The highly anticipated Easter weekend (hello, four-day break, longer days and, if we’re lucky, some spring sunshine) is here and we’ve got a bunny load of fun to help you make the most out of your mini (egg)-break. And no, it’s not just about chocolate (although we’ve got lots of that too).
Discover an Easter special
If you’re not in the queue at Raven’s Bakery to snag what are quite possibly the city’s best hot cross buns (open Friday and Saturday), then there are loads of other egg-straordinary specials to tempt you this Easter. Top of our list again are Oeuf‘s. They are literally called ‘Egg’, after all. This year, the Bravo winner of Brighton’s best brunch has teamed up with Cielo Cakery to produce some brilliantly OTT specials, such as Bueno chocolate cookie frumpets and an iced hot cross bun latte for starters. We’re also all over Bravo best restaurant winner Terre à Terre‘s Café Crème Egg liquid pudding, Cat Burglar Dough Co‘s Easter doughnuts (find them at the ‘doughnut hole’ at Yeastie Boys Pizza on George Street, Hove), Alberta’s breakfast hot cross bun – the beast is stuffed to the hilt with fried chicken, black pudding, fried egg and maple mustard, and Fika‘s blue cheese, fried chicken, streaky bacon and egg-packed hot cross bun (Hove and UberEats only). And people wonder why Easter is our favourite holiday of the year!
Specials available over the Bank Holiday weekend; various locations
Get stuck into the cocktails
Is it really a Bank Holiday without a Mama’s Margarita pop-up at T@Coffee Shops? Not in our book anyway. We’re rather partial to a marg – and Mama’s make an excellent one, perfect for seeing you into the long weekend. Ten out of ten to their bright pink boilersuit ‘uniforms’ too. As well as the ole classic, there may even be a rhubarb or a chilli marg on the menu! Tim Walker from Love Is the Message Brighton is on the decks to help get the party started.
Friday 29th March; from 6pm; happy hour from 6pm – 7pm; book a table or walk in
52 Lansdowne Place, Hove, BN3 1FG
Mama’s
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Check out a new bar-restaurant
There’s a(nother) new bar and restaurant in town! Landing on the indie foodie hub that is Preston Street, No No Please combines that sweet spot where dining room meets bar and lounge. They’ll be serving house-made small-batch cocktails (like the Sea and T, a samphire-infused G&T) and South East Asian-inspired small plates. It certainly looks like the kind of place where you could settle in for a good few hours. What else? It’s walk-ins only and they’re dog- (and Easter Bunny) friendly.
From Thursday 28th March from 5pm; then Thursdays – Saturdays, midday – midnight; Sundays, midday – 10pm and Mondays, 5pm – 10pm
30 – 31, Preston Street, Brighton BN2 1HQ
no-no-please.co.uk
Race a spaniel in Lewes
The Lewes Arms encapsulates everything that’s brilliant about the lively Sussex town just outside Brighton. The 220-year-old boozer is well known for its fantastically quirky events and Easter Sunday’s Spaniel Racing is no exception. Bring your hound – any hound, they’re not spaniel-exclusive – and race them down the lane by the pub in an entirely fun and utterly cruelty-free fashion. The dogs’ incentive? Sausages. Said bangers are usually attached to a lucky member of staff dressed up as a hare (yep, the one that drew the short straw). Trust us, it’s a lot of fun. They’ve also got a beer festival running all weekend, featuring local breweries Beak, Burning Sky, Unbarred, Only With Love and Hand Brew Co. While you’re there, we’d recommend a bite to eat at Dill and a mooch around From Victoria, as well as the town’s many other excellent indie and antiques shops.
Sunday 31st March; register from midday to race at 2pm
1 Mount Place, Lewes BN7 1YH
lewesarms.co.uk
Let music be the food of love – and Bank Holidays
If you head over to our friends at Bella Union on Friday, you’ll be greeted with a special Easter edition of their Sandwich Sessions. Yep, an intimate concert AND a sarnie! Hypnotic Brighton band The Leaning will be playing a deconstruction of their tracks with new instrumentation and the brilliant Earl’s will be providing the sandwiches. Added bonus? It’s all free!
Friday 29th March; music from 1pm; free
25 Church Street, Brighton, BN1 1RB
bellaunionvinylshop.com
Celebrate the 80s this Good Friday
The legendary It Is Still 1985 party gang are turning sixteen! To celebrate that sweet milestone and the fabulously ludicrous decade that is the 80s, they’ve teamed up with the guys at White Wall Cinema for a bit of an extravaganza. Things will kick off with a pre-show AV mixtape journey through the fads and styles of the decade, followed by a screening of a hidden-gem 80s classic – no tired old replayings of Ferris Bueller here.
Friday 29th March; doors from 6.50pm; £9.90
Wagner Hall, 2 Regency Road, Brighton, BN1 2RU
Book tickets
Get your hunt on
We have it on good authority (thanks, mum) that Easter egg hunts are perfectly suitable for, er, slightly older people to take part in too. So here are some of our top hunting events and trails on this weekend: First up, the annual Palmeira Square fair and Easter egg hunt (Sunday; 10am – 4pm). This is fast becoming a bit of a local tradition. As well as the egg hunt (entry by £2 prize tombola ticket), there will be stalls from indie businesses and a choir. Or check out Brilliant Brighton‘s, the not-for-profit organisation of over 500 city centre businesses, first-ever digital trail (until Sunday 14th April). All you have to do to take part is scan the QR code in any of the participating businesses’ windows or click on this link. Solve the clues at the different shops to unlock the golden egg and be in with a chance of bagging a £100 gift card! More chocolate prizes await: the Palace Pier is also holding an egg hunt (Sunday; 10am – 4pm; free), Hanningtons Lane has an Easter-themed treasure hunt on (28th March – 14th April; free), with apparently the world’s tallest bubbleologist visiting on Saturday. And, finally, head to Devil’s Dyke for an egg hunt with a view! (Friday – Sunday; 10am – 4pm; £3).
Various dates, times and locations
Forage for a feast
If you’re after a relaxing, educational and less chocolate-y food experience this Easter, join Urban Forage for a morning foraging walk on Easter Sunday. Their expert guide will introduce you to a handful of local plants, wild food, fungi, fruit and berries that are safe (and delicious) to pick and eat. You’ll also get plenty of recipe tips over a post-walk cooking demo and a fabulous vegan lunch made from your foraged goodies.
Sunday 31st March; 11am 3pm; £55
Urban Forage, Craft Museum, Stanmer, Brighton, BN1 9SQ
urbanforage.me
Get on the beer trail
Discover Brighton’s best boozers with Unbarred Brewery’s ultimate Easter Beer Trail. Featuring 10 local pubs, this trail invites you to get your drinking gear around Unbarred’s tasty beer at every stop, collecting stamps as you go, for the chance to win some incredible prizes. Each stamp gets you one raffle ticket. And if you fancy putting your detective skills as well as your mouth to work, keep an eye out for the mini ‘Stoutzillas’ hiding behind each of the bars. Add ’em up and hand your total in at the taproom – if you get it right, you’ll win an extra 10 raffle tickets! And what do tickets mean? Prizes! Prizes like a year’s worth of beer, beer tastings, bar tabs, and more. You can pick up a trail card from any participating pub, Unbarred’s Taproom, or online, and embark on a refreshing week-long journey filled with fantastic beer and amazing rewards. Bon voyage!
Until Monday 1st April; download the beer trail card here
Locations are on the beer trail card and UnBarred’s website
unbarredbrewery.com
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