Day-time in Brighton
Arts & Culture
Brighton is home to artists, designers, writers, pop stars, actors and creative people of all kinds. Perhaps that’s why the arts are so much part of everyday life here. Just walking round you will see art and sculpture on the street and beachfront, and there are galleries and studios showing up-and-coming work by local talent.
Come in May and you will catch the annual Brighton Festival, which takes over the city as the biggest arts fiesta in England. For three weeks, thousands of people come to see hundreds of events from contemporary dance and lunchtime recitals to street theatre performances and artists’ open houses. Throughout the year there are festivals of jazz, dance and animated theatre, heritage weekends, plays, live music, opera, fringe theatre, cinema, comedy and cabaret.
Brighton is a great base for exploring the Sussex arts scene. Spend a night at Glyndebourne opera or take in open air Shakespeare at Arundel Castle. Visit the many historic houses from the Bloomsbury charm of Charleston Farmhouse to the Rottingdean home of Rudyard Kipling.
Art is everywhere - you will find galleries in converted banks, renovated churches, seafront arches and stylish high-street interiors - from famous artists' originals to inspirational graduate shows.