What's On in Brighton

Sea Life Brighton - Standard Admission — Kick the day off with something genuinely wondrous — the deep ocean, right here on the seafront. Sea Life Brighton is one of those rare places that works just as well for wide-eyed five-year-olds as it does for adults who've somehow never quite got over how strange and beautiful sharks are. Doors open at 10:00am, prices vary so check the website, and honestly it's the kind of morning that sets a good mood for everything that follows.

CMR 6th Birthday @ WaterBear Venue / Brighton — Six years is worth celebrating properly, and CMR are doing exactly that at The WaterBear Venue from 6:30pm. Expect the kind of energy that only a birthday show brings — artists and audiences alike arriving with something to prove and a lot of goodwill in the room. Tickets range from £5 to £50 depending on how close to the action you want to be, which makes this one of the most flexible live music options in the city tonight.

The Wattles + Actrs + Mosaic — Three acts on one bill at The Prince Albert is the kind of grassroots Brighton night that this city has always done better than anywhere else — intimate, unpredictable, and alive with the possibility that you're watching someone extraordinary before the rest of the world catches on. Doors are at 8:00pm, check the website for ticket prices, and if you love discovering new music in a room where the ceiling is low and the conversation is loud, this is your Thursday evening sorted.

Sabotage Thursdays — When the rest of the city is winding down, Sabotage Thursdays at The Volks Nightclub is just getting started — kicking off at 11:00pm on the seafront, which is frankly the best possible location for a late-night session. Entry is between free and £4, which means there is absolutely no excuse not to at least pop your head in and see where the night takes you. This is the kind of sweaty, joyful, proper Thursday club night that Brighton has always been famous for.