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Volume 17 ·May A.D. 2026Brighton · Sussex

A calendar
of evenings,
by the sea.

Harbour Hall is a small independent venue on Madeira Drive, between the pier and the marina. Music, literature, film, suppers and supper-talks — six nights a week, all year, since 2009. The next month, in full, is below.

— The Hall · plate I —
HARBOUR HALL N° 218 Madeira Drive · Brighton
312evenings a year
180seats
17seasons open
6 nightsa week
Empty seaside concert hall with warm stage lighting and rows of timber seats
Harbour Hall / Culture
Music
Literature
Film
Supper club
Talks & ideas
Community

The month of May

31 days · 27 evenings on the calendar · the bar is open from 6.30 each evening, the room from 7.00, the curtain at 7.30 sharp.
Mon · 27
Tue · 28
Wed · 29
Thu · 30
Fri · 01
Sat · 02
Sun · 03
Week 18
27
28
29
30
01
Anna Calvi · solo▸ 19.30
Late supper · sea bream▸ 21.30
02
Sarah Hall · in conversation▸ 19.30
03
Wim Wenders · Wings of Desire▸ 17.00
04
Members' tea▸ 16.00
05
06
Ali Smith · on time▸ 19.30
07
Spring supper · Sussex lamb▸ 19.30
08
The Comet is Coming▸ 20.00
09
Quartet · Schubert Death & Maiden▸ 19.30
Late readings · poetry▸ 22.00
10
Sunday matinée · Tarkovsky · Mirror▸ 15.00
11
12
Maggie Nelson · new book▸ 19.30
13
Geoff Dyer · on jazz▸ 19.30
14
Members' supper▸ 19.30
15
Sam Amidon▸ 20.00
16
Brighton Jazz Co-op▸ 21.00
17
Open studio · the hall stage▸ 11.00
Tati · Mon Oncle▸ 17.00
18
19
Berlinale season · pt 3▸ 19.30
20
Lauren Elkin · cities▸ 19.30
21
Long-table supper · seafood▸ 19.30
22
Hania Rani · Live▸ 20.00
23
Brighton Festival night▸ 20.30
24
Children's storytime▸ 11.00
Late film · Sunset Boulevard▸ 20.00
25
26
Brighton poetry circle▸ 19.00
27
Olivia Laing · on the body▸ 19.30
28
Empty Plates community supper▸ 19.00
29
Floating Points · DJ▸ 22.00
30
Sea Strings · ensemble▸ 19.30
31
Members' brunch▸ 11.30

Coming up · this week.

— Week of 4 May —
WED · 06 MAYLIT

On the
weather of time.

— Ali Smith · in conversation —

The novelist sits with the bookshop's Patricia Linden for an evening on the seasonal quartet, ten years on. With readings, by lamplight.

THU · 07 MAYSUPPER

Spring supper ·
Sussex lamb.

— By the hall kitchen, in three courses —

Long-table supper in the upper room. Lamb from Plumpton, broad beans, and a custard tart for after. Pen-name wines included; coffee in the bar.

FRI · 08 MAYMUSIC

The Comet
is Coming.

— London jazz trio · the hall stage —

Shabaka Hutchings, Danalogue and Betamax return for a long set in a small room. Bar open from 19.00; latecomers seated between pieces.

SAT · 09 MAYFILM

Schubert ·
Death & Maiden.

— Calder Quartet · seated programme —

The full Death and the Maiden quartet in the round, lights low, no interval. With a half-hour conversation in the bar after.

— Membership —

Three ways to
belong to the hall.

Members get priority booking five days before the public, two free tickets a season, a seat at the members' supper, and the quarterly print journal. We hold 600 memberships; about a hundred turn over each year, and a small waiting list runs in autumn.

600memberships
2free tickets / season
5 dayspriority booking

Friend of the Hall

Mailing list, members' tea (monthly), priority booking on 12 evenings a year.

£60per year

Member

Two free tickets a season, members' suppers, priority booking five days before public, the journal posted four times a year.

£120per year

Patron

All of the above, plus a named seat in the hall, four free tickets a season, and the green-room invitation.

£420per year
A closer look / Harbour Hall

An evening worth making time for.

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Empty seaside concert hall with warm stage lighting and rows of timber seats
Culture / A sense of place
Make time for discovery

Come curious. Leave with something new.

01

Find your starting point

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02

Plan a comfortable visit

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03

Keep the conversation going

Discover related sessions, reading and opportunities to return with a fresh perspective.

Good to know

A few things
you might ask.

Do I need to book in advance?

Booking requirements vary by event or visit. Check the current programme and confirm your place where reservations are required.

Where can I find accessibility information?

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Can I arrange a group visit?

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