Mid-Sussex Music and Ale Festival

Live Review: Mid Sussex Music & Ale Festival, The Hassocks, Saturday 24th August 2024

September 10, 2024 Ken Beveridge 0

Brighthelmstone Promotions have been putting on this little festival since 2017. It takes place in the picturesque village of Hassocks, just north of Brighton. The venue is, strangely enough, a village pub, The Hassocks, handily situated […]

Preview: Mid Sussex Music & Ale Festival, Sat 26th – Sun 27th August 2023

August 23, 2023 Paul Kerr 0

With the August bank holiday weekend coming up then that means that the ever popular showcase for UK based Americana acts, the Mid Sussex Music & Ale Festival is about to take place again at The […]

Interview: Talking the post pandemic festival blues with Brighthelmstone’s Jim Walker

August 22, 2022 Paul Kerr 0

Real post lockdown challenges being faced by Mid Sussex Music and Ale Festival. Back in August 2019 AUK spoke with Jim Walker, managing director of Brighton based Brighthelmstone Promotions, about his third annual Mid-Sussex Music and […]

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Something for the weekend: Clem Snide “Where Have You Gone”

June 19, 2026 1

Well that’s it from us for this week and we can’t let today pass without acknowledging the massive sense of relief after last night. Maybe the Reform guy is a better plumber than politician, although you […]

American Aquarium “New Ways To Lose”

June 19, 2026 2

Twenty albums in and yet another hugely impressive release from American Aquarium. A look back through the Americana UK archives will find plenty of references to American Aquarium, including a very rare 10 out of 10 […]

Shearwater return with “The New World” next month

June 19, 2026 0

Shearwater’s new album The New World will be released on 31st July 2026 via the band’s own Polyborus label in partnership with Secretly Distribution. In the past quarter-century, Shearwater slyly became a distinctive, consistent and adventurous […]