Good morning, Brighton. The weekend is thankfully upon us as we wish a happy birthday to Shaq, Guy Garvey & Sam Bankman-Fried the crypto criminal currently chilling behind bars in LA until 2050.
In today’s Brighton Scoop:
Great Escape Festival Announce 100 Acts & Special Guests
Royal Pavilion Garden Restoration Project
Brilliant Brighton BID Hiring
- Phil Reynolds
What’s the Scoop
The Great Escape Festival Announce 100 Acts
🤘 The Great Escape is teaming up with NME to bring Brighton-born indie heroes The Kooks back for a special 20th Anniversary Spotlight Show at TGE Beach on Wednesday 13 May 2026, marking 20 years since both the festival and the band’s debut album ‘Inside In/Inside Out’.
The show celebrates the album that gave us classics like ‘Naïve’ and ‘She Moves in Her Own Way’, with support from Irish/Cornish five-piece Girl In The Year Above. Standalone tickets will be available, with presales and general sale via The Great Escape. Alongside this, the festival has added 100+ new artists to the 2026 line-up, spanning indie, rock, rap, R&B, electronic and more. Over 450 emerging acts will play across 35+ venues in Brighton from 13–16 May 2026, keeping the city’s new music credentials very much intact. Checkout Full Line-Up 🎸
Royal Pavilion Garden Restoration Project
Brighton & Hove Museums has put up a bold new hoarding on New Road, the first visible sign that the Royal Pavilion Garden restoration is stepping up a gear. It marks months of behind-the-scenes planning, community consultation and fundraising, backed by £4.37m from The National Lottery Heritage Fund plus support from the council and the Wolfson Foundation.
The project will restore historic landscaping, protect rare planting (including much‑loved elms), improve accessibility, add learning resources and boost visitor engagement. The aim is to keep the garden safe, welcoming and beautiful for everyone—and ultimately get it off Historic England’s Heritage at Risk Register. Bravo for the Royal Pavilion! Explore The Gardens 🌻
Who Needs a Job? Brilliant Brighton BID Hiring
🤩 Brilliant Brighton BID (the business improvement district charged with helping shops in town increase trade) is recruiting a Stakeholder Relations & Engagement Manager to support city centre businesses and help deliver projects that keep Brighton lively and successful. The role is the main point of contact for BID members, handling queries, 1:1 meetings, onboarding new businesses, and supporting marketing activities. Responsibilities include admin and data management (CRM, reporting, vacancy research), managing member offers and the Brighton Gift Card, and coordinating seasonal projects like Christmas lights and floral displays.
The role also leads consultation on potential mini-BIDs and manages the Associate Membership scheme. Salary: £28k–£32k plus benefits and flexible working.
This is a fab opportunity for the right person to help our city and the the independent businesses who make it so special! More Info 🛒
Local Biz
Store Next Door - Refill Station
Such a fab store, where to start on their refills - peanut butter, soaps, seeds, detergent, coffee, nuts….. you name it. Bring your glass jar back and start all over again without the need for single use plastics. Most excellent.
Weather
Friday 6/3
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Saturday 7/3
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Sunday 8/3
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Beautiful Brighton
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Spring Festivals ‘26
Brighton has endless festivals, conventions and get-togethers year round for everything from coffee, music & trees, to animation, food, Pride and of course the might fringe. Be sure to scan over this each week to see what’s’ on the beautiful horizon.
