What’s happening in Brighton and Hove this May?

13th May 2016

The month of May provides a treasure trove of treats in Brighton and Hove. Alongside the seasonal shift from chilly weather to beach ready, May is also festival period, offering an exciting array of art, culture, music, dance and delicious food to take you right into June.

We’ve put our ear to the pebbles and come up with a definitive list of what not to miss in Brighton and Hove this May:


Brighton festival

Celebrating its 50th anniversary, and with ‘one of America’s most daring pioneers’ in the driving seat, this year’s internationally acclaimed Brighton festival promises to be more vivacious than ever.

A sapphire in Brighton and Hove’s crown, the Brighton Festival is an annual celebration of music, theatre, art, circus, film, literature and creative thought and is one of Europe’s leading art festivals.

Known for its ambitious programme and drawing upon the city’s distinctive festival atmosphere, Brighton Festival attracts visitors from all around the world. This year the festival runs from 7th May - 29th May.


Brighton Fringe

England’s largest fringe festival has now exploded across Brighton and Hove. With over 900 events, venues that had previously lain dormant have sprung to life with the joie de vivre of a great British summer time.

Brighton Fringe sets out to celebrate a diverse range of art forms within an iconic city, loved by many and boasting a unique cultural heritage. Many Fringe events are free, so check out the programme today.  

 

Brighton and Hove Food festival

Tantalise the taste buds and take advantage of the vast array of dining opportunities popping up in Brighton and Hove throughout May.

The Brighton and Hove Food Festival is a year-round celebration of food and drink that puts local produce at its heart. The May stint of the festival, which also runs over Easter, August/September and December,  will come to a crescendo over the weekend of the 28th - 30th May for the ‘Sussex and the World’ weekend on Hove Lawns.

 

The Great Escape

The Great Escape takes place over 35 venues around Brighton and Hove and showcases over 400- up-and-coming artists from all over the world. Named as one of the top 7 best UK festivals for new music by the Independent, The Great Escape will run from the 19th - 21st May and with in promises to cram the streets full of talent for four days. Be quick, tickets are selling out fast.


Artist’s open houses

With over 1200 artists exhibiting in 196 houses on 14 trails across Brighton and Hove, the Artist’s Open Houses celebrates artists from a wide range of genres.

The festival covers five weekends - starting Saturday 30th April and closing on 30th May, each weekend artists all over Brighton, Hove, Ditchling, Rottingdean and Ouse Valley will open their homes to the public and bring you everything from sculpture and painting to textile design and jewellery. There are also many opportunities to attend workshops and watch artists at work.


May is a month of celebrations in Brighton and Hove. Even for those not planning to attend any of these events, the festival atmosphere around the city is enough to give this month extra sparkle. 

Testimonials

  • Excellent communication and advice throughout. It felt very reassuring to be in good hands.

    Mrs Brooker Buller Road

  • Sharon was excellent - kept us well informed, thank you so much!

    Ms Waters Cowley Drive

  • Very impressed with all dealings with Maslen. Paula Carter was in particular very knowledgeable and helpful. 

    Mr McBlane Hove

  • Thank you Paul and Archie, you gave an excellent service, as well as Kelly. I look forward to working with you again. 

    Mr White Fiveways

  • I would recommend Maslen to anyone. 

    Mrs Tripp Woodingdean

  • Thank you for everything!

    Ms Tucker Willow Close

  • The team worked very hard over a long period to ensure my sale went through - excellent service!

    Mr Patrick Gladstone Terrace

  • It was a long, drawn out process that the people at Maslen helped me through, without the impression that it was a chore. So extremely professional...

    Mr McLagan Lewes Road

  • I wish we had used you to sell our property! Nice to meet honest people, who are genuinely interested in helping. Very pleased.

    Mrs Porter Taunton Road

  • The sale was dealt with swiftly, professionally and successfully. Thank you Maslen!

    Mrs Lincoln Hove

  • Superb service as usual, I would always recommend you.

    Ms S Hike Blackthorn Close

  • I have bought and sold 7 properties, and this was the best experience of an estate agents services I have found.

    Mrs Shepherd Hertford Road

  • You were amazingly helpful throughout - a real pillar of strength with a very difficult sale.

    Mrs Parkin Fiveways

  • An efficient, professional and friendly service. Helpful and a pleasure to do business with.

    Mr Beddington Brading Road

  • I found the service to be courteous, friendly and efficient.

    Mr Upton Buller Road

  • A good team at Woodingdean helped us through a stressful time.

