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Brighton Japan Festival 2011 is a 10-day celebration of Japanese film, art, performance and culture

Since it first began in 2008, Brighton Japan Festival has grown to become the largest annual Japanese cultural festival in the UK, and aims to bring both traditional and modern Japanese art and culture to UK audiences, from taiko drumming and beautiful theatre based on art of origami, to the cutting-edge sub-culture of Gothic Lolita fashion and Cosplay.
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The 2 Tone legend Neol Davies returns to the live circuit

Pauline Black may have been the public face of The Selecter, but it was Neol Davies’ band from day one.

“I thought of the name, the concept, and wrote all the songs,” says Neol, who has recently reformed The Selecter, one of the pivotal bands of the highly influential and much loved 2 Tone era, its most famous member being The Specials.
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The return of Brighton’s etherial singer-songwriter

Brighton singer songwriter Shona Foster has been beguiling and hypnotizing audiences for the last few years, her beautifully controlled voice, inspired songs and assured stage presence have proved very popular wherever she has played.
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Let them commence!

Formed in 2002, New York’s experimental rock trio Battles have attained a cult status that on first listen may be hard to fathom; their complex and adventurous music takes in the disparate strands of hardcore, avant garde tonal minimalism, neo-classical, techno and post-rock.
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