We love Grassroots Music Venues, they’re the life blood of the music industry, the breeding ground for the next big thing and the beating heart of your local scene. Without these 9 key cultural spaces and the passion and commitment their teams provide, Brighton wouldn’t have the rich, vibrant, diverse music scene we get to call home. Please support your local Grassroots Music Venues, you’ll miss them when they’re gone.

VENUES

1. Chalk

Housed in the Savoy Centre in the long gone ABC cinema, Chalk is Brighton’s premier live music venue and plays host to the Mutations Festival main-stage. In only a few short years since it opened its doors in 2019, Chalk has hosted such internationally successful acts as Bicep, Little Simz, Fontaines D.C., Architects, Arlo Parks, The Hives, Yung Blud, Bastille, Hot Chip, and many more

2. Dust

The latest addition to the Brighton live music scene. Dust is an intimate 200 capacity vibey basement live music venue that has already played host to some of the hottest new acts around, such as Hotline TNT, Sweet Pill, Courting, Billy Nomates, Snooper, and many more

3. Patterns

Patterns is firmly the beating heart of Brighton’s underground music scene. Built on the seafront on the former site of an art deco hotel, Patterns is infamous for hosting cutting edge dance music from the likes of Four Tet, Ross From Friends, John Talabot, and Leon Vynehall; as well as the most important new indie acts including Yard Act, Black Country New Road, Self Esteem, and CMAT

4. Revenge

A legendary Brighton venue and nightclub but a relative newcomer to live music, Revenge has quickly established itself as a quirky and fun venue for live music hosting some of the worlds hottest new acts such as Lambrini Girls, Model/Actriz, Dream Wife and more

5. The Folklore Rooms

The welcome recent addition to Brighton’s venue circuit, the Folklore Rooms is a beautifully intimate 60 capacity space above The Quadrant Pub. The perfect setting to kick back and discover your favourite new band, we certainly have here over the years

6. Alphabet

Strictly one for the audiophiles, set in a gloriously gothic grade II listed building, Alphabet is an acoustically treated audio-led venue with a high focus on sound quality. Formally the Rialto Theatre, the venue has played host to many legendary acts over the years including Mutations Festival favourites Future Islands

7. The Hope and Ruin

The Hope and Ruin is an intimate grass roots music venue and pub that strives to support the independent live music scene here in Brighton that has hosted everyone from the Strokes to Macklemore to Adele

8. The Prince Albert

A stalwart of the local scene, The Prince Albert is one of the city’s best loved music venues and family-run pubs. The first venue to ever take a chance on a concert from FORM Presents, without the Prince Albert and it’s "legend of scene” Will Moore, there would be no Mutations Festival

9. Green Door Store

Founded under the arches of Brighton’s Victorian Railway Stations, Green Door Store is an infamous and much loved DIY music venue and late night bar that has been a firm favourite in the city since its opening in 20211. If you want to make it on the DIY scene in Brighton then playing Green Door Store is an absolute rite of passage