Exhibition · Brighton

Photoworks Festival: Un/Stable

Name: Photoworks Festival: Un/Stable
Start: 2026-10-02
End: 2026-10-04
Location: Venues across Brighton & Hove, including Brighton Museums and University of Brighton spaces

When Fri 2 – Sun 4 OctWhere Venues across Brighton & Hove, including Brighton Museums and University of Brighton spacesPrice Many events free; check individual venues

Formerly the Brighton Photo Biennial, this is the UK's biggest international photography festival, taking over museums, university spaces and public sites across the city for its opening weekend. 2026's theme, "Un/Stable: Lands, Anxieties, Dreams," digs into a genuinely unsettled moment.

It's a proper wander-and-discover festival — pick a neighbourhood, follow the trail of venues, and you'll stumble into work you'd never have sought out on Instagram.

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