Jamie Lawson - pic

Brighton Dome Concert Hall, Church Street, Friday, October 21, doors 7pm, £19.50, 01273 709709

TICKETS go on sale at 10am today for this show by Ed Sheeran’s first signing to his Gingerbread Man Records label.

Jamie Lawson has previously toured as sole support with One Direction and with Sheeran himself.

He hit the number one spot with his self-titled debut album in October, which has gone on to sell more than 250,000 copies, supported by the hit single Wasn’t Expecting That.

Little Way Festival

One Church, Gloucester Place, Brighton, Saturday, February 27, from noon, £15/£20, www.littleway.co.uk

BRIGHTON musicians, artists and producers have come together for this new day festival in the former church turned community space.

The brainchild of producers Philipper Nash and Harvey Herman to mark the coming of spring Little Way will feature sets by Rozi Plain, Modern Studies and Rob St John, O Chapman, Strange Boy, Hilary Repko, Astra Forward, Grand Palace, Adam Stafford, Kristin McClement, Nick Austin and Emma Gatrill.

Basia Bulat

The Hope And Ruin, Queen’s Road, Brighton, Tuesday, April 19, 8pm, £10, 01273 606312

CANADIAN singer-songwriter Basia Bulat returns with her fourth album Good Advice, which was recorded with My Morning Jacket’s Jim James.

Since releasing her debut album Oh My Darling in 2007 she has shared stages with Arcade Fire, The National, St Vincent, Sufjan Stevens, Beirut, Destroyer, Tune-Yards, Andrew Bird and The Tallest Man On Earth.

The Wave Pictures - pic

Green Door Store, Trafalgar Arches, Brighton, Thursday, February 18, doors 7pm, £10, 01273 606312

DEFIANTLY cult trio The Wave Pictures are back on the road to promote new vinyl-only album A Season In Hull.

Recorded live over one day (singer and songwriter Dave Tattersall’s birthday) the session was captured using just one microphone in Limehouse’s Soup Studio. It follows last year’s Great Big Flamingo Burning Moon album which was recorded in collaboration with Billy Childish.

Wolf Alice - pic

Brighton Dome Concert Hall, Church Street, Tuesday, March 22, doors 7pm, £18.50, 01273 709709

STARTING the year on the BBC Sound Of... list, and ending it with Mercury Music Prize and Grammy nominations, Wolf Alice had a great 2015.

Now the quartet is trying to consolidate it with their biggest tour to date.

Billy Bibby And The Wry Smiles - pic

Prince Albert, Trafalgar Street, Brighton, Wednesday, February 24, 8pm, £7, 01273 606312

THE founding lead guitarist with the phenomenally successful Welsh band Catfish And The Bottlemen has broken away to start his own career.

This tour is in support of the Americana-influenced songwriter’s debut EP, following on from the single Waitin’ For You.

Walk The Moon - pic

Concorde 2, Madeira Drive, Brighton, Friday, February 26, doors 6.30pm, £16, 01273 673311

INSPIRED by the upbeat New Wave sounds of Talking Heads, The Police and 1980s David Bowie, Cincinatti quartet Walk The Moon have been building up a fan base through their energetic live shows.

The band started life in 2008, releasing their self-titled major label debut album in 2012.

But it is the follow-up Talking Is Hard which has seen the band make a few waves – topping the US Billboard Alternative chart in 2014, and breaking into the lower reaches of the UK chart on the back of the single Shut Up And Dance.