Welcome to Brighton Culture, a guide to Brighton with an emphasis on underground art, alternative music and arthouse cinema.
Brighton gig listings - a selection of the best bands and artists playing in Brighton with videos and ticket links.
The best galleries in Brighton, each of these show stunning exhibitions all year round. We provide links to maps, their websites, plus listings of current shows for each.
Our team reviews the most interesting gigs, films and exhibitions. If you want to write reviews for us get in touch.
Thursday, January 19th, 2012
Invoking a big name like Whistler might help us find a pathway into the work of a lesser known artist, but it won’t help if that pathway is misleading. I’ve struggled to see much similarity between Robert Goff (1837-1922) the Hove based etcher and James Whistler (1834-1903), the painter whose splashy canvases and book The Gentle Art of Making Enemies outraged the art establishment of the time.
Saturday, December 10th, 2011
Still struggling with the seasonal shopping? It doesn’t all have to be trawling through Amazon or fighting the crowds at Churchill Square. Christmas is the perfect opportunity to support the arts and buy something truly special. Here are three of the best places in Brighton to buy creative Christmas gifts.
Saturday, November 26th, 2011
The Besnard Lakes probably have an amazing record collection. Shelves of 70s soft-rock rarities, obscure progressive concept albums and original copies of out of press early 90s shoegaze classics.
Tuesday, October 25th, 2011
The gig started with Toe. But before they came on we were subjected to choral, opera and 20s music, which was a pleasant change from the sort of nonsense you often get between bands.
Saturday, September 24th, 2011
If you’ve ever longed to return to the video gaming simplicity of previous years, or just yearn to beat someone to a pulp on Street Fighter 2 like you used to do to your brother after school, then start practising your special moves – the Handbaked Arcade is coming to Brighton.
Sunday, September 4th, 2011
“I don’t believe in ghosts, but I have seen the demon host.” With lyrics like these, who needs harrowing music to convey a sense of the impending apocalypse? But then with instruments sounding this lush, you wouldn’t want Timber Timbre to go acapella…