AUG 2019 GSCENE magazine
CONTENTS CHRISTMAS IN JULY FUNDRAISER FOR RAINBOW FUND AT BEDFORD TAVERN
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NEWS 6 Pride Info & News 12 News
SCENE LISTINGS 34 Gscene Out & About 36 Brighton & Hove 54 Solent
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28 Food: New Steine, Legends & Three Jolly Butchers 56 Dance Music 56 DJ Profile: DJ Alpha 57 Shopping 64 Craig’s Thoughts 65 Gay Socrates 65 Hydes’ Hopes 66 Charlie Says 67 Scene It, Done It 67 Stuff & Things 68 Sam Trans Man
Craig Hanlon-Smith looks at the charity that provides a resource for children and their families experiencing mental health issues
INFORMATION
ALL NEW BULLDOG RAISE £203.23 FOR RAINBOW FUND AT FIRST YEAR ANNIVERSARY WEEKEND
FEATURES 26 MORNING GLORY Brian Butler chats to Andrew Kaye, Allan Cardew and Jason Sutton as they head up to the Edinburgh Fringe with a new one-man show
30 GOLDEN HANDBAG AWARDS The Golden Handbag Awards 2019, winners and highlights
58 THE BRIGHTON BIRDCAGE Eric Page talks shop with the co-director of Brighton’s new drag boutique, Nick Jordan
THE ZONE
63 DANIEL EVANS Brian Butler talks to Welshman Daniel Evans, the artistic director of Chichester Festival Theatre
69 Services Directory 70 Classifieds 71 Advertisers’ Map
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BRIGHTON & HOVE PRIDE 2019
GENERATIONS OF LOVE FRIDAY 2–SUNDAY, AUGUST 4 CLEAN BANDIT
Pride Community Parade From Hove Lawns: Sat 3, 11am Pride In The Park Preston Park: Sat 3, 12pm–late Pride Village Party Sat 3, 4pm–midnight; Sun 4, 3–9pm Pride Pleasure Gardens Old Steine Gardens: Fri 2–Sun 4 LoveBN1Fest Preston Park: Sun 4, 1.30–9.30pm Pride Festival tickets www.pride-tickets.org
) Attractions on the park this year includes the Legends Cabaret Big Top featuring the finest line-up of drag queens and singers at any UK ) The turnstiles at Preston Park will open at noon on Saturday Aug 3. To avoid queues, Pride, the Pride Dance Big Top hosted by He.She.They, DIVA dance tent, Brut Men’s arrive shortly after the parade or get to the park before the parade arrives. Security on the Dance Tent, Women’s Performance Stage, and park will be very tight, the less you carry, the the BAME and Queer Town stages. quicker you’ll get in. If it’s sunny take plenty of suncream and keep yourself hydrated all day. You will not be allowed to take food, drink or animals onto the Pride site with you.
This year’s parade route is slightly different from 2018 due to the Valley Gardens development. The Brighton Pride Community Parade will start from the Peace Statue, Hove Lawns at 11am on Saturday August 3. It will progress along the seafront, passing the Hilton Brighton Metropole on the left, and the i360 on the right - turning left up West Street, past the Clock Tower, then along Queens Road towards Brighton Station, before turning right down North Road just past Community Base. At the bottom of North Road, the parade will turn left to rejoin the old route and progress along Gloucester Place and London Road finishing as usual in Preston Park.
) Pop Princess Kylie Minogue will headline the Generations of Love Festival in Preston Park performing a very special show just for Brighton Pride including all her hits. The word ‘Legend’ is bandied around far too easily, however Kylie is truly a legend and LGBT+ Icon. Other main stage performers will include Clean Bandit, Fleur East, the ABBA tribute band Björn Again, Alice Chater, Zak Abel and direct from the USA, the seven
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PRIDE IN THE PARK @ PRESTON PARK
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Brighton Pride will feature campaigning for global LGBT+ rights at the front of the parade with representatives of the BAME and trans communities along with the fabulous Prancing Elites, a black male dance troupe from Alabama, USA. Pride’s campaigning placards this year will feature LGBT+ Heroes who have devoted their lives, passion and energies to advance global LGBT+ rights.
piece, black male dance troupe and All4 reality stars the Prancing Elites who are flying in from Alabama especially to lead the Brighton Pride Parade.
) Add to that the Funfair, Family Diversity Area, Trans and Access tents, and the Community Village area, and Brighton & Hove Pride 2019 will be the most diverse ever with something for everyone. The main stage running orders and line-ups in the various entertainment areas will be available on the big screens in Preston Park all weekend. BAME STAGE COCO BUTTER CLUB
) The Brighton Pride LGBT+ Community Parade is flamboyant, vibrant and colourful, a show-stopping spectacle not to be missed. One of the undisputed highlights of the Brighton & Hove Pride weekend it showcases the city’s charities, community groups, small businesses as well as the invaluable blue light services and statutory partners. The Brighton & Hove Pride 2019 parade will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall Inn uprising in New York City that ignited the worldwide Pride movement, with the theme Generations of Love - Celebrating 50 years of Campaigning with Pride.
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PRIDE COMMUNITY PARADE
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BRIGHTON & HOVE PRIDE 2019
GENERATIONS OF LOVE PRIDE VILLAGE PARTY @ ST JAMES’ ST & MARINE PARADE www.pride-tickets.org
) EPICENE at 8pm: Epicene is an LGBT+ Fringe Award-nominated gender blending celebration of iconic women in music. Part musical cabaret, part rock concert, it’s a full blown tribute to the greats, including: Madonna, Annie Lennox, Kate Bush, Bjork, Cher and Cyndi Lauper to name a few! Musician (and QueerTown host) Paul Diello and his acoustic ensemble take you on a musical journey down memory lane looking back on hilarious childhood stories of growing up in the 1980s/90s in a small town with gender confusion. Free entry with Festival or PVP wristband ) DYNAMITE BOOGALOO at 9pm: The legendary trio of Boogaloo Stu, Dynamite Sal and Dolly Rocket recently celebrated their Silver Fanniversary in showbiz, and back again to light up the Pride celebrations with their heady cocktail of pop and daft cabaret, playing to a flamboyant, fun-loving polysexual crowd of dedicated followers. From 1992 until 2009, worshippers attending the Church of Boogaloo every Thursday were dressed up and drenched in sweat, packing out the dancefloor to a wildly eclectic mix of pop bangers, disco classics and indie smashes. The midnight cabaret with Stu and Dolly became the stuff of legend, with Stu’s absurd gameshow antics ably abetted by bosomy goddess Dolly, with the chant of “Shitlips!” echoing through the streets of Brighton into the small hours. Remember – Too Much Is Never Enough! ***** ‘An institution!’ The Argus. Free entry before 11pm with Festival or PVP wristband.
Social Impact Funds. Marine Parade will be closed to traffic creating a mega dance arena on the seafront with live music, DJs and the very best cabaret in town. ) Wristbands are required to attend the PVP. Individual venues within the PVP may also have a separate door charge. The PVP has limited capacity so it’s strongly advised to purchase wristbands in advance from: www.pride-tickets.org Wristbands will also be available from the Pride Box Office from July 30 until August 2 (no booking fee).
PRIDE PLEASURE GARDENS @ OLD STEINE
) Three days of events from Friday 2–Sunday 4. The Pride Pleasure Gardens on the Old Steine, open from Friday, August 2 at 4pm, to host three days and nights of fierce fun, saucy wonders, camp pop, cabaret, DJs, clubbing, and Brighton favourite Boogaloo Bingo. Sink the Pink returns for a spectacular Official Pre-Pride Party featuring the one and only Sporty Spice, Melanie C. Free entry and loads of free entertainment all weekend, selected events inside the venues are ticketed. www.pride-tickets.org
FRIDAY 2 ) BOOGALOO BINGO at 7pm: Join showbiz sensation Boogaloo Stu for frivolity, shenanigans and above all else, bingo! Feel the tension rise as Stu’s balls begin to churn, and when they finally drop expect non-stop nonsense, outrageous games, obscene works of art, poetry slams, hilarious prizes and, of course, some downright ballsy bingo. Stu’s gift hamper is stuffed to the brim with exotic prizes including the ubiquitous Signed Framed Photograph, so go on down and win it big! Free entry with Festival or PVP wristband.
) THE PRANCING ELITES: The first European performance by the Prancing Elites. A dance team based in Mobile, Alabama, they are made up of individuals who identify as gay or gender non-conforming, which has resulted in the group being banned from competitions and parades in the USA. Stars of a US reality TV series, The Prancing Elites Project, the dancers find other ways to showcase their talent, from performing in the stands at football games to dancing on cruises. Free before 11pm. www.pride-tickets.org
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) Pride Village Street Party (PVP) St James’s St and Marine Parade, Saturday 3 (4pmmidnight) and Sunday 4 (3pm-9pm). Once Kylie brings the entertainment on the park to a close, it’s on to the Village Street Party in St James’s St and Marine Parade where businesses come together to celebrate Pride and raise extra funds for the Rainbow and
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SATURDAY 3 ) QUEERTOWN On The PLEASURE GARDENS An afternoon packed full of queer cabaret artists with singing, dancing, and cabaret. Programmed by Paul Diello, who also schedules QueerTown On The Park, QueerTown on the Pleasure Gardens will feature: 3.00-3.30pm Miss Disney 3.40-4.10pm Adam All 4.20-4.50pm Zayn Phallic 5.00-5.30pm Felix Shepherd 5.40-6.10pm Sherika Sherard 6.20-6.50pm Hannah Brackenbury 7.00-7.30pm Laura Nixon 7.40-8.10pm Billie Gold 8.20-8.50pm Dryadic Free entry with Festival or PVP wristband
) SINK THE PINK at 10pm: Sink the Pink will crash back into the Pleasure Gardens with a fantastic new show featuring Spice royalty, Melanie C. A long-time ally and icon, the friendship between Melanie and Sink the Pink ringleader Glyn Fussell came to its most creative fruition last summer, when she appeared at the STP-co-founded festival, Mighty Hoopla. Seizing the opportunity to do something surprising and new, the pair threw themselves into a one-off show involving all the hits, a sequinned catsuit (with added Adidas, of course), and four extra Spices in drag. If Brockwell Park had a roof, the ecstatic response would have torn it off, and so an idea was sewn for Melanie and Sink the Pink to come back with something bigger, better and brasher than ever before! She is currently working on brand new, completely re-energised solo material, following unexpected Next Gen co-signs ranging from global sensation Billie Eilish to hip-hop royalty Amine. For tickets: www.pride-tickets.org/official-parties/
SUNDAY 4 ) QUEERTOWN On The PLEASURE GARDENS 4.10-4.40pm Alan Bonner 4.50-5.20pm Unsung Lily 5.30-6.00pm Marta Scott 6.10-6.40pm Al Start 6.50-7.20pm Bee & Jackrabbit 7.30-8.00pm Hannah Brackenbury Free entry with Festival or PVP wristband
) LGBT+ COMMUNITY LINE DANCING with the Cactus Club returns for a 4th year of line dancing on Pride Sunday from 2-4pm. In previous years they’ve had you moving to JLS, Will.i.am and Olly Murs, this year you can expect tracks from Kylie, Clean Bandit and Jessie J, as well as some more traditional tunes. Arrive early to be taken through dances especially for beginners or occasional dancers. There’ll be plenty of lessons throughout the afternoon, so there’s no excuse not to have a go! Now in its 26th year, the Cactus Club has been teaching LGBT+ dancing around London since July 1993 and has been a regular at Brighton Pride over the years. They want to get #EverybodyDancing and it’s all free! ) BRUT BEARFEST 2019 at 2pm–midnight: It’s all about the bears, blokes, cubs and hunks as London’s hottest men-only gay club comes to the seaside for a very special Sunday Brüt BearFest T-Dance at Brighton Pride’s Pleasure Gardens. With a line–up of international DJs, stunning performances, gorgeous beats and handsome fellas, Brut’s TDance will quench your thirst this Pride as it
delivers clubbing of the glorious kind at the centre of our Pride celebrations. ) CABARET TENT: DJ Liam & AMYL with stage host Dave the Bear and shows: Mzz Kimberly, HoleStar, Paul Middleton, Baga Chipz. ) BRUT BEAR FEST T-DANCE: 2pm–midnight DJs: Paul Heron, LCB, Ross Jones, Rob C, Juliano Juliano. Free entry before 8pm with Festival or PVP wristband, £5 after.
LOVEBN1FEST @ PRESTON PARK www.brighton-pride.org/lovebn1-fest/
SUNDAY 4 ) LOVEBN1FEST: 1.30–9.30pm, Preston Park, (no entry after 7.30pm) celebrates everything Brighton & Hove, bringing all communities and rainbow families together for an afternoon of fun on the park while raising funds for the Pride Social Impact Fund to deliver positive social impact back to Brighton & Hove’s communities. LOVEBN1FEST features family friendly entertainment, circus skills, performance artists, cabaret, dance tents, street food, an accessibly tent and wellbeing area, plus much more. Children under 12 are free but require a ticket fromticket shop. ) Headlining the MAIN STAGE: global recording artist Jessie J and the legend that is Grace Jones, who has headlined almost every major festival across the world, created more iconic ‘looks’ than anyone alive and famously hula-hooped at
the Queen’s 90th birthday celebrations. They will be supported by X-Factor 2017 winners Rak-Su, plus Nina Nesbitt, Grace Carter and the House Gospel Choir. ) GUILTY PLEASURES Dance Tent, a club night like no other, is immersive, unashamedly unapologetic and includes YOU in its quest to make your big night out great again. ) THE GLORY presents exciting new queer faces who know how to rock a stage! The Glory’s in-house stars are known for being provocative, exciting and radical and are often the benchmark for quality that challenges the current drag movement. Lipsyncing meets performance art meets fabulousness. Jonny Woo and John Sizzle host and Rudi Douglas will lead the legendary Big Gay Songbook sing-along live on piano. All this plus a DJ to bring the sounds that make The Glory one hell of a rocking place to be!
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GENERATIONS OF LOVE COFFEE PICK ME UP FOR BRIGHTON PRIDE MICHAEL DEOL
with a Pride flag inspired design to increase awareness and visibility, which the firm has a year-round commitment to. The team behind Trading Post Coffee Roasters are no strangers to working with the LGBT+ communities. Founder Michael Deol said: “Having run Brighton’s largest gay venue [Club Revenge] for 12 years and stepped in to help with the city’s Pride in 2012, I wanted to keep that tradition alive with our new venture. As with so many of the great businesses across Sussex, inclusivity in our workforce is so important, staff-members from the LGBT+ communities have been a core part of our success. The choice of Brighton & Hove Pride as our first charity partner seemed a natural one, and a great chance to raise a glass (or cup of coffee) to our city’s diversity.”
) Brighton’s Trading Post Coffee Roasters are to share profits with Pride in Brighton & Hove. What started as a business project to rejuvenate a troubled restaurant site in central Brighton has grown to become one of Sussex’s most dynamic start-ups. Now Trading Post Coffee Roasters are set to take a leap forward this July by sharing profits from the firm’s growth with the county’s charitable and nonprofit sector, in what is set to become an annual profit-sharing tradition.
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From July 15 to August 11, focussed around Brighton Pride month, the local firm will donate 25p from every takeaway cup of coffee to Brighton & Hove Pride’s community fundraising, the first annual charity recipient. The scheme will run across the group’s three venues located in Brighton’s Ship Street, Kensington Gardens and Cliffe High Street, Lewes. The campaign is about more than just raising cash funds too. Special Pride Month cups have been printed, which, like Trading Posts’ regular disposable vessels, are formed of a 100% compostable cup and lid. The celebratory design is emblazoned
Harry Woodhams, group Operations Manager, added: “Working in a dynamic, local, family-run business in Brighton & Hove is great, and it’s amazing to see the support we’ve been given by the local communities. As we grew, we knew, as a management team, that the moment was right to give something back to those who have helped us become a core part of the city’s communities.” Paul Kemp, Managing Director at Brighton & Hove Pride, said: “We’re thrilled that Trading Post Coffee Roasters have come onboard to support Brighton & Hove Pride’s fundraising for local charities and community groups through their coffee sales during Pride month. We’re delighted to have been chosen as the first benefactor for the great scheme. We’re always happy to engage with businesses who want to support Pride and the local communities.”
BITCH, PLEASE! AT BRIGHTON PRIDE ) Bitch, Please! the LGBT+ party collective presents Bitch, Pride! an extravaganza of seaside sass, sparkles and a spicy soundtrack of disco and house while raising funds for the Brighton Rainbow Fund at Brighton’s beachside Tempest Inn on Saturday, August 3.
Bitch, Pride! celebrate Pride 2019 with a stunning line-up of DJs and fierce performers including guest DJs, Italo disco sensation Tech Support, Freshly Squeezed house heroine DJ Faro, beat maestro Blixa and Ramos with Bitch, Please!’s resident DJs sassy Suze Rosser, spice boys ZenZero, the legendary Affy Go Bang, disco queens Wildblood & Queenie and Ms Vivi Westwood of the Valleys herself, Butch Queen plus exclusive sizzling performances from Alpha Bites, Baby, Black Diamond and more TBA. Bitch, Pride! on Saturday, August 3 from 5.30pm-4am, at Tempest Inn, 159-161 Kings Road Arches, Brighton BN1 1NB. For tickets and info: http://bit.ly/BPrideTicketsBTN http://bit.ly/tempestpride
QUAKERS AT PRIDE ) Quakers at the Friends’ Meeting House on Ship Street Brighton (BN1 1AF) will once again be opening their gardens as a chill out zone for anyone attending Brighton Pride on Saturday, August 3 from 11am–4pm. This is their fourth year holding this event, which has always proved very popular, and there will be lots of free homemade cakes and biscuits, tea, coffee and soft drinks all afternoon. The gardens at Friends’ Meeting House are a lovely place to chill out and escape the hustle and bustle of Pride, providing a quiet haven in the heart of the city centre. The Quakers are renowned for their inclusivity and diversity and support for the LGBT+ communities.
UNILEVER SUPPORT PRIDE & BRIGHTON RAINBOW FUND ) As part of its ongoing commitment to recruiting from and supporting the LGBT+ communities, Unilever marked the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising with the launch of a limited edition of Radox body gel, one of their most popular products. The FEEL PROUD body gel will donate directly to the Brighton-based charity the Brighton Rainbow Fund for every unit sold. Chris Bradley, United Studio co-founder and partner, who led on the Radox work donating his company’s time to the project, explained: “As a trans woman and an active member of the LGBT+ communities with over 20 years of work with Unilever I can testify to Unilever’s diversity policy first hand. It’s not just for the month of June, it’s embedded in their culture. As an active member of the LGBT+ communities I was only too aware of the pitfalls of a project like this. I’m delighted that the direct beneficiaries of this project is a Brighton-based charity with a proven track record of helping the LGBT+ communities. The Brighton Rainbow Fund helps fund many LGBT+ and HIV voluntary groups and initiatives within the LGBT+ communities in Brighton & Hove, it makes a real difference to hundreds of individuals. As for designing the pack. That’s the easy bit. With our community under attack like it has never been in recent history we thought it right to remember some of our core values.” The new packs were launched in all branches of Superdrug on June 19, 2019.
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GTR UNVEILS ‘TRAINBOW’ LIVERY TRAIN FOR BRIGHTON PRIDE THAMESLINK PRIDE TRAIN AT BRIGHTON STATION. PHOTO: MATTHEW WILMHURST
Ahead of Brighton and Hove Pride, Govia Thameslink Railway (GTV) unveils a special edition train emblazoned with a rainbow livery.
Maggie, who joined the marketing team through GTR’s apprenticeship programme in April 2018, added: “Whether you're a member of the LGBT+ communities or not, I hope that the train brings joy to everyone who sees it and that it also raises awareness of LGBT+ issues.” Stuart Meek, Train Services Director and Chair of GTR’s LGBT+ network, said: “We are absolutely delighted to see the train out in passenger service. This symbol of support shows how everyone is welcome on our services and celebrates our LGBT+ colleagues.” GTR’s LGBT+ network is made up of colleagues and advocates from departments across the organisation. It serves as a support and social network, and making plans for Pride have topped the agenda at recent meetings. GTR, which runs Southern, Thameslink and Gatwick Express services out of Brighton, is preparing an enhanced rail service during Brighton Pride with services running late into the night on Saturday, August 3 to help visitors to the city get home.
Maggie Luckhurst, 21, GTR’s Design & Content Apprentice and a member of its LGBT+ network, said: “This was a really special project to work on for me, and I'm grateful that I got to work alongside many other fantastic people in the company. I've always had a huge interest in the railways, so to be able to combine that with my creativity in this job has been a dream. I'll be keeping an eye out for this train on my commute.”
It will be part of the Thameslink fleet operating an enhanced service for hundreds of thousands of revellers travelling to and from Brighton Pride on August 2-4, which is the city's busiest weekend of the year. The rainbow design will also be used on merchandise and GTR’s first ever float in the Pride parade, which will carry members of the company’s LGBT+ network and other colleagues. It is accompanied by GTR’s Pride motto: Our People Bring Out Our Best Colours.
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) The eye-catching makeover of the Thameslink Class 700 train was designed by a GTR apprentice and celebrates the rail company’s thriving LGBT+ communities. Dubbed 'trainbow' by GTR colleagues, the 12-carriage train was given its new look in recent weeks at Hornsey depot in north London in a team effort featuring colleagues from branding, fleet and engineering.
Following months of planning with event organisers, Sussex Police, Brighton & Hove City Council and other local partners, there will be additional and longer services throughout the weekend. An enhanced 'rainbow' queuing system will channel passengers leaving the city into the appropriate queue for their train before they get to the station. Last month, GTR pledged to do even more to attract and retain more women working in the rail industry and as part of this effort has established a Women’s Network Group. Paul Kemp, Managing Director of Brighton & Hove Pride 2019, said: “We’re thrilled by the new train design, in support of GTR’s LGBT+ colleagues for Brighton & Hove Pride and hope that visitors to the city enjoy travelling to Pride by it! The creative is a great visual reminder of the importance of Pride and LGBT+ and allies standing together to celebrate and defend the progress that has been made by the LGBT+ communities. It also symbolises our positive working partnership with GTR in making sure travellers can get to and from the city over Pride weekend.”
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GOODBYE TIM AND THANK YOU FROM A GRATEFUL COMMUNITY
BIZARRE BAZAAR RAISES NEARLY £3,000 FOR THE SUSSEX BEACON
Tim Procter, welfare rights coordinator, retires after over 30 years of supporting the Brighton & Hove HIV+ community. By Travis Cox, THT Health Promotion Coordinator. ) In 1986, Tim Procter joined Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) as a volunteer helping people living with HIV and AIDS related conditions. Initially facilitating and creating the first social group of its kind, this later became an independent charity called Frontliners. THT offered people living with HIV a range of support services such as buddying, counselling and general day to day help. Tim did this through what was known as the general services group, offering practical assistance with decorating, driving and shopping, along with supporting a number of people living with HIV who just wanted the financial independence to manage their own care. In the 1980/90s there was a large amount of discrimination and stigmatisation of people living with HIV and sadly we still see this today. Some of Tim’s clients informed him that they were denied access to DHSS (Benefits Office), along with other outside agencies. At the time, clients told Tim that they were having security called on them just for living with HIV. Tim decided that it was time to act! So he set himself up as an advocacy worker and communicated with the agencies on behalf of his clients. Very quickly this service became overwhelmed and the small group of volunteers struggled to cope with the influx of people living with HIV who were accessing the service.
) Bizarre Bazaar, took place at Subline and the Sussex Beacon charity shop over the Bank Holiday weekend (May 26-27), raising nearly £3,000 for the Sussex Beacon.
those who helped with sales on the day.
“Special thanks to Steve at Subline for hosting Bizarre Bazaar at the club on Sunday 27, Affinity Bar for hosting the draw for the raffle and all those who donated prizes for the raffle, Theatre Paul Stewart, one of the volunteers, said: “What an amazing total. Thanks to Royal (ATG Tickets) Prowler, Legends, everyone who donated goods, came to Subline, Affinity Bar, Nice N Naughty, Patterns Club and Diva Cafe. support us and bought tickets for the associated raffle. Many thanks also to Watch this space for the next Bizarre the volunteers who helped prepare and Bazaar which is coming again soon! clean all the items for the sale and
BBW RAISE £10,243 FOR LOCAL GOOD CAUSES
THT recognised the need to place this service within its portfolio and it became known locally as the Advice Centre. This meant that paid staff could now support the Brighton & Hove community, by employing a lawyer, housing advisor and a welfare rights worker. Tim took up his employment in 1988 and worked for Open Door and then returned to THT. His total service to the HIV community was from 1988–2019 Tim’s motivation to become part of the THT team came from the large amount of personal bereavement. Having worked in the Country Cousins cabaret bar in London from 1977, he saw eight of his friends pass away from HIV related conditions over the next decade. He also helped support other friends with their end of life care. Tim’s own diagnoses came while working for THT, at the time life expectancy was often short and Tim felt that this would be a perfect way to spend the possible short time he might have left. Thankfully Tim went on to support hundreds of people living with HIV to access the benefits they were entitled to and helped pave the way for people living with HIV to be free from discrimination. He continued supporting people living with HIV for another three decades and has made a huge contribution to the Brighton & Hove LGBT+ communities. We at THT would like to say a massive thank you to Tim for all the dedication he has shown to his clients and the huge commitment to THT as an organisation. Everyone at THT would like to thank Tim for everything he has done and continues to do for people living with HIV. We would like to wish him all the best for the future and a happy retirement with Molly, his new puppy. Once again thank you so much for your dedication to the HIV community and I can confidently say you will be truly missed by the staff and clients of THT Brighton. A fond farewell and remember - even though you’re no longer working for THT your dedication and legacy lives on!
) Brighton Bear Weekend (BBW) raised a total of £10,243 from their fundraising activities in 2018-19 for local good causes, beating last years record total raised of £10.060. BBW raised the money at events during the year culminating in the Brighton Bear Weekend from June 13-16. They have donated £7,000 to the Rainbow Fund, £1,143 to Lunch Positive and £2,100 to the Brighton & Hove LGBT Community Safety Forum. Graham Munday, Chair of BBW, said: “We'd especially like to thank the guys at The Amsterdam Bar & Kitchen, Bar Broadway, The Camelford and Subline, who’ve been very supportive
STEVE BEAUMONT FROM RAINBOW FUND RECEIVES A CHEQUE FOR £7,000 FROM BBW FROM THEIR FUNDRAISING IN 2018-19
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and hosted a number of events for us throughout the year. "Given the economic climate we’re in, this is a doubly impressive figure we’ve raised and we really owe a huge debt of gratitude to everyone who supported us this year, and in particular, all those who came to our events, braved the rain, dug deep and created a weekend in June that everyone enjoyed. “Next year will be our 10th birthday and we’re looking forward to making BBW even bigger and better." Brighton Bear Weekend in 2019 will be held over the weekend of June 2528, 2020.
