Free and cheap things to do in March
March is here! Why not celebrate and save your pennies at the same time by getting along to one of the great free and cheap events across Brighton. Take your pick from photography workshops, live music, exhibitions, quizzes, St. Patrick’s Day celebrations, comedy, sponsored runs plus a Women’s Day Spectacular and a chocolate festival.
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Nude Model Photography Methodology – The Warehouse Gallery
Covering all aspects from planning a shoot to execution. This workshop will be interactive, with a nude model and with exercises based on the workshop content, whereby you will be tasked with taking a great nude photograph by the end of the night.
Weds 5th March
7pm – £10
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SED Records UK Presents: Hornet + Support– Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar
Hornet mix rock, punk and metal together to create their individual brand of heavy music. Reckless Ambition are a four piece Hard Rock band from the South East of England. Speed rockers Whitemare strip rock’n’roll down to raw grooves. Brighton’s Rory Indiana infuse distorted guitar riffs and nutty bass lines.
Thurs 6th March
7:30pm – £5
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Fun Quiz: International Women’s Day – Marlborough Pub
Lorraine Bowen hosts quizzing you on general knowledge and great women. Prizes of the surreal charity shop genre. All proceeds to Brighton Women’s Centre.
Thurs 6th March
8:30pm – £2
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Yvonne Coomber Solo Show – Art 5 Gallery
Come and see this exclusive exhibition, and lose yourself in Yvonne’s vision of nature as a magical wonderland! Art5 Gallery is delighted to announce Yvonne Coomber’s first ever solo show in Sussex, exhibiting a brand new collection of her vibrant signature florals, as well as exclusively unveiling an exciting new style!
Sat 8th – Sun 16th March
10am – free
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Traumfrau & Pink Fringe Presents: Women’s Day Spectacular – The Wagner Hall
Pink Fringe & Traumfrau have joined force to bring you the best of two worlds. A night of interestingly different performances and participatory art, a warehouse of things happening to and with the audience, a garden of wild things, followed by a dancefloor with a twist.
Sat 8th March
9pm – £7
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The Vibrators – The Prince Albert
A top night of old school Punk from one of the original bands from the start, The Vibrators at one of Brighton’s best live venues. With 30 + albums under their belt, the band are as strong as ever and gigging all over Europe this year and continuing around Canada and Australia, on release of the new album: “On the guest list”.
Sat 15th March
7:45 pm – £7
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St Patricks Day – Across Brighton
Most of the best St. Patrick´s Day celebrations are happening on Saturday 15th March this year, check out our calendar for the day and take your pick from themed menus, competitions, live music and of course lots of Guiness.
Sat 15th March
Various Times
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The Quint Fontana 2014 Comeback Special – Upstairs at Three and Ten
Backed by his long suffering keyboard player Tony Lakeside, Quint brings you a show packed with songs, stories, tears, laughter, revenge, pathos, derision, shouting, discomfort, posturing and massive delusions of grandeur. Can he hold it together? Probably not! Read our preview HERE
Sat 22nd March
8pm – £7,50
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Sport Relief 2014: The Brighton & Hove Mile – Brighton Big Wheel
Why not get down to the Seafront to see hundreds of locals getting on their marks, set and go for Sport Relief. There will also be an exhibition race at 10am of Land Paddling on the race circuit first so don’t be late.
Sun 23rd March
Free (Unless you want to enter!)
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Ben Norris: Mr Ambiguousness – Komedia
After a fantastic time supporting Ed Byrne on his national tour Ben Norris is hitting the road on his own. Ben’s TV credits include, Mock The Week (BBC2), They Think It’s All Over (BBC1), and Never Mind The Buzzcocks (BBC2).
Weds 26th March
8pm – £10
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Lout presents: DAN CROLL + We The Wild + Jack Garratt – The Haunt
He’s the electro boy with links to the folk scene (Communion Records discovered him and included one of his tracks on their recent New Faces compilation), a multi-instrumentalist whose songwriting prowess has impressed everyone from former Beatles to legends in the world of fashion and design.
Thurs 27th March
7pm – £8
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WWF Earth Hour Healthwalk 2014 – Brighton Bandstand and Seafront
Join the 6th annual special Healthwalk to help mark the biggest environmental event in history, Earth Hour. Hundreds of millions of people in 7,000 cities and towns in 152 countries and territories switched off their lights for Earth Hour in 2013. Join the WWF Earth Hour Healthwalk 2014 in Brighton.
Sat 29th March
8:30pm – Free
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The Chocolate Festival – Brighton Dome
The festival has been completely re-thought to offer an utterly unique visitor experience. It’s a chance for chocoholics to not only discover the best and newest artisan chocolates, but also to indulge their senses in Britain’s first celebration of its kind.
Sat 29th & Sun 30th March
10am-6pm – £5
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Vegfest 2014 – Hove Centre
VegFest, one of Europe’s premier veggie and vegan shows celebrates Its 6th year with its Brighton show! VegFest will play host 7,000 odd crowd attracted by the opportunity to network with like-minded souls, to support the veggie movement and to experience all the veg related attractions that the weekend will bring!
Sat 29th & Sun 30th March
Free
