Live music venues in Brighton

Brighton has a dense, varied live music circuit, and booking it yourself means knowing which room suits your set. The city's clubs run from late night dancefloors to smaller stages that programme guest artists, while its concert venues, such as The Hope and Ruin, put touring and local acts in front of paying crowds. Cultural centres including The Brighton Dome and Fabrica host performance alongside exhibitions and community work. Theatres such as The Corn Exchange take seated shows, spoken word and acoustic sets. There are pubs with regular slots, event venues hired for one-off nights, and an outdoor stage at Brighton Bandstand for daytime programming. Our database lists contact details for the people who actually book these rooms, so you can pitch directly rather than through an agent. Approaches still need to be well timed and well targeted, but direct contact removes a layer between you and the diary.