Arts FEATURE: The new reality of hospitality and theatre Brian Butler on what is today’s “ normal “ for the hospitality and entertainment world By Brian Butler • 4 min read
Business News Three of Kemptown’s LGBTQ+ bars launch Postcode Pride! Three of Kemptown’s LGBTQ+ venues – Le Village Brighton, the Marine Tavern and Legends Brighton – band together for Postcode Pride, which will take place from Friday, September 4 to Sunday, September 6. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Business News Legends Bar & Club ‘Under New Management’ ROLLING: Legends Bar & Club ‘Under New Management’ By Scene Editorial Team • 1 min read
Arts DJ Profile: Lee Harris Queenie catches up with a lovely fella who’ll definitely having you dancing and prancing throughout 2018. Whether it’s in London, Dublin, Southampton, Portsmouth or Sydney blooming Australia, Lee Harris is the man to put a definite spring in your step. Or should that be Steps? By Queen Josephine • 2 min read
Arts DJ PROFILE: Claire Fuller We’ve survived January and are still coping with all the rubbish this crazy world seems determined to chuck at us. So it must be time for a bit of healing, particularly when Cupid’s set to twang that arrow. By Queen Josephine • 2 min read
Business News Who’s the Boss behind the bar? @Legends Legends, for many years a stalwart of the commercial gay scene in Brighton and Hove, and one of the few late night bars left in the gay village offering great value drinks until 5am in the morning, has two new managers. By Morgan Fabulous • 3 min read
Community News Pride tickets go on sale exclusively to BN residents on Monday morning at 9.30am Demand for Brighton Pride tickets this year have exceeded organisers expectations, causing the new Pride ticketing platform to crash. In order for as many local BN residents to attend this year’s Festival on Preston Park, tickets for the main event on Saturday, August 4 will go on sale exclusively t By Besi • 2 min read
Community News BAR PERSON PROFILE: Michael David @Legends The first person many LGBT+ folk meet when they 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 to the city. Gscene finds out a bit more about them and what makes them special. By Besi • 2 min read
Community News Rainbow Fund award record total in grants to local LGBT/HIV groups Grants totalling £110,688 awarded to local LGBT+ and HIV organisations at the annual Rainbow Fund Grant Awards Ceremony at the Brighton Metropole Hotel on Monday, October 16. Rainbow Fund Patron Zoe Lyons and entertainer Lola Lasagne proved a great double act hosting the ceremony and announcing the By Besi • 6 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
Arts DJ Profile: Peter Castle This month, Queenie catches up with DJ Peter Castle to chat about the amazing fact that he’s been Legends’ Saturday resident DJ for 10 years. Have those years been as good for him as they’ve sounded to us? By Queen Josephine • 2 min read