What’s On & Community Fun
Friday 6/3
Futsal for Kids 6-9yrs | BACA | 5pm | Book
Lazy Susan’s Game Show | West Hill Tavern | 8pm
Story Magic | Komedia | 10 am & 11pm
Komedia Comedy Club | Komedia | 8pm | Info
St Matthias Kids Cafe | St Matthias Church | 3.30-4.45pm | Info
Forge Comedy Club Friday | 8pm | Book
Joe Jacobs & Support Acts | Secret Comedy Club - Arista | 8pm | Book
6 Nations Rugby | Setting Sun | 8pm
FILTHY FRIDAYS with Robin Ince and Special Guests | Brunswick | 7.30 | Book
Saturday 7/3
Florence Road Farmers Market | Flo Road | 9.30am
Table Top Sale | St Matthias Church | 11am
Brighton Bluegrass & Old-Time Day: Day time workshops | Brunswick | 12pm | Book
Spring Brighton Makers Market | Brighton College | 10am
6 Nations Rugby | Mad Dog Brewery | 2pm
Plant Sale | Circus Street | 11am
Free RNLI Lifejacket Clinic | Lady Bee Chandlery | 10am
6 Nations Eng v Ita | Tempest | 4.40pm
Komedia Comedy Club | Komedia | 8pm | Info
Saddle Up Line Dancing | Maggie Maes
Easter Wreath Making | One Garden | 9am | Book
Forge Comedy Club Friday | 8pm | Book
Tim Renkow & Support Acts | Secret Comedy Club - Arista | 8pm | Book
Bebette’s Cabaret: Spring Fling! | Actors | 8.30pm | Book
Sunday 8/3
Crafting with Ruby | Old Albion | 5pm
Brighton Racecourse Antiques and Vintage Fair | 9.30am
Oui Creperie Van | Preston Park Market | 10am
Harry Baker: Tender | Komedia | 1.30pm | Info
Gearóid Farrelly: Gearóid Rage | Komedia | 8pm | Info
Tease Burlesque | Ironworks Studios | 8pm | Book
Women's health Celebrating International Women's Day | One Garden | 10am | Book
International Women's Day Concert | Brunswick | 5pm
Preston Park Market | 10am
Brian Yuzna’s “Society’ | Bee’s Mouth | 7pm
Familia with The Blanco Brothers | Old Albion | 9pm
International Women’s Day Afterparty | Inn on the Square | 5pm
Soul Circus: Buried Treasure | Yellow Book | 4pm
Live Music
Friday 6/3
Lucy Kitchen In The Low Light | The Brunswick | 7pm
Vinyl Revival by DJay | Old Crow | 8pm
Tropicana Nights 70's Party | Saltdean Lido | 7.30pm
ABA SHANTI-I | Alphabet | 10pm | Book
Ortarix All Night Long | Tempest | 8pm
Plug In Maybe | Concorde 2 | 7.30pm | Book
Friends Fest | Daltons | 5pm
Big Head | Green Door Store | 7pm
Gypsy Kings | Brighton Centre | 7.30pm | Book
Undercover Band | Neptune Inn | 9pm
Split Wave Volume IV | Bee\s Mouth | 7pm
Monomania: Ahrtemisia Nathair + Butterheart + open mic | Rose Hill | 7pm | Book
Carne + Fanchon and M. Woodroe | Prince Albert | 8pm | Book
Plantoid + Support | Hope & Ruin | 8pm | Book
BELVER | Folklore Rooms | 7.30pm | Book
Saturday 7/3
Karoeke Afternoon with Rusty | Brighton Railway Club | 2pm
Tonight Matthew | Palmeira | 8pm
Sarah Monument | Alphabet | 4pm | Book
Daft Funk | Concorde 2 | 7pm | Book
Roni Size & LTJ Bukem | Concorde 2 | 11pm | Book
Plantoid | Green Door Store | 7pm
Dave Arcari | Komedia | 7pm
Let’s Go Girls International Women’s Day Party | Komedia | 11pm
Supernatural Things | Neptune Inn | 9pm
Tenderhooks Live | Bee’s Mouth | 8pm
Reservoir Bods | Blue Anchor | 8.50pm
Bat Shit Ball | Yellow Book Bar | 8pm
Love is Everywhere | Rose Hill | 6.30pm | Book
Shallow Honey + The Empty Page + K, maybe + Drive By Kills | Prince Albert | 8pm | Book
Man the Lifeboats | Folklore Rooms | 7.30pm | Book
Sunday 8/3
Jazz features the wonderful vocals of Imogen Ryall | Rotunda Cafe | 3pm | Book
Nyron Higor | Alphabet | 7pm | Book
Buckcherry + Michael Monroe | Chalk | 6pm | Book
Leith Ross | Concorde 2 | 7.30pm | Book
LESBIAN BED DEATH + VULVA + TEMPTATION + UNORTHADOX + OVERSEER | Daltons | 6pm
The Fabulous Red Diesel Jazz Band | Neptune Inn | 4pm
Rubella Ballet + Hagar The Womb / MOWFY | Prince Albert | 2pm | Book
Verses – All Ages Early Evening Show | Hope & Ruin | 4.30pm | Book
Matthew C. Whitaker | Folklore Rooms | 7.30pm | Book
The Mehfil Space in collaboration with Pena Flamenco | Brunswick Cellar | 8pm
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