Good morning, Brighton. We’ve been hearing plenty about the rubbish left on our beaches after the recent heat wave so it’s time to do your bit to help with the clean-up. Read about Sunday’s beach clean by Leavenotracebrighton here. Get involved and get an ice cream 🍦
In today’s Brighton Scoop:
All behind the Albion for the Women’s FA Cup Final
Surf club launches LGBTQ+ inclusion sessions
6000 kerbside charging points
- Phil Reynolds

What’s the Scoop
All behind the Albion for the Women’s FA Cup Final
Brighton & Hove, it's time to get your blue and white on! 💙🤍 The Seagulls — Brighton & Hove Albion Women — are flying high and heading to Wembley for the Women's FA Cup Final against Manchester City this Sunday at 3pm, and the whole city is being asked to cheer them on - Full Match Guide
Council leader Bella Sankey is urging shops, businesses, and residents to deck out windows with Albion flags, scarves, or homemade good luck messages — basically, if it's blue and white, stick it up!
It's not just about the trophy (though yes, please). The Albion's investment in women's football is genuinely inspiring the next generation of players — and Brighton is on a mission to become the UK's capital for women and girls in sport.
So whether you're Wembley-bound (Buy Tickets) or cheering from your sofa — come on you Seagulls! 🏆⚽
Surf club launches LGBTQ+ inclusion sessions
🏄♂️ Brighton Surf Life Saving Club is making waves 🌊 with two LGBTQ+ inclusive beach sessions this summer! On 20 June and 19 July (12–1:30pm, near Sea Lanes on Madeira Drive), the club is throwing open its doors — and its wetsuit cupboard — to welcome LGBTQ+ residents for a relaxed, fun introduction to lifesaving skills.
No need to bring anything except yourself; all equipment is provided. Whether you fancy learning to save lives at full throttle or simply enjoy the camaraderie at your own pace, there's a place for you. The club trains lifeguards and lifesavers of all ages and is genuinely keen to hear from the community about how to keep improving inclusion.
Think sun, sea, and solidarity — with a side of CPR. Free booking and more info are available at Brighton Surf Life Saving Club . 🏳️🌈
6000 kerbside charging points

⚡️ B&H has just made EV history — char.gy installed its 5,000th public charge point right here in the city, and it's only getting started! ⚡🔌
The clever bit? Rather than digging up pavements, char.gy clips chargers onto existing lamp columns — minimal fuss, maximum reach. Brighton & Hove is rolling out around 6,000 kerbside chargers, making it the biggest on-street charging programme outside London. Not bad for a city famous for its lanes rather than its driveways!
It's great news for the roughly 40% of UK households with no off-street parking — the people most likely to have been stuck thinking EVs "just aren't for them." Powered by renewable electricity via EDF, every charge is a green one too. 🌱
With Reading, Barnet, and the Isle of Wight also joining the party, char.gy is gunning for 100,000 charge points by 2030. Watts not to love? 😄 Access full ev resources from char.gy

Weather
Friday 29/5
☀️ | 📈 25° | 📉 16° | ☔️ <5% | 🌬️ W 5mph | 🌊 <1ft
Saturday 30/5
☀️ | 📈 25° | 📉 14° | ☔️ 10% | 🌬️ SW 5mph | 🌊 <1ft
Sunday 31/5
🌤️ | 📈 20° | 📉 13° | ☔️ 10% | 🌬️ SW 15mph | 🌊 <1ft

Beautiful Brighton
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Local Cinema
Cinema’s aren’t going to fill themselves. Break a habit of a lifetime, turn off Netflix, get off the sofa and potter down to your local (cinema).
Duke of York’s Picturehouse - Book
Relaxed Screening: Dr Strangelove | The Christophers | Tuner | Obsession | Book Club: Elizabeth Strout in Conversation - Live Broadcast
Dukes at Komedia - Book
Backrooms | Obsession | Star Wars: The Mandalorian & Grogu | Looney Tunes: The Day The Earth Blew Up | Met Opera Live: El Ultimo Sueno de Frida y Diego | Hard Boiled (4k Restoration) | National Theatre Live: The Playboy of the Western World

Community Event - Beach Clean
🗑️ 9.30-11.30am | Sunday 31st May | Sea Lanes | Free ice cream | More Info

