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Exravaganza show of delectable live music of Ska Cubano, with the live beats of Carnival Collective, Natty Bo(Top Cats) spinning tunes, Lavish performances from The Two Wrongies & Teeny Turner. Mixing mad tunes with the Carnivalesque DJ's, bouncing cakes and saucy shaningans... dress fancy!!!  read more »

Taking their cue from the “landmark” album of the same name (Mixmag) and opening the Brighton Festival Fringe...
Carnivalesque ,Freshly Squeezed & Continental Drifts proudly present:
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WHITE MINK : BLACK COTTON
Electro Swing versus Speakeasy Jazz
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"Sublimely decadent" Clash Magazine
"Perfect" The Guardian
"An exciting new genre" Time Out
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The Lovers’ Ball ♥

Carnivalesque and Balkaneasca … marry up for the Valentine’s weekend to take over the Komedia for a one-off loved-up special
... 3 floors, 3 live bands, 7 DJs, bellydance and burlesque combine to bring you a night of live festival vibes, brass-heavy Balkan and Gypsy beats, and dashing and risqué attire…all in the name of lurve!

Carnivalesque (Upstairs) - Live performances from ...
the Ammonites Brighton’s Ska Pop answer to Two-tone ,
Jailbait swinging rockabilly crooners,
United Vibrations London's Afro-beat sensation.  read more »

Space the final frontier... These are the voyages of the starship CARNIVALESQUE.
Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out
new life , new fields , new venues and new civilizations;
to boldly go where no PARTY has gone before ….!!
So come and join us as we say farewell and thank you to the Brighton Coalition in a Spectacular Space oddesssy with live bands and Djs rocking you worlds all night till 4 am ...

SALE SALE SALE we hear shouted from every corner of the universe...yes it's
JANUARY SALE £5 full stop one price fits all !!

The Bands...  read more »

away with the fairies ... No not us , we're away with the Elves , Pixes
AND the Wild Fairies !!!!
FRIDAY 18th DECEMBER at Coalition ...

Once again we have 3 Amazing Bands Confirmed to make you dance you fears away , not that you should be scared of wild fairies ...

REBEL CONTROL
This Reggae/ rock band will have you jumping before you know it ! LIVE is what they do best and if you don't feel the love after you've heard them then you've got no heart . Makes me smile just knowing their playing.

ENGINE ROOM  read more »

this months theme ... Baroque Masked Ball !
so what's the Cake...

Headlining this decadent and joyous event are Brighton based Rockabilly band Derrière, Soul, Ska and Latin outfit Manouchska and Los Chinches playing their unique blend of jungle and psychedelic grooves.  read more »

This month Carnivalesque returns to bewitch Coalition with our anarchic Halloweenesque Carnival of the Dead ! Once again a live experience with the spirit of carnival reborn to freak, stomp and cast a spell of good vibes on all you beautiful party animals.
Headlining this spooky fun packed event will be two of Brightons finest. Pirates, Los Piratas playing a unique blend of Latin Roots based tunes, and the Funky Ska outfit Brownstar. Both bands will raise the dead and the roof making all you ghosts and ghouls jump, wiggle and rave.  read more »

This month's live bands:

KALAKUTA MILLIONAIRES

Kalakuta Millionaires are an Afro-Funk-Latino outfit based in Brighton. Fusing tunes from the heart of 70’s Nigeria to the carnivals of Cuba, the back streets of Brazil and beyond - expect blistering brass, stunning harmonies and an explosive rhythm section! The group has already taken the UK festival scene by storm with their dirty mix of Fela Kuti-inspired brass lines, Latin percussion section, afro-psych organ and JB-style funk riffs.
http://www.myspace.com/kalakutamillionaires

DEVELESKI ORKESTAR  read more »

Cumbian live POLITTO BOOGALOO bringing columbian Latin soul and ridim

SHE'KOYOCH return to their Brighton roots to play the best award winning KEZMER ensembles this side of Krakov -

That east european gypsy swing hits coalition with latin roots at their finest

special deck behaviour from Sacha & Req 1 - Balkan meister meets jazzy scratch hop master

with Ghecko and our very very talented Equal - i , keeping it level!!!

lots of clowning around, naughtiness and of course cake cake and more cake!!!

Carnivalesque Summer Picnic

This month skip on down to Carnivalesque's SUMMER PICNIC, featuring live performances from :

JUNIOR DAN complete with Jah Light Band. One of the true legends of original Jamaican reggae, bassist 'Lefthand' Junior Dan appeared on all of Bob Marley's LPs, and has since recorded alongside artists including Augustus Pablo and Gorillaz to name a few

Plus ...

MC ELEMENTAL- tea drinking Mad Hatter perfect for a summer picnic

And a raucous host of DJs including:

ROBIN D RICH- latin breaks that makes you shake

GYPSY SWING MASH-UP DJS  read more »