy 11pm £2 PRINCE ALBERT Fresh Like Dexie, Alice Amelia, Annacca Live music Details tbc RED LION Challenging General Knowledge & Music Quiz 8pm £1 RIKI TIK Freaks DJs play poppy hip hop, poppy indie and pop 9pm £free SIDEWINDER Open Mic Night 8pm £free THOMAS KEMP Poker Evening 8pm £tbc

wednesday 18th

AUDIO Supercharged: Scratch Perverts Drum&bass and breaks 11pm £tbc

BEE’S MOUTH Open Mic 8.30pm £free BELUSHI’S BAR Now That’s What I Call A Party What

did you call it before? 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW Detention 8pm £free BRIGHTON CENTRE Holiday On Ice 2012: Tropicana Details tbc BRUNSWICK Live N Laughing Stand-up comedy 8pm £5 COALITION CoCo LoCo New housey student night 10.30pm £2-5 COWLEY CLUB Barking Toad, Broker, Ham Legion

Live music 8pm £donations

CUBE Cubed House to the power of three Time tbc £free DIGITAL The Poundance Like a coin operated dancefloor 11pm £4/3/1

DOME Brendan Cole: Live And Unjudged! Strictly star

gives Bruce the slip and goes dancing 7.30pm £18.5032.50 DRUID’S ARMS We Change The Tempo! DJ plays international sounds 9pm £free DUKE OF NORFOLK Quiz Night 8pm £1 FISHBOWL The Mixer Men Reggae and hip hop DJ mash-up 10pm £free FOGG’S Open Mic Night Play for a pint 8.30pm £free FOUNTAINHEAD Student Night Indie rock tunes Time tbc £free GRAND CENTRAL Film Night Details tbc GREEN DOOR STORE fiN Live music 7.30pm £5; The Jazz Store More live jazz, but with an open jam 11pm £free HYDRANT DOWN Amoriste, Remi Miles Live music 8pm £free PRINCE ALBERT Spin Lords, Concrete Lake, Telepathetic Live music Details tbc RIKI TIK Hell On High Heels Sleazy rock and glam night 9pm £free THOMAS KEMP Kev’s Open Mic 8.30pm £free VOLKS Switch Up Drum&bass and dubstep night 11pm £2/free

thursday 19TH

ANCIENT MARINER JD Music Night Live acoustic music 8pm £free AUDIO Bastard Pop Musical mash-up 11pm £2/free BEE’S MOUTH The Org Live music 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BAR Karaoke 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW Fallout Live Live indie bands 10pm £3/2 BLIND TIGER Dub Organiser Jam session with dub reggae house band 8pm £3 BRIGHTON CENTRE Holiday On Ice 2012: Tropicana Details tbc COALITION Secret Discotheque Replaying the soundtrack to your youth 11pm £4/3/2 CONCORDE2 Christina Perri Piano-based singer songwriter 7pm £13.50 CUBE Cube Live Live music Time tbc £free DRUID’S ARMS Live Music 8pm £free FIDDLER’S ELBOW Live Lounge Live music 8.30pm £free FISHBOWL Residents Association DJs play hip hop, funk and world beats 10.30pm £free GLOBE Hang The DJ! A night of punter-picked playlists 9pm £free GREEN DOOR STORE Shameless Return of the famously debauched pop night 11pm £free HONEY Exposed! Club night playing electro, dubstep and funky house 10.30pm £3.50/2 HOPE Communion Live music 7.30pm £tbc HYDRANT DOWN Lockie Live music 8pm £free KOMEDIA DOWN Krater Comedy Club: Julian Deane, Stephen Grant Stand-up comedy 8pm £18/9/6.50 KOMEDIA UP One Flew Over The Cookoo’s Nest You don’t have to be mad to end up in an asylum, you could just be a petty criminal charged with raping a teenager 7.30pm £16.50/13 MUCKY DUCK Open Mic & Jam Session 8pm £free RIKI TIK Sizzurp Swaggy hip hop with added crunk 9pm £free PRINCE ALBERT Jipsy Majic, Alex Bay Band, Alex The Great Live music Details tbc ST JAMES’ TAVERN Stay Sick, Turn Blue DJs play vintage soul, jazz and blues 8.30pm £free STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR Catholic Discipline Noise rock, disco pop and acid folk from the Superheroes of BMX 8pm £free VOLKS Sussex Bass Society Are you ready to be physically assaulted by the power of bass? 11pm £tbc

friday 20th

AUDIO Soul:R: Intalex, Lenzman Drum&bass label night

11pm £tbc BEE’S MOUTH We Change The Frequency Heavy grooves DJ 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BAR Muy Loco Pop and house DJs 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW Abandoned Rock and metal night 10pm £3/2 BLIND TIGER Tomb Crew With bass this heavy the dancefloor acquires its own gravitational pull 9pm £5/1 BRIGHTON CENTRE Holiday On Ice 2012: Tropicana Details tbc BRUNSWICK The Muel Live music 8pm £tbc CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Funny Ha-Ha! Someone in a room trying to make you laugh (upstairs) 8pm £5; DJ Mendees Someone in a room trying to make you dance (downstairs) 9pm £free COALITION Friday I’m In Love No more lectures for a day or two 11pm £1-5 CONCORDE2 King Tubby’s Sound System, Mungos Hi Fi Dub reggae night 11pm £2

