Business News Brighton Pride up for ‘Best Event’ award Brighton Pride is a finalist in the Best Event category at the tenth Brighton and Hove Business Awards (BAHBAs), which will take place at All Saints Church in Hove on Friday, September 4 from 4.30pm. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Community News BRIGHTON PRIDE PICTURE DIARY: The crowds: Record numbers flock to watch Brighton Pride Community Parade Bomb scare on seafront results in Pride Community Parade being re-routed along Western Road and through the city centre – residents and businesses in Hove treated to biggest free show in town. A suspicious package was discovered at 11.20am by a Pride Steward. Described as the size of a large can of By Besi • 3 min read
In The South On the buses with Pride Brighton & Hove buses have unveiled their first official branded Pride bus in time for Brighton Pride on August 1. The bus is now in general use all around Brighton operating on a variety of routes across the city. By Gary Hart • 2 min read
In The South Gatwick ‘come on board’ with Brighton Pride 2015 Gatwick Airport is sponsoring the main stage at Brighton Pride this year as the historic festival celebrates its 25th anniversary with the theme Carnival of Diversity. Award winning Brighton Pride, the biggest Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) event of its type in the UK, traditionally a By Gary Hart • 2 min read
Community News Venues now have limited £5 ‘Early Bird’ tickets for Pride Village Party The Pride Village Party (PVP) returns on August 1 for two days of community festivities in the heart of the city and organisers have frozen Early Bird PVP wristbands at last years price of £5 (£2 per day + £1 donation to Rainbow Fund). Online availability will be limited and then wristbands will cos By Besi • 3 min read
LGBTQ+ News Legends sponsors the legendary Brighton Pride Cabaret Big Top once again in 2015 Legends Hotel, Bar and Club will again be sponsoring the renowned Legends Cabaret Big Top in Preston Park in August, 2015. Tony Chapman, owner of Legends, has over the years, been the most generous contributor to the LGBT/HIV communities in Brighton and Hove and in 2015 he will once again be leading By Besi • 2 min read
Business News AMERICAN EXPRESS® becomes Gold Partner of Brighton Pride 2015 American Express, the City’s largest private sector employer, has become the Gold Partner of Brighton Pride 2015, which will take place on the weekend of August 1-2, 2015. The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community event has become the UK’s biggest Pride festival. It is a spectacula By Besi • 2 min read
Fat Boy Slim Arts Fatboy Slim waives fee for Brighton Pride appearance in August International superstar DJ, recording artist and local boy made good, Fatboy Slim returns to headline Brighton Pride’s biggest ever dance big top production on August 1. More Brighton than the beach he lives beside. More Brighton than the Seagulls he cheers on. And prouder than anyone else to be par By Besi • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Brighton Pride scoops Best Pride or Festival in Boyz Magazine Awards The list of accolades Brighton Pride has been acquiring grew last week when it scooped the coveted Best Pride or Festival Award at the Boyz Awards at the Two Brewers in London. Stephen Richards aka Lola Lasagne, host of the Legends Cabaret Tent at Brighton Pride, was on hand to collect the award on By Besi • 1 min read
Sam Bailey closes Pride 2014 International News Brighton Pride shortlisted for prestigious international events award Brighton Pride and their production team Wilde Ones have been nonimated in the Best Public Event category at the prestigious Event Productions Awards. The awards celebrate the UK’s top suppliers, manufacturers, teams and individuals from the past year and take place at The Lancaster Hotel in London. By Besi • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Community Village placed at the heart of the Brighton Pride celebrations Following feedback from the local community, the Pride Community Village will be placed at the centre of the celebrations on Preston Park in August with local LGBTQI organisations including MindOut, Allsorts, Lunch Positive and LGBT Community Safety Forum playing an important role on the day. The Pr By Besi • 1 min read
Community News Pride 2015 early bird tickets frozen for third year running Pride ‘Super Early Bird’ and ‘Early Bird’ tickets prices have been frozen for the third year running. Tickets for Pride 2015 will go on sale on Friday, December 19 with Super Early Bird tickets costing £9 and Early Bird tickets £12.50. Pride 2015 will be celebrating 25 years of Pride in the City and By Besi • 3 min read
