An Alternative
Gathering
DIY live music promotions in Brighton.
Putting On Original Bands
Playing Rock, Punk, Alt, Grunge etc.
Not Interested in the following:
Pop, Indie, thrash, techno, covers etc.
I Am An External DIY Promoter At The Pipeline, The Prince Albert and Daltons.
As A General Rule I Prefer Putting On Fri / Sat Gigs And Sunday Matinees.
Sept 5th
Friends In Low Places
@ Daltons
Suicide awareness fundraiser. A whole day of live music, a DJ and raffle to raise funds for CALM - Campaign For Living Miserably.
Sept 19th
Flote Sulu
@ The Pipeline
An evening of grunge, alt rock, a bit of post punk and a smidgeon of stoner. Featuring 3 local bands and a returning East Anglian band.
Sept 25th
The Noir Mates
@ The Pipeline
A dark voyeuristic journey into the world of garage rock. We welcome a band from France alongside 3 Brighton noise merchants.
Sept 27th
Desperate Measures
@ Daltons
We're back at the beach for a leisurely Sunday matinee with 3 great bands, featuring some rocked up punk, post punk and classic punk.
Oct 9th
Borrowed Time
@ The Pipeline
Some high energy punk / rock from Gloucestershire assisted by some witty local punks and some south London pop punk with fangs.
Punk legends 999 are back by the beach for another Sunday matinee show with support from some other punk legends, Menace.
Oct 23rd
LoVeDoGz
@ The Pipeline
We have an evening of all things punky featuring some punk'n'roll, proto punk, femme punk singer/songwriter and some straight up punk from Barcelona.
Oct 30th
Killer tone jones
@ The Pipeline
A pre-Samhain show full of rock'n'roll voodoo. Mashed up blues, punk, psycho surf & rockabilly with reverb laden soundscapes and twisted gutter exotica.
Nov 6th
King Effers
@ The Pipeline
We bring you some punk, reggae & rocksteady from Sheffield plus some homegrown street punk with some upbeat ska and punk fusion.
Nov 21st
IO - Girl Band
@ The Pipeline
A mixed bag of punk & rock, featuring noughties nu-metal punk pop from Kent and some local garage disco punk, hard grunge and alt rock.
Nov 27th
Jelly Dive
@ The Pipeline
Still finalising this one, but expect some Parisian grunge pop with added local grunge / alt / metal and some shoegazy goth pop.
Dec 13th
criminal damage
@ The Prince Albert
Criminal Damage are back for their annual pre-Xmas matinee bash along with special guests, Face Up and City Riot from The Netherlands. It might get loud.
Feb 7th
Damidge
@ The Prince Albert
Our first Sunday matinee of 2027 features SE London psychedelic punks, Damidge. Raw CBGB's style rock'n'roll power. Supports TBA
Feb 27th
Psycho Jenny
@ The Pipeline
We welcome Psycho Jenny, a female fronted grunge alternative band from the north of Kent. Support bands still to be determined.
June 13th
GBH
@ The Prince Albert
The legends that are GBH will be in town for a Sunday matinee show next year, Criminal Damage and Razortooth provide support. Tickets on sale mid December.
July 16th - 18th
Bright'n Sleazy 3
@ Daltons
We're back at Daltons next July for round 3 of Bright'n Sleazy, the festival at the beach. Still got more bands to add. Early Birds on sale now.
