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The Brighton Festival- www.brightonfestival.org

The Brighton Festival takes place every May durimng the two bank holidays It was founded in 1966, and is the largest multi-art form festival in England. 

It runs for about 21 days with over 200  various places that take part. This year we are expecting over half million people to attend.

During the festival you will come across Children's Parade, outdoor spectaculars often involving pyrotechnics, and a great deal of theatre, music, literature and visual arts in venues throughout the city, some of which are brought into this use exclusively for the festival. There are street dancers, stilt walkers, fire eaters and jugglers to be found on your travels.   

There are also many Open Houses, where artists and craftspeople literally open up their houses for the public to view or buy their work.

You can read more on -  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brighton_Festival

Brighton Festival - the biggest and boldest arts festival in the UK, Brighton Festival bursts out across the city, throughout May, in a creative cornucopia of world-class art and entertainment.

Brighton Fringe Festival - running alongside the Brighton Festival, the Fringe is Brighton's answer to the Edinburgh Fringe and offers the perfect complement of cabaret, comedy, classical concerts, club nights, theatre and exhibitions.

Artists Open Houses - taking place every May during the Brighton Festival, Brighton Artists Open Houses is the biggest free arts event in Britain, offering a fantastic opportunity to see artwork displayed in a domestic setting, as well as buy affordable work direct from local artists.

Charleston Festival - home and country meeting place for the writers, painters and intellectuals known as the Bloomsbury Group, Charleston Festival conjurs up an impressive array of literary and artistic heavyweights each year for a rousing mix of talks, discussions, films and workshops.

Brighton Great Escape - Europe's leading new music festival, the Great Escape showcases over 200 new local and international artists across 25 venues over 3 days. Past local performers made big include the Kooks and Pigeon Detectives.

Brighton Kite Festival - Watch the skies of Brighton come alive with stunning aerial displays and enjoy activities for all the family in beautiful Stanmer Park.

Dress to Excess 

 This major fashion exhibition celebrates the 200th anniversary of the Regency Act by looking at the life of George IV as prince, regent and king through fashions of the late Georgian period.

Men's and women's costumes are displayed throughout the palace exploring themes from George's life and the stylistic influences of the period.

A new exhibition space, the Prince Regent Gallery, is dedicated to King George IV and also shows items of dress he wore, from a beautifully printed banyan of the 1770s to his huge breeches worn towards the end of his life. The most spectacular item is King George's extravagant coronation robe, on loan from Madame Tussauds, Merlin Entertainments Group and not seen in public for 30 years.

This is only the second time a fashion exhibition has been held in the former royal palace & it brings to life not only the Royal Pavilion's architecture but its rich collections of furniture, textiles & decorative arts. Admission charges to Royal Pavilion apply – Royal Pavilion.

The Royal Pavilion is a short walk from the Brighton Marina House and we have special discount vouchers.   

Brighton's Vegan Fayre 2011

11 am - 7pm at The Hove Centre, 
Norton Road,
Hove BN3 4AH

Admission free

The VegfestUK for Brighton is today March 19th 2011 and promises to be a wonderful event, specially as the sun is out and the forecast is for some badly wanted good weather. 

The first was in 2009 and you can see the poster opposite.

Entry is free and all are welcome. We expect huge number of people and may are staying with us at Brighton Marina House Hotel.

There will be literally hundreds of stalls offering almost every thing a Vegan may wish for. This will include food, bodycare, fashion, accessories, merchandise and information. There will also be a great line up of talks, demos and entertainment.

The Brighton Vegan Fayre is also about great entertainment and having fun as much as anything. You will find things that suite almost every one. There will be a something to keep the children amused and a place for campaigners and on stage you will also find poets.

VegfestUK is the brainchild of Tim from Bristol, who has previously run 12 large vegan events in the UK over the last 8 years. His wealth of experience and seemingly endless enthusiasm and passion for all things vegan has seen him put together what he considers his best shows yet.

‘The best thing about VegestUK is it’s free to the public’ says Tim ‘and it’s also cheap enough for stallholders too. We think we’ve got the balance just right after years of trying different formulas and we are so looking forward to Brighton for our first VegfestUK event before the big weekend VegfestUK in Bristol May 27 – 29th .’

Brighton’s 21st Half Marathon

Ten of our guests were taking part.

Brighton’s 21st Half Marathon was run on Sunday 20th February with over 8,000 runner’s taking part. Because it the 21^st anniversary of the half marathon, the current Mayor of Brighton & Hove, Councillor Geoff Wells cut a birthday cake on Madeira Drive, near the starting line. 

The start was at Madeira Drive, which is only 

a few meters away from Brighton Marina House Hotel. 

The Half marathon has become one of the biggest events of its kind in the south east and we are expecting about 12,000 for 2012.  

The is also a youth races but the start for this was at the end of Madeira Drive, very close to Black Rock car park. Brighton Marina House Hotel also had a youth staying with who too part in this years run.

The main idea of this Marathon is to raise money for the for men and women living with HIV. The main charity involved is the The Sussex Beacon (It is a clinical care centre for men and women living with HIV/AIDS. 

We are based in Brighton, Sussex and have a ten bedded Inpatient Unit as well as Health Management Services including, Anxiety 

Management, Sleep Service, Day Service and Women & Families Service).  

The race kicked at 9am with Mike East (Commonwealth gold medal winner and ex Olympian) supervising the start.

The Brighton Marina House Hotel is the ideal place to stay as you can walk for two minutes to the main road and watch the runners and also see the finishing line by crossing the road.    

Not all the runners were able to run the who distance. Some walked for a short while before continuing with their running.  

Some of the runners chose to wear unusual outfits. There was a person dressed as a skeleton, some wore cuddly toy outfits,  another wore a toilet seat and one person ran carrying a young child.   

The race was won by David Wardle, who finished in 1.06.22. 

There was a real carnival atmosphere at many points as onlookers were cheering and clapping the runners. 

We are already looking forward to next as we look to play our part in making the Brighton Half Marathon the most popular in the UK.