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 and Hove City Council is inviting investors to transform the Kings Road paddling pool and playground into a new seafront destination, with the water play and play area to stay free. Proposals are open until 27 September 2026.

Brighton families have just days left to use free bus travel for children aged 5 to 15 before the Great British Summer Savings scheme ends on 31 August. Here are the Brighton attractions and Sussex destinations kids can reach for free.

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.

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

Meet Copito, a tattoo artist from the Costa Blanca spending her summer inking Brighton. Five years in, custom only, and here until the end of September.

A new Brighton social run club is swapping the desk for a gentle 5k that ends at the pub, on a mission to build community and find the city's best pint of Guinness.

Sussex's first football tech arena has landed at Brighton Marina. Inside Ball Park: 11 pro-standard football activities, a free-to-enter sports bar, the VAR party room and family-friendly SEND sessions.

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.

Rob Lamberti, the UK's number one George Michael tribute, brings Wham! and the solo hits to Central Park on Brighton Seafront on Sunday 5 July 2026. An open-air evening of Careless Whisper, Faith, Club Tropicana and more.

A full day country music festival is coming to Brighton seafront on Sunday 21 June 2026, with live tributes, line dancing, rodeo bull, axe throwing and barbecue at Central Park on Madeira Drive.