B.fest Launch Day Events
B.fest 24 Launch
Sat 26th October / 3-6pm / Free / Sign up required
Location: B.fest 2024 Launch Party @ BYC, 94 Gloucester Rd, BN1 4AP
Welcome to B.fest 2024! By and for young people, B.fest 2024 is the Brighton Youth Arts Festival. A week full of all things culture including gigs, gaming, exhibitions, workshops, dance, theatre, skate, aerial, spray paint and more…
BOOKING A B.fest 24 LAUNCH TICKET GETS YOU INTO THE B.FEST LAUNCH EVENT & STREET PARTY 3-6pm & includes:
– Cultureground Exhibition
– B.fest official Launch moment – 4pm
– BYC Skatepark on Tour
– PatternUp installation
– Paste up poster printing with Paris69redux
– Sticker and Badge Making
– Gladrags Photobooth
– Snakes & Such: Meet the reptiles
Limited spaces – Book Your FREE B.fest 24 lanch ticket here!
SEPERATE BOOKING NEEDED FOR THESE LAUNCH EVENT ACTIVITIES (please see below for separate booking links)
– Spray Painting
– Queer Noise Workshop
– Venue B Launch Gig at The Old Courtroom 5-9PM
B.fest Launch Gig
Sat 26th October/ 5-9pm / £5 / Sign up required
Location: The Old Courtroom 118 Church Street, Brighton, BN1 1U
Launch into the B.fest week with a mosh, a night of rock, punk, emo and plenty of talent from Brighton and beyond. A night not to be missed watch our Insta for the full line up!
Limited spaces – Buy a ticket to secure your place!
Cultureground Private View
Sat 26th October / Free with launch ticket
Location: BYC, 94 Gloucester Rd, BN1 4AP
The official opening of B.fest’s dedicated gallery space, framing young people’s art in professional spaces. Challenging pre-conceptions of youth & community art, over Exhibiting individual, collaborative and multi-media pieces, over 30 young artists offer individual & collaborative pieces in a range of media & styles. Meet the artists & be the first to view this ground breaking exhibition.
Colour your feelings
Sat 26th October / 3-6pm / Free with launch ticket
Location: BYC, 94 Gloucester Rd, BN1 4AP
For art lovers and newbies alike, associating colours with emotions and using a range of creative mediums to make beautiful and expressive art works.
Sticker and Badge Jam
Sat 26th October / 3-6pm / Free with launch ticket
Location: BYC, 94 Gloucester Rd, BN1 4AP
Make your own personalised badges and stickers; miniature marketing masterpieces to wear and share!
Spray Paint Workshop with Sinna One
Sat 26th October / 3-6pm / Free / Sign up required
Location: BYC, 94 Gloucester Rd, BN1 4AP
Love to draw and paint and want to create it BIG on a wall? Sinna One will show you basic spray paint techniques to help elevate your art and get it out there!
3-4pm | 4-5pm | 5-6pm | Sinna One
BYC Skatepark on Tour
Sat 26th October / 4-5:30pm / Free with launch ticket
Location: BYC, 94 Gloucester Rd, BN1 4AP
Come and battle it out with the BYC Skatepark team on the new mobile ramps, in a epic game of skate.
Paris 68 Redux Poster Workshop
Sat 26th October / 3-6pm / Free with launch ticket
Location: BYC, 94 Gloucester Rd, BN1 4AP
Work with Paris 68 Redux to create low-fi, high impact, political paste up posters. Using stencil speak your mind, have your voice heard, and make some powerful imagery.
Dreamy Place: Noise Workshop
Sat 26th October / 3-6pm / Free / Sign up required
Location: BYC, 94 Gloucester Rd, BN1 4AP
Queer Noise Workshop is a collaboration between Dreamy Place and B.fest. It is part of the Experimental Noise Artists’ Seminar. Chris Duddy is a lecturer in production arts and a specialist in events production technologies. Work with Chris to build your own microphone and play with experimental sound making. Use your microphone to capture sounds from your environment and manipulate and edit them in music software.
Limited spaces – Complete the sign up form to get involved for free!
Pizza Making Workshop
Sat 26th October / 3-6pm / Free / Drop in
Location: BYC, 94 Gloucester Rd, BN1 4AP
Free food? Yes, if you make your own! Let the pros lead you through making your own pizza, leaving you to eat the delicious results!
Dec or Rate your Cup cakes
Sat 26th October / 3-5pm / Free with launch ticket
Location: BYC, 94 Gloucester Rd, BN1 4AP
Learn to decorate cupcakes with advice, technical tips & all materials provided! Beginners & experienced bakers welcome.
Gladrags Photobooth
Sat 26th October / 3:30-6pm / Free with launch ticket
Location: BYC, 94 Gloucester Rd, BN1 4AP
Get your gladrags on! Gladrags Community Costumes provide outrageous outfits, fabulous hats and awesome accessories for the B.fest photo booth.
Venue B Acoustic Streets
Sat 26th October / 3-6pm / Free with launch ticket
Location: BYC, 94 Gloucester Rd, BN1 4AP
Acoustic stage featuring solo performers, acoustic acts and the brilliant sounds of New Generation Jazz & Funk band!