Editing Brighton (section)

====Past====
[[File:BigBeachBoutique.jpeg|thumb|The outdoor Fatboy Slim concert [[Big Beach Boutique II]] in 2002]]On 6 April 1974, Brighton was host to the 19th [[Eurovision Song Contest 1974|Eurovision Song Contest]], where [[ABBA]] won in the [[Brighton Dome]] with their song [[Waterloo (ABBA song)|Waterloo]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brighton 1974 |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/brighton-1974 |access-date=14 May 2022 |website=Eurovision.tv |language=en-gb}}</ref> The DJ and producer [[Fatboy Slim]], who lives in Brighton, has held several concerts on Brighton beach, including in 2002,<ref>{{cite news |last=Morris |first=Steven |title=Nurse dies after fall at Brighton beach party |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/jul/17/stevenmorris |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=17 July 2002 |access-date=7 December 2018 |archive-date=2 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502001628/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/jul/17/stevenmorris |url-status=live}}</ref> 2006<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/southern_counties/6222189.stm |work=[[BBC News]] |title=Thousands attend Fatboy Slim gig |date=1 January 2007 |access-date=7 December 2018 |archive-date=11 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090111122542/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/southern_counties/6222189.stm |url-status=live}}</ref> and 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shorehamherald.co.uk/latest-entertainment-news/Fatboy-Slim-to-rock-at.4534665.jp |title=20,000 head to Brighton beach party |work=Shoreham Herald |date=28 September 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090104213646/http://www.shorehamherald.co.uk/latest-entertainment-news/Fatboy-Slim-to-rock-at.4534665.jp |archive-date=4 January 2009}}</ref> The 2002 event, [[Big Beach Boutique II]], is the largest outdoor party ever held in the UK, attended by 250,000 people.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ross |first=Gemma |date=6 February 2023 |title=New documentary on Fatboy Slim's Big Beach Boutique II launches on Sky |url=https://mixmag.net/read/fatboy-slim-stars-new-documentary-sky-right-here-right-now-news |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=[[Mixmag]]}}</ref>

An inaugural White Nights ([[Nuit Blanche]]) all-night arts festival took place in October 2008 and continued for four years until it was postponed in 2012 due to a lack of European funding.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/9975504.Brighton_s_White_Night_replaced_by__fund_your_own_festival_/ |title=Brighton's White Night replaced by "fund your own festival" |website=The Argus |date=10 October 2012 |access-date=10 August 2015 |archive-date=25 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150525183146/http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/9975504.Brighton_s_White_Night_replaced_by__fund_your_own_festival_/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The Brighton Zine Fest, celebrating [[zine]] and [[DIY culture]] within the city, took place in 2009.<ref>{{cite web |title=Brighton Zine Fest homepage |url=http://www.brightonzinefest.co.uk/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090417040152/http://www.brightonzinefest.co.uk/ |archive-date=17 April 2009}}</ref>