Upcoming Live Concerts
Tickets available from Dice and seetickets.
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“Rock and roll as it ought to be: off the hook, unhinged, ravaged by Satan, hysterically vital, both kicking serious arse and against polite society’s pricks. As undisciplined as No Wave, as steeped in comatose cool as ‘70s CBGB’s blank generation, and as stylishly ferocious as the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.”
£10+bf
The Bobby Lees + The Damn Shebang + Room Service
Saturday 9 July 2022
The Hope & Ruin
8PM - 11pm
JUNIORE

Acid Rooster from Leipzig blast off into space like a textbook sonic joyride straight out of Alan Freeman’s The Crack in the Cosmic Egg. With a sound evoking the spirit of German kraut and psych rock pioneers, the instrumental tracks on their partially written and improvised albums often oscillate between slow-burning, spaced out jams and mind-bending climaxes that have earned them a stellar reputation for their captivating live shows.
£9+bf
Acid Rooster + School Disco
Wednesday 27 July 2022
The Hope & Ruin
8PM - 11pm
JUNIORE

WITCH was the first band in Zambia to release a commercial album, in 1973. Blending the Rock and Roll sounds of the Rolling Stones together with more
traditional, African rhythms, they created a new genre dubbed Zamrock. During their brief, yet prolific existence, WITCH released 7 albums and was the most revered band in the country.
£19+bf
WITCH + Mr Bongo + Karma Sheen
Sunday 21 August 2022
Komedia, Brighton
8PM - 11pm
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If Brian Wilson had dropped acid on the beach in Brazil and decided to record an album with Os Mutantes and The Flaming Lips, it would sound like this- all psychedelic pop Wall-of Sound and beach balladry.
£10+bf
Sugar Candy Mountain + Daisy Coburn + Astral Gray
Saturday 27 August 2022
The Hope & Ruin, Brighton
8PM - 11pm
JUNIORE

The Greek psychedelic rock band Naxatras have been well into the first decade of their existence and a significant number of milestones has been accomplished. After 3 full length albums that established them in the global underground as a force to be reckoned with, a new approach emerged in the most natural way.
£12+bf
Naxatras + Support
Wednesday 14 September 2022
The Green Door Store, Brighton
7:30PM - 10:30PM
JUNIORE

To say that the exuberant appeal of The Bug Club’s live performances and songmanship has been spread by word of mouth is a bit of a contradiction, as you could never sum up the music produced by these three groovy peas in a far-out pod (musically and lyrically interesting, deliciously individual, stripped-back garage pop songs, which shimmy, bounce and slide from joyfully frenetic guitar riffs to melodious harmonies) in anything like one word.
£11+bf
The Bug Club + Support
Tuesday 25 October 2022
Komedia, Brighton
7:30PM - 11pm
JUNIORE

Influenced by Krautrock (e.g., Can, Neu!) as well as horror soundtracks (e.g., Goblin, John Carpenter), Zombie Zombie is a French indie-electronic trio with a penchant for vintage synthesizers.
£12+bf
Zombie Zombie + Support
Friday 18 November 2022
The Hope & Ruin
8PM - 11pm
JUNIORE

We’re teaming up with the cool cats from GULP to celebrate their kick ass magazine.
We’ve got bands, we’ve got beers, we've got DJs and a whole load more, all over two days!
Sat 23rd July - Abyss Brewing Tap Room - DJ sets - Acid Box + GULP + Fruit Tones
Sun 24th July - The Hope & Ruin All Dayer - Downstairs Free Entry: Fruit Tones + More + DJs
£0
ACID BOX X GULP WEEKENDER
Sat 23 / Sun 24 July 2022
Abyss Brewery / The Hope & Ruin
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Discover the psychedelic sounds of rock superstars WITCH in a guided tour through their mud-hut village formation to superstardom in the politically turbulent Zambia of the 70s, and eventual re-discovery by contemporary music fans. WITCH: We Intend to Cause Havoc is a vibrant, joyous celebration of life and music.
£8+bf
WITCH: We Intend to Cause Havoc Documentary Screening
Wednesday 17 August 2022
Komedia Studio, Brighton
7:30PM - 10:30pm
JUNIORE

Acid Box presents a very special show with Frankie and the Witch Fingers
Hot off their recent EU tour the L.A. four-piece are back for more ruckus action.
£0
Frankie and the Witch Fingers
Wednesday 24 August 2022
The Hope & Ruin, Brighton
7PM - 10pm
JUNIORE

