We are an excellent historic, atmospheric Church space for live music venue located near to the centre of Brighton in the Kemp Town area. After operating for over 15 years, as a live music/event space, St George's Church provides the perfect venue for events, with its great acoustics, simple but beautiful setting, facilities and seating for up to 550 people. Similar to the Union Chapel in Islingto
n/London, in addition to being a working Church, St Georges regularly plays host to events from local choirs to international contemporary touring artists. The Church hosts many events during the year, some organized by the Church community or local charity organisations, others by local and national music promoters and festival organisers. Regular hirers at the church include:
Fretful Federation
BREMF
Rainbow Chorus
Gay Men's Choir
Brighton Festival
Kemptown Carnival
The Great Escape
Melting Vinyl
Lout promotions
DHP Family
Zaza Music
SJM
Kilimanjaro
For information on the Churches regular events please visit their website:
http://www.stgeorgesbrighton.org/
See below and the event page for the upcoming events. The Church also has a lovely cafe, open subject to events during the day
Please do not call the church for ticket or audience facility information, message this facebook
If you are interested in hiring the Church for, please contact:
[email protected] (non- charity live music show) or the church direct: [email protected] for all other hires (Charity Live Music or non music events)
Facilities at the venue include:
Capacity for 550 seated (flexible between ground floor level and pews on balcony levels). Caretaker
Bar facilities (*experienced bar staff)
*Experienced stewards & Box Office staff
Free parking outside the church (subject to availability)
Two dressing rooms (booked in advance)
*Note these are furnished with a fridge and other equipment needed for a dressing room space. Toilets situated in the Crypt
Wireless internet
Disabled Access:
St George's has a lift to the disabled toilets, a ramp in the north east entrance and a hearing loop within the ground floor level - away from the eaves of the balcony. Marketing support*
Ticketing:
Tickets are usually available from Resident/Dome and an online seller with a booking fee on top of the ticketing price - see the event in the event section for more details. All ages are welcome, under 16's must be accompanied by an adult. Carers can connect:
[email protected] for non-charity hirers for information on a careers ticket. Contact the Charity direct for there events and policy on Carer's tickets
*We have a system for sold-out shows for audience members with un-used tickets to sell/buy between them on the door (where available, not guaranteed) by leaving a contact on a self servicing sheet. Simply go to the middle doors at opening time to enquire.
*Available when using Melting Vinyl caretaking
How to get here and travel information:
Trains:
St Georges Church is roughly a 30 minute walk from Brighton Railway Station, with taxi ranks directly outside the station. There is also a taxi rank at the top of Paston Place - the road at the East need of the church. Southern Trains direct from: Hastings, Bexhill, Eastbourne and Lewes: www.southernrailway.com
Southeastern Trains direct from: London Bridge, Waterloo East, London Charing Cross, Canterbury, Folkestone, Dover, Margate, Maidstone and Tonbridge: www.southeasternrailway.co.uk
National Rail Enquiries on 08457 48 49 50
Buses:
Brighton & Hove buses 1,1A goes from Brighton to Eastern Road , gt off at the County Hospital with a short walk down Abbey road to St Georges at the end of the road and the 7 regularly pass St Georges Church on its way to the County Hospital, for more information visit: www.buses.co.uk
Tel: 01273 886200
Cycling:
It takes 10-15 minutes to cycle to from the station, mostly on cycle lanes, with Brighton's excellent facilities for cyclists. http://www.sustrans.org.uk/
Parking :
This is limited with the area being permit parking, there is some pay to park on Marine Parade, which is a five minute walk from the church. MV customers can use the code VINYL20 to get 20% off their first JustPark booking. https://www.justpark.com/uk/parking/brighton/?coords=50.818174,-0.119341200000008
Disabled Parking
If you require disabled parking the council lists the following as the local disabled parking spots and the distance the road is from the venue. Paston Place - 89 Feet
Portland Place - 276 Feet
Abbey Road - 350 Feet
Eaton Road - 528 Feet
Upper Sudeley Street - 528 Feet
