Brighton Festival

Brighton Festival is the largest event of its kind in England. Now in its fifth decade, it has become one of the major milestones in the cultural calendar, bringing an international mix of exclusive events, world and UK premieres, special one-off commissions and endless hours of entertainment to the city by the sea.

A thinnish books and debate programme wends it's way through the programme with a little bit of poetry, fiction, memoir, biography, songwriting, performance, debate and discussion.

When? May 2 -20th 2015

Where? Brighton

Who? 2015 - Kamila Shamsie, Jackie Kay, Zoe Williams, Edmun De Waal, Andy Miller +

How much? Various

Festival Website: Brighton Festival

Fringe Festival Website

Previous festivals: Sir David Attenborough, Kate Adie, Libby Purves, Simon Armitage, Kamila Shamsie,Joan Bakewell, Melvyn Bragg, Sarah Hall, Isabel Losada, Markus Zusak, Kate Mosse, Rachel Cusk, , Marina Hyde, Antonia Quirke Cosmo Landesman, Roberta Taylor, Alice Oswald, Tom Paulin, Jenni Murray, Jah Wobble, Jon Savage. Paul Morley, Colin Greenwood, Gavin Esler, Homi Bhabha with Anish Kapoor,Jake Chapman, Joanna Bourke, Edith Hall, Fiachra Gibbons, Bonnie Greer, Martin Jacques, Christopher Meyer, Howard Jacobso, Alaa al Aswany, Sheila Hancock,Michael Landy, Dr Ali Taheri, Julian Baggini,