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BYE BYE SAM AND GOOD LUCK!
) Players and supporters of Brighton & Hove Sea Serpents RFC took turns to cycle 500 miles to raise funds to send a team from Brighton to the 2020 Bingham Cup in Ottawa, Canada. The fundraiser took place on Sunday, July 21 on the patio of the Amsterdam Bar & Kitchen on 4 static cycles loaned by Pure Gym.
The Bingham Cup is the world cup for gay and inclusive rugby teams worldwide; at the last Bingham Cup, staged in Amsterdam in 2018, the Sea Serpents won the Challenger Bowl. They need to raise £2,000 to help defend the trophy in Ottawa and the static cycle ride is one of a number of fundraisers planned for 2019-20. Brighton & Hove Sea Serpents RFC was set up in 2015 with the aim of giving gay, bi and trans men the opportunity to play rugby that many of them missed whilst at school. They are the youngest Rugby Club in Sussex and 2018 was their first year playing in the Sussex 4 East Division. The Sea Serpents are sponsored by Bar Broadway and are the current holders of the Golden Handbag Award for Favourite Sports Team.
BRIGHTON TAVERN RAISE £335 FOR RAINBOW FUND ) Paul Murray (3rd from left), assistant manager at Brighton Tavern, received a certificate from the Brighton Rainbow Fund for raising £335 at Sheriff Ford’s Annual Hoedown at the end of May.
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) Sam Stephens was given a great send off from Charles Street Tap on Thursday, July 4 where, since starting to work there 10 years ago, he has risen through the ranks to become one of the most popular managers on the commercial LGBT+ scene. Sam leaves Brighton to take over his own venue, The Tivoli in Cheltenham, and was given a great send off by Sally Vate, Mrs Moore and Miss Penny with DJ Claire Fuller providing sounds and lights for the evening. Sam arrived in Brighton 14 years ago to study geography and geology. After
graduating he started working at Charles Street Tap and now feels the time is right to spread his wings and take on his own venue. Sam is one of the current holders of the Favourite Bar Persons’ Award, which he won at the Golden Handbag Awards at the Hilton Brighton Metropole on June 23 along with one of his Charles Street Tap colleagues, Ashley Beachey. Sam said: “I want to thank Chris Marshall, Ed Stocker and Jon-Paul Mager-Playford who’ve been here the whole time helping me get where I am today and teaching me everything I know.”
O/S BARBERS RAISE FUNDS FOR RAINBOW FUND ) Joe Steven and George Oakley of O/S Barbers will be raising funds at their Brighton shops in George Street and Castle Square, along with the help of guest barbers on Pride Friday, August 2. Joe and George said: "We hope this will be our biggest fundraising day to date. We think it’s very important to give back to our communities and to have a beer and let the boys run their the people who need it most." fingers through your hair. Both shops will be open on Friday, This is the fourth year running they’ve August 2 from 10am-7pm and all staged a fundraising event to kick off proceeds from each haircut will be Pride weekend. In the last two years they donated to the Rainbow Fund who give raised £990 for the Sussex Beacon at grants to local LGBT/HIV organisations their shop in George Street. that deliver effective frontline services to LGBT+ people in Brighton & Hove. No Instagram: @osbarbers appointments are needed, just turn up, osbarbers.co.uk/brighton-shop.html
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HIV STIGMA REMAINS AS RIFE AS EVER IN 2019! New polling reveals 45% of gay and lesbian Brits would feel ‘uncomfortable’ having sex with someone with HIV and on effective treatment despite zero risk of transmission on to their sexual partners. This has an incredible impact on the lives of people living with HIV and is a powerful message to address HIV-related stigma. And while just 19% of Brits know about this progress, we have a duty to keep on shouting about it until everyone knows the truth about HIV."
) On the anniversary of Terry Higgins’ death (July 4), one of the first people to die of an AIDS-related illness, a new survey revealed that attitudes around HIV remain stuck in the 1980s. This comes despite huge medical progress in the fight against HIV since Terry’s death in 1982, including that people living with the virus and on effective treatment can’t pass it on – with or without a condom. However, the new survey from HIV and sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) shows that under half (47%) of gay and lesbian Brits are still not aware of this stigma-busting fact. This compares with 23% of bisexual respondents.
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While 68% of gay and lesbian Brits were comfortable going on a date with someone living with HIV, 45% still said they’d feel uncomfortable having sex with someone living with HIV who is on effective treatment. In the UK, 97% of those diagnosed and on treatment are virally suppressed, which means levels of the virus in the blood are so low that they can’t pass on HIV. Dr Michael Brady, Medical Director at THT and National Advisor for LGBT Health at NHS England, said: “Progress in the treatment for HIV is one of the greatest triumphs of modern medicine. In just a couple of decades effective treatment means a HIV diagnosis has gone from a virtual death sentence to us now saying with confidence, and without doubt, that people living with HIV who are on effective treatment can’t pass the virus
The YouGov survey also revealed that stigmatising attitudes are the lowest among gay people. When asked about feeling comfortable kissing someone living with HIV, 20% of gay and lesbian Brits said they’d feel uncomfortable compared to 48% of the general population. There’s no risk of getting HIV through kissing, sharing utensils or other day to day contact. The charity, set up by Terry Higgins’ partner and close friends, has launched a campaign to tackle out of date beliefs about how HIV is passed on in an effort to end the stigma and discrimination faced by people living with the virus. It takes inspiration from one of THT’s campaigns from the 1990s showing a couple being intimate and the tagline, It’s that condom moment. While condoms remain the best way to prevent all sexually transmitted infections, the message has changed to one with the power to transform the lives of those with HIV – people living with HIV and on effective treatment can’t pass it on. For the past 20 years, evidence has been building to show that the likelihood of passing on HIV is linked to the amount of virus in the blood, also known as viral load. Treatment is deemed effective when it reduces this to undetectable levels, which can take up to six months from starting treatment. The landmark PARTNER and PARTNER 2 studies provide the medical evidence that people with an undetectable viral load can’t pass on HIV. Last November, Lloyd Russell-Moyle, MP for Brighton Kemptown & Peacehaven, publicly announced during a debate in Parliament that he is
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living with HIV and became the first sitting MP to do so. Part of his motivation for doing this was to provide the public with up-todate information about HIV.
Lloyd Russell-Moyle MP, said: “One of the most empowering things in my life since being diagnosed is knowing that I can’t pass on HIV. I can say with confidence that effective treatment means I can’t transmit HIV to my sexual partner and I’ve a perfectly healthy life, which is absolutely transformative. “During my speech in November when I disclosed to the world I was living with HIV, I said this news should go totally unnoticed but it didn’t. The stigma surrounding HIV is still far too high and that’s why we need to double our efforts to stamp out misinformation about HIV. I’m very proud to support THT in its 'Can’t Pass It On' campaign. If everyone knew this simple yet transformative fact we could end the stigma and end the fear that many people still have towards HIV. I’m living proof that HIV in no way holds you back in life and this is something to celebrate.” Sadiq Ali is living with HIV and is part of THT’s new stigma busting campaign as they feel passionately about educating others about the realities of living with the virus. Sadiq said: “Knowing I can’t pass on HIV opens up a world where I’m okay to be HIV positive and still have sexual relationships, both casual and intimate ones, without HIV being a barrier. The Can’t Pass It On campaign gives me as a HIV positive person a very easy way to inform and educate. Without getting too specific, it gives me a way to describe the massive progress we’ve made that’s almost unknown. It will interest and educate someone who’s not otherwise interested in HIV.”
For more info about the Can’t Pass It On campaign, see: www.tht.org.uk/our-work/our-campaigns/cantpass-it-on Or follow the #CantPassItOn hashtag on social media.
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) The HIV prevention drug PrEP is a step closer to being made available to anyone who needs it through the NHS. This follows a meeting last month between Simon Stevens, Chief Executive of NHS England, NAT (National AIDS Trust), Terrence Higgins Trust (THT), and PrEPster. NHS England announced five steps towards better access to the HIV prevention drug PrEP, including recommending removing the capped number of places on the ongoing national IMPACT Trial. Deborah Gold, Chief Executive of NAT, said: “The steps NHS England have outlined are extremely welcome ones, but there remain serious barriers to getting PrEP to those who need it. We need the Department of Health and Social Care to commit the necessary funding for routine commissioning as planning for this begins in earnest. “Local authorities are running sexual health services with a disappearing pool of public health funding. Sexual Health services are struggling. Nevertheless we are facing an emergency. People are getting HIV because of the shambolic postcode lottery that limits PrEP access; local authorities need to rise to the challenge of being able to provide it.
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Katie Vincent, Allsorts Youth Project’s Co-Director, said: “We are absolutely delighted to have been chosen as one of the Mayor’s 2019-2020 charities. It means a great deal to us as a project, both in recognition of the work we do and in giving us a platform to raise awareness of the needs and issues faced by vulnerable LGBTU youth. It’s a great honour.”
) Allsorts Youth Project has been chosen as one of the 20 charities newly elected Mayor Alexandra Phillips will be supporting during her Mayoral year. Delivering services in both Brighton & Hove and West Sussex, Allsorts Youth Project listens to, supports and connects young people under 26 who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans or unsure (LGBTU) of their sexual orientation and/or gender identity through youth groups, one-on-one support and advocacy. They also offer LGBTU and trans awareness training for professionals and deliver awareness raising workshops in local schools.
) Brighton & Hove's LGBT+ Switchboard’s Helpline is now open from 7–9.30pm on Wednesdays and Thursdays. There is also a trans-only webchat available on Sundays from 3–5pm. A spokesperson for Switchboard said: “Consolidating our hours means we can be there for the community when they need us. We’ve supported LGBT+ and questioning people in the South East since 1975. We plan to extend our hours in 2020, when we’re celebrating 45 years of listening to the LGBT+ communities.” The helpline is confidential and run by LGBT+ volunteers. If you want to get in contact with Switchboard, you can call them on 01273 204050, email them at info@switchboard.org.uk, or use webchat: switchboard.org.uk/helpline
For more information about Allsorts Youth Project, view: www.allsortsyouth.org.uk
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“Lastly, we need the IMPACT Trial researchers to support the obvious argument that a trial designed to answer questions about implementing a new drug will only give meaningful results if data isn’t artificially deflated with a capped number of participants. Currently, people are being diagnosed with HIV while they wait for PrEP to become available in their area – for those people it is too late for PrEP. This is unacceptable. NAT will remain at the forefront of the fight for this gamechanging drug.”
NEW HELPLINE HOURS FOR LOCAL LGBT+ SWITCHBOARD
Each year, the Mayor actively supports a range of Brighton & Hove charities who work hard to improve the lives of the local communities. Alongside Allsorts Youth Project the other chosen charities this year are BHT, Brighton’s Women’s Centre, CRUSE, Grace Eyre, Oasis Project, RISE, Survivors’ Network, Sussex Nightstop Sustrans, Whoopsadaisy, Amaze, Brighton Table Tennis Club, Clock Town Sanctuary, Extratime, Hummingbird Project, Off the Fence, Rockinghorse, and The Martlets.
) For over 30 years the Food Chain have supported people across London who are living with HIV. Today they have their own kitchen in King’s Cross and provide a twice a week lunch service, bringing people together for a nutritious meal. A safe place where people can be open about their HIV, socialise and combat isolation and loneliness. They also provide cooking courses, nutrition advice and home delivered groceries. Thanks to modern medicines, today most people with HIV live long and healthy lives. But these are not the people who necessarily come through the doors of the Food Chain. People are referred to them at a time of crisis; and the Food Chain are a lifeline to some of the most vulnerable people in society. The Food Chain is now in crisis.
All funders are under great pressure from all the charities that need their help and the funding pot is shrinking. Unfortunately, some of the Food Chain's regular annual funding has not been forthcoming or delayed due to the volume of applications this year. They need to raise £40,000 immediately, and £100,000 by the end of the year to continue providing their much-needed services. If they don’t raise these amounts, they will have to cut services and ultimately close their doors. Yes, it’s that serious! “I just wanted to let everybody at the Food Chain know how my life has changed, and all for the better. I’ve managed to put another ½ kilo on.” Martyn “Eating Together is nowhere near what I imagined it to be! It’s easy to talk to people there. There’s such a great mix of people with different HIV experiences straight, gay, women and men all mingling with each other!” Grant. To make a donation to their Go Fund Me campaign and help keep this service open, view: www.foodchain.org.uk/
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WHITEHAWK FC HOST FOOTBALL UNITED, A CELEBRATION OF TOGETHERNESS
You’re invited to an enjoyable gathering, provided by people with HIV
) Football United - A Celebration of Togetherness, is a ground-breaking football match featuring Premier League All-Stars, Former Champions League winners and Internationals, playing against Rainbow Rovers, a team comprised of LGBT+ sports people, activists and celebrities.
• Meet people and socialise • Enjoy an informal evening supper together • Find information and advice • Have a say in how things are done
The Football Industry continues to embrace diversity and inclusion within its sport, while more and more people are challenging outdated perceptions, and making a stand. One of the most high profile mixed-gender matches ever played, Football United will kick off at Whitehawk FC’s TerraPura Ground in East Brighton at 3pm on the Sunday (4) of Brighton & Hove Pride weekend. The ex-Premier League All Star team features ex-players from Manchester United, Newcastle United, Brighton & Hove Albion, Aston Villa and Tottenham Hotspur. The LGBT+ team will be player managed by transgender writer and broadcaster, Sophie Cook.
50+ SUPPER GROUP TUESDAY 13TH AUG 6PM Extra Peer Group time 5–6PM for those interested
Sophie Cook said: “When I came out as transgender in Premier League football I had friends that were concerned for my safety, there’d never been a trans woman working within the game. But rather than abuse and hatred I was greeted with love and respect from fans, players and management alike. Yes there were still those that held on to their bigotry but they were the minority. Football holds a unique position within our society to carry the message of diversity and equality into areas that are often ignored and written off. The game is a universal language that transcends social barriers and this game will send out the message that the beautiful game belongs to everyone regardless of sexuality, gender identity, race, religion or gender. Football United? It’s bigger than that, it’s People United!”
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Maria Horner from the Football Supporters Association (FSA), added: “The FSA is all about showing people that live football is on their doorstep. Fans for Diversity helps those who may not think football is for them get along to the game. That’s why we’re proud to support and take part in this event at Whitehawk FC – it promises to be an excellent occasion demonstrating just how welcoming football can be.” Kevin Miller, for Whitehawk Football Club, said: "We’re proud to be hosting such an inspirational game, and on behalf of the club I’d like to thank everyone who has helped put this together. We look forward to welcoming fans from the world of football and beyond. This match is an invitation to all ages, colours, races, faiths, and genders, to join us and celebrate Inclusion through football, on a weekend where Brighton & Hove lights a beacon for inclusivity around the world."
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SEA SERPENTS CELEBRATE ANNUAL DINNER & AGM AT HOVE RUGBY CLUB ) Brighton & Hove Sea Serpents had their annual dinner at Hove Rugby Club on Saturday, June 22, following on from their AGM earlier in the afternoon. Guest speaker for the evening was Gavin Ross, the president of Sussex RFU, who was clearly thrilled to have been invited to talk at the dinner. In his speech, Club Chairman Ian Chaplin reported 2019-20 was the club’s third full season and second in the Sussex Leagues. Fifty-five players appeared in 31 games over league matches, friendlies and tournaments with five of those players appearing for the club for the first time. The team won nine out of 19 league matches putting 421 points on the scoreboard in those games. With the help of the Glasgow Alphas, the Sea Serpents took a team to the Bingham Cup in Amsterdam and took a full squad of players to Newcastle to the Hadrian’s Cup 10s tournament - returning from both tournaments with silverware. They also took a full squad of players to Dublin for the Union Cup. Ian said: "If people want to tell us that gay and inclusive rugby isn’t mainstream what is more mainstream than a rugby tournament with 45 sides from 14 countries sponsored by Bank of Ireland, Vodafone and Guinness, and what a lovely sight their brewery gates were. We were upgraded to the second tier, showing how well we have progressed. It wasn’t easy, and we didn’t pick up any silverware this time, but we are a strong club with a strong rugby game. "You can never guarantee the future, but I am confident that next season we will consolidate our place within Sussex RFU and next year we will take a squad to Ottawa for the Bingham Cup. It’ll be hard work, but I trust you all to succeed." Kathy Caton treated everyone present to a tipple of Brighton Gin. The big awards of the evening presented were: Supporter of the Year - Victoria Mann; Club Man of the Year - Richard Denslow; Special Award for team services - Russell Kingaby; Best Newcomer - Misael Flores Perez; Captain’s Award Jack Cahill; Players’ Players - Dan Humphrey and Callum Blackburn. For more info, view: www.pitchero.com/clubs/brightonandhoveseaserpents
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ANDREW KAY & JASON SUTTON
His stage appearances have included plays and musicals - notably the Boys in the Band and Privates on Parade. “Those shows made me hungry to do other things as well as drag. When Twinkle happened it was the most challenging thing I’d ever faced. I wouldn’t have got through it without Allan. This new show is an immense compliment to me by Andrew.” I asked Jason where he starts with a one-man script. “At the beginning. I’m very dyslexic, so reading and line-learning is hard. The three of us sat down for a long time and discussed the situation the character David finds himself in.”
MORNING GLORY – BRIGHTON THREESOME EDINBURGH BOUND Three of Brighton’s top men in the entertainment business head for the Edinburgh Fringe with a new one-man show about ageism in the LGBT+ communities. They tell Brian Butler why the issue is so topical and crucial to equal rights. ) Publisher and broadcaster Andrew Kay, who
for many years was one of the country’s leading art directors for top publishing houses, has penned a dark and comic play which will set its audience thinking and talking. For over 16 years Andrew designed covers for books by authors such as Jackie Collins, Dame Edna and Brighton writer Peter James’ first four novels. Now an anchor and presenter at Brighton-based local commercial TV company Latest TV, he has turned his hand to writing a one-man show for his friend, local drag performer Jason Sutton (aka Miss Jason). The third in the trio is Allan Cardew, a wellknown local theatre and event director. In 2018 he directed Jason in a one-man show called Twinkle at the B Right On community festival. “I liked Twinkle and Jason’s amazing performance as an ageing panto dame whose life was disintegrating.” It inspired him to agree to direct Morning Glory specifically for Jason. When Jason received the script, he replied within an hour. Though there are plenty of laughs in the piece, it does treat a serious topic, that of ageism in the LGBT+ communities: “It deals with the hostile behaviour of some young gay men, a lack of understanding, ignorance and a complacency about how we got to where we are in terms of equality,” says Andrew.
The play centres round David, a 50-something gay man and tells of his night out with friends for a birthday and how the group are treated. “There are twists and turns in the story and I won’t give it all away but it does have a good ending,” says Allan.
Andrew adds “I could hear Jason’s voice when I wrote it and I knew how he would handle it. This is a very real and personal story and very emotional for all three of us. David loves his friends; he’s not a brave man and this is the first time he has taken a stand on anything, and he takes action and then tells us about the aftermath.” Jason’s technique has been to learn the dialogue, tied to moves and actions, but admits “Once it’s in, it’s in. If I get into a problem with the play, it’s only me who can get myself out of it. David is very real to me. I hope it’s a project we can develop if we can get sponsorship to carry it forward beyond Edinburgh.”
Allan has spent a lifetime organising corporate events, lecturing in drama and working at the now closed K-bis school in Brighton. Many plays and big-cast musicals later he helped to found Brighton Cares in the 1990s, which through theatre groups helped raise funds for people with HIV. He works with actor Amanda Redman at her Ealing Artists Theatre School. “When I read Morning Glory I leapt at the chance of directing it. It’s a privilege to have such direct contact one to one with Jason. This story is my story. I was 15 when homosexuality was legalised. It’s important everyone knows the history. Today is built on the shoulders of what happened then. It’s important to remember that back then I couldn’t get a mortgage with my gay partner." Jason Sutton is well known in Brighton and further afield as Miss Jason, a character he created 21 years ago. Jason was living in Portsmouth and met the drag legend Phil Starr. “Phil got me going, and David Raven aka
“I love a live audience, it’s different every night and it’s a real exchange between humans”
MORE INFO ) Morning Glory plays at Planet Bar,
Edinburgh at 5pm, August 12 and twice daily at noon and 5pm, August 13-16. ) Jason will also appear as his drag
personae Miss Jason for one night at the end of its Fringe run on August 16. To book tickets online, view: edinburghfestival.list.co.uk/event/1297 793-morning-glory/
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FEELING PECKISH? Three tasty options to tempt your palate during Pride rillette pate and warm toast (supplement of £2.50 when part of the specials/offers). Followed by a glorious rare rib eye steak with beurre Maître D’hôtel, salad and chips for £17.50 (supplement of £2.50 when part of the specials/offers) and closing with what for me is the best desert in the city, yes the city - a crème brulée served in a flat dish (£5.95). For his main course my husband usually chooses the chicken ballotine stuffed with seasonal vegetables, served in a mustard sauce with gratin dauphinois (£14.50). Tender moist circles of chicken, perfectly prepared potatoes all dressed in a tasty mustard sauce. He usually finishes off with a moist peach tiramisu (£5.95).
NEW STEINE BISTRO A slice of Paris in the heart of Kemptown ) This quirky French bistro offers traditional French dishes prepared from fresh local ingredients by young French trained chef Roman Martiné - who has been creating classic dishes in the New Steine kitchens for the last four years. Located on the ground floor of the New Steine Hotel, the bistro seats just 20 people so it’s important to make a reservation. There is also a room for private parties downstairs that can seat around 30 people.
New Steine Bistro offers a daily special menu which costs £13.95 for two courses, and £15.95 for three courses from Sunday to Thursday and £17.95 for two courses and £19.95 for three courses on Friday and Saturday. I love eating at New Steine Bistro - it’s like dining in your own front room with friends. The list of French wines is impressive and this Bistro and its owner, Herve Guyat, remains one of Brighton's best kept secrets. New Steine Bistro is closed for annual holidays during most of August.
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) New Steine Bistro, 11-11 New Steine, Brighton BN2 1PB ) Reservations: 01273 681546 ) Food served: Tue–Sun 6–9.30pm ) View full menu at: www.newsteinehotel.com
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I’ve been eating at the New Steine Bistro for the last 15 years. I’m a creature of habit and have to admit I nearly always order the same dishes starting with assiette de charcuterie, a sharing plate for two people (£13.75) with saucisson, chorizo, bayonne ham, duck
Other dishes worth tasting include the soup of the day, which is always first class, the Sussex braised pork cheeks à la bourguignon served with mashed potatoes (£14.75) and always checkout what the special fish and meat dish of the day is - ask your waiter whats on offer.
SPICED LAMB BURGER
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For the ‘ladies’ who lunch
ALWAYS a cosy pub, SOMETIMES a sports pub
) There are few place to lunch in comfort outside on Brighton seafront. Legends provides some of the best sea views while offering top notch lunch choices every afternoon till 5pm, and the venue is very dog friendly.
) A friendly bar popular with football supporters to meet before and after home games at the Albion, where they serve seriously tasty Thai street food. You can eat inside or outside on the pavement and the venue is very dog friendly.
Their summer menu includes some new dishes well worth checking out. Back Ribs in Smoked BBQ Sauce on the BBQ Street Style section are a must try - tender, delicious and a snatch at £8.95.
Starters are £4.50, mains, including rice, £7.50 - two courses for £9.90 and a Lunch Menu (until 4pm) at £5.95. There are also four mixed starters to share for £8.90, with loads of vegan, vegetarian and gluten free options available.
Deli Wraps are served in a warm deli-style wrap (or artisan white/ brown bread) with salad leaves & chips (£7.95). Fillings include honey roast pork, smoked salmon, chicken tikka, confit duck, home cured salt beef and hummus and avocado, and are a meal in themselves,
I tried the Tom Kha Soup with lemon grass, lime leaves and mushrooms in creamy coconut milk with a choice of chicken, prawn or vegan: vegetable or tofu (£4.50) - a delicious starter packed with produce and very filling. Highly recommended!
If you choose anything from the Burger section be prepared to wait for up to 20 minutes as they’re made completely from scratch. However, it’s well worth the wait and the Spiced Lamb Burger with coriander chutney is my favourite dish on the whole menu, worth every penny of £9.95 - it’s spectacular!
As is my favourite dish on the whole menu! BBQ pork spare ribs marinated in honey and ginger prepared Thai BBQ style (£4.50). The sauce is unique and will leave you wanting more. Try the Thai style prawn crackers with sweet chilli dip (£2) to accompany any of your courses.
SALMON TERIYAKI SALAD
On a summer’s day you might want a salad - try the Lightly Smoked Salmon Teriyaki (£8.95), which comes with poached egg, cherry tomato, mixed leaves and a tasty teriyaki sauce.
For the main course I had stir-fried cashew nut with chicken (also available with prawn, pork beef or vegan: vegetable or tofu). Full of flavours with perfect flaky rice. Other main course options include a selection of curries, fried rice dishes, noodles and Thai salads - all in all great value for money. Three Jolly Butchers is part of the group that owns the Camelford Arms, Paris House on Western Road and Boutique in West Street.
Traditional favourites still on the menu include fish & chips (£9.95) and the all day breakfast (£8.95), which is served from 7.30am.
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) Three Jolly Butchers, 59 North Rd, Brighton BN1 1YD ) Reservations: 01273 608571 ) Food served: Mon–Sat 1–9pm ) View full menu at: www.three-jolly-butchers.co.uk/thai-menu/
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) Legends, 31-34 Marine Parade, Brighton BN2 1TR ) Reservations: 01273 624462 (booking essential for Sunday lunch) ) Food served: Sun 12.30–4pm, Mon–Sat 12–5pm ) View full menu at: www.legends-brighton.com/eat.html
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FAVOURITE SUNDAY LUNCH: CAMELFORD ARMS
GOLDEN HANDBAG AWARDS ) POLYGLAMOROUS were the big winners at the 24th Golden Handbag Awards winning Favourite LGBT+ Club Night and Favourite Trans Venue or Event along with Legends who won Favourite Hotel, Large Bar and LGBT+ Club. Special thanks to Reveries Event Production & Design who designed the sensational Moulin Rouge set, stage, lighting design and production during the evening, along with PSAV® and E3 Events who together were headline sponsors. Guest entertainers were ex-Collabro star Richard Hadfield, Scottish funny lady Mary Mac, vocal powerhouses Gabriella Parrish and Kara Van Park. The evening was attended by the current Mayor of Brighton & Hove and Green MEP for South East England, Cllr Alexandra Phillips, and four former city Mayors: Brian Fitch, Mo Marsh, Linda Hydes and Cllr Dee Simpson, who were all very supportive of the LGBT+ communities during their year in office. Presenters included: MP for Brighton Kemptown & Peacehaven, Lloyd Russell-Moyle; Convenor of the Greens, Cllr Phelim McCafferty; Chair of the Martin Fisher Foundation, Glynn Jones; broadcaster Kathy Caton; entertainers David Raven, Miss Jason, Drag With No Name, Alfie Ordinary, Sally Vate and Miss Disney.