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CUBE Friday Club House DJs Time tbc £free DIGITAL Stonelove Indie rock&roll club 11pm £4/3 DRUID’S ARMS Hot Pepper Sauce DJ Max plays funk, soul and house 10pm £free

DUKE OF NORFOLK DJ Miss Scarlett 9pm £free FISHBOWL What’s Wrong With Groovin’? DJs set out to

answer the age old question 9pm £free FOGG’S Yohnny Yones Playing an unlikely mix of Abba and Zappa 8pm £free FORTUNE OF WAR Fever! Latin, hip hop and reggae 9pm £free FUNKYFISH The Funkyfish Club Soul, funk, jazz and Motown 10pm £6/3.50 GLOBE Rum Fridays Open decks DJ night 8pm £free GRAND CENTRAL Dad’s Old Vinyl DJs play retro records Details tbc GREEN DOOR STORE Pretty Clueless And Mean 11pm £free HAMPTON DJ Ballbreaker, DJ Buns, Uncle Margie Mish mash of eclectic beats 8pm £free HED KANDI BAR Vanity House and electro club Details tbc HONEY Lollipop Get your fingers sticky to house and hip hop treats 11pm £5/4/3 HOPE Screama Ballerina, Hana Piranha Feisty rock&roll (upstairs) 8pm £4; Strychnine Nights Holy Vessels on the decks (downstairs) 9pm £free HYDRANT DOWN The Starlite Beatles Beatles cover band 8pm £1 KOMEDIA DOWN Krater Comedy Club: Rufus Hound, Steve Harris, Hal Cruttenden, Stephen Grant Stand-up comedy 8pm £14.50/11.50 KOMEDIA UP One Flew Over The Cookoo’s Nest You don’t have to be mad to end up in an asylum, you could just be a petty criminal charged with raping a teenager 7.30pm £16.50/13 LIFE Dagger Reggae sounds 11pm £2 MUCKY DUCK Bitter Disko DJ plays mutant funk, post punk and John Peel favourites 8pm £free RANELAGH Pog, Project Adorno, Spalien Acecraft Catchy ska-influenced indie songs with witty takes on punky themes 8.30pm £free RIKI TIK Kung Fu Hip hop night 9pm £free SIDEWINDER Philip Marten Soulful DJ set with the keyboardist from Turin Breaks 9pm £free THOMAS KEMP DJ Jody Lee Hooker Soul, dance and funk classics 9pm £free TUBE Friday 45 From funk to disco and back again via deep house 11pm £2/free; Motel After hours club night for electro house heads 2.30am £3 VOLKS Legion Of Bass And onwards they marched, crushing all who dared stand up to their mighty forces 11pm £tbc

saturday 21st

ANCIENT MARINER The Acoustic Sessions Live

acoustic music 8pm £free AUDIO Warehouse: Thomas Gandey House and techno club night - with Mex from Blackgrass playing rare grooves upstairs 11pm £5/free BEACHIGOGO The R&B Lounge R&B DJs (in the main room) 11pm £6/5; Good Times Remember them? Maybe the feel-good retro tunes will jog your memory (in the White Room) 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BAR Unplugged Live acoustic music 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW Apocolypse Classic metal headbangers and nu metal chain-swingers 9pm £5/2 BLIND TIGER DJ Food Ninja Tunes’ instrumental hip hopper 9pm £5/1 BRIGHTON CENTRE Holiday On Ice 2012: Tropicana Details tbc BRUNSWICK Remi Miles Melodic pop rock 8pm £tbc CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Cazza Karaoke 8.30pm £free COALITION Old Yellow Bricks: DJ Monty, DJ Charles Green, Shmooze & Skank, B.A.N.K R&B, house and funky soul club 11pm £7/5; Blow After Party: Vincent Manganaro, Charly Lopez, Charles Green It never stops 4am £7/5/4 COBBLER’S THUMB Overhead Wires A showcase of bands from the local indie rock label 8pm £free CONCORDE2 Devotion: Loadstar, Brookes Brothers, The Prototypes, MC Eksman Drum&bass night 11pm £10 COWLEY CLUB Conan, Dead Existence, Sea Bastard Hyborian metal 8pm £donations CUBE Too Mucking Fuch Upfront and tech house Time tbc £free DIGITAL Supercharged: Zinc, Krafty Kuts Drum&bass and breaks 11pm £tbc DRUID’S ARMS DJ Green Man’s Garden Of Delights A mixed bag of soul, psychedelia, funk, folk and pop 10pm £free DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA Met Opera: The Enchanted Island 6pm FIDDLER’S ELBOW Superjam Funk so rare it bleeds 9pm £free FISHBOWL Abo & Ally Smith Jazz Room DJs play dirty funk and hot jazz 9pm £free FOGG’S Jessica Mary York Acoustic singer songwriter 8.30pm £free FORTUNE OF WAR DJ Derek Reggae DJ legend 9pm

