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# Local LGBTQ+ historian Alf Le Flohic to tell the tale of a gay bar in a zoo
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/local-lgbtq-historian-alf-le-flohic-to-tell-the-tale-of-a-gay-bar-in-a-zoo/
- Published: 2024-07-30T11:00:28.000Z
- Updated: 2024-07-30T10:32:37.000Z
- Description: In 1983 a bunch of gay mates ran the cafe attached to the zoo in Bognor Regis as a gay bar and disco after hours, and they called it The Safari Bar. On Wednesday, July 31, local LGBTQ+ historian Alf Le Flohic tells this tale of the wildly unexpected. There will be ageing contortionists, drag […]
- Author: Graham Robson
- Tags: Alf le Flohic, Brighton, Hove, LGBTQ

In 1983 a bunch of gay mates ran the cafe attached to the zoo in **Bognor** **Regis** as a gay bar and disco after hours, and they called it **The Safari Bar**.

On **Wednesday, July 31**, local LGBTQ+ historian **Alf Le Flohic** tells this tale of the wildly unexpected. There will be ageing contortionists, drag acts in the mud, an egotistical parrot, and x-rated caravans of love.

***TRUE STORY TIME: The Gay Bar in a Zoo* at Bottom’s Rest, 16 Lower Mark Street, Hove BN3 1AT on Wednesday, July 31 from 7pm, free entry.**