No. 22 · Thursday, 29 October 2026 · Story 8 of 10

Drink

Sussex drinks makers will run their own bars at Hove Town Hall

The Sussex Distillers Festival is on Saturday 28 November, with afternoon and evening sessions and tickets at £16.50.

Sussex drinks makers are taking over Platf9rm at Hove Town Hall on Saturday 28 November for the Sussex Distillers Festival. There are two sessions, from midday to 4pm and from 6pm to 10pm.

One ticket gets you into more than 10 bars. Each independent producer runs its own, so the cocktails are mixed by the distillers who made the spirits. Sussex breweries and vineyards will be pouring too, alongside small-batch gins, vodkas and rums.

The ticket also covers a drink on arrival, tastings, live demos, live music and a festival guide to take home. There will be food. Every bar will sell bottles to take home, and there are gifts too.

The festival is run with BITE Sussex. This year it is supporting Together Co, the Brighton & Hove charity that helps people feel less lonely through befriending and volunteering.

Tickets are £16.50 a session on DesignMyNight, and the organisers say numbers are limited. The event is over 18s only, and ID may be needed.

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  1. Sussex Distillers Festival (Sussex Distillers Festival)
  2. Sussex Distillers' Festival (DesignMyNight)

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