BBGINNINGS -- join us in wiping proud tears from our eyes and waving off our newest cohort of bbg basics graduates. BBGINNINGS is a community-orientated musical extravaganza - DJ sets, raffles, emotional moments, and eclectic line-up of BBG residents old + new, seeing the night through playing their signature sound of bassy, breaksy, sexy and high-zinc tunes.
NEW PERFORMANCE ADDED! A rare and intimate matinée performance with this one of a kind artist. Cosmo is a UK-based multi-instrumentalist, producer, composer, live improviser, and field recordist.
A rare and intimate gig with this one of a kind artist. Cosmo is a UK-based multi-instrumentalist, producer, composer, live improviser, and field recordist.
Duck Soup play English folk music , with a dash of the music-hall, a dollop of groove and a soupçon of surreality. Come and celebrate the launch of their new album with a lazy, family-friendly Sunday afternoon of music. Featuring Duck Soup, along with friends including L C Pumpkin, Graham Larkbey, and the Seven Stars.
Electric Blue are thrilled to present A Cloud in Her Room (2020), from contemporary Chinese director Zheng Lu XinYuan.
A place where performance makers can share their new work in its embryonic form with an audience to get feedback / informal discussion. A place for audiences to see new work in progress and be part of the process.
Noise Peddler is the electronic duo of Brighton-based composers / guitarists Danny Bright and Lee Westwood. A symmetrical duo of no-input pedalboards transmitting part-composed, part-improvised sonic structures, where pedals are the signal generator, processor and instrument, the ‘Rosehill-Associated Artists’ explore the limits of what can be achieved with the no-input pedalboard as instrument. Come hear heavy beats, grinding noise, floating synth-like melodies and dense electronic improv that sways over the brink of chaos!
Digital Music and Sound Arts at the University of Brighton showcases talent from across the course. Expect an eclectic range of experimental sound and music from new young talent.
Award winning community arts organisation EXPLORING SENSES bring you a creative Christmas workshop for all the family. Transform discarded toy parts into wild hybrid creations with 3D pens! Bring your old toys to life or whip up cool accessories, key-rings, and badges.
Cult film programmers Glue Gun present a screening of Jack Sholder's underrated 80s sci-fi action horror, starring Kyle MacLachlan.
Safehouse is open to musicians of all levels to explore free improvisation.
Formerly known as EMOM, Monomania provides a space for an eclectic mix of live and improvised electronic and experimental music.
Mikey Kenney is an original. A passionate and well-respected advocate for traditional music – a brilliant Liverpool-style fiddler drawing primarily on his native North West English and Irish heritage – but grounded in a present-day, urban reality.
A new community party coming to Brighton, inspired by the 1970s’ ‘utopian’ dance scene including David Mancuso’s The Loft, the Paradise Garage and the Gallery. Expect sultry disco divas, afrobeat, euphoric house, funk, soul, balearic, balloons, disco balls, apricots, bubbles, ‘lofting’ and love!
Ready for some drama to kick off the festive season? After being released from jail, trans sex worker Sin-Dee and her pal Alexandra tear through Tinseltown on Christmas Eve searching for the pimp who broke her heart. To celebrate the release of Sean Baker’s new film Anora this Novmber, we’re bringing you his alternative festive feature Tangerine (2015). When the film premiered at Sundance Film Festival, Baker revealed that the film was shot exclusively on three iPhone 5s smartphones.
A welcome return to the Rose Hill for this pairing of William D Drake and Crayola Lectern. Drake is a former member of influential cult band Cardiacs, and went on to release two albums with Sea Nymphs and a further five albums under his own name.
Presenting the second of our new ground breaking 3-part series re / shape / sound, we are proud to be giving a platform to global majority artists whilst being part of the movement to readdress the stereotypes associated with the experimental music scene. This series is supported by Arts Council England.
A themed free entry experimental film night with artist, musician and film maker Ian Helliwell.
Not A Band return to Brighton with their Xmas party. Expect festive takes on their back catalogue of TV / Film themes and memes, including Knightrider / Grange Hill / Axel F / Ghostbusters / Rocky / A Team and many more....With support from DJ Steve Baker and a quick Xmas Bingo session.
Luxuriate in the ancient and evocative sound of the Afghan rubab. Committed to bringing you quality music from South Asia, Mehfil Space is delighted to bring you Milad Yousofi play the rubab for the third performance of 'Mehfil - e - Rose Hill' - a year's programme of south Asian classical raag music.
An afternoon gathering with our local Ukrainian community, sharing music, food and friendship.
Mary toured in 40 countries with previous releases, recorded and produced with Canadian Psych guru King Khan and Hans Joachim Irmler of Krautrock pioneers Faust, and featured collaborations with avant-garde legends Felix Kubin, Die Tödliche Doris and Julia Kent, among others.
Jim White, noir- Americana luminarie, gets around. When he’s not releasing his own critically acclaimed solo albums he splits time producing records for other artists, exhibiting his visual art in galleries and museums across the US and Europe and publishing award winning fiction.
An afternoon gathering with our local Ukrainian community, sharing music, food and friendship.
