THIS WEEK IN BRIGHTON AND HOVE...
Friday 15th
Street Diner at the Brighthelm Garden
@StreetDiner
Brighton’s favorite street food is served every Friday in Brighthelms's garden. Expect a mouth-watering cook up from traders serving some of the world's most popular dishes.
11am - 3pm, free
Brighthelm Garden
Queens Road, BN1 1YD
Rotation Policy
@KomediaBrighton
Bringing genuinely talented and diverse DJs to the forefront of Brighton's clubbing scene, this night provides a platform for talented or up-and-coming local artists and DJs to show their skills and make a name for themselves.
11pm, £4
Komedia Brighton
44-47 Gardner Street, BN1 1UN
Brighton Marathon 2016
@BrightonMarathn
With a stunning backdrop of the sea, the Brighton Marathon finishes on the seafront with 150,000 spectators and an unbeatable atmosphere. The 2016 Brighton Marathon Weekend will take place 15-17 April 2016, encompassing Brighton Marathon, BM10k, the Mini Mile Races and the Exhibition.
9am - 5pm
Madeira Drive
The City of Brighton and Hove, BN2
Saturday 16th
National Garden Scheme Open Weekend
@GardenHouseBtn
The long running National Garden Scheme (NGS) allows many proud gardeners the opportunity to show off their skills for a couple of days each year – and all for good causes.
11am - 4:30pm, £3.50 (children free)
The Garden House
5 Warleigh Road, BN1 4NT
Shoreham FC vs Pagham
@ShorehamFC
Shoreham FC are a community club and offer football for youth and adults. Watch their match against Pagham as part of the Southern Combination Football League - Premier Division.
3pm - 6pm
The Taxi-Link Community Ground
BN43 6GA
Seaside Spring Spectacular Wedding Fair
@BellesEBlog
The Seaside Spring Spectacular Wedding Fair celebrates all that is quirky, unique, vintage, retro, boho and whimsical. If you are an offbeat bride-to-be then this is most definitely the wedding fair for you.
11am, £2
Brighton Dome Cafe-Bar
Church Street, BN1 1UD
Drawstring Presents: Bad Bad Whiskey
@brightontourguy
A night of live music at the bar, and an opening exhibition in the gallery. With a wonderful welcoming musical crowd upstairs and an entire gallery space downstairs it's all set for a superb night of creativity.
6pm, free
The Round Georges
14-15 Sutherland Road, BN2 0EQ
Sunday 17th
Menopause: The Musical
@TheatreRoyalBTN
Don't miss the hysterically funny and uplifting Menopause the Musical as it heads out on a UK-wide tour, packed full of sharp one-liners about memory loss and hot flushes and backed by an instantly recognisable soundtrack of comic parodies of pop classics.
7:30pm, £27.90
Theatre Royal Brighton
New Rd, BN1 1SD
Carradine's Cockney Singalong
@EmporiumBton
Join Tom Carradine, appropriately moustachioed and bowler-hatted, for a regular cockney sing-a-long set to the backdrop of 88 London Road's café-bar.
8pm, £5
Emporium Brighton
88 London Road, BN1 4JF
Monday 18th
Float Spa Birthday
@FloatSpa
It's the Float Spa's first birthday and they'd like to invite you to try some of the amazing services they offer in celebration. As a special birthday treat, all massages, floatation experiences and yoga classes are being offered for half price during the birthday week.
10am - 9pm
Basement 8
Third Avenue, BN3 2PX
Meet The Author: Louis de Bernières & Annabelle Thorpe
@ropetackleart
City Books present an evening with Louis de Bernières and Annabelle Thorpe, launching their new books. This special evening will feature a book reading, book signing and Q&A session with both Louis and Annabelle.
7pm, £18
Ropetackle Arts Centre
BN43 5EG
Tuesday 19th
Bite-sized Learning: How to be a Productivity Ninja
@brightonchamber
A Productivity Ninja is calm and prepared, but also skilled and ruthless in how he or she deals with the enemy that is information overload. This session will show you how to keep a zen-like calm as well as an agile ruthlessness.
9:30am - 11:30am, £39/49
The BrightonandHoveJobs.com County Ground
Eaton Rd, BN3 3AN
Brighton Racecourse Season Opening Race Evening
@BrightonRace
With fabulous food and drink, easy access via public transport, free parking and affordable tickets, a day or an evening at the races makes for unbeatable fun and a great excuse to get your friends together.
3pm - 8pm
Race Hill
Freshfield Road, BN2 9XZ
Wednesday 20th
Do you do Voodoo? Gig!
@MoonlightGat
Rock out to some awesome local bands at Bleach. Presenting an awesome line up of Tuval, MISS and Murmur.
7:30pm, £5
Bleach
75 London Road, BN1 4JF
White Mink: Electro Swing Speakeasy
@TOMvenue
The sounds and style of the 1920s & 30s turned upside down and smuggled into the 21st century. Expect high production values, cutting edge but accessible music, world-class performers, a fantastic atmosphere and surprises galore.
9pm
The Old Market
Upper Market Street, BN3 1AS
Thursday 21st
Jorge's Hot Club
@Rialto_Brighton
Jorge's Hot Club are a Brighton-based gypsy jazz / klezmer band. Their sets are raucous rumbustifications where traditional numbers are intermixed with pop songs and numbers from children's films. This heady mix is as intoxicating as the viscous liquor the venues they play in sell.
8pm, £3
Rialto Theatre
Dyke Road, BN1 3FE
April Breakfast at Topogigio
@HoveBiz
The Networking Events programme gives you many opportunities to make new contacts or reinforce your existing relationships. One such event is the April Breakfast at Topogigio, with guest speakers Helen Chesshire and Kathy Caton from Brighton Gin.
8am, £14-£16
Topogigio
6 Church Road, BN3 2FL
