UPCOMING EVENTS
Apocalypse
Alternative club night just recently moved to Oculist - special guest DJs and more!!
Heavy Hz (Student Night)
Heavy Hz are back with their monthly student event! Taking you on a journey through 140/Jungle/Techno and more. Cheap drink deals available!
Free entry!
Sub Has Set
Expect all genres with a focus on weighty sub and a spectrum of UK Bass music, including house, UK Garage and 140. You can also expect curve balls, special MCs and lots of surprises! We are queer owned and welcome all to our dance-floor!
Free entry!
Hard Launch Presents: LOW PRESSURE
Hard Launch is a gender-inclusive collective creating spaces surrounding electronic music for every gender expression. Rooted in house music, UKG, and the raw physicality of UK rave culture. Founded six months ago, we have built a fast-growing footprint on Brighton's night scene through open deck nights and Takeover events. Our newest, Low Pressure, brings house, garage, and techno to Oculist. Low Pressure offers a platform for local DJs and a floor where everyone can just be themselves.
Free entry!
X-Tapes Open Decks
X-Tapes is a Brighton-based party & edu. platform creating opportunities for FLINTA* and LGBTQIA+ folx. What started as a small community party has grown into a platform connecting emerging DJs through events, DJ workshops, masterclasses and panel events. The dancefloors are gritty, groovy and unapologetically fresh, bringing new sounds of techno and trance into the city. With many sold-out DJ workshops and a growing community of people learning to DJ, X-Tapes is helping people go from learning the basics to getting their first gigs and opportunities. We're now opening the decks at The Oculist to the people who have been learning with us or followed us along the way.
140 BPM
140 BPM was created out of a need to bring dubstep to Brighton, showcasing local talent and looking to the roots of the genre, as well as forward. We are over the moon to be putting our debut event at Oculist next month - a totally FREE ENTRY event with some amazing DJs and producers
Free entry!
HEAVY BEATS 4 TRANS PEEPS
Sub Has Set Presents: HEAVY BEATS 4 TRANS PEEPS
Get ready for a party with a line up of trans/non binary DJs playing hiphop + R&b - Disco - House - UK garage - UK bass - D&B.
Free entry!
JUNGLE IS MASSIVE
Strictly Jungle music!!! Vinyl & Digital.
Bby Shaz
Emco
Sequoia
Rach
Crucial Intelligence
Indo P
Free entry!
Leftovers 5th Birthday
Leftovers is a Brighton-based house event series built around inclusivity, authenticity and a deep love for house music in all its forms - from soulful and deep to tech and jacking.
Our lineups bring together trusted selectors, rising DJs and live electronic acts, celebrating individuality and forward-thinking sounds on the dancefloor.
Free entry!
Spooky SPECTRA! (Halloween Party)
🩷💀 SPOOKY SPECTRA 💀🩷
This Halloween, get ready for a night of queer chaos, spooky sounds & supernatural shenanigans 👻
Expect a killer lineup of DJs as well as dancers, badges, temporary tattoos & plenty more tricks and treats 🎃
Dykes on Decks
Bad Bubble Baby
Rach
Amy Fist
Tarzan
Aunty Becky
🕷️ 31.10.26
🕷️ 8PM - 3AM
🕷️ FREE ENTRY
🕷️ DRESS UP ENCOURAGED
Come dressed to haunt, dance until you drop & celebrate Halloween with us 🩷
Free entry!
Apocalypse (Halloween)
Apocalypse Brighton - Halloween - Metal // Emo // Alternative
All Hallows' Eve is upon us again. The time of the year where ghouls and ghosts come out, and zombies roam the streets. Sounds like the Apocalypse, no?
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Are you ready to hear the biggest metal, emo and alternative anthems? Apocalypse is bringing you the anthemic songs from your teenage years, your guilty pleasures to scream along to, and the most danceable moshable songs around.
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Expect to hear the likes of:
A Day to Remember / Alestorm / Avatar / Avenged Sevenfold / Avril Lavigne / Black Veil Brides / Blink-182 / Bloodywood / Bring Me The Horizon / Deftones / Disturbed / Enter Shikari / Evanescence / Fall out Boy / Foo Fighters / Ghost / Gojira / Good Charlotte / Green Day / Halestorm / Hollywood Undead / In This Moment / Incubus / Korn / Lamb of God / Limp Bizkit / Linkin Park / Metallica / Motionless in White / My Chemical Romance / Panic! at the Disco / Paramore / Papa Roach / Parkway Drive / Prodigy / Rage Against The Machine / Rammstein / Rob Zombie / Sabaton / Slayer / Slipknot / Sum 41 / System of a Down / The Used / Tenacious D / Tool / You Me at Six
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THE DIRTY DETAILS:
Open - 10pm - 3am
Cheap Drink Deals all night-
£3 Tuaca
£4 Spirit + Mixer
£5 Pints
£7.50 Double + Mixer
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OVER 18's ONLY - ID will be required
Freaky x Step On It (Halloween Party)
we are BACK we another night of multi genre madness but this time with our friends over at Freaky!! Expect our usual antics but this time it’s HALLOWEEN THEMED BABY 🧚🧚🎃 So we expect to see all of u dressed up xoxox
Killer line up and free entry!