    Mr & Mrs Penton Sycamore Close

  • Extremely efficient. Nick and Paula are excellent. The weekly phone calls were much appreciated. 

    Ms Gray Lewes Road

  • Service exceeded my expectations overall at all stages of the process - I wouldn't hesitate to recommend you. Thanks. 

    Ms Greene Lewes Road

  • Excellent Service from start to finish.

    Mr T Mole Cromwell Road

  • From start to finish the sale was dealt with in a thoroughly professional manner.  

    Mr Gibbs Lewes Road

  • Best Agents in Brighton.

    Mrs Field Tarner Road

  • Thanks for an excellent service. 

    Mr King Hove

  • Great service, always polite and friendly. Excellent contact and info all the way.

    Mr Wells Bishops Road

  • All the staff I dealt with were excellent. Sharon worked really hard to complete the sale.

    Mrs Bent Falmer Gardens

  • Very, very happy we chose you, felt right from the start! Thank you!

    Miss Blackadder Coniston Court, Holland Road

  • First class service from a first class team.

    Mr & Mrs English The Ridgway

  • The whole team were very committed from start to finish.

    Mr Pilgrim Lewes Road

  • Good team. Straightforward. No nonsense.

    Mr Standing Newmarket Road

  • Hugely impressed with Ben & his team.

    Mrs Mead Upper Lewes Road

  • It was an amazing experience, everyone involved were fantastic. 

    Mr & Mrs Knight Woodingdean

  • Paula is amazing!

    Ms Aspnall Gladstone Place

  • Sharon was amazing! She kept us up to date the whole way through the process. We cannot fault Sharon or the rest of her team. 

    Mr & Mrs Ashley Woodingdean

  • I was new to the area and viewed a lot of properties with a lot of different agents. Maslens were by far the best I came in contact with, so when i...

    Mr & Mrs Heer Lewes Road

  • Sharon was excellent, she kept us informed at all stages and was a really calming objective influence in the process.

    Ms Frederick Channel View Road

  • We were delighted with the service received from all the staff with whom we had contact,

    Dr Crichton The Ridgway

  • Paula's role was brilliant. Having someone office based and available was so appreciated and her promptness an impressive service - every Estate Agent...

    Ms Wynn-Jones Baxter Street

  • Excellent service from the Lewes Road branch. Martin Timms secured a quick sale & at a good price & Paula Carter worked really hard to secure...

    Ms Schulte Bear Road

  • Fantastic service. By far the best agents we have ever used, I cannot recommend you highly enough.

    Mr Field Mafeking Road

  • Sharon, Harvey and James were all excellent - very professional. Totally opposite to what I have experienced with other agents. Maslen have restore...

    Ms Lyons Woodingdean

  • A very positive experience - I had most contact with the Fiveways office and they were so friendly and helpful.

    Ms A King Balfour Road

  • Best Estate Agents ever experienced - professional, approachable, competent and exemplary. 

    Mr & Mrs Guest Riley Road

  • Very pleased with the service. Many thanks to Sharon and the boys!

    Mr Flynn Woodingdean

  • Very pleased with the excellent service throughout. Professional, friendly, efficient and no hard sell. Achieved above asking price. Thank you!

    Mr Witten Lewes Road

  • The whole team were excellent, each one of them felt like family. Sharon had a lot of sorting to do at times but coped very well, a true profession...

    Mr Vernon Woodingdean

  • Harvey was helpful and easily reachable at the beginning of the process and Sharon kept us informed and was always happy to help.

    Ms Murch & Ms Mapa Ticehurst Road

  • Thanks David, all very professional.

    Mrs Flowers Foxdown Road

  • We were very impressed with the Nick from start to finish. 

    Mr & Mrs Smith Lewes Road

  • Many thanks to Nick. It was an easy process thanks to you! I'm extremely satisfied with how the sale went, great job.

    Ms Mayanobe Aymer Road

  • Very good service and communication. Paula was excellent.

    Mr & Mrs Scarboro 1 Pevensey Road

  • All agents at Maslen were extremely helpful and polite from the beginning to the completion of sale. 

    Mr Johnson Fiveways

  • The staff were very helpful, an excellent service. I would recommend you to others.

    Miss Hockly Fiveways

  • Paula was absolutely amazing!

    Mr & Mrs MacKay Lewes Road

  • Sharon and her team could not have done more in what was a difficult sale. 

    Ms Daly Woodingdean

  • Very comprehensive and professional. Nice people to work with and highly recommended. 

    Mr Alderton Ladysmith Road

  • Very impressed with the efficient and friendly service, the staff were a pleasure to deal with. 

