1... Brighton Fringe: Crap Music Rave Party Spiegeltent, Old Steine Pleasure Gardens, Brighton, Friday, May 22, and Saturday, May 23 AUSTRALIAN cabaret star Tomás Ford hosts a party of very bad music – as previously hosted at the Perth, Adelaide and Edinburgh Fringe. Look out for Ford’s one-man spy thriller The Final Chase from tonight to Sunday at the Marlborough Theatre, in Princes Street, from 7.30pm.

11pm, from £6. Call 01273 917272.

2... Spellbound – Siouxsie vs The Cure Komedia Studio, Gardner Street, Brighton, Saturday, May 23 TWO giants of the alternative 1980s scene are put head-to-head with the promise that every second song will either be by the Banshees or Crawley’s biggest export.

9pm to 3am, £5/£4. Call 0845 2938480.

3... Fantazia Concorde 2, Madeira Drive, Brighton, Saturday, May 23 THE old school, jungle and drum and bass night makes its Brighton debut, with guests Randall and MC Lenni, and Nicky Blackmarket and MC Scratchmaster Techno.

11pm to 5am, £17. Call 01273 673311.

4... Gaudi The Coalition, King’s Road Arches, Brighton, Sunday, May 24 A 15-HOUR Bank Holiday seafront special from promoters Something Groovy, Psychedelic Sundays and Freak Bazaar, starting with chilled dub and house grooves, headlined at 10.30pm by synth-driven producer Gaudi and ending with progressive and psy trance.

1pm to 4am, £10. Visit www.coalitionbrighton.com/special_events/ 5... Freebass The Volks, Madeira Drive, Brighton, Sunday, May 24 A TOTAL of 20 DJs perform over 15 hours across two floors in a night of reggae, jungle, drum and bass, old school, breaks, garage and house, featuring James D’ley, Chris Natural, Kosine, Rob Overdose, Pook and The Jungle Rollers.

From 2pm, free. Visit www.volksclub.co.uk