Your guide to live music in Brighton this week

Someone get the bloody factor 50 out – summer in Brighton is here.

The hen and stag do’s are turning the town centre into a screaming, swirling mess of bridal sashes and ‘total banter’ costumes. Queen’s Road is a human tidal wave crashing from the station to the sea – all fed up parents, pointless cool boxes, and people that are already a bit burnt by 11am.

If you don’t want to run into any of these people, or simply want to save on sun cream, there is an absolute whopping great list of dark, dingey gigs on this week. We have 84-year-old soul legends, modern Eurovision legends, and a beautiful queer-first club night.

Tickets and info on the links below, you bloody sorts.

• Brunswick // Web
• Chalk // Web
• Concorde 2 // Web
• Cowley // Web
• Folklore // Web
• Green Door Store // Web
• Hope and Ruin // FB // Web
• Komedia // FB // Web
• Patterns // FB // Web
• Pipeline // FB // Web
• Prince Albert // FB // Web

MONDAY 13

DEAD WAX SOCIAL – DEAD WAX OPEN MIC

Open mic / Free / OTD

THE FOLKLORE ROOMS – DUST IN THE SUNLIGHT + FRIENDS

Indie / £6 / OTD

GREEN DOOR STORE – WAVE CHASE + SUPPORT

Garage indie, surf / Free / OTD

HOPE AND RUIN – PRESS CLUB + SUPPORT

Garage punk / £11 / ADV

KOMEDIA – YASMIN WILLIAMS & GWENIFER RAYMOND

Folk, acoustic / £15 / ADV

PATTERNS – WARGASM + SUPPORT

Alt, punk, metal / £17.60 / ADV

PIPELINE – RILEY! + SUPPORT

Emo punk / £6 / OTD

TUESDAY 14

BRUNSWICK – JAZZ JAM

Jazz / Free / OTD

CHALK – PUBLIC IMAGE LTD + SUPPORT

Post punk / £30 / OTD

THE FOLKLORE ROOMS – BECKY BRIGGS EP LAUNCH

Pop, folk / £5 / OTD

GREEN DOOR STORE – TAY IWAR + SUPPORT

Soul, RnB / £15 / OTD

HOPE AND RUIN – ECSTATIC VISION + SUPPORT

Psych / £12 / ADV

THE PRINCE ALBERT – WILLIAM THE CONQUERORS

Folk, alt / £12 / ADV

WEDNESDAY 15

CHALK – BLOOD RED SHOES

Indie / £14 / ADV

CONCORDE 2 – DADI FREYR + SUPPORT

Pop, Eurovision / £18.50 / ADV

THE FOLKLORE ROOMS – NICK HART + SUPPORT

Folk / £12 / ADV

GREEN DOOR STORE – GURF + SUPPORT

Math, electro, metal / £8 / OTD

HOPE AND RUIN – BOOTS MCMAHON

Songwriter / Free / OTD

THE PRINCE ALBERT – CLT DRP + CONGRATULATIONS

Punk / £8 / ADV

THURSDAY 16

BRUNSWICK – BUTXACA

Jazz, soul / £10 / OTD

CONCORDE 2 – WALTER TROUT + SUPPORT

Blues / £28 / ADV

THE FOLKLORE ROOMS – FARAH T + NATALIE GRAY

Pop, alt / £7 / ADV

HOPE AND RUIN – HIDDEN HERD: FRÄULEIN

Alt rock / £11 / OTD

KOMEDIA – PELA + SUPPORT

Songwriter, alt / £6 / ADV

LATEST MUSIC BAR – HOPE COVE + SUPPORT

Folk / £5.50 / ADV

PIPELINE – MULES + SUPPORT

Punk rock / £5 /OTD

ROSSI BAR – KITTY PERRIN + SUPPORT

Singer songwriter / £3 / OTD

FRIDAY 17

GREEN DOOR STORE – IAMWARFACE + SUPPORT

Nu-rock / £6.50 / ADV

HOPE AND RUIN – DELILUH + SUPPORT

Art rock / £11 / OTD

KOMEDIA – GAL PALS PARTY

Queer dance / £5.50 / ADV

LATEST MUSIC BAR – WILDERNESS + SUPPORT

Indie rock / £5 / ADV

PATTERNS – URAL THOMAS AND THE PAIN

Soul, experimental / £16.50 / ADV

PIPELINE – RANDOM HEROES + SUPPORT

Punk rock / £6 / ADV

THE PRINCE ALBERT – POISON FEST

Punk / £6 / OTD

SATURDAY 18

BRUNSWICK – THE COLLECTIVE AKA

Ska, mod / £10 / OTD

CONCORDE 2 – MOTORHEADACHE + SUPPORT

Tribute / £15 / ADV

THE FOLKLORE ROOMS – DIRTY WEEKEND + SUPPORT

Rock / £12 / OTD

GREEN DOOR STORE – LAST SEEN ALIVE + SUPPORT

Pop, rock / £5 / ADV

HOPE AND RUIN – LAST SEEN ALIVE + SUPPORT

Pop, rock / £5 / ADV

KOMEDIA – SPELLBOUND

Alt 80s night / £6 / ADV

PATTERNS – SOUL IN MOTION

DnB / £9 / ADV

THE PRINCE ALBERT – POISON FEST

Punk / £6 / OTD

SUNDAY 19

BRUNSWICK – MUSIC FROM THE SOFA

Jazz, folk, alt / £5 / OTD

CHALK – FEET + SUPPORT

Indie punk / £12 / ADV

THE FOLKLORE ROOMS – WARPED LOVE GROUP

Ambient electronic / £6 / OTD

HOPE AND RUIN – DEATH VALLEY GIRLS

Garage rock, doom boogie / £12 / ADV

LATEST MUSIC BAR – EMO ALL DAYER FT NO:IR

Emo, screamo / £20 / ADV