We are the official Higher Education Partner of Brighton Festival 2024, the city’s annual arts celebration. The 2024 events run from Saturday 4 May until Sunday 26 May. Learn more about the events and see what ticket offers we have for our students.
About the Festival
Brighton Festival brings together performers, writers and artists from across the world.
As the Festival’s Higher Education Partner we are delighted to provide you with unique access to the Festival programme and the chance to attend events co-created by academics and students from the University.
There will also be chances for our student Digital Media Creators to get involved, too.
Ticket offers for Sussex students
| Date and time | Event | Venue | Prices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friday 17 at 7.30pm, Saturday 18 May at 2.30pm and 7.30pm | No Love Songs | Theatre Royal Brighton | £10 with promo code BF24TEN |
Win two tickets to Our Roots
We’re delighted to give you the chance to win a pair of tickets to Our Roots queer club night on Saturday 25 May.
To be in with a chance of winning, all you need to do is enter your University email address here before 12noon on Wednesday 22 May.
Brighton Festival on a budget
There are lots of free and low-cost events available in the Brighton Festival programme! Check out what's on in the Festival for free or under £10.
What's on
View the whole Brighton Festival programme.
University of Sussex Festival of Ideas
Our Festival of Ideas is back, featuring a dynamic and engaging programme of talks, events and activities, led by students and staff from the School of Media, Arts and Humanities.
As part of Brighton Festival 2024, we'll invite you to listen to bird song, think like a witch and feel the magic with Jeremy Deller! We were also official Education Partner for the Turner Prize 2023, so we’re bringing Turner Prize events to Brighton Festival.
And, in the run up to the Festival, our student-led Festival of Ideas events start from Monday 22 April - get ready for a mix of talks, workshops, round tables and performances, all free and right here on campus! More details coming soon.
- Sunday 5 to Sunday 12 May – Festival of Ideas: Bird Bath
- Friday 10 May – Festival of Ideas: Remember When the Turner Prize Came to Sussex?
- Saturday 11 May – Festival of Ideas: The Radical, Revolutionary Witch
- Tuesday 21 May – Festival of Ideas: Now That's What I Call Magic with Jeremy Deller
- Wednesday 22 May – Festival of Ideas: Radical Remembering with Subira Joy
- Friday 24 May – Festival of Ideas: Close-up
Festival of Ideas - events from our students
A series of free events led by students in our School of Media, Arts and Humanities are starting from Monday 22 April, on campus. Offering a range of events, from African storytelling, to roundtable discussions, to a letterpress masterclass.
View all events and book your free place.
Events in partnership with the Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts
We also have a number of events in the programme co-presented with the Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts (ACCA). View all ACCA events in the Brighton Festival programme.
Our place
The University of Sussex is once again supporting Our Place, a free programme of creativity, which takes place in the Brighton and Hove neighbourhoods of Hangleton and Knoll, East Brighton, Moulsecoomb and Bevendean.
This year the programme will see three Artist in Residence projects, which will culminate in artworks to be showcased across the city in May, covering themes of cultural diversity, identity and community.