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🎉 WIN VIP TICKETS to @foodiesfestival! 🎶🍴

🎉 WIN VIP TICKETS to @foodiesfestival! 🎶🍴

Brighton foodies, this one’s for you 🫵
The UK’s biggest food & drink fest is landing in Preston Park for the May bank hol weekend (Sat 3rd – Mon 5th May) and we’ve got some goodies for you 👀

We’re giving away:
👑 1 x VIP ticket bundle (for two) - goodie bag, glass of fizz, VIP area access
🎟 1 x General entry ticket bundle (also for two)

Both give you access to all three days of foodie chaos.

🔥 Expect:
👨‍🍳 Chef demos from local legends (Etch, Chilli Pickle, Burnt Orange + more)
🍷 Boozy masterclasses & tasting theatre
🎤 Live music (Scouting for Girls, Pixie Lott + cover band bangers)
🌶️ Eating challenges, street food, cake, gin, repeat…

To enter:
📝 Head over to the website (link in bio)
⏰ Deadline: Wed 30th April, 5pm
🎁 Winners announced shortly after!

📍 Preston Park
📅 3rd–5th May

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It’s Easter weeeeekend! Cue excited bunny emojis

It’s Easter weeeeekend! Cue excited bunny emojis 🐰🐰🐰Here’s our pick of what’s going on this long weekend…

🐣Go to an immersive drawing night:
@cultclassicsfiguredrawing Classics are back with another themed night of drawing. This time around it’s all about the Cult of Dionysus – a mystical and mythical celebration of spring. Think costumes, a themed soundtrack and plenty of good vibes.
Friday, 7.15pm, from £10

🐣Draw on the walls of an art gallery (legally):
@helmgallery_ ‘s super-popular Drawing Room event is back, turning the space into an interactive canvas for anyone and everyone to unleash their creative side on the gallery’s walls.
Until Sunday 20th

🐣Get stuck into an epic foodie collab:
@lostboysland have teamed up with @betweenthesheets.pasta on some seriously exciting dishes. There’s the fried chicken lasagnewhich burger, a beef shin fry’sagne (aka loaded fries), and Szechuan duck ravioli di raggazzone.
Get ‘em on Easter Sunday from 3pm @the.joker.brighton before they’re gone!

🐣Catch a cult classic:
It’s always a good time to go to @whitewallcinema and this weekend is packed with excellent screenings, from 90s classic Empire Records on Friday (8.05pm) to a supernatural horror double-bill on Sunday.

🐣Race your spaniel (other dog breeds allowed!):
It’s the annual spaniel race @lewesarms, home of the quirky event. Read more about it on our website – link in bio.
Sunday, from 1pm

🐣Fill up on wine, beer, music and food:
Head along to @independent_btn for their Easter beer and natural wine festival. There are 12 natural wines to try, over 30 beers and ciders, live music and DJs, pizzas from 3pm on Friday and Saturday and cheeseboards on Sunday and Monday. Phew!
Friday 18th – Monday 21st April

🐣Check out a new festival of folklore, folk culture & horror:
@onceandfuturefest kicks off on Friday bringing 10 days of myth, music and the macabre across live music to eerie storytelling.
Until 27th April

🐣Head out of town:
Go to Newhaven for a first look at the @bruceasbestos expo - a playfully subversive mix of huge inflatables and paintings.
From Saturday

Want more? The full list is over on BOTI - link in bio!

🌱 Spring finally sprang! Time for terrace actio

🌱 Spring finally sprang! Time for terrace action, boundary-pushing music, free burgers, new openings and a pop-up radio station 🌱

🎵 @todays_active_lifestyles are hosting a not-to-be-missed evening of innovative sounds on Friday

☕️The first stage of @babblehove from the @bisonbeer gang opens on Saturday

🌈 Happy International Colour Day! Head over to the Royal Pavilion for an immersive dive into all things colour at their new expo and @loisohara’s gorgeous rainbow path

📻 Brighton-based underground music and culture mag @offlicencemagazine are launching a pop-up radio station, @offieradio! And they’re getting the week-long broadcast party started on Saturday with an opening ceremony of club bangers @manchesterstreetartsclub!

☀️Make the most of the longer days - and the sun (yep, actual warm sun) at one of Brighton’s best sun-trap terraces - the new @cecconisrestaurants at Brighton Beach House is open to non-members

🎨Dose up on culture at @helmgallery_’s Friday night lates, where art meets live DJs, tattoos and cocktails

📆Head over to the site for the full guide (link in bio), including the lowdown on what’s coming up next week…

😎Let us know in the comments what you’re up to this weekend!

