Out & About Show Up, Show Out!, a fundraiser for Trans Pride Brighton, at Club Revenge Crash the Cis-tem presents Show Up, Show Out!, a fundraiser for Trans Pride Brighton, on Sunday, 4 May at Club Revenge. With THREE shows throughout the night starting from 10pm, a huge line-up of local talent, and music provided by Brighton’s hottest lesbian night Crushed, there’s no excuse not to 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
Music Ex-Girlfriend, self-confessed punk rock queen of Brighton’s drag scene, to drop debut single ahead of performance at Revenge Brighton Stylish. Powerful. Self-loving. Triumphant. Anthemic. These are just some choice words to describe Ex-Girlfriend’s Renegades, the debut single from the self-confessed punk rock queen of Brighton’s drag scene. Over the years, Ex-Girlfriend has travelled down numerous musical avenues, operating in the By Contributor • 2 min read
Out & About “The Biggest Party Since Partygate”: Revenge to celebrate the “inevitable downfall” of the Conservatives this Friday with RuPaul’s Drag Race superstar, Bimini Revenge is to celebrate the “inevitable downfall” of the Conservative Party on Friday, July 5 with a headline set by RuPaul’s Drag Race superstar, Bimini. Event Highlights: Guest DJ Set by Bimini: Star of RuPauls Drag Race will be playing a special DJ set on Level 2 as part of her Tories Out UK Tou By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Jobs Brighton LGBTQ+ venue, R-Bar, seeks Bar Manager R-Bar, the LGBTQ+ bar on Brighton seafront, is seeking a new full-time Bar Manager (40-45 hours per week). The bar is looking for serious candidates who are looking to advance their careers in the industry. Working alongside the wider management team and the General Manager, R-Bar is looking for som By Contributor • 1 min read
Lola Lasagne Community News The Brighton Rainbow Fund presents grants to community groups and celebrates fundraisers All photos by Michael Stone from Nick Ford Photography On Monday, October 16, Ironworks Studios was the venue for the 2023 event to announce the grants that have been approved by the Brighton Rainbow Fund (BRF) independent grants panel. BRF distributes funds raised within the community as grants to By Chris Gull • 4 min read
Out & About Club Revenge announces brand new club night, Confession – a safe space for the queer community to celebrate pure indulgence After seven years of the infamous WTF! Saturdays, Revenge has totally redesigned their biggest night of the week By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Fundraising News Club Revenge and R-Bar raise £590 for victims and families of Club Q attack Five people – Daniel Aston, Derrick Rump, Kelly Loving, Ashley Paugh and Raymond Vance – lost their lives in the senseless attack on Club Q in Colorado Springs, USA, which was as a safe haven for the LGBTQ+ community. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Community News The Brighton Rainbow Fund Grant Presentation event Tuesday, November 1 saw the return of the Brighton Rainbow Fund (BRF) Grant Presentations event for the first time in three years. Venues and fundraising events were also recognised with the Brighton Rainbow Fund Fundraising Champion Awards. By Chris Gull • 4 min read
Business News R-Bar to reopen tonight after cheeky facelift! R-Bar, one of Brighton’s most iconic queer spaces, is to reopen to the general public tonight (Sunday, September 18) at 7pm after a cheeky facelift courtesy of DesignLSM. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Business News R-Bar redesign “inspired by Miami nostalgia with a hint of Brighton beach”! One of Brighton’s most iconic queer spaces, R-Bar (formerly known as Bar Revenge), is poised to be redesigned by award-winning hospitality design agency, DesignLSM. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
The Revenge team with Jane Pritchard: Isaac, Rachel, Ex-girlfriend, Josh, Victoria, Jasmine, Jack, Rocky, Olivia, Reilee, Benji, Jess, Juniper, Heidi, Steve, George. Community News Revenge announces total funds raised for the Brighton Rainbow Fund over Pride, and a new year-round initiative During Brighton & Hove Pride 2022, Club Revenge and R-Bar raised a massive £3,500 for the BRF, which will be distributed to LGBTQ+ charities & organisations in Brighton & Hove By Chris Gull • 2 min read
Arts #DALEYPOP: Slayyyter to SLAY Brighton with gig at Revenge on Friday, July 1 Self-made pop star Slayyyter will be bringing main character vibes to Brighton, with BOPS such as Daddy AF, Clouds, Serial Killer and Mine, on Friday, July 1 at Club Revenge. By Contributor • 1 min read
Arts The Great Escape announces first ever LGBTQ+ stage for 2022 The Great Escape announces Rebecca Black, Baby Queen, Claudia Valentina and NOAHFINNCE, as the four artists to play the festival’s first ever LGBTQ+ stage By Graham Robson • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Dave Pop! creates beautiful mural to Blair Envy at Club Revenge Revenge announced the passing of Blair Envy, one of its staff members, earlier this year By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Fundraising News Revenge announces fundraising event: ‘Pink With Envy: A Celebration of the Life of Blair Envy’ Revenge, who recently suffered the sad loss of one of its members of staff, have put together a celebration of life event – Pink With Envy: A Celebration of the Life of Blair Envy – which will take place from 8pm on Sunday, February 13 By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Business News Lloyd Russell-Moyle, MP for Brighton Kemptown, calls on Parliament to guarantee support for nightclubs and other businesses According to the Labour MP, one in six in ten patrons of Revenge nightclub have come down with the Omicron variant and the club isn’t receiving support it needs By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Community News Revenge launches crowdfunder for The Clare Project Revenge Bar & Club launches crowdfunder for the Clare Project, which offers support to the trans community in Brighton, after the sad passing of one of its staff members, Blair Envy By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts United We Stream Brighton: raising funds for the best local artists and venues. United We Stream Brighton will once again be showcasing many of the city’s best local artists and venues this weekend to help raise money to keep the city’s nightlife alive. By Contributor • 1 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
In The South Revenge steps up security From Friday, June 8, Bar and Club Revenge will be stepping up their security policies with extra door staff, more searches and new hand-held security metal detectors on entry to both venues. By Besi • 1 min read
Community News Venues celebrate a job well done! A partnership of LGBT+ venues have raised £2,186.30 to purchase memorial benches in memory of two former employees. Managers at Bar Revenge, Charles Street, Legends, Revenge and Queens Arms came together from March 30 – April 2 for a UNITY Fundraiser Weekend in memory of Gary ‘Gloria’, Swan who work By Besi • 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