FAVOURITE LOCAL BUSINESS (NON LICENSED) & GOLDEN HANDBAGS QUIZ WINNERS: PROWLER
Special thanks to: the Hilton Brighton Metropole and their staff; Terry Wing and his team from Security & Event Solutions; Billie Lewis Promotions for dressing the tables; and the back stage crew of Eric Page, Miss Joyride, Gavin Kerruish and Billie Lewis. Very special thanks to Lola Lasagne for hosting, Besmir Dema for producing the Powerpoint displays on the big screens, and Nick Ford Photography. The Rainbow Hub will receive a Gscene bursary of £6,000, and the Clare Project a £2,000 bursary. James Ledward FAVOURITE MIXED VENUE: CHARLES STREET TAP
FAVOURITE OUT OF TOWN VENUE: THE EDGE & BOX BAR, SOUTHAMPTON
FAVOURITE LGBT+ CLUB: BASEMENT CLUB @ LEGENDS
FAVOURITE WOMEN’S VENUE: VELVET JACKS
FAVOURITE LGBT+ CLUB NIGHT: POLYGLAMOROUS @ CHARLES STREET TAP
FAVOURITE CABARET VENUE: QUEENS ARMS
FAVOURITE HOTEL: LEGENDS
FAVOURITE DOOR SECURITY: SHARON WALSH @ SUBLINE
GSCENE GSCENE 31 FAVOURITE HOST/SCENE PERSONALITY: PAUL ‘POLLY’ THOMPSON
FAVOURITE TRANS VENUE/EVENT: POLYGLAMOROUS @ CHARLES STREET TAP
FAVOURITE LOCAL SINGER: MISS DISNEY
FAVOURITE DRAG ENTERTAINER: DRAG WITH NO NAME
FAVOURITE BIG BAR: LEGENDS
FAVOURITE SMALL BAR: BAR BROADWAY
FAVOURITE LOCAL DJ: CLAIRE FULLER
FAVOURITE LANDLORD: COLLIN DAY @ THE GROSVENOR BAR
FAVOURITE MUSIC GROUP: BRIGHTON GAY MEN’S CHORUS
FAVOURITE BAR PERSON 2: ASHLEY BEACHEY @ CHARLES ST TAP
FAVOURITE BAR PERSON 1: SAM STEVENS @ CHARLES ST TAP
FAVOURITE SPORTS GROUP: BRIGHTON & HOVE SEA SERPENTS RFC
FAVOURITE HIV ORGANISATION: SUSSEX BEACON
FAVOURITE LGBT+ VOLUNTARY ORGANISATION: MINDOUT
FAVOURITE LGBT+ SOCIAL/LEISURE/NETWORKING ORGANISATION: BRIGHTON BEAR WEEKEND
GOLDEN HANDBAGS COMMUNITY FUNDRAISING AWARD: SUBLINE & MARINE TAVERN
RUNNER UP MIXED BAR & OUT OF TOWN VENUE: ROTTINGDEAN CLUB
GOLDEN HANDBAGS VOLUNTEERS’ AWARD: LUNCH POSITIVE
RUNNER UP SUNDAY LUNCH, HOTEL & LARGE BAR: AMSTERDAM BAR & KITCHEN
GABRIELLA PARRISH
RUNNER UP LANDLORD: ADAM BROOKS
RUNNER UP CHOIR: ACTUALLY GAY MEN’S CHORUS
MARY MAC
KARA VAN PARK
RICHARD HADFIELD
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GOLDEN HANDBAGS ALLY AWARD: SUSAN COLEMAN
GOLDEN HANDBAG AWARDS 2019 WINNERS & RUNNERS-UP IN ORDER SUNDAY LUNCH VENUE 1 CAMELFORD ARMS 2 Amsterdam Bar & Kitchen 3 Bedford Tavern 4 Legends 5 Regency Tavern 6 Marine Tavern GOLDEN HANDBAGS PRINCESS DIANA AWARD: STEPHEN RICHARDS AKA LOLA LASAGNE
BRIGHTON HOTEL 1 LEGENDS HOTEL 2 Amsterdam Hotel 3 Hilton Brighton Metropole 4 New Steine Hotel 5 Old Ship Hotel DOOR SECURITY 1 SHARON WALSH (Subline) 2 Liz Blythe (Bar Revenge) 3 Jill King (The Edge) 4 Mags West (Amsterdam B & K) 5 Ali De Lacy (Legends)
GOLDEN HANDBAGS LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: PAUL KEMP
BUSINESS (Non-licensed) 1 PROWLER 2 Brighton Sauna 3 Bone Idol 4 Cup of Joe Cafe & Trading Post 5 Diva Cafe OUT OF TOWN VENUE 1 THE EDGE (Southampton) 2 Rottingdean Club (Rottingdean) 3 Hampshire Boulevard (Portsmouth) 4 Two Brewers (London) 5 Black Horse (Rottingdean) PERSONALITY/DOOR HOST 1 PAUL ‘POLLY’ THOMPSON (Subline & Brighton Sauna) 2 Sam Pink (All New Bulldog) 3 Alfie Ordinary 4 Precious Hilton 5 Lydia L’Scabies MIXED BAR 1 CHARLES STREET TAP 2 Rottingdean Club 3 Bedford Tavern 4 Camelford Arms 5 All New Bulldog 6 Marine Tavern
BACKSTAGE CREW: ERIC PAGE, BILLIE LEWIS & GAVIN KERRUISH
ENTERTAINER/SINGER 1 MISS DISNEY 2 Gabriella Parrish 3 Jason Lee 4 Jason Thorpe 5 Jamie Watson 6 Jennie Castell LGBT+ VOLUNTARY SECTOR ORGANISATION 1 MINDOUT 2 LGBT Community Safety Forum 3 Switchboard 4 Allsorts Youth Project 5 Rainbow Hub
HIV ORGANISATION 1 SUSSEX BEACON 2 Lunch Positive 3 Terrence Higgins Trust 4 Martin Fisher Foundation 5 Peer Action SPORTS GROUP 1 SEA SERPENTS RFC 2 BLAGSS 3 Gay Men’s Dance Company 4 Trans Can Sport 5 Out to Swim MUSIC GROUPS INC CHOIRS 1 BRIGHTON GAY MEN’S CHORUS 2 Actually Gay Men’s Chorus 3 Rainbow Chorus 4 Brighton Belles 5 Resound Male Voices COMMUNITY SOCIAL/LEISURE NETWORKING ORGANISATION 1 BRIGHTON BEAR WEEKEND 2 Bear-Patrol 3 Gay Men’s Dance Company 4 Rainbow Families 5 Older & Out VENUE FOR WOMEN 1 VELVET JACKS 2 Legends 3 Marlborough 4 Bar Revenge 5 Fallen Angel TRANS VENUE/EVENT 1 POLYGLAMOROUS 2 Trans Pride 3 Marlborough 4 Legends 5 Amsterdam Bar & Kitchen SMALL BAR 1 BAR BROADWAY 2 Grosvenor 3 Queens Arms 4 Affinity Bar 5 Subline 6 All New Bulldog 7 Regency Tavern LARGE BAR 1 LEGENDS 2 Amsterdam Bar & Kitchen 3 Charles Street Tap 4 Bar Revenge
TOP TWO BAR PERSONS 1 SAM STEPHENS (Charles St Tap) 2 Ashley Beachey (Charles St Tap) BRIGHTON DJ 1 CLAIRE FULLER (Basement Club @Legends) 2 Darcy Buckland (Revenge & Edge) 3 Toby Lawrence (Revenge) 4 Patrick Crawley (Basement Club) 5 Bertie Clarke (Revenge) GAY CLUB NIGHT 1 POLYGLAMOROUS (Charles St Tap) 2 Glitter Curious (Basement Club@Legends) 3 FOMO (Revenge) 4 El Geebee Tea Queue (Brunswick) 5 Club Silencio (Subline) GAY CLUB 1 BASEMENT CLUB@LEGENDS 2 Revenge 3 Subline 4 The Edge (Southampton) 5 Envy @ Charles Street Tap CABARET VENUE 1 QUEENS ARMS 2 Bar Broadway 3 Legends 4 Charles Street Tap 5 Grosvenor 6 Affinity Bar LANDLORD/MANAGER 1 COLLIN DAY (Grosvenor) 2 Adam Brooks (Bedford Tavern) 3 Phil Sherrington (Rottingdean Club) 4 Jackie Perry (Velvet Jacks) 5 Michael McGarrigle (Bar Broadway) LOCAL DRAG ENTERTAINER 1 DRAG WITH NO NAME 2 Kara Van Park 3 Sally Vate 4 Davina Sparkle 5 Pat Clutcher GOLDEN QUIZ TEAM CHAMPIONS 1 PROWLER 2 B&H Sea Serpents joint runners-up 2 Bear-Patrol joint runners-up Special thanks to Nick Ford photography
GSCENE COMMUNITY/SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS • STEPHEN RICHARDS - Princess Diana Award • PAUL KEMP - Lifetime Achievement Award • SUE COLEMAN - Ally Award • LUNCH POSITIVE - Volunteers’ Award • MARINE TAVERN & SUBLINE - Community Fundraising Award • OLDER & OUT - Community Group Award
LEGENDS
QUEENS ARMS
LEGENDS
ROTTINGDEAN CLUB
JOSH’S’,BIRTHDAY @CAMELFORD ARMS
BASEMENT CLUB @ LEGENDS
JOSH’S’,BIRTHDAY @CAMELFORD ARMS
BASEMENT CLUB @ LEGENDS BASEMENT CLUB @ LEGENDS
JOSH’S’,BIRTHDAY @CAMELFORD ARMS
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ROTTINGDEAN CLUB
ROTTINGDEAN CLUB
QUEENS ARMS
QUEENS ARMS
POLYGLAMOROUS @ CHARLES STREET TAP
BAR BROADWAY
POLYGLAMOROUS @ CHARLES STREET TAP
BAR BROADWAY
POLYGLAMOROUS @ CHARLES STREET TAP
BAR BROADWAY
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PICS FROM AFFINITY BAR + AMSTERDAM BAR & KITCHEN
AUGUST
LISTINGS
AFFINITY BAR
AMSTERDAM BAR & KITCHEN
l 129 St James’s St, BN2 1TH, Tel 01273 567935 www.affinitygaybar.com f Affinity Bar Brighton. Text Alerts: text ‘Affinity’ to 88802. l OPEN daily from 12pm–12am PRIDE till 2.30am on Fri (2), 3.30am on Sat (3) and 12.30am on Sun (4). l DRINK PROMOS Thirsty Thursday: £3.50 drinks including Fosters, double house gin/vodka/rum and house wine.
STEPHANIE VON CLITZ
l BANK HOLIDAY Mon (26) is Bank Holiday CABARET with Stephanie Von Clitz, Dorset tart with a heart, at 5pm. l REGULARS Mon is ALL DAY KARAOKE from 12pm; then karaoke with Tommy Tanker (aka Pat Clutcher) at 7pm. l Tue: Free JUKEBOX all day. l Wed: KARAOKE with Tommy Tanker aka Pat Clutcher at 7pm. l Thur: LYDIA L’SHOWBIES with Lydia L’Scabies at 9pm. Affinity Bar say: “The award winning bimbo performs her greatest homages to TV, film and musical theatre! Cheap dinks and shot specials to keep you lubricated.” l Fri is WIGS & BEADS KARAOKE at 8pm. l Sat: CAMP CABARET at 6pm: Pat Clutcher (10, 24 & 31) and Miss Jason (17). Then KARAOKE with Pat Clutcher at 7pm! Affinity Bar say: “Don't miss out on the Angel of the North, Pat Clutcher. Great songs, amazing voice and wicked sense of humour!” Sun: CAMP CABARET at 5pm: Dave Lynn (11), Pat Clutcher (18) and Davina Sparkle (25).
DOLLY DIAMOND
l PRIDE Fri (2): start your Pride weekend with CABARET from the legendary Dave Lynn at 9pm, then karaoke & tunes till the early hours. l Sat (3) is PRIDE PARTY with music and fun all day from 12pm. l Sun (4): CABARET from Pat Clutcher, karaoke & party ditties to round off your Pride Weekend from 12pm.
l 11-12 Marine Parade, BN2 1TL, Tel: 01273 670976, www.amsterdambrighton.com l OPEN daily from 11am–late. PRIDE open till late l FOOD Mon-Fri 11am–8pm; Sat 10.30am–8pm; Sunday roasts (excl Sun 4) from 12.30pm till they run out, booking recommended: 01273 670 976. l Full tea and coffee menu available. l DRINK PROMOS House wine £10.90 a bottle, two cocktails £15.
l PRIDE Fri (2) PRIDE OPENING PARTY with international drag terrorist Rose Garden and Australian legend from ‘down under’ Dolly Diamond from 9.30pm, free entry but early arrival recommended! l Sat (3) & Sun (4): Terrace bar & street bar all weekend so you get served quicker! l Sat (3) is PRIDE AT THE AMSTERDAM from 11am. l Sun (4) is Pride Sunday with DJ Josh spinning tunes from 9pm.
l ONE FOR THE DIARY Sun (25) is Bank Hol CABARET with drag sensation Kathy Diamond at 5pm. l REGULARS CABARET FRIDAYS with top entertainers at 9.30pm: Mrs Moore (9), Dave Lynn (16), Davina Sparkle (23) and Rose Garden (30). Saturday (excl Sat 3) is KARAOKE with Jason Thorpe at 9.30pm. Sun entertainment with Brighton’s best singers serenading you after lunch from 5pm: Jamie Watson (11) and Wain Douglas aka Kara Van Park (18).
l ALL NEW BULLDOG Friday Night Live Pride Special: camp karaoke & DJ GlynnSing 9pm; ShowTime with Domina Tryx 11pm l AMSTERDAM Pride Opening Party Information is correct at the time of going to l CHARLES ST TAP Throwback with cabaret from Rose Garden & Dolly press. Gscene cannot be held responsible for Thursday 9pm any changes or alterations to the listings. l GROSVENOR BAR Abel Mabel’s Diamond 9.30pm Bingo 8.30pm l BAR 7@CRAWLEY Party Night: l MARINE TAVERN Throwback THURSDAY 1 alternate DJs: Kirsty Anderson, Jazzy Jane, Thursday 80s Night 8pm l AFFINITY BAR Lydia L’Showbies: Charlie Eaton, Patrick Cawley & Michael Lydia L’Scabies performs homages to TV, l PARIS HOUSE World Music: Pollito Adams 7pm Boogaloo 8pm film & musical theatre 9pm l BAR BROADWAY Let’s Get This Party l QUEEN’S ARMS Brighton’s Leading l ALL NEW BULLDOG #Transvolve Started Pride Party 5pm Ladies cabaret: Spice 10pm Pride Special: camp karaoke & queens l BASEMENT CLUB@LEGENDS Pride l REGENCY TAVERN Jason Thorpe’s with Wonda Starr & Sam Pink 7pm Glitter: DJ David Noakes 11pm l BAR 7@CRAWLEY Weekend Warm- Pride Game Show Bonanza 8pm; Open l BOUTIQUE Pride Weekend Kick Start: mic & karaoke 9pm Up 7pm rainbow cocktails, shots, DJs & go go l SUBLINE Club Silencio pres - Equality dancers 6pm; Pride roof terrace shake up l BAR BROADWAY Pride Quiz with of the Daleks Pre-Pride party 8pm Ross Cameron & prizes 8.30pm with DJ Oli 8pm l BASEMENT CLUB@LEGENDS Now l CAMELFORD ARMS Friday Club & That’s What I Call A Legends Pride Party: FRIDAY 2 Pre-Pride Party 6pm DJ Claire Fuller 11pm l AFFINITY BAR Pre-Pride Cabaret with l CHARLES ST TAP Fabulous Pride l CAMELFORD ARMS £300 Big Cash Dave Lynn 9pm; karaoke & tunes 10pm Friday: DJ Morgan Fabulous 9pm Pre-Pride Bear-Patrol Quiz 9pm l ENVY Pride Friday: Polyglamorous
club night 9pm l GROSVENOR BAR Pre-Pride cabaret: Miss Jason 9.30pm l LEGENDS BAR Pride Glitter Terrace Party: DJ David Noakes 5pm l MARINE TAVERN Jukebox Disco 9pm l PARIS HOUSE DJ Chris Havoxx 9pm l QUEEN’S ARMS Big Friday Cabaret: Davina Sparkle 10pm l RAILWAY CLUB Pre-Pride: raffle & bucket collection for Sussex Beacon + DJ 8pm, Drag With No Name 9pm l REGENCY TAVERN Spice’s Pre-Pride Party 9pm l SUBLINE Pre-Pride: Easing in 9pm l ZONE Sally Vate’s Pre Pride Party 9pm
SATURDAY 3
l AFFINITY BAR Pride Party Weekend: party tunes 12pm l ALL NEW BULLDOG Pride@All New Bulldog 12pm; Brighton Pride Legendary Village Street Party: top DJ line-up 6pm; party continues inside midnight
PICS FROM BAR BROADWAY
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BAR BROADWAY
l PRIDE Thur (1) is the BROADWAY PRIDE QUIZ hosted by Ross Cameron at 8.30pm with a prize for the winner of each round, and the chance to win from six fabulous prizes, including a booby prize or accumulating cash jackpot! l Fri (2) is LET’S GET THIS PARTY STARTED from 5pm. l Sat (3) & Sun (4): COLOUR THIS WORLD WITH LOVE Pride parties. l BANK HOLIDAY Sun (25) is Sally Vate & Ross Cameron’s Bank Holiday SHOWTUNE KARAOKE at 8.30pm. l Mon (26) Bank Holiday JUKEBOX at 6pm.
l REGULARS Sun: FIREPLACE SESSIONS present top acts from 8.30pm: Zoe Marie Larks (11) and Eva Iglesias (18). l Mon is now COMEDY JUKEBOX with all those musical songs that make you laugh and smile from 8.30pm. l Tue is Bar Broadway’s PIANO SINGALONG, a chance to belt out a song or two or simply enjoy the live music from 9pm. Bar Broadway say: “Bring your own sheet music or choose from the Regency Singers’ extensive catalogue, hop on stage and sing your favourite song accompanied by our pianist.” l Wed: Get over the hump with Tabitha & Friends from 9pm. l Thur is Bar Broadway’s BIG QUIZ with host Ross Cameron and prizes from 8.30pm. l Fri & Sat: BROADWAY JUKEBOX, where you tweet the playlist! Make your song requests via Twitter @barbroadwayuk. Bar Broadway say: “You choose the soundtrack to your evening! Remember to keep your choices upbeat and we’ll sing, dance and party into the wee small hours.”
l AMSTERDAM Pride@Amsterdam: terrace & street bar 11am l BAR 7@CRAWLEY Party Night: alternate DJs: Kirsty Anderson, Jazzy Jane, Charlie Eaton, Patrick Cawley & Michael Adams 7pm l BAR BROADWAY Colour This World With Love Pride Party 4pm l BASEMENT CLUB@LEGENDS Official Pride Terrace Party: DJs Peter Castle, Claire Fuller & MakD 6pm l BOUTIQUE Pride Roof Terrace Party with shot drops & DJ Franco 10am l CAMELFORD ARMS Pride Party 12pm l CHARLES ST TAP Pride@Charles St Tap: special Pride menu & tunes 12pm; Generations of Love Pride party over 2
EVA IGLESIAS
ROSS CAMERON
l 10 Steine Street, BN2 1TE, Tel: 01273 609777, www.barbroadway.co.uk l OPEN Mon–Thur 6pm–1am, Fri 5pm–3am, Sat 4pm–3am, Sun 4pm–1am, closed Tue (6)–Thur (8) for post-Pride touch-up.
floors: DJs Claire Fuller, Morgan Fabulous, Rob (D) & Grant Knowles 11pm l CROWN & ANCHOR Pride breakfasts 9am l GROSVENOR BAR Pride 1pm l LEGENDS BAR Official Pride Terrace Party: DJs Peter Castle, Claire Fuller & MakD 6pm l MARINE TAVERN Candi Rell’s Karaoke & Cabaret Party 8.30pm l PARIS HOUSE Live Pride Jazz: Roy Gee Trio 4pm; Andy the Dandy DJ 9pm l QUEEN’S ARMS Pride Street Party: outdoor cabaret stage with 30+ acts 3pm; cabaret inside 12am l REGENCY TAVERN Pride BBQ 12pm; Pride Disco 8pm
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PICS FROM BAR 7 + BOUTIQUE
AUGUST
LISTINGS
BAR 7 CRAWLEY
BOUTIQUE
l BANK HOLIDAY Sat (24) is the BANK HOLIDAY UV PARTY from 7pm.
l OPEN Wed 9pm–late, Fri 8pm–late, Sat 6pm–late. Pride: Fri (2) from 6pm, Sat (3) from 10am, Sun (4) from 3pm. Bank Holiday Sun (25) opens 3pm. l DRINK PROMOS Fri £10 drinks menu; Sat Moet £50 a bottle; Wed £8 drinks menu; Pride Sat (3): 4 Rainbow Shots for £10 and 2 Pride cocktails £10.
l 2 Boyces St, West St, BN11AN, 01273 327607 www.boutiqueclubbrighton.com
l REGULARS Fri & Sat PARTY TIME with alternate DJs at 9pm: Kirsty Anderson, Jazzy Jane, Charlie Eaton and Patrick Cawley. l Sun SOCIAL KARAOKE with hosts Tyler or Ben at 6pm. l Tue is CREWSDAY at 7pm. Bar 7 say: “The Bar 7 family is here to ensure you gain some altitude without even stepping foot on an aircraft. If you're a tart with a cart, or a check in agent, this is the night for you!” l Wed is MIDWEEK CHILL at 7.30pm. l Thur WEEKEND WARM-UP at 7pm.
l ROTTINGDEAN CLUB Big Summer Picnic with Windmill Bakery 12pm l SUBLINE Pride Proper 9pm l TEMPEST INN Bitch, Pride!: DJs Tech Support, Faro, Blixa, Ramos, Suze Rosser, ZenZero, Affy Go Bang, Wildblood & Queenie, Butch Queen; performances from Alpha Bites, Baby, Black Diamond and more 5.30pm l THREE JOLLY BUTCHERS Pride breakfasts 9am l VELVET JACKS Pride breakfasts 9am l WEST HILL TAVERN Pride Bottomless Brunch 10.30am l ZONE Pride@Zone 10am
SUNDAY 4
l BOUTIQUE Sunday Sessions postPride party with live sets 3pm l CAMELFORD ARMS Pride Party 12pm l CHARLES ST TAP Apres Pride: special Pride menu + chart, dance & house anthems 8pm l LEGENDS BAR Non-Stop Pride Cabaret for Rainbow Fund: host Lola Lasagne + Martha D’Arthur, Mrs Moore, Jennie Castell, Rose Garden & Miss Jason 3pm; host Sally Vate + Stephanie Von Clitz, Davina Sparkle, Dave Lynn, Son of a Tutu, Dr Beverly Ballcrusher, Gabriella Parrish, Pat Clutcher & Maisie Trollette 5pm l MARINE TAVERN roasts 12-5pm; Drag Open Mic: Stephanie Von Clitz 9pm l PARIS HOUSE live music: Lo Polodoro 6pm l QUEEN’S ARMS Pride Street Party: outdoor cabaret stage with 20+ acts 3pm; cabaret inside 9pm l REGENCY TAVERN Pride BBQ 12pm l SUBLINE Pride: Clear the Streets 8pm l ZONE Pride@Zone 11am
l AFFINITY BAR Pride cabaret with Pat Clutcher + karaoke & tunes 12pm l ALL NEW BULLDOG Pride@All New Bulldog 12pm; Brighton Pride Legendary Sunday Village Street Party 3pm; party continues inside 9pm l AMSTERDAM Pride@Amsterdam: terrace & street bar 11am; DJ Josh 9pm l BAR 7@CRAWLEY karaoke with host Tyler or Ben 6pm l BAR BROADWAY Colour This World MONDAY 5 l AFFINITY BAR all day karaoke 12pm; With Love Pride Party 4pm l BASEMENT CLUB@LEGENDS Pop! karaoke with Tommy Tanker (aka Pat Clutcher) 7pm Candy Pride Edition: DJs Claire Fuller, Trick, Peter Castle & Mak D 7pm
DJ OLI
DJ JAZZY JANE
l 7 Pegler Way, Crawley, RH11 7AG, Tel: 01293 511177, www.7crawley.co.uk l OPEN daily from 6pm, extended opening hours over August bank holiday. l DRINK PROMOS Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat & Sun drink deals all night
l PRIDE Fri (2) Brighton Pride Weekend KICK START with rainbow cocktails, shots, funked up beats and go-go dancers galore from 6pm. The party continues on the roof terrace with DJ Oli spinning the tunes from 8pm. Boutique say: “We’re starting off the celebrations with an eclectic mix of all things bright and beautiful to get your PRIDE weekend warmed up!” l Sat (3) PRIDE ROOF TERRACE PARTY open from 10am to watch the Parade with free shot shops every hour, rainbow cocktails and DJ Franco on the decks. l Sun (4) is SUNDAY SESSIONS with live chilled sets on the roof terrace from 3pm. l BANK HOLIDAY Sat (24) Bank Holiday WARM UP with DJ Cee at 6pm, free entry for Gscene readers. l Sun (25) BANK HOLIDAY PARTY from 3pm with roof terrace, live DJ sets, bands, free b4 10pm. l REGULARS Wed is STUDENT KICKS tunes and vibes at 9pm. Boutique say: “It’s student night for the sassy Sussex students! Come out with a tenner leave with change!” l Fri with DJ King Sol bringing the house down at 8pm, free entry for ladies b4 11pm, shot drops on the hour. l SATURDAY SESSIONS with DJ Cee throwback tunes/up to date bangers from 6pm; free entry for Gscene readers all night (10), free karaoke for groups of 10+ people (17), free VIP booths for groups of 10+ (31).