'Propa' UK Garage (Strictly Vinyl)
Sub Has Set is back, this time - with a UK Garage event!
Come 2-step with a killer line up playing strictly vinyl all night!
Free entry!
DKMB (Halloween Special)
HAPPY HALLOWEEN BOOS👻
We’re back on the 23/10 at Oculist for our JUNGLE IS SCARY night 🎃
This will be a free event and very Tim Burton core so dress to impress! We have ofc the best DJs for this event.
Come get your freak on!
CLUB JARANA: PUPPY PLAYGRND
🍑❤️🔥 CLUB JARANA ❤️🔥🍑
Introducing Club Jarana 🌴! A new night celebrating all ur fave Latin-rooted sounds ✨ hosted by Puppy Playgrnd and Destroya ❤️🔥
The night will take u on a journey through a selection of sxc + sunny ☀️ rhythms, spanning genres such as reggaeton, cumbia, salsa +++ MORE pre-midnight 🌴. After midnight things will be getting a lil more BASSY 🔥, with a selection of baile funk, perreo, dembow, latin club + beyond 😎
Free entry all night 😍 bring ur spiciest dancefloor energy - we’re going IN xxxx
Maÿka Scene: Live Vocals/DJ!! Day Party
We’re back on 16th October for our next Maÿka Scene partyy with some incredible DJs once again playing specifically UKG, 140 and dubstep tunes this time!!
Maÿka is back along with fellow collaborator KBBounce and WHERE’s Gulu???, La Chappell and BELLS are joining us for their debut Maÿka Scene sets
Join us on the dance floor for our free entry event from 9pm-3am, you won’t regret it
Maÿka
KBBounce
Where’s Gulu???
La Chapelle
BELLS
Free entry!
X-Tapes Open Decks
X-Tapes is a Brighton-based party & edu. platform creating opportunities for FLINTA* and LGBTQIA+ folx. What started as a small community party has grown into a platform connecting emerging DJs through events, DJ workshops, masterclasses and panel events. The dancefloors are gritty, groovy and unapologetically fresh, bringing new sounds of techno and trance into the city. With many sold-out DJ workshops and a growing community of people learning to DJ, X-Tapes is helping people go from learning the basics to getting their first gigs and opportunities. We're now opening the decks at The Oculist to the people who have been learning with us or followed us along the way.
Oculist Presents... DAY INTO NIGHT PARTY
Come dance with us all day and night to the sounds of House, Disco, Garage, 140, Bass and more with a killer line up!
Free entry!
Hard Launch Presents: LOW PRESSURE
Hard Launch is a gender-inclusive collective creating spaces surrounding electronic music for every gender expression. Rooted in house music, UKG, and the raw physicality of UK rave culture. Founded six months ago, we have built a fast-growing footprint on Brighton's night scene through open deck nights and Takeover events. Our newest, Low Pressure, brings house, garage, and techno to Oculist. Low Pressure offers a platform for local DJs and a floor where everyone can just be themselves.
Free entry!
Heavy Hz (Student Night)
Heavy Hz are back with their monthly student event! Taking you on a journey through 140/Jungle/Techno and more. Cheap drink deals available!
Free entry!
Apocalypse
Alternative club night just recently moved to Oculist - special guest DJs and more!!
Photoworks Festival x Queer Heritage South present: Queer History Clubbing: framing the night, making a scene
Join Queer Heritage South and Photoworks for a one-off immersive, queer club night , as we launch Photoworks Festival.
Discover the queer clubbing scenes of the past, expect a kaleidoscope of images; queer ravers, daring outfits, cubical carnage, secret snogs and memories of steamy nights.
We’ll be joined by four legendary club photographers, and a line-up of DJs to create a clubnight transporting us through decades of sound and vision, from queer clubbing in Brighton & Hove across the last forty years.
Dance the night away with Xan (Gal Pals) and Dykes on Decks. Visuals from LadyPat and Boogaloo Stu, Alonglines Photography, and Real Brighton.
Our last QHS party marked the launch of the Gender Stories exhibition at Brighton & Hove Museum in February 2026. One sold-out night, over 500 queers, and a plethora of special guests ensured a night for the history books! Don’t miss our next party as Queer History Clubbing: framing the night, making a scene is coming.
Book your ticket today to avoid missing out!
Queer Heritage South is a project powered by Marlborough Productions. Made possible by The National Lottery Heritage Fund.
Photoworks is the UK’s leading development organisation for photography that champions photography for everyone. An international platform, global in reach, Photoworks has provided opportunities for artists and audiences since 1995. Photoworks is a registered charity and our work is supported by public funding through Arts Council England’s National Portfolio.