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£free FUNKYFISH The Funkyfish Club Soul, funk, jazz and Motown 10pm £6/3.50 GLOBE DJ Night House, funk and soul 8pm £8 GREEN DOOR STORE Standard Fare Live music 7.30pm £tbc; Da Doo Ron Ron: Beatles (Female) Cover Versions Special Club night with a big thing for girlgroups and soul sirens 11pm £free HED KANDI BAR Pure Kandi West Street’s new dance music club Details tbc HONEY Pukka Up If your house was this pukka you’d never run out of pies 11pm £5-10 HOPE The Dark Lights, The Physics House Band, Vetoes, Christa Vi Live music 8pm £4 HYDRANT DOWN Eskimo Doll, Killing Vegas Rock bands 8pm £free KOMEDIA DOWN Krater Comedy Club: Rufus Hound, Steve Harris, Hal Cruttenden, Stephen Grant Stand-up comedy 7pm/8pm/10.30pm £7-20 KOMEDIA UP One Flew Over The Cookoo’s Nest You don’t have to be mad to end up in an asylum, you could just be a petty criminal charged with raping a teenager 1.30pm £15.50/12 LIFE Hold Up! Long-running and much-loved indie night kept afloat by the influx of fresh-faced students 11pm £5 MUCKY DUCK Eclectic Chair Buzzing tunes from DJ Lamp 9pm £free NORTHERN LIGHTS DJ Meerkuts Funk rock DJ 9pm £free OFFICE Hot-Tip Hi-Fi DJs play early reggae and rocksteady 8pm £free PRINCE ALBERT Club Meow Meow Ska night Details tbc RIKI TIK In Motion Funk, disco and house 9pm £free SIDEWINDER DJ Jem Hannam Hip hop and new wave mash-up 9pm £free THOMAS KEMP DJ Miss Bianca Rock&roll and swing tunes 9pm £free THREE & TEN Music Box The Improvised Musical Comedy songs and stories plucked from the air 8pm £8/6 TUBE Deviant: BICEP, Ben Monk, Pablo Contraband Electronic funk soul remixer 10.30pm £5 VOLKS Satta Sounds Two floors of the toughest ragga jungle 11pm £tbc

sunday 22nd

BLIND TIGER Table Tennis Club Actual table tennis Time tbc £2/free

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CONCORDE2 M83 Indie shoegazer with a good sideline in electro remixes 7.30pm £12.50 CUBE Chilled Sundays Laid back grooves Time tbc £free DUKE OF NORFOLK Live Music Night 9pm £free FIDDLER’S ELBOW Sham-Rock Open Mic 8.30pm £free FISHBOWL Recovery?: Asbest The Moor King, Sinner DJs play rare reggae and soul records 9pm £free FOUNTAINHEAD Reggae Roasts Chilled reggae beats Time tbc £free GREEN DOOR STORE Sunday Service Live music 5pm £free; Green Door Blues Blues band and DJs 10pm £free HONEY Sundays At The Honey If your house was this sexy you’d need to keep the letterbox well-oiled 11pm £3/2/ free HOVE PLACE Pub Quiz 8.30pm £1 KOMEDIA DOWN Krater Comedy Club: Rufus Hound, Suzi Ruffell, Hal Cruttenden, Stephen Grant Stand-up comedy 8pm £6-11.50 KOMEDIA UP One Flew Over The Cookoo’s Nest You don’t have to be mad to end up in an asylum, you could just be a petty criminal charged with raping a teenager 7.30pm £16.50/13 PRINCE ALBERT The Real McKenzies Live music Details tbc RANELAGH Dave Peabody Live blues 8.30pm £free RIKI TIK Riki Fliks Film night showing classic movies and new shorts 7pm £free; The Lock In DJ night 9pm £free SIGNALMAN Open Mic Night 8.15pm £free

monday 23rd

ANCIENT MARINER Quiz Night 8pm £1 BEE’S MOUTH The Bee’s Mouth Jazz Forum Jazz jam with a house band 8.30pm £free BELUSHI’S BAR Now That’s What I Call A Party What did you call it before? 9pm £free BRUNSWICK Open Mic Night 8.30pm £free COALITION Trash Mondays Filthy tunes for students and layabouts alike 10pm £5/3/free CUBE Hoi Polloi Northern soul for the masses Time tbc £free DOME Nigel Kennedy Classical violinist performs his reworked version of The Four Seasons 7.30pm £35-45 FOUNTAINHEAD Open Mic Night 9pm £free HED KANDI BAR Ooosh Commercial house, electro remixes, indie bootlegs Details tbc HOPE What’s Your Vice, Glass City Vice, Live Like Kings, The Icarus Youth, Time For T Indie rock&roll band