l ALL NEW BULLDOG Monday Glitter Ball: 60s-00s tunes 8pm l AMSTERDAM Pride Hangover breakfasts 11am l BAR BROADWAY Comedy Jukebox 6pm l BASEMENT CLUB@LEGENDS Glitter Curious Pride Special: Patrick Cawley & Maria Gardner + promos, surprises, performances & giveaways 11pm l CAMELFORD ARMS Post-Pride Come Down 12pm l CHARLES ST TAP Pride Monday Showtime with Mary Mac 7.30pm l LEGENDS BAR Pride Monday Cabaret 3.30pm, Miss Jason 9.30pm l PARIS HOUSE live jazz: Nils SolbergMick Hamer Trio 2pm; Dave Drake Trio 8pm l QUEEN’S ARMS Kara Van Park’s Musical Mondays 9pm
TUESDAY 6
l AFFINITY BAR Free Jukebox 12pm l ALL NEW BULLDOG #Transvolve Tuesday: Wonda Starr & Sam Pink bring camp, karaoke & queens 7pm l BAR 7@CRAWLEY Crewsday 9pm l MARINE TAVERN Curry & Quiz with Nat 7.30pm l PARIS HOUSE live music: Mucky Ducklings 8pm l QUEEN’S ARMS Pat Clutcher: Cottaging with Clutcher 9.30pm l RAILWAY CLUB Lindy hop 7pm
WEDNESDAY 7
l AFFINITY BAR Karaoke with Tommy Tanker (aka Pat Clutcher) 7pm l ALL NEW BULLDOG Green Light Cruise Night 8pm
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Railway Club Brighton 4 Belmont, Dyke Rd, Brighton BN1 3TF Tel 01273 328682
FRI 2ND AUG PRE-PRIDE NIGHT 8PM DJ
Drag with No Name
9PM Free entry raffle and bucket collection for Sussex beacon
SAT 31ST AUG
8.30PM Jennie Castell as Cilla and Dusty Cheap drinks all night every night Carlsburg £3.10 / Guinness £3.90/ Spirits from £2
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PICS FROM ALL NEW BULLDOG + CAMELFORD ARMS
AUGUST
LISTINGS
ALL NEW BULLDOG
l 31 St James’s Street, Brighton, BN2 1RF, tel 01273 696996, #BulldogBTN
GLYN-SING
l OPEN Mon 4pm–midnight, Tue–Thur 3pm–midnight, Fri & Sat midday–3am, Sun midday–midnight. PRIDE Sat (3) midday–3.30am, Sun (4) midday–12.30am. l DRINK PROMOS Mon–Fri 4–7pm, Sun 12–4pm. May differ over Pride. Mon Student discount all night; Wed Green Light drink promos, inc shot specials & double up on house spirits for £1. May differ over Pride. l PRIDE Thur (1) is #TRANSVOLVE Pride Special with camp karaoke with Wonda Starr & Sam Pink from 7pm. l Fri (2) FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE Pride Special with camp karaoke & DJ Glyn-Sing at 9pm; Domina Tryx shows off her tricks at 11pm. l Sat (3) legendary VILLAGE STREET PARTY with top DJ line-up 6pm–midnight; the party continues inside till 3am. l Sun (4) legendary SUNDAY VILLAGE STREET PARTY 3pm–midnight; the party continues inside till 12.30am. l BANK HOLIDAY Mon (26) is GLITTERBALL Bank Holiday Special with 60s–00s classics from 8pm. l REGULARS Camp karaoke 5 nights a week! l #TRANSVOLVE TUESDAYS with Sam Pink and Wonda Starr camp, karaoke and queens live from 7pm. l Wed is GREEN LIGHT CRUISE NIGHT from 8pm. When the lights go green and specified artist plays on the screens select drinks drop! l Thur is #TRANSVOLVE with outrageous camp karaoke, queens and Wonda Starr and Sam Pink live from 7pm. l FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE with camp karaoke and party faves from DJ Glynn-Sing at 9pm; then SHOWTIME with Domina Tryx at 11pm. l Sat is Wonda Starr’s QUEEN OF THE NIGHT with outrageous karaoke, fab prizes and all your fave party tunes/floor fillers from 9pm. l Sun is SUNDAY FUNDAY with karaoke with Mandy at 5pm. Bulldog say: “We’re bringing even more entertainment to the fabulous city of Brighton with the All New Sunday Funday! Get the party started with the fabulous Mandy, karaoke and outrageous camp!” l Mon is GLITTER BALL: chill out with classics from 60s–00s at 8pm. l BAR 7@CRAWLEY Midweek Chill 7pm l BASEMENT CLUB@LEGENDS Ice: DJ Claire Fuller 11pm l BOUTIQUE Student Kicks 9pm l CHARLES ST TAP Mrs Moore’s Bona Bingo Bonanza: THT fundraiser 8.30pm l MARINE TAVERN Pink Pound 7pm l PARIS HOUSE live music: Christian Brewer 8pm l QUEEN’S ARMS Sally Vate Show 10pm l ROTTINGDEAN CLUB Poker Night 8pm
l SUBLINE Hump Day 9pm
THURSDAY 8
l AFFINITY BAR Lydia L’Showbies: Lydia L’Scabies performs homages to TV, film & musical theatre 9pm l ALL NEW BULLDOG #Transvolve: camp karaoke & queens with Wonda Starr & Sam Pink 7pm l BAR 7@CRAWLEY Weekend WarmUp 7pm l BASEMENT CLUB@LEGENDS Now That’s What I Call Legends: DJ Claire Fuller 11pm
CAMELFORD ARMS
l 30-31 Camelford St, BN2 1TQ, Tel: 01273 622386, www.camelfordarms.com l OPEN daily from 12pm. PRIDE Extended hours: till 3am on Fri (2), 4am on Sat (3), 1am on Sun (4). The Camelford is dog friendly. l FOOD Mon–Sat 12–9pm; seniors’ lunch Wed 2–3.30pm, 2 courses £9.50; Sunday roasts and select menu served 12pm–till gone. l PRIDE Thur (1) is the £300 Big Cash Pre-Pride BearPatrol QUIZ at 9pm. l Fri (2) FRIDAY CLUB & PrePride Party from 6pm. l Sat (3) & Sun (4): PRIDE PARTIES all day from 12pm–very late. l Mon (5) PRIDE COMEDOWN from 12pm. l REGULARS Thur is the BIG CASH QUIZ with a £300 cash prize, free sarnies and great atmosphere at 9pm. l Sun it’s the BEAR BASH with free food and a raffle at 5pm. l CAMELFORD ARMS £300 Big Cash Quiz 9pm l CHARLES ST TAP Throwback Thursday 9pm l GROSVENOR BAR Abel Mabel’s Bingo 8.30pm l MARINE TAVERN Throwback Thursday 80s Night 8pm l PARIS HOUSE World Music: Trio Cubana 8pm l QUEEN’S ARMS Brighton’s Leading Ladies cabaret: Kara Van Park 10pm l REGENCY TAVERN Jason Thorpe’s Game Show Bonanza 8pm; Open mic & karaoke 9pm l SUBLINE Brace Yourself 9pm
FRIDAY 9
l AFFINITY BAR Wigs & Beads Karaoke 8pm l ALL NEW BULLDOG Friday Night Live: camp karaoke & DJ Glynn-Sing 9pm; ShowTime with Domina Tryx 11pm l AMSTERDAM cabaret: Mrs Moore 9.30pm l BAR 7@CRAWLEY Party Night: alternate DJs: Kirsty Anderson, Jazzy Jane, Charlie Eaton, Patrick Cawley & Michael Adams 7pm l BAR BROADWAY Jukebox 5pm
l BASEMENT CLUB@LEGENDS Glitter: DJ David Noakes & guest DJ Lee Dagger of Bimbo Jones 11pm l BOUTIQUE DJ King Sol 8pm l CAMELFORD ARMS Friday Club 6pm l CHARLES ST TAP Fabulous Friday: DJ Morgan Fabulous 9pm l GROSVENOR BAR cabaret: Stephanie Von Clitz 9.30pm l LEGENDS BAR Brighton Belles: local cabaret stars & guests 9pm l MARINE TAVERN Jukebox Disco 9pm l PARIS HOUSE DJ Chris Havoxx 9pm l QUEEN’S ARMS Big Friday Cabaret: Drag With No Name 10pm l REGENCY TAVERN Caba Regency: Brighton students perform 9pm l SUBLINE Dirty Tackle: sportswear party 10pm l THREE JOLLY BUTCHERS live football: Liverpool v Norwich 8pm l ZONE cabaret: Miss Jason 10pm
SATURDAY 10
l AFFINITY BAR cabaret: Pat Clutcher 6pm; karaoke with Pat Clutcher 7pm l ALL NEW BULLDOG Wonda Starr’s Queen of the Night: outrageous camp karaoke, prizes & tunes 9pm
PICS FROM CAMELFORD ARMS + CHARLES STREET TAP
CHARLES STREET TAP
DJ GRANT KNOWLES
l 8 Marine Parade, BN2 1TA, Tel: 01273 624091, www.charles-street.com l OPEN daily from 10am. PRIDE 12pm–4am Sat (3), 12pm–1am Sun (4). l FOOD daily from 10am–10pm: breakfasts from 10am; Meat free Mon: free smoothie with veggie & vegan meals; Tue 4 chicken wings/vegan cauliflower wings £1; Sunday roasts £9 from 12pm: roast beef or turkey, roast pork with crackling, nut roast, roast lamb shank £11. l Special Pride menu Sat (3) & Sun (4) 12–4pm. l DRINK PROMOS Mon–Thur all cocktails £4.95 5–8pm; Mon: £4 a pint craft draught beer /cask ale 5pm; Thur 50ml Gin of the Month & fever tonic £5 all day; Fri bottles Prosecco £15 all night, 1/2 price drinks 5–9pm; Sunday Craft Club: any 2 craft cans/bottles £6 from 5pm, exl Pride & Bank Hol. Pride: 1/2 price drinks 5-9pm Fri (2). l PRIDE Free entry to bar all weekend! Fri (2) FABULOUS PRIDE FRIDAY with DJ Morgan Fabulous’ delicious house anthems 9pm. l Sat (3): Pride menu & tunes from 12pm; then GENERATIONS OF LOVE Pride Party over 2 floors with DJs Claire Fuller, Morgan Fabulous, Rob (D) & Grant Knowles huge tunes. Free entry to the bar, subject to capacity, £5 queue-jumper tickets online. Charles St Tap say: “With a roster of our incredible resident DJs, it’s going to be one hell of a party!” l Sun (4): Pride menu from 12pm; then APRES PRIDE with chart/ dance/house anthems from 8pm. l Mon (5) is Pride SHOWTIME with Mary Mac at 7.30pm. l BANK HOLIDAY Sun (25) is Kara Van Park’s 50th Birthday Party with host Sally Vate from 7.30pm; Sally’s ROCK & ROLL BINGO follows. l Mon (26) is LOOSLE-LY WOMEN – The Final Show with triple whammy of outstanding acts, Mrs Moore, Martha D’Arthur & Sally Vate at 7.30pm. Charles St Tap say: “Final show in a stellar run of Bank Holiday Mondays in 2019! It’s going to be immense!” l REGULARS FABULOUS FRIDAYS: DJ Morgan Fabulous spins house tunes from 9pm. l Sun CABARET with host Sally Vate at 7.30pm: Dr Beverly Ballcrusher (11) and Miss Jason (18). Stick around for Sally Vate’s ROCK & ROLL BINGO straight after! l Wed is Mrs Moore’s BONA BINGO BONANZA raising money for THT South at 8.30pm.
ENVY CHARLES STREET TAP
l 8 Marine Parade, BN2 1TA, www.charles-street.com l PRIDE Fri (2) is POLYGLAMOROUS queer night at 9pm, £6/£10. Envy say: “The club night that everyone’s talking about! Winner of best club and best trans night this year’s Golden Handbags! Make sure you’re early as we WILL go to capacity!” l AMSTERDAM Karaoke with Jason Thorpe 9.30pm l BAR 7@CRAWLEY Party Night: alternate DJs: Kirsty Anderson, Jazzy Jane, Charlie Eaton, Patrick Cawley & Michael Adams 7pm l BAR BROADWAY Jukebox 4pm
l BASEMENT CLUB@LEGENDS Fusion: DJ Peter Castle 11pm l BOUTIQUE Saturday Sessions: DJ Cee 6pm l CHARLES ST TAP Fierce DJs 9pm l GROSVENOR BAR cabaret: Dave Lynn 9.30pm
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PICS FROM THE GROSVENOR BAR
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LISTINGS
GROSVENOR BAR
FALLEN ANGEL
l LEGENDS BAR Pre-club DJ 7pm l MARINE TAVERN Candi Rell’s Karaoke & Cabaret Party 8.30pm l PARIS HOUSE All That Jazz: Jorges Hot Club 4pm; Andy the Dandy DJ 9pm l QUEEN’S ARMS QA Triple cabaret: Poppycock 6pm, Betty Swollocks 8pm, Poppycock 10pm l REGENCY TAVERN JB’s Jukebox 5pm; Louie’s Birthday with Mrs Moore 9pm l ROTTINGDEAN CLUB Summer Party in aid of Rainbow Fund with Gabriella Parrish & Abalicious 12pm l SUBLINE The Men’s Room: DJ Screwpulous 9pm l THREE JOLLY BUTCHERS live football: West Ham v Man City 12.30pm, Spurs v Aston Villa 5.30pm l ZONE cabaret: Topsie Redfern 10pm
l ALL NEW BULLDOG All New Sunday Funday 12pm; karaoke with Mandy 5pm l AMSTERDAM cabaret: Jamie Watson 5pm; roasts 12pm-till gone l BAR 7@CRAWLEY karaoke with host Tyler or Ben 6pm l BAR BROADWAY Fireplace Sessions pres: Zoe Marie Larks 8.30pm l BASEMENT CLUB@LEGENDS Pop!Candy: DJ Claire Fuller 9pm l CAMELFORD ARMS Bear Bash: free food/raffle 5pm; roasts/select menu 12pm–till gone l CHARLES ST TAP cabaret: host Sally Vate, Dr Beverley Ballrusher 7.30pm; Sally’s Rock & Roll Bingo 8.30pm; roasts 12pm l LEGENDS BAR cabaret: Lucinda Lashes 3.30pm; roasts 12.30–4pm l MARINE TAVERN roasts 12-5pm; Drag Open Mic: Stephanie Von Clitz 9pm SUNDAY 11 l PARIS HOUSE live music: Marilyn du l AFFINITY BAR cabaret: Dave Lynn 5pm Sax 6pm
l 16 Western Street, Hove, BN1 2PG, www.thegrosvenorbar.com l OPEN daily from 1pm–late. l DRINK PROMOS Mon–Fri from 1–5pm, all pints £3.50.
MISS JASON
l 24 Grafton Street, Kemptown BN2 1AQ Tel: 07949 590 001 l OPEN Tue–Sun from 3pm. Pride: extended opening hours on Fri (2) & Sat (3) till 2am. Welcoming to everybody, Fallen Angel is a quirky little pub in the heart of Kemptown. Expect a chilled, relaxed and cosy atmosphere, friendly staff and chic, classy décor. Fallen Angel is a dog friendly pub. l DRINK PROMOS daily specials, pop in for more info.
l PRIDE Friday (2) is Pre-Pride CABARET with Miss Jason, one of the campest queens on the circuit, at 9.30pm. Miss Jason has been entertaining audiences up and down the country and abroad for many years with his hysterical mixed cabaret show! Expect quick wit, and camp ditties to get you chuckling.
l ONE FOR THE DIARY Friday CABARET with drag royalty on stage from 9.30pm: Stephanie Von Clitz (9), Maisie Trollette (16), Sally Vate (23) and Spice (30). l REGULARS Thur is Abel Mabel’s BINGO at 8.30pm. l Sat is top-flight cabaret at 9.30pm: Dave Lynn (10), Davina Sparkle (17 & 24) and Pooh La May (31).
l QUEEN’S ARMS Sunday Funday: double cabaret: Vivienne Lynsey 6.30pm & 10pm l REGENCY TAVERN roasts 12-6pm l SUBLINE Guilt-Free: DJ Screwpulous 9pm l THREE JOLLY BUTCHERS live football: Newcastle v Arsenal 2pm, Man Utd v Chelsea 4pm
Clutcher) 7pm l ALL NEW BULLDOG Monday Glitter Ball: 60s-00s tunes 8pm l BAR BROADWAY Comedy Jukebox 8.30pm l CHARLES ST TAP Gaymers Night: consoles/board games 8.30pm l LEGENDS BAR Miss Jason’s Monday Madness 9.30pm l PARIS HOUSE live jazz: Nils SolbergMick Hamer Trio 2pm; Paul Richards 8pm MONDAY 12 l QUEEN’S ARMS Kara Van Park’s l AFFINITY BAR all day karaoke 12pm; Musical Mondays 9pm karaoke with Tommy Tanker (aka Pat
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PICS FROM LEGENDS BAR & BASEMENT CLUB
AUGUST
LISTINGS
LEGENDS BAR
LEGENDS BASEMENT CLUB
l REGULARS Fri is the BRIGHTON BELLES with legends of the Brighton stage live at 9.30pm. l Sat: Pre-Club DJs from 7pm. Sunday CABARET with some of the brightest stars of the stage at 3.30pm: Lucinda Lashes (11), Dave Lynn (18) and Miss Jason (25). l Miss Jason’s MONDAY MADNESS returns from 9.30pm.
TUESDAY 13
l AFFINITY BAR Free Jukebox 12pm l ALL NEW BULLDOG #Transvolve Tuesday: Wonda Starr & Sam Pink + camp karaoke & queens 7pm l BAR 7@CRAWLEY Crewsday 9pm l BAR BROADWAY Piano Singalong 9pm l MARINE TAVERN Curry & Quiz with Nat 7.30pm l PARIS HOUSE live blues: John Crampton 8pm l QUEEN’S ARMS Pat Clutcher: Cottaging with Clutcher 9.30pm
l RAILWAY CLUB Lindy hop 7pm
WEDNESDAY 14
l AFFINITY BAR Karaoke with Tommy Tanker (aka Pat Clutcher) 7pm l ALL NEW BULLDOG Green Light Cruise Night 8pm l BAR 7@CRAWLEY Midweek Chill 7pm l BAR BROADWAY Tabitha & Friends 9pm l BASEMENT CLUB@LEGENDS Ice: DJ Claire Fuller 11pm l BOUTIQUE Student Kicks 9pm
l PRIDE Thur (1) NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL A LEGENDS PRIDE PARTY with DJ Claire Fuller 1970s–00s retro classics warming you up for the big weekend 11pm, free. l Fri (2) GLITTER TERRACE PARTY on 2 floors with DJs David Noakes & MakD from 8pm, £5. l Sat (3) the OFFICIAL PRIDE TERRACE PARTY with DJs Claire Fuller, Peter Castle & MakD over 2 floors from 6pm, £5. Basement Club says: “Legends’ Official Pride Party returns bigger than ever! Our DJs will be rocking the house across two floors till very late, in the subterranean Basement Club, the gorgeous award-winning Legends Bar and the sun kissed (it's August, so it should be!) seafront terrace with a mix of classic & current dance, pop, and r&b tracks!” l Sun (4): POP!CANDY PRIDE EDITION with DJs Claire Fuller, Peter Castle, Trick & MakD playing your fave pop tracks 10pm, free. l Mon (5) is GLITTER CURIOUS PRIDE CLOSING PARTY curated by Patrick Cawley & Maria Garner plus promos, surprises, performances, giveaways & more from 11pm, free. l REGULARS Fri: GLITTER with DJ David Noakes. l Sat: FUSION with DJ Peter Castle chart/club remixes. l Sun: POP!CANDY with DJ Claire Fuller’s pick & mix of new/retro pop. l Wed: ICE with DJ Claire Fuller chart/house/r&b. l Thur: NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL LEGENDS with DJ Claire Fuller taking you through the 1970s/80s/90s!
l CHARLES ST TAP Mrs Moore’s Bona Bingo Bonanza: THT fundraiser 8.30pm l MARINE TAVERN Pink Pound 7pm l PARIS HOUSE live music: Tractor Factor 8pm l QUEEN’S ARMS Sally Vate Show 10pm l ROTTINGDEAN CLUB Poker Night 8pm l SUBLINE Hump Day 9pm l THREE JOLLY BUTCHERS UEFA Super Cup: Liverpool v Chelsea 8pm
THURSDAY 15
l AFFINITY BAR Lydia L’Showbies: Lydia L’Scabies performs homages to TV, film & musical theatre 9pm l ALL NEW BULLDOG #Transvolve: camp karaoke & queens with Wonda Starr
& Sam Pink 7pm l BAR 7@CRAWLEY Weekend WarmUp 7pm l BAR BROADWAY Big Quiz with Ross Cameron & prizes 8.30pm l BASEMENT CLUB@LEGENDS Now That’s What I Call Legends: DJ Claire Fuller 11pm l CAMELFORD ARMS £300 Big Cash Quiz 9pm l CHARLES ST TAP Throwback Thursday 9pm l GROSVENOR BAR Abel Mabel’s Bingo 8.30pm l MARINE TAVERN Throwback Thursday 80s Night 8pm l PARIS HOUSE World Music: Babou with Abraham de Vega 8pm l QUEEN’S ARMS Brighton’s Leading Ladies cabaret: Davina Sparkle 10pm
DJ PETER CASTLE
l PRIDE OFFICIAL TERRACE PARTIES all weekend with 5 DJs across 3 spaces plus top cabaret! l Fri (2) is the GLITTER Terrace Party over 2 floors with DJs David Noakes & MakD spinning dance/pop/party 8pm, £5 entry. l Sat (3) the Official PRIDE TERRACE PARTY with DJs Claire Fuller, Peter Castle, MakD over 2 floors from 6pm, £5 entry. l Sun (4) Rainbow Fund NON-STOP CABARET Fundraiser with the finest cabaret around, donations encouraged. Lola Lasagne kicks things off at 3pm with acts Martha D’Arthur, Mrs Moore, Jennie Castell, Rose Garden & Miss Jason; Sally Vate hosts from 5pm with acts Stephanie Von Clitz, Davina Sparkle, Dave Lynn, Son of a Tutu, Dr Beverly Ballcrusher, Gabriella Parrish, Pat Clutcher & Maisie Trollette. Host Lola Lasagne, says: “It’s Brighton Pride so once again Tony Chapman, Legends and the best cabaret acts in the UK stand together to raise money for the Rainbow Fund. Let’s show the UK how we do Pride with the very best queens strutting their stuff to help raise awareness and funds for Brighton's excellent organisations!” l Mon (5) is a double dose of CABARET to round off your Pride weekend at 3.30pm; Miss Jason at 9.30pm.
DJ DAVID NOAKES
l 31-34 Marine Parade, BN2 1TR, T: 01273 624462, www.legendsbrighton.com l OPEN Mon (5), Wed–Sun 11pm. l DRINK PROMOS Fri drinks from £2, Wed, Thur & Sun various deals. Deals may differ over Pride.
LOLA LASAGNE
DJ CLAIRE FULLER
l 31-34 Marine Parade, BN2 1TR, T: 01273 624462, www.legendsbrighton.com l OPEN daily from 11–5am. l FOOD breakfast & lunch Mon–Sat 11am–5pm; breakfast 11am on Sunday, lunch 12.30–4pm: beef, belly pork, chicken supreme or nut roast with roast potatoes, seasonal vegetables, homemade Yorkshire pudding and real stock gravy. Make sure you leave room for one of the moreish desserts. l DRINK PROMOS Buy 1 bottle of wine get 2nd half price, Mon–Fri 12–11pm.