✍️And if you’ve got an event you think we should know about, drop us a line (email in bio)

#brighton #whatsonbrighton #brightonguide #brightonlife #brightonthingstodo #brightonblogger

☀️It’s (finally) that time of the week again

☀️It’s (finally) that time of the week again, so grab a brew and check out our pick of what to do this fine weekend☀️

🎭Don’t miss BBC Radio Sussex legend @allison.ferns in her first one-woman show this Sunday, @flutter_bye_play. Transporting you back to the 80s, the immersive play takes the audience on a rollercoaster ride of emotions as Mary unpacks her once promise-filled life. Can she rise again? Afterwards, embrace the era of epic shoulder pads at the non-stop 80s classics-filled after-party @ironworksstudiosbrighton

😋Make the most of the longer days with a beachside stroll followed by breakfast, whopping great cakes, fresh flavour-packed lunch or supper over sweeping sea views at the gorgeous @readingroombrighton

🍍Hunt down a pineapple and lug it to @fattoamanopizza to enjoy their controversial pineapple-topped pizza special for free (pineapple-on-pizza-haters, you’ll be converted, you have been warned)

🎨Dose up on culture (and coffee and cocktails) as @helmgallery_’s latest exhibition, Rare, kicks off. This lovingly curated show celebrates works from some of the most sought-after contemporary artists, like Tracey Emin and Damien Hirst

📚After a new book? Head over to @gettopuck on Saturday and Sunday to browse their charity book sale (proceeds to Palestine Action UK) over a cup of their excellent coffee. Prices start at 50p, so what’s not to love?

☘️Get stuck in to two days of St Paddy’s day action at the @fiddlerselbow_btn with a bigger-than-ever version of their annual street party featuring Irish music, dancing, rugby, and oysters, washed down with bucketloads of the dark stuff

🎞️Fancy some late-night cult cinema? Stroll over to Duke’s After Dark @dukeofyorks for David Lynch’s Blue Velvet on Saturday

🌟Coming up next week…🌟

📹 @videoaffectsnight is back at @eaststreettap on Thursday with more fun talks around all things film, with three guest speakers and a movie quiz

🎵 @todays_active_lifestyles are hosting a not-to-be-missed evening of innovative sounds next Friday

📻The brilliant @offlicencemagazine is launching a pop-up radio station, @offieradio! And they’re getting the party started next Saturday @manchesterstreetartsclub

☀️The sun’s still shining and we’re back w

☀️The sun’s still shining and we’re back with another dose of weekend inspo 🥳. You’ll find our bumper IWD weekend guide over on the site, but here are the highlights, plus a selection of other stuff that’s too good to miss

☕️Brilliant brunches☕️
💃This year, co-working space Platf9rm have turned their annual Kickass Women event into an empowering business mixer
🇬🇷 @rubymoonswim and @eyestorm_women are hosting an intimate IWD celebration at Greek restaurant @nostos__hove
🍴Fashion designer and confidence coach @elifkoseofficial has another edition of her inspirational IWD lunch @thegrandbrighton

😋 Foodie fun 😋
🍔 The @boysterous_burgers residency kicks off @fountainhead.pub
🥩Visit @shelterhallmarket’s newest kitchen @stakehaus_ for, you guessed it, juicy steaks, from Sunday, with the chance to get your hands on a free steak
🪷Missed the @dishoompermitroom x @haliscobrighton collab? Don’t worry, you can still get enjoy two dishes from the night ‘til Sunday - the chicken ruby quesadilla and the mushroom pepper fry tacos

🎵Music madness🎵
💃 @komedia_brighton have got an IWD special club night on Saturday with women-led tunes across the eras
🎧 @capsulerecordsuk are hosting an all female line-up of DJs in store on Saturday
🎤Brighton’s newest (and quite possibly coolest) venue @waxingpink is having an all-day IWD party and fundraiser
🤘And if heavy rock is more your jam, rock metal band @blackorchidempire Empire are playing at @daltonsbrighton on Saturday with a raft of support from brilliant local bands @wearewrex, @bones_ate_arfa, @chvptersuk and @spookyhugeband

🛍️Saturday shopping shenanigans🛍️
👛Preloved specialists @thecirclesstore are holding a pop-up market of female makers
🖼️ @blackbrightonmarket have put together a special IWD edition of their creative community market
👗And small-but-perfectly-formed fragrance boutique @soliflore_store Soliflore is hosting @secret_store_pop_up and @emmastantonjewellery for more wallet-emptying female small biz shopping joy

🏊‍♀️What else?🏊‍♀️
🧘‍♀️An IWD personal growth and yoga workshop with @luluminns_biz, the UK’s biggest IWD swim on the beach, and the @brightoni360official reopens on Saturday!

🥞Holy crepe, it’s Pancake Day! And it’s sta

🥞Holy crepe, it’s Pancake Day! And it’s stacking up to be a good one.

🥞These are a few of our faves - head over to the site for the full lowdown (link in bio) and info on all the latest specials.

🥞 @goingnowhereman
🥞 @starfishandcafe
🥞 @oeuf.cafe
🥞 @cafedescouleursbrighton
🥞 @mokshacaffe
🥞 @ouicreperie
🥞 @easytigerbn1
🥞 @thebrekkyclub

🥞Did we miss your favourite? Let us know in the comments!
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