A Dark Day in Paradise by Clare Twomey 3,000 black ceramic butterflies descend on the sumptuous interiors of the Royal Pavilion. The butterflies cluster on the extravagant Banqueting Room table, across window panes, in roof lights, on mantelpieces and other surfaces throughout the ground floor rooms. Their sombre beauty is a reflection on the excesses and frivolity of the past life of the palace.
Clare Twomey is a British ceramicist/artist who works with clay in large-scale installations, sculpture and site-specific works. Over the past 10 years she has exhibited at Tate, Victoria & Albert Museum, Crafts Council, and the Museum of Modern Art in Kyoto, Japan. A museumaker commission, funded by the MLA and the Arts Council England
9.30am–5.45pm (last admission 5pm)
Admission payable

Hannah Carding: War A series of evocative black and white etchings with aquatint, illustrating quotations from different wars throughout history.
9.30am - 5pm

Reviewing our Archaeology Collection Entrance to Brighton History Centre Visitors are invited to comment on how they think the city’s archaeological collection should be used to raise its profile and increase its use. Enquiries 01273 296971/296972 localhistory@brighton-hove.gov.uk 9.30am10am - 5pm

Relax with drinks, food & A HAPPY HOUR  Every Tuesday til 31st October Why not try out the Amsterdam Restaurant's exciting new menu and enjoy some of the finest new world wines! Food served daily from 11.30am till 7pm. HAPPY HOURS - 9pm till 10pm Pint of larger from £2.40 Pint of Strongbow £2.50 White or Red house wine £2.50 Apple Sour Shot £1.50 WKD bottles £2.00 Food from our menu is served daily from noon till 7pm.
11am - midnight.

Local Musicians' Night TBC, but this night might be just me, Jane Bom-Bane with songs and hats, and Kaja, leaving the kitchen for a spell to provide rich harmonies.8pm
£4/£3

Rewind - 80s vs 90s pop hits, dance classics and indie anthems. Brightons new 80s and 90s night launches on Tuesday 28th September and continues every Tuesday, at the Concorde 2. Take a trip back in time to the decades of pop excess, bad mullets and dayglo fashion. The venue will be undergoing a retro refit, with a Club Tropicana cocktail and karaoke bar serving 80s cocktails while you sing along to your favourite hits on our 5 metre karaoke screen. In the main room our resident djs will be playing a heady mix of 80s and 90s pop and dance anthems, with very special guests from back in the day and covers bands of the artists who didn't survive. Rewind your pleasure sensors with our SNES games stations, Space hoppers, giant inflatables and club decor. There will be free drinks and prizes or the best fancy dress and we have our own fancy dress stall to get your mullets and 80s/90s club outfits from. So get your best 80s or 90s outfits on and get yourself down to Brighton's brand new night of classic tunes and pop madness.......! ! 18+
11pm - 4am
Tickets On The Door Only

Girlyman Everythings Easy In 2009 the #1 selling album on CD Baby - thats no 1 of 278,510! Winners of the Independent Music Awards - Best USA Singer/Songwriters Imagine if the Indigo Girls got together with Paul Simon and created Peter, Paul and Mary - only sexier!! We are hugely proud to present the first UK tour by a band that are simply mindblowingly brilliant. Progressing from long-time stablemates of the Indigo Girls to major American headliners in their own right, Girlyman are the kind of band you just never want to leave the stage. Think Simon & Garfunkel, think Mamas and Papas, think I must be in heaven. Wonderful stuff and with a large fan base before they even set foot in the country this tour will undoubtedly be the first of many.
8pm Show: 8.30pm
£10/£9 in advance

The Texas Tenors Over 100 million people from around the world tuned into America's Got Talent, last season, to see The Texas Tenors, who were voted 2009's Vocal Group of the Year. Now, for the very first time ever they are touring the UK! The incredible voices of these classically trained Tenors, J.C, Marcus and John, perform the most romantic songs of the last Century and bring their unique blend of gospel, country, classical and Broadway to the stage with breathtaking vocals, humour and a hint of cowboy charm. From well loved arias, to show songs, from Nessun Dorma to My Way, The Texas Tenors cover every genre of music, effortlessly!
7.30pm

Melting Vinyl Presents..........MT. DESOLATION + SUPPORT LIVE
£9 advance / £10 on the door

The Country Girl Starring Martin Shaw & Jenny Seagrove, THE COUNTRY GIRL tells the story of a once great theatre star who is down on his luck but has the chance to make a major comeback. The Country Girl is the powerful story of washed-up actor Frank Elgin, a desperate and demanding alcoholic who is offered a comeback chance to star in the next Broadway play by hotshot director Bernie Dodd. Believing the actor’s long-suffering wife Georgie is the reason for his decline, Bernie strikes up a stormy relationship with her - but in 1950s New York how far will a woman go to redeem the man she loves?
7.45pm