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PICS FROM MARINE TAVERN + PARIS HOUSE BASTILLE DAY CELEBRATONS
AUGUST
LISTINGS
MARINE TAVERN
CANDI RELL
l 13 Broad St, BN2 1TJ, Tel: 01273 905578, www.marinetavern.co.uk l OPEN daily from 12pm. l FOOD daily from 12–9pm: Curry & Quiz £1 on Tue from 7.30pm (quiz starts 9pm), roasts £8 each every Sunday 12–5pm, booking advised. l DRINK PROMOS Wed from 7pm: Pink Pound Night with drinks from £1.
l ONE FOR THE DIARY Saturday is CABARET & KARAOKE with Candi Rell from 8.30pm. Marine Tavern say: “The Fun Factory continues tonight down at the Marine Tavern with the super talented Candi Rell! Come and have a catch up with Candi and sing a few songs.”
l REGULARS Sunday is DRAG OPEN MIC hosted by Stephanie Von Clitz from 9pm. l THROWBACK THURSDAY with 1980s tunes from 8pm. l Friday is JUKEBOX DISCO from 9pm. l REGENCY TAVERN Jason Thorpe’s Game Show Bonanza 8pm; Open mic & karaoke 9pm l SUBLINE Brace Yourself 9pm
FRIDAY 16
l AFFINITY BAR Wigs & Beads Karaoke 8pm l ALL NEW BULLDOG Friday Night Live: camp karaoke & DJ Glynn-Sing 9pm; ShowTime with Domina Tryx 11pm l AMSTERDAM cabaret: Dave Lynn 9.30pm l BAR 7@CRAWLEY Party Night: alternate DJs: Kirsty Anderson, Jazzy Jane, Charlie Eaton, Patrick Cawley & Michael Adams 7pm l BAR BROADWAY Jukebox 5pm l BASEMENT CLUB@LEGENDS Glitter: DJ David Noakes 11pm l BOUTIQUE DJ King Sol 8pm l CAMELFORD ARMS Friday Club 6pm l CHARLES ST TAP Fabulous Friday: DJ Morgan Fabulous 9pm l GROSVENOR BAR cabaret: Maisie Trollette 9.30pm l LEGENDS BAR Brighton Belles: local cabaret stars & guests 9pm l MARINE TAVERN Jukebox Disco 9pm l PARIS HOUSE DJ Chris Havoxx 9pm
l QUEEN’S ARMS Big Friday Cabaret: Rose Garden 10pm l REGENCY TAVERN Caba Regency: Brighton students perform 9pm l SUBLINE Filth full fetish party 9pm l ZONE cabaret: Davina Sparkle 10pm
PARIS HOUSE
l 21 Western Rd, BN3 1AF, T: 01273 724195, www.parishousebrighton.com l OPEN daily from 12pm. l FOOD served daily from 12pm–close.
l PRIDE Sat (3) is Live Pride Jazz with the Roy Gee Trio at 4pm; Andy the Dandy DJ spins the tunes at 9pm, free.
l REGULARS FREE LIVE MUSIC: l Mon: JAZZ with the Nils Solberg-Mick Hamer Trio at 2pm; then at 8pm: Dave Drake Trio (5), Paul Richards (12), Simon Savage Trio (19) and Dan Cartwright (26). l Tue at 8pm: Mucky Ducklings (6), John Crampton (13), Scott Booth (20) and Yellow Funk Machine (27). l Wed at 8pm: Christian Brewer (7), Tractor Factor (14), Roy Hilton (21) and Sam Carlese Trio (28). l Thur WORLD MUSIC at 8pm: Pollito Boogaloo (1), Trio Cubana (8), Babou with Abraham De Vega (15), Son Guarachando (22) and Latin Experience with Paul Richards (29). l Fri is PARTY TIME with DJ Chris Havoxx at 9pm. l Sat is AND ALL THAT JAZZ at 4pm: Jorges Hot Club Trio (10), Lawrence Jones (17), Monday Boys (24), Sara Oschlag Trio (31); Andy the Dandy DJ at 9pm. l Sun at 6pm: Lo Polodoro (4), Marilyn du Sax (11), Sam Chara, Tim Young & Theseus Gerard (18) and Dave Williams & band (25).
l QUEEN’S ARMS QA Triple cabaret: Poppycock 6pm, Betty Swollocks 8pm, SATURDAY 17 Allan Jay 10pm l AFFINITY BAR cabaret: Miss Jason l REGENCY TAVERN JB’s Jukebox 6pm; karaoke with Pat Clutcher 7pm 5pm; cabaret: Drag With No Name 9pm l ALL NEW BULLDOG Wonda Starr’s Queen of the Night: camp karaoke, prizes l SUBLINE The Men’s Room: DJ Screwpulous 9pm & tunes 9pm l THREE JOLLY BUTCHERS live l AMSTERDAM Karaoke with Jason football: Arsenal v Burnley 12.30pm, Man Thorpe 9.30pm City v Spurs 5.30pm l BAR 7@CRAWLEY Party Night: alternate DJs: Kirsty Anderson, Jazzy Jane, l ZONE cabaret: Chris Hide 10pm Charlie Eaton, Patrick Cawley & Michael Adams 7pm SUNDAY 18 l BAR BROADWAY Jukebox 4pm l AFFINITY BAR cabaret: Pat Clutcher l BASEMENT CLUB@LEGENDS 5pm Fusion: DJ Peter Castle 11pm l ALL NEW BULLDOG All New Sunday l BOUTIQUE Saturday Sessions: DJ Cee Funday 12pm; karaoke with Mandy 5pm & free karaoke 6pm l AMSTERDAM cabaret: Wain Douglas l CHARLES ST TAP Fierce DJ 9pm aka Kara Van Park 5pm; roasts 12pm-till l GROSVENOR BAR cabaret: Davina gone Sparkle 9.30pm l BAR 7@CRAWLEY karaoke with host l LEGENDS BAR Pre-club DJ 7pm Tyler or Ben 6pm l MARINE TAVERN Candi Rell’s l BAR BROADWAY Fireplace Sessions Karaoke & Cabaret Party 8.30pm pres: Eva Iglesias 8.30pm l PARIS HOUSE All That Jazz: Lawrence l BASEMENT CLUB@LEGENDS Jones 4pm; Andy the Dandy DJ 9pm Pop!Candy: DJ Claire Fuller 9pm
l CAMELFORD ARMS Bear Bash: free food/raffle 5pm; roasts/select menu 12pm– till gone l CHARLES ST TAP cabaret: host Sally Vate + Miss Jason 7.30pm; Sally’s Rock & Roll Bingo 8.30pm; roasts 12pm l LEGENDS BAR cabaret: Dave Lynn 3.30pm; roasts 12.30–4pm l MARINE TAVERN roasts 12-5pm; Drag Open Mic: Stephanie Von Clitz 9pm l PARIS HOUSE live music: Sam Chara, Tim Young & Theseus Gerard 6pm l QUEEN’S ARMS Sunday Funday: double cabaret: Martha D’Arthur 6.30pm & 10pm l REGENCY TAVERN roasts 12-6pm l SUBLINE Cum In Your Pants: underwear party 9pm l THREE JOLLY BUTCHERS live football: Sheffield Utd v Crystal Palace 2pm, Chelsea v Leicester 4.30pm
MONDAY 19
l AFFINITY BAR all day karaoke 12pm; karaoke with Tommy Tanker (aka Pat Clutcher) 7pm
7 GEORGE STREET BRIGHTON 01273 696873
www.theqabrighton.com
QA PRIDE STREET PARTY
30 ACTS SAT 3RD 3PM–MIDNIGHT OVER AC TS TH 20 SUN 4TH 3PM–9PM WIWIT H MORE ACTS INSIDE!
BOTH NIGHTS THE PARTY CONTINUES
MONDAY 9 AT
PM
KARA VAN PARK’S
MUSICAL MONDAYS TUESDAY AT 9.30PM
PAT CLUTCHER’S
COTTAGING WITH CLUTCHER
WEDNESDAY AT 10PM THE
SALLY VATE SHOW
THURSDAY AT 10PM
BRIGHTON’S LEADING LADIES AUG 1–––––––––––––----------––––––––– SPICE AUG KARA VAN PARK 8–––––––––––––----------––––––––– AUG 15 DAVINA SPARKLE –––––––––––––----------––––––––– AUG LOLA LASAGNE 22 –––––––––––––----------––––––––– 29AUG DRAG WITH NO NAME
BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND AUG PM 23 SON OF A TUTU 10 –––––––––––––-----------––––––––--– 24AUG POPPY 6PM BETTY 8PM MRS MOORE 10PM –––––––––––––----------–---------------–––––––--– 25AUG MARSHA MALLOW 6.30PM 9PM & COSMIC 8PM 10PM –––––––––––––----------––--------------––––––--– 26AUG KARA VAN PARK 6.30PM 10PM
QA BIG FRIDAYS 10
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AUG 2–––––––––––––----------––––––––--– DAVINA SPARKLE AUG 9–––––––––––––----------––––––––--– DRAG WITH NO NAME AUG 16 ROSE GARDEN –––––––––––––----------––––––––--– AUG 23 SON OF A TUTU –––––––––––––----------––––––––--– AUG 30 MISS PENNY
SATURDAY QAPMTRIPLE
POPPY COCK 6 BETTY SWOLLOCKS 8PM PM CABARET 10 AUG 3–––––––––––––----------––––––––--– PRIDE AUG 10 POPPYCOCK –––––––––––––----------––––––––--– AUG 17 ALLAN JAY –––––––––––––----------––––––––--– AUG 24 MRS MOORE –––––––––––––----------––––––––--– 31AUG GABRIELLA PARISH
SUNDAY FUNDAY
DOUBLE CABARET 6.30PM & 10PM
AUG 4–––––––––––––----------––––––––--– PRIDE STREET PARTY AUG 11 VIVIENNE LYNSEY –––––––––––––----------––––––––--– AUG 18 MARTHA D’ARTHUR –––––––––––––----------––––––––--– 25AUG MARSHA MALLOW 6.30 9 PM
& COSMIC 8
PM
10PM
OPEN TILL 1AM SUN-THUR, TILL 2AM FRI & SAT FROM 5PM MON-FRI FROM 2PM SAT & SUN
PM
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AUGUST
LISTINGS
THE RAILWAY CLUB
QUEENS ARMS
l 7 George St, BN2 1RH, T: 01273 696873, www.theqabrighton.com l OPEN Mon–Fri from 5pm, Sat & Sun from 2pm. l DRINK PROMOS Mon–Fri from 5–9pm, Sat & Sun from 2–6pm. May differ over Pride.
l 4 Belmont, Dyke Road, BN1 3TF, Tel: 01273 328682 l OPEN Mon–Wed 5–11pm, Thur 11am–11pm, Fri 3–11pm, Sat 12–11pm (or till midnight for special events), closed Sun. l MEMBERSHIP The Railway Club is a welcoming members’ club with snooker, billiards, darts and table tennis all available to members. Perfect for groups, parties or meetings, the Railway Club is friendly and spacious so pop in and join up! l DRINK PROMOS all night, every night: Carlsberg £3.10, Guinness £3.90, spirits from £2.
l REGULARS Pitch up for Kara Van Park’s MUSICAL MONDAYS at 9pm. l Tue is Pat Clutcher: COTTAGING WITH CLUTCHER at 9.30pm. l Wed is the SALLY VATE SHOW with the Northern Powerhouse getting you over the hump from 10pm. l Thur is CABARET with the BRIGHTON’S LEADING LADIES at 10pm: Spice (1), Kara Van Park (8), Davina Sparkle (15), Lola Lasagne (22) and Drag With No Name (29). l QA BIG FRIDAY CABARET with acts at 10pm: Davina Sparkle (2), Drag With No Name (9), Rose Garden (16), Son of a Tutu (23) and Miss Penny (30). Armed with plenty of ‘assets’, Miss Penny is the international live cabaret drag artiste with fast wit and amazing vocals! The QA say: “Tonight, on the erection of joy, Miss Penny will be banging out the tunes, telling the tales and regaling us with other filth!” l Sat is QA TRIPLE CABARET with Poppycock at 6pm, Betty Swollocks at 8pm and then at 10pm: Poppycock (10), Allan Jay (17), Mrs Moore (24) and Gabriella Parrish (31). l SUNDAY FUNDAY featuring Double Cabaret with top-notch acts at 6.30pm & 10pm: Vivienne Lynsey (11) and Martha D’Arthur (18).
l ALL NEW BULLDOG Monday Glitter Ball: 60s-00s tunes 8pm l BAR BROADWAY Comedy Jukebox 8.30pm l CHARLES ST TAP Gaymers Night: consoles/board games 8.30pm l LEGENDS BAR Miss Jason’s Monday Madness 9.30pm l PARIS HOUSE live jazz: Nils SolbergMick Hamer Trio 2pm; Simon Savage Trio 8pm
l QUEEN’S ARMS Kara Van Park’s Musical Mondays 9pm l THREE JOLLY BUTCHERS live football: Wolves v Man Utd 8pm
TUESDAY 20
l AFFINITY BAR Free Jukebox 12pm l ALL NEW BULLDOG #Transvolve Tuesday: Wonda Starr & Sam Pink bring camp, karaoke & queens 7pm l BAR 7@CRAWLEY Crewsday 9pm
DRAG WITH NO NAME
l BANK HOLIDAY Fri (23): CABARET with Son of a Tutu from 10pm. Sat (24): CABARET with Poppycock at 6pm, Betty Swollocks at 8pm, and Mrs Moore at 10pm. l Sun (25): shows with Marsha Mallow and Cosmic at 6.30pm, 8pm, 9pm and 10pm. l Mon (26) is Bank Holiday MUSICAL MONDAY with Kara Van Park at 6.30pm and 10pm.
l PRIDE Fri (2) is the Pre Pride Charity Night with a DJ spinning uplifting tunes from 8pm, then CABARET sensation Drag With No Name takes to the stage from 9pm. Entry is free, all proceeds to Sussex Beacon. l BANK HOLIDAY Sat (31) with powerhouse vocalist Jennie Castell as Cilla and Dusty from 8.30pm. l REGULARS Tue: Swing into the Railway Club for Lindy hop from 7pm.
MISS PENNY
SON OF A TUTU
l PRIDE QA PRIDE STREET PARTIES with top CABARET on the outdoor stage and inside all weekend! Sat (3) with over 30 top acts from 3pm till midnight. l Sun (4) with over 20 acts from 3–9pm. The QA keeps the party going on both nights with more acts inside!
l BAR BROADWAY Piano Singalong 9pm l MARINE TAVERN Curry & Quiz with Nat 7.30pm l PARIS HOUSE live blues: Scott Booth 8pm l QUEEN’S ARMS Pat Clutcher: Cottaging with Clutcher 9.30pm l RAILWAY CLUB Lindy hop 7pm
WEDNESDAY 21
l AFFINITY BAR Karaoke with Tommy Tanker (aka Pat Clutcher) 7pm l ALL NEW BULLDOG Green Light Cruise Night 8pm l BAR 7@CRAWLEY Midweek Chill 7pm l BAR BROADWAY Tabitha & friends 9pm l BASEMENT CLUB@LEGENDS Ice: DJ Claire Fuller 11pm l BOUTIQUE Student Kicks 9pm l CHARLES ST TAP Mrs Moore’s Bona Bingo Bonanza: THT fundraiser 8.30pm l MARINE TAVERN Pink Pound 7pm l PARIS HOUSE live music: Roy Hilton 8pm l QUEEN’S ARMS Sally Vate Show 10pm
l ROTTINGDEAN CLUB Poker Night 8pm l SUBLINE Hump Day 9pm
THURSDAY 22
l AFFINITY BAR Lydia L’Showbies: Lydia L’Scabies performs homages to TV, film & musical theatre 9pm l ALL NEW BULLDOG #Transvolve: camp karaoke & queens with Wonda Starr & Sam Pink 7pm l BAR 7@CRAWLEY Weekend WarmUp 7pm l BAR BROADWAY Big Quiz: Ross Cameron & prizes 8.30pm l BASEMENT CLUB@LEGENDS Now That’s What I Call Legends: DJ Claire Fuller 11pm l CAMELFORD ARMS £300 Big Cash Quiz 9pm l CHARLES ST TAP Throwback Thursday 9pm l GROSVENOR BAR Abel Mabel’s Bingo 8.30pm l MARINE TAVERN Throwback Thursday 80s Night 8pm l PARIS HOUSE World Music: Son Guarachando 8pm
PICS FROM REGENCY TAVERN
REGENCY TAVERN
JASON THORPE
l 32-34 Russell Sq, BN1 2EF T: 01273 325 652, www.regencytavern.co.uk l OPEN Sun–Wed 12–11pm, Thur 12pm–12am, Fri & Sat 12pm–1am. l FOOD Mon–Fri 12–3pm & 5–9pm, Sat & Sun 12–9pm; Mothership Mondays 6–9pm: your favourite pie with mash, peas, crispy shallows, cheddar cheese & gravy £6; Wed 2 PieMinister pies for £10 6–9pm; Sun 2 roasts for £19.95 12–6pm, booking recommended. l DRINK PROMOS Tue 20% off beer and spirits 6–9pm.
l PRIDE Thur (1) is Jason Thorpe’s PRIDE GAME SHOW BONANZA at 8pm; then Open Mic & Karaoke from 9pm. l Fri (2) is Spice’s PRE-PRIDE PARTY from 9pm. l Sat (3) is the PRIDE BBQ at 12pm; the PRIDE DISCO is from 8pm. l Sun (4) is the PRIDE BBQ from 12pm.
l ONE FOR THE DIARY Fri (30) is live music from Chris Hide at 9pm.
l REGULARS Thur is the GAME SHOW BONANZA with Jason Thorpe at 8pm; then OPEN MIC & KARAOKE at 9pm. l Fri is CABA-REGENCY with Brighton’s best student and graduate talent at 8.30pm. l Sat with JB’S JUKEBOX from 5pm; top acts on stag at 9pm: Louie’s Birthday with Mrs Moore (10), Drag With No Name (17), Gabriella Parrish (24) and Alfie Ordinary (31).
l QUEEN’S ARMS Brighton’s Leading Ladies cabaret: Lola Lasagne 10pm l REGENCY TAVERN Jason Thorpe’s Game Show Bonanza 8pm; Open mic & karaoke 9pm l SUBLINE Brace Yourself 9pm
l CAMELFORD ARMS Friday Club 6pm l CHARLES ST TAP Fabulous Friday: DJ Morgan Fabulous 9pm l FALLEN ANGEL Disco 6pm l GROSVENOR BAR cabaret: Sally Vate 9.30pm l LEGENDS BAR Brighton Belles: local FRIDAY 23 cabaret stars & guests 9pm l AFFINITY BAR Wigs & Beads l MARINE TAVERN Jukebox Disco Karaoke 8pm 9pm l ALL NEW BULLDOG Friday Night l PARIS HOUSE DJ Chris Havoxx 9pm Live: camp karaoke & DJ Glynn-Sing l QUEEN’S ARMS Bank Holiday: Big 9pm; ShowTime with Domina Tryx 11pm Friday Cabaret: Son of a Tutu 10pm l AMSTERDAM cabaret: Davina Sparkle l REGENCY TAVERN Caba Regency: 9.30pm Brighton students perform 9pm l BAR 7@CRAWLEY Party Night: l SUBLINE Steam 10pm alternate DJs: Kirsty Anderson, Jazzy l THREE JOLLY BUTCHERS live Jane, Charlie Eaton, Patrick Cawley & football: Aston Villa v Everton 8pm Michael Adams 7pm l ZONE cabaret: Topsie Redfern 10pm l BAR BROADWAY Jukebox 5pm l BASEMENT CLUB@LEGENDS SATURDAY 24 Glitter: DJ David Noakes 11pm l AFFINITY BAR cabaret: Pat Clutcher l BOUTIQUE DJ King Sol 8pm 6pm; karaoke with Pat Clutcher 7pm
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PICS FROM ROTTINGDEAN CLUB + SUBLINE
AUGUST
LISTINGS
ROTTINGDEAN CLUB
l 89 High St, Rottingdean, BN2 7HE, Tel: 01273 309529 f therottingdeanclub l FOOD served daily; ask at the bar for full menu. Fri (2) is Curry Night from 6pm. l MEMBERSHIP The Rottingdean Club, a members’ bar in the heart of the village, is the perfect place to meet with friends and clients, work remotely with a coffee or mix and mingle with other likeminded members. With regular entertainment, a large sunsoaked garden with lager and cider on draught and free Wi-Fi. The Rottingdean Club says: "We’re a private members’ bar where there’s always a warm welcome. We offer the comforts of a traditional pub with modern standards of service and superb food!” The Rottingdean Club is a unique venue so pop in and ask at the bar for membership details or email bar@therottingdeanclub.co.uk
GABRIELLA PARRISH
l ONE FOR THE DIARY Sat (3): the Rottingdean Club team up with the Windmill Bakery for the Village Fair to bring you the BIG SUMMER PICNIC from 12pm. Rottingdean Club say: “Fill a hamper with goodies from the bakery and bring it down to the club to enjoy a day in the sunshine. You can provide your own basket or hire one (for a refundable deposit) from the girls at the bakery. It’s a £25 minimum spend, so get a couple of you together and enjoy some seriously lip smacking homemade goodies.” NB: ONLY hampers from the Windmill Bakery will be permitted. No plastic bags and strictly no liquids to be brought in. l ONE FOR THE DIARY Sat (10) is the SUMMER PARTY in aid of the Rainbow Fund with music from the sensational Gabriella Parrish and Abalicious from 12pm. Rottingdean Club say: “Join us for our Summer Party! The sun will hopefully be panning down on us, and we will have live music in the garden. When we are full we are full. Last year we had an amazing day and it was boiling so fingers crossed for more of the same!”
l ALL NEW BULLDOG Wonda Starr’s Queen of the Night: outrageous camp karaoke, prizes & tunes 9pm l AMSTERDAM Karaoke with Jason Thorpe 9.30pm l BAR 7@CRAWLEY Bank Hol UV Party 9pm l BAR BROADWAY Jukebox 4pm l BASEMENT CLUB@LEGENDS Fusion: DJ Peter Castle 11pm l BOUTIQUE Bank Holiday Warm Up with DJ Cee 6pm l CHARLES ST TAP Fierce DJs 9pm l GROSVENOR BAR cabaret: Davina Sparkle 9.30pm l LEGENDS BAR Pre-club DJ 7pm l MARINE TAVERN Candi Rell’s Karaoke & Cabaret Party 8.30pm
l PARIS HOUSE All That Jazz: Monday Boys 4pm; Andy the Dandy DJ 9pm l QUEEN’S ARMS Bank Holiday: QA Triple cabaret: Poppycock 6pm, Betty Swollocks 8pm, Mrs Moore 10pm l REGENCY TAVERN JB’s Jukebox 5pm; cabaret: Gabriella Parrish 9pm l SUBLINE The Men’s Room: DJ Screwpulous 9pm l THREE JOLLY BUTCHERS live football: Norwich v Chelsea 12.30pm, Liverpool v Arsenal 5.30pm l ZONE cabaret: Sally Vate 10pm
SUNDAY 25
l AFFINITY BAR cabaret: Davina Sparkle 5pm
SUBLINE
l 129 St James' St, BN2 1TH, T: 01273 624100, www.sublinebrighton.co.uk l OPEN Sun, Wed & Thur from 9pm, Fri & Sat from 10pm, closed Wed (7). l DRINK PROMOS Wed: all draught beers £1 off, 2 cocktails for £12.
l PRIDE Thur (1) is CLUB SILENCIO presents EQUALITY OF THE DALEKS, a Pre-Pride queer sci-fi spectacular, from 8pm, £8.50. Organisers say: “Think you know the origins of Pride, well think again! In this queer scifi spectacular join the Doctor and her trusty companion, as they travel back in time to the Stonewall Inn in 1969, where a familiar foe is masquerading as a famous queer pioneer...” l Fri (2) is the EASING IN Pre-Pride Party from 9pm, members £3 /non £5. l Sat (3) is PRIDE PROPER from 9pm, members £8 /non £10. Subine say: “We'll be labouring away in our dungeon to bring you the greatest Pride party away from the chaos of the street. We anticipate hitting capacity early, so either get down here at 9pm, or come before Pride and pick up a queue-jump ticket.” l Sun (4) is CLEAR THE STREETS from 8pm, members £8 /non £10. l BANK HOLIDAY Sun (25) is the SUNDOWNER BEACH PARTY at 9pm, members £5 /non £8. l ONE FOR THE DIARY Sat (31) is MASQUE 4 MASC from 10pm, members £4 /non £8 includes a donation to THT. Subline say: “There’s nothing like a bit of anonymity to arouse the senses... Naturally, we're far too butch for anything like a Masque ball down here... or are we?” l REGULARS Wed is HUMP DAY, free entry for all. l Thur is Brace Yourself, free entry. l Fri: turn up the heat at STEAM, members £3 /non £5; (9) is DIRTY TACKLE sportswear night, entry £3 in kit/£5 non; (16) is FILTH full fetish night for all genders, advance tickets or £25 on door subject to availability. l Sat: head downstairs for MEN’S ROOM, members £3 /non £5. l Sun is GUILT FREE pleasures with top tunes, members free /non £5; (18) is CUM IN YOUR PANTS underwear only party, members £3 /non £5.
l ALL NEW BULLDOG All New Sunday Funday 12pm; karaoke with Mandy 5pm l AMSTERDAM cabaret: Kathy Diamond 5pm; roasts 12pm-till gone l BAR 7@CRAWLEY karaoke with host Tyler or Ben 6pm l BAR BROADWAY Bank Hol Showtune Karaoke: Sally Vate & Ross Cameron 5pm l BASEMENT CLUB@LEGENDS Pop!Candy: DJ Claire Fuller 9pm l BOUTIQUE Bank Holiday Roof Terrace Party with live DJs & bands 3pm l CAMELFORD ARMS Bear Bash: free food/raffle 5pm; roasts/select menu
12pm– till gone l CHARLES ST TAP Bank Hol cabaret: host Sally Vate + Kara Van Park’s 50th Birthday Party 7.30pm; Sally’s Rock & Roll Bingo 8.30pm; roasts 12pm l LEGENDS BAR cabaret: Miss Jason 3.30pm; roasts 12.30–4pm l MARINE TAVERN roasts 12-5pm; Drag Open Mic: Stephanie Von Clitz 9pm l PARIS HOUSE live music: Dave Williams & band 6pm l QUEEN’S ARMS Bank Holiday Sunday Funday: Marsha Mallow & Cosmic 6.30pm, 8pm, 9pm & 10pm
PICS FROM SUBLINE + THREE JOLLY BUTCHERS
THREE JOLLY BUTCHERS
l 59 North Rd, BN1 1YD, Tel: 01273 608571, www.3jollybutchers.com l OPEN daily from 12pm. l FOOD Check out the new Thai food menu: all starters £4.50, all mains (inc rice) £7.50, 2 courses £9.90 and lunch mains just £5.95 (inc rice) until 4pm. Loads of vegan, vegetarian and gluten free options. l LIVE SPORT Live sport shown on the big screens in Aug - see listings for fixtures. l PRIDE Sat (3) is the Three Jolly Butchers PRIDE PARTY with breakfast rolls from 9am. Three Jolly Butchers say: “The Three Jolly Butchers is right on the 2019 Parade route for the first time ever – at the top of North Road, Brighton. Come early to get your best pitch for the parade!”
l REGENCY TAVERN roasts 12-6pm l SUBLINE Sundowner Beach Party 9pm l THREE JOLLY BUTCHERS live football: Bournemouth v Man City 2pm, Spurs v Newcastle 4.30pm l ZONE Bank Hol cabaret: JP Christian 6pm
Tuesday: Wonda Starr & Sam Pink bring camp, karaoke & queens 7pm l BAR 7@CRAWLEY Crewsday 9pm l BAR BROADWAY Piano Singalong 9pm l MARINE TAVERN Curry & Quiz with Nat 7.30pm l PARIS HOUSE live blues: Yellow Funk Machine 8pm l QUEEN’S ARMS Pat Clutcher: MONDAY 26 Cottaging with Clutcher 9.30pm l AFFINITY BAR Bank Holiday cabaret: l RAILWAY CLUB Lindy hop 7pm Stephanie Von Clitz 7pm l ALL NEW BULLDOG Monday Glitterball Bank Holiday Special: 60s-00s WEDNESDAY 28 l AFFINITY BAR Karaoke with Tommy tunes 8pm Tanker (aka Pat Clutcher) 7pm l BAR BROADWAY Bank Holiday l ALL NEW BULLDOG Green Light Jukebox 6pm Cruise Night 8pm l CHARLES ST TAP Bank Holiday Loose-ly Women with Mrs Moore, Martha l BAR 7@CRAWLEY Midweek Chill 7pm D’Arthur & Sally Vate 7.30pm l LEGENDS BAR Miss Jason’s Monday l BAR BROADWAY Tabitha & friends 9pm Madness 9.30pm l PARIS HOUSE Bank Holiday live jazz: l BASEMENT CLUB@LEGENDS Ice: Nils Solberg-Mick Hamer Trio 2pm; Dan DJ Claire Fuller 11pm l BOUTIQUE Student Kicks 9pm Cartwright 8pm l QUEEN’S ARMS Kara Van Park’s Bank l CHARLES ST TAP Mrs Moore’s Bona Bingo Bonanza: THT fundraiser 8.30pm Hol Musical Monday 6.30pm & 10pm l MARINE TAVERN Pink Pound 7pm l PARIS HOUSE live music: Sam TUESDAY 27 Carlese 8pm l AFFINITY BAR Free Jukebox 12pm l QUEEN’S ARMS Sally Vate Show l ALL NEW BULLDOG #Transvolve 10pm
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PICS FROM VELVET JACKS + ZONE
AUGUST
LISTINGS
VELVET JACKS
THE ZONE
l OPEN Tue–Thur 4–11.30pm, Fri & Sat 12–11.30pm, Sun 1–11pm. PRIDE very late licence on Sat (3). l FOOD Indian/Sri Lankan street food, check at bar for more info. l DRINK PROMOS Sun–Fri, check at the bar for info.
