A peace deal has been made between Brighton and Hove's two alternative Fringe festivals.

The team behind the grassroots Brighton Fringe Festival was furious when Brighton Festival organisers changed the name of their alternative showcase to Brighton Festival Fringe.

The change caused confusion among artists and festival goers in May this year, leading Brighton Fringe Festival organisers to threaten court action.

Now Brighton Fringe Festival has become simply Brighton Fringe after moving to new premises in Argus Lofts, Kensington Street.

The group will no longer hold its own festival and will instead work year-round to nurture new artistic talents in the city.

Brighton Festival will still host the Brighton Festival Fringe as a platform for less-mainstream acts.

Brighton Fringe will have its own section in the Festival Fringe brochure where the artists it has been working with throughout the year can be promoted.

Jane McMorrow, of the Brighton Festival, said: "This is an ideal opportunity for us to support the work of Brighton Fringe and vice versa."

Brighton Fringe has a seat on the steering group of Brighton Festival Fringe and both groups have signed a contract to stick to the new arrangement.

Brighton Fringe's new premises include offices and a huge basement space which it plans to change into an arts resource centre.

It hopes to allow groups to rehearse there as well as hosting workshops and performances.

The group has secured a 120-year lease on the property for a peppercorn rent as part of a Government drive to support the arts.

Brighton Fringe administrator Matt Jones said: "We are evolving away from the festival remit, with the aim of becoming a nurturing group for aspiring artists and performers in Brighton.

"We are not begrudgingly accepting a new identity. Brighton Fringe was set up in 1997 to give Brighton artists a platform for performance. That aim has stayed the same."

Performers have welcomed the change. Chris Paterson, 26, artistic director of Spindrift theatre company, has been working with Brighton Fringe.

He said: "It seems a shame to have lost Brighton Fringe Festival but lots of new things have come out of this new arrangement."