You guide to live music in Brighton this week

So here it is, Merry Christmas, everybody’s resenting their coworkers and wanting to slink off from shitey pre-organised “fun” activities.

Yes, yes, yes, it is XMAS WORK DO SEASON, baby. Deck the halls with whatever your boss will allow you to put on the company card and get your peepers wrapped round some stonking great gigs this week. If you’re lucky you can corrall some of the work lot into coming, or if you really would rather die than listen to Geoff from accounts talk about crypto, just fuck it off and go on your own.

Special shout outs going to the Offie Mag team bringing MIKE to the Rialto Theatre on Thursday 2nd.

It is going to be a stormer, and you can get tickets right here.

We’ve also got rock n roll at Pipeline, big brass bands at Green Door Store, and some absolutely stunning songwriters coming through at Folklore Rooms, Prince Albert, and Hope and Ruin. It’s everything you ever wanted from Secret Santa.

MONDAY 29

GREEN DOOR STORE – CHARTREUSE + SUPPORTS

Indie alt / £9.20 / Online tickets

HOPE AND RUIN – LEIF ERIKSON + SUPPORTS

Pop / £9.20 / Online tickets

PIPELINE – JESSICA93 + SUPPORTS

Doomy trash drone / £6 / OTD

THE PRINCE ALBERT – HYPER NIGHT

Metal / £6 / OTD

TUESDAY 30

GREEN DOOR STORE – CHOLE BODUR

Pop, RnB / £6 / Online tickets

HOPE AND RUIN – KALI MASI

Punk / £8 / Online tickets

KOMEDIA – MARINA ALLEN + SUPPORTS

Songwriter / £9 / Online tickets

PATTERNS – BERWYN

Rapper / £13.20 / Online tickets

THE PRINCE ALBERT – MAX WHITE + SUPPORTS

Songwriter / £7 / OTD

WEDNESDAY 1

GREEN DOOR STORE – PEGGY SUE + SUPPORTS

Indie / £9 / Online tickets

HOPE AND RUIN – POZI + SUPPORTS

Indie pop / £8.50 / Online tickets

PATTERNS – ZUZU + SUPPORTS

Alt pop / £11 / Online tickets

THE PRINCE ALBERT – BABii

Pop / £7.50 / Online tickets

THURSDAY 2

BRUNSWICK – SOCIAL BUTTERFLIES

Alt indie / Free / OTD

CHALK – PETE & BAS

Drill / £19.25 / Online tickets 

GREEN DOOR STORE – FEARS

Art, electronic / £8 / Online tickets

HOPE AND RUIN – WILLIAM DOYLE

Indie pop / £12 / Online tickets

KOMEDIA – RED METHOD + SUPPORTS

Metal / £8.50 / Online tickets

PATTERNS – EVERYONE YOU KNOW

Dance, pop / £15.20 / Online tickets

THE PRINCE ALBERT – THE DE RELLAS

Rock n Roll / £9 / Online tickets

RIALTO – OFFIE MAG PRESENTS: MIKE

Hip hop / £12.50 / Online tickets

FRIDAY 3

BRUNSWICK – FATA MORGANA

Jazz / £5 / Online tickets

CONCORDE 2 – RHYTHM OF THE 90S

90s dance / £25 / Online tickets

GREEN DOOR STORE – DAT BRASS

Brass band / £10 / Online tickets

THE FOLKLORE ROOMS – THE KING’S PARADE

Folk / £10 / Online tickets

HOPE AND RUIN – FREYA BEER + SUPPORTS

Alt, gothy songwriter / £7 / Online tickets

KOMEDIA – MEMORIAL + SUPPORTS

Alt folk / £10 / Online tickets

PATTERNS – NINE BELOW ZERO

RnB / £22 / Online tickets

THE PRINCE ALBERT – THE POPGUNS

Indie rock / £11 / Online tickets

SATURDAY 4

BRUNSWICK – JOHN SEATON & BAND

Indie pop / £5 / Online tickets

GREEN DOOR STORE – CHUBBY & THE GANG

Punk  / £12 / Online tickets

HOPE AND RUIN – THIS FEELING / 26TH AVENUE

Indie rock / £7 / Online tickets

PATTERNS – DEMUJA

Dance / £9 / Online tickets

ROSSI BAR – HOWLERS + SUPPORTS

Punk / £6 / OTD

SUNDAY 5

BRUNSWICK – ANEESA CHAUDHRY & BAND

Jazz-Asian fusion / £18 / Online tickets

CONCORDE 2 – ALFA MIST

Jazz / £15 / Online tickets

THE COWLEY CLUB – GROVE STREET FAMILIES

UKHC / £5 / OTD

HOPE AND RUIN – JUST JACK

Acoustic / £12.50 / Online tickets

THE PRINCE ALBERT – LITTLE TRIGGERS + SUPPORTS

Rock / £6 / OTD