This weeks look at things to do in our bustling city...
Friday 12th July
Krater Comedy Club - Eat, drink, watch and laugh as 3 top stand-ups and one of the best MCs on the comedy circuit entertain you. See www.komedia.co.uk/krater for opening times, £6 - £31 – Komedia
The Dreamboys Fit & Famous Tour - If you’re looking for the very best girls’ night out in the UK, then look no further than these incredible stripping hunks. 7:45pm, £23.50 – Theatre Royal
Printing Without a Press with Gary Goodman - Over 2 sessions you will be utilising a variety of simple printing techniques to each create a unique and individual concertina book of prints, 10:30am - 1.30pm, £50 – Bip-Art
Lunchtime Classical Concert - The Lloyd Saxophone Quartet, from Baroque to Boogie, 12:30pm-1:15pm, £3 – Brighton Unitarian Church
Chilled to the Bone Gallery Tour - A tour of the display Chilled to the Bone: Ice Age Sussex with curators Lee Ismail and Andy Maxted, 1pm, Free Entry – Brighton Museum & Art Gallery
Bliss Arts Indian Summer Gig - Let the dreamy sounds of BLISS ART take you on a journey where you’ll feel like it’s an Indian Summer . 7.30pm, £8 – Latest Music Bar
Chester P (Taskforce) + Trojan + Aba Shanti + Marvellous Cain – Plus more TBA, 11pm-4am, £2/£5 – Concorde 2
Series Vocale - Our summer series of vocal recitals given by talented singers from London & the South East, 7:30pm, £7/£6 – St Michael & All Angels Church
Le Juki 'Capillaries' Album Launch - Support from Linos Wengara & Gary Cove, videography from Metaluna, 7:30pm, £5 – Brighton Unitarian Church
Missing Cat Club - MCC introduces The Echelon Couch. Mixing music with genuine concern. Reward winning resident DJs with Charleston Bone, Retro Nelson. 11pm-3am £3 adv £3 before midnight, £5 after - Komedia
Saturday 13th July
Familiar Faces, Hidden Places - Starting with an introduction in the Royal Pavilion take a fascinating tour of the Pavilion estate, including the Regency gardens, Brighton Museum & a behind the scenes tour of Brighton Dome & Corn Exchange. 10.30am–1.30pm, £20/£15 – Royal Pavilion
Ingram Family Fun Day - Featuring a guest appearance by Billy the Owl of Harry Potter fame. - Ingram Crescent East
Free Oneness Meditation event - You are cordially invited to the second Brighton Oneness Meditation to receive a powerful transmission of Divine Energy through a Oneness Meditator and enter a deep state of communion.2.30pm, Free Entry - Friends Meeting House
Kite Festival - Brighton Kite Festival is a free public event not to be missed and brings some interesting shapes, sizes and colour to Stanmer Park that would not normally be seen there. Until Sunday. Stanmer Park
Dome Discovery Tours - Get up close and personal with Brighton Dome past and present on this special behind-the-scenes encounter, 10.50am, £8.50 (£7.50 concessions) – Brighton Dome – Meet in the Café Bar
PatchFest Community Festival 2013 - PatchFest is an annual volunteer-run, free, community event put on for the benefit of residents in the Lewes Road/Elm Grove area of Brighton, 1pm, Free Entry – William Clarke Park
Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra - The former composer, lyricist and lead singer of duo The Dresden Dolls, Amanda Palmer is also a highly successful solo artist on her own right, 6pm, £17.50 – Concorde 2
Haunted House Experience - Join the Preston Manor ghost team on an evening of discovery and find out why the Manor has been called the most haunted house in Brighton, 7.30pm–12 midnight £30, members £25 (includes tea & biscuits), book in advance – Preston Manor
'Two Sisters' by Caroline Harding - Set in 1880s Russia, this compelling tale has all the gripping elements to make you laugh, cry and tug your heart strings. 7.30pm, £8/£6.50 Concessions - Marlborough Little Theatre
PopKraft - Boogaloo Stu & his coterie of crazy fools invite you to the pop kraft Saturday special at the most beautiful venue in the south-east! 7pm, £44 per Person – Proud Cabaret Brighton
Olly Murs Tribute - With free entry, Only Olly is the definitive tribute to Olly Murs, performing all his greatest hits on stage. 10pm - Grosvenor G Casino
