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"A really friendly bar, I went in alone and everybody spoke to me. Smiles all round!! Love the Art work in the exhibition!!!"
said by fag_hag
18 Jul '08
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| 1 | Amsterdam Bar & Bistro : Relax & Unwind!  |
| 2 | Bulldog : Therapy |
| 3 | Legends Bar : Relax - it's Thursday |
| 4 | The London Hotel, Southampton : Thursday at The London |
| 5 | The Aquarium Theatre Bar : Who Dares Sings |
| 6 | Queen's Arms : Cherrys Funny Money |
| 7 | Vavoom Video Bar : Thirsty Thursday |
| 8 | Charles Street Bar : Mad Cow |
| 9 | Charles Street Bar/Charles Street Club : Religion |
| 10 | Revenge : Girls on Top |
| 11 | The Basement Club (below Legends) : Jukebox |
| 12 | R-Bar : I Can't Wait For The Weekend To Begin! |
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| 13 | The PV at The Jury's Out : Cocktails vs Clitails - Pre Girls On Top |
| 14 | Brighton Tavern : Games galore |
| 15 | Brighton Racecourse : Race Day |
| 16 | Komedia : Mari Wilson in Concert |
| 17 | The Corn Exchange (Brighton Dome) : Reginald D Hunter - No Country For Grown Men |
| 18 | Pavilion Theatre (Brighton Dome) : Andrew Lawrence |
| 19 | Komedia : The Popes |
| 20 | Concert Hall (Brighton Dome) : Russell Howard - Dingledoodies |
| 21 | The Corn Exchange (Brighton Dome) : Jason Byrne - Cats Under Mats Having Chats with Bats |
| 22 | Marine Tavern : Man Trap |
| 23 | The Star Inn : Quizgo |
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The production team behind Young Mums' Mansion are looking for gay single fathers to take part in their next series - Young Mums' and Dads' Mansion for BBC Three.
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Lollipop with Hollyoaks' John-Paul (Revenge) Friday, 10 October 2008 If you followed the masses this Friday night, you were sure to find yourself queuing up for entry to Revenge with a very special guest appearance from James Sutton aka John Paul from Hollyoaks – the gay storyline that EVERYONE has been talking about. full photo story > |
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Freshers Pubcrawl : Payday! (Revenge) Tuesday, 7 October 2008 It was actually amazing how many of us were still standing, let alone dancing, by the time we reached Revenge... but the pizzas in R-Bar had obviously served their purpose and everyone was on good for... full photo story > |
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Freshers Pubcrawl : Charles Street (Charles Street Bar) Tuesday, 7 October 2008 With its sparkly fairy-lit smoking terrace and brushed steel lines inside, Charles Street provided a great pit-stop for many of the groups to... well to re-group and enjoy a pint or two before heading... full photo story > |
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Freshers Pubcrawl : R-Bar Pizzas! (R-Bar) Tuesday, 7 October 2008 In a very sensible and welcome move to curb our hunger and to ensure that we had a bit less room for alcohol, R-Bar laid on a stack of very tasty pizzas for the groups as we made our way around the pu... full photo story > |
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Freshers Pubcrawl : The Bulldog (Bulldog) Tuesday, 7 October 2008 One of Brighton's favourite traditional pubs, and one of the longest standing gay pubs in the city, the Bulldog threw open its doors to groups of students eager to get their mouths around a few v... full photo story > |
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Freshers Pubcrawl : Amsterdam (Amsterdam Bar & Bistro) Tuesday, 7 October 2008 The summer may be over (what summer?!), but the Amsterdam heated brollies are up and the freshers are back in town! Tonight's Fresher's Pubcrawl took ten groups of freshfaced LGBT students t... full photo story > |
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Freshers Pubcrawl : Legends (Legends Bar) Tuesday, 7 October 2008 Upstairs at Legends - yet another opportunity for the 300 or so roaming students to stop off and sample some of the best of Brighton's scene!... full photo story > |
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Freshers Pubcrawl : PV (The PV at The Jury's Out) Tuesday, 7 October 2008 The PV girls proved, as if they needed to, that they knew how to welcome newcomers to the city. The warm and cosy atmosphere lasted all night as groups of students piled in for a drink and a laugh amo... full photo story > |
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Freshers Pubcrawl : Vavoom (Vavoom Video Bar) Tuesday, 7 October 2008 Okay - so we've paid Vavoom a LOT of visits in the last few weeks, but we thought we'd poke the REALBrighton camera around the door to snap a few of you jostling for some Karaoke airtime and... 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.
The Aquarium Theatre Bar
Autumn Friday Night Specials
The Basement Club (below Legends)
Completely Free Clubbing
Bulldog
£1.50 Grolsch Pint
Cardome
Sale!
Coward's Guesthouse
Midweek (Sun - Thurs) Offers
Legends Bar
Legends Happy Time
pride countdownForthcoming pride festivals...
now Glasgay! 2008
1st October - 9th November 08
14 days Amsterdam Leatherpride 2008
30th October - 2nd November 08
127 days Cape Town Pride Festival 2009
20th February - 1st March 09
142 days Sydney Mardi Gras 2009
7th March 09
200 days Gay Pride Maspalomas 2009
4th - 10th May 09
219 days Tokyo Pride Parade 2009
23rd May 09
232 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.
The Aquarium Theatre Bar
