Your guide to live music in Brighton this week
As we enter the business end of spooky season Brighton is jam packed with as many gigs as it is ghouls.
This week, 18-24 October, our fair city is holding host to a proper south coast hardcore double header on Saturday at Rossi Bar and Back Beat, a spooky Bowie night on Thursday at The Brunswick, and the Folklore Sessions 7th birthday shindig at Quadrant.
MONDAY 18
BRUNSWICK – OPEN MIC NIGHT
Acoustic / Free / OTD
BRIGHTON CENTRE – ERASURE + SUPPORTS
Electronic/ £27.50 / Online tickets
KOMEDIA – LLOYD GRIFFITHS
Comedy / £14 / Online tickets
THE GREYS – ALEX REX + SUPPORTS
Alt, songwriter / £15 / OTD
THE PRINCE ALBERT – BREATHE PANEL + SUPPORTS
Alt / £7 / Online tickets
TUESDAY 19
BRUNSWICK – THE WAVE MACHINE + SUPPORTS
Indie showcase / Free / OTD
CHALK – HOUSE GOSPEL CHOIR
Gospel, house / £15 / Online tickets
THE FOLKLORE ROOMS – 7TH BIRTHDAY, DUSKHOUSE + SUPPORTS
Folk / Free / OTD
THE PRINCE ALBERT – JULIA BARDO + SUPPORTS
Dreamy pop / £8.50 / Online tickets
WEDNESDAY 20
BRUNSWICK – RICH WILSON + GUESTS
Comedy / £10 / Tickets
CHALK – VILLAGERS
Indie folk / £22.50 / Online tickets
KOMEDIA – THE REYTONS + SUPPORTS
Indie / £12 / OTD
PATTERNS – JOHN + SUPPORT
Punk / £11 / Online tickets
THE PRINCE ALBERT – CHLOE FOY + SUPPORTS
Folk / £9.20 / Online tickets
THURSDAY 21
BRUNSWICK – DAVID BOWIE NIGHT
Bowie / £10 / Online tickets
GREEN DOOR STORE – PLATFORM B – NIA ARCHIVES
Lo-fi jungle / £9 / Online tickets
HOPE AND RUIN – JW FRANCIS + SUPPORTS
Electro indie / £8 / Online tickets
KOMEDIA – FIELD MUSIC + SUPPORT
Arty pop / £16.50 / Online tickets
PATTERNS – VUKOVI + SUPPORTS
Rock / £12.10 / Online tickets
PIPELINE – COMMON SPIT + SUPPORTS
Match Rock / £5 / Online tickets
FRIDAY 22
BRUNSWICK – SNIPIT & THE HOT ROCKS
Ska, reggae / £5 / Online tickets
CONCORDE 2 – BORN ON ROAD B2B SETS
DnB, jungle / £10 / Online tickets
HOPE AND RUIN – SOCCER96 + SUPPORTS
Electronic / £12.50 / Online tickets
KOMEDIA – COACHPARTY + SUPPORTS
Indie pop / £9.50 / Online tickets
PATTERNS – LANTERNS ON THE LAKE
Alternative / £13.75 / Online tickets
PIPELINE – VORONOI + SUPPORTS
Metal / £6 / Online tickets
THE PRINCE ALBERT – THEO DEFEATIST + SUPPORT
Alt rock / £5 / OTD
SATURDAY 23
BACK BEAT BAR – CAULDRON + SUPPORTS
Hardcore / £6 / Online tickets
BRUNSWICK – OHMS + TOP LEFT CLUB
Punk / £6 / OTD
THE FOLKLORE ROOMS – WILL JOHNS + SUPPORT
Folk / £6 / Online tickets
GREEN DOOR STORE – REAL LIES + SUPPORTS
Electronic / £9.20 / Online tickets
HOPE AND RUIN – GOAN DOGS + SUPPORTS
Pop / £7 / Online tickets
KOMEDIA – PYT CLUB NIGHT
Disco, soul / £7 / Online tickets
PATTERNS – HORSE MEAT DISCO
Dance / £11 / Online tickets
PIPELINE – MODERN TECHNOLOGY + SUPPORTS
Noise / £5 / Online tickets
ROSSI BAR – NEGATIVE MEASURES (MATINEE)
Punk / £5 / Online tickets
SUNDAY 24
BRUNSWICK – SAFIA KAZIM + JAMES GEORGE
Songwriter / £7 / OTD
CHALK – TELEMAN
Indi, post-punk / £17.75 / Online tickets
GREEN DOOR STORE – SPLITTING THE ATOM
Noise / Free / OTD
HOPE AND RUIN – PETROL BASTARD + SUPPORTS
Techno-punk / FREE / OTD
PATTERNS – MANSUR BROWN
Multi instrumentalist, amazing / £14.50 / Online tickets
THE PRINCE ALBERT – THE ATOM JACKS + SUPPORTS
Surf / £5 / OTD