Join us in an intimate setting for our showcase sessions of alt-folk, blues & roots musicians. Featuring some of the UK's top emerging acts: Justin Saltmeris, Stark, Isobel Anderson, Warsaw Radio, Rotait, Nick Williams, Jacko Hooper, Will Worth, Yourgardenday, Simone & The Dark Stars, Normanton Street, Dave Blackwell Emberhoney, Paul Murray, Pipe & Tabor, Tom Staniford, Kokopelli.

Brilliant bands in Brighton's Best Venue 2012.
Dance the night away to some of the best bands around.
There’s no other place to be this Fringe.

Featuring: Kalakuta Millionaires (3 May), Fat 45 (4 May), Voodoo Love Orchestra (5 May), The Swing Ninjas (10 May), Dende (11 May) Zoot Zazou + Zoophonium (24 May), Oscillator & Meow Meows (25 May), The Impellers (26 May), Jacquemo + The Detonators (31 May), Mynie Moe + The Dirty Divine (1 June)

"Quality Geordie stand-up" (TNT Magazine) presents an all new heart-warming show about the disembowelling horror of family life.
"A fine solo show from an utterly charming performer" (Time Out), "Fearlessly funny... He's the best deadpan act since Jack Dee so it's unsurprising that Frank Skinner's a fan" (GQ), "Highly inventive and very funny"(Frank Skinner)

400 years after his death, Carlo Gesualdo is still amazing people with the wondrous weirdness of his music. Bremf Consort of Voices, return to the gorgeous St Bart’s acoustics with a programme ranging from anguished madrigals to dramatic sacred music alongside works by some of his contemporaries. Yes, he murdered his wife and her lover!

Eclectic electric eulogies carry a beat that fluctuates from a pulse to a flutter, from a tick to a tock. The haunting voices of coruscating choristers drift on a swell of intricate electronica, sweetened by a sigh of strings. All of this is back lit by a cinematic collage of dances to the music of time.