The Birdcage on Marine Parade has launched four new Community Cocktails, with £5 from every drink split equally between Queerwell, Lunch Positive, The Sussex Beacon and Trans Pride Brighton, alongside 69 upcoming events running through to December.

Brighton has been named the UK's best city for nightlife and 8th in the world in Time Out's 2026 ranking, the only UK city in the global top 20. It is the second year running Brighton has topped the UK. Here's why, and where to go.

Brighton Cocktail Festival is back from 18 to 27 September 2026 as England's biggest cocktail event, with over 50 bars, 150+ cocktails at £6, a new festival app and early-bird tickets at £15.

Late-night house, candlelit Vivaldi, drag cabaret, jungle takeovers and the Bank Holiday Mod Weekender. Everything worth leaving the house for this August.

Brighton's biggest house music takeover is back on 5 September. Two headliners, two venues and one wristband across Horizon and Tide, with Beyond Chicago leading the line up.

Two months after opening on Marine Parade, The Birdcage has thirty-two performers on its roster, eight regular series booked through to December, and gives half the proceeds of its charity cocktails to a Brighton LGBTQIA+ mental health charity

Southern Fried Records, the label founded by Fatboy Slim, returns to Brighton for two Big Beach Boutique afterparties at Patterns on 17 and 18 July, with Luca Lozano b2b Mr. Ho and SHEE and DJ Streaks.

Brighton events brand Groove Cartel launches its Summer Series at Tide Night Club this July, three Saturday nights with secret line-ups and free entry before 12:30 am, powered by ImJustBrighton.