l OPEN Sun–Thur from 11am, Fri & Sat from 10am. l DRINK PROMOS daily, excluding 7pm–close on Fri & Sat.
l 50 Norfolk Sq, BN1 2PA, Tel: 07720 661290 tinyurl.com/VelvetJacks
l 33 St James’ St, BN2 1RF, Tel: 01273 682249, www.zonebrighton.co.uk
l ROTTINGDEAN CLUB Poker Night 8pm l SUBLINE Hump Day 9pm
THURSDAY 29
l AFFINITY BAR Lydia L’Showbies: Lydia L’Scabies performs homages to TV, film & musical theatre 9pm l ALL NEW BULLDOG #Transvolve: camp karaoke & queens with Wonda Starr & Sam Pink 7pm l BAR 7@CRAWLEY Weekend WarmUp 7pm l BAR BROADWAY Big Quiz: Ross Cameron & prizes 8.30pm l BASEMENT CLUB@LEGENDS Now That’s What I Call Legends: DJ Claire Fuller 11pm l CAMELFORD ARMS £300 Big Cash Quiz 9pm
l CHARLES ST TAP Throwback Thursday 9pm l GROSVENOR BAR Abel Mabel’s Bingo 8.30pm l MARINE TAVERN Throwback Thursday 80s Night 8pm l PARIS HOUSE Latin Experience with Paul Richards 8pm l QUEEN’S ARMS Brighton’s Leading Ladies cabaret: Drag With No Name 10pm l REGENCY TAVERN Jason Thorpe’s Game Show Bonanza 8pm; Open mic & karaoke 9pm l SUBLINE Brace Yourself 9pm
FRIDAY 30
l AFFINITY BAR Wigs & Beads Karaoke 8pm l ALL NEW BULLDOG Friday Night Live: camp karaoke & DJ Glynn-Sing 9pm; ShowTime with Domina Tryx 11pm l AMSTERDAM cabaret: Rose Garden 9.30pm l BAR 7@CRAWLEY Party Night: alternate DJs: Kirsty Anderson, Jazzy Jane, Charlie Eaton, Patrick Cawley & Michael Adams 7pm l BAR BROADWAY Jukebox 5pm l BASEMENT CLUB@LEGENDS Glitter: DJ David Noakes 11pm l BOUTIQUE DJ King Sol 8pm l CAMELFORD ARMS Friday Club 6pm l CHARLES ST TAP Fabulous Friday: DJ Morgan Fabulous 9pm l FALLEN ANGEL Disco 6pm
SALLY VATE
l PRIDE Breakfast buffet from 9am, eggs made to order served with a glass of bubbly, £12.50. Book now by popping into the bar or texting 07720 661290.
l PRIDE Fri (2) is Sally Vate’s PRE-PRIDE PARTY with Brighton’s sweetheart on stage at 9pm. Sally says: “My goal in life is to bring a little bit of joy and happiness into a world that can get you down. Life is too short not to have a laugh it keeps you young and your buttocks firm! So join me for a madcap Pre-Pride party with pop and disco classics to get you in the mood for Pride Weekend!” l Sat (3) is PRIDE AT THE ZONE from 10am. l ONE FOR THE DIARY Sun (25) is BANK HOLIDAY CABARET with JP Christian from 6pm. l REGULARS Fri top CABARET at 10pm: Miss Jason (9), Davina Sparkle (16), Topsie Redfern (23) and Stone & Street (30). l Sat CABARET with sensational acts at 10pm: Topsie Redfern (10), Chris Hide (17) and Sally Vate (24 & 31).
l GROSVENOR BAR cabaret: Spice 9.30pm l LEGENDS BAR Brighton Belles: local cabaret stars & guests 9pm l MARINE TAVERN So You Think You’re a DJ? 9pm l PARIS HOUSE DJ Chris Havoxx 9pm l QUEEN’S ARMS Big Friday Cabaret: Miss Penny 10pm l REGENCY TAVERN live music: Chris Hide 9pm l SUBLINE Steam 10pm l ZONE cabaret: Stone & Street 10pm
SATURDAY 31
l AFFINITY BAR cabaret: Pat Clutcher 6pm; karaoke with Pat Clutcher 7pm l ALL NEW BULLDOG Wonda Starr’s Queen of the Night: outrageous camp karaoke, prizes & tunes 9pm l AMSTERDAM Karaoke with Jason Thorpe 9.30pm l BAR 7@CRAWLEY Party Night: alternate DJs: Kirsty Anderson, Jazzy Jane, Charlie Eaton, Patrick Cawley & Michael Adams 7pm l BAR BROADWAY Jukebox 4pm
l BASEMENT CLUB@LEGENDS Fusion: DJ Peter Castle 11pm l BOUTIQUE Saturday Sessions: DJ Cee & free VIP booths 6pm l CHARLES ST TAP Fierce DJs 9pm l GROSVENOR BAR cabaret: Pooh La May 9.30pm l LEGENDS BAR Pre-club DJ 7pm l MARINE TAVERN Candi Rell’s Karaoke & Cabaret Party 8.30pm l PARIS HOUSE All That Jazz: Sara Oschlag Trio 4pm; Andy the Dandy DJ 9pm l QUEEN’S ARMS QA Triple cabaret: Poppycock 6pm, Betty Swollocks 8pm, Gabriella Parrish 10pm l RAILWAY CLUB cabaret: Jennie Castell as Cilla & Dusty 8.30pm l REGENCY TAVERN JB’s Jukebox 5pm; cabaret: Alfie Ordinary 9pm l SUBLINE Masque for Masc THT fundraiser 9pm l THREE JOLLY BUTCHERS live football: Southampton v Man Utd 12.30pm, Bournemouth v Liverpool 5.30pm l ZONE cabaret: Sally Vate 10pm
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PICS FROM EDGE & BOX BAR, SOUTHAMPTON
SOLENT
LISTINGS
PORTSMOUTH l HAMPSHIRE BOULEVARD 1 Hampshire Terrace, Southsea TEL: 02392 297509
SOUTHAMPTON
l BOX BAR Compton Walk, SO14 0BH TEL: 023 8036 6163
www.theedgesouthampton.com l EDGE Compton Walk, SO14 0BH TEL: 023 8036 6163 www.theedgesouthampton.com l LONDON HOTEL 2 Terminus Terrace, SO14 3DT TEL: 02380 710652, www.thelondon.co.uk
THURSDAY 1
MONDAY 5
PORTSMOUTH l HAMPSHIRE BLVD A Night on the Lashes: Lucinda Lashes, karaoke & tunes 9pm SOUTHAMPTON l BOX BAR Double Trouble Quiz: drag hosts Aura Jay & Bella Black 7pm l EDGE Get Dirty: DJ Liam Searle 10pm
PORTSMOUTH l HAMPSHIRE BLVD 20Something: DJs Lee Harris & Luke Ennor 9pm SOUTHAMPTON l EDGE Mates Rates: DJ Darcy Buckland 10pm
FRIDAY 2 PORTSMOUTH l HAMPSHIRE BLVD We Love Fridays: DJ Toby Lawrence 9pm SOUTHAMPTON l BOX BAR GLOW DJs 10pm l EDGE GLOW: DJs & UV lights 10pm; How’s Your Head with drag hosts Dawn & Dolly 11pm
SATURDAY 3 PORTSMOUTH l HAMPSHIRE BLVD Blank: DJs Missy B & Rob Davis 9pm SOUTHAMPTON l BOX BAR DJ KT 11pm l EDGE The Big One: DJs Craig Law & Neil Sackley 10pm
TUESDAY 6 PORTSMOUTH l HAMPSHIRE BLVD Cherry’s Bingo & cabaret 8pm SOUTHAMPTON l BOX BAR Time Out DJs 11pm l EDGE Time Out: DJ Black Feather 11pm
WEDNESDAY 7 PORTSMOUTH l HAMPSHIRE BLVD Big Navy Night Out with Aura Jay’s karaoke 9pm SOUTHAMPTON l BOX BAR Beauty and the Balls Bingo: host Miss Disney & prizes 8pm; Bella Black’s karaoke 10.30pm l EDGE Bar 150: DJs Missy B & Lee Harris 10pm
THURSDAY 8
PORTSMOUTH l HAMPSHIRE BLVD A Night on the Lashes: Lucinda Lashes , karaoke & SUNDAY 4 tunes 9pm PORTSMOUTH l HAMPSHIRE BLVD 90s-Now 9pm SOUTHAMPTON l BOX BAR Double Trouble Quiz: SOUTHAMPTON l EDGE Aura Jay’s Cabaret v Karaoke drag hosts Aura Jay & Bella Black 7pm 10pm l EDGE Get Dirty: DJ Liam Searle 10pm
THE EDGE & BOX BAR SOUTHAMPTON
l Compton Walk, SO14 0BH, Tel: 023 8036 6163, www.theedgesouthampton.com l OPEN The Edge: 10pm everyday. l The Box Bar: 7pm Tue–Sat. l HAPPY HOURS THE BOX BAR: 2-4-1 cocktails 7pm–late Tue & Fri & till 8pm on Sat; l THE EDGE: Mon £1.50 shots & £2 house doubles; Wed £1.50 drinks; Thur half price drinks till midnight;Sun £1.50 singles/£3 doubles. l ONE FOR THE DIARY Friday (2) is HOW’S YOUR HEAD? with drag hosts Dawn & Dolly upstairs from 11pm. l SOUTHAMPTON PRIDE Saturday (24) it’s the SOUTHAMPTON PRIDE OFFICIAL AFTER PARTY from 6pm with 5 DJs, 5 bars, an extended garden space and BBQ in support of Southampton Pride. Discount entry for members £4–£7. l REGULARS Sunday is CABARET v KARAOKE with drag host Aura Jay. l Monday is MATES RATES with DJ Darcy Buckland. l Tuesday is TIME OUT with DJ Black Feather spinning the best pop/chart tunes. l Wednesday is BEAUTY & THE BALLS BINGO with host Miss Disney, prizes every round from 6pm, then KARAOKE with Bella Black 10.30pm. Stick around for BAR 150 with DJs Missy B, & Lee Harris from 10pm. l Thursday is DOUBLE TROUBLE: WHICH IS WITCH? quiz with drag host duo Aura Jay & Bella Black at 7pm. Stay put for GET DIRTY with DJ Liam Searle spinning all your faves to get you dancing dirty! l Friday: kick-start the weekend at GLOW with top guest DJs and UV lights from 10pm. l Saturday is THE BIG ONE from 10pm with 3 bars, 2 dancefloors & DJs: Craig Law & Neil Sackley (3), Adam Foster & Darcy Buckland (10), Claire Fuller & Trick (17) and Phil Marriott & Trick (31). If it’s r&b you’re after head to the Box Bar for DJ KT at 11pm.
FRIDAY 9
SUNDAY 11
PORTSMOUTH l HAMPSHIRE BLVD We Love Fridays: DJ Toby Lawrence 9pm SOUTHAMPTON l BOX BAR GLOW DJs 10pm l EDGE GLOW: DJs & UV lights 10pm
PORTSMOUTH l HAMPSHIRE BLVD 90s-Now 9pm SOUTHAMPTON l EDGE Aura Jay’s Cabaret v Karaoke 10pm
SATURDAY 10 PORTSMOUTH l HAMPSHIRE BLVD Blank: DJs Missy B & Rob Davis 9pm SOUTHAMPTON l BOX BAR DJ KT 11pm l EDGE The Big One: DJs Adam Foster & Darcy Buckland 10pm
MONDAY 12 PORTSMOUTH l HAMPSHIRE BLVD 20Something: DJs Lee Harris & Luke Ennor 9pm SOUTHAMPTON l EDGE Mates Rates: DJ Darcy Buckland 10pm
PICS FROM EDGE & BOX BAR, SOUTHAMPTON + HAMPSHIRE BOULEVARD, PORTSMOUTH
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LISTINGS MONDAY 19 PORTSMOUTH l HAMPSHIRE BLVD 20Something: DJs Lee Harris & Luke Ennor 9pm SOUTHAMPTON l EDGE Mates Rates: DJ Darcy Buckland 10pm
TUESDAY 20
HAMPSHIRE BOULEVARD PORTSMOUTH
LUCINDA LASHES
l Hampshire Terrace, Southsea, PO1 2QN, Tel: 02392 297509 l OPEN Sun & Mon 9pm, Tue–Sat 7pm l DRINK DEALS various deals on Sun, £1.50 drinks on Mon.
l ONE FOR THE DIARY Thursday is A NIGHT ON THE LASHES with the legendary Lucinda Lashes hosting karaoke and dishing out the ditties from 9pm, free. Hampshire Boulevard say: “The fabulous foulmouthed Lucinda Lashes is back for karaoke with lashes fit to blow you, and blow you away!”
l REGULARS WE LOVE FRIDAYS with DJ Toby Lawrence, £3 till 10pm/£5 after. l Saturday is BLANK with DJs Rob Davis & Missy B with the latest chart remixes from 9pm. l Sunday is 90S–NOW, free. l Monday is 20SOMETHING banging tunes with DJs Lee Harris & Luke Ennor, £5. l Win up to £500 every Tue at CHERRY’S BINGO with top drag acts from 8pm. l Wednesday is BIG NAVY NIGHT OUT with host Aura-Jay’s Karaoke, free.
TUESDAY 13 PORTSMOUTH l HAMPSHIRE BLVD Cherry’s Bingo & cabaret 8pm SOUTHAMPTON l BOX BAR Time Out DJs 11pm l EDGE Time Out: DJ Black Feather 11pm
drag hosts Aura Jay & Bella Black 7pm l EDGE Get Dirty: DJ Liam Searle 10pm
FRIDAY 16
PORTSMOUTH l HAMPSHIRE BLVD We Love Fridays: DJ Toby Lawrence 9pm SOUTHAMPTON l BOX BAR GLOW DJs 10pm WEDNESDAY 14 l EDGE GLOW: DJs & UV lights PORTSMOUTH 10pm l HAMPSHIRE BLVD Big Navy Night Out with Aura Jay’s karaoke 9pm SATURDAY 17 SOUTHAMPTON PORTSMOUTH l BOX BAR Beauty and the Balls Bingo: host Miss Disney & prizes 8pm; l HAMPSHIRE BLVD Blank: DJs Missy B & Rob Davis 9pm Bella Black’s karaoke 10.30pm l EDGE Bar 150: DJs Missy B & Lee SOUTHAMPTON l BOX BAR DJ KT 11pm Harris 10pm l EDGE The Big One: DJs Claire Fuller & Trick 10pm THURSDAY 15 PORTSMOUTH l HAMPSHIRE BLVD A Night on the Lashes: Lucinda Lashes, karaoke & tunes 9pm SOUTHAMPTON l BOX BAR Double Trouble Quiz:
SUNDAY 18 PORTSMOUTH l HAMPSHIRE BLVD 90s-Now 9pm SOUTHAMPTON l EDGE Aura Jay’s Cabaret v Karaoke 10pm
PORTSMOUTH l HAMPSHIRE BLVD Cherry’s Bingo & cabaret 8pm SOUTHAMPTON l BOX BAR Time Out DJs 11pm l EDGE Time Out: DJ Black Feather 11pm
WEDNESDAY 21 PORTSMOUTH l HAMPSHIRE BLVD Big Navy Night Out with Aura Jay’s karaoke 9pm SOUTHAMPTON l BOX BAR Beauty & the Balls Bingo: host Miss Disney & prizes 8pm; Bella Black’s karaoke 10.30pm l EDGE Bar 150: DJs Missy B & Lee Harris 10pm
THURSDAY 22 PORTSMOUTH l HAMPSHIRE BLVD A Night on the Lashes: Lucinda Lashes, karaoke & tunes 9pm SOUTHAMPTON l BOX BAR Double Trouble Quiz: drag hosts Aura Jay & Bella Black 7pm l EDGE Get Dirty: DJ Liam Searle 10pm
FRIDAY 23
SOUTHAMPTON l EDGE Aura Jay’s Cabaret v Karaoke 10pm
MONDAY 26 PORTSMOUTH l HAMPSHIRE BLVD 20Something: DJs Lee Harris & Luke Ennor 9pm SOUTHAMPTON l EDGE Mates Rates: DJ Darcy Buckland 10pm
TUESDAY 27 PORTSMOUTH l HAMPSHIRE BLVD Cherry’s Bingo & cabaret 8pm SOUTHAMPTON l BOX BAR Time Out DJs 11pm l EDGE Time Out: DJ Black Feather 11pm
WEDNESDAY 28 PORTSMOUTH l HAMPSHIRE BLVD Big Navy Night Out with Aura Jay’s karaoke 9pm SOUTHAMPTON l BOX BAR Beauty & the Balls Bingo: host Miss Disney & prizes 8pm; Bella Black’s karaoke 10.30pm l EDGE Bar 150: DJs Missy B & Lee Harris 10pm
THURSDAY 29 PORTSMOUTH l HAMPSHIRE BLVD A Night on the Lashes: Lucinda Lashes, karaoke & tunes 9pm SOUTHAMPTON l BOX BAR Double Trouble Quiz: drag hosts Aura Jay & Bella Black 7pm l EDGE Get Dirty: DJ Liam Searle 10pm
PORTSMOUTH l HAMPSHIRE BLVD We Love Fridays: DJ Toby Lawrence 9pm FRIDAY 30 SOUTHAMPTON PORTSMOUTH l BOX BAR GLOW DJs 10pm l EDGE GLOW: DJs & UV lights 10pm l HAMPSHIRE BLVD We Love Fridays: DJ Toby Lawrence 9pm SOUTHAMPTON SATURDAY 24 l BOX BAR GLOW DJs 10pm PORTSMOUTH l EDGE GLOW: DJs & UV lights 10pm l HAMPSHIRE BLVD Blank: DJs Missy B & Rob Davis 9pm SATURDAY 31 SOUTHAMPTON PORTSMOUTH l BOX BAR Southampton Pride l HAMPSHIRE BLVD Blank: DJs Official Afterparty: 5 DJs, 5 bars, Missy B & Rob Davis 9pm extended garden space & BBQ 6pm SOUTHAMPTON l EDGE Southampton Pride Official l BOX BAR DJ KT 11pm Afterparty: 5 DJs, 5 bars, extended l EDGE The Big One: DJs Phil Marriott garden space & BBQ 6pm & Trick 10pm
SUNDAY 25 PORTSMOUTH l HAMPSHIRE BLVD 90s-Now 9pm
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DANCE MUSIC BY QUEEN JOSEPHINE & KATE WILDBLOOD
PRIDE
For disco is our life. Our life at Pride when we come together as a community to celebrate, ) Disco runs through our veins, commentate and campaign. Where like Pride, like glitter. It’s the every last dance is for those who backbone of our days and the came before us, every moment of soundtrack to our nights. It’s the Disco Heat for them. This Brighton anthems of our community and the Pride we salute the sound that history of our dancefloors. made our LGBT+ nightclubs the connection that kept us safe and sane, through crisis, through persecution, through loss and through life. This is for every Handsome Man, every Miss Honey, every disco Boss, and every Love Sensation who came dancing with us. Happy Pride Everyone. Since those early queer-fuelled nights filled with our black, Hispanic, gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans brothers and sisters, disco has delivered the dazzling beats for our revolution. There would be no uprising as sound as ours without those glittering BPMs, no revolution as utterly, utterly fabulous darling.
) Catch Wildblood and Queenie
throughout Brighton Pride 2019 on 1btn.fm and at Patterns Terrace Party, Diva Dance Tent, PVP, Bitch, Please! at Tempest, and the legendary Sunday Sundae Pride Reunion at Patterns. wildbloodandqueenie.com Listen to our Pride Wonders on Spotify http://bit.ly/WBQJPride
DJ PROFILE: DJ ALPHA Just in case you missed the memo, there’s a little celebration happening at the beginning of August in Brighton & Hove! So, whilst you polish up your flags, iron your sequined hot pants, get set to be prouder than proud and be prepared to dance like everyone is watching. And who better to do that to than the glorious DJ Alpha… How are you? I’m doing really well - still recovering from an EPIC night DJing at FEST Camden for London Pride… It was one of the best events I’ve been to in a long time. Where are you DJing over Pride? You can catch me at: The Women’s DIVA Dance Tent @ Present Park, Sat 3rd (time TBC); Brighton Pride Closing Party @ OHSO Social on Sun 4th (time TBC); and Sunday Service @ The Tempest Inn, Sun 4th at 11pm–12.30am. What are your plans for the big weekend? This is one of my busiest weekends of the year and it’s very unusual for me to get out from behind so I’ve planed some musical surprises and thrills for everyone.
WILDBLOOD & QUEENIE’S PRIDE 12” ) DONNA SUMMER Last Dance (12" Version) Casablanca ) FIRST CHOICE Let No Man Put Asunder (Knuckles 12" Mix) Salsoul ) FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD Relax (Lasso's mix) White ) SYLVESTER Dance (Disco Heat) / You Make Me Feel Fantasy ) CARL BEAN I Was Born This Way (Larry Levan's live edit) West End ) CERRONE Look For Love Cotillion ) HORSE MEAT DISCO ft Amy Douglas Let's Go Dancing Glitterbox ) NIGHTLIFE UNLIMITED Peaches & Prunes (R Hardy edit) Partehardy ) BRONSKI BEAT Smalltown Boy Forbidden Fruit ) MOI RENEE Miss Honey (Vocal mix) Project X ) GRACE JONES Sinning Island ) PATRICK COWLEY Get A Little Megatone ) SPARKLE Handsome Man Vitamin Music ) LOLEATTA HOLLOWAY Love Sensation (Tom Moulton mix) Salsoul ) ABBA / MIGHTY MOUSE Midnight Mouse (Revised) Space Native ) DIANA ROSS The Boss Motown ) GINO SOCCIO Dancer RFC Records ) DEBBIE JACOBS Don't You Want My Love MCA ) HARLEQUIN 4’S Set It Off Champion ) BLACKROCK The New York City Bump Black Rock
What tune will you HAVE to play and what’s your fave Pride tune ever? My favourite Pride tune has got to be Sunset to Sunrise by Whelan and Di Scala, and Andrea Laddo’s Sassobasso (The Cube Guys Remix) is the tune I’ll definitely be playing this year! What are you looking forward to most about Pride? Since starting a family Pride means much more to me, especially with all that’s going on in the world! It’s vital that we continue to fight for equal rights for ourselves and for our children. I’m looking forward to being part of the march and showing the world that Love Is Love, no matter in what form! Have you sorted out your outfits yet? I wish! Usually I’m really prepared, like months in advance, but I move house the week before Pride so I’m having to leave everything to the last minute… eeekkkkk! Fave Pride memory? Oh god, there are so many! I’ll have to say though that DJing the Women’s Dance Tent in 2016 was an incredible experience. The tent was massive and there were thousands of people singing and dancing along to my set. The energy was insurmountable! Pride aside, do you have any other exciting projects going on at the moment and where else can we see you play? After Pride I plan to take a few weeks off and go on my travels to Ibiza. Guilty pleasure? Digestive biscuits topped with Bovril and peanut butter… nom! Describe yourself in three words. Confident. Generous. Spontaneous.
DJ ALPHA’S CURRENT TOP FIVE ) SUPERNOVA The Joy Mother Recordings ) Roland Clark, E Thoneick, Kryder, JJ Knight House Music Subliminal ) PATRICK TOPPING Be Sharp, Say Nowt Hot Creations ) MELE & SHOVELL Pasilda Defected ) ALISON LIMERICK Where love lives (Divaz ’96 Radio Edit) Arista
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SHOPPING WITH MICHAEL HOOTMAN
) COME BACK TO THE FIVE AND DIME JIMMY DEAN, JIMMY DEAN (Eureka blu-ray). Robert Altman directed this filmed play set in a Texas ghost town in the 1950s and the 1970s. A group of James Dean fans, including Cher, Kathy Bates and Sandy Dennis, meet up for the 20 year anniversary of their idol’s death. They’re joined by mysterious stranger Karen Black who appears to be vaguely familiar… Secrets are revealed, lies exposed and there’s a lot of mirthless laughter with some of the later scenes seemingly filmed amongst inmates of an asylum. The performances are great, especially Dennis as the woman who believes herself the mother of Dean’s semimessiah son. The lacklustre transfer is both soft and grainy but that’s almost certainly due to limitations of the original 16mm stock.
) JJ Waller’s Brighton Pride, full of fascinating photos of Pride events past and present, £12.99 (available from jjwaller.com and bookshops across the city)
) Far Afield, the Brightonbased contemporary British men’s wear business, has launched an exclusive limited edition Pride T-shirt (£30 from Thread Menswear, 9 Dukes Lane, Brighton BN1 1BG or www.farafield.uk) to commemorate 50 years of proud action following the Stonewall riots in New York and to celebrate Pride in Brighton & Hove, 2019. Far Afield will donate 50% of the proceeds of each unit sold to the Brighton Rainbow Fund, who give grants to local LGBT+/HIV organisations that deliver effective frontline services to LGBT+ people in the city.
