Events for 11 September 2026

Melting Vinyl presents Sairie + Eliza Skelton at the Church of the Annunciation, 89 Washington St, Brighton, BN2 9SR Friday 11th September Doors 7pm £16 + booking fee / £20 on the door Seated Age restrictions: Under 16s to be accompanied by an adult A beautifully bewitching night awaits Brighton with the beguiling world of Sairie. Come celebrate and usher in their new album at the launch in Brighton’s jewel of a church (Aubrey Beardsley’s place of worship, no less) Sairie – Deceptively stripped-back, other-worldly and beautiful amidst ghosts, fairies and tragic love. The Brighton three-piece of Emma Morton, Jon Griffin and Andy Thomas cast magic spells upon the listener. Their music is like a séance; an enchanted visit to the inside of a hollow hill. Sairie now present their first full-length album, ‘Beneath the Spreading Tree’. The album continues Sairie’s exploration of early 70’s folk influences, blending otherworldly atmospherics with stripped-back arrangements. Sairie are: Emma Morton: vocals, autoharp Jon Griffin: Vocals, guitar, harmonium, percussion Andy Thomas: bass Maria Marzaioli: violin Alice Eldridge: cello Rebecca Tann: accordian “…acoustically expansive, drone-deepened, acid-folk nuggets” – Stewart Lee, Idler Magazine “Hearkening back to the early 70’s heyday of acid and psychedelic folk (and […]

Traditional Mutant Live & Anatolian Grooves vinyl only DJ set Traditional Mutant, featuring Salih Korkut Peker (SKP) and Jabbar, are bringing their completely unique Anatolian Middle Eastern fusion to Brighton and this is not your standard folk, rock or electronic gig. Think Anatolian psych + grunge + arabesque + rebetiko + deep house + breakbeats, all colliding in one improvised, seriously wild musical journey. SKP’s genius is in the instruments as much as the music: cümbüş (a mix of banjo & oud), fretless guitar, çağlama (guitar strings on a saz body), divane (saz body with lute sound), with Jabbar on davul (double-headed drum), darbuka (goblet-shaped single-head hand drum), Tef (hand frame drum) and riq/. Some authentic, some radically modified — all pushed through fuzz, effects, … Burak: Brighton, get ready for something you haven’t heard before. ⚡️ @traditional_mutant :@salihkorkutpeker (SKP) and @jabbaristan are bringing their completely unique Anatolian–Middle Eastern fusion to Brighton and this is not your standard folk, rock or electronic gig. Think Anatolian psych + grunge + arabesque + rebetiko + deep house + breakbeats, all colliding in one improvised, seriously wild musical journey. SKP’s genius is in the instruments as much as the music: cümbüş (a mix […]