203 gigs and concerts to catch in East Sussex
From indie darlings to tap-dancing rebels, we've got the lowdown on the county's most unmissable live music moments this autumn in East Sussex.
Another Country
2 Nov 2026
Green Door Store (Brighton)
Apogee Techno: Apogee Joe B2B Sammy Goss & Ekko Audio
2 Nov 2026
Where Else? (Margate)
Ashley Beedle Fundraiser Gig
2 Nov 2026
Where Else? (Margate)
Black Groove Album Release Show
2 Nov 2026
Green Door Store (Brighton)
Bob Log III
2 Nov 2026
Where Else? (Margate)
Brightr
2 Nov 2026
Where Else? (Margate)
Choir-oke Anthems: A Margate Pride Fund Raiser
2 Nov 2026
Where Else? (Margate)
Crash Of Moons: Surface Air, Hippo, Jack Goldstein
2 Nov 2026 – 26 Nov 2026
Where Else? (Margate)
Danalogue
2 Nov 2026
Green Door Store (Brighton)
Electric Six
2 Nov 2026
Concorde 2 (Brighton)
Fat Poppadaddys: HALLOWEEN HANGOVER
2 Nov 2026
CHALK (Brighton)
Firestations, Melinda Bronstein and Autohaus
2 Nov 2026
Where Else? (Margate)
ĠENN
2 Nov 2026
Green Door Store (Brighton)
Grapevine Jazz Sessions Live in Rye
18 Oct 2026 – 27 Dec 2026
The Grapevine (Rye)
Halloween 2026
1 Nov 2026 – 19 Dec 2026
The Casino Rooms Nightclub & Events Venue (Rochester)
Hullabaloo Community Quire
2 Nov 2026 – 30 Nov 2026
Ironworks Studios (Brighton)
Karaoke w/ Shelly Grotto
1 Nov 2026 – 29 Nov 2026
Where Else? (Margate)
Kodaline Live Outstore
2 Nov 2026
Where Else? (Margate)
KPX All-Dayer w/ Tom Vek & more - Fundraiser to help save Where Else? venue
2 Nov 2026
Where Else? (Margate)
Kpx Showcase: Fruit Band And Friends
2 Nov 2026
Where Else? (Margate)
Lavander
2 Nov 2026
Green Door Store (Brighton)
Live Entertainment at The Ivy Chelsea Garden
31 Oct 2026 – 28 Nov 2026
The Ivy In The Lanes (Brighton)
Master Peace
2 Nov 2026
Where Else? (Margate)
Mercy Girl
2 Nov 2026
Green Door Store (Brighton)
Michael Buble Tribute Evening
31 Oct 2026 – 28 Nov 2026
The Tenterden Club
Money For Nothing
2 Nov 2026
Assembly Hall Theatre (Tunbridge Wells)
Nervus
2 Nov 2026
Where Else? (Margate)
Oh My God! It's The Church
2 Nov 2026
Concorde 2 (Brighton)
Phil Cosby Live
2 Nov 2026 – 20 Nov 2026
The Belgian Cafe (Eastbourne)
Pyncher
2 Nov 2026
Green Door Store (Brighton)
Sarah-Jane Hassell Trio Live in Tenterden
30 Oct 2026 – 5 Dec 2026
The Grapevine (Rye)
Sasha
2 Nov 2026
Concorde 2 (Brighton)
SEAN GOLDRING, THE CIRCUS BIRDS AND FELICIA BUENA
2 Nov 2026
Where Else? (Margate)
Sota
2 Nov 2026 – 10 Nov 2026
The Arch Brighton
The Blues Cats Live in Rye
20 Oct 2026 – 19 Dec 2026
The Grapevine (Rye)
The Gulls
2 Nov 2026
Green Door Store (Brighton)
The Love Buzz
2 Nov 2026
Green Door Store (Brighton)
The Mouse Outfit
30 Oct 2026 – 17 Apr 2027
DUST (Brighton)
The Rock Orchestra
2 Nov 2026
Assembly Hall Theatre (Tunbridge Wells)
Tid Pao
2 Nov 2026
Where Else? (Margate)
Tom Vek
2 Nov 2026
Where Else? (Margate)
Traps, Oriza, Sander Cohen
2 Nov 2026
Where Else? (Margate)
villagerrr
2 Nov 2026
The Hope & Ruin (Brighton)
WhereElse' 8th Birthday!
