Joe Strummer Remembrance Night

Komedia, Gardner Street, Brighton, Saturday, January 2, 7.30pm, £13, 0845 2938480

CLASH fans always have a moment of reflection at Christmas, as it was on December 22, 2002, that the punk band’s leader died unexpectedly at the age of 50 following a heart attack.

Now in its 13th year Brighton’s Joe Strummer Remembrance Night raises money for Oxfam and the Joe Strummer Foundation. On the bill are Clash tribute Take The Fifth and Groovy 101.

The Snow Queen

Brighton Dome Concert Hall, Church Street, Saturday, January 2, and Sunday, January 3, 2.30pm and 7.30pm, from £10, 01273 709709

BALLET Theatre UK recreate Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale set in the frozen North, as Gerda searches for her friend Kay who has been snatched by the titular icy monarch.

Worthing Symphony Orchestra: Viennese Celebration

Assembly Hall, Stoke Abbott Road, Worthing, Sunday, January 3, 2.45pm, from £18, 01903 206206

POLISH violinist makes her debut with the Worthing Symphony Orchestra playing Henryk Wieniawski’s Second Violin Concerto. Also on the bill are Offenbach’s overture to Orpheus In The Underworld, and a selection of waltzes and marches from the Strauss family.

Moscow City Ballet

Chichester Festival Theatre, Oaklands Park, Tuesday, January 5, to Sunday, January 10, 7.30pm, 2.30pm matinees, 3pm Sun 10, from £14, 01243 781312

THE company founded by former Bolshoi Ballet soloist and choreographer Victor Smirnov-Golovanov returns to Chichester with a pair of Tchaikovsky’s best-loved ballets. Swan Lake is on until Thursday, January 7, with The Sleeping Beauty taking over from Friday, January 8.

Penelope Isles

Green Door Store, Trafalgar Arches, Brighton, Wednesday, January 6, 7pm, free, greendoorstore.co.uk

A TRIPLE bill of new music headlined by the Brighton-based melodic pop-rock siblings Jack and Lily Wolter, with support from Allister Kellaway’s avant garde rockers The Mantis Opera and stunning grunge rock two-piece Atlas Wynd.