A new comedy variety show of stand-up, live cooking, film, clowning and story-telling.

Luma returns to the Rose Hill for an evening of live film scoring and audiovisual performances. Join us, as our four artists take us on weird and wonderful journeys through sonic and visual realms.

After collaborating with Ed Sheeran, Bjork and Damon Albarn, the record-breaking beatboxer SK Shlomo turns electronic singer-songwriter on his album tour, blending his innovative live-looping and breathtaking beatboxing with epic synths, crushingly honest lyrics and lush electronic layers. Massive Attack meets James Blake.

Nick Luscombe (BBC radio 3 late junction) and Director Neil Cantwell present Japan Sound Portrait - an extended session of sounds from near and far - live performances, djs, and poetry, welcoming special guest TA2MI from Japan.

Experimental acts from Scotland. Both solo artists, both stretching out and twisting up the idea a singer songwriter.

Three solo sets from three solo songsters

A new comedy variety show of stand-up, live cooking, film, clowning and story-telling.

A beautiful evening of Twenties and Thirties swing hosted by Mike the Mic the inimitable antics of the psychedelic sultan of swing.

On the eve of a Very Important Date, club europ express are planning a special, positive and forward-looking event – because whatever may happen the following day we'll still be European, and always will be!

Jouis [jhew-eee] : derived from Jouissance {French noun jouis·sance \zhwē-säⁿs\} - high enjoyment, pleasure, orgasm, super-metric groove, melody, harmony. “A multi-dimensional foray through an exponential wave”

Powerful groove-based trio centred around the Gyil, the Ghanaian Xylophone. An intoxicating blend of punk bass fuzz, polyrhythmic jazz drummming & soul-stirring traditional melodies beaten with joy on the gyil. “Dance to it, make love to it, stare at the clouds to it” Iggy Pop

Alex Rex is founding member and songwriter of folk-rock band Trembling Bells, Alex Rex comes to Brighton to play an intimate show, singing songs of love, loss and loathing from the new album Otterburn (Tin Angel Records). Misanthropy has never sounded so glorious.

Described as ‘London’s best kept secret’ (Max Reinhardt, BBC Radio 3 Late Junction), string duo Fran & Flora is one of the most innovative emerging ensembles in the UK. Violinist Flora Curzon and folk/experimental cellist Francesca Ter-Berg captivate their audiences with exquisite, soulful tunes from across Eastern Europe which they have learnt from many great masters of the Klezmer and Roma traditions.

For the first time EVER in UK Hip Hop history, an all female line up has united for a tour called Queens of Art, curated by UK rapper Shay D. Celebrating the release of her new album Human Writes, the tour presents Shay D's new music, alongside an all female program of high quality, handpicked female artists smashing it in their artforms at present.

A figure of cult fascination, his confounding genius was captured on film in 2016′s documentary, ‘The Ambiguity of David Thomas Broughton’, which featured contributions from folks including Shearwater, David Shrigley, Sam Amidon, and concludes with Broughton himself serenading a half-eaten sausage.

Mesadorm
“I have the privilege of listening to a LOT of great new music, but the new Mesadorm album Heterogaster is quite remarkable." - Richard Pitt, BBC Introducing

We are very happy to invite Diane back for another intimate show of her rad folk infused strange shanty vibes (is that even a real sentence?) This time with support from The Rose Hill’s own Avant- pop looping pioneer Bunty

Samantha Crain is a Choctaw singer, songwriter, musician, producer, and poet from Oklahoma.

‘An artist stretching out and eagerly grasping a whole new world, one that she should easily conquer’ MOJO

Dipper Malkin are rapidly earning a reputation for elevating traditional music to new heights of sturdy beauty and sophistication.