Looking for a hotel for Brighton Festival? It's as though Hotel Seattle was created for the festival, such is its colourful decor, its trendy style and its location.

The Brighton Festival, during May each year, is the largest event of its kind in England, the annual showcase extravaganza for the arts in Brighton, for theatre, music, dance, performance, books, debate and family shows. There are three weeks of glorious entertainment when parks, churches, arts centres and even schools play host to wonderful performances of all descriptions.

There's also Street Arts, part of the festival, when Brighton attracts a wide range and number of street arts performers from around the world, whose performances range from comedy and live music to dance and circus. In fact, it's the biggest celebration of street arts in the UK.

The Children's Parade is one the festival's major spectacles, when a carnival parade of over 3000 children parades through the streets of Brighton.

There's even a special night train service back to London for the duration of the festival.

However, if you're staying for a few days, there's nowhere better to appreciate fully the Brighton during festival month, than Hotel Seattle, the finest of hotels for Brighton Festival.

Pride in Brighton & Hove is the biggest free Pride event in the UK and, in 2007, encouraged over 150,000 to participate; it just seems to get better and better. There were more art exhibitions, comedy, sports and film nights, in addition to many pub and club events.

The highlight of the weekend is always the parade and the 2007 parade was the biggest and most colourful to date. This is real carnival with wonderful floats and walking tableaux representing nearly every well know musical. It's all so colourful, exuberant, outrageous, fun, invigorating, you name it; it's an incredible experience to witness.

The 2007 Winter Pride festival in November features over 70 great events across town; everything from casino nights to speed dating, live music to cabaret nights, comedy and club nights. Over 35 venues are involved so there's something and somewhere for everyone.

If you're staying in Brighton for the weekend, then the hotel in Brighton that most reflects the carnival atmosphere of Pride has to be Hotel Seattle, near Brighton marina; a trend-setting, boutique-style hotel that boasts a permanent carnival atmosphere.

The Brighton & Hove Food festival is one of the UK's top celebrations of great food and drink. Visitors enjoy the best of local Sussex produce and showcasing Brighton & Hove's fantastic restaurants, pubs and bars.

There's so much going on for 'foodies' of all ages. There's the Fiery Food Festival when you can spice up your senses at a spicy food market; lots of fun for chilli-heads and food-lovers alike. There's a stunning Festival Market selling scrumptious Sussex fare in New Road, a Sussex Beer and Wine Festival in Fabrica on Ship Street and a fun Children's Food Festival with lots of free activities in the Royal Pavilion Gardens.

Hotel Seattle is a winner of the 'Best Restaurant in Brighton' award and so is an ideal location from which to enjoy the festival. Of all the hotels in Brighton, this is the boutique-style, design hotel with a festival atmosphere with superb views of the marina and the open sea.

The Brighton Festival Fringe is the largest fringe arts festival in England and the second largest in the world. It's open to anyone who can put on a Fringe event. In 2007, as well as the spectacular Fringe Festival May Ball, there were over 30 classical music concerts, 25 comedy acts, 16 dance performances and well over 100 music gigs.

The festival fringe also included the English debut of the Udderbelly, the huge upside-down cow of a venue located on the Old Steine, and host to cabaret, music, theatre, comedy and kids events.

Then there's Fringe City, a celebration of everything in the Fringe, from music to poetry, from drama to dance, and everything in between. It takes place in Jubilee Square, with opportunities for every show participating in the Fringe to come along and show the public exactly why they should buy tickets to their show.

In 2007, there were five stages with performances going on throughout the afternoon, not to mention the BBC Blue Bus, and the First Direct magic bus, which showed video previews of Fringe events.

Don't forget, there's a special night train service back to London for the duration of the festival.

However, if you're staying for a few days, there's nowhere better to appreciate fully the fashionable town of Brighton during festival month than Hotel Seattle, the finest of boutique-style hotels for Brighton Festival Fringe