Mermaid Chunky + Mandy Sweats | Brighton

Mermaid Chunky Brighton

Mermaid Chunky play Brighton on Friday 20th February 2026! Get tickets above until 6pm on the show day, or from Seetickets.

Stage times:

Mandy Sweats: 7.30pm

Mermaid Chunky: 8.30pm

“Stunning.” –Clash

“A beautifully ritualistic trance.” -The Guardian

Mermaid Chunky. It’s all in a name, sometimes. The danceable, costumed, curiosity rich duo of artists Freya Tate and Moina Moin are as imaginative as they profess. Or, to get more to the point, as we all need them to be.

Freya and Moina are two visual artists and musicians from Stroud and South London, places where they importantly found communities (Stroud’s SVA and the capital’s Total Refreshment Centre) of like minded people just as willing to chase down an idea to its possibly illogical conclusion. And it is in the collective and the idea of participation that Mermaid Chunky really clicks. Thisis a party, a collective dance, made all the better with more: people, ideas, layers, kick drums, recorders, saxophones, frogs.

You might be wondering how we, DFA Records, all the way over incynical Brooklyn, entered the picture. There was a day a few years ago, sun shining in full Springtime splendor, when James heard something while waiting for a coffee down the street from the office. It sounded simple yet deceptively complex: a dance track, but one where the one -that anchoring first beat in a measure -could be heard a thousand different ways. Frustrated and interested, he Shazamd the song, playing at the shop from an episode of Zakia’s Questing show on NTS, and brought it back to the office, where we all listened to it about fifty times. (The song was “Friends,” from Mermaid Chunky’s VEST EP, released in 2020. It led to an invitation to open for LCD at Brixton Academy in 2022. Mermaid Chunky has also played live alongside The Comet Is Coming, Alabaster Deplume, Snapped Ankles, and many others.)

Thus began our search for Mermaid Chunky.A quest it has been and a quest it will always be. https://www.mermaidchunky.org.uk/mermaidchunky

+ Mandy Sweats, the surrealist nightmare of 1000 faces, is Brighton’s premier paper-mache horror show. Backed by their cast of bizarre home-made characters, they have terrified audiences across the country with their darkly absurd take on sketch-comedy and performance art.

Upcoming Love Thy Neighbour shows:
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26022026 – Maria Somerville. Green Door Store
19032026 – Gong + Henge. Chalk
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26032026 – Heavenly. Hope & Ruin
26032026 – Joan Shelley. Lewes Constitutional Club
07042026 – Bibi Club. The Prince Albert
17042026 – SUEP. Alphabet
20042026 – Lande Hekt. Prince Albert
22042026 – Oslo Twins. Prince Albert
25042026 – New German Cinema. Folklore Rooms
29042026 – Acid Mothers Temple. Hope & Ruin
01052026 – Love. Concorde 2
02052026 – House of All. Hope & Ruin
05052026 – Lorelle Meets The Obsolete. The Hope & Ruin
06052026 – GNOD. Dust.
07052026 – LYR. Komedia
10052026 – Sean Rowe. Green Door Store
10052026 – Lucrecia Dalt. Chalk
19052026 – Charlie Parr. Green Door Store
02062026 – The Bug Club. Concorde 2
10102026 – A Certain Ratio. Lewes Constitutional Club
21102026 – Martha Tilston.  Lewes Constitutional Club
25112026 – Ozric Tentacles. Lewes Constitutional Club

Accessibility info: The venue is up a flight of stairs. The stairs are wide and there are stair rails. Toilets are gender neutral. We offer free carer tickets when needed; drop us a line on info@lovethyneighbourmusic.co.uk to request one.

Mermaid Chunky Brighton

Mermaid Chunky Brighton