Duke of York’s – Cinecity presents: All Tomorrow’s Parties

12 midnight ALL TOMORROW’S PARTIES (cert tbc) Dir: All Tomorrow’s People and Jonathan Caouette. UK 2009. 82mins   In out-of-season holiday camps cult music festival ALL TOMORROW’S PARTIES serves up a heady combination of alternative music, crazy golf and chalet-living; all curated by a single band or artist.   Ten years on from the inaugural event this film is a timely celebration of what lies behind the success of ATP, the great music. Made from Super8, camcorder and mobile phone footage from over 200 film-makers, fans and musicians (credited as ‘All Tomorrow’s People’) who have attended ATP festivals over the years, there are also key contributions from Vincent Moon and Jonathan Caouette (TARNATION). Featured bands include:

Grinderman -  Sonic Youth  -  Patti Smith  -  Dirty Three  -  Portishead  -  Daniel Johnston – and many many more!

This exciting and engaging documentary succeeds wonderfully in capturing the uncompromising spirit of a parallel music universe.

• Duke of York’s, Preston Circus, Brighton, BN1 4NA
• Midnight showing: £6.20, £4.20 and £5.20
• Call for tickets: 0870 755 1228
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Komedia – DA DOO RON RON is 11! Presents Miss Fortune!

Da Doo Ron Ron get lucky with superstar guest DJs and will be spinning a fabalicious mix of 60s femme pop, soul sirens, sister funk and chicks from the late 50 to early 70s – pop ‘n’ soul tunes serenading the duplicity of love!

• Komedia, 44 – 47 Gardner Street, Brighton BN1 1UN
• www.komedia.co.uk/brighton
• Tel 0845 293 8480
• 11pm – 6am. £7/ £6, after 1am £5, after 4am £3
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St Bartholomew’s Church – Brighton Early Music Festival

Glorious Venice – an evening of choral delight.

Performers include Monteverdi & the Gabriellis, His Majaesty’s Sagbutt’s & Cornetts, the 1607 Ensemble, The Esterhazy Chamber Choir and many more.

• Prices from £3 to £20. 7pm start.

Calcutta – performed by Tempus Fugit

An unusual blend of baroque and classical Indian music with shadow puppetry, dance & drama telling the tale of a British traveller seeking his fortunes in India.

• £6. 11pm start. www.bremf.org.uk for tickets

Small groups of people (up to six) will be ushered in to a small venue
themed around an ancient out-of-season arcade.
Inside they will find the archana and signage of old seaside
amusements, wonky experimental fairground music, and three human size
fortune-telling penny arcade machines. In each machine will be a
performer re-enacting a classic amusement: The Laughing
Fortune-Telling Musical Clowns; The Graveyard Scene; and the Gypsy
Palm-Reading Machine. The White Night Penny Arcade will create an
out-of time space filled with awe and wonder.

The project is produced by Badstock Productions, a recently formed
Brighton based arts production company who have created live art /
music and puppetry performances at the Basement for The Twilight Club
and The Basement Bordello.

The ticket/flyer can be downloaded from:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=181375082906&ref=ss
http://badstockproductions.blogspot.com/

• Fishing Museum Kings Road Arches
• FREE! Drop-in between 6pm – 10pm
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Brighton Media Centre Presents BLACK LIGHT ON WHITE NIGHT  A night of Soul Fortune!

Come join us this Saturday to mark the winding back of the clocks, to celebration Black History Month and to have an opportunity to do something different in the late of the night.

We will be offering an array of delights, including Shamanic Pebble Readings by Odi Oquosa, Magnus the Masseur will be performing African Rhythms massage to African beats, there will be Mediumship, African healing by Noni Redding, paintings by Robbie Robb and there will also be a photographic exhibition created and curated by participants in a Brighton Photo Fringe community arts project to celebrate Black History Month and World Mental Health Day 2009.

If you would like to have a pebble reading, please bring in a few of your own carefully selected pebbles.

No need to book tickets. This is a FREE event running from 7.00pm – 10.30pm.
We are taking voluntary donations to raise funds for GUA Africa Charity – helping children in Africa on a more material level.

Brighton Media Centre, 15-17 Middle St, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 1AL

• www.www.mediacentre.org‎
• Tel 0870 416 3299
• FREE! 7pm – 10.30pm
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Chameleon explores ‘emotional contagion’ (ie how the emotions of one person affect another). For White Night, come and take part in Chance Encounters a series of extreme drawing activities alongside the exhibition which are speedy, fun and challenging.

