About The Neptune Inn

The Neptune Inn is one of Hove's great little live-music pubs — intimate, independent in spirit and packed with character.

Tucked away just off Hove seafront, the Neptune combines the atmosphere of a proper traditional pub with a thriving grassroots music venue. There's live music every Friday and Saturday night and Sunday afternoon, alongside the ever-popular Monday Open Mic, bringing together established performers, local favourites and musicians taking their first steps onto the stage.

Music is at the heart of the Neptune. Its compact, up-close setting means there's very little distance between performer and audience — the sort of place where a normal evening can unexpectedly turn into something rather special.

And occasionally, very special indeed.

In September 2024, David Gilmour of Pink Floyd dropped into the Neptune's Open Mic with his daughter Romany Gilmour. Romany performed several songs before father and daughter played Wish You Were Here together — David's first public performance of his own material since 2016. mojo4music.com

Head over to the WATCH tab above to see David and Romany's Neptune performances in immersive 360° video.

Away from the stage, the Neptune remains very much a neighbourhood pub: friendly, informal and welcoming, with draught beers and ciders, well-kept cask ales, wines and spirits behind the bar. The venue describes itself as proud to support the local music scene, with performers drawn from across Sussex and the South East. The Neptune Inn

Whether you've come specifically for a band, wandered in from the seafront for a pint, or found yourself holding a guitar at Monday's Open Mic, you never quite know what sort of night you're going to have at the Neptune.

Keeping Music Live.

That last-but-one line is particularly good for the Neptune because it plays directly into the Gilmour story without making the whole profile about him. It also echoes a recent review's comment that at the Neptune, “You never know who might turn up!”