TIMINGS
Doors: 19:30
Standing room only
Tickets: £10
Plus £2 venue levy
Age: 14+, under 16s must be accompanied by an adult
Proudly presented by The Old Market
Back for the third year running, VIVID is our showcase of the best talent from Brighton & Hove today!
VIVID isn’t just a night out - it’s a celebration of the brilliance, resilience, and creativity of women everywhere. Whether you’re moved by rhythm, poetry, or sheer passion, this is a night that will leave you buzzing with inspiration and joy.
Immerse yourself in an atmosphere of solidarity and celebration, and leave with your heart full and your spirit lifted.
INTRODUCING THE LINE-UP…
Amanzi
Amanzi is a powerhouse of voice, spirit, and authenticity. Small in stature but boundless in presence, she fills any room before she even begins to sing.
Born in Brighton with South African roots, she grew up in a cultural melting pot that shaped her fearless artistic identity. After years behind the scenes - where her raspy, soul-rich voice quietly powered global hits and viral samples - she stepped forward as an artist on her own terms, channelling that same magnetism into deeply personal, emotionally charged storytelling.
Her music and message centre on connection, growth, and self-discovery, exploring how people affect, shape, and heal one another. Every song feels like an intimate conversation that invites listeners to see themselves within her stories.
AVIJÉ
AVIJÉ is a Brighton-based, Tehran-born vocalist and writer weaving soul and jazz into a timeless sound. Her voice, a postmodern Shirley Bassey boom with Sade’s silk delivers raw emotional truth, exploring themes of exile, freedom, and resistance, often through the lens of her Iranian heritage.
Raised between cultures, AVIJÉ’s work is steeped in both diaspora experience and universal feeling. Drawing inspiration from legends like Ella Fitzegerald, Googoosh, Mina, Dalida, Dusty Springfield, she blends silky melodies with powerful storytelling. Her debut album Incongruence takes a fresh direction into a timeless cinematic soul taking inspiration from Italian film scores, Persian 70’s music whilst echoing the soul legends.
Rosie Alexandra
Rosie Alexandra is a Brightonian artist grounded in the rich traditions of Soul, R&B, and Gospel. Her sound defines Pop-Soul in its most natural form, blending sentimental ballads with the sophisticated harmonies of jazz. Drawing lifelong inspiration from Bill Withers, Stevie Wonder, Yebba, and Jorja Smith, Rosie harnesses a bold tenderness that pairs raw honesty with warm, soulful textures.
Described as an exciting emerging artist with something truly special to share, Rosie pours her heart into every melody. Each song acts as a fragment of her journey, reflecting a strong mind and a passionately loving heart. Driven to breathe lyrics that capture feeling and connect authentically, she enters 2026 with a message of life and hope through highly anticipated new releases. Stay tuned for a sound that echoes the reflections of the soul and hits deeply.
Pablo Franco
Pablo Franco (she/her/shroom/fun/gyal) is a mushroom cosplaying human. A troubadour from the heart of east London but blessed enough to now call Brighton her home. Born to experience the rawness of grief, the torments of first word desires and the glory of love and despair; forced to process it all through the literary art that is poetry and storytelling. She devotes herself to preserving the oral tradition of storytelling, not just as an art but as a consciousness in and of itself and to let it be known that people can only meet each other as far as they have met themselves.
Pablo’s art explores radical kinship with nature and the more-than-human world, particularly the wood wide web of fungi. Her words are spoken with the intent to deepen ecological intimacy and inspire people to hug more trees. All in all, she calls forth those ready to dissolve the disconnection between species, self, so(i)ul and community.
Isha Drammeh
Isha Drammeh is a black queer spoken word artist who uses poetry as a way to process her lived experiences. Her work explores themes of identity, politics, and trauma.
For Isha, poetry is both a creative outlet and a coping mechanism - a way to navigate a world that often tries to silence voices like hers. She believes poetry doesn’t have to be polished or posh to be powerful, and hopes her work inspires others to utlize creativity, and heal out loud.
This event is part of Reigning Women
Our genre-spanning festival celebrating kick-ass women everywhere.