2 Nov 2026
Where Else? (Margate)
Yoga Mixed Level
2 Nov 2026
The Horsebridge Arts Centre (Whitstable)
AAAZUKAR Salsa
3 Nov 2026 – 13 Nov 2026
Brighthelm Centre (Brighton)
Bachata All-Dayer – Autumn Edition | South Coast
3 Nov 2026 – 28 Nov 2026
Brighthelm Centre (Brighton)
Big Woes + Sheepish + ELZ + Scott (DJ)
3 Nov 2026
Where Else? (Margate)
Change It!: Melizards, WHY? , Please Stay
3 Nov 2026
Where Else? (Margate)
Colin Miller
3 Nov 2026
DUST (Brighton)
Hothouse Flowers
3 Nov 2026
De La Warr Pavilion (Bexhill-on-Sea)
Reflective Hands presents Will Samson
3 Nov 2026
Where Else? (Margate)
SPIN CITY
3 Nov 2026 – 29 Nov 2026
East Street Tap (Brighton)
Underdark + Karnstein + Davghter
3 Nov 2026
Where Else? (Margate)
Chinese American Bear, Alice Costelloe
4 Nov 2026
Where Else? (Margate)
CROWN CONTROL
4 Nov 2026 – 30 Nov 2026
East Street Tap (Brighton)
Elder Island
4 Nov 2026
CHALK (Brighton)
Live Music at The Ivy Exeter
4 Nov 2026 – 30 Dec 2026
The Ivy In The Lanes (Brighton)
The Roebucks
4 Nov 2026
'The Forum' Live Music Venue (Tunbridge Wells)
Vieux Farka Touré (plus support Giuliano Modarelli) - Presented by Earth Cruises & Ear Trumpet
4 Nov 2026 – 25 Nov 2026
Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts (Brighton)
Willie And The Bandits
4 Nov 2026
Where Else? (Margate)
Famyne (Svart Records) and Old Horn Tooth
5 Nov 2026
Where Else? (Margate)
Glisten Trick + Lulé Barracuda and Melinda Bronstein
5 Nov 2026
Where Else? (Margate)
Join the buzz, live music every Thursday evening at the restaurant
5 Nov 2026 – 26 Nov 2026
Picture House (Uckfield)
Live Music - Stuart Bligh
5 Nov 2026
Picture House (Uckfield)
Mosaic Triangle Live in Rye
5 Nov 2026
The Grapevine (Rye)
Nullstate, 3 Lovers Leap, The Seer, Lucifer Sky, Night Porter
5 Nov 2026
Where Else? (Margate)
Organchrist (live), Chupacabras (live)
5 Nov 2026
Where Else? (Margate)
Somewhere Soul - Rituals Vol 2 Listening Party
5 Nov 2026
A L P H A B E T (Brighton)
Soultastics
5 Nov 2026 – 27 Nov 2026
Bohemia Brighton
Spirit of Gravity
5 Nov 2026 – 17 Dec 2026
The Rossi Bar (Brighton)
Teenage Fanclub
5 Nov 2026
Concorde 2 (Brighton)
Triple Drain – ‘Otherside’ Release Party
5 Nov 2026 – 12 Mar 2027
Green Door Store (Brighton)
Welly
5 Nov 2026
Where Else? (Margate)
ChopChop, Tony & The Abominations, Bellyfull
6 Nov 2026
Where Else? (Margate)
Dolores Diaz & The Standby Club - Live at O'Leaver's
6 Nov 2026
Resident Music (Brighton)
Doris (Jaw-G & Scott Humphrey)
6 Nov 2026
Where Else? (Margate)
Flow State w/ DJs Triangulator, Cut La Vis & Orac808
6 Nov 2026
Where Else? (Margate)
J.G.H.D. + Smile You S.O.B + That's Not Ur Cat
6 Nov 2026
Where Else? (Margate)
Johnboy - anthology
6 Nov 2026
Resident Music (Brighton)
