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Roberto Fonseca on the Concert Hall Stage with a full audience watching

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Picture of a silhouette against a cityscape

KlangHaus: Last Haus on Earth

KlangHaus
Sat 2 - Sat 23 May
Brighton Dome Anita's Room
Tickets £25.50
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On the left stands Sampa The Great, a young Black lady with long braided hair standing tall and wearing a black robe, holding a wooden staff. On the right is W.IT.C.H., five men wearing clothes covered in tribal prints

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

Sat 9 May
Brighton Dome Concert Hall
From £25
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Ivo Neame, a white man with a buzz cut wearing a black shirt with white dogs on it, sits and plays the piano. An image effect has created a blurred mirror image to the right of the photo

Jazz Connections: Ivo Neame Trio

Wed 20 May
Brighton Dome Studio Theatre
From £20
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Black and white photo of the Patti Smith Quartet. Left to right there's a short bald man wearing baggy trousers and a long shirt, an older man with grey hair wearing a shirt and jeans, an older lady with long curly grey hair wearing patterened trousers and a black blazer, and a tall younger man with a beard wearing a baseball cap, shirt and casual trousers
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Patti Smith Quartet

12 May 2026

Patti Smith and her band of long-time collaborators return to the Brighton Dome…

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Beverly Glenn Copeland, a Black transgender man with short curly gray hair stands sideways on looking to the ceiling in front of a blue black drop

Beverly Glenn-Copeland

With F*Choir
Fri 1 May
Brighton Dome Concert Hall
From £25
Selling Fast
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Laurie Anderson- a 78 year old woman with short grey hair is wearing a teal knitted jumper and blue trousers. She's sat in an armchair with her head in her hand and staring towards the ceiling

Laurie Anderson: The Republic of Love

Wed 6 May
Brighton Dome Concert Hall
From £25
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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

+ Support
Sat 16 May
Brighton Dome Concert Hall
From £25
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Classical Music

Classical Music
Four musicians holding violins standing in a field with purple flowers.

Chiaroscuro Quartet and Consone Quartet

Sun 3 May
Glyndebourne Opera House
From £10
Selling Fast
Classical Music
LSO in pink

London Symphony Orchestra

Fri 8 May
Brighton Dome Concert Hall
From £15
Selling Fast
Classical Music
Impressionist image of a person with their arms spread wide with a gold glowing light behind them

St John Passion

Bach
Mon 4 May
Brighton Dome Concert Hall
From £10
Classical Music

Shakespeare's Sisters

Sun 10 May
Brighton Dome Concert Hall
From £20
Classical Music
Curtis Phill Hsu wearing a black button shirt and glasses, he is smiling at the camera standing in front of a wooden door

Brighton and East Sussex Youth Orchestra

Mon 11 May
Brighton Dome Concert Hall
From £10
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Classical Music
Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra playing on stage with a projection of William Kentridge's film 'Oh To Believe Another World'

Oh To Believe in Another World: Shostakovich Symphony No.10

Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra
Sun 17 May
Brighton Dome Concert Hall
From £17.50
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Lunchtime Concerts

Lunchtimes
Novo Quartet on stage in front of an organ. They all have their bows in the air.

NOVO Quartet

Tue 5 May
Brighton Dome Studio Theatre
From £10
Selling Fast
Lunchtimes
Minerva Baroque standing in front of a blue wall smiling

Minerva Baroque

Thu 7 May
Brighton Dome Studio Theatre
From £10
Lunchtimes
Astatine Trio standing in blue dresses at dusk.

Astatine Trio

Wed 13 May
Brighton Dome Studio Theatre
From £10
Lunchtimes
Sherri Lun wearing a purple top smiling and staring to the left

Sherri Lun

Solo piano
Thu 14 May
Brighton Dome Studio Theatre
From £10
Lunchtimes
Mithras Trio standing in front of a white wall with black diamond outlines. One member of the trio is holding a violin, and another holding a cello and another with his hands in his pocket. They are all wearing grey suits and blue ties

Mithras Trio

Fri 15 May
Brighton Dome Studio Theatre
From £10
Lunchtimes
Collection of headshots, featuring three men and two woman

Jerwood Glyndebourne Young Singers with Pianist Matthew Fletcher

Mon 18 May
Brighton Dome Concert Hall
From £10
Lunchtimes
Rafael Kyrychenko wearing a navy blue suit leading on a piano. He is staring at the camera and sitting in front of a dark blue background

Rafael Kyrychenko

Solo piano
Tue 19 May
Brighton Dome Studio Theatre
From £10
Lunchtimes
Delphine Trio in a bright room with a grand piano. Someone is sitting on the piano stall and two musicians are standing either side, with on holding a cello and another holding a clarinet

Delphine Trio

Wed 20 May
Brighton Dome Studio Theatre
From £10
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Studio Theatre Gigs

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From left to right a black lady with long braided her wearing white and black patterned shorts and shirt holds a microphone, a white man wearing jeans and a jacket sings into a mic in the centre, and a black lady with a dark afro wearing a patterned dress plays bass at the end. They're stood on stage performing to an audience

One World Orchestra

Fri 1 May
Brighton Dome Studio Theatre
From £15
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Four men sit cross-legged on the floor surrounded by pianos of various sizes. They're looking up towards the camera

KNEEBODY

+ New Generation Jazz Futures
Sat 2 May
Brighton Dome Studio Theatre
From £15
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The left side of the image show two people in shirt and ties holding giant speakers in front of their faces. The right of the image shows a man with curly hair and glasses playing a synth keyboard

AK/DK & Danalogue (Live AV)

Sun 3 May
Brighton Dome Studio Theatre
From £15
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Black and white illustration of the beach where the sea meets the sand. There is a sitar laying on the sand on the left of the image

Mehfils: A Studio Theatre Takeover: Shift Marwa Time

The Mehfil Space & zerOclassikal
Sat 23 May
Brighton Dome Studio Theatre
From £15
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Black and white illustration of the beach where the sea meets the sand. There is a sitar laying on the sand on the left of the image

Mehfils: A Studio Theatre Takeover: Shift Octatonic

The Mehfil Space & zerOclassikal
Sat 23 May
Brighton Dome Studio Theatre
From £15
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Seven young musicians on a stage, some singing with microphones, some playing guitar and another on drums. They are lit with blue backlights.

Youth Curated Weekend: Sounds Like Us

Presented by Create Music
Sun 24 May
Brighton Dome Studio Theatre
From £5
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Cutouts of young people against a yellow background, one of them is holding a sign which says unite, a few are performing with a mic

Youth Curated Weekend: We, Generate

Presented by Lighthouse’s Future Creative Leaders
Mon 25 May
Brighton Dome Studio Theatre
From £5
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