A festival like no other…
When Glastonbury takes its 2026 fallow year, Everywhere At Once will step in to fill the gap. Created by the Music Venue Trust and The National Lottery, this new nationwide event runs from 26 to 28 June 2026. The concept is straightforward: instead of travelling to a muddy field in Somerset, audiences can experience a massive shared festival across the UK’s independent venues.
For the South East, that means a packed run of shows across Brighton and Hove, with further events in Bexhill, Faversham, and Dover. Rather than being confined to a single site, the festival links basement rooms, seaside venues, arts spaces, and local stages into a single weekend programme.
Brighton: A multi-venue festival map
Brighton features one of the strongest local line-ups in the regional programme, with events spread across several familiar independent music spaces.
Brighton Komedia will host Brighton Moon-Hop, bringing a late-night Saturday show to the North Laine. The venue will also host Chris Helme (The Seahorses), offering a mix of club culture and classic indie over the weekend.
Down on Madeira Drive, Daltons joins the line-up with GARAGELAND on Saturday. Everywhere At Once focuses heavily on the idea that independent venues are essential community spaces. Having shows on the seafront, in the lanes, and tucked away off the main streets makes the weekend feel like a cohesive, city-wide event rather than a standard tour stop.
The programme also highlights Brighton’s smaller rooms. The Folklore Rooms will host A Friday @ Folklore, while The Pipeline features Leibniz. These intimate spaces are exactly what the festival is designed to champion—rooms where new artists and local scenes develop.
One of the biggest names on the Brighton bill is Rizzle Kicks, who are set to play Patterns on Marine Parade. This booking gives the weekend a strong local focus: a Brighton-linked act playing a central seafront venue to celebrate the spaces that sustain local music year-round.
Hove: The Old Market joins the weekend
Across the border in Hove, The Old Market will host Yoni Mayraz – Dogs Bark Babies Cry. The Old Market’s inclusion expands the festival map beyond Brighton’s city centre. As a flexible arts and live-performance space, it adds a different type of room to the weekend’s line-up.
Bexhill: Orchestral scale at De La Warr Pavilion
Further east along the Sussex coast, Bexhill brings a different scale to the programme. Bexhill’s Big Summer Sounds – Symphonic Groove will take place at the De La Warr Pavilion, supported by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. This provides a strong contrast to the rest of the weekend: while Brighton focuses on clubs and compact live rooms, Bexhill showcases the festival’s capacity for larger cultural events.
Kent: Faversham and Dover join the circuit
In Kent, Faversham’s The Hot Tin—based in the repurposed St Saviour’s Church—will host Seaming To. This highlights the festival’s focus on characterful, independent spaces rather than standard venue black-boxes.
In Dover, House Is Where The Heart Is is set for The Art Club on Market Square. This adds a town-centre date to the regional line-up, reinforcing the festival’s message that live music thrives in the smaller places where communities gather.
A festival closer to home
Across Brighton, Hove, Bexhill, Faversham, and Dover, the South East programme shows how Everywhere At Once is turning the Glastonbury fallow weekend into a localized, nationwide event. Instead of thousands of people travelling to one site, hundreds of venues are participating in a single shared weekend.
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For audiences, it’s a chance to see artists in intimate spaces. For venues, it provides national recognition for the spaces that support live music year-round. Most importantly, it serves as a reminder that the UK’s live music industry relies entirely on these smaller, independent rooms.