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7pm £4

HYDRANT DOWN Falmer Radio Night Live music 8pm £free

LIFE Jailbait Hits from the 90s for those too young to remember the first time 11pm £3/2 PRINCE ALBERT Sea Monsters Part of the One Inch Badge mini-festival (see Sea Monsters feature) Details tbc SIGNALMAN Pub Quiz 8pm £1 VOLKS Strictly Reggae Dancehall, roots, revival 11pm £5/4.50

Tuesday 24th

BEACHIGOGO Latin Fever Party Dance lessons followed by a tropical salsa club 8pm/10pm £3/1/free BELUSHI’S BAR Totalled On Tuesday! Pop and dance 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW DJ Star DJ competition open to all 9pm £free BRIGHTON CENTRE Holiday On Ice 2012: Tropicana Details tbc BRUNSWICK Jazz Jam Open session with house band 8pm £free COALITION Full Volume If your bass was this filthy you’d have to take it back to the fishmongers 10.30pm £2-5 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 FIDDLER’S ELBOW Quizness Time Are you a pub quiz whizz, or bit of a half-wit? 8pm £1 GLOBE Basement Cinema Underground films in an underground room 8pm £free GREEN DOOR STORE Howler Live music 8pm £tbc; Hard Times They can take our disposable income, but they’ll never take our nowave disco! 11pm £free HYDRANT DOWN Band Camp Live music 8pm £free LIFE Drop Out Student night that’s almost as likely to ruin your degree as Tory education policy 11pm £2 PRINCE ALBERT Sea Monsters Part of the One Inch Badge mini-festival (see Sea Monsters feature) Details tbc RED LION Challenging General Knowledge & Music Quiz 8pm £1 RIKI TIK Freaks DJs play poppy hip hop, poppy indie and pop 9pm £free SIDEWINDER Open Mic Night 8pm £free THOMAS KEMP Poker Evening 8pm £tbc

wednesday 25TH

AUDIO Supercharged Drum&bass and breaks 11pm £tbc BEE’S MOUTH Open Mic 8.30pm £free BELUSHI’S BAR Now That’s What I Call A Party What

did you call it before? 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW Detention 8pm £free BRIGHTON CENTRE Holiday On Ice 2012: Tropicana Details tbc COALITION CoCo LoCo New housey student night 10.30pm £2-5 COBBLER’S THUMB Jipsy Magic Upbeat indie funk band 8pm £free CONCORDE2 Four Year Strong, This Time Next Year, A Loss For Words, Don Broco Melodic hardcore band 7pm £12.50 CUBE Cubed House to the power of three Time tbc £free DIGITAL The Poundance Like a coin operated dancefloor 11pm £4/3/1 DRUID’S ARMS We Change The Tempo! DJ plays international sounds 9pm £free DUKE OF NORFOLK Quiz Night 8pm £1 FISHBOWL DJ Gareth Stephens Swing, soul and ska 10pm £free FOUNTAINHEAD Student Night Indie rock tunes Time tbc £free GRAND CENTRAL Film Night Details tbc GREEN DOOR STORE The Jazz Store Live jazz with an open jam 11pm £free HYDRANT DOWN Serpico Punk metal bands 8pm £free KOMEDIA DOWN Danny And Ben From Thunder Stripped back versions of songs by the British rock band 7pm £17.50 NORTHERN LIGHTS Mystery Train Rockabilly and psychobilly DJs 9pm £free PRINCE ALBERT Sea Monsters Part of the One Inch Badge mini-festival (see Sea Monsters feature) Details tbc RIKI TIK Hell On High Heels Sleazy rock and glam night 9pm £free THOMAS KEMP Kev’s Open Mic 8.30pm £free THREE & TEN Katy And Rach Unprepared, unaided, improvised comedy 8pm £7/5 VOLKS Switch Up Drum&bass and dubstep night 11pm £2/free

thursday 26TH

ANCIENT MARINER JD Music Night Live acoustic music 8pm £free AUDIO Bastard Pop Musical mash-up 11pm £2/free BEE’S MOUTH John Crampton Foot-stomping blues explosion 9pm £free

BELUSHI’S BAR Karaoke 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW Fallout Live Live indie bands 10pm

