Brighton Spiegeltent will not return to the city centre for the May 2026 festival season due to ongoing infrastructure works affecting its usual home at Old Steine Gardens.

With the Valley Gardens Phase 3 road scheme in central Brighton continuing – this extensive project is redeveloping the road systems all around our Old Steine Gardens site which will still be unusable for most of 2026.

We’re hugely proud of the very special experience we have all built over 11 successful seasons and don’t feel the Brighton Spiegeltent event would benefit from relocating to an unsuitable and challenging location. This decision has been made very carefully after much consideration and consultation. We are sad at the impact the loss of Brighton Spiegeltent in May will have on our artists, audiences, the team and our creative community.

Although Brighton Spiegeltent will not appear in May 2026, we wish all performers, producers and staff the best this festival season and we will continue supporting and promoting shows and events in other venues throughout the year. But mostly -– we’re looking forward to being better positioned to focus our energy and resources and totally committed to a welcome return in May 2027 – the time will fly by!

Further announcements will follow and audiences and artists are encouraged to stay in touch for updates.