Arts Bella Union Vinyl Shop supports LGBT community and Rainbow Fund Bella Union Vinyl Shop in Ship Street Gardens, will donate a portion of the proceeds of sales this weekend to the Rainbow Fund. Swing by the shop for signed vinyl, limited edition t-shirts, John Grant’s Original Self-Loathing-Gay Beard Wax and some surprise discounts as well! By Gary Hart • 2 min read
Arts Gay Orchestra to appear on BBC music challenge show The London Gay Symphony Orchestra has been chosen to be part of All Together Now: The Great Orchestra Challenge – a nation-wide search for the orchestra that best captures the spirit of great British amateur music-making in the UK. By Graham Robson • 3 min read
Arts A feast of early music for Brighton this autumn Brighton Early Music Festival has launched its fifteenth annual programme. The Festival is riding high after one of its 2015 productions, Francesca Caccini’s opera La liberazione di Ruggiero, was listed as one of The Guardian’s Top 10 Classical and Opera performances of 2015. By Paul Gustafson • 2 min read
Arts Glow Choir Brighton – Gay, Lesbian or Whatever! Glow Choir Brighton is a natural voice community choir, for LGBTQ+ people and straight allies to unite in song. They sing songs of passion, protest and celebration, from across the globe, all taught by ear. By Gary Hart • 1 min read
Photo: Foteini Christofilopoulou Arts PREVIEW: Kava Girls There are some places in the world, where being transgender wouldn’t raise a plucked eye brow. In Kava Girls a play with songs written, and directed by Sani Muliaumaseali’i you’ll find such a place. By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: K I N G D O M: Kings of Brighton Pride From the people who brought you King of the Fringe comes a brand new night of drag king cabaret at The Marlborough Theatre during Brighton Pride. By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts Osaro celebrates 10 years at Brighton Pride on August 6 Osaro debuts his latest single After Party, a sparkling collaboration with DJ David Noakes, at Brighton Pride this year. Over the last 10 years, singer songwriter Osaro has performed at an array of Brighton Pride events. He has hosted a float in the parade, performed at the Calabash Tent, on the mai By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Arts A Gay Outing at Charleston The annual celebration of Charleston’s Queer Heritage, A Gay Outing, will be on Sunday, July 31. Start your evening with a look around the intensely decorated House interiors and overflowing Walled Garden, where Brighton-based choir Resound will perform. By Contributor • 1 min read
Arts LGBT events feature at National Theatre’s River Stage National Theatre announces return of its free outdoor festival, River Stage, with take-over weekends from East London’s The Glory, Latitude Festival, Mayfest, Rambert, and a weekend of music, dance, performance and outdoor cinema from the National Theatre. By Graham Robson • 6 min read
Arts REVIEW: Rainbow Chorus: Songs Without Borders An evening out with the Rainbow Chorus is more than just going to a concert, it’s an expression of belonging, solidarity and inclusion that defines the very notion of community that many aspire to when they come to live in Brighton and Hove. By Besi • 4 min read
Community News BRIGHTON PRIDE FESTIVAL: Sheila McWattie Women’s Performance Tent line-up announced The Sheila McWattie Women’s Performance Stage at Brighton Pride is a fitting tribute to a much-loved local women’s rights activist, campaigner and pioneer. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Arts CD REVIEW: Grace Jones: Warm Leatherette – Deluxe Edition Grace Jones is often lauded as an icon of grandiose style, almost a caricatured great-aunt to the somewhat clumsy niece Ga Ga, her music often taking a back seat in our distant memories of “didn’t she do…”. Her current run of album reissues should go some way to cementing her place in the hall of mu By Craig Hanlon-Smith • 2 min read