£3/2 BLIND TIGER Club Maassah! Afrobeat and Nigerian funk club Time tbc £3/free BRIGHTON CENTRE Holiday On Ice 2012: Tropicana Details tbc BRUNSWICK Kevin’s Henchmen Stand-up comedy 8pm £5 COALITION Secret Discotheque Replaying the soundtrack to your youth 11pm £4/3/2 CONCORDE2 Lee Scratch Perry The reggae legend returns 7pm £18.50 CUBE Cube Live Live music Time tbc £free DRUID’S ARMS Live Music 8pm £free FIDDLER’S ELBOW Live Lounge Live music 8.30pm £free FISHBOWL The Mixer Men: 4 Deck Session Turntable mash-ups 10.30pm £free GLOBE Hang The DJ! A night of punter-picked playlists 9pm £free GREEN DOOR STORE Viva La France 2012: Francois & The Atlas Mountains, Les Zuts, Mesparrow, L’amour Electronique The shores of Briton invaded by a Gallic army comprised of indie and alt-pop bands 7.30pm £tbc; Shameless Return of the famously debauched pop night 11pm £free HONEY Exposed! Club night playing electro, dubstep and funky house 10.30pm £3.50/2 HOPE Viva La France 2012: Les Inrockuptibles, Air Bag One, College, Polarsets The shores of Briton invaded by a Gallic army comprised of indie and alt-pop bands Details tbc KOMEDIA DOWN Comic Boom Rising stars of stand-up 8pm £9/7 KOMEDIA UP 9th Annual Poets Vs MCs Tweed vs tracksuit, beret vs cap, flounce vs mince 7.30pm £3 MUCKY DUCK Open Mic & Jam Session 8pm £free NORTHERN LIGHTS The Northern Darkness DJs play Scandinavian metal 9pm £free PLATEAU Francois & The Atlas Mountains DJ set (Part of Vive La France festival) Time tbc £free RIKI TIK Sizzurp Swaggy hip hop with added crunk 9pm £free PRINCE ALBERT Sea Monsters Part of the One Inch Badge mini-festival (see Sea Monsters feature) Details tbc ST JAMES’ TAVERN Stay Sick, Turn Blue DJs play vintage soul, jazz and blues 8.30pm £free STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR Catholic Discipline Noise rock, disco pop and acid folk from the Superheroes of BMX 8pm £free VOLKS Bass Quake And lo, when the bass was thus unleashed the world itself shook 11pm £tbc

friday 27th

AUDIO Battlejam: JFB, Featurecast Bass & turntables

11pm £tbc BEE’S MOUTH We Change The Frequency Heavy grooves DJ 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BAR Muy Loco Pop and house DJs 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW Abandoned Rock and metal night 10pm £3/2 BLIND TIGER Bootleg Electro swing and bootlegged beats Time tbc £3/free BRIGHTON CENTRE Holiday On Ice 2012: Tropicana Details tbc CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Dixie Fried Red hot rockabilly with DJ Lonesome M 9pm £free COALITION Friday I’m In Love No more lectures for a day or two 11pm £1-5 CONCORDE2 Boyz To Men, DJ Mick Fuller The 20th anniversary of the R&B trio 7pm £25; Revolt! Alternative club night with horror films and gorelesque acts 11pm £5 COWLEY CLUB Club Zygotic Birthday: Sweet Williams, Amateur Assassins, Cousin Live music 8pm £donations CUBE Friday Club House DJs Time tbc £free DIGITAL Stonelove Indie rock&roll club 11pm £4/3 DRUID’S ARMS DJ Tommy G Electro, indie and house tunes 10pm £free DUKE OF NORFOLK DJ MC Cashback 9pm £free FISHBOWL Freestyle Records DJ set from the label manager, Greg Boraman 9pm £free FORTUNE OF WAR Fever! Latin, hip hop and reggae 9pm £free FUNKYFISH The Funkyfish Club Soul, funk, jazz and Motown 10pm £6/3.50 GLOBE Rum Fridays Open decks DJ night 8pm £free GRAND CENTRAL Dad’s Old Vinyl DJs play retro records Details tbc GREEN DOOR STORE Viva La France 2012: Turzi, Concrete Knives, Halfway The shores of Briton invaded by a Gallic army comprised of alt-pop and electronica bands 7.30pm £tbc; Vice Issue Launch Bands and DJs promoting the post-ironic fashion mag 11pm £free HAMPTON DJ Ballbreaker, DJ Buns, Uncle Margie Mish mash of eclectic beats 8pm £free HED KANDI BAR Vanity House and electro club Details tbc HONEY I Love R&B Juicy house with a twist of hip hop and plenty of the R and the B 11pm £5 HOPE Viva La France 2012: Phoebe Killdeer, Justine

