Brighton Tattoo Convention at the Hilton Brighton Metropole in Kings Road. From today until Sunday, February 22. From 3pm on Friday; Tickets: £12.50. From 11am on Saturday & Sunday; Tickets: £25. And £45 for a three-day pass. BOOK at tickets.brightontattoo.com

Brighton’s eighth annual celebration of the world’s wizards of ink sees hundreds of tattoo artists travelling from Australia, Brazil and Whitley Bay to be part of the weekend.

Also on the bill is music by The Meteors and The Sex Pistols Experience, and the annual tattoo competition.

 

The Private Ear and Black Comedy at New Venture Theatre, Bedford Place in Brighton. From today until Saturday February 28 at 7.45pm (except Sunday & Monday) and an extra performance at 2.30pm on Sunday. Tickets from £8. Call 01273 746118. 

A double bill of Peter Shaffer plays, starting with a date from hell before a power black¬ out where nothing is what it seems.

 

Rye Bay Scallop Week on Saturday February 21 until Sunday March 1. Various times and prices. More info: scallop.org.uk 

Having supplied kings with the tasty shellfish, Rye celebrates one of its finest historical exports for the 13th year with a week of tastings, live music, special restaurant menus and the annual race on Sunday, March 1.

 

Modelworld

The Argus: At the Brighton Centre, Kings Road. From today until Sunday, February 22. From 10am. Tickets from £5.50. Call 08448 471515. 

From a First World War traction engine to Dr Who’s fiercest enemy, Modelworld has everything to inspire the keen modeller, and enough exhibition stands to help plan their next creation.

 

Tannahill Weavers 

The Argus: At the Ropetackle Arts Centre, Little High Street in Shoreham. Tonight at 8pm. Tickets: £13. Call 01273 464440. 

Next year sees the 40th anniversary of the Scottish outfit’s first album Are Ye Sleeping Maggie which saw the band first incorporate their trademark bagpipes into a folk setting. Also at The Hawth, in Hawth Avenue, Crawley, on Wednesday February 25.

 

Mr Sole Abode at the Connaught Studio, Union Place in Worthing on Saturday, February 21 at 7.30pm. Tickets: £16.50. Call 01903 206206.

Writer and performer Leo Kay is joined by multi-instrumentalist Daniel Marcus Clark to tell the story of an outsider living in a fridge under a bridge unable to function in contemporary urban life.

 

Vitality Brighton Half Marathon

The Argus: On the Seafront from Madeira Drive on Sunday February 22 from 9am. It's FREE for spectators. More at brightonhalfmarathon.com 

This year marks the 25th year since specialist HIV care centre Sussex Beacon launched the first Brighton half marathon. Get down to the seafront to cheer on both the elite runners and the charity supporters raising thousands for causes across the county. Pick up The Argus tomorrow for more details.

 

The War On Drugs

The Argus: At Brighton Dome Concert Hall in Church Street on Sunday February 22. Doors open at 7pm. It is SOLD OUT but call 01273 709709 for returns.

The War On Drugs managed to infiltrate virtually every critic’s top ten of the year in 2014 with their anthemic third album Lost In The Dream.

 

Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness at The Haunt, Pool Valley in Brighton. On Sunday February 22 at 7pm. Tickets £14. Call 01273 606312.

The former Something Corporate frontman introduces his self-titled debut album combining a storytelling aesthetic with electronic pop nous. Support from Sykes.

 

Heather Peace: The Thin Line Tour – Access All Area

The Argus: At Duke’s At Komedia, Gardner Street in Brighton. On Sunday February 22 at 8pm and 9pm. Tickets from £15. More detials: ourscreen.com/film-details/10233

Singer-songwriter Heather Peace is hosting the premiere of her debut documentary self- shot on a GoPro Camera during last year’s ten-date tour promoting latest album The Thin Line.