K Motionz
6 Nov 2026
Quarters (Brighton)
KPX Showcase: Polo Lounge & Friends
6 Nov 2026
Where Else? (Margate)
Laura Lawton Live in Tenterden
6 Nov 2026
The Grapevine (Rye)
Mosaic Triangle Live in Tenterden
6 Nov 2026
The Grapevine (Rye)
NeverUnder + support from UNDERPASS and 5DN
6 Nov 2026
The Prince Albert (Brighton)
NO TV's Disco Punk Party
6 Nov 2026
Where Else? (Margate)
Paddy Steer
6 Nov 2026
Where Else? (Margate)
Panic Shack
6 Nov 2026
Where Else? (Margate)
PAWSA
6 Nov 2026
The Source (Maidstone)
Radiator
6 Nov 2026
The Rossi Bar (Brighton)
Roots & Soul
6 Nov 2026 – 13 May 2027
Brighton Centre
Royal Blood - Dead Company
6 Nov 2026
Resident Music (Brighton)
ROYAL BLOOD (EARLY)
6 Nov 2026
CHALK (Brighton)
ROYAL BLOOD (LATE)
6 Nov 2026
CHALK (Brighton)
Seamus Fogarty
6 Nov 2026
Where Else? (Margate)
Sing the Greatest Hits
6 Nov 2026
Central Theatre (Chatham)
SOT Classics - BBC Philharmonic Orchestra - Frost and Fire
6 Nov 2026
Theatre Royal Brighton
SQUID AMBIENT DJ SET AND SIGNING
6 Nov 2026
Where Else? (Margate)
Tamo Junto!
6 Nov 2026
Where Else? (Margate)
The Bug Club
6 Nov 2026
Where Else? (Margate)
The March Violets
6 Nov 2026 – 11 Nov 2026
Komedia Brighton
The Wameki
6 Nov 2026 – 17 Dec 2026
The Rossi Bar (Brighton)
Thelonious Monk - Monk's Dream (Expanded Edition)
6 Nov 2026
Resident Music (Brighton)
UPCOMING WORKSHOPS
6 Nov 2026 – 31 Jan 2027
Starling Studio (Brighton)
Andy C
7 Nov 2026
Quarters (Brighton)
Bob Marley
7 Nov 2026
De La Warr Pavilion (Bexhill-on-Sea)
Charles Moothart
7 Nov 2026
Where Else? (Margate)
China Crisis
7 Nov 2026
'The Forum' Live Music Venue (Tunbridge Wells)
Desperate Journalist
7 Nov 2026
The Hope & Ruin (Brighton)
Jack Savoretti
7 Nov 2026 – 10 Nov 2026
Theatre Royal Brighton
Jim White + Ben De La Cour
7 Nov 2026 – 4 May 2027
Komedia Brighton
Maid of Ace
7 Nov 2026
Where Else? (Margate)
Margate Sampler Launch Party, Big Woes, Jolt & more
7 Nov 2026
Where Else? (Margate)
Millie Manders and the Shutup
7 Nov 2026
White Rock Theatre (Hastings)
Moonage – David Bowie Tribute
7 Nov 2026
St Mary's Arts Centre - Sandwich
Nafe Smallz x Rift
7 Nov 2026
Concorde 2 (Brighton)
Nova Twins: Live In Store, Signing
7 Nov 2026
Where Else? (Margate)
Quiet Boy
7 Nov 2026
Where Else? (Margate)
Robert Reid Duo Live in Rye
7 Nov 2026
The Grapevine (Rye)
Showaddywaddy
7 Nov 2026 – 26 Mar 2027
Theatre Royal Brighton
SWEAT: Queer Hyperpop Party Presents Gupi
7 Nov 2026
Komedia Brighton
The Battle of Cable Street 90th Anniversary Celebration Gig
7 Nov 2026
The Prince Albert (Brighton)
The Fezzes
7 Nov 2026
Hailsham Pavilion
The Rambling Club
7 Nov 2026
'The Forum' Live Music Venue (Tunbridge Wells)
Trip Westerns – Trip Fest Album Fundraiser