Bookshop Events

What’s On & Community Fun
🎈- Family friendly events
Friday 29/5
Romeo & Juliet | BOAT | 7pm | Book
MC Martin Warren +Headliner Dane Baptiste + Lucas Jefcoate + Joe Foster + Daniel Tizon | 8pm Secret Comedy Club | Info
Forge Comedy Club | 8-10.30pm | Book
Kathy Maniura: The Cycling Man | Komedia | 6.30pm | Book
Comedy Club | Komedia | 7pm | Book
Vampire Lesbians of Sodom (Fringe) | Brunswick Cellar | 3pm | Book
Saturday 30/5
🎈Discover trees from around the world | One Garden | 10.30-12pm | Info
🎈Beach Head Boat Trip with Sussex Dolphin Project | Newhaven | 4.30pm | Book
Big Gay Market | Daltons | 11pm
Makers Market | Jubilee Square | 11-5pm | Info
Plant Sale | Circus Street | 2pm
Florence Road Market | 15+ Stalls | Outside One Church | 9.30-1.30pm | Info
Slab-building taster session | Hot Fox Pottery | 2-5pm | Book
Bonsai & Yamadori Workshop | One Garden | 10am | Book
Men's T20 Vitality Blast 2026 | Sussex v Middlesex | County Ground | 7pm | Book
Lucas Jefcoate: Work in Progress | Secret Comedy Club | 6.30pm | Info
Headliner Tom Ward + Zoe Brownstone + Paul Hilleard + MC Martin Warren | The Secret Comedy Club | 8-10.30pm | Book
Sunday 31/5
Hove Car Boot | Brunswick Primary School | 10-2pm | Info
Preston Park Market | Street Food, Cakes & Bakes | Preston Park | 10-3pm
YMCA Brighton Charity Fundraiser | Crowns Pub | 3-6pm | Raffle, bingo & fun
Quizzy Mc Quiz Face | Ancient Mariner | 7pm | Book Table
Cartoon County - Illustrator & Graphic Fair | Open Market | 11-6pm | Info
🎈RSPCA Brighton Summer Festival & Dog Show | Braypool Lane | 1-7pm

Live Music
Friday 29/5
The Jones Street Boys | Bootlegger | 9.30pm | Info
THE GREAT 80S & 90S MOVIE SOUNDTRACK SONGBOOK (Fringe) | Brunswick | 7.30pm | Book
Mom Tudie | Folklore Rooms | 7.30pm | Info
Currls + Masca | Hope & Ruin | 7.30pm | Book
Cat Amongst Them + Be Kind Cadaver + Your Majesty | Prince Albert | 8pm | Book
Blind Yeo + Thimble | Rose Hill | 7pm | Book
Acoustica | Blue Anchor | 8.50pm
Sand | Green Door Store | 7pm | Free
Waxhead | Daltons | 7pm | Book
The Cracklin Griffins | Lion & Lobster | 8pm
Saturday 30/5
Little Wasters & Special Guests | Brunswick | 2.30pm | Book
El Melting Pot | Setting Sun | 8pm
Brighton Moon-Hop | Komedia | 11pm | Book
Pascoe | Bootlegger | 9.30pm | Info
The Groove Night | Folklore Rooms | 8pm | Info
PleasureInc | Hope & Ruin | 8pm | Book
Martin Stephenson + support | Prince Albert | 2pm | Book
Skinner + support | Prince Albert | 8pm | Book
Six Eight | Bee’s Mouth | 7.30pm | Tickets
Brooks House Band | Blue Anchor | 8.50pm
Screensaver | Green Door Store | 7pm | Free
Sunday 31/5
Soul & Blues | Blossoms | 12-5pm | Book
TOM WATERS BAND feat. GEOFF ACHISON | Komedia | 7pm | Book
Machine Learning | Brunswick Cellar | 7.30pm | Book
John Bramwell | Folklore Rooms | 7.30pm | Info
Memphis Gerald + Bassie Gracie + Hilderbrand + 9 Dead Mice | Prince Albert | 7.30pm | Book
Busted Sofa | Neptune Inn | 7-9pm
SKINTERN + KELAN + SELF DEFENCE + BRABBLE | Daltons | 7pm | Book
Live Jazz | Lion & Lobster | 8pm | Book table

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