# FESTIVALS

Our pick of the best in Brighton and beyond

**Brighton Book Festival is back with five days of stories, spoken word and big ideas**  
Brighton Book Festival returns in June with Zadie Smith, Jawdance, workshops ...

**Pasta la vista, baby: Brighton Italian Festival is here**  
Brighton Italian Festival is bringing a month-long line-up of food, music, th...

**Brighton Festival turns 60 – here’s what’s worth leaving the house for**  
Brighton Festival turns 60 this year and they’ve gone in a slightly dif...

**The Great Escape festival announces full line-up**  
The Great Escape, the festival for new music, is back with another exciting l...

**Oska Bright Film Festival returns with bumper edition**  
Oska Bright Film Festival returns in March with a bumper edition of films mad...

**New joy-first festival lands in Brighton this summer**  
Wild Love is a new one-day festival coming to Brighton, mixing movement, musi...

**Mutations Festival returns with another explosive line-up**  
Mutations Festival is back in Brighton this November and, as always, it’s bri...

**Dive into digital culture at Dreamy Place arts festival**  
Brighton digital arts festival, Dreamy Place, is back for 2025 with an exciti...

**Horrorfest is back with a fearfully good programme**  
As the nights draw in, it’s time to up the fear factor and celebrate all thin...

**Come on an adventure in world cinema with the CineCity Film Festival**  
Cinecity Film Festival is back for its 23rd year in October. Travel the world...

**Put your inner critic on mute at mental wellbeing festival**  
Meet Exhale, the two-day mental wellbeing festival aiming to swap hangovers f...

**Live la dolce vita in Brighton this October at city’s first-ever Italian festival**  
The very first Brighton Italian Festival is landing this October, serving up ...