Barceló Brighton Old Ship Hotel

The Brighton Science Festival brings a range of shows to quirky venues, from libraries to pubs, right across the city. From demonstrations and talks to hands-on family days out, it promises to be a celebratory fortnight of science.

Brighton Science Festival Website

Forget the catwalk - it's the sort of models you make and operate that are on show at Modelworld at the Brighton Centre. Roaming robots, miniature railways and radio-controlled cars are to be found alongside demonstrations and a huge modelling workshop.

Brighton Modelworld Website

One of the most anticipated mountain festivals, The Banff Mountain Film Festival sets off on a world tour, visiting 30 different countries. Catch it at the Komedia Club, Brighton for some jaw-dropping and thought-provoking features.

The festival presents award-winning films with topics ranging from remote landscapes and cultures to daredevil action sports. It also features some of the world's best footage on mountain subjects.

Banff Mountain Film Festival Website

A new addition to Brighton's bustling calendar of annual events, the Brighton Marathon is the first English marathon to be held outside the capital. Benefitting from a beautiful seaside setting, it's already attracted interest from sports fans internationally.

Showcasing the best the city has to offer, Brighton Marathon's route takes in many of the sights as well as glorious coastal views and, no doubt, well-received sea breezes from the large number of participants expected.

Brighton Marathon

Where there's a festival there's a fringe. Brighton Comedy Fringe runs alongside the Brighton Comedy Festival but is perhaps even more outlandish. In the intimate Upstairs at Three and Ten see Edinburgh highlights, checked out by the organisers. It'll be a gas!

Brighton Comedy Fringe Website

Every May, Brighton welcomes opera, comedy, readings, screenings and theatre to its myriad performance venues for the three-week-long Brighton Festival. This year's guest director is Aung San Suu Kyi, whose motto for the event is 'use your liberty to promote ours'.

Brighton Festival Website

Every year, venues across Brighton play host to the annual arts festival and its accompanying fringe. The fringe festival continues to expand, taking in everything from cabaret to comedy, classical concerts and club nights, theatre and exhibitions.

Brighton Fringe Festival Website

Ranging from textile arts to beading, the Creative Stitches and Hobbycrafts Show at the Brighton Centre displays a huge array of new and established crafts. Enthusiasts can also take advantage of informative workshops and talks.

ICHF Events Website

More than 300 bands perform at The Great Escape Festival this year. Taking place over three days at 30 venues across Brighton, the music festival is an annual highlight in the city's cultural calendar.

The Great Escape Festival Website

Named after the country retreat of the group of artists, writers and intellectuals known as the Bloomsbury Group, the Charleston Festival celebrates a magnificent literary heritage. Go along to workshops and talks from prominent writers and artists, discussions, lectures and performances.

The Bloomsbury Group met at Charleston House and, in some cases, made it their home. The impressive building had its walls decorated by Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell and it is a fitting host venue for this lively festival.

The full programme is published on the Charleston Festival website as soon as it is available.

Charleston Festival Website