The Forum Basement

Open Mic nights return to the Forum Basement (located at the Sussex Arms)

Everyone’s welcome to come along and have a play. We’ll provide amps, PA and mics. So bring your voice/guitar/percussion/anything else you want.

Starts at 7:30. You can call or message the Sussex to reserve a slot, or just turn up on the night.

Please note, under 18’s must be accompanied by a parent/guardian

Sea Driver

Kent based post-punk for hermits, musos and BetFred entrepreneurs. Dancing rhythms and B-movie guitars peering into British politics, public discourse and self medication. Two Eps deep since 2021, featuring on BBC introducing, spotlighted by The Unsigned Guide and nominated for independent radio awards.

The Far Field

or bandmates Nicola Tee, Katie King, Dan Lucas, Adam McVey and Cam Sheppard, the sprawling fields and forests of Kent offer the backdrop which has inspired the bands emotive and cinematic indie aura.

Taking influences from post-rock, post-punk and 90’s emo, The Far Field have been described as a cross between Band Of Horses and The Appleseed Cast, but with beautiful Alvvays inspired female vocals.

Pleasance

4 piece Alt-rock band from Brighton England. Inspired by wolf Alice, black honey, and Group love, we mix chill indie melodies witch powerful grunge instrumentals.

Apollo Ray is a new solo project from London based multi-instrumentalist and producer Louis Pavlo. Blending a wide range of influences into his unique take on the modern world. In space.

“For fans of The Smile, Stereolab, Pet Sounds, David Bowie, Claude Debussy and Twin Peaks. A space wave trip of haunting cinematic melodies and planet sized grooves, interweaved with an introspective journey of discovery and growth”

Krow Tao is a unique blend of original, genre defying songs, looped phrases and rhythms, shifting melodic lines, grooves and riffs, which build and flow around multi-layered musical settings.

Psych folk loops, unique original songs, electric finger style guitar, syncopated grooves and ear worm melodies.

Krow Tao is the latest incarnation of songwriter, guitarist and singer Michael Crowther. Formerly frontman and guitarist for psych-folk-rock band Son of Kirk.

Irish Music Night at The Sussex Arms – Free Entry

The Sussex Arms are bringing the true Irish spirit to the Pantiles! Join us for an afternoon of live traditional Irish, Cornish, Folk, and old-time tunes with some of the county’s finest session players. If you’re a fan of the Pogues, the Dubliners, or new folk legends like Lankum, this is for you. Our handpicked Celtic Session band is here to bring ‘Trad’ back to where it belongs – in the heart of the pub.

So grab a pint of Guinness, get cosy by the fire, and settle in for some of the best ‘Trad’ this side of Dublin. Sláinte!

Dealing in sweaty groove and physical menace, Sex Swing are musically tied to an England both squalid and hallucinatory: rain-soaked and rat-bitten but also (genuinely) psychedelic. Because while psych – a contentious phrase at the best of times – is often thought of in terms of beatific hypercolour and can readily encompass everything from jangling 60’s revivalists to bedroom laptop alchemists, Sex Swing operate at the brutal end: a greyscale dockland in a warped hive mind screwed by lack of sleep and haunted by the twisted waking dreams that inevitably ensue. Waves of cranial discomfort tempered by the pure physical release of the music.

For Ash Dodd music is a vital means of expression. A self-proclaimed ‘awkward 18-year-old’, Ash discovered the purest way to communicate what’s going on inside their head is through music. Exploring topics prevalent in the collective consciousness of Gen Z including the mental health pandemic, social isolation and the universal experience of a teenage crush – Ash has an inherent ability to empathise with those around them and speak directly to the listener. Inspired by the emotional soundscapes of Phoebe Bridgers, Billie Eilish and fellow Sussex songwriter Maisie Peters, Ash aspires to transform sadness into beauty and hopes their music can help those in similar situations find comfort.