Fiddlers Elbow
WHERE
Brighton
What it’s like
An 18+ pub venue with a Sunday open mic and a monthly Irish trad session running into the small hours.
This is a pub venue for adults, not a family stop. There's no age guidance suggesting otherwise, and with sessions kicking off at 8pm and doors open past midnight most nights, it plainly is not built around an early bedtime.
The pull is live music with a proper local feel. Every Sunday, Evan Walsh hosts an open mic from 8pm, the sort of night where you might catch someone's mate on guitar followed by someone genuinely brilliant. On the first Friday of the month there's an Irish trad session, accordions and tin whistles and banjos and fiddles all going at once, which is the one to build a night around if that's your thing.
Opening hours stretch late. Monday to Wednesday it's open till 1am, Thursday and Sunday till 2am, and Friday and Saturday it doesn't shut until 3am. Doors open at midday every day, so there's plenty of scope for a quiet afternoon pint well before the music starts.
Nothing in what they list points to booking being needed. The monthly trad night has more of a draw though, so if you fancy that one specifically, getting there earlier in the evening seems sensible.
Plan your visit
Is this suitable for families or kids?
No, this runs as a pub with a late-night crowd and there's no family provision mentioned. It's really an evening venue for adults.
What time does the open mic start?
Evan Walsh hosts it every Sunday from 8pm.
How late is it open?
It varies by day. Monday to Wednesday until 1am, Thursday and Sunday until 2am, and Friday and Saturday until 3am.
What's the Irish trad session like?
It's on the first Friday of every month, with accordions, tin whistles, banjos and fiddles all playing together. It's a proper session rather than a formal gig.
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