Sunday 14th July
Brighton Sand Sculpture Festival - From April 8th 2013, a new Sand Sculpture Festival will be held at Black Rock Brighton. Visitors can experience the wonder of this magical art and will also have the chance to get involved, £6 adults, £5 conc. £4 children, £15 family tickets – Black Rock
2020 Vision Exhibition on Brighton Seafront - 2020 Vision is a nationwide nature photography project aiming to make the case for reconnecting fragmented habitats and show that healthy habits are essential for wildlife and people. Until 29th Jul
Opera by the Sea - English Studio Opera perform popular arias and duos from well-known operas including Carmen, La Boheme, Marriage of Figaro and Tosca. 2.30pm, Free Admission – Rottingdean Terraces Stage
The Jam Brighton Show - A great day for new young Brighton bands. Some of them first timers and some already established, 2:30pm, £3 – Latest Music Bar
Post Roast Comedy Previews - Jam Comedy + Mark Dolan, 2 Edinburgh Comedy Festival previews, 4pm, £6 – The Old Market
The Hare & the Tortoise - It’s the race of the decade: slow, steady tortoise versus speedy, greedy hare, 4:30pm, £8/£6. £25 family ticket – Brighton Dome
Gráinne Maguire: One Hour All Night Election Special - Join me as I condense all the fun of staying up late to watch democracy in process. There will be swing-o-meters, 8pm, £5 – Komedia
Monday 15th July
Into the Blue - An exploration of the colour blue, using objects drawn from Royal Pavilion and Museum collections. Aimed at 5-11 yrs, exploratory and discovery- led – Until Jan ’14 Hove Museum
Carly Smallman - A warm and irrepressibly hilarious stand up show (with songs). 7pm, £5 – Komedia
Pelican - Pelican is a post-metal quartet from Chicago, Illinois. Established in 2000, the band stems from their native post-metal scene and is known for their atmospheric and entirely instrumental style, 7:30pm, £12.50 – The Haunt
Tuesday 16th July
Paddy Lennox - Paddy takes us on an hour of mischievous storytelling, 7pm, £5 – Komedia
Rocks & Sands - Early Years sessions include art activities, a museum expedition, a story and handling some museum objects. These sessions are for 2-5 year olds only. 10.30am-12pm. Tickets are £4.50, members £3.50, book in advance.
Friends & No Ceremony - Driven by percussive grooves and flirtatious vocals, Brooklyn's Friends find a modern middle ground between post-disco and '60s girl group sounds, 7pm, £8 – Coalition
Henry Parker: Classic Parker – As seen on Russell Howard’s Good News. “Has the audience rolling in the aisles.” **** FEST, 7pm, £5 – Komedia
Local Natives - Having already gained a huge global following this is a band not to be missed! 7:30pm, £18 – Concorde 2
Mal Webb – He’s a vocal adventurer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Melbourne, Australia. He performs solo and with several bands and gives workshops. 8pm, £7 – Latest Music Bar
Romesh Ranganathan: Rom Com - Romesh presents an acerbic hour of razor sharp comedy, 8:30pm, £5 – Komedia
Wednesday 17th July
Henry VI - Shakespeare’s Globe returns to Theatre Royal Brighton presenting three plays of HENRY VI under their original titles, Check website for performance times, £16.90 - £32.90 – Theatre Royal
New Orleans Folk/Blues Singer Songwriter-AndrewDuhon – Andrew Duhon is from New Orleans, a city that accepts all walks of life with a curiosity and forgiveness that has found its way into his wholly American songwriting, 8pm, £6/£5 – Latest Music Bar
Warm Soda - With their debut LP, Someone For You, the outfit charts the familiar territory of power pop, glam, and punk, but with a decidedly more confident stride. 8pm, free Entry – The Hope
Now That's What I Carl Donnelly! Volume V - Join Carl (Mock The Week) for anecdotes and observations. "Gripping, unmissable stand-up" The Guardian 8:30pm, £5 – Komedia
Thursday 18th July
Live & Swinging at the Grand - Enjoy the smooth sounds of Matthew van Kan and a host of talented local musicians throughout 2013 at The Grand, 8pm, Free Entry – The Grand