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saturday 28th

ANCIENT MARINER The Acoustic Sessions Live

acoustic music 8pm £free AUDIO Warehouse: Eats Everything House and techno club night - with Mex from Blackgrass playing rare grooves upstairs 11pm £5/free BEACHIGOGO The R&B Lounge R&B DJs (in the main room) 11pm £6/5; Good Times Remember them? Maybe the feel-good retro tunes will jog your memory (in the White Room) 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BAR Unplugged Live acoustic music 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW FacePlant Punk rock night 9pm £5/2 BLIND TIGER Breakout Zoo Live hip hop, reggae and breakdancing Time tbc £4/free BRIGHTON CENTRE Holiday On Ice 2012: Tropicana Details tbc BRIGHTON RACECOURSE Brighton Tattoo Convention Like an ugly stain you can never get rid of, the tatfest is back for the fifth time - now with competitions, live bands, DJs and fire shows Time tbc £20 BRUNSWICK South Coast Soul Revue Eight-piece soul band 8pm £6 CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Eclectic Chair Alternative tunes from DJ Lamp 9pm £free COALITION We Are Wired: Vincent Manganaro, Vince Frimpong, Charles Green, Charly Lopez House DJs and VJs 11pm £8; Blow After Party: Vincent Manganaro, Carlos Riz, Aaron Palaez It never stops 4am £7/5/4 CONCORDE2 Explosions In The Sky Margate indie rockers 7pm £22/20; THCT: Trojan Soundsystem Live, Stig Of The Dump Live, Kenny Ken, DJ Manipulate, Bass6 & Marv ill, Southbound Hangers Live, Propergander Reggae, hip hop and dubstep night 11pm £8 CORN EXCHANGE Britten Sinfonia At Lunch Classical trio with an unusual line-up of piano, oboe and bassoon 1pm £10/7.50 CUBE Simply House House DJs Time tbc £free DIGITAL Playroom Housey hedonism in a playground of bouncy inflatable fun 11pm £12/10 DOME Big Cheer For Amaze! Annual all-star comedy gig 7.45pm £25/19.50 DRUID’S ARMS Kraken Sessions Post rock gig 10pm £free DUKE OF NORFOLK Word Up! 80s night 9pm £free DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA Amelie, Melanie Pain Special set from the Nouvelle Vague vocalist, followed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s wonderfully idealistic portrayal of Parisian life (Part of the Viva La France festival) 11pm FIDDLER’S ELBOW Saturday Sizzlers: Beans On Toast Bits of funk and blues swimming in a reggae sauce 9pm £free FISHBOWL Daddy Marcus Disco, soul and funk DJ 9pm £free FOGG’S Paul Richards Acoustic music with Latin soul vocals 8.30pm £free FORTUNE OF WAR Part Time Heroes DJ night 9pm £free FUNKYFISH The Funkyfish Club Soul, funk, jazz and Motown 10pm £6/3.50 GLOBE DJ Night House, funk and soul 8pm £8 GREEN DOOR STORE Viva La France Music industry discussion and seminars 2pm £free; The Big Itch Back to basics rock&roll 11pm £free HED KANDI BAR Pure Kandi West Street’s new dance music club Details tbc HONEY Honey Music: Vaughney DJs, Jon Byrne, Karl Bush, Squiz, Ben G Electro house night with guest DJ

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HORSE & GROOM The Sumerian Kyngs Psychedelic

swamp groove 9pm £free HYDRANT DOWN Canterbury, Straight Lines, Proxies Live rock bands 7.30pm £8 KOMEDIA DOWN Krater Comedy Club: Rob Deering, Josh Howie, Jason Patterson, Stephen Grant Stand-up comedy 7pm/8pm/10.30pm £7-20 KOMEDIA UP Peter Searies: Sex With Peter Searles Comedian takes you on a confessional tour of his sex life 8.30pm £10/8 LIFE Hold Up! Long-running and much-loved indie night kept afloat by the influx of fresh-faced students 11pm £5 MUCKY DUCK Fletcher C Ellis Funk, soul and golden era hip hop 8pm £free NORTHERN LIGHTS DJ RC Viking Horny invasion party 9pm £free PLATEAU L’Amour Electronique French pop and electronic delights pour vous (Part of Vive La France festival) 11.30pm £free PRINCE ALBERT Sea Monsters Part of the One Inch Badge mini-festival (see Sea Monsters feature) Details tbc RANELAGH Dan Donnelly Belfast singer songwriter 8.30pm £free RIKI TIK It’s Goin’ Off 006: Murder He Wrote, Figure Of Wax, Jdevious, Sai, Monkey In The Moon Forward thinking bass music with no best before date 9pm £free SIDEWINDER Niall Gogglez Dance DJ 9pm £free THOMAS KEMP DJ Jody Lee Hooker Soul, dance and funk classics 9pm £free THREE & TEN Off The Cuff Jokes made up on the spot 8pm £8/6 TUBE Moody Disco Vs Death By Disco: Chemical Play, Marlon Mahroyan, De Puta Madre, Taymor Zadeh, Neal Schtumm, Yusuf Sebati Disco so forward thinking it can foresee its own demise 11pm £5 VOLKS Sick Note Techno and psytrance night 11pm £tbc

