A TWO day dance festival may be on its way to the seafront next summer.

Close to 20,000 people would be expected to attend the electronic dance music festival near Concorde 2 in Madeira Drive, Brighton.

The proposed festival, which will be debated by the Brighton and Hove City Council tourism committee on Thursday of next week, is being pitched as an annual event. It would take place on June 9 and 10 of next year if given the go-ahead.

Organisers LWE, who are working in collaboration with Madeira Drive venue Concorde 2, say they are in “early discussions” with dance music stars Annie Mac and Carl Cox to host the two days.

In a proposal to the committee, organisers wrote: “Having identified a gap in the market for an event of this nature in Brighton, our aim is to deliver an annual event which furthers the cities [sic] notoriety for delivering diverse cultural experiences.”

The proposal states it will take approximately three days to create the venue and the stage - which would start at 6am in the morning on Wednesday June 6.

Then after the two days of the concert, there would be two days to dismantle everything, meaning the site should be cleared by 8pm on Tuesday June 12.

It would leave Madeira Drive cordoned off from Concorde 2 to Duke’s Mound for a week.

There would be two stages, and either two or three bars, with organisers anticipating peak crowds between 3pm and 11pm.

LWE state: “We will bring a musical line up that will be as colourful and cool as Brighton beach front itself. Two days of different music, both rooted in the electronic world that are credible with the press yet still broad enough to have universal appeal.”

The proposal promises to minimise disruption to residents by providing toilets and cleaners, with stewards preventing loitering.

The proposal also suggests that attendees could be encouraged to donate to the Save Madeira Terraces campaign.

The campaign currently has a crowdfunding pledge drive which expires on November 30.

It has reached 60 per cent of its target with three weeks to go, and pledges will only be charged if the target is achieved. The crowdfunding campaigns target of £430,000 is only a fraction of what is needed to restore the crumbling arches but is intended as a proof-of-concept and to help win national funding by showing the city’s support for the terraces.

It is not known what if any campaign will be in place come the time of the proposed festival next year, whether or not this month’s target is reached.