The Rainbow Chorus: RC18!

St George’s Church, St George’s Road, Brighton, Friday, July 17, and Saturday, July 18, 7.30pm, £12/£10, www.brownpapertickets.com

LGBT choir The Rainbow Chorus celebrates its 18th birthday with a celebration concert, conducted by musical director Aneesa Chaudhry, with accompaniment from Mojca Monte.

Lewes Speakers Festival

All Saints Centre, Friars Walk, Lewes, Friday, July 17, to Sunday, July 19, various times, tickets from £12.50, £45 day ticket, £80 weekend, www.lewesspeakersfestival.com

THE Beast Of Bolsover Dennis Skinner, best-selling author Louis de Bernieres and A C Grayling are among the special guests at this year’s Speakers Festival – which also includes debates on equal rights for men and the obesity epidemic.

Mutiny Festival

Fontwell Park, Arundel Road, Chichester, Friday, July 17, to Sunday, July 19, noon, weekend tickets from £65, day tickets from £35, www.mutinyfestivals.co.uk

HIP hop legend Snoop Dogg heads up the Saturday main stage line-up at the second Mutiny Festival, following last year’s launch event at Portsmouth’s Victoria Park. Also on the bill are Knife Party, Labrinth, Katy B, Rebel Sound, Nero and Maverick Sabre.

Walled Garden Music Festival

Brightling Park, Brightling, Robertsbridge, Saturday, July 18, and Sunday, July 19, 2pm, weekend £115, day passes from £48, visit www.walledgardenmusicfest.co.uk

ANOTHER new music festival makes its debut this summer, with a bill aimed at the classic rock crowd – including tribute acts Off The Wall, Absolute Bowie, And You And Yes and No Jacket Required, plus Cutting Crew’s spin-off project Three Wise Men And A Virgin, Lifesigns and spacerockers Quantum Fantay.

Esther Yoo

Glynde Place, Glynde, Saturday, July 18, 7pm, £25, www.glynde.co.uk/whatson

GLYNDE Place’s celebration of BBC New Generation artists concludes this weekend with a recital from violinist Esther Yoo accompanied by pianist Robert Koenig. The 19-year-old will play a selection of Bach, Beethoven, Debussy, Glazunov and Tchaikovsky.

Brighton And Hove’s Actually Gay Men’s Chorus: Masquerade

St Andrew’s Church, Waterloo Street, Hove, Saturday, July 18, 8pm, £12, www.actuallygmc.org/

MISS Jason and guest soprano Samantha Howard introduce a night of choral music to raise cash for an anti-homophobic bullying charity.

King Porter Stomp

Synergy Centre, West Street, Brighton, Saturday, July 18, 7.30pm, £6, www.thesynergycentre.org/

BRIGHTON ska-funk-hip-hop outfit King Porter Stomp launch West Street’s new 360-capacity community venue The Synergy Centre. Support from Kings Mews.

inChoir

Brighton Dome Concert Hall, Church Street, Sunday, July 19, 7.30pm, £15/£14, 01273 709709

MORE than 400 singers from 13 choirs across Sussex, Surrey and Kent come together for a fundraising concert featuring music from Frank Sinatra to Lady Gaga.

Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra – Summer Season

Unitarian Church, New Road, Brighton, Sunday, July 19, 5pm, £15, 01273 709709

THE penultimate concert in the BPO’s summer season sees pianist Rachel Fryer play Schubert, Haydn and Peter Copley’s Partita For Piano Quartet.

Jimmy Cliff

Brighton Dome Concert Hall, Church Street, Tuesday, July 21, 7pm, £23.50, 01273 709709

JIMMY Cliff, ska and reggae legend and star of cult movie The Harder They Come, makes a rare Brighton visit playing music from his extensive back catalogue of summer sounds.

Mary Chapin Carpenter

De La Warr Pavilion, Marina, Bexhill, Thursday, July 23, 7pm, £26, 01424 229111

QUINTUPLE Grammy Award-winner Mary Chapin Carpenter plays an acoustic show with Jon Carroll on piano and fellow guitarist Jonathan Trebing. Support from Bella Hardy.