Acid Box Promotions & Mr Bongo team up to bring you cinematic soul from Melbourne's Surprise Chef.
£16+bf
Surprise Chef + Support
Monday 29 August 2022
Patterns, Brighton
7PM - 10pm
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On May 7th 2021, Night Beats – the Texas-born brainchild of Danny Lee Blackwell – released their fifth full-length, ‘Outlaw R&B’, via Fuzz Club Records. Made during the height of the California wildfires (where Blackwell currently resides), rioting in the streets and a nation in lockdown, the raucous technicolour rock’n’roll of ‘Outlaw R&B’ is a call to rejoice in some sorely needed post-apocalyptic hedonism.
£12+bf
Night Beats + You Said Strange + Trip Westerns
Wednesday 21 September 2022
Komedia, Brighton
7:30PM - 11pm
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To say that the exuberant appeal of The Bug Club’s live performances and songmanship has been spread by word of mouth is a bit of a contradiction, as you could never sum up the music produced by these three groovy peas in a far-out pod (musically and lyrically interesting, deliciously individual, stripped-back garage pop songs, which shimmy, bounce and slide from joyfully frenetic guitar riffs to melodious harmonies) in anything like one word.
£10+bf
The Bug Club + Support
Saturday 29 October 2022
The Piper, St Leonards
8PM - 11pm
PIGS x7

NEW DATE!
After a long hiatus, Falmouth's The Black Tambourines return for a one-off night of mayhem. If you've been with Acid Box from the start, you'll know just how important these guys are to us, so it's an honour to have them back shredding the stage!
£7+bf
The Black Tambourines + Trip Westerns + B. Spanks
Sunday 24th July 2022
The Hope & Ruin, Brighton
8PM - 11pm
JUNIORE

Minami Deutsch is a Krautrock band from Tokyo.
Formed by Kyotaro Miula in 2014, they got their start playing live music on the busy streets of Tokyo. This led to their participation in Krautrock Night, a party hosted by Tokyo Psych Fest, and later a tour of Taiwan. In September 2015, they released their first record through the
£13+bf
Minami Deutsch + Support
Thursday 18 August 2022
Patterns, Brighton
7PM - 10pm
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Holiday Ghosts, quit your corporate job, put laptop in shredder, walk away, go outside, remember what the Clean, the Go Betweens and the Modern Lovers once promised you: a life cracked open with fresh new possibilities. Three songwriters revel in lyrics descended down from Ray Davies’ 3rd person tales of landlords, bathing suits, shopping malls, the northstreet air. Based in Brighton via Falmouth on the south coast of England, Holiday Ghosts conjur the airy fun of Richard Brautigan if he had a band and was from England and wasn’t a hippie or a beatnick and he didn’t wear those big hats or have that mustache and his name wasn’t Richard, or Brautigan, and he wasn’t a writer or an artist of any kind.
£6+bf
Holiday Ghosts + Thee Headshrinkers
Friday 26 August 2022
The Piper, St Leonards
8PM - 11pm
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The Italian duo Dumbo Gets Mad specialises in psychedelics for the sober, bringing experimentation together with detailed pop songwriting.
From analog hums to Mellotron-like whispers, retro vibes are revived without sounding rehashed. The pitch-shifted vocals, which might be the oddest sound here, beckon eerily over a drum beat that could soundtrack any number of hip-hop songs. It's an instance where contrasts just work.
£8+bf
Dumbo Gets Mad + The Stanford Family Band
Wednesday 7 September 2022
The Hope & Ruin, Brighton
8PM - 11PM
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In equal parts frantic, considered, ear-splitting and melodic, the group take their cues from the early diy punk and post-punk pioneers to keep everything in-house; artwork, videos, performances and recordings are created entirely by the group and their handful of trusted collaborators, under a bedrock of heavy, bludgeoning, dark, post-punk. their debut lp finds the band advancing their sound, making subtle but experimental shifts in texture and tone. a must for fans of idles, girl band, john (timestwo) & ditz.
£8+bf
Girls In Synthesis + Support
Saturday 22 October 2022
Green Door Store, Brighton
7:30PM - 10:30PM
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Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek is a fresh and modern pop-group which combines Anatolian Folk and contemporary grooves, often contaminated by Psychedelia and progressive rock flavours. Led by Derya Yıldırım’s hypnotizing bağlama and vocals, the group draw a meaningful continuity from the Turkish folk repertoire to their original songwriting, with a strong sound identity and a dancefloor- friendly energy.
FFO: Altin Gun, Kit Sebastian, Tootard
£15+bf
Derya Yıldırım and Grup Şimşek + Support
Tuesday 15 November 2022
The Hope & Ruin
8PM - 11pm