Fundraising News HALLOWEEN: The Night of the Living Zombears The annual Brighton Bear Halloween party returns to the wicked depths of Subline on Saturday, October 28. This time it’s The Night of the Living Zombears. The team behind Brighton Bear Weekend will again be inviting you to dress up and party until the dead are rising out of the grave. There will be By Besi • 2 min read
Business News Who’s the boss behind the bar @Subline This month Morgan Fabulous takes a step out of the usual commercial pop and sequins and heads off to Subline, managed by Steven David Lee, to find out what makes the bar so unique. Subline will have been open for seven years come October and beyond the obvious, which so many think is the big thrust By Morgan Fabulous • 2 min read
Community News Brighton Bear Weekend raise record amount for local good causes Brighton Bear Weekend (BBW) raised a total of £11,855 for the Rainbow Fund, Lunch Positive and Brighton & Hove Community Safety Forum during their events in 2016-2017. The record breaking amount (£4,000 more than 2015-16) was raised from a variety of events during the year including quiz nights at t By Besi • 1 min read
Community News Brighton Bear Weekend raise £11,855 for good causes Brighton Bear Weekend (BBW) smashed last years fundraising total raising a magnificent £11,855 from their events in 2016-2017. The grand total was announced at a special VIP party held at the Camelford Arms last night (July 10) to recognise the contributions of all volunteers, businesses who staged By Besi • 3 min read
Community News Brighton Bear Weekend quiz raises record amount for Rainbow Fund The Brighton Bear Weekend (BBW) Quiz at the Camelford Arms last night (June 15) raised a record-breaking £552.67 for the Rainbow Fund. Twenty-two teams battled it out in a packed Camelford Arms to find out who are the brainiest Bears in the city. By Besi • 1 min read
Community News Brighton Bear Weekend announce stage acts for park event As part of Brighton Bear Weekend (June 15-18), organisers are staging a Bear-B-Que sponsored by Prowler on Saturday, June 10 in Dorset Garden in the heart of the gay village in Kemp Town. By Besi • 2 min read
Community News Accessibility Matters at Brighton Bear Weekend The Brighton & Hove LGBT Community Safety Forum (LGBT CSF) and its Accessibility Matters volunteers will be attending their first Brighton Bear Weekend Picnic. The volunteers will be onsite at Dorset Gardens to provide access support to attendees with mobility and emotional needs. By Besi • 2 min read
Community News Brighton Bear Weekend call for volunteers Brighton Bear Weekend (BBW) 2017 kicks off on June 15 with the BBW Pub Quiz at the Camelford Arms. BBW organisers are looking for volunteers to help them at the various events that will follow from Friday 16 – Sunday, June 18. By Besi • 1 min read
Community News Brighton Bear Weekend to take over ‘Out in Brighton’ radio show Brighton Bear Weekend have been invited to take over ‘Out in Brighton’ the weekly roundup of everything lesbian, gay, trans and queer in Brighton and Hove, presented on RadioReverb by Kathy Caton. By Besi • 2 min read
Community News Prowler sponsor Brighton Bear Weekend Bear-B-Que Prowler, the gay sex shop and online gay sex toy store will sponsor the Bear-B-Que during Brighton Bear Weekend in June. The Bear-B-Que will take place in Dorset Gardens on Saturday June 17 from 12.30pm to 5.30pm. By Besi • 2 min read
Community News 40 day countdown to the Brighton Bear Weekend! If you went down to The Camelford Arms early on Saturday morning you would have been in for a big surprise! For amongst the wooden tables and chairs sat M’Lady bear with her three bears who were shooting the front cover for the June edition of Gscene. By Besi • 1 min read
Community News Sussex Police to fly rainbow flag during Brighton Bear Weekend The rainbow flag will fly over Brighton Police Station from June 15-18 to mark the annual Brighton Bear Weekend (BBW) festival. By Besi • 2 min read