Brighton Carnival, starts at Madeira Drive, Brighton, July 12

7:36pm Thursday 9th July 2009

Whether you’re a tinker, tailor, soldier or even a shamed banker, the carnival promises the opportunity to be someone else entirely for a day of vibrant colour, pounding music, kooky fancy dress and masquerade.

Brighton Kite Festival, Stanmer Park, Brighton, July 11-12

7:34pm Thursday 9th July 2009

The open skies above picturesque Stanmer Park will be filled with hundreds of kites of almost every conceivable shape and size this weekend, as one of the biggest events of its kind in the country gets under way.

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Uckfield Art Trail Launch, Wealden Skills Centre, Uckfield, July 10

4:49pm Wednesday 8th July 2009

With about 100 Sussex artists taking part in this year’s Uckfield Arts Trail, the annual celebration of local creativity has increased in size by more than a third from 2008.

Paddle Round The Pier, Hove Lawns, Hove, July 4 and 5

5:10pm Thursday 2nd July 2009

Whether you’re into racing kayaks or just want an excuse to get into the sea with your own home-made craft, Brighton’s annual beach festival is taking over the water around the West Pier once more. And it looks like after a disappointing cancellation last year the weather is with them for 2009.

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Hanover Day, Hanover, Brighton, July 4 and 5

5:08pm Thursday 2nd July 2009

Hanover Day this Sunday has the theme The Hanging Gardens Of Hanover. Residents are being encouraged to dress their houses with window boxes and hanging baskets, and visitors to dress according to the theme, as flowers, vegetables, bugs, bees or flowerpots.

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Clifton Montpelier Powis Festival, Brighton, July 3-19

5:13pm Thursday 2nd July 2009

Brighton’s third Clifton Montpelier Powis Festival springs to life this summer with authors such as Patrick Gale, Colin Spencer and Marguerite Patten appearing alongside musical talent from Glyndebourne.

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Thomas Paine Festival, various venues, Lewes, from July 3-14

5:07pm Thursday 2nd July 2009

Two centuries on from his death, the man once described as the Father Of The American Revolution is being celebrated in Lewes, the town where he lived for six years before moving across the Atlantic.

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Glen David Gold, The Old Market, Market Street, Hove, June 30

7:15pm Thursday 25th June 2009

The publication of Carter Beats the Devil in 2001 marked the arrival of a new voice in fiction every bit as intriguing as the real-life conjurer it evoked.

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Small Wonders, Boxbird Gallery, Hove, June 19-July 12

5:56pm Thursday 18th June 2009

Best known for her work with Topshop (her T-shirt designs sold out within a week), Zara Wood’s wild imagination has been given free rein in a new exhibition at Hove’s award-winning Boxbird Gallery.

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Sarah Waters, The Old Market, Hove, June 15

6:11pm Thursday 11th June 2009

Previous novel The Night Watch showed Sarah Waters to have a talent for more than just the “Victorian lesbo-romps” that put her on both the Orange and Booker shortlists.

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