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BEACH BY DAY, KOMEDIA COMEDY CLUB BY NIGHT
Friday & Saturday evening
Komedia, 44-47 Gardner Street, Brighton BN11UN
The home of live entertainment since 1994, independent venue Komedia features the best in live comedy every Friday & Saturday night. Winner of the 2025 Chortle Award for Best Comedy Venue in the South & East, Komedia is a much-loved Brighton institution that aims to celebrate diverse line-ups, nurture the next generation of talent, and champion cutting-edge comedy!
‘THE place in Brighton to catch stand-up comedy’ - The Independent
Reliably hosting the greatest names on the comedy circuit, this summer’s Komedia Comedy Club line-up features Thanyia Moore, Amy Annette, Aurie Styla, Ania Magliano, Laura Lexx, Mark Bittlestone, Rich Wilson, Chloe Petts, Gbemi Oladipo, Thomas Green, Finlay Christie, Sam Lake, Hannah Bychowski, Andrew O’Neill, Esther Manito, Jeff Innocent, Lee Peart, and many others.
Freshly prepared food is available at every Komedia Comedy Club show, from Komedia’s in-house kitchen, with options for all diets. For something a little different, head down in July when a series of local pop-up kitchens will surprise audiences with the perfect pairing of delicious eats and hilarious comedy every Friday!
‘One of the best things to do in the city’ - We Love Brighton
After a day on Brighton beach, take your pals to Komedia Comedy Club to enjoy over 2 ½ hours of laughter together.
Tickets start from just £13 per person.
Book online at www.komedia.co.uk or call the Box Office on 01273 647100.
THROW SOME SHAPES WITH THE ENGLISH DISCO LOVERS
Sat 7 June
The Tempest, Brighton
Satu 21 June
Saltdean Lido
Returning for another series of summer parties, English Disco Lovers have got something special lined up for the discerning party faithful. Opening the season is a bash at The Tempest on Brighton's seafront. These sell-out nights have become an essential part of Brighton's nightlife, and this time they have local heroes Wildblood & Queenie on the decks, alongside resident Sam Moffett. They'll be bringing their usual mix of great music, humour and inclusivity to Brighton seafront, playing classic and underground Disco and House music by the beach and under the stars.
Get your tickets and more info HERE
Then, at the end of the month, English Disco Lovers are holding their inaugural Summer Solstice Pool Party at Brighton’s iconic Saltdean Lido. The longest night of the year will be seeing a trylt special event party, where a 450-capacity stretch tent with house full production, lighting and state of the art Funktion-One sound system. Overlooking the beautiful Grade II listed building and heated pool, English Disco Lovers resident DJs Sam & Spike will be playing classic disco and house music daytime and into the night with you, but not too late. There’s also BBQ food served throughout the night and even a sauna…
Tickets include swimming. Find out more HERE
CELEBRATE FOOD CULTURE AT THE PREPT SUMMER PARTY
Sat 14 June
Ridgeview Wine Estate, Hassocks
The food education orgainisation, Prept, is holding another of their famous Summer parties in June. This time, celebrations go back to where it all began, in the lush surroundings of the beautiful Ridgeview Wine Estate. Packed into this evening of amazing food, drinks and entertainment is a drinks reception, featuring Ridgeview Bloomsbury and Saicho Sparkling Tea, followed by an open bar. The spectacular meal will be full of Sussex produce, overlooking the vines, with live entertainment and fundraising activities; and a host of exciting prizes and experiences.
All proceeds go to the Prept Foundation, inspiring a generation through food, to live happier and healthier lives. Prept seeks to help young people develop positive attitudes around food and cooking, so they can take what they’ve leraned to share with family and friends. Through the Royal Academy of Culinary Arts’ Adopt a School programme in Sussex and beyond, Prept supports schools and clubs with immersive cooking experiences.
MARINA TABASSUM CREATES THIS YEAR’S SERPENTINE PAVILION
Fri 6 June – Sun 26 Oct
Serpentine South, London
The Serpentine Pavilion 2025, A Capsule in Time, designed by Bangladeshi architect and educator Marina Tabassum and her firm, Marina Tabassum Architects (MTA), is unveiled this month.
Tabassum’s Pavilion marks the 25th year of this pioneering commission and continues Dame Zaha Hadid’s ethos of pushing the boundaries of architecture. Celebrated for seeking to establish an architectural language that engages with place, climate, context, culture and history, Tabassum’s design will resonate with Serpentine South and aims to prompt a dialogue between the permanent and the ephemeral nature of the commission.
