Arts Brighton Rainbow Chorus new members drive Following their Winter concert, ‘Fairytale of Kemptown’ on Saturday, November 30 at St Georges Church in Kemptown, the Rainbow Chorus, the only LGBT choir in the south outside London, will be visiting Brighton’s LGBT venues before Christmas to lift your spirits and light up your day. Hear them sing By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Resound Male Voices to launch charity music video on World AIDS Day in aid of MindOut Resound Male Voices a Brighton & Hove based male singing group, have recorded a professionally produced music video that is to be debuted on World AIDS Day in aid of a local LGB&T mental health charity MindOut. The video is a playful take on a classic Billy Joel song called The Longest Time. Aspirin By Besi • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News LGBT History Month – The Pre-launch! The Pre-Launch of LGBT History Month 2014 takes place at Bramall Concert Hall at The University of Birmingham on Thursday, November 28. Next year’s theme is Music, which will be celebrated at the Pre-Launch with music workshops in the morning for secondary schools in the Barber Institute of Fine Art By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Community News Brighton Women’s Centre musical charity event The Brighton Women’s Centre (BWC) will start their 40-year anniversary celebrations in 2014 with a fundraising concert featuring vocalist Claire Martin and The Montpellier Cello Quartet at The Old Market, Hove on Thursday, December 19 at 7.30pm. Next year BWC aim to raise £40,000 to support their vi By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts HAVE A WORD: Not A Silent Night Have A Word: ‘Not A Silent Night’, an evening with poetry, literature, music, a charity raffle in aid of the Sussex Beacon and a sprinkling of Christmas cheer will be taking place at the Latest Music Bar, Brighton on Tuesday, December 10 at 6.45pm. The evening features entertainment from Gerry Potte By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus gain new sponsor The UK’s largest funeral director has struck a deal with Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus, which was first established in January 2005 when a small group of friends who loved singing decided it was time Brighton had a gay male choir. The Chorus, which currently has around 85 members, is the largest gay cho By Besi • 2 min read
Mike Weatherley looks happy after winning Hove for the Conservatives Photograph taken by Simon Dack 6 / 7 May 2010 Music Prime Minister backs Hove MP Weatherley’s music and film competitions Parliament’s largest competitions, Rock the House and Film the House, founded by Mike Weatherley, the Conservative MP for Hove and Portslade is being launched today, Tuesday, November 19 at a reception on the Terrace of the House of Commons. Speeches will be given by the Rt Hon Speaker Bercow, Lord By Sarah Green • 2 min read
Arts Tommy Steele : Song and Dance Man James Ledward chats to his mothers idol. I grew up with a poster of Tommy Steel on the wall of the family home in Liverpool. My mother idolised him. After getting over the gushing introductions when I met him at the Brighton Centre last month, Tommy went on to tell me how at the grand […] By Besi • 4 min read
Arts The Magic Flute: ENO : Review From its clever opening to the dramatic close this new production directed by Simon McBurney’s of Complicite caught the attention of the audience and kept it held close like one of the delightful flapping paper birds that followed Papageno around. The setting feels organically oppressive, set in som By Eric Page • 4 min read
Arts Boy George: Concorde 2: Review Promoting the release of his first album of original material in 18 years, Boy George alongside a nine-piece band dazzled with a sprinkling of classic hits and tracks from This Is What I Do at Concorde 2 in Brighton. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Features & Longread T’PAU 25 : Craig Hanlon-Smith talks to Carol Decker about her 25th anniversary tour Carol Decker and T’Pau first appeared on the music scene in 1987 with the quadruple platinum album Bridge of Spies which spawned five hit singles including the US smash Heart and Soul which stayed on the Billboard charts for six months. China in Your Hand remained at the top of the UK charts for fiv By Craig Hanlon-Smith • 5 min read
LGBTQ+ News Carol Service in Support of LGBT Asylum Seekers LGBT charity, No Going Back, will host their first ever Christmas carol service led by Father Peebles on Friday, December 6 at St. George’s Church, Bloomsbury starting at 7pm. The charity provides free legal representation for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender asylum seekers in the UK, who are By Besi • 2 min read
