What’s going on
A winter’s tale of story and song featuring the one and only Robb Johnson, “one of the finest songwriters working in the UK today”.
Hullabaloo Community Quire will be joining Robb to sing selected songs from his song suite ‘Gentle Men’, a family history of World War 1, as well as bringing their fabled a cappella talent to a funky set of folk, pop and soul to warm the winter chills. Continue reading Home by Christmas
The nationally acclaimed festival runs from 24 October to 9 November. This year the theme is ‘Cities: musical centres and the journeys between them’. Cities featured include Venice, Rome, Warsaw, Leipzig, Paris and London.
Deborah Roberts and Clare Norburn are Co-Artistic Directors of BREMF. This year’s programme presents early music in exciting formats and contexts, with a broad appeal. The programme features both internationally acclaimed musicians and talented local amateurs. The festival also showcases gifted young artists, as can be heard in a series of themed short performances entitled Grand Tour Shorts on 1 November at the Latest Music Bar, Manchester Street from 11am or 2.30pm This provides an excellent taster opportunity for audiences new to early music. Continue reading Brighton Early Music Festival 2014
Oxjam began in 2006 to create a network of music-loving people across the UK, united by a shared goal of raising money to fight poverty and suffering around the world.
Nine years later they are still going strong with more than 45k musicians having played to 1.2million people at over 4.5k Oxjam events, raising over £2.3m.
This year on 18 October Oxjam will be taking over some of Brighton’s best venues so more than 50 acts can perform. The aim is to celebrate diversity. Venues include The Royal Pavilion Tavern, The Good Companions (from 1pm) The Verdict, Under the Bridge, Access to Music and 10 Below.
Sussex Police is opening its doors and inviting you to see what happens in a variety of policing departments across the force.
From 9am on Friday 10 October until 9am on Saturday 11 October you can watch them at work in a 24-hour live stream on their website.
During the broadcast, members of the public who won a competition will have the chance to interview the chosen units live on air. Those units include: Continue reading Hello, Hello, Hello
4 October is a day to walk, share and celebrate someone special. Brighton’s Alzheimer’s Society’s Memory Walk will see families coming together to fight dementia.
The Memory Walk starts at Hove lawns and heads along the seafront, a flat, easy wheelchair and pushchair friendly terrain offers both a 2km and an 8kn route. Memory Walks are a series of walking events held every autumn across the country to raise money to provide support for people living with dementia and fund research into a cure. Expect raffles, face-painting, live music.
www.memorywalk.org.uk/brightonandhove
The 8k Undercliffe Run for Women is a scenic run along the seashore from Saltdean to Brighton and back.
The run is an annual fundraising event to help survivors of domestic abuse in Brighton and Hove and West Sussex. To celebrate RISE’s 20th Anniversary they ask that each entrant commits to raising at least £20. Anyone managing to raise over £150 will receive a free RISE technical running vest after the event.
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