Features & Longread FOOD & DRINK: Revenge of the Burgers! You can’t keep a good man down – it was only a matter of time before Barry Nelson would surface again and he is back managing and cooking in the kitchen of a new Burger Bar upstairs at Bar Revenge called Burgershack. By Besi • 2 min read
Michael ‘Mouse’ Burton memorial bench Business News Memorial benches to ‘Mouse and Gloria’ dedicated Friends and colleagues of Michael ‘Mouse’ Burton and Gary ‘Gloria’ Swan gathered under cloudy skies in New Steine Gardens, on Sunday (July 23) to dedicate two memorial benches in both their names. Both Michael and Gary who died unexpectedly towards the end of 2016 were very popular on the commercial By Besi • 1 min read
Community News Benches to be named after former popular employees today at 2.30pm in New Steine Gardens A pair of benches will be named after two popular former employees who worked on the LGBT+ commercial scene for many years, today at 2.30pm in New Steine Gardens in the shadow of the Aids Memorial.At the end of March some of Brighton’s LGBT+ venues came together to raise money to purchase two memori By Besi • 1 min read
In The South Revenge steps up security From Friday, June 8, Bar and Club Revenge will be stepping up their security policies with extra door staff, more searches and new hand-held security metal detectors on entry to both venues. By Besi • 1 min read
Business News Bar Girl Profile: Lou Foley @Bar Revenge The first person many LGBT+people meet when they first arrive in the city is the bar person at their local LGBT+ venue. These ‘gatekeepers’ to the community provide an important role both befriending and signposting new arrivals. Over the coming months we will be finding out a little more about them By Morgan Fabulous • 2 min read
Community News Venues celebrate a job well done! A partnership of LGBT+ venues have raised £2,186.30 to purchase memorial benches in memory of two former employees. Managers at Bar Revenge, Charles Street, Legends, Revenge and Queens Arms came together from March 30 – April 2 for a UNITY Fundraiser Weekend in memory of Gary ‘Gloria’, Swan who work By Besi • 2 min read
Community News OBITUARY: Gary Swan – ‘Gloria’ Anyone who has supported the Brighton commercial scene over the last 30 years will probably at some point have had contact with Gary either as a friend or a customer at one of the many venues he worked at. The majority of us knew him as Gloria. By Contributor • 3 min read
Fundraising News Beard today! Gone tomorrow! For those of you that don’t know Carl… he’s the jolly bouncer with the wonderful beard who guards the gates at Revenge and Subline. Well… he’s still wonderful but the beard is now gone! By Photographs by Jack Lynn • 2 min read
Andrew Roberts: General manager at Revenge and Bar Revenge and Ben Shelley from THT Fundraising News Revenge raise £1257.60 for THT Revenge raise £1257.60 for Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) at their World AIDS Day benefit event on Sunday, November 29 at Bar Revenge. The money was raised by auctioning the staff at Revenge and Bar Revenge, a raffle, bucket collections and sales of Red Ribbons and money put in the THT collection tins By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Fundraising News Bar Revenge to auction off staff at World AIDS Day fundraiser Bar Revenge will stage their annual fundraiser for World AIDS Day on Sunday, November 29 from 7pm. Highlight will be a staff auction and raffle to raise funds for Terrence Higgins Trust (THT). By Graham Robson • 1 min read
In The South Seafront gay venues install computerised system to ID customers Revenge and Bar Revenge on Brighton seafront install, SCANNET a computerised system to ID customers and help create a safer environment in both venues for patrons to enjoy themselves. To register, all you need to do is take along your passport, driving license or CitizenCard, have it scanned in the By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Community News Thank you Bar Revenge! Terrence Higgins Trust Brighton (THT) thank all the staff and customers at Bar Revenge for their support over World Aids Day weekend. The second annual staff auction for World Aids Day raised a brilliant £2,107. By Besi • 1 min read