Screening and launch party of upcoming I Am Fya AV album Homeland. 'Homeland' is an exploration of identity and culture, and radical self-love. A journey through nature, environment, and human interaction, captured during intimate family visits to Barbados.
Come join us for this monthly listening session, programming unusual sound-works, including music, from the present and the past, chosen by Sound Art Brighton artists and invited guests.
Escape into the realm of speculative futures, technological wonders, and alternate realities as we present a carefully curated selection of short sci-fi films that will challenge your imagination and transport you to distant galaxies.
An afternoon gathering with our local Ukrainian community, sharing music, food and friendship.
From the people who brought you Common Ground; they present their first event for the sonically curious, 'Goblin Pit'. Pursue your destiny...
We're delighted to offer you the second performance of 'Mehfil - e - Rose Hill' - a year's programme of south Asian classical raag music. Jason Kalidas on bansuri (south Asian bamboo flute) and Denis Kucherovon tabla.
A themed free entry experimental film night with artist, musician and film maker Ian Helliwell.
A screening of the 1972 folk horror classic, The Stone Tape, a portrait of sculptor Barbara Hepworth and the otherworldly Cornish landscapes which inspired her.
QUEER(JOY) is a celebration and showcase of LGBTQIA+ artists from the Brighton scene and beyond, with each event focusing on a different creative space, this one being poetry and spoken word!!!
Samana weaves together their distinct poetry, music, striking photography and fine-art into one unique project in the remote regions of Wales. Oscillating between melancholic ballads and spiritual experiences, their music leads one on a journey of cinematic proportion that evokes ancient beliefs, revolution, healing, fallen civilisations and intense deliberations of love, loss and death.
Stepping back onto stage with a new live set-up to unveil tracks from her acclaimed album alongside new unreleased gems, combining technology and soulful melodies with electronics and heartfelt expression.
Safehouse is open to musicians of all levels to explore free improvisation.
Brighton Folk choir is a community choir specialising in the songs of the rituals and customs of the turning year. We sing bespoke arrangements in full four-part harmony. Come join in the sessions!
WOOP WOOP COSMIC SUDANESE SOUNDS ! The Scorpios are coming to town. Not Brighton town but Lewes. Lewes Conn Club. 9 - piece epic ensemble with all the African and Arabic influences of incredible Sudanese culture.
Hill Collective will be bringing the thunder back to The Rose Hill on 2 November, after their sell-out concert here in April. Two magical one-hour sets, featuring their dazzling 2024 debut album Tonal Prophecy, and the promise of "a fully improvised situation using a very special secret technique revealed on the night!"
Live Music, Visuals and Art all under the same roof!
Come join us for this monthly listening session, programming unusual sound-works, including music, from the present and the past, chosen by Sound Art Brighton artists and invited guests.
This Halloween Brighton Film Club present a meticulously curated selection of bone-chilling short films from around the world.
Seby Ntege is a uniquely charismatic singer and songwriter from the Busoga region of eastern Uganda renowned as a master of half a dozen folkloric instruments, including the akogo thumb piano, endongo lyre, adungu harp, and the one stringed endingidi fiddle.
A double treat of new releases of avant - punk pop magic vocal harmonies galore!!! . Philippe's song craft balances striking fragility with a deep-rooted poetry of grief and praise while Sun Sun and the Blue Blue offer three synchronised voices woven around imaginal worlds and storytelling full of fun experimentation.
Safehouse presents a special night of improvisation, free Jazz and contemporary music featuring Japanese pianist Yoko Miura.
ALATI are a trio led by Norwich-based trumpeter Chris Dowding (trumpet & flugelhorn) featuring Brigitte Beraha (vocals) and Dave O’Brien (piano). They play their music set to poetry by Alice Oswald and Andrew McMillan and more! + Support from Olie Brice - solo double bass set.
A themed free entry experimental film night with artist, musician and film maker Ian Helliwell.
Take in 400 years of music in short sets from Brighton Early Music Festival rising star ensembles over a pint at The Rose Hill.
We are very excited about this rare opportunity to hear master throat singer, musician and luthier Batsükh Dorj all the way from the foothills of the upper Altai mountains, Mongolia.
A Celebration of Steffen Basho-Junghans: With Gwenifer Raymond and Buck Curran.
Kayla Painter is an experimental artist, musician, producer and DJ, having played at Primavera Sound. Awarded the PRSF Women Make Music Award for “Fractures” Kayla’s upcoming debut album (October 2024) promises to make her biggest impact to date.
Electric Blue presents: In My Skin (2002), written, directed by and starring French filmmaker Marina De Van.
Your favourite tropical disco is back! Boogie on down to Funk, Soul and Disco with Afro-Latin flavours from 1BTN DJs Chicha Morada and Nick Subtle, accompanied by live psychedelic visuals from Benedict Sheehan.
UoS Showcase is a showcase of eclectic musical talent from the students at Sussex University.
Kosmische Nights are proud to present: Kosmische 3 at The Rose Hill: more horizontal astral travelling. Live electronic music (and vinyl) inspired by the kosmische and ambient scenes from 1970s Berlin.