) Hartzak T-Shirts, £24.95; Rainbow gifts from £3.25 (Prowler, 112-113 St James's Street, Brighton, 01273 603813)
) V60 Specialist Coffee Kettle, £75 (Workshop, 13a Prince Albert Street, Brighton, 01273 731340)
) Chopstick Set, £18.50 (Abode, 32 Kensington Gardens, Brighton, 01273 621116)
) Handmade Plant Pots from £29 (Dowse, 27 Gloucester Road, Brighton)
) “Ottilie” Bookends, £38 (Pussy, 3a Kensington Gardens, Brighton, 01273 604861)
CLOTHES MODELLED BY ZÉ MEIRINHOS
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THE BRIGHTON BIRDCAGE The Brighton Birdcage is a breathtakingly fabulous boutique shop aimed at the drag, trans and cross-dresser communities. Eric Page catches up with (co-director) Nick Jordan to talk shop. ) How does a bespoke boutique help nervous shoppers? “For the first time you can come into a shop and feel safe trying on clothing and not be judged, you can put on a dress, heels and a wig and walk up and down the shop without other shoppers looking. I’ve seen people turned away from dressing rooms in the past, because of their assumed gender, or the ‘wrong’ clothes they wanted to try... we live in a more tolerant society but we still have a long way to go.” You offer a discreet service for not so fierce or bold customers to explore... “We do, you can either make an appointment or pop in and have a chat, we can advise you on a few things or try anything on, with no pressure what so ever. We have a lower level in the shop which is private and discreet. It’s very important that our customers trust us and feel safe.” How long have you been involved in the world of transformative clothing? “This is new for me, I’ve had to learn a lot. There’s much more to this world than people realise. When we were setting up we spoke to a broad spectrum of trans people to learn how
they like things and what they would like to see in a shop like ours.” What do you offer to the trans communities? “We offer similar products to the trans community as to the drag customer, but with a difference: we cater for both but we have body shaping, daywear, and more natural wigs as well as excellent make-up and jewellery.” Does it make a difference to the customer being able to try clothes before buying? “Customers love a place where they can come and try things before they buy. We all have bought off the internet and when it arrives it's too small, too large! Here you can see what works for you, get things right.” How does your experience influence the help and advice you offer? “Because we know what it’s like to wear these outfits, shoes etc, but also wigs and make-up and how to get the best out of the products. It’s not just about slapping a dress on and painting your face - it takes work and we like to help everyone to get the maximum results.” Most exquisite thing you’ve ever worn? “Unlike my partner I don’t dress, but I have a
favourite leather jacket from Nico Didonna, it’s a one off and I love it...” Who inspires you? “In life, my partner Wain.” Why ‘Brighton Birdcage’? “From the film The Birdcage starring Robin Williams, which is based on the book/musical La Cage Aux Folles and is about relationships and life in the world of drag.” How has drag and transformative glamour dressing changed in the last decade? “Hugely, from the RuPaul phenomena and the performers coming through. There’s many more trans models and personalities now in the media. It's more acceptable and our aim is to make a relaxed place to try our styles. With so much media coverage, everyone loves the drag world and it’s mainstream, many people from all walks of life want to do drag or try it. We offer a place where people can come and discover themselves and not be afraid of people staring and pointing, a safe haven for everyone.” Apart from the stunning outfits and fully styled wigs what else do you stock? “We’re a one stop shop, covering everything from wigs to heels and everything in between. We have jewellery, make-up, shoes and body shaping, eyelashes, tights, underwear, sunglasses and we’re always looking for more to add to our range. We’re also the only retail outlet in Brighton to stock Kryolan make-up, loved and used by make-up artists worldwide.” Your windows are WOW! Simple, theatrical and show stopping! “Thanks! We’re one of a kind and the comments
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You’ve got some seriously fierce items in the shop, but nothing that will break the bank. “We want our customers to come back knowing that they can afford to get a new outfit at a good price. Make the prices too high then no one comes... We all have a budget and our prices reflect that. There’s something for everyone no matter your budget.” Most glamorous member of your family? “Well of course, my mum. Barbara Walter was my theatrical mum, one of the campest people ever and wouldn't even answer the phone without a full face of make-up; she would love the shop and the reason behind it.” What would your grandmother have thought about the shop? “Interesting question, I think my nan would have loved to have a look around, even if she wasn't 100% sure who it was aimed at.” Why the North Laines? “We wanted a part of Brighton that was easy to get to from the train station. It’s an amazing community, very diverse but the location is also discreet, perfect for us. Wain was performing here and fell in love with the place; I visited and did the same, so we moved. There’s nothing like the Birdcage here or in the UK. It seemed an obvious choice to set up here!” Do you work with any local LGBT+ charities? “We’re involved with the LGBT+ Safety Forum. We want to help the community that has given so much to us in the short time we have lived here and we feel a part of something special. It’s just so nice to be able to give something back.” Any advice for someone who longs to look fabulous and unique? “Take a trip to the Brighton Birdcage!” What’s your favourite joke? “It's not necessarily my favourite joke but one I heard the other day: A man said to his partner ‘Everybody hates me’, ‘Don’t be so ridiculous’ replied his partner ‘not everybody knows you’.”
MORE INFO ) THE BRIGHTON BIRDCAGE, 35 Gloucester Road, North Laine, BN1 4AQ. ) Tel: 01273 624010. ) www.thebrightonbirdcage.co.uk Connect on I Instagram, T Twitter or FFacebook
HOLD ON, PAIN ENDS The necessity of hope by Craig Hanlon-Smith CLAIRE SPARROW & PAUL MANT, PARTNERS & FOUNDERS
we hear outside the shop are incredible. Our theatre background has influenced us, we’re committed to being a classy place to visit and the windows need to reflect that, theatrical but full on class and style. I love walking by in the evenings and seeing the lights on in the window, I’m so proud I can't help smiling.”
The HOPE Charity Project aims to be a support and therapeutic opportunity for families and individuals struggling to manage the complexities around mental health challenges and their impact upon all those involved. They are thrilled to have been chosen as the main charity to receive support from Worthing Pride this year. With a young person focus, and as failing mental health disproportionately affecting LGBT+ youth, HOPE seems a fitting partner for this growing Pride event.
many families are struggling behind closed doors with nowhere to turn. Complex mental health cases in young people as young as eight are rising dramatically. Anxiety, panic attacks, self-harm, depression, eating disorders, gender/body dysphoria to name a few. These can in turn lead to withdrawal, violent outbursts, school refusal, disruption at home, breakdowns, and all too regularly, suicide or in Claire’s daughter’s case attempted suicide. “There wasn’t a place to go that had the therapeutic nurturing impact that’s needed for this serious area of health for our adolescent generation. So we created one.” The HOPE Charity Project provides a space where those that need to be heard can get some support and have somewhere to go to meet others that understand and will care.
The HOPE Charity Project converted a donated shipping container into a support and therapy The HOPE Charity Project evolved from personal centre, constructed from donated and recycled materials and the kindness of skilled experience by its founder Claire Sparrow. tradesmen helping out for free. They connect Unable to access any help, support or have families in the local community with each anywhere to turn during Claire’s own family’s other so they know they aren’t alone and not cry for help, she felt that something was the only ones struggling with these worries. desperately needed for them and all the other They work with one another to provide thousands of families going through a similar emotional support. “The HOPE Charity Project experience, and so the project was born. is the place where these young people can come to meet others with similar worries, fears, sadness, frustration. They too can realise they aren’t alone and won’t be judged, rejected or ignored. Early Intervention and Prevention is our aim.”
“Finding your child attempting suicide by finding them hanging in their bedroom isn’t a sight I wish on any parent to experience. And all because the system failed us as a family”. In 2016, after months of trying to get support and help for Claire’s 12-year-old’s anxiety and depression, it took almost an unimaginable tragedy to get professional attention and help. Even then the help offered had the opposite effect to the one needed. As a last resort Claire’s child was admitted to a mental health hospital and it was here that she began to appreciate how damaged the system was: “The standards and lack of sufficiently trained agency staff in these units were a cause for the condition to worsen rather than improve. Eight months of our child being in hospital was more like watching her in a prison. Twelve years old, severely depressed, away from her family, subjected to additional traumatic experiences she should never have had to see or go through. All because there wasn’t anywhere for us to get the help and support when she originally needed it.” It was during this traumatic experience that they as a family became aware of just how
The Hope Charity Project is run by families and the professionals that want to make a difference to help as many as they can and quickly. The need for such initiatives to provide such services to the UK public has never been greater. “We’re always looking out for venues and rural areas for us to be able to expand our services/ facilities, to enable us to help more young people and their families covering a greater area. If you could help or would like to get onboard, involved in any way, we would love to hear from you. We need your help and support to keep this going”.
For more information get in touch with Claire and those involved in the project via the website: www.hopecharityproject.org T Twitter @hopecharityproj I Instagram @hope_charity_project F Facebook HOPE Charity Project
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CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK celebrating performers of colour.
celebrate all kinds of queerness through the ages and beyond! So cover yourself in glue, jump in a vat of glitter, put on your nonwaterproof mascara and get ready for a journey you will never forget! ) SLEEP PARALYSIS (Sun 18) Join host Fuchsia Von Steel and guests as she takes you through a unique blend of glamour, grotesque and comedy in an unforgettable evening.
Expect a celebration of neo-soul, R&B, Motown and blues songs, perfectly placed amongst a line-up of sensual burlesque, intriguing drag, performance art, sideshow, comedy and much more… ) JAY JAY REVLON LET’S HAVE A KIKI – VOGUEING PARTY (Sat 3, Pride Street Party Wristband required for entry). Calling all ballroom posers - Let’s Have A Kiki is about Balls Party and Family! Jay Jay Revlon, London’s leading purveyor of vogueing parties, will be tearing up a special JAY JAY REVLON
BITTER SOUR
Ditchling Road, Brighton www.brownpapertickets.com ) BITTER SOUR PRESENTS: PRIDE THROUGH THE AGES (Sat 3), Bitter Sour celebrates PRIDE! with an underground drag show to
COCO BUTTER CLUB
MARLBOROUGH THEATRE 4 Princes S, Brighton, Box office: www.brownpapertickets.com ) PRIDE: THE COCOA BUTTER CLUB (Fri 2). A spirited soiree catwalk stage outside the Marlborough where you’ll find duckwalks, dips and spins, in this dance party spectacular with DJ Kartel Brown, special guest DJs, and a troupe of mind-blowing voguers. Created by and for queer and trans people of colour as a safe space, means of survival, expression and fun, ballroom has developed into a worldwide community. Fans of Pose FX, you’re not gonna wanna miss this! ‘Community-centred club night’ Huck Magazine.
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) BEN DAVIDSON & LOSTCHILD (Sat 17). Ben Davidson will be performing tracks from his album No One Knows which reached number 2 on the UK iTunes Vocal Album Chart. Ben’s single Fallin’ In was runner up for single of the year at the 2018 LGBTQ Music Awards. Lostchild recently supported Betty Who, Dragonette and Tiffany on tour. His singles Town, SAM and Blacklist all reached the top 10 of the Gay Music Charts.
“There is nothing quite like it: bold and unique, electrifying and disarmingly humane” (Time Out) ) TRAUMFRAU & QUEER SONGBOOK presents RIOTS MIXTAPE: SONGS & STORIES OF PRIDE! (Fri 2). Traumfrau joins forces with the Queer Songbook to explore what pride has meant through the decades, from the Stonewall Riots to personal discovery. Inspirational guests will perform their queerest and dearest
songs live on stage, and share a story of their Pride: Ebony Rose Dark: all singing, all dancing, cabaret performer; Stuart Warwick: SKUNK ANANSIE writer, performer and clown; Fen The Dome, New Road, Brighton, Rose: multidisciplinary artist, Box office: 01273 709709 musician, photographer and ) SKUNK ANANSIE (Mon 26). disability activist; David Celebrating 25 years in the industry: Sheppeard: writer, producer and "Skunk Anansie were born radical theatre maker; and Kate Shields: and have stayed that way ever visual artist, musician and DJ. Be it since. It’s there in their music, an intimate moment of selfwhich slips effortlessly between the discovery, a collective moment of confrontational and the tender, the political liberation, or a joyful politically charged and the nakedly moment on the dancefloor. Prepare emotional, the upfront and for laughter, tears, and attention-grabbing and the quiet goosebumps! Live music followed by and restrained." Is That All There Is To A Disco? with DJs Kate St Shields & Killer THE SPIRE Jules playing WEIRD music by St Mark’s Chapel, Eastern Road, WEIRD women! More info and Brighton, BN2 5JN tickets on Facebook. ) DAVID HOYLE & FRIENDS: THE PRIDE AT THE END OF THE WORLD (Thur 1). Start your Brighton Pride with David Hoyle, the anarchic high priest of anti-drag and fireball of the cabaret apocalypse, avantguardian, all singing, all raging wonder. Post-drag, postgender and impossible to beat – David is the original performance avalanche. Featuring a stellar lineup of cabaret wunderkind: Ebony Rose Dark, RhyssPieces, Chiron Stamp and Kit Collier Wood. “He is raw, sometimes a bit frightening, but also thrilling in his look-no-hands recklessness.” (The Guardian);
DAVID HOYLE
The Brunswick, Holland Road, Hove, Box office: www.thebrunswick.net/buytickets ) EL GEEBEE TEA QUEUE (Sun 11 ). Golden Handbag Award-winning LGBT+ variety show returns with another fabulous line up of queer comedy, cabaret and live music, including: Chris Smith (comedy), Alan Bonner (music), Ali H (comedy), Dryadic (music), Harry Wright (comedy) and Samuel (music).
SKUNK ANANSIE
EMMA FRANKLAND
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) GIOVANNI GUIDI Avec Le Temps (ECM). For no particularly reason, other than what I’ve been listening to recently, this month’s column is devoted to pianists. First up is Italian pianist Giovanni Guidi, here fronting a quintet on his fourth ECM outing. Guidi’s is a quiet voice, rarely raising his music above a whisper, yet he allows saxophonist Francesco Bearzatti considerable freedom to move into explorations of pure sound. Drummer João Lobo is subtlety itself, although not afraid to explore the full sonic potential of his drum kit, while bassist Thomas Morgan is resonantly superb. This set works as well as it does because it presents an intriguing contrast between collective quietism and individual free expression, the oftenhaunting themes supporting solos that open out in unexpected and sometimes raucous ways. For its combination of the beautiful and the harsh, the traditional and adventurous, it cannot be bettered.
This month I’m very happy to be able to introduce you to four exhibitions I’m taking part in, two a train away and two a plane away.
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www.royalacademy.org.uk ) I’ve had a painting selected for the ROYAL ACADEMY SUMMER EXHIBITION (until Aug 12). There is an entry fee, but I’m sure it will be worth it with the plethora of works awaiting you there. Run since 1769, the Summer Exhibition is the world’s largest open submission art show, and brings together art in all mediums, including prints and paintings, film, photography, sculpture, architectural works by leading artists, Royal Academicians and household names, as well as new and emerging talent. This year, acclaimed British painter Jock McFadyen RA took over from Grayson Perry to co-ordinate the 251st Summer Exhibition. Over 1,500 works are on display, including an animal-themed ‘menagerie’ in the Central Hall, with works by artists including Charles Avery, Banksy and Mat Collishaw. Other artists include Jeremy Deller, Marcus Harvey, Tracey Emin RA, Frank Bowling RA, Antony Gormley RA and Honorary Academicians Anselm Kiefer, James Turrell and Wim Wenders. Outside the galleries, international artist Thomas Houseago has taken over the RA courtyard with a group of large-scale sculptures. Most of the artwork is for sale including mine, with proceeds helping to fund the next generation of artists in the RA Schools.
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PS MIRABEL GALLERY Manchester, www.psmirabel.co.uk ) I’ve been selected for PAINT (until Aug 3). The judges were Ian Hartshorne from the Manchester School of Art, David Hancock from Paper Gallery, and Graham Lister from the Glasgow School of Art. There is a first prize of £200 and a solo show in 2020. If you are in the area, I hope you’ll be tempted to find the gallery and have a look inside.
GALERIE LA VIEILLE POSTE Old Post Office Gallery and former Mairie (Town Hall), Larroque, France www.galerielavieilleposte.org ) Slightly further afield in France, I’m exhibiting some paintings at the LARROQUE ART FEST 2019 (until Aug 3). A mixture of contemporary work in all medias, spanning painting, sculpture, film and video, sound, installations, photography and net-art. The idea is to introduce a rural environment to international contemporary artists and vice versa, as well as to encourage artistic inspiration and cultural exchanges. The artists presenting their work originate from France, Cyprus, Mexico, Armenia, America, Brazil, Spain, Germany, Portugal, Ireland, Bulgaria, Hong Kong and the UK.
ANGELA FLOWERS (IRELAND) INC Rosscarber, County Cork, Ireland ) If you happen to be passing through the area, I’m one of the 12 artists showing watercolours in WASH 2 (Aug 11–25). The exhibition has been curated by Francesca Flowers and Charles Williams, and includes works by UK and Irish artists.
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) FRED HERSCH & THE WDR BIG BAND Begin Again (Palmetto). I suppose it is still every jazz musician’s dream to front a big band, especially one as fine as the current Cologne-based WDR ensemble. American pianist Fred Hersch has always been a man with dreams, and he obviously enjoyed his big band experience immensely. All the nine tracks on this set were written by Hersch, their arrangements and conducting held in the more than capable hands of Vince Mendoza. The serried ranks of 13 saxophones, trombones and trumpets sumptuously cushion the arrangements, although I found some of their charts a tad traditional, but they do allow plenty of space for Hersch’s and others’ vital solo contributions. Best track by far is The Big Easy, with its evocative New Orleans flavour enhanced by a fine gutbucket trombone solo from Ludwig Nuss. As a big band outing, it is true to say that this set could have been recorded at any time in the last 50 years, but then some good things just don’t age.
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) AHMAD JAMAL TRIO Complete Live at the Spotlite Club 1958 (Essential Jazz Classics). American pianist Ahmad Jamal was apparently Miles Davis’s favourite piano player, although they never actually recorded together, but it is easy to see why the ever-cool Miles so favoured Jamal’s understated, light-touch fingering, his dramatic use of space, and his superb sense of swing and rhythm. Jamal, who at 89 is still alive and recording today, recorded a series of fine studio and live sets during the 1950s, of which this 2xCD club set from the Spotlite Club in Washington DC is one of the best. With a trio of Israel Crosby on bass and Vernell Fournier on drums, Jamal tackles 27 songs, playing such standards as Autumn Leaves and Stompin’ At The Savoy as well as his own Ahmad’s Blues’ Since this is a club set, you can hear glasses clinking in the background and cash registers ringing in the takings, but that is to be expected, and enjoyed.
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62 GSCENE to a whirling presto finish. A great showpiece, and Crozman delivers its technical demands with ease. Somewhat unexpected as a finale to the disc is the movement for cello and piano from Messiaen’s sadness and beauty is never far (1908-1992) Quatuor Pour La Fin beneath the surface. Du Temps (Quartet for the end of ) CAMERON CROZMAN & PHILIP Time), composed and premiered CHIU, Cavatine (Atma Classique (with Messiaen on the piano) in a ACD22787). Canadian cellist concentration camp in 1941. Cameron Crozman has chosen an Louange à L’Éternité De Jésus has all-French line up for his first a longing, desperate cello melody, The sound gets a little rustic in the recording. Joined by pianist Philip and Crozman’s plaintive tone, over lively final Presto, which might be Chiu, the two substantial works Chiu’s soft yet ever present chords, polished up in a studio recording, but admirably communicates the here are the Sonatas For Cello & dying away peacefully to nothing spirit of the live performance. Piano by Poulenc (1899-1963) and at the end makes for a poignant They precede the Septet with an Debussy (1862-1918). Poulenc’s end to this impressive disc. Introduction, Theme and Sonata is a characteristically quirky ) EMMA JOHNSON & THE Variations for clarinet and string piece, full of sprightly wit. Crozman CARDUCCI STRING QUARTET, quartet, attributed to Carl Maria contrasts the playfulness of the Beethoven, Weber/Kuffner & von Weber, but in fact now first movement with the more Strauss/Johnson, (Somm thought to be by Joseph Küffner lyrical, songlike second movement SOMMCD0190). And now for a (1776-1856). This is a beautifully (the Cavatine that gives the disc great chamber music recording, summery work, with a bright joyful its title) with a slightly shrill tone taken from a live performance at theme for the clarinet over a for the former and a richer, warmer Turner Sims, University of rippling, light string sound for the latter. Southampton in 2017, when accompaniment. The variations The scherzo-like Ballabile is full of clarinetist Emma Johnson was ratchet up the virtuosity for the spirit, and Crozman dances through joined by the Carducci String clarinet, and the pace quickens for it with a light touch, leading to the Quartet, Chris West (double bass), the final dash to the conclusion. sprightly finale. Whilst the Debussy Philip Gibbon (bassoon) and Peter Johnson is bright and agile Sonata too has moments of wit, it Francombe (horn). throughout here. is a weightier affair, and Crozman The centrepiece of their programme They end with two ‘bonbons’ – and Chiu’s reading brings out the was Beethoven’s Septet, Op. 20, a Johnson’s own arrangements for all darkness in Debussy’s harmonies relatively early work, and a great eight players of Frülingsstimmen and textures. success at its first performance in and Perpetuum Mobile, by Johann The Koechlin (1867-1950) 1800. It is a work clearly modelled Strauss II. The former is a piece of Chansons Bretonnes that follow on the Mozartian Serenades or fun, the waltz tunes performed inevitably feel slight by Divertimenti, but Beethoven, of with warmth and gusto, and then comparison, but that does these course, develops the genre, not Johnson’s arrangement of the latter modal-infused miniatures an least in his chosen septet scoring. passes the interest around the Johnson et al’s performance here is players, including delightful lively and spirited throughout, and exchanges between the clarinet and given this is a live recording, there bassoon, and then violin and are remarkably few unclean double bass. A crowd-pleasing moments. In general the balance is conclusion to their concert, no good, although when Beethoven doubt, and to this delightful disc unusually puts the double bass, too. horn and bassoon altogether at the end of the first movement, the Reviews, comments and events: sound is a little muddy. Johnson is v nicks-classical-notes.blogspot.co.uk beautifully lyrical in the Adagio, t @nickb86uk answered with equal warmth by injustice. The selection chosen here ) nbclassical@hotmail.co.uk Matthew Denton (violin). have mournful, simple melodies on the whole, allowing Crozman to show off a warmly lyrical tone, particularly in the sombre lament, Notre-Dame du Folgoat, yet he ) Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte (The Magic maintains a lightness of touch in Flute) is showing live from Iannik Skolan. Glyndebourne (5.30pm, Sun 4), They are followed by a set of starring Sofia Fomina, Björn Bürger Variations de concert by Jean and Caroline Wettergreen. In a range Françaix (1912- 1997) from 1950, of local cinemas, including: Duke’s at with a bouncy, offbeat theme Komedia, Brighton, Cineworld varied with rapid gallops and a Eastbourne, Lewes Depot, the Ritz whirling waltz contrasting with a Digital & Connaught Cinema, Worthing lilting, lyrical rendition, and a and the Picture House, Uckfield. Check for times. pizzicato variation with pecking piano accompaniment, all building
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REVIEWS ) JEAN-EFFLAM BAVOUZET, Plays Schuman, (Chandos CHAN20081). Pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet has turned his attention to Robert Schumann (1810-1856), and the Grande Sonate No 3, a grand statement indeed, right from the opening flourish, which unleashes an almost unruly cascade of ideas.
The Scherzo with its frantic running scales leads to a rhapsodic set of variations. The capricious finale bursts through, propelled forward to the very end. Bavouzet makes sense of the somewhat rambling form, bringing together into a coherent arc the disparate ideas, without allowing any of the frequent dramatic outbursts to upset the overall trajectory. In the Faschingsschwank aus Wien that follows, a five movement collection of festive scenes, Bavouzet is at times playful and joyous, and at other times accentuating the intimate and passionate. The Drei Fantasiestücke are darker, with surging C minor waves in the first, and the outwardly hefty march of the third disguising its more wistful centre. Similarly, the central fantasy surrounds a darkly elusive section with seemingly song-like calm. Bavouzet is alert to these contrasts throughout. Finally, the Gesänge der Frühe (Songs of Dawn), which again combine an introspection and sadness, with more confident, assertive and at times extremely agitated music. But a sense of calm, albeit with deep sadness, is arrived at eventually in the Amen cadence at the conclusion of the final movement. Again, Bavouzet is sensitive to the inherent contradictions here, and never allows Schumann’s more bombastic moments to be over-stated – the
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Last year’s production of the marvellous Mike Bartlett play Cock raised some eyebrows among stalwart theatre-goers. “They couldn’t bring themselves even to mention its title, but a new audience from the university came to see it. I want to make the theatre a place for everyone. This theatre was built by the community for the community. And some people have been attending for 50 years. There is of course a rich theatrical heritage here and when the Queen visited recently she recalled seeing the great actor in Uncle Vanya there’s still an Olivier inheritance here.” How does the year-long programme get put together? “There’s always got to be a balance amongst the different audiences and different times of year. I’m constantly having discussions with directors and actors about their ideas of what we should do. Pieces float together. Sometimes things can’t fit in and I like to surprise people too.”
DANIEL EVANS – FROM THE WELSH VALLEYS TO CHICHESTER Two-time Olivier Award winner Daniel Evans talks to Brian Butler about being a child TV star, working with the iconic composer Stephen Sondheim and giving notes to an opera diva. ) Brought up in the Welsh valleys, Daniel
Evans, current artistic director at the Chichester Festival Theatre, was well grounded in speaking and singing at both chapel and Eisteddfod before he was 10. His first steps were as a 12-year-old child TV actor: “Luckily I grew up speaking Welsh and the Welsh language TV Channel 4 had just started broadcasting. They came to my school and I auditioned. In one series, the Eye Of The Dragon, I got kidnapped and taken to Hong Kong and we actually went there to film.”
You’ve directed as many plays as musicals, but musical theatre really attracts you. “There’s something about the release you get from singing - it’s different from acting. That’s true of directing too.”
also frustrating: you just work at your piece. I need to have a more creative input into the whole production.” His seven years as director of the Sheffield Crucible were highly rewarding. Sir Anthony Sher starred in his first production An Enemy of the People, and the theatre was named Regional Theatre of the Year twice in a row an unequalled feat.
His two Olivier Awards were earned in shows written by Stephen Sondheim: Merrily We Roll Along and Sunday in the Park with George, which also took him to Broadway. How was working with the genius Sondheim? “Very scary - he is no slouch. He’s very firm about what he wants but it’s a great privilege to work with him and learn from the horse’s mouth in one-to-one sessions. He’s also very generous and was very supportive of me.” Having started so young, did you feel ready in your 30s to direct? “I’d always been interested in the whole project of doing a show - lighting, design, text. Acting is wonderful but
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Daniel is very strong on the relationship between a theatre and its various communities. Coming to Chichester he had preconceptions Many teenage roles followed and then at 18 he that the audience demographic would be got into the prestigious Guildhall School of different from the urban landscape of Sheffield. Music and Drama in London’s Barbican. Even “But there are lots of socio-economic problems before the end of the course Daniel was offered along the south coast and the craving of old a one-year contract at the Royal Shakespeare and young to be involved, to have connections Company in Stratford-upon-Avon, but as he is why our learning and education outreach had enough course credits he still graduated. He remembers his time at the Guildhall fondly: “You had singers and instrumentalists on campus. It was a great atmosphere. The training on how to look after your voice and body was second to none.”