sunday 29th

BEE’S MOUTH The Hive DJs wade through the subgenres of the 50s and 60s 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BAR Now That’s What I Call A Party What did you call it before? 9pm £free BLIND TIGER John Crampton Foot-stomping blues explosion 8pm £2/free BRIGHTON CENTRE Holiday On Ice 2012: Tropicana Details tbc BRIGHTON RACECOURSE Brighton Tattoo Convention Like an ugly stain you can never get rid of, the tatfest is back for the fifth time - now with competitions, live bands, DJs and fire shows Time tbc £20 BRUNSWICK John Law Trio Live jazz 8pm £tbc CONCORDE2 Brighton Tattoo Official Convention Aftershow: Drugstore Cowboys, Bad Bad Whiskey, The Meow Meows, Brighton Rumble DJs Rockabilly, skifflebilly and ska bands 7pm £8/free CUBE Chilled Sundays Laid back grooves Time tbc £free DOME Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra Music by Rossini, Sullivan and Sarasate 2.45pm £9-32 DUKE OF NORFOLK Live Music Night 9pm £free FIDDLER’S ELBOW Sham-Rock Open Mic 8.30pm £free FISHBOWL Recovery?: Asbest The Moor King, Sinner DJs play rare reggae and soul records 9pm £free FOUNTAINHEAD Reggae Roasts Chilled reggae beats Time tbc £free GLOBE Hot-Tip Hi-Fi DJs play early reggae and rocksteady 9pm £free GREEN DOOR STORE Sunday Service Live music 5pm £free; Green Door Blues Blues band and DJs 10pm £free HONEY Sundays At The Honey If your house was this sexy you’d need to keep the letterbox well-oiled 11pm £3/2/ free HOVE PLACE Pub Quiz 8.30pm £1 HYDRANT DOWN After Party For My Ruin Rock DJ set 11pm £free HYDRANT UP My Ruin, Godsized Hard rock and stoner metal 7pm £12 KOMEDIA DOWN Krater Comedy Club: Rob Deering, Josh Howie, Stephen Grant Stand-up comedy 8pm £6-11.50 PRINCE ALBERT The Magic Tombolinos Live band, as seen on Rob Brydon’s Xmas show Details tbc RANELAGH Nigel Bagge Electric blues 8.30pm £free RIKI TIK Riki Fliks Film night showing classic movies and new shorts 7pm £free; The Lock In DJ night 9pm £free SIGNALMAN Open Mic Night 8pm £free THOMAS KEMP Miss Mandy Jazz and swing duo 4pm £free; Tango Sessions Dance the early evening away 8pm £tbc

monday 30th

ANCIENT MARINER Quiz Night 8pm £1 BEE’S MOUTH The Bee’s Mouth Jazz Forum Jazz jam with a house band 8.30pm £free BELUSHI’S BAR Now That’s What I Call A Dirty House Party What did you call it before? 9pm £free BRUNSWICK Open Mic Night 8.30pm £free

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Tuesday 31st

BEACHIGOGO Latin Fever Party Dance lessons followed by a tropical salsa club 8pm/10pm £3/1/free BEE’S MOUTH Roll ‘Dem Bones Blues, jazz and 60s tunes 8.30pm £free BELUSHI’S BAR Totalled On Tuesday! Pop and dance 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW DJ Star DJ competition open to all 9pm £free BRUNSWICK Jazz Jam Open session with house band 8pm £free COALITION Full Volume If your bass was this filthy you’d have to take it back to the fishmongers 10.30pm £2-5 CONCORDE2 Roots Manuva Rodney the rapper returns to the road 7pm £15 DIGITAL CU Next Tuesday It’ll teach the universities to timetable lectures for Wednesday mornings 11pm £4/3 DOME Political Mother A spectacular ‘rock gig’ take on contemporary dance theatre 7.30pm £7.50-18.50 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 GLOBE Basement Cinema Underground films in an underground room 8pm £free GREEN DOOR STORE Hard Times They can take our disposable income, but they’ll never take our nowave disco!

11pm £free HYDRANT DOWN Band Camp Live music 8pm £free PRINCE ALBERT The District Myths, The Voyage Andromeda Live music Details tbc RED LION Challenging General Knowledge & Music Quiz 8pm £1 RIKI TIK Freaks DJs play poppy hip hop, poppy indie and pop 9pm £free SIDEWINDER Open Mic Night 8pm £free THEATRE ROYAL Paul Carrack Singer songwriter previously in Ace, Squeeze and Mike & The Mechanics 7.30pm £31.50 THOMAS KEMP Poker Evening 8pm £tbc

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BRIGHTON MUSEUM & ART GALLERY Ragamala:

