Brighton Dome's autumn line-up: music, comedy and more

Brighton's autumn cultural calendar has just landed, and the Brighton Dome is doing a lot of the heavy lifting. The south coast's premier multi-arts venue, sitting in the heart of the Royal Pavilion estate on Church Street, has put together an autumn 2026 programme that spreads music, comedy, talks and family shows across its three spaces: the Concert Hall, the Corn Exchange and the Studio Theatre. It's a busy run for a building that stages more than 600 events a year, and there's enough here to fill a few weekends.

Music opens the season. Earl Sweatshirt and MIKE with HARRISON play the Concert Hall on Thursday 3 September from £35, followed the next day by Stereolab at the Corn Exchange as part of Brighton Psych Fest 2026, a celebration of all things psychedelic that runs across several venues including Concorde 2, Komedia, Green Door Store and The Hope & Ruin. Jon Anderson and The Band Geeks land on Sunday 6 September from £63.50, and Marillion bring Haunt The Woods to the Concert Hall on Sunday 13 September from £62, with doors at 18:15 and no unaccompanied under-14s.

Comedy is the other big draw. Kevin Bridges brings Here If You Need Me to the Concert Hall for a long run from Wednesday 9 September right through to Saturday 5 December, from £49.50, and Reuben Solo's Someone in This Crowd Will Betray Me (Revenge Edition) takes the Studio Theatre on Monday 7 September from £21, doors at 18:45 and age 14+. For something more conversational, Cory Doctorow comes to the Corn Exchange on Tuesday 8 September from £25 to discuss The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI alongside Carole Cadwalladr, with his books on sale on the night. Families are covered too, with In the Night Garden Live in the Concert Hall on Saturday 12 September from £21.

There's plenty of the smaller, more local stuff that rounds it all out. Saturday 12 September is a busy one at the Corn Exchange, with table tennis freeplay from the Brighton Table Tennis Club and an in-conversation session with Jane Horrocks, David Shrigley and Norman Cook from £12. The Brighton & Hove Comic Con takes over the Corn Exchange and Studio Theatre on 5 and 6 September, and the Brighton Dome Comedy Festival, run in cahoots with Komedia, fills the middle of October. Later in the season, the Corn Exchange hosts Natural Behaviour by Thick & Tight on 13 October and Congregational on 30 October, both from £10, and Inua Ellams' Once Upon a Time in Sokoto runs from 17 to 21 November from £14.50.

If you'd rather see how the place works than sit through a show, the Backstage Tours run from 7 September to 27 November from £14.50, and the venue's history is worth a mention in its own right: the building is more than 200 years old, starting life as a carriage house and stables for the Prince Regent, and every May it produces the Brighton Festival, one of the most progressive mixed-arts celebrations in the country.

A few practical notes before you book. There's a café-bar and a Studio Theatre Bar on site, and members of the Brighton Dome and Brighton Festival get 20% off at the bars. The venue is LGBT friendly, takes groups and offers family ticket rates, with wi-fi and guided tours available. No unaccompanied under-14s anywhere in the building, and stage timings can change, so it's worth checking the programme for each show. With the Royal Pavilion and Garden only a short walk away, it's an easy day or evening to build around.