Inspired by the tradition of park-going and arched garden canopies that filter soft daylight through green foliage, the Pavilion is comprised of four wooden capsule forms with a translucent façade that diffuses and dapples light when infiltrating the space. Marking the first structure by Tabassum to be built entirely from wood, it also employs light as a way to enhance the qualities of the space.
In an era of increasing censorship, Tabassum expands on her desire for the Pavilion to function as a versatile space where visitors can come together and connect through conversations and the sharing of knowledge.
PARK YOURSELF AT CARS AT THE CASTLE
Sat 14 - Sun 15 June
Hever Castle, Edenbridge
Whether you’re mad about motorsport, passionate about high-performance or a classic enthusiast, there is something for everyone at the Cars at the Castle event on Father’s Day weekend.
Held in the beautiful grounds of the historic Castle, this is the perfect summer event celebrating all things automotive with classic and contemporary cars on display to motorsport memorabilia about the evolution of motoring.
Stroll around the Castle grounds and see iconic motorcars from car clubs and private collectors to suit all tastes whether you’re into classic marques such as Rolls Royce and Jaguar, Morgan and MG or sporty models like Lotus and Porsche or the modern-day classics such as Corvette and Alfa Romeo. This year’s showstopper will be the 1970 Surtees Cosworth TS7 race car on loan from the Surtees Collection.
The Signature Store will be showcasing automotive memorabilia during the weekend. Visit the stand to see signed memorabilia. To learn more about the evolution of motoring, from its developments in the early 1900s to the present day, visit automobile historian Graham Pilgrim who will be selling literature, brochures and catalogues from across the decades.
GET PUNK AT SXSW LONDON
Thurs 5 June (8:30pm)
Rich Mix cinema, London
Fri 6 June (2pm)
Curzon Hoxton, London
As London gets it’s own version of the famous arts festival SXSW, it enables director Yihwen Chen to showcase his acclaimed documentary, Queer As Punk. Queer Malay band Shh…Diam (amusingly named after the Malay expression for “shut up”) sing, shout, and riff about the realities of being trans and queer in modern Malaysia as they navigate relationships and their sense of belonging in the world pre and post-COVID.
Queer as Punk is a subversive portrayal of openly queer creatives in a country where same-sex relationships are still illegal, with director Yihwen Chen broaching urgent conversations around the importance of community and the unyielding power of creativity as a bridge - all with plenty of bizarre music lyrics, even more bizarre real stories, chroma key outfits, and a whole lot of charm.
Find more information on screenings and tickets HERE
HEAR SOMETHING EXQUISITE AT LEWES CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL
Thurs 13 – Sat 15 June
Venues across Lewes
Three days of events and concerts, in the intimate settings of Lewes’s St John sub Castro church, St Michael’s Church and Depot Cinema, welcome 14 of the most exciting chamber-musicians and soloists. The theme for this year’s festival is "Notes From a Small Island", and celebrates the rich legacy of chamber music by British composers, along with their influences from overseas. Artistic Director and violinist Beatrice Philips has created a programme of seven concerts curated around the seven movements of Adès’s 1994 masterpiece Arcadiana For String Quartet. Concert highlights include works by Benjamin Britten, William Walton, Ravel, Beethoven, Rebecca Clarke and Frank Bridge as well as a rare chance to hear performances of both the clarinet quintet and the piano quintet by Thomas Adès.
The Festival sees a return for star counter-tenor Iestyn Davies, who premieres a bespoke chamber arrangement of songs by Gerald Finzi in the Saturday night Gala Concert, as well as a little something in the Festival Finale. The Festival also features a late-night recital, serving local Breaky-Bottom wine; a coffee concert with home-made cakes and locally provided coffee and a lunchtime show as part of its schools’ scheme - when classes from local primary schools are invited along with their teachers to attend a concert especially curated for the occasion.
www.leweschambermusicfestival.com
BATHE IN THE SHIMMERING SOUND OF AVAWAVES
Fri 6 June
Lexington, London
Weds 11 June
Komedia Studio, Brighton
Anna Phoebe and Aisling Brouwer, the international, contemporary virtuoso duo known as AVAWAVES, are performing a set of dates this month. It follows the release of their acclaimed third studio album, Heartbeat. A transportive and euphoric meeting of violin, piano and synth, it embraces a fusion of modern composition, ambient and electronic styles while incorporating the pair’s acclaimed soundtrack work. They wanted this album to feel raw, honest, and intuitive. It features themes of resilience, determination, grit and optimism in forever chasing the dawn after dark. It’s the bursting of bubbles and realising how much lighter everything feels without them.
SALT Staff Writer
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