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Our 60th edition: Brighton Festival 2026 is here!

We’re thrilled to share the programme for the 60th edition of Brighton Festival. This May marks a momentous milestone: not only are we celebrating six decades of world-class performance here in Brighton, but it is also the 40th edition of the Children’s…

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Brighton Festival Exclusives, Premieres and Commissions

Free Events
Outdoor
Ivan, an artist in a blue jacket, stands on Hove Promenade looking up at his Soft Machines, monumental forms made of a hay-like substance

Soft Machines

Ivan Morison
Sat 2 - Sun 24 May
Hove Promenade
Music
Past event
Two circles with the one on the left containing a woman and on the right a group of 5 men. Each circle is bordered by a coloured zig zag ring

Zamrock Allstars: Sampa The Great x W.I.T.C.H.

Sat 9 May
Brighton Dome Concert Hall
From £25
Music
West African born Angélique Kidjo is visible from the shoulders up. She's wearing a red head scarf, gold multi-hoop necklace, gold hoop earrings and a green silk jacket. She's in front of a red and orange gradient backdrop

Angélique Kidjo

+ Saidi Kanda
Sat 16 May
Brighton Dome Concert Hall
From £25
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Events from overseas

Free Events
Visual Art
A man and a woman stand in front of there large artworks

A Timeline of Infinite Skies

Antonio Jose Guzman and Iva Jankovic | Panama/Serbia
Sat 2 May - Sun 28 Jun
Phoenix Art Space
Dance
Picture of three performers dancing on stage at Tomorrowisnowtodayisyesterday

Tomorrowisnowtodayisyesterday

Sung Im Her
Sun 10 May
The Dance Space
From £10
Theatre
On stage picture of two performers, one is lying on the ground in the foreground and the other is bending down to look at him in the background.

TONIGHT

Bert & Nasi
Tue 12 May
The Dance Space
From £10
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News from the Festival

‘Impressive and captivating’: carnation at Brighton Festival

Step inside the Big Top at Black Rock this May at carnation: the revolution is coming and i have nothing to wear and experience a rollercoaster of large-scale…
Two large sculptures made of agricultural materials on Hove Promenade, with two blurred runners in the foreground

Tender, communal, transformative: Soft Machines at Brighton Festival

Each year, Brighton Festival invites artists to make original public artworks for our city and surrounding landscape. Soft Machines is a new Brighton…

Get ready for a bumper Bank Holiday weekend of performances, workshops and more at Brighton Festival!

Brighton Festival opens with a Bank Holiday weekend full of thrills and fun for all. From theatre, circus and visual arts to family events and music of…
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