What with the extended pub opening times, some of us have forgotten how to party.

But not the people at Komedia, it seems, who have launched a set of late-night gatherings to lure us out of the pubs for a change of scenery.

Every Friday, until 2am, the venue plays host to a series of music and club nights. These include:

The Covers Brothers, First Friday of the month, £5.

- You can't go wrong with a catchphrase like: "Taking you higher, taking you further, taking requests". Human jukebox Glen Richardson has teamed up with multi-instrumentalist Tom Arnold to create the ultimate tribute act. The pair, both members of Brighton Beach Boys, perform bizarre covers. They specialise in songs which are absurdly difficult for a duo, such as Mr Blue Sky, Bohemian Rhapsody and MacArthur Park.

"We spend most of our time getting to grips with the mountains of bits of paper thrown at us, challenging us to reproduce anything from a Nick Drake outtake to Queen's theme from Flash Gordon," Glen says.

Red Sea Social Club, Second Friday of the month, £3.

- Two DJs plus a performance DJ from the man behind Voodoo Vaudeville, Chris Cressell. It's a social club, so a meat raffle and a dancing competition are included. "It's a chance for people to meet and mingle and chat," Chris says. "It's somewhere to go to be free to do whatever you want. A little slice of heaven."

The promoters do prefer people to make an effort dress-wise, although there is no door policy. It attracts glam, kooky, like-minded party-goers, who you'd expect to see at Lost Vagueness or late at night in the Spiegeltent. DJs include Lornegerie, Stylus and Cruel Jazz.

Laid Back And Late, Third Friday of the month, £2.50.

- Another covers night from Mr Glen Richardson - along the same lines as The Covers Brothers, but this time he's solo, with just a piano for company. The evenings become rather impassioned as the audience vies with each other for which song they want Glen to play.

In The Midnight Hour, Last Friday of the month, £5.

Little Rik plays grassroots rhythm 'n' blues, funk and soul from the likes of Wilson Pickett and Booker T and the MGs, plus other tunes from the vaults of Atlantic and Stax, and a sprinkling of Northern soul.

"It's basically black music from the Fifties to the early Seventies," says Rik, who's been spinning quality vinyl for 30 years.

One-offs include:

- Timbre, Friday, March 17, £5/£6.

Production master Domu is in Brighton for a special one-off show in a collaboration, exploring jazz, funk, afro, latin and broken beat.

- Messin' Around, March 24, £6.

Featuring Jazz Cafe DJs playing raw jazz and heavy funk, with a live performance by street-fusion, dance performance group, Jazzcotech Dancers.

- Salsatronic, April 21, £5.

Playing the finest Latin and world music for the dancefloor, from salsa and African hip-hop to Brazilian breaks.