As we speak you’re hot foot from directing the musical A Light in the Piazza with opera legend Renee Fleming, how was that? “I’ve never known dedication like it. She knew all the dialogue and songs on day one. She’s very happy to take notes and is a brilliant company leader. The show will go later in the year to Los Angeles and Chicago.” Would you like to act again? “Yes, but nothing is shouting at me - more Shakespeare and more Sondheim, but I’m a bit young for most of his parts.” A new initiative at Chichester is the introduction of a 50/50 gender balance. “We’re holding the mirror up to nature as Shakespeare said so we should reflect the world as it is. As a gay man I know how important equality is.” Do you get involved with all the productions once they are running? “Yes I go backstage and talk to people and to the directors. I like to give feedback. It’s a hard part of the job. Working with a director like Sir Richard Eyre is great. His work is so wonderful.” Would you give Sir Richard notes if necessary? “Yes, I wouldn’t be afraid to.” What advice would you give a young Daniel? “Not to be worried if people don’t always like what you do. Have faith in what you are doing.” Daniel’s certainly showing that in his highly successful tenure at Chichester.
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64 GSCENE early 1990s, and early on in our friendship, he would narrowly escape death himself, twice. He would not only survive but live long enough for a revolution in pharmaceutical medicine and the availability of antiretroviral drugs which have saved the lives of millions. In 2019 he is living a healthy life with a strong CD4 count and an undetectable viral load which means he can’t pass the HIV virus on.
CRAIG’S THOUGHTS Revolting Queers. By Craig Hanlon-Smith @craigscontinuum ) I write this in the approach to Pride in London 2019, wonderfully entitled: ‘Pride Jubilee – 50 Years of Queer Revolt’. The term queer has made something of a celebratory comeback in recent years and appears to be the go-to self-descriptor for all those who perhaps feel they aren’t fitting increasingly conservative LGBT moulds. It wasn’t always like that. We were all just Queer. In 1987, on a family trip to London, I remember sitting in The Stockpot, Haymarket carefully navigating my way through a watery and therefore understandably cheap spaghetti bolognese. The Stockpot was a London institution so popular that customers would find themselves unceremoniously stuffed onto a bench at a table with at least three strangers none of whom had previously met as recently as one smarting gulp of wine ago. At the table across from our excitable family group I was transfixed by two gentleman who clearly knew one another exceedingly well. There was nothing in the way of what the 1980s swimming pool attendants would call ‘heavy petting’, but a familiarity with one another which led to their adjusting his and his collars and winter scarves. There was a theatricality to their camp hand gestures and, superficially, they were dressed in that wellbred public-school attire made fashionable by Rupert Everett and Colin Firth in the 1984 film Another Country. They talked and touched and fussed and sometimes screeched and I was transfixed by them. By their beautiful skin, foppy Timotei-blond hair, and by their seemingly open ability to be Queer. By contrast their table partner, an elegant and immaculately dressed woman some 30 years their senior, managed to ignore them completely by continuously reading the limited menu as though it were a Barbara Cartland novel, with facial expressions as dramatic as a Cartland cliff-hanger. Presumably corned beef hash held the same dramatic interest as a swashbuckling cad on horseback. Soon enough the gentlemen friends paid their bill and mere seconds after they swished off to
no doubt a champagne reception awash with University scarves, they were replaced by two women of a similar disposition to the one remaining diner who dramatically pushed her enthralling menu novel to one side and gripped the table with both hands as if rescuing herself from an immediate sinkhole. “Thank goodness,” she sighed, exhaustingly relieved at the sight of her new dinner guests. “I have for 30 minutes endured two queers at this table both of whom were making me feel quite sick.” Although they were many worlds away from who I was at that time, I knew in that moment that I had more in common with those camelcoat wearing ‘queers’ than anyone else in my company. I also knew that were my own secret to be exposed I would have turned many a stomach in that eatery too. Thirty years ago, Queers, Gays, Homos, Poofs were at best a figure of fun at worst inflicting sexual deviancy and death upon the unsuspecting innocent normal folk. When I think back to those gentlemen now, who must have been 25 years old, I wonder if they’re still alive. Not only were they contending with unsettling the conservative majority in a bargain basement café but gay men at that time were living with the fear and stigma of an HIV epidemic; it must have been terrifying. Perhaps they were ill themselves but didn’t know. I hope they’ve lived to tell the tale and are gleefully ripping up middle age with a spring in their step-ball-change. Today I had lunch with a long-standing friend of mine who, in 1987, would have been around the same age as the gentlemen in our story above. Within five years his partner would die from AIDS related infections and he would himself be diagnosed as HIV+. In the
Requiring a routine operation unrelated to any previous condition, he would be directed to a local private clinic which commissions NHS services. He will be seen by the consultant and a surgery appointment agreed. He would then be refused surgery following advice from the consultant anaesthetist: “We won’t operate on you because your immune system is compromised.” The immune system is not compromised, the CD4 count is healthy and the viral load undetectable. “It is our policy. We will refer you back to your GP and you will be redirected to an NHS hospital.” Hospitals in the UK who have commissioned NHS services at the instruction of our Government are refusing to treat HIV+ people in 2019. So more than 30 years on from our Haymarket Queers inflicting a feeling of nausea upon an unsuspecting conservative majority, what has really changed? We’re about to give the keys to Number 10 Downing Street to one of the following: a man who has discretely begun to dismantle the health service right under our noses. A health service which refuses to treat an HIV+ man who has spent his life paying into it. Alternatively, and most likely, to a man who refers to Queer men as ‘bum-boys’ and likens same-sex marriage to that of marrying a dog. Our shops and services are adorned with rainbows and we can buy LGBT+ flavoured produce from shampoo to vodka to soft furnishings, and yet, between 2013 and 2018, LGBT+ hate crimes in England and Wales have risen by a whopping 114%. The commercialisation of Pride is in someway inevitable. Any popular event, or dare I say product, is monopolised and cheaper versions flogged for a fiver on the local market. But at a time when there are campaigns to keep children out of primary schools in case they’re exposed to LGBT+ positive messaging, I’m pleased those people have to walk down a high street adorned with rainbow flags and pro-pride messaging. But it isn’t enough. Enjoy Kylie, and whoever else, but remember that the first Pride was a riot and the first brick thrown for very good reason. Those reasons haven’t left us. For a number of years they were hiding but increasingly they are back to put us into our place. It has never been more important to bring out your queer, and revolt.
“Hospitals in the UK who have commissioned NHS services at the instruction of our Government are refusing to treat HIV+ people in 2019”
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HYDES’ HOPES
GAY WISDOM
BY REV MICHAEL HYDES
BY GAY SOCRATES
HAPPY PRIDE!
IS ‘FITTING IN’ MAKING YOU SICK?
) Folk that I speak to talk a lot about how much Pride has changed over the years. It used to be a 'community' event, where stalls for non-profit support groups vastly outweighed the burger bars and beer tents. However, when I think about the way our world has changed, Pride really hasn't changed much at all, or has changed for the better.
) The Brighton Faeries are officially marching in this year’s Pride Parade. Yep we booked ourselves a ‘walking float’ slot for up to 30 marching Faeries! This is a controversial move because, as everyone knows, the Faeries are very elusive creatures. You might catch a glimpse of one and then, Pouff, gone, never to be seen again…
It's true that in the late 1980s, when I began attending Pride events, there was lots more non-profit visibility from all over the country. But back then we didn't have the internet as a resource. Nowadays a support group has a website, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter pages as standard. The group is accessible from all over the world. Heck, my favourite radio station is JOY 94.9 out of Melbourne; it's where I get much of my international LGBT+ news - and some great music!
The Faerie ‘development of consciousness’ grew from the US counter culture and gay civil rights movements of the late 1960s. Within 10 years of the Stonewall riots, a call went out to convene ‘gay brothers’ to a Spiritual Conference of Radical Faeries. Those interested in ‘reestablishing a communication with Nature and the Great Mother and, in feeling the essential link between sex and the forces that hold the universe together’ were invited to come together (literally) for a long weekend in early September 1979.
In the early years Pride seldom broke even, in fact many times was bankrupt. Now, Pride in Brighton raises thousands of pounds for the Rainbow Fund, which makes a huge difference across the region. And this year Kylie Minogue is headlining - where else can you get a day festival ticket for under £40 and be able to see someone of her calibre perform? So yes, Pride is no longer a backwater retreat in a hostile world; it's now a mainstream retreat in a hostile world. And in its own way, it is still changing the world.
“Pride raises thousands of pounds for the Rainbow Fund which makes a huge difference across the region. And this year Kylie is headlining - where else can you get a day festival ticket under £40 to see someone of her calibre?”
CLLR ALEXANDRA PHILLIPS
Many groups will still have stalls so you can meet the volunteers personally. The Village MCC will be providing Jesus Deck card readings for those who want to explore their spiritual journey in more depth, and offering temporary tattoos – always lots of fun! Lunch Positive will be offering great food; many of the LGBT+ choirs will be there so you can meet them too. And of course, besides the non-profit groups, there are always the wonderful speciality vendors. Last year my husband bought me a pair of crochet braces, handmade by a very talented (and cute) bear cub. At the Village MCC we also celebrate Pride weekend, and this year our guest speaker on August 4 is Councillor Alexandra Phillips, the current Mayor of Brighton & Hove. Alex is also our MEP now, but she'll be talking about Pride in her role as the Mayor - complete with bling! Did you know that she's Brighton's youngest ever Mayor? And a wonderfully warm and affirming person to talk with. Pride is a wonderful event, and is changing year on year just as the world changes year on year. With more rainbows than a flurry of unicorns, it's still a reminder that we have reason to be proud of who we are. Not that we’re better than anyone else, but that nobody has the right to make us feel ashamed of who we are. Whether transgender or non-binary, lesbian or gay, bisexual or straight, we are who God made us. To say that we should be ashamed of who we are is to say that God should be ashamed of what God chooses to create. God isn't ashamed, God is proud! As we should be. Happy Pride!
Since then Queer Folk from across the spectra of gender and sexuality have been hearing the call to convene in Nature and to celebrate the awesome naturalness of their sexual and gender queerness. Faerie Gatherings are about queers co-creating foundational intentional community - nurturing and celebrating our ancient historical roles as medicine people, healers, prophets, shamans, witches and sorcerers. We encourage ourselves to engage with that endless and fathomless process of coming out as Queer, as animals, as humans AND as mysterious and powerful spirits that move through the life cycle of the cosmos… The tradition of Faerie-ness has been counter to the cultural pressure from the mainstream to assimilate; to resist the lure of acceptance ‘as long as you can just stop being THAT WAY’. Faeries drill down into what it feels like (and what it means) to be ‘THAT WAY’. As Faeries we endeavour to be more ‘THAT WAY’ than we ever were before! Faerie-ness resists ‘fitting in’. It proudly and queerly presents itself as a challenge to the status quo; as an opportunity to bring to consciousness those forces which endeavour to obliterate differentness. So, what are the Faeries doing in a Pride Parade with its corporate drive to have the queers put on a show, draw the crowds and bring millions in capital to boost the Brighton business economy? The irony of a non-political parade celebrating 50 years of queer civil rights activism would be funny if it weren’t so creepy. Well, Faerie-ness has been a little known and barely recognised force empowering queers, over the years to refuse to fit into an inauthenticity-glorifying world. If you’re reading this before the Parade, look out for us. We’ll simply be turning up in all our noncorporate weird uniqueness and representing that awkward voice asking: 'Is this all there is?’ If any of all this chimes with you then find the Faerie Camp @ Queer Spirit Summer Festival in Northamptonshire from August 14-18 or just Google Albion Faeries and see what it’s like to co-create spiritually nurturing community together at a Gathering.
66 GSCENE power and slavery and blackness and allaround general racism, colonising oppression and dogma. Regarding Africa, academics usually point out South Africa in this argument here because it’s apparently more ‘progressive’. I’m not saying that apartheid was ever homoblind, but that the fight in South Africa was political, not ideological or religious. It’s those nations nearer the equator that give us pause. The Ugandas and the Mauritanias, the Sudans, the Nigerias - the Christian colonies. The American south. Places where the battle is both religious and ideological. Places that are still 10% Queer.
CHARLIE SAYS Fanfare of the Global Proud. By Charlie Bauer Phd. http://charliebauerphd.blogspot.co.uk ) What happened to gay? What’s with all this acceptance? Over 50 cities across the globe are celebrating Global Pride this year. Because it’s 50 years since a certain lesbian was arrested, looked a drag queen in the face and asked if they were finally going to do anything about it. It’s 50 long years since a drag queen threw a size 10 stiletto into the face of a cop. It’s 50 years since the fight began. Now, even Donald Trump turns a blind eye when he appoints his Satan daughter and her facedead husband as Queer ambassadors (before he became more interested in moving embassies across Israel and lost interest). Even Vlad Putin has bigger fists to fly now. Remember when the only shocking news coming out of Russia was the beating of trans women in Pushkin Square outside Russia’s first ever fast-food takeaway? Perhaps more interesting was the recent rant in Barcelona from some heteroconflicted nincompoop about ‘beating the gay’ out of someone. Complaining about a young gayer wearing a pair of daisy-dukes at the Ramblas McDonalds during Spanish Pride. (The Ramblas for lord’s sake. It’s gay/trans sacred ground, is it not? Well not in Maccy D’s). Go take a look at the video and at the ineffectual security guard as the brain-turded a-hole shouts that there are children present and that cut-offs just aren’t de rigueur within the realm of certain Scottish fast-food outlets. In front of his own children, he says he will hit him so hard, he will ‘beat the gay out of you’. Nice. I don’t eat this food myself but I’m sure shamed by my working class global culture and not just by feeding Unhappy Meals to the kiddies. At one end there is the religious right, then the religious poor, then the good honest fathers who don’t want their offspring ‘exposed’ to anything gay lest they become ‘tainted’. (Like they won’t be by sugar-coated French fries). It becomes clear that here we
have three men, two straight, one gay and there is somehow an ‘altercation’. Sound familiar? Here’s the news. Fifteen percent will become ‘tainted’ before they’re born. You’ve got to live with that one, Steve. I know, it’s not easy but here I go tying the non-cisgender fluid with under educated caucasians, high calorific instant foodstuffs, Southern State American xenophobianism and African postcolonial non progressive cultures. Jesus tonight. Lest we forget the land of the free that in these times of ‘populism’ (a name grab by the right. Meaning that anyone with a brain is by definition ‘unpopular’. In the same way that anyone who thinks abortion is a woman’s right to choose takes on an opposite and nasty moniker of ‘anti-life’ instead of ‘pro-life’). It might appear that the further we get away from the doctrines about some god or other, the more we move towards inclusion of all things including queerness. Perhaps it really is ‘education’ in the end (that’s what the missionaries thought too). Now, think of Uganda and other African countries ‘civilised’ with some version of that exclusively white doctrine: Christianity. Then look to the most homophobic states in the land of the free: the south, the Alabamas and the Mississippis. Then look at the bands of homophobia and how it compresses itself onto
I say this because Pride is much more than gay or marching up a street with a banner. Global pride is also about global responsibility. A lesbian and a drag queen took a similar responsibility in 1969. And we do responsibility very well. Remember getting our best clothes all mucked-up as we lay down on the street every other minute during the early AIDS marches? Two years ago I found myself doing the same at New York Pride in support of the Pulse nightclub massacre. The deadliest terrorist attack in the US since 9/11. On the floor we went on top of one another. Of course then we were convinced that Hillary was going to be elected. Because we all knew through secret sources that her administration intended to kill off the gun lobby. Unfortunately the gun lobby won the election via Putin’s puttana, Donny Trump. Getting rid of guns would have been a great legacy for Hillary and the gays taking responsibility for everyone else who has access to guns. Pride is every colour of the rainbow and more. It’s become shades of everything. And if you ever catch yourself saying that Pride is becoming too commercial remember the resonances it has, and not just for one community. It has to get bigger and bigger to kill off the recently legitimised hatred by the global economic superpowers. We have to be the first community to throw a stiletto when we see anyone else being thrown head-first into a meat wagon. We all have to be that sole lesbian who has taken enough and looks to us all for support. And we all have to follow because, even though it may look like Pride marches have taken over the world, we have only become larger because of the growing forces of opposition to global democracies. So, stand tall, be safe and take pride in all you have become.
“Pride is every colour of the rainbow and more. It’s become shades of everything. And if you ever catch yourself saying that Pride is becoming too commercial remember the resonances it has, and not just for one community”
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STUFF & THINGS BY JON TAYLOR
SCENE & DONE IT
WELL, HELLO THERE!
CUPS FOR EVERYONE
) Right. I've been entrusted with a column. This seems grown up and responsible. But I'm writing it. So perhaps not quite so grown up and responsible. Once I knew this was going to be happening, there were questions I needed to ask myself. What would the column be about? How do I present myself? Will it be personal? I've answered these questions as follows... Stuff. Laid back. Kinda.
) “We want cups too! Where's our cups!” The boyfriend and one of the lesbians are having a heated conversation. With me, or rather with themselves, as I'm not getting a word in queerways, and besides, by now I've learned there's not much point. They're Aries, these people get passionate, it's best to let them run their course. And of course we've all had plenty to drink (from aforementioned cups) and opinions are plentiful. “That's what you should write about!” They say. Or rather instruct. Aries, as I mentioned.
I'll clarify things. I'm Jon, Brighton born and bred and a member of Brighton Gay Men's Chorus. Not that that has anything to do with the column but I thought it best to present my 'Gay Society Credentials'. I've been writing stuff since I was 16 and have been doing creative things since first choreographing some dance routines for a group of five-yearolds in a church hall in Balfour Road. Like you do. I write stuff for the Chorus and things for my blog. I'm writing this in a mildly trendy coffee shop in Hove. I know it's trendy because there are filament bulbs in the window and I can see three laptops open in front of people working away as they sip their moccafrappowhatsits. There's some ladies who lunch tucking into something sourdoughy. There's parsley sprinkled on their fried eggs. It's that sort of place. I have a pot of tea. And normal tea mind. None of this 'infusion' nonsense. I've seen tea that had beetroot in it. How we've reached the point where drinking hot beetroot juice is a thing I'm not sure. I've treated myself to a piece of cake. This is the sort of typical 'Life on the Edge' behaviour you can expect from me. So, what to scribble about? There's Pride obviously. I didn't do the park last year. There's only so much standing around with a plastic beer glass you can do. Am doing the park this year cause, well, Kylie. I'm hoping for a modern take on her classic Word Is Out but suspect I'm in a minority there. There's the usual hoo hah about Pride: “It's too corporate”; “Why aren't certain corporations supporting it?”; “It's not the same”; “It's all the same”; “It's too commercialised” and so on. I'm kinda relaxed about the whole thing. As a Chorus we have a float in the parade which is the best part of the day, then a mooch about the park, check the cabaret tent, head home. With beer and food. The Sunday is a chilled day chatting with mates outside pubs. And that's Pride for me. I don't take it too seriously, which is fine. Some take it very seriously, which is fine too.
“Pride is just another thing to make money from... shops don’t give money from Father’s Day products to Fathers For Justice, or from Mother’s Day to Refuge” I've seen lots of merchandise about with shops putting rainbows on everything. There's some criticism that the shops don't donate a part of money they make off such things to LGBT+ charities. This, to me, kind of means we've made it. Pride is just another thing to make money from. The same shops don't give money from Father’s Day products to Fathers For Justice, or from Mother’s Day to Refuge, or to the Samaritans from Christmas paraphernalia. Merch drives visibility and acceptance too. I know there's other arguments about it all but that's my vaguely political point. Being vaguely political isn't something I do particularly. I'm just a bit vague. So, just to confirm things, this is a column about not much, written by a single guy who's currently out of work, who deals with anxiety and depression and writes whatever pops into his head. That's how rip roaringly exciting things will get. You have been vaguely warned. Teapotscoffeeshops.weebly.com
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The cups in question were free at London Pride, sporting a.o the nonbinary flag and the pansexual flag and the asexual flag. I'm all for this, as avid readers know I always like to say that we're all family. “Besides”, I say to them, “It's not about us anymore. The lesbians, bi's and gays are yesterday’s pink news. It's about the kids now, and that's what they're about.”
They decidedly disagree, although the boyfriend does like to point out that I've bagged myself a hot toy boy, what with him being five years younger. I don't argue. At least not about that.” “You know you don't always have to go along with everything and everyone.” He says the next day. “But that's my opinion.” I say. “Yes but maybe you should write about other opinions too.” He may have a point. I do truly and deeply believe in live and let live. You want to be a Pan-Panda? Better than an angry Grizzly I say. You want to be a puppy in the parade? Why not, as long as you're a good boy and don't bite or pee everywhere. But what is Pride and who's it for today? To showcase or fight for rights? To make impact in the UK or around the world? None of these questions have easy answers. “Pride is about sexual orientation, not sexual preferences,” my lesbian says. I would struggle very much to exclude someone from our parade, unless they're being outwardly hostile or offensive. But where's the line? Offensive is a tricky concept these days. And is it really about the kids? As a teacher I like to think I have an insight. I know that most of them know Stonewall from posters around school that say 'Some people are gay'. They know Pride as a party. They came out to celebrate, and they come out to celebrate. Or do they know what Stonewall means? I didn't until my 30s. I was minus 10 when it happened. Twenty years after Stonewall I knew I was gay, without knowing what gay was. Thirty years after I went to a gay bar for the first time. Unlike the patrons at that bar so long ago, I had nothing to fear but a whole life ahead of me that I didn't yet understand. And I had never been so afraid. Still, because of that one bar, so long ago, we don't have to be quite as afraid. Oh, you decide yourself if the kids need reminding or not.
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SAM TRANS MAN In my own skin. Dr Samuel Hall on gaining a sense of pride, and being the best ‘me’. ) It’s Pride month! You can feel the hope rising in Brighton and beyond. Lots of smaller Prides have already happened or are happening over the next few weekends. London Pride just came and went. I was up in London, but not for Pride - I’ve never been. Having lived most of my life in Straightland, I’m a relative newcomer to the LGBTQ scene, and am still struggling to embody pride. I was at a straight wedding. My cousin married his girlfriend and it was a great day. I think it was one of the first family occasions I’ve been to since I started transitioning at which I have felt truly comfortable. In my own skin. Certainly the first since I have almost finished my bottom surgery. That’s trans code for genital affirming surgery, which you know and I know is gruelling, and never undertaken lightly. Those of us who do it, do it because we need to. To feel alright about ourselves. I mean it’s pretty strange if you think about it; no-one knows what’s in my under-pants at a family wedding, and nor do they need to, but I do, and I swear the reason I felt so comfortable at my cousin’s wedding this weekend is because I have a penis. I can’t really fathom this, but it’s made me think about pride in some depth. A few months back I wrote about shame. A difficult concept, but important for us all to grasp. It’s a hot topic in psychosociological discourse. How much shame we all carry, and what a massive burden it is. In Carolyn Spring’s very brave autobiography Unshame, she talks about pride being the polar opposite of shame. She chronicles her journey through psychotherapy over many years whilst dealing with the trauma of childhood abuse, learning to love herself and all the damaged and traumatised parts of that same self. She comes to terms with her brokenness, as we all must, and calls the process ‘unshaming’ because we
have to do this bit of work before we can get to ‘pride’. We can’t skip over this work of learning to love ourselves, keeping ourselves emotionally safe, and stopping leaking out our own self-hatred into our homes and all over our loved ones. We have to dig around in our pasts to understand where this self-hatred comes from, because shame makes us hang our heads, metaphorically speaking, and prevents us from being the best we can be. Learning to love myself, be kind to myself, and follow my own path whilst avoiding causing pain to others, this is the stuff of growing up. Of adulting my way to wisdom. The surgery I needed to have has left me scarred, and being trans constantly eats away at my self-esteem. I have to check myself all the time to turn off the stuck record in my head that says I am not good enough. Because that leads me to hate myself, and sabotage my own happiness. The things I struggle not to hate about myself are that I’m trans, and I’m autistic, and it’s out of this self-hatred that I have and continue to hurt those around me. Working on self-acceptance is the first step to self-love, so coming out as trans, being open about my mental health issues, and accepting my autism are all part of the journey leading to pride, which is the fruit of self-love. Selfishness in this setting is crucial. I can’t give love to others from an empty tank. It’s not narcissistic to look after myself so that I can become the best me. Surely it is incumbent upon us all to do this? It seems to me it’s only when we leave our shame behind and walk with our heads held high, that we will be able to stop hurting one another on any scale, whether it be civil war, a household row, or a punch-up on a Friday night. It’s only pride that allows us to let others be, and be themselves, without judgement.
Sadly this year, when I’m just truly starting to embody pride for the first time, I’m not going to be in town for either TransPride or Pride. It’s just a coincidence, but there are other commitments in the diary, a friend’s 50th birthday, a family holiday booked a year ago, that have to take precedent. I’m not as upset as I thought I’d be about missing out on Kylie. I’m really looking forward to the things I am doing instead, I really thought I’d be feeling gutted. A bit like at my cousin’s wedding, I’m looking forward to being around family and friends, in Straightland, and feeling totally comfortable about myself. Who I am. In my own skin. A lovely feeling that I assume other people have without realising, and which has only come as a result of my surgery. Maybe it’s noticeable to others; maybe I’m a more relaxed, nicer person to be around, now that I don’t have this over-whelming sense of ‘wrongness’. Maybe this is pride. And maybe, just maybe, I’m not quite ready to display my pride in the parade, or on the back of a lorry just now, in 2019. Maybe I need some time to live this new reality, this sense of self-respect that has eluded me for so much of my life. Maybe I need a year away from TransPride so that I can dig out more of the rot that is shame. I don’t want to carry a burden of ‘wrongness’ around for the rest of my life. The whole point of transitioning was to heal my shame, which is ancient, and passed down from my forebears. I started this mammoth undertaking 10 years ago, and I’m almost done in terms of medical interventions. But the consequences for me in psychological terms, they are only just beginning, and it feels like a wellspring of pride is coming. Happy Pride, readers, whatever you’re doing, and remember, love starts in the mirror.
“Coming out as trans, being open about my mental health issues, and accepting my autism are all part of the journey leading to pride”
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