6pm – Face to Face – Based in our temporary café. Drawing a portrait of your companion across the tablecloth.

7pm and throughout the night – Remote View – Using SMS, participants (who’ve signed up) will be sent a prompt word which they have to draw where they are with any available medium on any available surface (e.g. dust on a windscreen, food, steam on a mirror, lipstick, etc.). Participants take a picture and text it to Fabrica’s online gallery.

9pm – Emotional Rollercoaster – Using a selection of prompt words (undisclosed to the participants) and working with a life model, up to 10 visitors at a time draw a specific emotion on a pre-made face template. Discussions about which emotion informs which expression will be part of the activity, plus the opportunity to access anatomy books and other material (including the exhibition) about the physiology of facial expression. Individual contributions will come together as one piece – a crowd of faces showing a multitude of facial expressions, from ecstasy to distress.

11pm – Luck of the Draw – Visitors will be invited to draw other visitors as they interact with the work and the changing video images. This activity builds on previous ‘drawing to film’ events that we have been devising alongside the exhibition programme over the past two and a half years.

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• Fabrica Contemporary Art Gallery, 40 Duke Street, Brighton, BN1 1AG
• www.fabrica.org.uk
• Tel 01273 778 646
• FREE! 6pm – 2am
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The Royal Pavilion will be alive with music as members of the Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra and Brighton Early Music Festival play in the beautiful setting of the Music Room, whilst the Banqueting Room hosts a harp and flute recital.

• The Royal Pavilion, 4-5 Pavilion Buildings, Brighton, BN1 1EE
• www.royalpavilion.org.uk
• Tel 03000 290900
• FREE! 7pm–12 midnight (last admission 11.30pm)
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• Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, Royal Pavilion Gardens, Brighton BN1 1EE
• www.virtualmuseum.info
• Tel 03000 290900
• FREE! 7pm–12 midnight
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• Brighton Dome, Concert Hall Foyer (Church Street) & Pavilion Theatre (New Road)
• 01273 709709
• Open Mic 11.30pm – 2am
• Lucky Dip 10pm – 2am
• FREE!
• www.brightondome.org
• www.meltingvinyl.co.uk
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To celebrate Brighton’s White Night Festival on October 24th the Prescription Art Gallery will open its doors from 6pm until 8am the following morning and boast a fill program of Fortune-based events.

A Wheel of Fortune will take place in conjunction with local artist Pinky, where various prizes can be won with a spin of Pinky’s technicolour wheel.

Meanwhile an Urban Igloo will be erected utilising disused For Sale signs and inside local Tarot Card reader Euan Sey will predict the fortunes of attendees.

Parisian street art maestros Shaka and Nosbe will also be flown over to create live pieces through the night, before a spectacular auction takes place with proceeds going to fortunate local arts projects.

With three free gigs also scheduled across three floors, a full bar and films shown in the back garden, it will be a White Night like no other. Even better, entry will be free throughout the night.

• Prescription Gallery @ The Old Music Library, Church St, Brighton, BN1 1VE
• www.prescriptionart.com
• FREE! 6pm – 6am
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There will be a restricted capacity for this event and it’s on a first come, first served basis. The event is running for 5 hours so everybody will get a chance to swim however a queuing system will be in place. Please be prepared for a short wait before you get in the pool. If you intend to swim, please arrive prepared with swimwear and towels.

• Prince Regent Swimming Pool, Church St, Brighton, BN11YA
• www.cine-city.co.uk
• Tel 01273 841 680‎
• FREE! 9pm – 2am (last entry 1.30am)
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• Ground floor open for reading and leisure, films & CD’s
• Dress up as a famous person-hourly spot prizes for best costume/look-alike

8pm Fame and Fortune Film Quiz(mezzanine floor)

8.45pm-12am Live in the Jubilee Lounge

The downstairs night will be hosted by Jonny Wills http://ow.ly/pf9R.

Interspersed between the acts Emberhoney’s Taylor Damion will be giving a performance of her boho-cabaret songs on the piano. http://ow.ly/pf8m

9.45pm Bob James: music industry expert discusses fame and fortune in today’s climate of internet frenzy and record company upheaval. http://ow.ly/ta2V

10.15pm Surprise Guest: globally-renowned singer with cellist for one-off acoustic show!

10.45pm Hephzibah Anderson reads from her book Chastened. Copies for sale and possibly signings! http://ow.ly/pf81

11.15pm Dark Horses: fresh from their UK tour with Kasabian, Dark Horses deliver soaring vocals, haunting melodies and alt-rock fireworks. http://ow.ly/pf7u