Brighton and Hove Events Calendar

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This guide lists events at a glance, showing what’s on each month. See the highlights of What’s On for Brighton and Hove, featuring the best of things to do in Brighton and Hove – Live Music and Gigs, Family Events, Art & Culture, Food & Drink and much more. Brighton and Hove fundraisers and charity events.

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‘Rhapsody in Blue’ Jazz Sessions by Candlelight

Name: ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ Jazz Sessions by Candlelight
Start: 2026-05-05T20:30:00+01:00
End: 2026-05-15T18:00:00+01:00
Location: St Paul’s Church

5 May @ 8:30 pm - 15 May @ 6:00 pm

£9 – £25

Award-winning pianist-conductor Matthew Shiel leads his acclaimed jazz band on odyssey through blues, cabaret, ragtime and New York improv

Award-winning pianist-conductor Matthew Shiel leads his acclaimed jazz band on a swinging, toe-tapping odyssey through blues, Berlin cabaret, ragtime and New York jazz piano improv with poignant storytelling – by candlelight. Programme includes Joplin’s The Entertainer, Brubeck’s Take 5, Gershwin’s showstopper Rhapsody in Blue and cabaret music by the Jewish composer Erwin Schulhoff (1894 – 1942) – who for the ‘crime’ of composing jazz was murdered by the Third Reich.

Fringe Classics performances have been broadcast on Al Jazeera; have been commissioned by Dame Wendy Hall’s Web Science Institute (in association with the University of Southampton) and have received multiple 5-star reviews in the press:

“a most enchanting concert”

5*****

Edinburgh Guide

“masters of their crafts”

5*****

Binge Fringe

“profound”

5*****

Corr Blimey