New Generation Jazz

The Verdict, Edward Street, Brighton, Friday, October 30, doors 7pm, £10/£5, newgenerationjazz.co.uk/

GARY Crosby’s Groundation launches a new Arts Council-supported project bringing rising jazz stars to Brighton’s hidden venue The Verdict.

My Life Story

The Hope And Ruin, Queen’s Road, Brighton, Friday, October 30, 8pm, £12, 01273 606312

JAKE Shillingford plays a warm-up show for his 1990s Britpop band’s national tour in support of their first new album in 15 years 24 Hour Deflowerer.

Coasts

Concorde 2, Madeira Drive, Brighton, Friday, October 30, doors 6pm, £13, 01273 673311

HAVING enjoyed more than four million plays on Soundcloud for their song Oceans, a performance on Made In Chelsea and a headline slot at New York’s Bowery Ballroom, the Bristol quartet play their biggest Brighton show to date.

Support from The Hunna and Dive In.

Deerhunter

All Saints Church, The Drive, Hove, Friday, October 30, 7.30pm, £16.50, 01273 606312

DEERHUNTER have turned away from the lo-fi garage that characterised last album Monomania for a more accessible but slightly more complex sound on Fading Frontier, which has already been cited as one of the albums of the year.

Support from Atlas Sound.

Secret Affair

Concorde 2, Madeira Drive, Brighton, Saturday, October 31, doors 7pm, £20, 01273 673311

MOD Revivalists Secret Affair return to the home of the Modernists to celebrate their 35th anniversary and the release of a new box set collecting all four of their studio albums.

Keston Cobblers Club

Hope And Ruin, Queen’s Road, Brighton, Saturday, October 31, 8pm, £10, 01273 606312

POP-FOLK five-piece Keston Cobblers Club showcase their new album Wildfire – which fuses their folk sound with 1990s synths and choral arrangements.

Destroyer

The Haunt, Pool Valley, Brighton, Saturday, October 31, 7pm, £13.50, 01273 606312

FOLLOWING the critically lauded adn slightly jazz-influenced Kaputt, Dan Bejar has returned with Poison Season which sees him explore using a cinematic string section to support his distinctive vocals.

Support from Jennifer Castle.

Sussex Chorus

Croft Hall, Burgess Hill School For Girls, Keymer Road, Burgess Hill, Saturday, October 31, 7.30pm, £15/£5, 01444 412579

SUSSEX Chorus marks the 70th birthday of composer John Rutter with a performance of his Requiem and Gloria, alongside a selection of Mozart and Handel. Joining the chorus and Lewes’s Musicians Of All Saints will be soprano Helen Lacey.

Joanna Newsom

Brighton Dome Concert Hall, Church Street, Sunday, November 1, 8pm, £27.50, 01273 709709

THE cult singer-songwriter’s cult singer-songwriter plays songs from Divers – her first full-length release in five years following the sprawling triple album Have One On Me.

Support from Alasdair Roberts.

Ibeyi

Concorde 2, Madeira Drive, Brighton, Monday, November 2, 7.30pm, £12.50, 01273 606312

FRENCH Cuban twins Naomi and Lisa-Kainde Diaz mix modern pop and hip-hop with the traditional sounds of their father, Cuban percussionist Angà Diaz’s Yoruba culture as on their self-titled debut on XL Recordings.

Will Young

Brighton Centre, King's Road, Monday, November 2, doors 6.30pm, from £35, 08448 471515

THE former Pop Idol winner showcases new chart-topping album 85% Proof on his first tour for four years.

Support from Lemar.

Sibelius On Sea

Unitarian Church, New Road, Brighton, Monday, November 2, 1.10pm and 2.30pm, £5/£2, 01273 307131

A DOUBLE bill of music – including three UK premieres - to mark the 150th anniversary of Finnish composer Jean Sibelius’s birth. On the bill is a lunchtime piano recital by Folke Gräsbeck from 1.10pm, before a performance by Sibelius One Chamber Ensemble directed by Toby Hawks.

Calais Aid Music Festival

Komedia, Gardner Street, Brighton, Monday, November 2, 7pm, £8, accakes@live.co.uk

MUSICIANS and North Laine businesses have come together to raise cash for the Hummingbird Project, which supports those living in camps in Calais as the winter approaches. On the bill are King Porter Stomp, River Jumpers, Autonomous Circus Collective and Invokal MC.

Prides

The Haunt, Pool Valley, Brighton, Thursday, November 5, 7pm, £11, 01273 606312

SCOTTISH synthpop trio Prides have built up a vociferous following live, so it’s no surprise to see them back in Brighton to promote debut album The Way Back Up.

Black Honey

The Hope And Ruin, Queen’s Road, Brighton, Thursday, November 5, 8pm, £5, 01273 606312

CLOSING their first headline tour with a hometown show, Black Honey have become one of the country’s most talked about guitar bands ever since Annie Mac and Huw Stephens started playing their debut double A-side Madonna/Spinning Wheel back in February.