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| 1 | Revenge : Kinky Dangerous  |
| 2 | Legends Bar : Pre-Ignition |
| 3 | Bulldog : Day, Night & Early Morning |
| 4 | R-Bar : Kinky. The Early Session. |
| 5 | The London Hotel, Southampton : Cabaret with Lola Lasagne |
| 6 | The Aquarium Theatre Bar : The Two Landlords Karoake |
| 7 | Vavoom Video Bar : Theme night |
| 8 | Amsterdam Bar & Bistro : Sun Downers |
| 9 | Charles Street Club : Mardi Gras - It's Time to Party |
| 10 | The Basement Club (below Legends) : Ignition |
| 11 | The Zone : Saturday Night Project |
| 12 | Queen's Arms : Cassidy Connors then Kamp Kev |
| 13 | The Fountain Inn, Crawley : B4: Pre-club Party |
| 14 | The Star Inn : Bear Essentials |
| 15 | Brighton Tavern : Kick-Start Saturday |
| 16 | The PV at The Jury's Out : Saturday Music & Madness with Carly! |
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| 17 | Hanbury Club : Margot's Party : Rock Chicks |
| 18 | Komedia : Da Doo Ron Ron is 10! |
| 19 | Theatre Royal : All the Fun of the Fair with David Essex |
| 20 | Concorde 2 : The Datsuns |
| 21 | The Corn Exchange (Brighton Dome) : Jason Manford |
| 22 | Pavilion Theatre (Brighton Dome) : Terry Saunders - Figure 8 |
| 23 | Concert Hall (Brighton Dome) : Dylan Moran - What It Is |
| 24 | Komedia : Balkan Beat Box + Balkan Beats |
| 25 | Komedia : The Treason Show |
| 26 | Komedia : Krater Comedy Club |
| 27 | Pavilion Theatre (Brighton Dome) : Reginald D Hunter - No Country For Grown Men |
| 28 | The Corn Exchange (Brighton Dome) : Edinburgh & Beyond |
| 29 | Marine Tavern : Get your party started... |
| 30 | Upper Gardner Street : Brighton Street Market |
| 31 | Brighton Centre : Moody Blues |
OK, here’s a shocker for you: I haven’t been to a club since the end of August. Oh. My. God. What on earth has happened? Ladies and gentlemen, what the hell is going on?
The Stonewall Awards 2008
Launched in 2006 the Stonewall Awards are designed to celebrate the range of positive contributions being made by individuals and organisations to the lives of gay people in Britain
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Small Stage, Big Talent (The Aquarium Theatre Bar) Sunday, 28 September 2008 Meanwhile, Lady James was in full throttle at The Aquarium . With verve and vivacity she sung and charmed her way from Brighton's most intimate stage through the crowds, much to everyone's delight. full photo story > |
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Aloha weekend! (Amsterdam Bar & Bistro) Friday, 26 September 2008 A weekend of Hawaiian fun at the Amsterdam - and all in aid of a good cause! The staff were looking very fetching in their grass skirts, and Billie Lewis from Billie Lewis Promotions entertained with ... full photo story > |
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Legendary Lola (Legends Bar) Sunday, 28 September 2008 This weekend saw every Brightonian coming out of early hibernation to pack Legends’ terrace and bar for a spot of sun-drenched Sunday afternoon drinking, socializing and cabaret.... full photo story > |
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The Boy George QA Experience (Queen's Arms) Sunday, 28 September 2008 The QA was lapping up another helping of cabaret today, as the fabulous Boy George Experience took to the stage.... full photo story > |
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Bully for Sunday (Bulldog) Sunday, 28 September 2008 As the Sunday afternoon wore on, it was time to take a break from the cabaret circuit and to pop into the Bulldog for a small sherry, although with the legendary drinks deal on offer it’s a wonder tha... full photo story > |
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Lollipop vs House Of Diva! (Revenge) Friday, 26 September 2008 You know the score... two floors - twice the fun! Downstairs hands are in the air as Stuart T is relentless with his poppycharty tunes - and the Lollipop girls abuse a few unfortunates, meanwhile upst... full photo story > |
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EuroGay Cup 2008 : Awards (Brighton Marina) Sunday, 7 September 2008 It may have been a blustery day down by the sea, but Brighton & Hove's mayor and wife arrived at the Marina to present the teams with prizes for the 2008 EuroGay Cup. full photo story > |
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EuroGay Cup 2008 : Registration (R-Bar) Sunday, 7 September 2008 Teams from around the country and indeed from around Europe descended on Brighton tonight for the start of the EuroGay Cup weekend. Unfortunately it seemed that the wind and rain was going to be too f... full photo story > |
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Cardiff Pride 2008 : Finger on the Pulse (Pulse, Cardiff) Saturday, 6 September 2008 Darkness fell and we returned to the Pulse street party to find a much bigger crowd now out for the evening's entertainment, all worries of wet weather now forgotten.... full photo story > |
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Circus in Bournemouth Sunday, 24 August 2008 Venturing west along the coast to the other gay mecca of the south we headed to Bournemouth for a night of Circus madness at the Opera House.... full photo story > |
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It may have rained on our parade (boy did it RAIN!) but tens of thousands still piled down to Brighton to enjoy the weekend of free festivities. It continues to be the highlight of the UK's pride calendar for many people...
Brighton Pride 2008 Photo Archive
The UK's capital pride event was blesssed with sunshine this year, as thousands turned out to celebrate, some to protest and most to party.
Pride London photo archive
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Reading Pride 2008 : King's Meadow Park (Kings Meadow, Reading) Saturday, 30 August 2008 It couldn't have been better weather as thousands headed to King's Meadow Park to explore, to have a drink, enjoy some live acts, to meet other people and to generally soak up the atmosphere... full photo story > |
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Reading Pride 2008 : Live Stage (Kings Meadow, Reading) Saturday, 30 August 2008 A fantastic line-up on the Live Stage ensured that the crowds continued to swell throughout the afternoon... acts that have headlined at other events put in an appearance (we caught Rozalla, Angie Bro... full photo story > |
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Reading Pride 2008 : The Cabaret Tent (Kings Meadow, Reading) Saturday, 30 August 2008 The Cabaret tent was a hugely popular part of the afternoon's proceedings at King's Meadow Park - with a line-up of top talent keeping us all suitably amused. It was great to catch some caba... full photo story > |
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Sunshine, smiley people and lots of partying! Manchester Pride 2008 was a whole lot of fun - with events building to a crescendo for the big bank holiday weekend, and ending in the very touching Candlelit Vigil on Monday.
Manchester Pride 2008 photo archive
Another day of drinking, dancing and mixing with likeminded revellers? Difficult to turn down! The heart of the capital was once again camping it up as Soho Pride took over the streets once more.
Revenge
Free Entry & £2 Drink Offer for Students
The Basement Club (below Legends)
Completely Free Clubbing
Coward's Guesthouse
Midweek (Sun - Thurs) Offers
Tube Station Tanning Salon
Special Offer!
Cardome
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Legends Bar
Legends Happy Time
pride countdownForthcoming pride festivals...
now Glasgay! 2008
1st October - 9th November 08
19 days Amsterdam Leatherpride 2008
30th October - 2nd November 08
132 days Cape Town Pride Festival 2009
20th February - 1st March 09
147 days Sydney Mardi Gras 2009
7th March 09
205 days Gay Pride Maspalomas 2009
4th - 10th May 09
224 days Tokyo Pride Parade 2009
23rd May 09
237 days Capital Pride 2009 : Washington
5th - 14th June 09
REALPride carries full details of these events and the major pride and mardi gras festivals around the world.
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