The Secret Comedy Club Fridays

The Secret Comedy Club Fridays are running every Friday night at Artista in Brighton, with a long stretch of dates starting 31 July and continuing through to 23 October. It's a residency rather than a one-off, so if you miss one, there's another the following week. The nights run from 19:00 to 22:30, though you'll want to note that the later ones — 9, 16 and 23 October — finish a bit earlier, at 20:00.

Each night brings a new line-up, a different headliner and a new MC, so no two Fridays are the same. The club bills itself as Brighton's only grassroots comedy club running five nights a week and as the city's friendliest independent venue, and it's held onto that reputation — the audience voted it Best Brighton Fringe Venue. The room is cosy and intimate, and they run a strict no-heckling policy, which puts it in a different bracket from some of the bigger, louder comedy rooms around town.

It's a 16+ room, and over the years it's drawn a long list of acts who've gone on to appear on Live at the Apollo. Dane Baptiste, the first black British act nominated for a BAFTA for stand-up, is one of them, alongside Zoe Lyons, Henning Wehn, Simon Evans and Adam Bloom. It's the kind of place that works as well for a casual night out as it does for someone who follows the circuit.

Tickets are £12.00, and the club is at Artista, 42 Brighton Square, BN1 4HD. With the dates running from 31 July right through to 23 October, you've got plenty of Fridays to choose from.