From the debut Beyond Boundaries festival at Stanmer Park to Comic Con at the Dome, ten days of cocktails, seafront club nights, cookery classes and everything in between. Here is your day-by-day guide to September in Brighton and Hove.

A hidden former clay pit near East Grinstead becomes a natural woodland amphitheatre for three intimate headline shows this August. Meet the venue, the line-up and the man behind it, 40 minutes from Brighton.

Europe's largest outdoor jazz festival lands at Glynde Place, just 20 minutes from Brighton, from 3 to 5 July 2026. Loyle Carner, Ezra Collective and De La Soul headline a huge weekend of jazz, soul and funk.