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| 1 | Revenge : Kinky Dangerous  |
| 2 | Amsterdam Bar & Restaurant : Boutique Lounge |
| 3 | Legends Bar : Pre-Ignition |
| 4 | The London Hotel, Southampton : Saturday Night at The London |
| 5 | Marine Tavern : It's Saturday, let's party |
| 6 | Rendezvous Casino : Pride Ball |
| 7 | Charles Street Bar : Fierce |
| 8 | R-Bar : Kinky Classics |
| 9 | Amsterdam Sauna : Sauna - Any time for £5 |
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| 10 | Vavoom Video Bar : Sa-TOGA-y Party Night! |
| 11 | The Basement Club (below Legends) : Ignition |
| 12 | Queen's Arms : Cabaret: Auntie Robbie & DJ Kamp Kevin |
| 13 | The Zone : The Zone presents: Sally Vate |
| 14 | Brighton Tavern : A Black & White Birthday Bash |
| 15 | The PV at The Jury's Out : 6 Nations Rugby & Booty Call! |
| 16 | Doctor Brighton : Pool, Cocktails & DJ Tony B |
| 17 | The Honeyclub : The Honeyclub - Sevensins Presents...Lottie |
| 18 | Hove Centre & Hove Town Hall : Sussex Beer Festival |
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National Student Pride 2010
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Student Pride 2011: The Party (10pm-1am) (National Student Pride @ The Brighton Coalition) Saturday, 6 March 2010 Oh, good grief. What a lot can happen in three short hours in an unassuming nightclub tucked away down on Brighton's seafront!... full photo story > |
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Student Pride 2010: The Party (1am-3am) (National Student Pride @ The Brighton Coalition) Saturday, 6 March 2010 It may be 1am but the party is faaar from over! Axel grinding, more DJs, dancers, and headline act Girls Can't Catch - amongst other highlights of the last couple of hours!... full photo story > |
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Student Pride 2010: Debates & Comedy (National Student Pride @ Oceana) Saturday, 6 March 2010 An afternoon of comedy, music, celebrity chat and political debate filled the gorgeous Icehouse at Oceana this afternoon.... full photo story > |
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Vavoom Grand Reopening Party! (Vavoom Video Bar) Saturday, 6 March 2010 Putting the word 'Grand' alongside Vavoom is, perhaps, slightly misleading since this is one of the smallest venues in town... but for those in the know - it's where the party's at! full photo story > |
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Chav Night! (Legends Bar) Friday, 5 March 2010 If you ever needed an excuse to go into town in your trackies and a sideways baseball cap then Legends should have been the reason you've been waiting for tonight.... full photo story > |
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A Very Disney 40th (The PV at The Jury's Out) Saturday, 27 February 2010 The PV's Nicki celebrated her 40th Birthday in style (and at some length) beginning with a fabulous Disney inspired Birthday Party.... full photo story > |
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Mad Cow vs Get Some! (Charles Street Bar) Thursday, 4 March 2010 Mad Cow downstairs and something decidedly different going on upstairs... two floors, five DJs and lots and lots of smiles.... full photo story > |
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Girls On Top (Revenge) Thursday, 4 March 2010 Another Thursday night and another chance to step into two floors of fun at Girls On Top at Revenge... Competition for the Thursday night crowd is hotting up in Brighton - if you didn't know that... full photo story > |
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Lay-dee-Sov... Lay-dee-Sov! (Revenge) Saturday, 27 February 2010 Lady Sovereign, in case you'd failed to notice her on Celebrity Big Brother recently, is a self confessed bad-ass lesbian MC... and Brighton, it seems, just can't get enough of her!... full photo story > |
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LGBT History Month (The Jubilee Library) Saturday, 27 February 2010 Tonight Brighton's Jubilee Library was transformed into The Lavender Lounge Bar... an enchanted evening of camp crooning, butch ballads and magical memories evoking an underground world of daring... full photo story > |
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the family album
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One Nation Mourns... The Party Saturday, 6 February 2010 A gorgeous bunch of friendly, fabulously dressed people gathered for the send-off of the decade as Joey and Mikey (Jo-Key) head for faraway lands.... full photo story > |
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Count Me In Too Exhibition (The Jubilee Library) Monday, 1 to Sunday, 28 February 2010 If you want to The Count Me In Too project exhibition is being displayed throughout February 2010 in the foyer of Brighton's Jubilee Library. full photo story > |
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World AIDS Day 2009 (Brighton AIDS Memorial) Tuesday, 1 December 2009 This year, for the first time, Brighton had a natural place to gather on World AIDS Day. Throughout the day at the Brighton AIDS Memorial people gathered, laid flowers and spent time remembering those... full photo story > |
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Candlelit Vigil : Against Homophobia (Old Steine fountain) Friday, 30 October 2009 Following a nasty streak of serious homophobic attacks in a number of cities around the world, Brighton stepped up to the mark to show solidarity with vigils held in major cities globally.... full photo story > |
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On Location...
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Valentines Weekend (Cruz 101, Manchester) Saturday, 13 February 2010 ... full photo story > |
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