Arts PREVIEW: Traumfrau Disco and DIY @Komedia Queer disco, Traumfrau, takes over Komedia Brighton for Disco & DIY featuring special guest American DJ, producer and musician JD Samson on Friday, June 16 from 11pm. The legendary JD Samson, one third of the American electronic-feminist-punk band Le Tigre, will be joined by the equally epic DJ Jume By Contributor • 1 min read
In The South Who’s the boss behind the bar @Velvet Jacks? Morgan Fabulous chats to Jackie Perry, the co-owner and manager of Velvet Jacks on the border of Brighton and Hove about what makes it the perfect place to relax and have a cocktail. Velvet Jacks is a small and quirky independent bar with both friendly staff and customers, it’s the kind of place you By Morgan Fabulous • 3 min read
Community News BAR BOY PROFILE: Matt Richards @Bedford Tavern 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 to the scene. Gscene finds out a bit more about them and what makes them By Besi • 2 min read
Arts DJ PROFILE: Josh The Barber and Fringe, so in between visiting an Open House, taking in a Fringe Show or going to a concert, there’s some real arse-shaking to be done. This month Queenie catches up with the lovely Josh The Barber to find what he’s up to……. By Queen Josephine • 2 min read
Business News Moving on! After three years at the helm of The Queens Arms, Barry Nelson is moving on to new challenges. When Barry took over the reins, The Queens Arms was in need of a face lift to re-establish it as a full-time cabaret bar. That was his aim and this he has now achieved. A full refurbishment in October 2014 By Besi • 2 min read
Community News PICTURE DIARIES: Grosvenor in Hove Performers including Krissie Ducann, David Raven, Alan Jay, Pooh La May and Ricky Royale held an impromptu evening for the Sussex Beacon at the Grosvenor in Hove last month. £65 was collected in buckets for the Beacon. By Contributor • 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
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
Subline Community News Subline reclaim their golden crown Subline the gentlemen’s bar on St James Street, beat twenty other teams at Charles Street last night to become the cleverest LGBT+ crew in the city and regain the crown they last held in 2014. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Business News Venues unite to honour former employees this weekend Bar Revenge, Charles Street, Legends, Queens Arms and Revenge join forces for Brighton Unity Weekend, Thursday, March 30 – Sunday April 2, 2017. Michael ‘Mouse’ Burton aged just 37 and Gary ‘Gloria’ Swan 58 were two very different people that had one thing very much in common, they were richly, dese By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts ‘Time to talk’ about sex and drugs – a different approach to community engagement The Brighton ‘Time to talk’ project is an idea inspired by the ‘Let’s talk about gay sex and drugs’ project in London which began as a response to a rise in heavy drug use, HIV and hep-c transmission in the capital. By Besi • 2 min read
Business News Priscilla’s – the campest bar on St James Street! Priscilla’s the latest and campest addition to LGBT+ venues in the gay village on St James Street opens on Thursday, March 16 at 9pm. Following a private bubbles and canapes reception for local licensees, scene staff and media (invite only) the doors open to the general public at 9pm with entertainm By Besi • 1 min read
