The Polyphonic Spree

Concorde 2, Madeira Drive, Brighton, Friday, September 4, 7pm, £17.50, 01273 673311

TIM Delaughter’s berobed choral symphonic rock group celebrates the 15th anniversary of debut album The Beginning Stages Of... by performing it in its entirety.

Brighton Speed Trials

Madeira Drive, Brighton, Saturday, September 5, 9am to 6pm, from £12, www.brightonandhovemotorclub.co.uk

CELEBRATING 110 years since its first seafront event the Brighton Speed Trials sees the fastest vintage and contemporary cars and motorbikes try to reach top speeds along a quarter-mile course. Pay to watch from the paddock and look at the cars, or watch from the roadway.

Into The Trees

Pippingford Park, Saturday, September 5, and Sunday, September 6, 10am to 5pm, £8/£10, www.intothetrees.co.uk

A NEW family event from the team behind Elderflower Fields Festival offering the chance to learn new crafts, explore nature trails and climb trees.

David Gilmour

Brighton Centre, King’s Road, Saturday, September 5, 7.30pm, from £40, 08448 471515

AN exclusive preview show as the Pink Floyd frontman and Hove resident heads out on his first solo tour in almost a decade to promote new album Rattle That Lock.

Sam Sweeney’s Fiddle

Ropetackle Arts Centre, Little High Street, Shoreham, Sunday, September 6, 8pm, £15, 01273 464440

BELLOWHEAD’S fiddle player Sam Sweeney has collaborated with story-teller Hugh Lupton and bandmates Paul Sartin and Rob Habron to tell the astonishing tale of a violin left unfinished when its creator went to fight in the Great War.

Alvvays

Concorde 2, Madeira Drive, Brighton, Monday, September 7, 7.30pm, £12, 01273 673311

THE Canadian indie-pop outfit follow-up their critically acclaimed self-titled debut last year with a UK tour.

Andrew Combs

Prince Albert, Trafalgar Street, Brighton, Monday, September 7, 8pm, £9.90, 01273 606312

NASHVILLE songwriter Andrew Combs makes a rare UK visit to promote his second album All These Dreams, with support from Portland’s Barna Howard.

Wand

Green Door Store, Trafalgar Arches, Brighton, Tuesday, September 8, 7pm, £10, 01273 606312

LA psych-rockers Wand play tracks from their second full-length album Golem, which mixes Ty Segall-style guitar heaviness with synthesiser squiggles.

Sick On You

Houseboat Fische, Shoreham Harbour, Tuesday, September 8, 7pm, £10, 01273 725306

ANDREW Matheson tells the story of the UK’s great lost punk band, The Hollywood Brats, based on his new book Sick On You.

Photos With My Son

Komedia, Gardner Street, Brighton, Tuesday, September 8, 8pm, £8, 0845 2938480

COMEDY writer and Steve Coogan collaborator Henry Normal performs a night of poetry, humour and family photos about being the parent of an autistic child, to raise money for the charity Amaze.

Great Lake Swimmers

The Hope And Ruin, Queen’s Road, Brighton, Thursday, September 10, 8pm, £10, 01273 606312

RETURNING with their sixth album A Forest Of Arms, Canada’s Great Lake Swimmers combine Americana staples such as violin, banjo and acoustic guitar with Tony Dekker’s stunning melodic songwriting.

Courage

The Connaught, Union Place, Worthing, Thursday, September 10, 2pm and 7.30pm, £14/ £12.50, 01903 206206

ROSS Muir tells the story of Peter Pan creator J M Barrie adapted by John Pielmeier from his own words in an address to students at Edinburgh’s St Andrews College in 1922.

Fake It ‘Til You Make It

Brighton Dome Studio Theatre, New Road, Thursday, September 10, and Friday, September 11, 8pm, £14/£12, 01273 709709

PERFORMANCE artist Bryony Kimmings and advertising account manager Tim Grayburn examine the issue of clinical depression in men based around Tim’s own experiences in this Edinburgh Fringe First-winner.

Iain Lee Vs Radio

Komedia, Gardner Street, Brighton, Thursday, September 10, 8pm, £15/£12, 0845 2938480

BROADCASTER Iain Lee’s first solo show focuses on the moments in radio that the DJs would rather you forgot.

• Pick up The Guide next Friday, September 11 for an interview with Jasper Carrott.