Editing Lewes (section)

===Popular music and clubs===

Local dance schools and clubs include Lewes Dance Club,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lewesdanceclub.co.uk/ |title=Lewes Dance Club – dancing classes in Sussex |access-date=31 March 2010 |archive-date=13 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100413015346/http://lewesdanceclub.co.uk/ |url-status=live}}</ref> East Sussex Dance and ballet groups. Starfish Youth Music<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.starfishlewes.co.uk/ |title=Starfish – HOME |work=starfishlewes.co.uk |access-date=29 April 2011 |archive-date=21 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110221034159/http://starfishlewes.co.uk/ |url-status=live}}</ref> is based at Priory School and the young bands who take part regularly perform in local venues such as the Paddock and the All Saints' Centre.

Popular music gigs take place at a number of venues and pubs across the town including the Lewes Con Club, the Snowdrop Inn, the Volunteer pub, the Lewes Arms, the John Harvey Tavern, the Pelham Arms, and the Lansdown. The Elephant and Castle hosts the Saturday Folk Club. Union Music Store based in Lewes has become a centre for modern folk, country and Americana, both promoting and hosting live gigs, and recording and producing local musicians. A monthly comedy club based at the Con Club was created in 2010. A new organisation to support local music and musicians, Lewes Ripple, was created in 2018 and as well as online platforms is looking to create live concerts in 2021.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lewesripple.uk/ |title=Lewes Ripple |access-date=11 May 2021 |archive-date=11 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511133734/https://www.lewesripple.uk/ |url-status=dead}}</ref>

A regular local music festival, Lewes Live (previously Rock in the Bog), takes place in the summer.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.leweslive.com/ |title=Lewes Live – Two-day music Festival in East Sussex |work=leweslive.com |access-date=13 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713175725/http://www.leweslive.com/ |archive-date=13 July 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The town of Lewes was also the UK location for the Mumford and Sons' Gentlemen of the Road tour stopover in 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/mumford--sons-announce-2013-summer-gentlemen-of-the-road-stopover-8483795.html |title=Mumford & Sons announce 2013 summer 'Gentlemen of the Road Stopover' |author=Daisy Wyatt |date=6 February 2013 |work=The Independent |access-date=3 September 2017 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924215537/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/mumford--sons-announce-2013-summer-gentlemen-of-the-road-stopover-8483795.html |url-status=live}}</ref> A large jazz festival, [[Love Supreme Festival]] was founded in 2013 at nearby [[Glynde Place]]. Other local festivals include the Brainchild Festival, based just north of Lewes in the grounds of [[Bentley Wildfowl and Motor Museum]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://brainchildfestival.co.uk/ |title=Brainchild Festival |access-date=11 May 2021}}</ref>