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

Furry Adventures started as favours around a pram and a course at Plumpton. Now it is a registered family business walking dogs across Brighton, Hove and Worthing six days a week, turning down the two extra dogs their policy would allow.

The government has confirmed Brighton and Hove will absorb Peacehaven, Telscombe Cliffs and East Saltdean from April 2028, creating a council of 308,000 people. Lewes District Council is considering a legal challenge.

Abdulla Ahmadi, Ibrahim Alshafe and Karin Al-Danasurt have been jailed for a total of more than 60 years for the rape of a woman on Brighton beach. Sussex Police described the men as dangerous and predatory.

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.

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.

Six independent brands took over a free pop-up shop on Duke's Lane this July. Inside the Powering Local Businesses run with EDF and Enterprise Nation, the founders behind it, and what it means for Brighton.

Brighton and Hove City Council has launched a Civic Leadership Programme with Operation Black Vote, aimed at getting more Black and Asian residents into roles as councillors, magistrates, school governors and trustees. The programme launched at Afrori Books on 9 July.

Brighton and Hove City Council is backing local charity Pelican Parcels with new pilot funding to help more families access essential items for babies and young children, following a warehouse visit from Council Leader Bella Sankey and Councillor Mitchie Alexander.

Care leavers in Brighton and Hove aged 18 to 24 can apply for a free monthly bus pass from September, as the city council launches a new pilot to help young people leaving care reach education, work and support.

Brighton and Hove Streamline Taxis has served the city since 1936. Meet the local, driver-owned firm with a brand new app, fair pricing and no surge charges, and why more Brighton locals are switching from Uber.

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.

The Old Market in Hove presents Feel Good this September, an eight-day season of immersive music, 360-degree audiovisual shows, folk, sound baths and deep listening running from 2 to 8 September 2026.

Brighton and Hove City Council has secured over £22 million from the Department for Transport, plus £3.9 million of its own funding, to rebuild the Victorian era arches under King's Road, after surveys found they were at risk of collapse.

Brighton and Hove City Council has installed new CCTV on the seafront's lower promenade, with lighting technology to assist searches, as part of a joint push with Sussex Police to improve safety.

Sully's opened at 88 Valley Road in January 2026 and has already become Mile Oak's cake addiction fix and hangover cure. We spoke to Graham and Ami, the couple behind it, about Monsters Inc nicknames, stormtrooper mishaps, cookie pies and why nobody should have a life without good cake.

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.

Rum and Reggae Fest lands at Central Park on Brighton Seafront on Saturday 4 July 2026, with Gentleman's Dub Club, The Skints, Mad Professor, Don Letts and more, plus a full Jamaican carnival village.