Paintings From India Music-inspired miniature paintings from the 15th and 16th century Until Jan 8th; Peter Griffiths: Footsteps On The Edge of Britain Follow a photographer’s epic walk around the British coast Until Jan 15th CASTOR & POLLUX Rob Ryan: A Sky Full Of Kindness Screen prints and hand cut illustrations covered in heartfelt poetry Until Dec 5th GREY AREA Smell Sound Of Forensic Y’s Putrefaction, underwater pipefitting, popular excrement, jet-lagged socks Until Dec 4th HOVE MUSEUM & ART GALLERY The Five Senses: Paintings From The Fine Art Collection Interactive familyfriendly exhibition exploring sensory aspects of art Until Mar 1st; Robot Invasion! An army of retro robots and space toys Until Feb 21st INK_D A Xmas Knee’s Up Arty seasonal treats Dec 2nd Dec 24th PHOENIX BRIGHTON Brighton Fringe Open 2011 International contemporary photography Until Dec 18th; Practical Electronica A collection of items inspired by Ian Helliwell’s documentary about early electronic music Until Dec 18th PRINCE REGENT GALLERY Dress For Excess: Fashion In Regency England Exhibition looking at the extravagant clothes worn by George and his cohorts Until Feb 5th £4.90-9.80 RED ROASTER A New Perspective Exhibition of photographs in which Brighton’s tower blocks are prettified with floral patterns Until Jan 8th ROCK INN High Rise A collection of pictures by local photographers Until Dec 31st ROUND GEORGE’S PUB AND GALLERY Francois Boutemy: A Decade Behind The Lens Gigs, fashion and urban anomalies captured over ten years of photography Dec 10th - Feb

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SIX OF THE BEST:

NYE Midnight Tracks

WORDS BY BLAH BLAH BLAH, JAMES KENDALL, MUMDANCE, GEORGE Nunn, conrad rogan

It’s the moment all DJs look forward to all year – what track to see in the next 12 months of music. It rounds up the year gone by and brings in the new one – sending an already excited dancefloor into spasms of delight. Or it’s a damp squib that ruins everyone’s night and sets the coming year off to such an appalling start everyone might as well hibernate and call it all off for another 365 days. It’s a lot of pressure so we asked Brighton’s best DJs, and our editor, their favourites and how they chose them.

CE CE ROGERS

BY MUMDANCE

‘Someday’

New Year’s Eve tunes are always a bit of a tightrope as you want to play something that everyone knows without sounding too clichéd, I think my perfect NYE track is ‘Someday’ by Ce Ce Rogers as it is not only a timeless track within itself, but also has spanned generations through various guises. I played it at Bugged Out a couple of NYE’s ago and it was a really special moment, one of the highlights of my career. It brings a real feeling of togetherness to a room.

GEORGE MICHAEL

BY TEEN CREEPS’ Conrad Rogan

‘Careless Whisper’

When it comes to playing records for a room full of drunken lip chewers on NYE, something that gives me great joy is watching a collective wince go round the room as an utterly uncool yet instantly recognisable intro comes in. However, there are certain records that quickly turn from laughter into collective hugging, beer spilling and arms in the air power grabbing. I don’t care what people say, this is an absolute banger. Plus, anything who can get people attempting saxophone solos always deserves a place in any party set. Maybe.

CHEMICAL BROTHERS ‘Swoon (Boys Noize Summer Mix)’

BY Poundance’s George Nunn

That nervous sweat as the clock breezes past 11.50 on NYE happens every year, what gets played at midnight?! You don’t want to play a track that’s too obvious; the track at midnight needs to be the pinnacle of the evening. Chemical Brothers’ ‘Swoon’ epitomizes this. With lyrics like “Just remember, to fall in love”, it’s such a euphoric start to the year. Saying that, as the time reaches 12 this NYE, I’ll still be bricking it.

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2 UNLIMITED

BY BLAH BLAH BLAH

‘No Limit’

What to play at the cusp of a New Year is perhaps one of the toughest decisions a DJ has to make other than whether to get out of bed before or after midday. So what makes a good NYE tune? For us midnight needs to be memorable and a bit of a sing-a-long. Therefore we try and go classic and unexpected, something tongue in cheek can work well if you’ve got the crowd hyped enough. One year we got away with 2 Unlimited’s ‘No Limit’, everyone seemed to know the words to that one.

ORBITAL

BY James Kendall

‘Belfast’

The worst thing you can play at the break of a new year is a boring club track. The midnight track is essentially an end-of-nighter in the middle of a set.

The time I got it completely right was at the millennium. I knew it needed to be something emotional, with gravitas, that people could still dance to. ‘Belfast’ makes me happy and sad and dance and cry all at the same time. This time it made me fall off the bar as I climbed up to meet the other people dancing on it. The crowd’s reaction had me buzzing for hours.

JUSTICE VS SIMIAN ‘Never Be Alone’

BY EDDIE THE GOATBOY

For me, the sacred New Year midnight slot is a moment of complete unity of everyone in the club.

It’s definitely the only song in my set I ever pick in advance and it’s best to pick a big banger from the year just gone. The NYE that really stands out as a golden achievement was 07>08, mixing the Big Ben chimes with Justice Vs Simian. It caught a lot of people by surprise, which is just how I’ve always liked to do things. You’ll never hear me play ‘Auld Lang Syne’.

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