Arts & Culture

Creative people are drawn to Sussex and have been for centuries. Many of the world’s best loved images and cherished tales were influenced and shaped in this area of South East England. Happily Sussex continues to excite and inspire contemporary culture. 

To walk in Sussex is to tread in the footsteps of Rudyard Kipling, A.A. Milne, Virginia Woolf and Henry James; to see sights that inspired J.M.W Turner, George Stubbs, Eric Ravillious, Duncan Grant and Lee Miller.

Their spirit remains, embodied by world class opera at Glyndebourne; architectural gems like the Art Deco De La Warr Pavilion and stunning art collections at Pallant House, Brighton Museum, the Towner and Cass Sculpture Foundation to name only a few.

Chichester Festival Theatre and Brighton’s Theatre Royal provide a lively performance mix and excuses to indulge in pre-theatre suppers. Brighton hosts England’s biggest arts festival and there are open house and fringe events across the whole of East and West Sussex, as well as year round festivities which encompass tasty, feisty and plain crazy. That’s how we like it in Sussex – a voyage of celebration and fun. You will too.

If you're looking for festivals to attend, cultural days out, or nights to remember,  Arts in Sussex  is the definitive website providing information on a range of settings across the counties of West and East Sussex.    Made in Sussex enables you to buy art and craft online from Sussex makers and Cultural Sussex  has information on a rich range of cultural, heritage and art-related events and attractions, in English, French and Dutch.