Community News Rose Garden’s Swap Shop returns to Queens Arms Brighton and raises £400 for Sussex Beacon Rose Garden‘s Swap Shop – a fundraiser for Sussex Beacon at Queens Arms Brighton – swept back into town with a vengeance this month, with amazing brand new signage, a glittering set and Rose on top form. From shoes, to dresses, hats and even a double height wig, there was a huge choice of merchandis By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Community News Revealing St James’s Street with drag icons Alfie Ordinary, Alex Fincher and Billie Gold Drag icons Alfie Ordinary, Alex Fincher and Billie Gold have dug deep into the history books and listened to all the juicy gossip, to create a walking tour of the places and spaces that make up the beating heart of queer Brighton & Hove. Revealing St James’s Street is a project about bringing the qu By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Cabaret Queens Arms Brighton to celebrate its 40th birthday this week! Queens Arms Brighton is celebrating 40 years as a cabaret venue this week with five nights of events featuring over 30 artists, with every night raising funds for local HIV charity, the Sussex Beacon. The Queens Arms will be celebrating in style with the cream of the cabaret scene taking to the Quee By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Community News Queens Arms Brighton to join forces with Charles Street Tap on World AIDS Day Queens Arms Brighton will be closed on World AIDS Day on Sunday, December 1, as it joins forces with Charles Street Tap to raise funds for THT South. In a statement on social media, Rupert Ellick, co-owner of Queens Arms, said: “Myself and Andy at the Queens Arms have decided to stand with Charles S By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Brighton Fetish Week to take over St James’s Street from Saturday, August 24 Brighton Fetish Week is set to take over St James’s Street from Saturday, August 24 to Saturday, August 31 with over 30 events taking place at LGBTQ+ venues including Centre Stage, Affinity Bar, Bulldog, Revenge, Charles St Tap, Queens Arms, Nautilus Lounge, Grosvenor Bar, Broadway Bar and Marine Ta By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Community News Turning The Tables: Scene chats to Andrew Flewitt Andrew is here to tell us about his new Podcast series, Queer I Am, which is launching on July 2. By Chris Gull • 4 min read
Community News Queens Arms to stage fundraiser for Martin Fisher Foundation Queens Arms to host fundraising event in aid of Martin Fisher Foundation on Friday, March 2. The theme of the evening is M and F (dress up as something beginning with M or F) and staff from both the Sexual Health and Contraception (SHAC) and the Lawson Unit will be dressing accordingly for a fun nig By Besi • 1 min read
Community News Who’s the new boss behind the bar @Queens Arms? The Queens Arms is one of Brighton’s oldest established gay bars providing top quality cabaret for over thirty-five years. It has seen many legendary managers come and go over the years, and now is managed by John, a retired furniture manufacturer and upholsterer who has a life time of business and By Morgan Fabulous • 2 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
Business News Men for Men, Man Monday special at Queens Arms Davina Sparkle hosts a fun, raunchy, sex show with three of her gorgeous hunks doing the full monty in the intimate surrounds of the Queens Arms. A brilliant fun show, raunchy and very sexy with three of the largest strippers in the biz; Papa Bear Marshall, top Stripper TITUS (Gladiator) Rowe, and B By Contributor • 1 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
