RIGHT ROYAL BASH
Freemasons, Western Road, Hove, Friday, June 1, to Tuesday, June 5, noon to 3am, free, 01273 732043
Expect royal fancy dress, a Queen’s tea featuring smoked salmon and cucumber sandwiches, washed down by G and Ts and Victoria sponge, games, bands and DJs.

JUBILEE CIDER AND CHEESE FESTIVAL
Victory Inn, Duke Street, Brighton, Friday, June 1, to Tuesday, June 5, noon to 2am, free, 01273 326555
Real ales and Sussex cheeses are on offer to celebrate her Madge’s 60th year on the throne – backed by DJs and live music.

JUBILEE CLUB
The Hope, Queen’s Road, Brighton, Monday, June 4, 8pm to 1am, £6, 01273 325793
London-based indie-rock club night The Jubilee Club, which was co-founded by former Libertine Carl Barat, comes to Brighton with sets from supergroup The Howling, featuring members of The Prodigy and Towers Of London, The Vex and Electric River.

JUBILEE WEEKEND
The Greys, Southover Street, Brighton, Saturday, June 2, to Monday, June 4, from noon, free, 01273 680734
The Greys has a special guest ale – Harvey’s Elizabethan ale – and will be hosting a royal roast on Sunday from noon to 4.30pm at £16, including two courses and a glass of bubbly, followed by a Jubilee High Tea from 4.30pm with prizes for the best fancy dress.

DIAMOND JUBILEE GARDEN PARTY
Borde Hill Garden, Borde Hill Lane, Haywards Heath, Monday, June 4, 11am to 4pm, £8/£7.50, 01444 450326
Live folk band Jigalots will be leading the celebrations, which also includes a licensed bar, picnic space and balloonmaking and face-painting for youngsters.

JUBILEE ON BROADWAY
The Broadway, Haywards Heath, Monday, June 4, 11am to 10pm, £7/£12, 01444 800045
Former Stranglers singer Paul Roberts, Elvis impersonator Mark Wright and The Vox Beatles are among the 14 special guests at this afternoon of music courtesy of It’s Magic, with Diamond Jubilee cream teas on offer from the Haywards Heath Rotary Club.

QUEEN’S BIG BEACH BOUTIQUE JUBILEE WEEKENDER
The Hobgoblin, York Place, Brighton, Saturday, June 2, and Sunday, June 3, all weekend, free, 01273 682933
Celebrating both the Queen’s anniversary and Fatboy Slim’s return home, Secret Door Events are combining tunes from some of the Big Beach Bootique acts with fancy dress and sausage-eating competitions on Saturday, while Sunday is devoted to street party celebrations, mixing carnival bands including Kalakuta Millionaires, Wobbly Bob, Elijah MC and The Speakeasy Three with DJs and good food.

THE ROYAL AIR FORCE SQUADRONAIRES
De La Warr Pavilion, Marina, Bexhill, Sunday, June 3, 7.30pm, £12/£15, 01424 229111
The veterans of the Royal British Legion festival of remembrance, Buckingham Palace state events and garden parties, and international tattoos in Edinburgh and Windsor play big band hits. Look out for free bank holiday bandstand performances outside the pavilion over the weekend, including 20-piece amateur wind and brass players The Wacky Band from 3pm on Sunday, and husband and wife folksters Trevor Moss And Hannah Lou on Monday from 1pm, followed by one-man band Otti Albietz from 3pm.

DIAMOND JUBILEE CONCERT
Worthing Assembly Hall, Stoke Abbott Road, Worthing, Sunday, June 3, 2.30pm, from £10/£12, 01903 206206
American concert organist Walt Strony joins regulars Simon Gledhill and Richard Hills to play a special programme for the Jubilee on the Worthing Wurlitzer.

PREPARING FOR A ROYAL VISIT
Bodiam Castle, Bodiam, near Robertsbridge, Saturday, June 2, to Tuesday, June 5, 11am to 4pm, £7/£3.50, 01580 830196
The household at Bodiam is preparing for a medieval royal visit all weekend, with everyone from the lord of the manor to lowly peasant women getting involved to bring the castle to life.

DIAMOND JUBILEE FLOWER FESTIVAL
Chapel Royal, North Street, Brighton, Saturday, June 2, to Tuesday, June 5, 10am to 4pm, free, donations welcome, 01273 328767
Florists, city churches, individuals and flower clubs have come together to create displays following the theme of the Diamond Jubilee over the long weekend in aid of the Martlets and Chestnut Tree House hospices. Light refreshments will be available from a Jubilee Pavement Café and there will be a Jubilee lunchtime concert on Tuesday, June 5.

DIAMOND JUBILEE: BACK TO THE FIFTIES
Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, Pavilion Gardens, Brighton, Saturday, June 2, 1pm to 4.30pm, free, 03000 290900
A walk back in time to the 1950s, with the options to jive-dance, try traditional arts and crafts, see some original Coronation memorabilia and get a retro makeover.