Stewart Lee to curate stage at Brighton Psych Fest

Comedy giant lines up five acts to melt your brain

Brighton Psych Fest is to include a stage entirely curated by comedian and celebrated music fanatic Stewart Lee.

On being asked to curate the stage Stewart had this to say, “Brighton Psych Fest asked me to host and program a stage, which is reckless of them as the last thing I curated, the 2016 Prestatyn All Tomorrow’s Parties, went bust. And no, I didn’t get paid either. Nonetheless, here’s a mind-melting day out of acid-hued action from five of my favourite acts, with minimal onstage interruptions from me. I’ve tried to skew the selection towards Brighton and Hastings talent because sometimes we don’t always acknowledge the geniuses on our own doorsteps.”

The hand-selected five artists Lee has appearing at Komedia are The Bevis Frond, The Physics House Band, Alison Cotton, Eliza Skelton and Secluded.

The festival comes from the minds behind Brighton’s leading independent promoter JOY Concerts as well as the formidable team behind hugely popular music and arts festivals Manchester Psych Fest and Edinburgh Psych Fest – with Brighton Psych Fest their first . 

Taking place on Friday August 30, this one day metropolitan festival – spanning across some of Brighton’s most iconic venues – promises to be a celebration of all things psychedelic. Two waves of acts have been announced already with the Brighton Psych Fest boasting an impressive line-up including: The Horrors, Holly Macve, NewDad, Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, SCALER, bdrmm, Divorce, Molly Payton and many more.