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About Carats Cafe
Carats Cafe is a grassroots music venue in Southwick, West Sussex, Brighton. Bring your own PA, mics and instruments.
Carats Cafe books House acts. Both original music and covers are welcome. This listing is part of the Brighton venue directory.
Carats Cafe Bar is a family-run beachfront cafe-bar on Basin Road South at Southwick Beach, just west of Brighton, with a long history in the city's dance-music scene — it hosted the legendary Positive Sounds and Tribal Energy acid-house raves back in the early '90s. Today it stays open seven days a week with live music and DJ events at weekends, leaning into house, techno, breaks and drum & bass on its seaside terrace.
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Basin Road South, Southwick, West Sussex, Brighton, BN41 1WD
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Basin Road South, Southwick, West Sussex, Brighton, BN41 1WD. See the map below for directions. Browse more Brighton venues nearby.
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