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Sama International Film Festival Brighton

Sama International Film Festival Brighton | New event during Refugee Week 2026 celebrates freedom of expression and displaced and underrepresented filmmakers 15th June at Lewes Depot 17:30 - 20:00 - "Sima's Song" 16th June at Pink Moon 19:00 - 22:00 "Short Film Night" 17th June at The Rose Hill 19:00 - 22:00 "Champions of the Golden Valley" 18th June at Duke's at Komedia 19:00 - 22:00 "My Childhood, My Country" 19th June at Fabrica 18:00 - 22:00 "Bauryna Salu" The Sama Brighton Film Festival is coming to venues across Brighton and Lewes from June 15-19. This is a first UK outing for the Sama International Film Festival which has taken place in Stockholm for the last 17 years, celebrating freedom of expression and providing a platform for underrepresented filmmakers and those living in exile. Sama Brighton will provide a rare opportunity to see feature, documentary and short films from Afghanistan, Iran and Kazakhstan. The festival is named after the Sufi spiritual practice of sama - deep listening and attentive presence as a path towards understanding. In the words of festival co-producer Sanjar Qiam: “We want Sama to be a space for Brightonians to encounter films and conversations that engage with […]

£10.85

Brighton Book Festival

Brighthelm Centre North Road, Brighton, Brighton

Brighton Book Festival | We’re a grassroots festival with equity at our heart. A community where writers from underrepresented backgrounds are the main event and diverse audiences can see themselves reflected. A space that gathers together authors, poets, illustrators, musicians and other creatives from the UK and around the world for a book festival like no other. Each year we deliver a series of fantastic events both across Brighton and online globally, all happening during the UK’s Independent Bookshop Week. This year's events take place at a number of venues across the city: Brighthelm Centre, North Road, Brighton, BN1 1YD Komedia, 44-47 Gardner St, Brighton BN1 1UN Sallis Benney Theatre 58-67 Grand Parade Brighton BN2 0JY (all Saturday's events) Jubilee Square, 17 Jubilee St, Brighton BN1 1GE Meet the Author: Zadie Smith - Wednesday 17th June 2026 7:00pm Tell Your Tales: Stories Only You Can Write! - Thursday 18th June 3:30pm Meet the Industry: Margaret Busby - Thursday 18th June 2026. 6.30pm Workshops - Saturday 20th June 9:30am Writing Home with author of six novels and director of Writers Mosiac host Colin Grant, Amy Abdelnoor, author of Ever Land, and Fatin Abbas, author of Ghost Season. - Saturday 20th June […]

£25.00
Ongoing

Jerusalem

Brighton Open Air Theatre Dyke Rd, Brighton

Jerusalem | Weds 17 - Sat 20  Jun 19:00 @ Brighton Open Air Theatre £19.00 Hailed as “the greatest British play of the century”, Jerusalem follows Johnny “Rooster” Byron, a rebellious outlaw facing eviction from his woodland caravan on St George’s Day. As modernity closes in, this haunting, darkly comic drama explores myth, mischief and England’s fading wildness.

£19.00

Sing City: Abba Edition

The Clubhouse, Sea Lanes 300 Madeira Drive, Brighton

Sing City: Abba Edition - the Brighton night out, where the crowd take centre stage! Join us for an evening of big energy and zero pressure with a different iconic song each time. No auditions, no solos - just a buzzing atmosphere and some serious three part harmony. Come raise a glass, warm up your voice and be part of the Sing City crew. Sing City - a night out never sounded this good!

£15.00

Willy Tea Taylor

The Folklore Rooms 12-13 North Street, Brighton

Folklore Sessions Presents; Willy Tea Taylor + Kenan Flannery June 18th | The Folklore Rooms £15adv | 18+ Willy Tea Taylor is a father, brother, and son. His remarkable ability to write subjects in a simple yet profound way makes his songs a great place to lose yourself. Much of that comes from his upbringing surrounded by rolling hills and horses in a small town in California known as the "Cowboy Capital of the World". Willy calls John Hartford, Roscoe Holcomb, Bob Dylan, KISS, Weird Al Yankovic and Willie Nelson his biggest influences, but is always quick to advocate for his favorite contemporary songwriters which include Tom VandenAvond, Nathan Moore, and his Good Luck partner in crime, Chris Doud. "The Essence of Folk Music in its rawest and most Authentic form" Kenan Flannery is a 26-year-old award-winning folk songwriter from Dublin, praised for his "bone-breakingly beautiful" music and a voice with the intensity of "a hundred Irish poets." Blending his upbringing of Irish ballads with American folk influences, he's been compared to John Prine and Townes Van Zandt. He has performed at Electric Picnic, The Ruby Sessions, and The Secret Song, supported acts like The Wolfe Tones, The White Buffalo […]

£15.00

Stefan Mahendra

The Folklore Rooms 12-13 North Street, Brighton

Folklore Sessions Presents; Stefan Mahendra + Support June 18th | The Folklore Rooms £14adv | 18+ Mahendra's musical journey began at a piano bench in SouthLondon, guided by his mother's encouragement and early classical training. But it wasn't long before he veered off the traditional path - drawn deeply into the world of jazz, soul, andR&B. His early discovery of American gospel greats like Smokie Norful -artists who weren't just masterful pianists but also powerful vocalists - inspired a deeper passion for both playing and singing. That influence led him to icons like Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Donny Hathaway, and D'Angelo: legends who built their songs from the keys up, crafting entire sonic worlds from the piano. It's this lineage that flows through Stefan's music - soulful, grounded, and effortlessly timeless. Stefan Mahendra has sold out every headline show he has put onto date. His live journey began with a sold-out debut at PizzaExpress Jazz Club, Holborn in 2022, followed by multiple sold-out performances at the legendary Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in 2023. That same year, he headlined The Lower Third in Soho to a sold-out crowd, confirming his growing reputation as a powerful live artist. Since then, Stefan's profile […]

£14