7 Nov 2026 – 12 Mar 2027
Green Door Store (Brighton)
Twenty One Pilots Appreciation Party
7 Nov 2026
DUST (Brighton)
Where Elz Karaoke
7 Nov 2026 – 5 Dec 2026
Where Else? (Margate)
Bob Marley: Reimagined by the London African Gospel Choir
7 Nov 2026
De La Warr Pavilion (Bexhill-on-Sea)
East Bridge Chorale – Johannes Brahms: A German Requiem
8 Nov 2026
Gulbenkian Arts Centre (Canterbury)
Holy Fawn + MØL
8 Nov 2026 – 9 Nov 2026
Concorde 2 (Brighton)
Holy Fawn + MØL
8 Nov 2026
Concorde 2 (Brighton)
Tony Hadley – The Christmas Big Band Tour 2026
8 Nov 2026
White Rock Theatre (Hastings)
Fat Poppadaddys: INDIE ROULETTE
9 Nov 2026
CHALK (Brighton)
Demeanour + Sylvia + Override + Slow Violence
10 Nov 2026
The Hope & Ruin (Brighton)
Natalie Shay
10 Nov 2026 – 17 Dec 2026
The Rossi Bar (Brighton)
Ben Poole
11 Nov 2026
'The Forum' Live Music Venue (Tunbridge Wells)
Coldplace – The World’s Leading Tribute to Coldplay
11 Nov 2026 – 4 Mar 2027
Komedia Brighton
SØWT
11 Nov 2026 – 17 Dec 2026
The Rossi Bar (Brighton)
The Music of Wes Anderson Performed by Wes Banderson
11 Nov 2026
Komedia Brighton
Von Hertzen Brothers
11 Nov 2026
Komedia Brighton
Will Wilde
11 Nov 2026
Komedia Brighton
Ducato - Gypsy Jazz Trio
12 Nov 2026
Rosslyn Court (Margate)
Firestations
12 Nov 2026
Where Else? (Margate)
Horace Silver - The Stylings Of Silver (Classic Vinyl Series)
12 Nov 2026
Resident Music (Brighton)
Michael McGovern
12 Nov 2026
The Hope & Ruin (Brighton)
Natalie Shay
12 Nov 2026
'The Forum' Live Music Venue (Tunbridge Wells)
Sahara Hotnights - Jennie Bomb (25th Anniversary Edition)
12 Nov 2026
Resident Music (Brighton)
SEMS presented by The Coastal Electronauts
12 Nov 2026 – 13 May 2027
Whitstable Umbrella Community Support centre
The Drifters
12 Nov 2026
White Rock Theatre (Hastings)
THE FEELING
12 Nov 2026
The Drill Shed (Margate)
TYPE VIBE-Z
12 Nov 2026
DUST (Brighton)
A celebration of Metallica: 40th Anniversary of Master Of Puppets
13 Nov 2026
'The Forum' Live Music Venue (Tunbridge Wells)
Andy Twyman Live in Tenterden
13 Nov 2026 – 11 Dec 2026
The Grapevine (Rye)
China Crisis
13 Nov 2026
Concorde 2 (Brighton)
Clare Teal in Concert - Jazz, Swing & Other Things
13 Nov 2026
The Astor Theatre, Deal
Hidden Circle #1
13 Nov 2026
DUST (Brighton)
John Digweed
13 Nov 2026 – 14 Nov 2026
Concorde 2 (Brighton)
Kent Youth Jazz Orchestra | Faversham Assembly Rooms
13 Nov 2026
The Alexander Centre (Faversham)
Quaking Aspens
13 Nov 2026
The Hope & Ruin (Brighton)
Rhythm of the Dance
13 Nov 2026
Assembly Hall Theatre (Tunbridge Wells)
The Bluetones
13 Nov 2026
Concorde 2 (Brighton)
14/11 Definitely Oasis
14 Nov 2026
Dreamland Margate
Alex Downey
14 Nov 2026
A L P H A B E T (Brighton)
