Brighton Festivals on this Summer
Whether you want to party all night or are looking for something more laid back our guide to all the essential Brighton festivals happening this year has you covered
By Charlie Walker | Updated Jun 11 2025
Brighton might not be the biggest city in the UK but it certainly packs a punch with it's lively summer festival scene.
Europe's largest outdoor Jazz festival, Love Supreme, is back for another year and is one not to be missed for Jazz lovers. For those in search of something a bit more cutting edge check out Boundary festival or On The Beach for more party vibes.
Unmissable Brighton Festivals 2025
Love Supreme Jazz Festival 2025
Glynde Place 5 Jul 2025 to 7 Jul 2025
Europe’s largest outdoor jazz festival, Love Supreme, returns to Glynde Place, East Sussex. Headliners include six-time Grammy winner Jacob Collier (Saturday) and genre-blending hip-hop legends The Roots. The star-studded lineup also features Maxwell (exclusive UK show), Smokey Robinson, En Vogue, Sampa The Great, and jazz icons like Branford Marsalis and Stanley Clarke. New additions include José James, Marcos Valle, Chucho Valdés, and rising UK talents like corto.alto and Liana Flores. With psychedelic soul, Cuban jazz, R&B, and funk, the festival promises electrifying performances across three days
On The Beach Brighton
On The Beach 18 Jul 2025 to 27 Jul 2025
The acclaimed On The Beach Festival returns to Brighton seafront for two big weekends, with a mix of electronic, indie, rock, and alternative acts. Headlining, we have Bonobo (July 18), Eric Prydz (July 19), Bloc Party (July 20), Carl Cox (July 26), and Kaiser Chiefs (July 27).
The festival—launched in 2021—has hosted Fatboy Slim, The Libertines, and Chase & Status, drawing 10,000+ fans in 2024. With a mix of live bands and DJs, plus support acts like Everything Everything and Razorlight, it’s a must for South Coast music lovers, one of the only opportunities in Northern Europe to have a beach-side festival.
Pride on the Park 2025
Preston Park 2 Aug 2025 to 3 Aug 2025
The UK's biggest Pride celebration features a star-studded line-up of pop legends, newcomers, big names, and gay icons for a jubilant weekend of celebrations.
Brighton Pride has unveiled an electrifying lineup for this year’s Pride on the Park, with pop icons Will Young, Natalie Imbruglia, Erasure’s Andy Bell, and Eurovision winner Loreen set to perform.
Boundary Festival 2025
Boundary Festival 27 Sep 2025 to 27 Sep 2025
Brighton’s premier electronic music festival, blending cutting-edge beats with a stunning outdoor setting is back.
It's back to bass as Boundary returns to its musical roots - drum & bass, UK rap, garage, jungle, bass, grime, and more. Brighton's biggest electronic music festival will sound fresh and look it too with a brand new site and stage layout. The festival brings together some of the biggest names in the scene alongside rising stars.
With stages hosted by iconic brands like SuperCharged, Patterns, and Worried About Henry, Boundary offers an immersive experience where thumping basslines and euphoric drops meet a high-energy crowd.
Wakehurst’s Wanderwild
Wakehurst 17 Jul 2025 to 19 Jul 2025
An unforgettable twilight circus set against the background of a summer evening outdoors.
This summer, Wakehurst will be hosting Wanderwild a summer festival experience with three nights of music and dance outdoors. Following its sell-out success last year, Wanderwild will once again bring an exciting fusion of award-winning talent from the West End to an al-fresco stage at Kew’s wild botanic garden in Sussex.
A biodiverse tapestry of woodlands, swaying grasses, and tranquil water gardens forms the ideal setting for this unique night out in nature.
Brighton Psych Fest 2025
Numerous venues 29 Aug 2025
A celebration of all things psychedelic, the multi-venue, cross-city festival sees a few big names and a lot of smaller names bring the psych vibes to the South coast for a busy bank holiday weekend.
Brighton Psych Fest has unveiled its second wave of artists for the 2025 festival, set to take place on Friday, 29th August across multiple iconic Brighton venues. These include Concorde 2, The Hope & Ruin, Green Door Store, Komedia, The Prince Albert, with additional locations still to be announced.
For fans of alternative and psychedelic sounds, Brighton Psych Fest 2025 offers a must-see lineup in one of the UK’s most vibrant musical cities. Keep an eye out for further updates as the festival takes shape.
Brighton Early Music Festival 2025
Various Locations 10 Oct 2025 to 26 Oct 2025
The Brighton Early Music Festival (BREMF) is an annual celebration of historical music, blending classical, folk, and world traditions from the medieval era to the early 1800s. Through concerts, workshops, and educational events across Brighton and Hove, BREMF champions historically informed performance, reviving the sounds composers originally envisioned, played on period instruments by specialist musicians.
Held across the city, BREMF brings its performances to life in some of the city's most unique spaces, with up to 15 different venues each year, this year including seven churches, and discovering these hidden gems is all part of the BREMF experience.