The Maccabees Headline Brighton Beach 

Brighton’s iconic beachfront is gearing up for an extraordinary celebration as the legendary The Maccabees return to their second home Brighton to headline the On The Beach festival on Saturday 25th July 2026.

This summer, The Maccabees join us on Day 5, for a vibrant showcase at On The Beach, featuring our 1st live headliner for 2025. A full support line up will be announced in the coming months. The Maccabees relocated to Brighton in their early years and performed frequently across the city, the band has openly expressed their affection for Brighton in interviews, highlighting their love for the city and its vibrant atmosphere.

Accessibility: On The Beach has a wheelchair viewing platform and we can provide free PA tickets via our ticketing agents.

The band – completed by Orlando Weeks, Hugo White, Felix White, Rupert Jarvis and Sam Doyle, accompanied by Will White – are now writing a new chapter after previously signing off at the peak of their powers in 2017. From their ‘Colour It In’ debut in 2007 to their final album, 2015’s ‘Marks To Prove It’, The Maccabees evolved from an explosion of youthful energy to become one of the most accomplished, visionary bands of recent memory. ‘Given To The Wild’ was the moment they released and exceeded their initial potential, earning a Mercury Prize nomination and winning an Ivor Novello for the classic single ‘Pelican’. They were still on the rise with ‘Marks To Prove It’, which secured their first UK #1 album.

Having debuted in 2021 on Brighton’s seafront, ‘On The Beach’ is now entering its sixth year on the south coast. With a programme of sold out shows that spans from Fatboy Slim, Chase & Status, Above & Beyond, Bicep, Bonobo, Eric Prydz, Hybrid Minds, Underworld, and Carl Cox to Royal Blood, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, The Libertines, Bloc Party, Kaiser Chiefs and The Kooks. On The Beach is already having a huge impact on the UK’s festival circuit.