What's on

A collage of female and non-binary sideshow performers
Family
Two young children engage with an installation made of brightly coloured columns and boxes criss crossed with lots of string

100 Miles of String

Leap Then Look
Sat 4 - Mon 27 May
Royal Pavilion Gardens (North Lawn)
Free
Outdoor
Looking over the shoulder of two people sat at a table with cups and food

Ground

Trigger
Sat 4 - Sun 26 May
Earthship Brighton
From £25
Classical Music
A woman sitting at a piano

Hao Zi Yoh

Solo piano
Tue 7 May
Brighton Dome Studio Theatre
From £10
Limited Availability
Music
A group of black musicians all pose in an old building with their instruments. They are all wearing bright colours and African inspired prints.

Orchestra Baobab

Tue 7 May
Brighton Dome Concert Hall
From £25
Limited Availability
Books & Debates
Sarah Perry is a white woman with blonde hair tied up in a bun, wearing a purple blouse and pearl earrings. She's standing outside in front of a background of trees

Sarah Perry: Enlightenment

Tue 7 May
Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts (ACCA)
From £10
Theatre
Looking over the shoulder of Rachel and a mixing desk, a person sings into a hairbrush with projections of a photo collage of them

Perfect Show for Rachel

Zoo Co & Improbable
Tue 7 May
Brighton Dome Corn Exchange
From £15
Music
Illustration of a person wrapped in flowers holding birds with their hair flying out in the wind

Festival of Ideas: Bird Bath Installation

Tue 7 - Sun 12 May
St Peter's Church, Preston Park
Free
Young Readers
The outside of a children's book shop. There are bright and colourful illustrations in the windows

Children's Illustration Exhibition

Tue 7 - Sun 26 May
The Book Nook
Free
Magic

Scott Silven: Wonders

Scott Silven
Wed 8 - Sun 12 May
Theatre Royal Brighton
From £15
Family
A woman holding her baby look on at 5 light bulbs that hang on black cables

First Light

Daniel Naddafy / Marty Langthorne
Wed 8 - Fri 10 May
Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts (ACCA)
From £10
Fully Booked
Classical Music
Headshots of Hugh Cutting, Rebecca Leggett & George Ireland

Hugh Cutting, Rebecca Leggett & George Ireland

Wed 8 May
Brighton Dome Studio Theatre
From £10
Limited Availability
Classical Music
Headshot of Hilary Summers

What’s So Great About Opera?

Hilary Summers & Andrew West
Wed 8 May
Brighton Dome Studio Theatre
From £12.50
Limited Availability
Music
Two men sit in a wooded area. The ground is covered in leaves and they look towards the camera

Johnny Flynn & Robert Macfarlane

plus support from The David Tattersall Group
Wed 8 May
Brighton Dome Concert Hall
From £25
Fully Booked
Sound Art
A large boulder in front of a bright blue background

Neolithic Cannibals: Deep Listening to the Unheard

The Neolithic Cannibals
Wed 8 - Sun 19 May
Lighthouse
Free
Visual Arts
Green slime hangs off a metallic structure, the sculpture sits on a white plinth

Ooze Machines

Libby Heaney
Wed 8 May - Sun 30 Jun
Phoenix Art Space
Free