Arts World AIDS Day Choirs Concert on December 1 sold out There will be no tickets available on the door for this years World Aids Day Concert at St Mary’s Church, Kemptown which has now sold out. By Besi • 1 min read
Arts Christmas Singing Workshop for LGBT+ young people Aneesa Chaudhry, musical director of the Rainbow Chorus is holding a Christmas Singing Workshop for LGBTQ+ young people and their allies on Saturday, December 3. By Besi • 1 min read
Community News World Aids Day 2016 – diary of events The Brighton & Hove World AIDS Day (WAD) Partnership have organised a series of events to mark World AIDS Day on December 1. By Besi • 3 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
Arts Tonight: ‘Songs Without Borders’ with the Rainbow Chorus Following their critically acclaimed sell-out Christmas Show, Brighton’s Rainbow Chorus present their latest summer concert, Songs Without Borders. By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Brighton Fringe: Rainbow Chorus Sing Out Sing out is certainly what the Rainbow Chorus did on Monday evening. A fringe event that was a taster of their June concert, it was also a window into the workings of The Rainbow Chorus, and a chance to feel what it’s like to sing in a choir. By Michael Hydes • 2 min read
Chief Superintendent Nev Kemp Community News IDAHOBIT: Police Chief reassures LGBT Community Chief Superintendent Nev Kemp, Brighton and Hove Police Commander and LGBT champion at Sussex Police reassures everyone attending IDAHOBIT (International Day Against Homophobia) that Sussex Police take all forms of Hate Crime seriously. By Besi • 2 min read
IDAHOBIT 2014 Community News IDAHOBIT: A celebration of LGBT life Brighton is marking International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT) on Tuesday, May, 17, 2016. May 17 commemorates the day in 1990 the World Health Organisation removed homosexuality from its list of mental diseases. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Fundraising News World Aids Day concert raises record funds for HIV charity The annual World Aids Day fundraising concert, held on December 1, 2015 at St Mary’s Church, Kemptown, raised a staggering £3032.48 for the local charity supporting people living and affected by HIV By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts Aneesa Chaudhry appointed MD of new European Queer Choir Aneesa Chaudhry, the musical director of the Rainbow Chorus has been appointed musical director of the new European Queer Choir. She will lead the choir on its journey to perform at the largest LGBT Singing Festival in the World at GALA Choruses, Denver Festival 2016, in Colorado, USA next July. By Gary Hart • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: You can hear the Rainbows sing tonight! The Rainbows will throw open the doors of St. George’s Church, Kemptown tonight for a show stopping festive Christmas concert Can you hear the Rainbows sing?, featuring songs from their Christmas repertoire over the last 18 years and a new tribute medley from one of the most successful musicals of a By Contributor • 1 min read
In The South REVIEW: World Aids Day Concert This annual event is an extraordinary coming together of the City’s LGBT music scene, mainly choral, as an act of remembrance and awareness and also as a fund raiser for the charity Lunch Positive – and as such it would be wrong to in any way criticise any of the performances. By Andrew Kay • 1 min read