Butch Kassidy
14 Nov 2026
A L P H A B E T (Brighton)
Emo Day Party
14 Nov 2026
Quarters (Brighton)
Junebabies - John Digweed Afterparty
14 Nov 2026
Concorde 2 (Brighton)
Lorne Lofsky / Nigel Price Quartet
14 Nov 2026
The Verdict (Brighton)
Make Friends
14 Nov 2026
'The Forum' Live Music Venue (Tunbridge Wells)
The Zac Schulze Gang
14 Nov 2026
The Hope & Ruin (Brighton)
The Zac Schulze Gang *Matinee*
14 Nov 2026
The Hope & Ruin (Brighton)
Will Varley
14 Nov 2026
White Rock Theatre (Hastings)
Live Music @ The Board Room
15 Nov 2026
Folkestone Harbour Arm
Rautio Piano Trio: Patronage & Influence in Vienna
15 Nov 2026
Kino-Teatr (St Leonards-on-Sea)
Soil + Adema
15 Nov 2026
Dreamland Margate
The Amy Winehouse Band
15 Nov 2026 – 6 Mar 2027
Theatre Royal Brighton
Victus - Ex Umbra
15 Nov 2026
A L P H A B E T (Brighton)
Abigail Lapell Show #2
16 Nov 2026 – 21 Nov 2026
The Folklore Rooms (Brighton)
The Grand Community Choir
16 Nov 2026 – 11 Jan 2027
Theatre Royal Brighton
Dessie Magee
17 Nov 2026
Green Door Store (Brighton)
Creeping Embers
18 Nov 2026 – 17 Dec 2026
The Rossi Bar (Brighton)
TWODS - Charlie & the Chocolate Factory
18 Nov 2026 – 21 Nov 2026
Assembly Hall Theatre (Tunbridge Wells)
Ahsoka (Farewell Show) + Chasm + is this ok
19 Nov 2026
The Hope & Ruin (Brighton)
Forever Nu - 25th Anniversary of Toxicity & Iowa
19 Nov 2026
Concorde 2 (Brighton)
Millie Manders and The Shutup
19 Nov 2026
'The Forum' Live Music Venue (Tunbridge Wells)
Barbican Estate
20 Nov 2026
Green Door Store (Brighton)
Halloween Special – Allodynia + More
20 Nov 2026 – 17 Dec 2026
The Rossi Bar (Brighton)
lavender
20 Nov 2026
Where Else? (Margate)
The Amy Winehouse Band
20 Nov 2026
De La Warr Pavilion (Bexhill-on-Sea)
Welsh National Opera - Family Concert
20 Nov 2026
Theatre Royal Brighton
Robert Reid Duo Live in Tenterden
21 Nov 2026
The Grapevine (Rye)
Sigma
21 Nov 2026
Faith In Strangers (Margate)
Sigma present Country Greaze
21 Nov 2026
Faith In Strangers (Margate)
Nish Kumar: Angry Humour From a Really Nice Guy
22 Nov 2026
Assembly Hall Theatre (Tunbridge Wells)
cootie catcher + Of Iyrn
23 Nov 2026
The Hope & Ruin (Brighton)
John Lydon
24 Nov 2026
Assembly Hall Theatre (Tunbridge Wells)
The Rifles
26 Nov 2026
Dreamland Margate
80s RE-MIX
27 Nov 2026
Caroline of Brunswick (Brighton)
Back In Time: A Tribute To The 80’s with Murdoch’s Crazy Eyes
27 Nov 2026
Komedia Brighton
Dessie Magee + Ebony Grace
27 Nov 2026
Where Else? (Margate)
KICKPUSH
27 Nov 2026 – 28 Nov 2026
The Hope & Ruin (Brighton)
that’s f***ing rubbish – the cure vs charli xcx
27 Nov 2026
Green Door Store (Brighton)
RELEASE THE BATS (FREE!)
28 Nov 2026
Caroline of Brunswick (Brighton)
Dessie Magee
29 Nov 2026
Lewes Con Club
