Homegrown is a mutli-venue festival put on by the Music Venues Alliance Brighton (MVAB) to hilight the best of Brighton’s music scene. With two sold out years in 2024 and 2025 and over 60 artists playing across 8 of the cities best grass roots venues we are delighted to return for a third year. Previous years included performances from the likes of Arxx, Hotwax, Marika Hackman, Snayxx, The Wytches, CLT DRP and Gaffa Tape Sandy the festival is fast becoming a staple in the cities festival calendar.
MVAB is a collective of the cities independent grass roots music venues working together to support the cities network of live music and protect these cultural hubs. For decades these venues have been hosting a wealth of up and coming artists alongside more established touring acts, nurturing talent and giving a platform to performers for the early stages of their careers. These venues act as the launching pads for many artists careers that go on to major festivals and release chart topping records.
As one of the countries key melting pots for new music, we the venues felt it was about time we celebrated this and drew focus on to the artists and the venues they’ve grown in. Brighton’s music scene is a unique organism, forever evolving and developing new artists with exciting new acts popping up every week it’s hard to keep an eye on what the next big act is going to be.