SUSSEX FRESHERS BIG NIGHT OUT: NEIGHBOURHOOD
We are hosting a huge freshers party at Oculist!!
Neighbourhood is bringing together our very best DJ collectives to all perform in one night to show what Oculist is about!
DKMB / Mayka Scene / Sub Has Set / Spotlight
Free entry!
Queer Girls Love Bashment
Tarzan brings a brand new party to the Oculist 🔥
Queer girls love Bashment too — so this is a night that hits different 💗😈
While most queer nights live in the electronic, we’re on waistlines, riddims, and pure Carnival energy. Centering queer joy, rhythm, and release — a space to feel hot, free, and seen. Allies are welcome, but the vibe is ours 💋
🎵 Bashment, Soca, Grime, Afrobeats, Amapiano,
Garage, Bass, Jungle, Carnival vibes. 🎶
A space to twerk, dance & flirt, and feel safe with like minded people 💃🏾🕺🏽🍑
Come catch a whine. Catch a vibe. Catch someone’s eye.
Free Entry!
AUNTY BECKY (Day Party!)
Oculist presents Aunty Becky spinning all genres of House all day long! Come along for a dance and some great drink deals.
Free entry!
Sub Has Set Extended Party
Expect all genres with a focus on weighty sub and a spectrum of UK Bass music, including house, UK Garage and 140. You can also expect curve balls, special MCs and lots of surprises! We are queer owned and welcome all to our dance-floor!
Free entry!
Freaky Freshers
Freaky is back with a huge freshers event!!
From queer pop & garage to techno, acid & jungle, this is another night of multi-genre madness you don’t want to miss 😜
Free entry!
BRIGHTON FRESHERS BIG NIGHT OUT: NEIGHBOURHOOD
We are hosting a huge freshers party at Oculist!!
Neighbourhood is bringing together our very best DJ collectives to all perform in one night to show what Oculist is about!
DKMB / Mayka Scene / Sub Has Set / Spotlight
Free entry!
We Bought A Garage
We Bought A Garage (but we can't drive) !!!
But there's more than garage in our garage...
Expect to hear: Speed garage 90s garage Bassline Grime Drum n bass Donk Hardcore Pop remixes Wibbly wobbly experimental wavesss
EVERYONE IS WELCOME (unless you are racist/sexist/homophobic/transphobic/Nigel Farage, in which case, do us a favour and don't come) xoxoxo
Free entry!
Charlie Bureau All Day Long!
Charlie Bureau will be on the decks for a day of House, Disco and more - come for a boogie and some cheap drink deals!
Free entry!
Coloursound w/ Daisha, Gunter, Parry
Independent Brighton label, Coloursound Recordings, debut at Oculist for an intimate session of euphoric-led dance music. Expect house, UKG and melodic breaks, showcased by talented local line-up DJs Daisha, Parry and GUNTER.
Free entry!
Missing People
Missing People return for a residents special Back2Back, Side2Side and all around the joint. Digging deep in the vinyl crates and maxxing out the USB’s for a heady mix of deep house, minimal, disco, electro and more in an anything goes mix-em-up style.
Maÿka Scene: Live Vocals/DJ!! Day Party
Maÿka is introducing a night dedicated to multi-genre multi-talented divas who can do it all.
Bringing together a lineup of DJ-vocalists, selectors, performers, emerging talent, and seasoned veterans for a celebration of creativity, talent and absolute tom-foolery.
Free entry!
Ross Harper All Night Long
Ross Harper is back for a birthday special. Expect groovy house, minimal, techno and much more!!
Free entry!
Heavy Hz (Student Night)
Heavy Hz are back with their monthly student event! Taking you on a journey through 140/Jungle/Techno and more. Cheap drink deals available!
Free entry!
Oculist Presents... Day & Night Party!
We have a huge line up for you of local selectors bringing you the very best in a wide range of electronic music!
Amyfist
Franci Mac
Gulu
Sequoia
Rach
Puppy playgrnd
Max Noir
Free entry!
DKMB (FEMME BASS)
The Don’t Kill My Beat crew are back with ‘FEMME BASS’ - a night of Dubstep, 140 and Dark Bass cuts. There will also be an open decks from 10-11 so come with a USB!
Free entry!
TROPICAL SOUL BANK HOL SPECIAL
Tropical Soul will be taking over the August Sunday Bank Holiday for an evening of latin house and disco with live percussion!
Free entry!
SPECTRA x MAYKA SCENE
Night one of mayka scene was a hit. It’s time to round up some multi-talented divas once again and this time it’s in collaboration with SPECTRA 🤩
We have yet again an incredible lineup of some of Brightons finest selectors and DJ-vocalists including Isla Grace, Leon, Skye.7.7.7, Xalia, Trrye Hard, Maÿka and one special DnB queen NadiaF*ckingZaki visiting for her Brighton debut!! 🔥
Free entry!