    Mr & Mrs Gill Lewes Road

  • A really good experience.

    Mr Tibble Lewes Road

  • Thank you. We found all the staff knowledgeable and really pleasant to deal with. 

    Ms Ansloos Lewes Road

  • Very thorough & very informative.

    Mr Michnowicz Waldegrave Road

  • Very impressive - professional and friendly, both Martin Timms and Paula Carter were excellent at keeping in contact with sensible advice based on...

    Mrs O'Connor Hove

  • Maslens as a whole were really friendly and professional. I have to thank and congratulate Paula Carter for being superb at her job and exceeding m...

    Ms Warren Hove

  • Cannot express our appreciation enough of all the efforts made by the Woodingdean team - they were fantastic.

    Mr John Mogridge Woodingdean

  • Quality advice about when and how to sell, which was spot on. Thank you.

    Miss Coleman Buller Road

  • Excellent customer service throughout. I will definitely recommend you, and use you again. Thank you.

    Ms Longley Kingsbury Street

  • Excellent service as always

    Mr Field Ringmer Road

  • Exceptional service throughout the process - should we decide to sell in the future we wouldn't hesitate to use your agency. You're a cut above the...

    Ms Windels & Mr Barham Fiveways

  • We cannot recommend Maslen's estate agents enough.

    Many thanks to Paul, Donna, Janette and the...

    Linda & Les Wigmore Close

  • Very professional service. Thank you!

    Miss New & Mr Jackson Buller Road

  • Paula was fabulous and we felt really informed and supported. 

    Mr & Mrs Walker Lewes Road

  • Already recommended you! Thank you.

    Mr Edwards The Ridgway

  • Outstanding service from Sharon. James is an asset to Maslens & Harvey was so helpful and polite.

    Ms Cianchetta Selhurst Road

  • Ben was particularly enthusiastic and helpful. Martin, Paula, Sam and Will are all hard workers.

    Ms Goodey Franklin Road

  • Graham Griffin provided us, and continues to provide us, will all-round excellent advice. We trust his knowledge and expertise.

    Mr Blackmore & Ms O'Sullivan Financial Services

  • In February 2016 I was looking to buy and sell very rapidly. Competition among buyers at the time was very high. Sharon @ the Woodingdean branch sh...

    Ms Helen Lyons Woodingdean

  • As always, an excellent service. 

    Mr & Mrs Field Lewes Road

  • Paul Wilkinson was extremely helpful and efficient. The only problem was the vendors solicitor and Paul warned me of this. A good transaction all r...

    Mr Lavender Fiveways

  • Sold within 2 weeks for asking price "excellent!"

    Mr Grundy Bishops Road

  • We were very pleased with services provided by the Fiveways office.

    Mr & Mrs Sawyer Shaftesbury Road

  • Very happy with the service we got from you guys, everyone we dealt with was extremely friendly, professional and helpful. Thanks!

    Mr Brown Titian Road

  • Please thank Paula at Lewes Road - Excellent service. 

    Mr & Mrs Nuthall Lewes Road

  • Nick and Paula are total stars! They were incredibly supportive and present throughout. Thank you!

    Miss O'Haire Hove

  • All very professional, kept updated throughout. Very pleased - Would recommend. 

    Mrs Hammond Hove

  • The Woodingdean team were very friendly and approachable.

    Mrs Palmer Pitt Gardens

  • Paul was absolutely brilliant. 

    Mrs Tasker Fiveways

  • Ben and Paula were calm and reassuring throughout a very difficult process!

    Ms Easterbrook Bear Road

  • Very helpful and patient team.

    Mrs Shea Selborne Place

  • A completely painless experience from start to finish. Thank you.

    Mr Woolven & Mrs Bessant-Woolven Lewes Road

  • Brilliant. Well done to Sharon and the Woodingdean team.

    Ms Curtis The Ridgway

  • Thank you Maslens, you were all excellent!

    Miss Jasper Taunton Road

  • Compared to your rivals, your service was excellent

    Ms McGrigor Milner Road

  • Very impressed with the service. Sharon Wareham works tirelessly, very professionally and is always there for advice. 

    Miss Matthews Kipling Avenue

  • First class service. Friendly and professional.

    Mr Thorne The Avenue

  • A very committed team who made the sale process very easy.

    Ms Rees Ticehurst Road

  • Our local office manager, Sharon Wareham was warm and friendly and kept us up to date at all times.

    Mr Hope The Brow

  • Very pleased with the experience. I would definitely recommend you and use you again.

    Ms D Edmonds Horton Road

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